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Roland KR-17 Owner's Manual (212 pages)
Digital Intelligent Piano
Brand:
Roland
| Category:
Musical Instrument
| Size: 9.75 MB
Table of Contents
Important Safety Instructions
2
Using the Unit Safely
3
Important Notes
6
Additional Precautions
7
Handling Floppy Disks
7
Introduction
9
Main Features
9
How to Use this Manual
11
Conventions Used in this Manual
11
Panel Descriptions
12
Main Buttons
13
Bottom Panel
14
Table of Contents
15
Before You Start Playing
18
Opening and Closing the Top (KR-17)
18
Opening and Closing the Top (KR-15)
19
Raising the Music Stand
19
Using the Music Holders (KR-15)
19
Opening and Closing the Lid
20
Connecting the Power Cord
20
Connect the Pedal Cable
21
Turning the Power on and off
21
About the Pedals
21
Adjusting the Sound's Volume and Brilliance
22
Connecting Headphones
22
Connecting a Microphone
22
Connecting an External Display
23
Making the Connections
23
About the Touch Screen
24
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen
24
Main Screens
24
Piano Screen
24
Basic Screen
24
Using the Main Icons
25
Chapter 1 Performance
26
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano)
26
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)
27
Playing Percussion Instruments or Sound Effects
28
Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search)
29
Performing with Two Sounds Layered Together (Layer)
30
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split)
31
Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
32
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)
33
Adding a Surround Sound to the Accompaniment and Reverb (Surround)
35
Giving more Breadth to the Accompaniment Sound
35
Changing the Amount of Surround Accomp
36
Broadening the Reverb Sound
37
Changing the Amount of Surround Reverb
37
Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to the Sounds You Play (Advanced 3D)
38
Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality (Equalizer)
40
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)
42
Adding Effects to MIC Vocals (Vocal Effect)
43
Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files
51
Using the Metronome and Rhythm (Rhythm Partner)
52
Using the Metronome
52
Changing the Metronome Settings
53
Playing Rhythm
56
Changing the Rhythm Settings
56
Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment
58
Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment
58
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment (One-Touch Arranger)
59
About Chords
60
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering (Chord Intelligence)60
60
Viewing Chord Fingerings (Chord Finder)
61
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)
62
Selecting Music Styles on Floppy Disks
63
Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search)
64
Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns
65
Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo
65
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment
66
Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously When You Play the Keyboard (Sync)
66
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment
67
Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro (Countdown)
68
Modifying an Accompaniment
69
Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Fill in Buttons)
69
Changing the Instrumental Makeup of Music Styles (Style Orchestrator)
70
Playing Phrases (Phrase)
71
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Melody Intelligence)
72
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand During a Performance (Lower Tone)
73
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added (Piano Style Arranger)
74
Adjusting the Volume Balance for each Part (Balance)
75
Changing the Volume Balance between the Accompaniment and the Keyboard (Balance Knob)
75
Adjusting the Volume Balance for each Performance Part (Part Balance)
75
Chapter 3 Song Playback
77
Playing a Song
77
Playing Back
78
Using Keywords to Search for Songs (Song Search)
79
Registering the Songs You Like (Favorites)
80
Removing Songs from Favorites
81
