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Roland KR-3 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 2 • Style Composer • Style Converter All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND EUROPE spa. ❏ GM (General MIDI) and GS compatible • General MIDI System m...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2. Panel descriptions ..... . 6 3. Before using the KR-3 ....9 3.1 Setting up the music rest .
  • Page 4 • Do not attempt to repair the unit, or replace parts within it (except when this manual provides spe- cific instructions directing you to do so). Refer all servicing to your retailer, the nearest Roland Ser- vice Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Information” page.
  • Page 5 • Before using the unit in a foreign country, con- sult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Information” page.

  • Page 6: Important Notes

    This will help prevent malfunctions and/or damage . • Do not use the KR-3 on the same power circuit with any device that will generate line noise; an electric motor or variable lighting system for example.

  • Page 7: Panel Descriptions

    (prevents writing to disk) 2. Panel descriptions 2.1 Front panel A UTILITY button Press this button to access the KR-3’s Utility functions (see “Utility Menu” on page 46). B DEMO button This button provides access to an on-screen Help function with explanations of the KR-3’s functions, games allowing you to identify sounds and chords, etc.
  • Page 8 Used to select a Tone Group (see “Selecting Tones” on page 18). U SAVE button Press this button to save the Song in the KR-3’s inter- nal memory to disk. V COMPOSER section Use these buttons to control the on-board sequencer (called Composer).
  • Page 9 Use these connectors to exchange MIDI data with external MIDI devices. B OUTPUT R/L (MONO) sockets To connect the KR-3 to an external amplifier or mix- ing console, or to record your music with a tape recorder, connect these jacks to the external device (see “Sending audio to external equipment”...

  • Page 10: Before Using The Kr-3

    To the AUX IN/LINE IN jacks of the external amplifier/ mixer, etc. Note: If you are connecting the KR-3 to a device with a monaural input, be sure to use the L/MONO jack. Note: For cassette decks or HiFi amplifiers, you need audio leads with mono jacks at one end and (usually) RCA/cinch jacks at the other.
  • Page 11 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Before using the KR-3 After connecting the KR-3 to the amplifier, etc., be sure to switch on the KR-3 and the external device(s) in the following sequence: 1. First turn on the power to the KR-3. 2. Then turn on the power to the mixing console, amp, etc.

  • Page 12: Basic Operation And Display

    4. Basic operation and display The KR-3 features a large-sized screen that keeps you informed about the status of your instrument and allows you to access functions for which there is (usually) no button or slider. Typographic conventions used in this owner’s manual This Owner’s Manual uses the following typographic conventions to indicate panel buttons and items appearing on the...

  • Page 13: Overview Of The Kr-3

    4. Press the [DEMO] button to leave the Demo screen. Tone and Style demo — <Sound>/<Style> To give you a better idea of the KR-3’s Tones (sounds) and Music Styles (accompaniments) and their quality, the KR-3 comes with a Sound and Style Demo func- tion.

  • Page 14: Performance Functions

    To play a piano piece, for instance, press the [PIANO] button. Press [ORGAN] to trans- form your KR-3 into an organ. To play a song using the automatic accompaniment, press [ARRANGER]. Piano music — One Touch Program [PIANO] The settings assigned to this button are loaded every time you turn the power on.
  • Page 15 “What is an Arranger?” on page 22). Function I Simple explanation of how to use the Arranger Here’s what you need to do to be able to use the KR-3’s Arranger: 1. Press the One Touch Program [ARRANGER] but- ton.
  • Page 16 Saints”, try adding some variation here and there. Where “To Variation” is indicated in the music, press the [TO VARIATION] button. Of course, there is a lot more you can do with the KR-3’s Arranger. When The Saints Go Marching In ( Eight-measure Intro )

  • Page 17: Playing Back Songs On Disk

    If the KR-3’s memory already contains a song, the following message appears: If you don’t want to lose the song in the KR-3’s inter- nal memory, press <CANCEL> and see “Saving a song to disk” on page 32. Otherwise, press <OK>.

