Roland KR7/5 owner manual Contents

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY	3
IMPORTANT NOTES	5
Introduction	7
Main Features	7
How To Use This Manual	9
Conventions Used in This Manual	9
Panel Descriptions	10
KR-7	10
KR-5	12
Rear Panel	14
Bottom Panel	14
Before You Start Playing	18
Connect the Pedal Cable	18
Connect the Speaker Cable (KR-7)	18
Connect the Power Cord	18
Setting Up the Music Stand (KR-5)	18
Setting Up the Music Stand (KR-7)	18
Adjusting the Position of the Music Stand	19
Folding Down the Music Stand	19
Using the Music Holders	19
Removing the Music Stand	19
Opening/Closing the Lid	19
Turning the Power On and Off	19
About the Pedals	20
Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance	20
Connecting Headphones	20
Connecting a Microphone	21
Connecting an External Display (KR-7)	21
Making the Connections	21
About the Touch Screen	22
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen	22
Main Screens	23
Piano Screen	23
Basic Screen	23
Using the Main Icons	23
Chapter 1 Performance	24
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano)	24
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)	25
Playing Percussion Instruments or Sound Effects	26
Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search)	27
Performing with Two Sounds Layered Together (Layer)	28
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands
(Split)	29
Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps
(Octave Shift)	30

Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)	31
Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to the Sounds You Play
(Advanced 3D) (KR-7)	32
Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality
(Equalizer) (KR-7)	34
Adding Effects to Each Tone and Voice	36
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)	36
Adding Effects to Mic Vocals (Vocal Effect) (KR-7)	37
Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files	43
Using the Metronome and Rhythm (Rhythm Partner)	44
Using the Metronome	44
Changing the Metronome Settings	45
Playing Rhythm	48
Changing the Rhythm settings	48
Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment	50
Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment	50
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment
(One-Touch Arranger)	51
About Chords	52
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering
(Chord Intelligence)	52
Viewing Chord Fingerings (Chord Finder)	53
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)	54
Selecting Music Styles on Disks	55
Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles
(Style Search)	56
Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns	57
Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo	57
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment	58
Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously When You
Play the Keyboard (Sync)	58
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment	59
Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro
(Countdown)	60
Modifying an Accompaniment	61
Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Fill In Buttons)	61
Changing the Instrumental Makeup of Music Styles
(Style Orchestrator)	62
Playing Phrases (Phrase) (KR-7)	63
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part
(Melody Intelligence)	64
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand During a Performance
(Lower Tone)	65
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added
(Piano Style Arranger)	66
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance)	67
Changing the Volume Balance between the Accompaniment
and the Keyboard (Balance Knob)	67
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part
(Part Balance)	67

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