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KR-11
Owner's Manual
Thank you for purchasing the Roland KR-11 Digital
Intelligent Piano!
So that you may enjoy reliable performance for years
to come, please take time to read this manual from
beginning to end.

Main features

Three instruments in one
The KR-11 can be used as piano, organ or "keyboard"
(i.e. a synthesizer with automatic accompaniment) –
all at the touch of a button.
270 Tones (sounds) and 136 Styles built-in
Support for a wide range of musical genres. You'll find
additional Styles on the enclosed Style disk.
Piano Tones that rely on stereo sampling
The Roland technology used ensures that your KR-11
offers some of the finest concert grand piano sounds
available on electronic musical instruments.
64-voice polyphony
Up to 64 voices can be played simultaneously. (In
most instances your KR-11 is 64-voice polyphonic.)
Simple yet versatile Composer
Recording and playback of commercial music data is
easy with the KR-11.
The comprehensive Composer menu includes:
• 16-track Sequencer
• Chord Sequencer
• Song Edit
• 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
The General MIDI System is a set of recommenda-
tions which seeks to standardize the MIDI support
features of sound generating devices. Sound generat-
ing devices and musical data (disks) carrying the Gen-
eral MIDI logo conform to General MIDI
specifications. This means that whenever you play
back music data marked with the General MIDI logo,
the musical response will be identical when played on
any device also carrying the General MIDI logo.
• GS Format g
Roland developed the GS Format to standardize the
response of sound generators when MIDI is used for
the production of music. By using a GS Format sound
generating device, you can be assured that you will
always hear a faithful, high-quality rendition of any
commercially available music data that carries the GS
Format logo.
The KR-11's tone generator fully supports both the
General MIDI system and GS Format so you can use
music data that is designed for either standard.
Reads and writes SMF Music Data
The KR-11 is capable of playing Standard MIDI Files
such as "SMF Music Data" (720 KB/1.44 MB format
3.5 inch floppy disks).
Copyright © 2002 ROLAND EUROPE spa.
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  • Page 1: Main Features

    • Song Edit • 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 2: Table Of Contents

    2. Panel descriptions ..... 7 3. Before using the KR-11 ....9 3.1 Connections .
  • Page 3 • 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 4 • 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 5: Important Notes

    Excessive heat can deform or discolor the unit. • To avoid possible breakdown, do not use the KR-11 in a wet area, such as an area exposed to rain or other mois- ture.
  • Page 6 KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Important notes • Remove any disk from the drive before powering up or down. • To prevent damage to the disk drive’s heads, always try to hold the floppy disk in a level position (not tilted in any direction) while inserting it into the drive.

  • Page 7: Panel Descriptions

    2. Panel descriptions 2.1 Front panel A UTILITY button Press this button to access the KR-11’s Utility func- tions (see “Utility Menu” on page 48). B DEMO button This button provides access to an on-screen Help function with explanations of the KR-11’s functions, games allowing you to identify sounds and chords, etc.
  • Page 8 Used to select a Tone Group (see “Selecting Tones” on page 20). U SAVE button Press this button to save the Song in the KR-11’s inter- nal memory to disk. V COMPOSER section Use these buttons to control the on-board sequencer (called Composer).

  • Page 9: Before Using The Kr-11

    Fold the three supporting feet at the back of the stand and check whether the stand is held in place. Before moving the KR-11, be sure to lower the music stand as a safety precaution. 3.3 Opening and closing the keyboard lid 1.

  • Page 10: Opening And Closing The Lid

    Make sure an adult is on hand to provide assistance when young children are playing the KR-11. For safety, transport the KR-11 only with the lid in the closed position. 3.4 Opening and closing the lid The KR-11’s lid can be raised and closed like on an...

  • Page 11: Turning The Power On/Off

    This is the same function as the right-most pedal on an acoustic piano. About the adjuster When you move the KR-11 or if you feel that the ped- als are unstable, set the adjuster located below the ped- als as follows.

  • Page 12: Connecting External Amplifiers And Other Devices

    To the AUX IN/LINE IN jacks of the external amplifier/ mixer, etc. Note: If you are connecting the KR-11 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 13: Basic Operation And Display

    4. Basic operation and display The KR-11 features a large-sized screen that keeps you informed about the status of your instrument and allows you to access functions for which there are (usually) no buttons or sliders. Symbols used in this owner’s manual This Owner’s Manual uses the following symbols to indicate panel buttons and items appearing on the display.

  • Page 14: Overview Of The Kr-11

    2. Use the buttons to the left and right of the display to choose the language. Note: This setting reverts to the original language when the power is switched off. If you prefer the KR-11 to select another language, see “Memory Backup” on page 51. Using <Game>...