  • Page 18: Pitch Bend And Transpose

    KR-3 – Pitch Bend and Transpose 5.4 Pitch Bend and Transpose The KR-3’s left pedal (Soft) can be used to bend the notes you play. To do so, you must assign it the Pitch Bend function (see “Pedal functions” on page 45 for details) and specify whether you want to bend the notes upward (“Bend Up”) or downward (“Bend...

  • Page 19: Tones And Related Functions

    You may wonder why we use “Normal Tones” rather than just “Tones”. That is because the above procedure does not provide access to all Tones the KR-3 contains. See “Selecting Expansion Tones” for more details about how to access all Tones.

  • Page 20: Adding Effects To Tones

    Rotary Effect, you can switch the rotation speed with the button at the upper left of the display. Chorus effect Your KR-3 also contains a Chorus effect. Chorus is an effect that creates a more spacious, “fatter” sound. 1. After pressing <DSP…> on the Tone Select screen, press <PAGE®®>.

  • Page 21: Keyboard Modes

    Basic screen. Note: When you switch off the KR-3, the Octave Shift set- tings return to their preset values. If you’d like the KR-3 to memorize your settings, see “Memory Backup” on page 49. Note: When using Octave Shift, you may sometimes notice that notes to the far right of the keyboard sound in the “wrong”...
  • Page 22 The indicator of the TONE button you have just pressed will light. Play a few notes on the keyboard to confirm that the KR-3 is producing a piano and a strings sound. Let’s agree to call the two Tones being used “Upper Tone”...

  • Page 23: Playing With Accompaniment (Arranger)

    Tone in octave steps, see “Octave Shift: changing the pitch by octaves” on page 19. • See “Auto: changing the Arranger defaults” on page 42 if you don’t want the KR-3 to change the tempo and select another Upper Tone every time you choose a Music Style.

  • Page 24: Selecting Music Styles

    Music Styles on the supplied Style disk. Note: Loading Music Styles from disk means that the Style in the KR-3’s User Style memory will be erased. Always save your own Styles to disk before loading another one. See “Saving User Styles” on page 37.

  • Page 25: Starting And Stopping Styles

    KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) 7.3 Starting and stopping Styles Starting a Music Style You may remember that by pressing One Touch Pro- gram [ARRANGER] you also select a number of set- tings, one of which is called Sync Start. Let’s look at that function first.

  • Page 26: Style Tempo

    <Rhythm>— Drums <Bass>— Accompaniment Bass and Bass Tones <Accomp>— Accompaniment parts (1~3) <Chord>— Chord Tone (see “Chord Tone Setting” on page 43 for details about the Chord and Bass Tones). KR-3 – Style tempo...

  • Page 27: Switching Style Arrangements (Divisions)

    KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) 2. Select the part whose volume you wish to adjust using the buttons below the display. 3. Adjust its volume with the <L> and <M> buttons. Press the <L> button to increase the volume, and the <M>...

  • Page 28: Easy Fingering - Chord Intelligence

    Play- ing chords isn’t always easy, especially when you need to concentrate on your melody. That is why the KR-3 features a function called Chord Intelligence. It is intelligent in that it allows you to play major...

  • Page 29: Melody Intelligence

    KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) 7.8 Melody Intelligence The Arranger of your KR-3 can not only play chords but also a counter-melody based on the chords you play in the chord recognition area. This counter-mel- ody will be added to the Upper part.

  • Page 30: Recording And Playback

    If that is what you want to do, first save your song to another disk (see page 32), then erase the song in the KR-3’s internal memory (see “Erasing the Composer song” on page 31).
  • Page 31 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Recording and Playback Recording Minus-One performances Minus-One refers to a technique whereby a Standard MIDI File is used as backing, while you can mute the part you wish to play (usually the melody). Thanks to a clever system, you can mute any part of a Standard MIDI File and play (and record) it yourself.

  • Page 32: Playing Back A Composer Song

    8.5 Erasing the Composer song Here is how to erase the entire song in the KR-3’s internal memory. Before even thinking of doing so, you should save songs you wish to keep to disk (see below).

