Roland KR105 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Contents
Using the unit safely ..................................3
Important notes......................................................................... 5
Introduction.................................................7
Main Features............................................................................ 7
How To Use This Manual........................................................ 8
Panel Descriptions ...................................12
Rear Panel ................................................................................ 14
Bottom Panel............................................................................ 14
Before You Start Playing .........................15
Connect the Pedal Cable........................................................15
Connect the Power Cord........................................................ 15
Setting Up the Music Rest...................................................... 15
Using the Music Holders ................................................... 15
Opening/Closing the Lid ...................................................... 16
Turning the Power On and Off............................................. 16
About the Pedals..................................................................... 16
Adjusting the Sounds Volume and Brilliance ................... 17
Connecting Headphones ....................................................... 17
Using the Headphone Hook.............................................. 18
Connecting a Microphone ..................................................... 18
About the Touch Screen......................................................... 18
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen................................ 18
Main Screens............................................................................ 19
Piano Screen......................................................................... 19
Basic Screen.......................................................................... 19
Using the Main Icons.......................................................... 19
The Scroll Bar and The Page Icon ..................................... 19
1. Performance ................................................. 20
Playing the KR105 Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano)....... 20
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)....... 21
Performing with Multiple Sounds Layered Together
(Layer).................................................................................... 25
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands
(Split)...................................................................................... 26
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb) ................. 28
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)............................30
Using the Metronome.......................................................... 32
2. Automatic Accompaniment......................... 35
Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment................. 35
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment (One-
Touch Arranger)................................................................... 36
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)................... 39
Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns..................... 42
Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo............................. 42
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment .....................43
Modifying an Accompaniment .......................................... 46
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Melody
Intelligence)........................................................................... 49
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand (Lower Tone)..............50
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added (Piano
Style Arranger)...................................................................... 51
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance).. 52
3. Song Playback.............................................. 54
Playing a Song....................................................................... 54
Registering the Songs You Like (Favorites)...................... 59
4. Practice Functions .......................................61
Displaying Scores ................................................................. 61
Adjusting the Tempo ........................................................... 66
Match the Tempo Before You Begin Playing (Count In) 68
Muting Some Parts Before Playing
(Track Buttons)...................................................................... 69
Setting Markers for Repeated Practice (Marker) ............. 70
Transposing Keyboard Sounds and Songs Played Back
(Transpose)............................................................................ 73
5. Recording and Saving the Performance.... 75
Recording a New Song (New Song) ..................................76
Recording With Accompaniment ...................................... 78
Recording Along with a Song............................................. 80
Recording While Selecting the Track Buttons (Redoing
Recordings)............................................................................ 81
Erasing Recorded Performances ........................................ 82
Changing How Recording Stops........................................ 82
Recording Songs Starting with Pickups............................ 84
Using Floppy Disks.............................................................. 85
Saving Songs ......................................................................... 87
Deleting Saved Songs........................................................... 90
Copying Songs on Disks to Favorites................................ 91
6. User Program Registration.......................... 93
Saving Performance Settings (User Program) .................... 93
Calling Up Saved User Programs......................................... 94
Changing the Way User Programs Are Called Up ........ 94
Saving the User Program Sets............................................... 94
Loading Saved User Program Sets ................................... 95
Deleting Saved User Program Sets....................................... 96
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