Look At What You Can Do - Roland BK-9 Owner's Manual

3. Look at What you Can Do!

Play
the Keyboard
Play using various sounds
This keyboard contains a wide variety of high
quality tones including a selection of dedicate
SuperNATURAL sounds.
You can freely select and perform using these tones.
Enjoy dedicated Harmonic Bars
The virtual tone wheel sound generator offers a
completely realistic and expressive organ experience,
including the characteristic effects and sound
reproduction methods of vintage organs.
Play favorite tones
Using this function, you can create four lists (UPPER1,
UPPER2, LOWER, M. BASS) of 10 frequently used
sounds and recall them instantly.
Select tones that match the atmosphere of the
current rhythm (One Touch)
There are four One Touch memories per rhythm.
Play with accompaniment
The BK-9 can supply a wide variety of high quality
internal accompaniments (rhythm) for the music you
play.
You can also play back rhythms located in your USB
memory.
Enhance your performance (Audio
Key)
Using this function, you can assign up to 7 audio
phrases (mp3 and WAVE) to the rightmost keys of the
BK-9's keyboard and start and stop them in a true DJ
fashion.
The audio phrases can be synchronized with the
current rhythm.
Play
Songs (SMF and Audio)
Play a song
This unit can play songs in audio (WAVE or mp3) and
SMF format directly by your USB memory.
Mute tracks or cancel the melody
You can mute tracks of songs (SMF) and rhythms and
attenuate the vocal part at the center of stereo image
("Center Cancel") of an audio file (WAVE or mp3).
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Microphone
Sing while accompanying yourself
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By plugging an optional microphone (48 V phantom
power supported) into BK-9's MIC IN jack, you can
enjoy karaoke and use the BK-9 to accompany
yourself while you sing. The lyrics can also be
transmitted to the external screen.
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Record
Record your performance as audio
data
Your BK-9 allows you to record in WAVE format your
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performance including the microphone and Audio In
signal.
Record your performance as MIDI
data
Your BK-9 allows you to record a song as MIDI data.
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Record by the 16-Track sequencer
Your BK-9 contains a powerful sequencer with a host
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of edit functions. You can use it to record a new song
or to edit existing ones.
Record a chord sequence for instant
use
The CHORD LOOP function allows to record a chord
sequence for instant use. That sequence is played
back in a loop. You can use the sequence of chords to
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pilot the currently selected rhythm.
Create
Rhythm composer
The Rhythm Composer function allows you to create
new rhythms and to edit (i.e. change) existing ones,
and then save them in a USB memory.
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Smf/Rhythm edit
Makeup Tools for Rhythm or Song
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A simple and intuitive way to edit the selected rhythm or
SMF song (Standard MIDI File) without paying too much
attention to the underlying parameters.
Connection
Songs
new rhythms
Functions
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