  • Page 33: Saving A Song To Disk

    The [WHOLE] button also lights to signal that the KR-3 will now function in Whole mode. The 16-track Sequencer indeed only uses one Tone for each track, so you cannot record in Split or Layer modes.

  • Page 34: Chord Sequencer

    “Break.”) You can also insert and delete measures by pressing <INS>, <DEL>, and <CLR> next to the display. <INS>— Inserts a single blank measure at the posi- tion of the cursor. KR-3 – Chord Sequencer Current measure...

  • Page 35: Recording Mode

    Note: When a disk is formatted, all the data stored on it is completely erased. As a rule, you should always check the contents of a used disk (either on the KR-3 or on a PC) before formatting it. 1. Set the Write Protect tab on the disk to the “Write”...

  • Page 36: Style Composer

    TEMPO [+]/[–] buttons. Note: You cannot use Arranger parts of a User Style because the KR-3 has only one User Style memory – the one you are copying Style parts to. 2. Use the MUSIC STYLE buttons and the buttons next to the display to select the Style that contains the desired rhythm part.

  • Page 37: Style Converter

    Divisions. Here is a brief summary of the available divisions: Intro, Original, Variation, Fill In To Variation/To Original, Ending. The KR-3 allows you to silence (mute) selected parts of a Style division. You could, for example, mute the Accompaniment 1 part of a Variation pattern.

  • Page 38: Saving User Styles

    Note: If you want to cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button. 9.8 Song Edit The KR-3 has eight functions that you can use to edit the songs you have recorded. Note: After carrying out one of the following functions, it may be impossible to restore the previous settings.
  • Page 39 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Composer Menu 2. Press <Execute>. The new tempo and volume values are stored. Note: You can also change the setting by holding down [REC] and pressing the [RESET] button. Quantize: timing corrections Quantize is a function that corrects minor timing problems.
  • Page 40 Track Copy: Copies a track 3. Press the <EXEC> button to confirm your settings and edit the data. Note: When copying a track, data existing at the copy desti- nation is overwritten by what is copied. KR-3 – Song Edit...

  • Page 41: Function Menu

    Note: You cannot change the Beat in the Arranger mode or when you are using the Composer function. Key Touch (velocity sensitivity) You can adjust the way in which the KR-3 translates the velocity data. 1. Press <Key Touch>. The touch level will appear in the right half of the screen.
  • Page 42 4. Set the Key note by pressing the key while holding down <Tuning>. You need to do this for all temperaments except Equal. Note: The temperament you select here applies to all KR-3 parts (the keyboard parts, the Arranger parts, and the Com- poser tracks/parts).

  • Page 43: Organ Screen Functions

    KR-3 automatically loads its preset tempo, selects an Upper Tone that matches the mood of the Styles, and activates the Chord Intelligence function. Here is how to keep the KR-3 from loading some or all of these settings: 1. Press <Auto>.

  • Page 44: Music Assistant, Pad Buttons, Pedals

    The Tone being used for sounding the chords is appropriately called “Chord Tone.” Along with the Chord Tone, the KR-3 will also play a bass note with (you guessed it) the “Bass Tone”. Ordinarily these Tones are preset, but they can be changed through the following procedure.

  • Page 45: Performance Pad Buttons: Additional Or Frequently Used

    99 sets can be saved on a disk. Music Assistant settings can only be saved on a disk that has been formatted by the KR-3. If you’re using a new disk, first format it (see page 34), then carry out the following steps.

  • Page 46: Pedal Functions

    “5” and select “Bend Down”. After a few seconds, the display returns to the previous screen. Note: When you press the One Touch Program [PIANO] button, the pedals once again assume their “official” func- tions (Soft and Sustain). KR-3 – Pedal functions...

  • Page 47: Utility Menu

    12.2 Utility functions Master Tune Master Tune allows you to tune your KR-3 to acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned. Like all electronic musical instruments, your KR-3 is set to A4= 440Hz, which may be flat for certain acoustic instruments.

  • Page 48: Metronome Volume And Beat

    Note: Beat cannot be changed during Style playback or when using the Composer. Selecting a different Reverb and/or Chorus effect As stated earlier, the KR-3 provides several types of Reverb and Chorus effects. Choose the one that matches the mood of the song you wish to play.

  • Page 49: Program Change (And Bank Select)

    That channel number (1~16) appears on the display. Note: MIDI messages sent from the external MIDI instru- ment to the KR-3 are received on all channels. However, all keyboard information (of the Upper, Layer, Lower, Chord, and Bass Tones) will be transmitted on one channel.

  • Page 50: Music Assistant Arranger Update

    Note: Do not turn the instrument off until the display shows “Backup complete”. Factory Preset (initialization) This returns all settings stored in the KR-3 to their ini- tial values when shipped from the factory. Note: The Music Assistant memories also return to their initial settings, so be sure to save them to disk first.

  • Page 51: Connecting Midi Instruments

    MIDI IN. The KR-3 does not provide a MIDI THRU connector. Here is how to connect the KR-3 to an external sound module, sequencer, etc. When working with an exter- nal sequencer, be sure to establish both connections and to set Local Control (see page 48) to Off.

  • Page 52: Appendix

    LVC-1 Lyrics to Video Converter Weight 102kg??? Accessories Owner’s Manual, Music Style/Acoustic Style Disk Stand AC power cable Note: In the interest of product improvement, the specifica- tions and/or appearance of this instrument are subject to change without prior notice. KR-3 – DSP effects...

  • Page 53: Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles

    KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Normal Tones Piano Grand Piano1 (Soft) Grand Piano2 (Bright) E.Piano 1 Soft E.Piano Vibraphone E.Piano 2 Honky-Tonk1 MIDI Piano2 Marimba 60's E.Piano Steel Drums Hard E.Piano Upright Piano...
  • Page 54 16 Medium Swing 17 Boogie 18 Boogie Band 19 BigBand Pop 20 Slow Shuffle 21 Shuffle 22 BrtSwing KR-3 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Latin/Gospel 1 Smooth Bossa 2 Lets Salsa 3 Gospel Choir 4 Gospel 5 Sweet Rhumba...
  • Page 55 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Drum Sets CC32 Type STANDARD Bar Chime Finger Snap High Q Slap Scratch Push [EXC7] Scratch Pull [EXC7] Sticks Square Click Metronome Click Metronome Bell Std Kick 2 Std Kick 1 Side Stick...
  • Page 56 CC32 : Value of Control Change 32 * Value of Control Change is set 0. Blank : ----- : [EXC] : Applause KR-3 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles G SFX Set CC32 Type High Q Slap Scratch Push [EXC7]...
  • Page 57 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Chord Intelligence C#M7 C#m7 CmM7 C#mM7 Cdim C#dim Cm7 ( 5 ) C#m7 ( 5 ) Caug C#aug Csus4 C#sus4 C7sus4 C#7sus4 E M7 E m7 DmM7 E mM7 Ddim E dim Dm7 ( 5 )
  • Page 58 A m7 ( 5 ) Am7 ( 5 ) A aug Aaug A sus4 Asus4 A 7sus4 A7sus4 KR-3 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles B M7 B m7 B mM7 BmM7 B dim Bdim B m7 ( 5 )
  • Page 59 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles MIDI Implementation Chart Function… Basic Channel Mode Note Number : Velocity After Touch Pitch Bend 0, 32 6, 38 Control Change 98, 99 100, 101 Prog Change System Exclusive System Common System Real Time...
  • Page 60 KR-3 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Notes...
  • Page 61 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Notes...
  • Page 62 Distributors Information When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as shown below. SINGAPORE AFRICA AFRICA Swee Lee Company 150 Sims Drive, EGYPT SINGAPORE 387381 TEL: 846-3676 Al Fanny Trading Office...
  • Page 63 KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles...

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