Playing The Bk-9'S Real-Time Parts; Selecting Piano And Organ Mode Easily; Selecting Tones And Playing The Keyboard - Roland BK-9 Owner's Manual

8. Playing the BK-9's Real-Time Parts

Your BK-9 contains four real-time parts: Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower
and Manual Bass. You can assign a desired sound to each part. You
can easily choose to play your BK-9 either as an Organ or as a Piano.

Selecting Piano and Organ Mode Easily

The BK-9 allows you to configure the keyboard either in Piano or
Organ mode by pressing just one button.
Select Piano Mode
1.
Press the MODE [PIANO] button.
The MODE [PIANO] and the [USER TONE/SuperNATURAL] buttons
are lit.
2.
The BK-9 plays SuperNATURAL piano sound over the
entire keyboard.
To change the sound please see "Selecting Tones and Playing the
Keyboard" below.
Select Organ Mode
1.
Press the MODE [ORGAN] button.
The MODE [ORGAN] and the [HAR. BAR] buttons are lit.
2.
The BK-9 plays organ sounds.
The Harmonic Bar sounds are automatically selected to the Upper 1,
Lower and Manual Bass part.
The keyboard is set in Split mode and the following parts are
assigned to the keyboard: Lower and Manual Bass to the left and
Upper 1 to the right half.
3.
Use the sliders below the display to change the organ
registration.
For more details see "Using the Harmonic Bars" (p. 29)
Selecting Tones and Playing the
Keyboard
In BK-9 the sounds you can assign to the parts are called "Tones".
The BK-9 allows you to assign any of the available Tones to any of
the four real-time parts.
Tone selection always applies to the part (UP1, UP2, LWR, M. BASS)
whose field on the main page is currently displayed in reverse.
In the example above the selection of tones will be applied to the Upper
1 part.
Select a real-time part
1.
Press one of the PART ON/OFF buttons to select the parts
that you want to play.
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Left Display
The main page displays the selected real-time parts in reverse.
NOTE
You can select more than one part at a time. The selection of
tone will be applied on the latest enabled part.
2.
Play the keyboard.
You'll hear the sound of the selected part. If you selected more than
one part you will hear them in layer.
Change a tone for a real-time part
3.
If the part where you want to change the tone is not in
reverse on the main page, press and hold the desired
PART ON/OFF button ([UPPER1], [UPPER2], [LOWER], [M.
BASS]) to enable it.
The main page will show the selected part in reverse.
In the example above you selected UPPER2.
4.
Press a TONE [0]~[9] buttons; alternatively press [USER
TONE/SuperNATURAL] to select a sound family.
The following screen appears:
Left Display