Roland KR103 12.Function menu, Available parameters, Editing parameters (general procedure)

KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Function menu

12.Function menu

The KR103’s Function mode contains more advanced settings you may not need every day. They allow you to fine-tune your instrument’s response. It would therefore be a good idea to familiarize yourself with these parameters. Most settings (“*”) can be written to a User Program (see p. 46).

Editing parameters (general procedure)

You can edit the KR103’s FUNCTION parameters via the display. Here is a general outline of the procedure for all parameters discussed below:

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

Function Part Balance Transpose Reverb

				Demo
Volume	Brilliance	Balance		User Program
		Accomp	Keyboard

(2)Use [√][®] to select the parameter you wish to edit (see below).

The “VALUE” message and a setting appear to signal that you can change (“edit”) the selected parameter.

KbdTouch=120

(3) Use the [+][–]buttons to modify the setting of the selected parameter.

Note: See also “Working with the [+][–]buttons” on p. 18.

Note: To return to the default value of the currently selected parameter, press [+] and [–]simultaneously.

(4)Use [√][®] to select another Function parameter.

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

Available parameters

	● KbdTouch*—(LOW, MEd, HIG, Default setting: MEd) Use
	this parameter to fine-tune the KR103’s response to
	your playing dynamics. See p. 37.
	● MstrTune° (Master Tune)—(427.4~452.6, Default set-
	ting: 440.0) This parameter allows you to change the
	KR103’s overall tuning, which may be necessary when
	you accompany a singer, an acoustic instrument, or
r	when you play to a recording on CD or cassette.
	● SplitPnt* (Split point)—(36~96, Default setting: 55)
	Use this parameter to set the split point for the
	Arranger mode and the Lower part. The note you set
	here is the lowest note you can play with the Upper
	part. The number refers to a note. “55” corresponds to
	the note “G3”.

●LFT & CNT* (functions of the left and central pedal)— (Default setting: “Soft” for LFT/“Sostenut” for CNT) Use these parameters to assign the desired functions to the pedals. See “Using the pedals as switches” on p. 37 for details.

Note: The left or central pedal only uses the assigned function if you do not press the [Piano] button afterwards, and if the PDLSHIFT parameter (see p. 47) is set to “Off”.

●UpperOct*, LayerOct*, LowerOct* (octave transposi- tion)—(–4~0~4, Default setting: 0) These three parame- ters allow you to shift the octave of the part in question (Upper, Layer or Lower) up or down by up to four octaves. This can be useful for Techno/Dance songs where you need a piano sound that plays in two differ- ent octaves.

To achieve this, assign two different (or the same) piano sound to the Upper and Layer parts, activate the [Layer] button, and set LayerOct to “–1” (or “1”).

Note: When a Drum Set is assigned to the Upper part, the pitch of the drum/percussion sounds is not transposed. Instead, the keys are assigned to other drum/percussion sounds (“shifted”). Example: after setting “UpperOct” to “–1”, the bass drum can be played with the C3 key (rather than the C2), while other sounds are available to the left of the C3.

●ChordInt (Arranger Chord intelligence)—(Md1, Md2, Off, Default setting: Md1) This parameter allows you to select the chord intelligence system to be used by the KR103: the Roland system (“Md1”, which makes more sense from an educational point of view, see also page 173), or the “Md2” system, which can be used in the following way:

Major chords	Press the key that corresponds to the
	chord’s fundamental.
Minor chords	Fundamental + any black key to the left
	of the fundamental.
Seventh	Fundamental + any white key to the
chords	right of the fundamental.
Minor seventh	Fundamental + any black key to the left
chords	+ any white key to the right.

In either case, pressing just a few keys is therefore enough to obtain full chords. If you are used to playing full chords, you can switch this function off, however (“Off”).

●Bass Inv*—(On/Off) Use this parameter to change the way in which the Arranger reads the chords you play. See p. 34.

●Chr* (Chorus Type)—(Default setting: Chorus 3) This parameter allows you to specify the type of chorus effect, or to switch off the chorus processor. See p. 41.

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