Roland KR105 How To Use This Manual

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Introduction

How To Use This Manual

The KR105 Owner’s Manual consists of three volumes,

Quick Start

,

Owner’s Manual,

and the

USB

Install Guide

.

Please start out by reading “Before You Start Playing” (p. 15) in the

Owner’s Manual

(this volume).

This explains how to connect the KR105’s power cord and how to turn on the instrument’s power.

After turning on the KR105’s power, please continue by reading

Quick Start

.

By trying out the various procedures while reading the

Quick Start

, you can easily learn how to play

the KR105 and make use of its major functions (especially procedures that involve use of the “main

buttons”).

The

Owner’s Manual

describes procedures, from basic operation to procedures for special

applications (for example, using the KR105 as an accompanist and creating songs), that will help you

master the KR105’s many performance functions.

When connecting a computer to the USB port, be sure to read the

USB Install Guide

. This describes

the procedure for installing the driver needed to connect via USB.

* For more on system requirements, refer to the “USB Installation Guide.”

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Conventions Used in This Manual

This manual uses the following conventions in the interest of simpler, more concise instructions.

•Button names are enclosed in square brackets “[ ]”, as in One Touch Program [Piano]

button.

•On screen text is enclosed in angled brackets “< >”, as in <Exit>.

•The act of lightly contacting the Touch Screen with your finger is called “touching.”

•An asterisk (*) or a at the beginning of a paragraph indicates a note or precaution.

These should not be ignored.

•(p. **) refers to pages within the manual.

