Roland KR103 Other recording functions, About the recording modes, More about “New Song” mode

KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Recording your music

Other recording functions

The KR103’s 16-track Recorder can be used in several ways. Let us therefore have a look at the other recording modes.

About the recording modes

■Modes

The KR103 provides one mode for recording new music, and two for adding parts or correcting pas- sages of existing music:

Recording a new song:

Here is what the tracks correspond to (after recording a song with Arranger backing):

1	Whole	9	Accomp 6
2	Arranger bass	10	Arranger drums
3	Accomp 2	11	kLower
4	kUpper	12
5	Accomp 3	13	Accomp 1
6	kLayer	14
7	Accomp 4	15	Melody Intell. (see p. 34)
8	Accomp 5	16	(kUpper*)

(*)If you assign a Drum Set to the Upper part. In that case, track 4 is not used.

New Song

In this mode, you can record everything you and

For your convenience, the Keyboard parts are flagged

with a “k” symbol in the above graphic.

the KR103 can play simultaneously:

Parts you do not hear during recording are not

• Arranger (accompaniment).

• Keyboard parts (Upper and Layer or Lower).

recorded. The track icons [1]~[16] thus do not show

• Your performance in Piano mode.

you what will be recorded, but rather what can be

recorded.

Adding parts to an existing song

Solo

In this mode, you can record onto one track at a

Note: If you assign a Drum Set to the Upper part, your drum

performance is recorded onto track 16.

time. The track can be freely selected.

Solo recording mode

Punch I/O

This mode allows you to re-record a short section

of an otherwise perfect part.

This mode can be used to add new parts to an already

Note: Each time you select “New Song” mode, the data in

existing song (which you need to play back at least

once in order to load its data into the USR memory).

the USR memory are erased. Also note that “New Song”

This approach furthermore allows you to replace an

mode is selected whenever you press the [REC¥∏] button.

Don’t forget to select another mode before you start

existing part (the bass line, for example) with your own

recording if the previously recorded parts must not be

version.

erased.

(1) Press the [REC¥∏] button (its indicator flashes).

■Recorder memory

Record/Playback

The KR103 provides one “live” song memory, which

Rhythm

Whole

Bass

Lower

Upper

Accomp

can contain one song at a time. After completing a

song, you should save it (see p. 52).

Playing back a Standard MIDI File erases the song in

the KR103’s USR memory. You could take advantage

Reset

Play/Stop

Rec

Bwd

Fwd

of this system to “load” a previously recorded song

	and to replace one of its parts with your own rendi-	The display now looks as follows:
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	tion, or to add new parts.

More about “New Song” mode

In addition to what you learned on p. 28, here are a few considerations:

After pressing the [REC¥∏] button, the 16 track and [RECORD∏] icons start flashing to signal that all 16 tracks are available for recording.

NewSong 120=001

ORCHESTRATOR BEAT

FULL

BAND

INTRO

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

Solo =120

The RECORD

icon and the icon of the first empty

track flash. The indicator of the Recording/Playback button that corresponds to the first empty track also flashes. You could therefore record a new part straight away. (If all tracks already contain data, track 1 is selected.)

(2)Use the [+][–]buttons to select the track you wish to record to.

You can only select one track at a time (hence the name “Solo”). If you select a track that already con- tains data, your new version will overwrite the exist- ing one.

(3)If necessary, assign the desired Tone to the part you are about to record (see p. 35).

If you select track [10], you can select Drum Sets rather than Tones. Track 10 is reserved for drum parts.