User manual ROLAND KR-11 MANUAL 2

[. . . ] r ENGLISH KR-11 Owner's Manual Thank you for purchasing the Roland KR-11 Digital Intelligent Piano!So that you may enjoy reliable performance for years to come, please take time to read this manual from beginning to end. GM (General MIDI) and GS compatible · General MIDI System m The General MIDI System is a set of recommendations which seeks to standardize the MIDI support features of sound generating devices. Sound generating devices and musical data (disks) carrying the General MIDI logo conform to General MIDI specifications. [. . . ] As you see, your KR-11 provides five tracks in Normal mode, i. e. five places where MIDI messages can be recorded. The advantage of working with tracks is that you can re-record or change (edit) just one part while listening to the other tracks. Cautions If, after recording, the power is turned off, the recorded performance will be erased. If you want to save performances you've recorded, please refer to "Saving a song to disk". ENGLISH Let's record something 1. The [REC] indicator lights up, while the [PLAY] indicator flashes. The tracks onto which the performance is recorded are selected automatically, and the track button's indicator will flash. In Whole Keyboard mode, you can record onto any track except the Rhythm track. In that case, the track whose button is pressed last will be the recording track. Note: If a disk has been inserted into the disk drive, or after playing back a song on disk, you need to press the [SONG] button to bring up the Song Select screen. Select <U: User Song> and press the [REC] button. 31 KR-11 Owner's Manual--Recording and Playback Recording Minus-One performances Minus-One refers to a technique whereby a Standard MIDI File is used as backup, while you can mute the part you wish to play (usually the melody). Thanks to Minus-One, you can mute any part of a Standard MIDI File and play (and record) it yourself. If you just want to have fun with a Standard MIDI File without recording your performance, see "Track Mute: Muting specific tracks" on page 33. Correcting minor mistakes Let us now look at the advantages of working with tracks. If you don't like a particular line (the melody, say), you can correct it without re-recording the entire song. Press the [REC] button (indicator lights). 1. Insert a music data disk into the disk drive. The Song Select screen will be displayed. Select a song with the soft buttons surrounding the display. If necessary, use <PAGE> and <PAGE®®> to jump to another Song Select page. Press the [REC] button (indicator lights). Now select the track you wish to record your part to. As you know, the available parts are closely linked to the Keyboard modes. That is why you need to perform several actions to ensure that the right sound will be used for recording. [Whole]-- Press One Touch Program [PIANO]. [Lower], [Upper]-- Press the [LOWER] button and select the Split mode. [Rhythm]-- Press the [Drums/SFX] button and select <Drum Set> or <SFX>. Note: You cannot record onto the [BASS/ACCOMP] track. [. . . ] 8th Floor, Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Road South, T. S. T, Kowloon, HONG KONG TEL: 2333 1863 CENTRAL/LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA Instrumentos Musicales S. A. Av. Santa Fe 2055 (1123) Buenos Aires ARGENTINA TEL: (011) 4508-2700 UKRAINE TIC-TAC Mira Str. Box 180 295400 Munkachevo, UKRAINE TEL: (03131) 414-40 MEXICO Casa Veerkamp, s. a. MEXICO TEL: (55) 5668-6699 U. A. E. Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. [. . . ]