Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment

Chapter 2

Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the

Intro (Countdown)

If an intro plays before your performance, you can have a count-in sound played to

the end of the intro, helping you hear when to start playing.

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Ex: 4/4

When the Intro has finished playing,

 

Intro

the accompaniment plays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 2 3 4

Count Sound

1. Press the [Metronome] button and watch the indicator light up.

The Metronome screen (p. 44) appears.

If you don’t want the metronome to play, press the [Metronome] button and indicator light goes out.

2. Touch <Countdown>.

The following “Countdown settings screen” appears.

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3. Touch <Switch> to set this to “ON.”

When you press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button, the performance starts, and the countdown sound plays at the end of the intro.

Cancelling the countdown

1.In the Metronome screen, touch <Countdown>.

2.Touch <Switch> to set this to “OFF.”

This sets the KR-7/5 so that the countdown does not play.

For more about settings on the

Countdown screen, refer to

“Settings for the Countdown”

(p. 151).

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Roland KR7/5 Having a Count Sound Play at the End Intro Countdown, Touch Countdown, Touch Switch to set this to on