Roland KR-11 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
KR-11
Owner’s Manual
Panel descriptions
8
R
HOLD button
In most cases, the selected display page will disappear
after a few seconds. Press this button to “lock” the cur-
rently selected display page. Press it again to release
the Hold function, or [EXIT] to leave it right away.
S
LCD contrast knob
Use this knob to change the contrast whenever the dis-
play is difficult to read.
T
TONE buttons
Used to select a Tone Group (see “Selecting Tones” on
page 20).
U
SAVE button
Press this button to save the Song in the KR-11’s inter-
nal memory to disk.
V
COMPOSER section
Use these buttons to control the on-board sequencer
(called
Composer
).
W
TRANSPOSE [
b
]/[
#
] buttons
Change the key of the music being played.
X
ONE TOUCH PROGRAM buttons
These buttons allow you to instantly recall the appro-
priate settings for the music you want to play.
Y
Whole, Lower, Upper buttons
Use these buttons to select whether you want to play
one sound (Tone) on the entire keyboard (“Whole”),
or one sound for the left hand and another one for the
right hand.
Z
MELODY INTELLIGENCE button
Press this button to add a harmony to the melody you
are playing.
a
POWER switch (left side)
Press this button to switch the KR-11 on and off.
b
Disk drive (right side)
Used for playing back material recorded on floppy
disks, or saving and loading songs or settings to/from
disk.
c
PHONES jacks (left, below the keyboard)
This is where you can connect two pairs of head-
phones (preferably Roland RH-25 or RH-50 model).
Connecting a pair of headphones to one of the
PHONES jacks turns off the built-in speakers.
2.2 Connections
A
MIDI sockets (Out, In)
Use these connectors to exchange MIDI data with
external MIDI devices.
B
OUTPUT R/L (MONO) sockets
To connect the KR-11 to an external amplifier or mix-
ing console, or to record your music with a tape
recorder, connect these jacks to the external device
(see “Sending audio to external equipment” on
page 12).
C
INPUT R/L (MONO) sockets
This is where you can connect the audio outputs of
another MIDI instrument, a CD or cassette player, etc.
The signals of that audio source will be amplified and
mixed with the KR-11’s own audio signals.
D
PEDAL socket
This is where you can connect the pedal cable of the
stand.
E
AC IN
The KR-11’s power cord connects here.
RX YZ
ST VWU
Q
ABCD E
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