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Using effects

Using effects

The KR103 contains digital Reverb and Chorus effects processors, plus one MFX (multi-effects) processor. You can switch them on/off and select other types. You can also set the Send level (the amount of Reverb or Chorus) to be applied to the various Keyboard parts. Please bear in mind that the Chorus effect cannot be combined with the MFX (so you need to choose between Chorus or MFX).

Reverb

Reverb is an effect that gives you the impression of playing in a concert hall, a room or another acoustic environment that reflects the sounds that are being produced.

When you switch on the KR103, all three Keyboard parts (Upper, Layer, Lower) as well as the Arranger and song parts are processed by the internal reverb effect.

If you don’t need that, you can either switch off the Reverb processor (in which case none of the KR103’s parts are processed) or prevent just one Keyboard part from being processed. You cannot change the amount of Reverb that is added to the Arranger or pre-recorded song parts.

(3) Play a few notes on the keyboard to audition the effect.

Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 46).

■Changing the Reverb processor’s output level

If you want to use the reverb effect but feel that it is too loud (or too soft) for the Keyboard parts, you can change its output level:

(4)Use [+][–]to set the desired value (0~127). “127” refers to the highest reverb level, while “0” means that you won’t hear the effect.

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

Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 46).

Using the multi-effects processor (MFX)

The multi-effects (MFX) processor can be used for processing the Upper, Layer, or Lower part. It can generate various (47) effects, some of which are combinations of two effects, while the Reverb and Chorus processors only generate effects that are somehow related to ambiance or modulation (CHR). Note that there is only one MFX processor and that it can only process one Keyboard part at any one time.

(1)Press the [Function] button (its indicator must light).

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■Switching the Reverb on/off

Use the following procedure if you want no reverb at

all (for none of the KR103’s parts).

 

Function

Part Balance Transpose

Reverb

 

 

 

 

(1) Press the [Reverb] button.

 

 

 

 

Demo

 

 

Volume Brilliance

Balance

User Program

 

 

 

 

Accomp Keyboard

 

Function

Part Balance Transpose

Reverb

 

 

 

 

 

Demo

(2) Use the [√][®] buttons to select the following

Volume Brilliance

Balance

User Program

parameter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accomp Keyboard

MFX Part=120

The display now looks more or less as follows.

HALL 1 =120

(2)Use the [√][®] buttons to select “Off” if you don’t need the Reverb processor. Otherwise, select one of the eight available types:

Room 1~3 These types simulate the reverb character- istics of a room. The higher the number (1, 2, or 3), the “bigger” the room becomes.

Hall 1, 2

These types simulate the reverb of a small

 

(1) or large (2) concert hall and thus sound

 

far “bigger” than the Room types above.

Plate

Digital simulation of a metal plate that is

 

sometimes used for creating reverb effects.

 

Works well for percussive sounds.

(3)Use the [+][–]buttons to select the Keyboard part that should be processed by the MFX:

UPP The Upper part. LAY The Layer part. LOE The Lower part.

There is only one MFX, and only one Keyboard part can be processed at any one time. You can, however, specify which effect type the MFX should use for each Keyboard part (i.e. even prepare the selection of the MFX type for Keyboard parts that are currently not processed by the MFX):

Delay

A delay effect (no reverb). Works a lot like

 

an echo effect and thus repeats the sounds.

Pan Delay

This is a stereo version of the preceding

 

delay effect. It creates repetitions that

 

alternate between the left and right chan-

 

nels.

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