Roland KR103 Changing the volume of certain tracks

KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Playing back songs

Whole

Refers to the track that contains the part you

(4) Press [–]/[+]to select one of the following parame-

ters:

recorded in Piano (page 15) or Piano Arranger mode

(see p. 33). It is assigned to MIDI channel 1.

Mut

Switches off the track.

Rhythm

Mutes track “10”, which is assigned to the drum

Sol

Switches off all other tracks. Select this setting if

part of a Standard MIDI File.

you want to listen to a track in isolation (to find

Note: You can also switch off several buttons simulta-

out which notes it plays).

neously.

Switches the selected track (or all other tracks)

(3) Press [√¥Reset] and [Play÷Stop¥®÷ª] to start playback.

back on.

(4) Press [Play÷Stop¥®÷ª] again to stop playback.

Note: Only one track can be soloed at any one time.

(5) Press the track buttons once more to switch the

Selecting “Sol” for another track while the first is still in

track(s) on again.

solo mode mutes the first track you soloed.

Switching off certain song parts (part 2)

(5) Press the [Exit] button to leave this function.

The status of the various tracks is preserved until you

Proceed as follows to select the tracks one by one and

change it again, select another song or switch off the

change their status. This approach allows you to mute

KR103.

just one track (“Mute”). You may remember that the

[Bass÷Accomp] button is assigned to several tracks.

Changing the volume of certain tracks

The following also allows you to mute all tracks except

Here is how to change the volume of song tracks if you

the one you select (“Solo”).

they are too loud or too soft. The setting range is –64~

(1) Select the song you want to play along to (see

63.

These volume parameters apply to the respective tracks

“Basic song playback” on page 23).

(2) Press the [Menu] button.

of the song you are currently playing back. In most

cases, you may want to change the volume of track 4

Record/Playback

(melody), 2 (bass) or 10 (drums). Finding another track

Rhythm

Whole

Bass

Lower

Upper

Accomp

(1, 5~9, 11~16) that’s too loud or too soft may take

some time, because their usage is more or less free. Be

aware, however, that not all Standard MIDI Files use all

16 tracks that are available (so that changing the vol-

Reset

Play/Stop

Rec

Bwd

Fwd

ume of track 16 may produce no audible change at all,

for example).

The display now looks as follows:

These are relative parameters: the value you set here is

SngTrk 1 =120

subtracted from (negative values) or added to (positive

values) the song parts’ volume. Note that the upper

limit (defined by the MIDI standard) is “127”. It may

(3) Use the [√][®] buttons to select the track whose sta-

thus be impossible to increase the volume of a track

even by selecting “63” (because the track already uses

tus you want to change.

“127”). Select “0” if you like a track’s volume the way it

is.

Be aware that the changes you make here are not

saved to a User Program.

(1) Select the song that contains the tracks whose vol-

Exit

Enter

ume you wish to change (see “Basic song playback”

on page 23).

Though the MIDI standard supports 16 tracks (for as

(2) Press the [Menu] button.

many MIDI channels), not all tracks are used all the

Record/Playback

time. Finding the track you need may therefore

Rhythm

Whole

Bass

Lower

Upper

Accomp

require some trial and error.

The following are almost certainly present in every

Standard MIDI File:

Track 2: bass

Reset

Play/Stop

Rec

Bwd

Fwd

Track 4: melody

The display now looks as follows:

Track 10: drums

You may want to use the Repeat function (page 24)

SngTrk 1 =120

and start song playback to locate the desired track

more quickly.