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KR103_GBEF Page 1 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM
Owner’s Manual (p. 1)
Manual del Usuario (p. 57)
Mode d’emploi (p. 113)
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KR103_GBEF Page 2 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the DO NOT OPEN product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR constitute a
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 1 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM r Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing the Roland KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano. As its name suggests, the KR103 is both a digital piano and what we have come to call an “intelligent arranger” instrument with over 160 accompaniments called “Styles” that provide several variations for different song parts. The “Style Orchestrator” allows you to quickly change the arrangement of the selected Music S
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KR103_GBEF Page 2 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Main features Main features Superior sound source And much, much more… The KR103’s sounds are based on full-length (uncom- A metronome and several educational functions are pressed) waveforms. This produces vibrant, realistic provided, while three digital effects processors (Reverb, sounds. The KR103’s tone generator is 64-voice poly- Chorus and MFX) can be used to further enhance the
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 3 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Using the unit safely Using the unit safely The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of th
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KR103_GBEF Page 4 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Using the unit safely • Should you remove screws, make sure to put them in a safe place out of children’s reach, so there is no chance of them being swallowed accidentally. • Before using the KR103 in a foreign country, consult ................................................................................................ with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, o
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 5 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Contents Contents Main features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10. Keyboard part functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Selecting sounds for the Upper, Lower and Layer parts . 35 1. Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Drum sounds a
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KR103_GBEF Page 6 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Important notes 1. Important notes In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “Using the unit safely” on p. 3, please read and observe the following: Power Supply Additional precautions • Do not use this unit on the same power circuit with any device • Use a reasonable amount of care when using the KR103’s buttons, that will generate line noise (such as an el
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 7 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Contents • Floppy disks have a “WRITE PROTECT” tab which can protect the • Disks containing important performance data for this unit should disk from accidental erasure. It is recommended that the tab be always be locked (have their write protect tab slid to the “Protect” kept in the PROTECT position, and moved to the WRITE position position) before you insert them
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KR103_GBEF Page 8 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Panel descriptions 2. Panel descriptions Front panel J A B C D Music Style Pop Ballad Oldies Big Band Latin Trad Function Part Balance Transpose Reverb Rock Acoustic Country Swing Gospel Kids Demo I Intro Start Volume Brilliance Balance User Program Basic Advanced Full To Variation To Original Ending Stop E F G H K L M Accomp Keyboard Style Orchestrator Fill In Sy
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 9 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Front panel N R Song Count Metronome O P T Marker S Music Assistant Q U Exit Enter Tempo N Tempo indicators T [+][–], [√][®] buttons These indicators flash to indicate the current Music The [√][®] buttons allow you to select a group or Style or song tempo. parameter. You can press them, hold them, or press one while holding the other to change the scrolling O [Count/Mark]
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KR103_GBEF Page 10 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Panel descriptions V W X Tone Record/Playback Guitar Sax Others Bass Piano Organ Bass Strings Brass Drums/Sfx Disk Menu Rhythm Whole Accomp Lower Upper R4 1 2 3 Melody Piano Arranger Split Layer Intelligence Y Z a b One Touch Program Lower Reset Play/Stop Rec Bwd Fwd V [Tone] buttons Z One Touch Program [Piano]/[Arranger] buttons Press one of these buttons and use [+][–] or [√][®] to These buttons allow you t
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Phones ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 11 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Setting up the music stand 3. Before using the KR103 Connections Opening/closing the lid (1) To open the lid, use both hands to lift it lightly, and Connecting the pedal cable slide it away from yourself. Insert the pedal cable into the [Pedal] connector on the rear (2) To close the lid, pull it gently toward yourself, and panel of the KR103. lower it softly after
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KR103_GBEF Page 12 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Before using the KR103 Turning the power on/off About the pedals Turn on power to your various devices in the order The KR103 comes with three pedals that are built into specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, the supplied stand: you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices. (1) To turn the power on, turn the [Volume] knob all the way down, and then press the [Power
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 13 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Listening to the demo songs 4. First steps Adjusting the sound’s volume and Listening to the demo songs Your KR103 comes with song demos, Tone demos, brilliance and Style demos. (1) Turn the [Volume] knob to adjust the overall vol- ume. • The song demo illustrates the possibilities of the KR103 as a whole. • Tone demos show off the KR103’s amazing sound Function Part Bala
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KR103_GBEF Page 14 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano First steps (3) If necessary, press another [Tone] button to select After connecting the KR103 to the amplifier, etc., be another song. sure to switch on the KR103 and the external If you like, you can press [Song] to launch playback of device(s) in the following order: the general demo song (see above). • First turn on the power to the KR103. (4) Press [Start÷Stop] to stop Tone demo song playback. • Then t
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 15 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Automatic registration: Music Assistant (4) Press the [Start÷Stop] button to start Arranger play- Automatic registration: Music back. Assistant Music Style Pop Ballad Oldies Big Band Latin Trad The KR103 has a practical function that allows you Song Rock Acoustic Country Swing Gospel Kids Count Metronome User to quickly make all required settings for the music Marker Intr
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KR103_GBEF Page 16 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) 5. Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) Let us begin with the automatic accompaniment function, which is called “Arranger” and often referred to as “Style” or “Music Style” in the display and on the front panel. If the [Arranger] indicator lights, you will hear a ste- Starting/using the Arranger reo string sound and a monophonic bass sound while the Arranger is stopped
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH KR103_GBEF Page 17 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r Using different Music Style patterns (3) Repeat steps (1) and (2) to switch the Count-In Using different Music Style function back off (or on) again. patterns Changing the tempo Each Music Style comprises several patterns, so that Use the Tempo [+][–] buttons to decrease ([–]) or you can vary the accompaniment by starting with an increase ([+]) the tempo (if necessary).
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KR103_GBEF Page 18 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:26 PM KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) If you press [To¥Variation], however, while the ORIGI- Selecting Music Styles NAL pattern is being played, the Arranger first plays a (different) fill-in, and then switches to the VARIA- The KR103 provides three memory areas for Music TION pattern. Styles: • POP/ROCK, BALLAD/ACOUSTIC, INTRO and ENDING OLDIES/COUNTRY, BIG BAND/SWING, While the ORIGINAL and VARIATION p