Playing Back Songs on Cds (Only for Instrument Equipped with CD Drive)
82
Cautions
82
Playing Back Songs on Cds
83
Playing Back
84
Using the Remote Control (Only for Instrument Equipped with CD Drive)
85
Installing Batteries in the Remote Control
85
How to Use the Remote Control
85
About the Remote Control
86
Chapter 4 Practice Functions
88
Displaying the Score
88
Touching Notes to Confirm the Sounds (Touch the Notes)
89
Making Detailed Settings for the Score Display
90
Saving Scores as Image Data
91
Practicing Songs with the Practice Function
92
Adjusting the Tempo
95
Setting the Tempo by Pressing the Button in Time (Tap Tempo)
96
Use Your Voice to Select the Tempo (Vocal Tap Tempo)
97
Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute)
97
Match the Tempo before You Begin Playing (Count In)
98
Muting some Parts before Playing (Track Buttons)
99
Setting Markers for Repeated Practice (Marker)
100
Placing a Marker Within a Song
100
Playback from a Marker Location
101
Erasing a Marker
101
Moving a Marker
101
Playing Back the same Passage over and over
102
Transposing Keyboard Sounds and Songs Played Back (Transpose)
103
Chapter 5 Recording and Saving the Performance
105
Recording a New Song (New Song)
106
Recording with Accompaniment
108
Recording Along with a Song
110
Recording While Selecting the Track Buttons (Redoing Recordings)
111
Erasing Recorded Performances
112
Erasing the Performance on Specific Tracks
112
Changing How Recording Stops
112
Recording Songs Starting with Pickups
113
Using Floppy Disks
114
Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk
114
Formatting Floppy Disks (Format)
114
Saving Songs
116
Deleting Saved Songs
119
Copying Songs on Floppy Disks to Favorites
120
Copying Songs Saved in Favorites to Floppy Disks
121
Chapter 6 User Program Registration
122
Saving Performance Settings (User Program)
122
Calling up Saved User Programs
123
Changing the Way User Programs Are Called up
123
Saving the User Program Sets
123
Loading Saved User Program Sets
124
Deleting Saved User Program Sets
125
Copying Sets of User Programs on Floppy Disks to the User Memory
125
Coping Sets of User Programs Stored in the User Memory to Floppy Disks
126
Using the Pedal to Switch User Programs
126
Simultaneously Switching User Program and Transmitting PC Numbers
126
Chapter 7 Creating and Editing Songs
127
Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)
127
The 16-Track Sequencer Screen
127
Modifying the Settings of each Part
128
Getting the most Suitable Part Tones for the Musical Genre (Tone Set)
129
Recording a Performance
129
Changing the Recording Method (Rec Mode)
130
Recording While Erasing the Previous Recording (Replace Recording)
131
Layering a Recording over Previously Recorded Sounds (MIX Recording)
131
Repeated Recording at the same Location (Loop Recording)
132
Re-Recording Part of Your Performance (Punch-In Recording)
133
Composing an Accompaniment by Entering Chords (Chord Sequencer)
134
Inputting Chords Without Playing the Keyboard
135
Editing Songs
135
Basic Operation of the Editing Functions
135
Undoing Edits (Undo)
136
Copying Measures (Copy)
136
Copying Rhythm Patterns to Create Rhythm Parts
137
Correcting Timing Discrepancies (Quantize)
137
Deleting Measures (Delete)
138
Inserting Blank Measures (Insert)
138
Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose)
139
Making Measures Blank (Erase)
139
Exchanging Parts (Part Exchange)
140
Correcting Notes One by One (Note Edit)
140
Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song (PC Edit)
141
Changing the Beat in the Middle of a Song (Beat Map)
141
Changing the Tempo of Recorded Songs
142
Changing the Tempo Within the Song
142
Adjusting the Tempo While Listening to a Song
142
Adjusting the Tempo at a Particular Measure
143
Chapter 8 Creating Music Styles
144
Creating Original Styles (User Styles)
144
Creating New Styles by Combining Internal Music Styles (Style Composer)
144
Creating a Style from a Song You Composed Yourself (Style Converter)
146
Saving a User Style
149
Deleting Saved User Styles
150
Copying Styles on Floppy Disks to the User Memory
151
