Roland KR7/5 owner manual 168, Unstable

Troubleshooting

Appendices

Case		Cause/Remedy
Accompaniment		In certain cases, such as when playing Music
		Styles on disks, the accompaniment may lag
tempo becomes
		when excessive amounts of performance data
unstable
		are used.
Song doesn’t play back correctly
		Does the screen indicate message, like “OK to
		delete song?” (p. 95)
Song doesn’t play		The internal songs cannot be played back
back		while recorded performance data remains in
		the KR-7/5’s memory. Try playing back the
		song after deleting the performance data.
		Is the light for the Track button extinguished?
Only the sound of a		(p. 86)
		If the button light is out, the music on that
particular instru-
		track is not heard. Press the track button so
ment in a song
		the light is illuminated.
does not play
		Have song settings been changed for each Part
		on the 16-Track sequencer screen (p. 118)?
Pressing the [		Some music files may contain settings that
(Reset)] button		stop play at a point partway through the song.
doesn’t return to		Press the [		(Reset)] button several times
		more to return to the beginning of the tune.
the beginning of
the song.		Has a Marker placed in the song? (p. 87)
		The fast-forward and reverse buttons are ig-
		nored while music files is being read in. Wait
The [	(Fwd)]	until processing finishes.
		If you attempt to play back performance data
and [	(Bwd)]
		that contains more data than the entire capac-
buttons don’t work.
		ity of the KR-7/5’s memory, you may find
		that operations other than playback (such as
		rewind or fast forward) become unavailable.
		There are two types of SMF music files: for-
There is a slight		mat 0 and format 1. If the song uses SMF for-
delay before play-		mat 1 data, there will be a slight delay until
back of a song on		playback starts. Refer to the booklet that came
floppy disk starts.		with the music files you’re using to determine
		the format type.
		With some music files, the lyrics cannot be
		displayed correctly.
		If you press a button while the lyrics are being
Lyrics are not indi-		shown in the display, the lyrics will disap-
		pear. To recall them, touch <lyrics> in the Pi-
cated properly in
		ano or Basic screen, or press the
the display.
		[	(Play/Stop)] button.
		In the score screen, some lyrics or notes could
		extend beyond the edges of the screen, and
		not be displayed.

Case	Cause/Remedy
	If you select a part that does not contain perfor-
	mance data, notes will not be displayed in the
	score. Change the part that is displayed (p. 76).
	The score screen feature is particularly unsuit-
Score is not indi-	able for the display of difficult, complex musi-
cated properly in	cal works that demand accurate notation.
the display.	Refer to “Notes Regarding the Score Display”
	(p. 75).
	In the score screen, some lyrics or notes could
	extend beyond the edges of the screen, and
	not be displayed.
Song becomes	In certain cases, such as when playing songs
	on disks, the song may lag when excessive
unstable
	amounts of performance data are used.
Can’t record
	Has one of the track buttons for recording
	been selected? (p. 101)
	Has the setting for “Punch-in Recording”
	(p. 123) or “Tempo Recording” (p. 132) been
	made?
Can’t record	Select the replace recording method (p. 121).
	It is not possible to record while the score is
	being generated. Once the unit has finished
	generating the score (i.e., when the measure
	number in the screen is no longer highlight-
	ed), try the operation once again.
	If you select an internal song in which the
	tempo changes during the song, and then
	record, the tempo will change in the same
	way for the performances that are recorded
Tempo of recorded	on the other tracks. The tempo of the metro-
song or metro-	nome will also change in the same way.
nome is off
	If you record additional material without
	erasing the previously recorded song, the
	song will be recorded at the first-recorded
	tempo. Please erase the previously recorded
	song before you re-record. (p. 102)
	Any performance that has been recorded is
	deleted when the power to the KR-7/5 is
The recorded per-	turned off or a song is selected. A perfor-
formance has dis-	mance cannot be restored once it’s been delet-
appeared.	ed. Be sure to save it on a floppy disk or User
	Memory before you turn off the power
	(p. 106).

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