KR111 Digital Intelligent Piano

Panel descriptions

2.Panel descriptions

Front panel

 

 

B

C

D

E

 

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

Music Style

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function

Part Balance

Transpose

Reverb

Pop

Ballad

Oldies

Big Band

Latin

Trad

 

 

 

Rock

Acoustic

Country

Swing

Gospel

Kids

 

 

 

 

Demo

J

 

 

 

 

Volume

Brilliance

Balance

User Program

Basic Advanced

Full

To Variation To Original

Intro

Start

Ending

Stop

F G H

I

L

M N

Accomp

Keyboard

 

Sync

 

Style Orchestrator

Fill In

r

A[Power On] switch

This button allows you to switch the KR111 on and off (see p. 13).

B[Function] button

This button provides access to the FUNCTION menu. You can use the [√][®] buttons to select the desired function.

C[Part Balance] button

Press this button to select the part whose level you want to change with respect to that of the other parts. The parts available here are: Upper, Layer, Split, ADrums, ABass, and Accomp (this is a group of 6 parts).

Note: There is also a [Balance] knob that allows you to set the volume balance of entire sections. See page 22.

D[Transpose] button

Press this button to select the display function that allows you to set a transposition interval. You can also specify which sections should be transposed (page 22).

Press it together with the [Reverb] button to select the KR111’s demo mode (page 15).

E[Reverb] button

Press this button whenever you want to change the settings of the digital reverb effect (page 41). Press it together with the [Transpose] button to select the KR111’s demo mode (page 15).

F[Volume] knob

Use this knob to set the global volume of your KR111.

G[Brilliance] knob

Use this knob to change the brightness of the sounds played by the KR111.

H[Balance] knob

This knob allows you to set the balance between the Arranger or song parts (“Accomp”) and the solo sounds (“Keyboard”).

I[User Program] button

Press this button whenever you want to select a User Program (a set of registrations) or to save the current panel and parameter settings to a User Program.

There are 34 User Program memories. See page 48.

J[Style Orchestrator] buttons

Press one of these buttons to choose the desired orchestration for the selected Music Style. See page 21.

K[Music Style] buttons

These buttons allow you to select Music Style fami- lies. When you press a button, the first Style of the selected family is immediately recalled. The button of the selected family lights. Note that the KR111 mem- orizes your selection within each family, and immedi- ately recalls the last Style you used within that fam- ily.

The last button ([User]) provides access to the Music Style in the KR111’s temporary area or Styles on an inserted floppy disk.

L[Fill In] buttons

These buttons have two functions: you can use them to select the desired accompaniment pattern for a Music Style (while the Arranger is stopped), or to switch from the accompaniment pattern to a Fill-In during a performance (page 19).

M[Intro/Ending] button

Press this button when you want to start a Style per- formance with an introduction, or to stop Music Style playback with a musical ending. When you press the [Arranger] button, the Intro pattern is auto- matically selected.

If you press it during Style playback, this button selects the Ending pattern.

N[Start/Stop] button

Press this button to start or stop Style playback. Press it together with the [Intro÷Ending] button to switch the Sync Start function on or off.

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