NOTE

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Contents

Main Owners Manual CAUTION ATTENTION IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS. Page Important notes Additional Precautions Repairs and Data Maintenance Placement Handling CD-ROMs * Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Introduction Main Features Introduction How To Use This Manual Conventions Used in This Manual Contents Before You Start Playing .........................15 6. User Program Registration..........................93 5. Recording and Saving the Performance.... 75 4. Practice Functions....................................... 61 7. Creating and Editing Songs........................ 99 Contents 8. Creating Music Styles................................ 116 9. Various Settings......................................... 124 10. Connecting External Devices..................143 Appendices............................................. 151 Contents Index........................................................ 171 Panel Descriptions 13 20 Performance Pad 1 2 3 4 5 921 151612 Panel Descriptions 30 31 21. Main Buttons Record/Playback 28 292624 3223 Rear Panel 1 2 3 4 5 Bottom Panel 1 2 3 4 Before You Start Playing Connect the Pedal Cable Connect the Power Cord Setting Up the Music Rest Using the Music Holders Opening/Closing the Lid Turning the Power On and Off About the Pedals About the Adjuster Adjusting the Sounds Volume and Brilliance Connecting Headphones Using the Headphone Hook Attaching the Headphone Hook Connecting a Microphone 1. 2. Some Notes on Using a Microphone About the Touch Screen Main Screens Piano Screen Basic Screen Using the Main Icons The Scroll Bar and The Page Icon 1. Performance Playing the KR105 Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano) 1. Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons) 1. Page 3. 4. Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search) 1. 2. 3. 3 4. Performing with Multiple Sounds Layered Together (Layer) 1. Changing the Tones 2. 3. 4. Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split) 1. Changing the Tones 2. 3. 4. Cancelling the Split 1. 2. 3. 4. pitch of the sound. Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb) 1. 2. 3. Page Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Using the Metronome Using the Metronome 1. Stopping the Metronome 2. 1. 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. 2. Automatic Accompaniment Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment What is automatic accompaniment? What Are Music Styles? Elements of Music Styles 2. 3. About Chords Playing Chords with Simple Fingering (Chord Intelligence) C m Intelligence 1 Viewing Chord Fingerings (Chord Finder) 1. 2. Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons) 3. 4. 5. Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search) 1. 2. 3. 4. Selecting Music Styles on Disks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns 1. 2. 3. Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. Stopping Automatic Accompaniment 1. Chord Tones and Bass Tones 1. Intro 1234 Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro (Countdown) 3. 1. 2. Modifying an Accompaniment Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Fill In Buttons) Press the Fill In [To Variation] button and watch the indicator flash. Press the Fill In [To Original] button and watch the indicator flash. Adding a Fill-in without Changing the Accompaniment Pattern 1. 2. Leading Bass Changing the Instrumental Makeup of Music Styles (Style Orchestrator) 1. 2. accompaniment. Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Melody Intelligence) 1. 2. 3. goes out. 2. 3. Page Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance) Accompaniment and the Keyboard (Balance Knob) 1. Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part (Part Balance) 2. 3. Song Playback Playing a Song Selecting the Song 2. You use and the dial to select songs. Playing back The button indicator lights up, and playback of the song begins. Stopping the Song When Selecting Songs in Folders 1. 2. 3. 2. 4. 3. Page Page Page 4. Practice Functions Displaying Scores Selecting the song 1. 2. Notes Regarding the Score Display Page Making Detailed Settings for the Score Display 1. 2. 3. Saving Scores as Image Data 1. KR105s disk drive. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Adjusting the Tempo Adjusting the Tempo with the Tempo [-] [+] Buttons Setting the Tempo by Pressing the Button in Time (Tap Tempo) Assigning Functions to the Performance Pads 1. 2. 3. 4. Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute) 1. Match the Tempo Before You Begin Playing (Count In) 1. 2. Down. Cancelling the Count In Muting Some Parts Before Playing (Track Buttons) 1. Selecting the Part that Youll be Playing 2. dark. Page Playback from a Marker Location 1. Erasing a Marker 1. Moving a Marker 1. Moving Markers A and B without Changing the Interval Between Them 1. Playing Back the Same Passage Over and Over 1. repeat. 2. Cancelling Repeat Playback 3. Page Cancelling Transposition 4. Example: Playing a song in E major while playing the keys for C major 5. Recording and Saving the Performance Recording a New Song (New Song) Settings for Recording Performances 1. 2. Recording Settings 5. Stop Recording 6. Listening to the Recorded Performance Track buttons assignments for recorded performances Recording With Accompaniment 1. 2. 3. 4. Track buttons assignments for recorded performances Recording Along with a Song 1. 2. 3. 4. Recording While Selecting the Track Buttons (Redoing Recordings) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Page 2. 3. Recording Songs Starting with Pickups ~ PU 1 1. Using Floppy Disks Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk Inserting a floppy disk 1. drive slot until there is an audible click. Page Saving Songs What are Favorites? Preparations for Saving Data 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Selecting the tone compatibility format (when saving to disks) 8. <Note> Save 9. Page Page Copying Songs Saved in Favorites to Disks 6. User Program Registration Saving Performance Settings (User Program) 1. 2. 