Roland KF-90 User Manual

Owner’s Manual

Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p.

5). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner’s Manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference

the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with a dry cloth.

7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. When the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

WARNING: IMPORTANT:

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying

the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured GREEN-AND-YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the

letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN-AND-YELLOW.

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK. The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.

THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE. GREEN-AND-YELLOW: EARTH, BLUE: NEUTRAL, BROWN: LIVE

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12. Never use with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table except as specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

For the U.K.

Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be used improperly.

Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly.

* Material damage refers to damage or

other adverse effects caused with respect to the home and all its furnishings, as well to domestic animals or pets.

The symbol alerts the user to important instructions or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is determined by the design contained within the triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger.

The symbol alerts the user to items that must never be carried out (are forbidden). The specific thing that must not be done is indicated by the design contained within the circle. In the case of the symbol at left, it means that the unit must never be disassembled.

The ● symbol alerts the user to things that must be

carried out. The specific thing that must be done is indicated by the design contained within the circle. In the case of the symbol at left, it means that the powercord plug must be unplugged from the outlet.

U S I N G

T H E

U N I T

S A F E L Y

001

• Before using this unit, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual.

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002a

• Do not open or perform any internal modifications on the unit.

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003

• Do not attempt to repair the unit, or replace parts within it (except when this manual provides specific instructions directing you to do so). Refer all servicing to your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Information” page.

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004

• Never use or store the unit in places that are:

• Subject to temperature extremes (e.g., direct sunlight

in an enclosed vehicle, near a heating duct, on top of heat-generating equipment); or are

• Damp (e.g., baths, washrooms, on wet floors); or are

• Humid; or are

• Exposed to rain; or are

• Dusty; or are

• Subject to high levels of vibration.

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005

• This unit should be used only with a rack or stand that is recommended by Roland.

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006

• When using the unit with a rack or stand recommended by Roland, the rack or stand must be carefully placed so it is level and sure to remain stable. If not using a rack or stand, you still need to make sure that any location you choose for placing the unit provides a level surface that will properly support the unit, and keep it from wobbling.

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008a

• The unit should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions, or as marked on the unit.

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009

• