Panel descriptions, Front panel – Roland KR111 User Manual

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Panel descriptions

KR111

Digital Intelligent Piano

Panel descriptions

Front panel

[Power On] switch

This button allows you to switch the KR111 on and
off (see p. 13).

[Function] button

This button provides access to the FUNCTION menu.
You can use the

[√][®]

buttons to select the desired

function.

[Part Balance] button

Press this button to select the part whose level you
want to change with respect to that of the other
parts. The parts available here are: Upper, Layer, Split,
ADrums, ABass, and Accomp (this is a group of 6
parts).

Note:

There is also a

[Balance]

knob that allows you to set

the volume balance of entire sections. See page 22.

[Transpose] button

Press this button to select the display function that
allows you to set a transposition interval. You can
also specify which sections should be transposed
(page 22).

Press it together with the

[Reverb]

button to select

the KR111’s demo mode (page 15).

E [Reverb] button

Press this button whenever you want to change the
settings of the digital reverb effect (page 41). Press it
together with the [Transpose] button to select the
KR111’s demo mode (page 15).

F [Volume] knob

Use this knob to set the global volume of your KR111.

G [Brilliance] knob

Use this knob to change the brightness of the sounds
played by the KR111.

H [Balance] knob

This knob allows you to set the balance between the
Arranger or song parts (“Accomp”) and the solo
sounds (“Keyboard”).

I [User Program] button

Press this button whenever you want to select a User
Program (a set of registrations) or to save the current
panel and parameter settings to a User Program.
There are 34 User Program memories. See page 48.

J [Style Orchestrator] buttons

Press one of these buttons to choose the desired
orchestration for the selected Music Style. See
page 21.

K [Music Style] buttons

These buttons allow you to select Music Style fami-
lies. When you press a button, the first Style of the
selected family is immediately recalled. The button of
the selected family lights. Note that the KR111 mem-
orizes your selection within each family, and immedi-
ately recalls the last Style you used within that fam-
ily.
The last button ([User]) provides access to the Music
Style in the KR111’s temporary area or Styles on an
inserted floppy disk.

L [Fill In] buttons

These buttons have two functions: you can use them
to select the desired accompaniment pattern for a
Music Style (while the Arranger is stopped), or to
switch from the accompaniment pattern to a Fill-In
during a performance (page 19).

M [Intro/Ending] button

Press this button when you want to start a Style per-
formance with an introduction, or to stop Music
Style playback with a musical ending. When you
press the [Arranger] button, the Intro pattern is auto-
matically selected.

If you press it during Style playback, this button
selects the Ending pattern.

N [Start/Stop] button

Press this button to start or stop Style playback. Press
it together with the [Intro÷Ending] button to switch
the Sync Start function on or off.

Style Orchestrator

Fill In

Sync

Pop

Rock

Start

Stop

Intro

Ending

To Variation

Basic

User Program

Reverb

Demo

Function

Part Balance

Balance

Keyboard

Accomp

Volume

Brilliance

Transpose

Advanced

Full

To Original

Trad

Kids

Latin

Gospel

Big Band

Swing

Oldies

Country

Ballad

Acoustic

Music Style