  • Page 15: Performance Functions

    To play a piano piece, for instance, press the [PIANO] button. Press [ORGAN] to trans- form your KR-11 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 16 (see “What is an Arranger?” on page 24). Function How to use the Arranger Here’s all you need to do to be able to use the KR-11’s Arranger: 1. Press the One Touch Program [ARRANGER] but- ton.
  • Page 17 Saints”, try adding some variation here and there. When “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-11’s Arranger. When The Saints Go Marching In American Traditional...

  • Page 18: Playing Back Songs On Disk

    If the KR-11’s memory already contains a song, the following message appears: If you don’t want to lose the song in the KR-11’s inter- nal memory, press <CANCEL> and see “Saving a song to disk” on page 34. Otherwise, press <OK>.

  • Page 19: Pitch Bend And Transpose

    KR-11 – Pitch Bend and Transpose 5.4 Pitch Bend and Transpose The KR-11’s left pedal (also known as “Soft” pedal) can be used to bend the notes you play. To do so, you must assign it the Pitch Bend function (see “Pedal functions”...

  • Page 20: Tones And Related Functions

    KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Tones and related functions 6. Tones and related functions 6.1 Selecting Tones The KR-11 comes with a host of instrument sounds (called Tones). These Tones are divided into eight categories, called Groups. Selecting “normal” Tones 1. Press the TONE button of the Group that contains the Tone you need.

  • Page 21: Adding Effects To Tones

    After a few seconds, the display will revert to the Basic screen. Note: When you switch off the KR-11, the Octave Shift set- tings return to their preset values. If you’d like the KR-11 to memorize your settings, see “Memory Backup” on page 51.

  • Page 22: Keyboard Modes

    The Tone assigned to the Upper Part will be used when you switch to Whole mode (see above). When you power on the KR-11, the Tone assigned to the Lower part will be “Strings.” Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower parts 1.
  • Page 23 The indicator of the TONE button you press lights up. Play a few notes on the keyboard to confirm that the KR-11 is producing both a piano and a strings sound. Let’s call the two Tones “Upper Tone” and “Layer Tone”.

  • Page 24: Playing With Accompaniment (Arranger)

    Tone in octave steps, see “Octave Shift: changing the pitch by octaves” on page 21. • See “Auto: changing the Arranger defaults” on page 44 if you don’t want the KR-11 to change the tempo and select another Upper Tone every time you choose a Music Style.

  • Page 25: Selecting Music Styles

    The name of the selected Style will be highlighted. The indicator of the [DISK/USER] button remains lit to signal that the KR-11 now contains a User Style. To select it, press [DISK/USER]. Note: When you switch off your KR-11, the Style you loaded from disk is erased.

  • Page 26: Starting And Stopping Styles

    KR-11 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 27: Style Tempo

    [–] to decrease it. The tempo value appears in the upper left part of the display. Additionally, you can confirm the tempo and time signature by looking at the TEMPO indicators. KR-11 – Style tempo 7.5 Accompaniment and melody volume balance Global balance...

  • Page 28: Switching Style Arrangements (Divisions)

    KR-11 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 < > and < > buttons. Press the < > button to increase the volume, and the <...

  • Page 29: 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-11 features a function called Chord Intelligence. It is intelligent in that it allows you to play major...

  • Page 30: Melody Intelligence

    KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) 7.8 Melody Intelligence The Arranger of your KR-11 not only plays chords but also a counter-melody based on the chords you play in the chord recognition area. This counter-melody will be added to the Upper part.

  • Page 31: Recording And Playback

    If that is what you want to do, first save your song to another disk (see page 34), then erase the song in the KR-11’s inter- nal memory (see “Erasing the Composer song” on page 33).
  • Page 32 Note: If you record in Whole mode, the Tone of the Lower and Upper parts you are playing may change. That is because a Standard MIDI File also contains so-called program change messages that tell your KR-11 which Tones to use. Correcting minor mistakes Let us now look at the advantages of working with tracks.

  • Page 33: Playing Back A Composer Song

    8.5 Erasing the Composer song Here is how to erase an entire song in the KR-11’s internal memory. Before doing so, you should save songs you wish to keep to disk (see below).

  • Page 34: Saving A Song To Disk

    The [WHOLE] button also lights up to signal that the KR-11 will now function in Whole mode. The 16- track Sequencer uses only one Tone for each track, so you cannot record in Split or Layer modes.

  • Page 35: Chord Sequencer

    16-track Sequencer. The Composer will use the metro- nome settings (time signature and tempo) in effect at the time you start recording the first track. KR-11 – Chord Sequencer 9.2 Chord Sequencer The Chord Sequencer allows you to “pre-program” the chord progression and Style divisions to be used by the Arranger.

  • Page 36: 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-11 or on a PC) before formatting it. 1. Set the Write Protect tab on the disk to the “Write”...

  • Page 37: Style Composer

    Composer (or the Style Converter, see “Style Con- verter” on page 38) are called “User Styles”. Every Music Style of the KR-11 is made up of five parts that are assigned to Arranger tracks (see below). Note: The User Style is deleted when the power is turned off.

  • Page 38: Style Converter

    Divisions. Here is a brief summary of the available divisions: Intro, Original, Variation, Fill In To Variation/To Original, Ending. The KR-11 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 39: Saving User Styles

    KR-11 – Saving User Styles 9.8 Song Edit The KR-11 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. Also, songs recorded with Arranger backup may sometimes yield surprising results.
  • Page 40 KR-11 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 41 -24~+24 semitones (-2~+2 octaves) can be specified. 3. Press the <EXEC> button to confirm your settings and edit the data. KR-11 – Song Edit Track Exchange/Track Copy: swapping and copy- ing tracks Here, you can choose to exchange the data from one...

  • Page 42: 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-11 translates the velocity data. 1. Press <Key Touch>. The touch level will appear in the right half of the screen.
  • Page 43 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-11 parts (the keyboard parts, the Arranger parts, and the Com- poser tracks/parts).

  • Page 44: Organ Screen Functions

    Tone, Tempo Lock— Selecting another Music Style no longer loads the preset tempo and Upper Tone. OFF— In this mode, the KR-11 loads none of the set- tings related to the Music Style you select (see “Set- tings” on page 24).

  • Page 45: 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-11 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 46: Performance Pad Buttons: Additional Or Frequently Used Functions

    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-11. If you’re using a new disk, first format it (see page 36), then carry out the following steps.

  • Page 47: Pedal Functions

    Punch In/Out— When you select this function, you can activate and deactivate the recording process dur- ing playback. See page 36 for details. KR-11 – Pedal functions 11.3 Pedal functions You can also assign other functions to left pedal (Soft).

  • Page 48: Utility Menu

    12.2 Utility functions Master Tune Master Tune allows you to tune your KR-11 to acous- tic instruments that cannot be tuned. Like all elec- tronic musical instruments, your KR-11 is set to A4= 440Hz, which may be flat for certain acoustic instru- ments.

  • Page 49: 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-11 provides several types of Reverb and Chorus effects. Choose the one that matches the mood of the song you wish to play.

  • Page 50: Program Change (And Bank Select)

    Program Change Please note that each press of a < > or < > button will cause the KR-11 to transmit the value you set. Always set the numbers in the same order as they appear on the display: start with CC00, then set CC20, and finally set a PC value.

  • Page 51: Music Assistant Arranger Update

    “Backup complete”. KR-11 – Utility functions Factory Preset (initialization) This returns all settings stored in the KR-11 to their initial 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 52: Connecting Midi Instruments

    MIDI cable. It is a universal standard, which means that musical data can be sent to and received by instruments of different types and manufacturers. MIDI allows you to connect your KR-11 to a com- puter or hardware sequencer. MIDI messages are transmitted and received using three connectors and special MIDI cables: •...

  • Page 53: Appendix

    Accessories Owner’s Manual, Music Style Disks (2), Demo Disk (1) 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-11 – DSP effects...

  • Page 54: Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles

    KR-11 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 55 16 Medium Swing 17 Boogie 18 Boogie Band 19 BigBand Pop 20 Slow Shuffle 21 Shuffle 22 BrtSwing KR-11 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Latin/Gospel 1 Smooth Bossa 2 Lets Salsa 3 Gospel Choir 4 Gospel 5 Sweet Rhumba...

  • Page 56: Drum Sets

    KR-11 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...
  • Page 57 808 High Conga 808 Mid Conga 808 Low Conga 808 Maracas 808 Claves - - - - - - - - - - KR-11 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles SFX Set CC32 ORCHESTRA Type High Q Slap Close Hi-hat [EXC1]...

  • Page 58: Chord Intelligence

    KR-11 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 EmM7 Ddim E dim...
  • Page 59 A m7 ( 5 ) F#aug Gaug A aug F#sus4 Gsus4 A sus4 F#7sus4 G7sus4 A 7sus4 KR-11 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles B M7 B m7 AmM7 B mM7 BmM7 Adim B dim Bdim Am7 ( 5 )

  • Page 60: Midi Implementation Chart

    KR-11 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 61 KR-11 – Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Notes...
  • Page 62 KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Notes...
  • Page 63 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: 6846-3676 Al Fanny Trading Office...
  • Page 64 KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles...

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