3. Calling Up Saved User Programs 2. Changing the Way User Programs Are Called Up 3. Saving the User Program Sets Loading Saved User Program Sets 3. Specifying the set of User Programs to be loaded 4. 5. 6. Deleting Saved User Program Sets 3. 4. 5. 6. Using the Pedal to Switch User Programs 2. Selecting the Pedal Used for Switching Settings (Pedal Shift) 3. Sequential Loading of User Program Sets (Load Next) Simultaneously Switching User Program and Transmitting PC Numbers Calling Up the Performance Settings to Be Set 1. Setting the Transmission of program changes 3. 7. Creating and Editing Songs Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer) 16-Track Sequencer and Track Buttons Commercially Available Music Files The 16-Track Sequencer Screen Getting the Most Suitable Part Tones for the Musical Genre (Tone Set) 2. 3. Recording a Performance Selecting the Song to Record Changing the Recording Method (Rec Mode) Replace Recording (p. 103) Mix Recording (p. 103) Loop Recording (p. 104) Punch-in Recording (p. 105) Recording While Erasing the Previous Recording (Replace Recording) 1. Layering a Recording Over Previously Recorded Sounds (Mix Recording) 1. Repeated Recording at the Same Location (Loop Recording) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Composing an Accompaniment By Entering Chords (Chord Sequencer) 1. 2. 3. 4. Editing Songs 1. Basic Operation of the Editing Functions Selecting the editing function 2. Correcting Timing Discrepancies (Quantize) Deleting Measures (Delete) Inserting Blank Measures (Insert) 12345678910 123456 1234567 12345678 9 10 Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose) Making Measures Blank (Erase) 12345678910 123456789 10 Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange) Correcting Notes One by One (Note Edit) Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song (PC Edit) Changing the Beat in the Middle of a Song (Beat Map) 2. 3. 4. 5. Changing the Tempo of Recorded Songs 1. 2. Changing the Tempo Within the Song Adjusting the Tempo While Listening to a Song Setting the Rec Mode to Tempo Adjusting the Tempo at a Particular Measure 1. 2. 3. 4. 8. Creating Music Styles Creating Original Styles (User Styles) Style Composer Style Converter (p. 118) Creating New Styles by Combining Internal Music Styles (Style Composer) Saving a User Style Preparations for saving data 1. Determining the name of the Style to be saved Determining the save destination Deleting Saved User Styles 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. Copying Styles on Disks to the User Memory 1. 2. 3. 4. Specifying the copy source 9. Various Settings Changing the Settings for One-Touch Arranger Procedure 1. 3. Changing the Keyboards Split Point (Split Point) Changing Music Styles Without Changing the Tone or Tempo (One Touch Setting) Assigning Functions to Pedals and Performance Pads (Pedal Setting/User Functions) Assigning Functions to Pedals Assigning Functions to Performance Pads 1. 2. Functions that Can be Assigned (Pedals Only) Changing the Bend Range (Pedal Setting) Changing How Chords Are Played and Specified (Arranger Config) Changing the Tuning (Tuning) Choosing the Tuning Intelligence 1 Intelligence 2 Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning) Placing a Marker in the Middle of a Measure 1. 5. 2. 3. Changing the Settings for One-Touch Piano Procedure 3. 1. 3. Changing the Tuning (Tuning) 1. 2. 3. Choosing the Tuning Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretch Tuning) Adjusting the Resonant Sounds (String Resonance) 1. Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch) Other Settings Changing Standard Pitch (Master Tune) Changing the Language (Language) Changing the Screen Message When the Power Is Turned On (Opening Message) Turning Off the Beat Indicator (Beat Indicator) Selecting Images To Be Shown on the KR105 (User Image Display) 1. Selecting the images to be displayed 2. Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup) Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) Calibrating the Touch Screen (Touch Screen) Returning the Touch Screen Calibration Settings to the Original Factory Settings Formatting the User Memory 1. 3. 4. Automatically Starting the Quick Tour 1. 3. 4. Disabling Functions Other Than Piano Performance (Panel Lock) Detailed Song Playback Settings Changing the Tone Settings When Playing Back Songs (Play Mode) 2. 3. 4. 5. Changing the Parts Assigned to the Track Buttons During SMF Playback (Track Assign) 2. 3. 10. Connecting External Devices Connecting Video Equipment (V-LINK) Connection Examples: Using the V-LINK function 3. 4. Synchronizing with Connected MIDI Devices 1. 3. Performing in Ensemble with MIDI Instruments (MIDI Ensemble) 3. 4. 5. 6. MIDI Settings Making the Settings 3. 4. Selecting the Transmit Channel (Tx Channel) Disconnecting the Internal Sound Generator and Keyboard (Local Control) Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out) 2. 3. Connecting to Audio Equipment Connectors Making the Connections 1. 2. Connecting a Computer Connect to the MIDI Connectors Connection Examples Connect to the USB Connector Connection examples 1. 2. 3. 4. Troubleshooting Appendices If you think theres a problem, read this first. No sound is heard The sound is strange The automatic accompaniment doesnt play correctly Song doesnt play back correctly Cant record Page Error Messages Indication Meaning Tone List [Voice] [Sax / Brass] [Strings] Page Drum Set List Page Page Page SFX Set List Effects List Display Description Chord List Page Internal Song List [Masterpieces] [Practice] [Folks] [Kids] Parameters Stored to Internal Memory Parameters Stored in the User Program Parameters Stored in Memory Backup Music Files That the KR105 Can Use The KR105 allows you to use the following music files About the KR105s Sound Generator DIGITAL PIANO Model KR105 Date : May 2005 Version : 1.00 MIDI Implementation Chart Main Specifications <Keyboard> <Sound Generator> Conforms to GM2 / GS / XG Lite <Arranger> <User Programs> Index Numerics A B C G H I K L Q R S T U V X As of April 26, 2005 (RES) Information distributor in your country as shown below. NORTH AMERICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA