Selecting Supernatural Sounds (Up1 Part) - Roland BK-7m Owner's Manual

7.
Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select
the desired family, then press the dial to
confirm your selection.
8.
Rotate the dial to select the desired Tone.
9.
Press [EXIT] to leave the Tone selection
page.
NOTE
You can also select the BK-7m's Tones via MIDI. Be aware,
however, that if the BK-7m receives a sound select cluster
(bank select + program change message) for which there is
no Tone, the display shows "---" instead of a Tone name
and the real-time part in question no longer sounds.

Selecting SuperNATURAL sounds (UP1 part)

The BK-7m contains two high-quality brass Tones based
on Roland's SuperNATURAL technology. These are called
"N.Trombone" and "N.Tenor Sax". See the "Tone List" on
p. 91.
Various expressive performance elements typical of
brass instruments were difficult to play on a keyboard,
but can now be reproduced without special operations
and played expressively with a realistic tone. If you play
legato, the sound changes smoothly between notes. If
you play staccato, the sound has a crisp attack.
If you play a note and then press a second key without
releasing the previous key, only the second note sounds
(monophonic). If, however, you press several keys simul-
taneously, the UP1 part plays chords (polyphonic).
Other parameters that can be controlled in realtime are:
Supernatural sound controls
Rx MIDI
Parameter
Message
Discontinuous Pitch Bender
pitch change
Dynamics Modulation
Explanation
The discontinuous pitch
change is typical of brass
instruments, instead of
the normal smooth pitch
change. When you apply
a downward bend, the
sound will behave in the
manner distinctive of
brass instruments, mean-
ing that the volume will
also decrease.
Change the dynamic of
played note.
Backing Module BK-7m
Selecting Tones for the real-time parts
Supernatural sound controls
Rx MIDI
Parameter
Message
Noise Level CC 16
Default: 64
Play Stability CC 17
Default: 64
Growl Sens CC 18
Default: 0
(no growl)
Staccato CC 80
0~63: Normal,
64~127: Stac-
cato
Fall CC81
0~63: Normal,
64~127: Fall
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Explanation
This adjusts the amount
of breath and keys noise.
Adjusts the accuracy of
the player.
Using values near 0, the
initial pitch at the begin-
ning of each note will be
unstable. There will also
be a greater spread
between the timing of
each player's notes.
Using values near 7F, the
pitch at the beginning of
each note and the timing
of the notes will both be
accurate.
Adjusts the amount of
growl for strongly played
notes.
Using values near 0, the
amount of growl at the
beginning of each note
will be minimal.
Using values near 7F, the
beginning of each note
will have the maximum
amount of growl. The
more strongly you play
the keyboard, the stron-
ger this effect will be
If you set staccato, the
played notes result dis-
tinctly separate while
also short in length.
If you set Fall, the release
of sound will behave in
the manner distinctive of
brass instruments, mean-
ing that the volume will
also decrease.
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