Copying Styles Saved in the User Memory to Floppy Disks
151
Chapter 9 Various Settings
152
Changing the Settings for One-Touch Piano
152
Procedure
152
Adjusting Resonance (Resonance)
152
Changing the Tuning (Tuning)
153
Changing How Rapidly Sounds Are Expressed According to the Force Used to Play the Keys (Hammer Response)
154
Adjusting the Resonant Sounds (String Resonance)
154
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
155
Changing the Settings for One-Touch Arranger
155
Procedure
155
Changing the Keyboard's Split Point (Split Point)
156
Changing Music Styles Without Changing the Tone or Tempo (One Touch Setting)
156
Assigning Functions to Pedals and Performance Pads (Pedal Setting/User Functions)
157
Changing the Bend Range (Pedal Setting)
159
(Arranger Config)
159
Placing a Marker in the Middle of a Measure
160
Changing the Settings for the Count-In and Countdown
160
Settings for the Count-In
160
Settings for the Countdown
161
Other Settings
161
Procedure
161
Changing Standard Pitch (Master Tune)
162
Changing the Language (Language)
162
Changing the Screen Message When the Power Is Turned on (Opening Message)
162
Changing the Settings for Showing Images with the External Display (External Display)
163
Selecting Images to be Shown on the KR and External Displays (User Image Display)
163
Turning off the Beat Indicator (Beat Indicator)
164
Remembering the Settings Even When the Power Is Turned off (Memory Backup)
164
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
165
Calibrating the Touch Screen (Touch Screen)
165
Formatting the User Memory
165
Automatically Starting the Quick Tour
166
Disabling Functions Other than Piano Performance (Panel Lock)
166
Changing the Functions of the Remote Control's Buttons
167
Enabling the Moving Key
168
Changing the Moving Key Settings
168
Changing the Part that Makes the Keys Move
168
Detailed Song Playback Settings
169
Changing the Tone Settings When Playing Back Songs (Play Mode)
169
Hiding the Lyrics (Lyrics)
170
Changing the Parts Assigned to the Track Buttons During SMF Playback (Track Assign)
170
Changing the CD Settings
171
Synchronizing the Timing of the Piano and Accompaniment
171
Setting the Type of CD to be Played Back
171
Chapter 10 Connecting External Devices
172
Connecting MIDI Devices
172
Connectors
172
Making the Connections
173
Performing in Ensemble with MIDI Instruments (MIDI Ensemble)
173
MIDI Settings
174
Selecting the Transmit Channel (Tx Channel)
174
Disconnecting the Internal Sound Generator and Keyboard (Local Control)
174
Sending Tone Change Messages (Program Change/Bank Select Msb/Bank Select LSB)
175
Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out)
175
Connecting to Audio Equipment
176
Connectors
176
Making the Connections
176
Changing the Aux Jack Settings (Aux Out)
177
Setup Examples with Aux Set to "Surround
177
Connecting a Computer
178
Connect to the MIDI Connectors
178
Connect to the Computer Connector
178
Connectors
178
Making the Connections
178
Appendices
180
Troubleshooting
180
Error Messages
183
Tone List
184
Drum Set List
186
SFX Set List
190
Effects List
191
Music Style List (KR-17)
192
Music Style List (KR-15)
193
Chord List
194
Internal Song List
196
Rhythm Pattern List
199
Parameters Stored to Internal Memory
200
Music Files that the KR Can Use
201
The KR Allows You to Use the Following Music Files
201
About the KR Sound Generator
201
MIDI Implementation Chart
202
Main Specifications
203
Index
205
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Roland KR-17 Quick Start Manual (20 pages)
Digital Intelligent Piano
Brand:
Roland
| Category:
Musical Instrument
| Size: 0.63 MB
Table of Contents
How to Use this Manual
1
Quick Start
1
Table of Contents
2
About the Key Template
3
About the Piano Screen
3
A Quick Tour of the KR
4
Playing in a Wonderland of Sounds
5
[Select/Listen to a Song] Button
6
[Score Display] Button
8
[Music Assistant] Button (1)
10
[Music Assistant] Button (2)
12
[Select Various Tones] Button
14
[Song Stylist] Button (Not Available on KR-5)
16
[Session Partner] Button (Not Available on KR-5)
18
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