Roland KR111 - Manual (Page 12)

Panel descriptions
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KR111 Digital Intelligent Piano
W [Tone] buttons
Press one of these buttons and use [+][–] or [√][®] to
assign a sound (“Tone”) or Drum Set to the Upper,
Layer or Lower part. See page 37.
X [Disk] button
Press this button to access the Disk functions. They
are used for saving data to disk, and managing floppy
disks. See p. 54.
Y Record/Playback section
The buttons in this section allow you to control song
recording and playback as well as to select the tracks
you want to hear or record. See page 25 and 30.
Z Disk drive
Used for playing back material recorded on floppy
disks, or saving and loading songs or settings to/from
disk.
a One Touch Program [Piano]/[Arranger] buttons
These buttons allow you to instantly recall the appro-
priate settings for the music you want to play.
b [Split] and [Layer] buttons
These buttons have several functions:
By pressing [Split], you assign the Upper part to the
right half of the keyboard, and the KR111’s Arranger
to the left. By pressing it together with the [Layer]
button, you switch on a second part (called “Lower”)
that can be played via the left half. See page 23.
c [Melody Intelligence] button
This button allows you to switch the Melody Intelli-
gence function on/off. Melody Intelligence is a func-
tion that adds a harmony part to your melody play-
ing. See p. 36.
Bottom panels
[A]
A MIDI sockets (Out, In)
Use these connectors to exchange MIDI data with
external MIDI devices. Note that these sockets are not
available while a cable is connected to the USB
socket.
B 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 KR111’s own audio signals.
C OUTPUT R/L (MONO) sockets
These sockets allow you to connect the KR111 to
your HiFi amplifier, a mixer, a cassette deck, a key-
board amplifier, etc. If the external amplifier is mono,
be sure to connect it to the OUTPUT L/MONO socket.
[B]
D USB port
Use a USB cable to connect this port to your com-
puter. This allows you to send and receive MIDI data
to/from your computer. While a cable is connected to
this port, the MIDI In and Out sockets cannot be used.
Lower
W
a b c
X Y
Z
Record/Playback Tone
Reset Fwd Bwd Rec Play/Stop
Upper Lower Whole Rhythm Accomp Menu
R 4 3 2 1
Bass
Piano Strings Organ
Sax
Brass
Guitar
Bass
Others
Drums/Sfx
Piano Layer Split Arranger
One Touch Program
Melody
Intelligence
Disk
[A]
[B] [C]
A B C
Stereo Stereo
L (Mono) Out In R R L (Mono)
Input MIDI Output
D E F
Pedal Expression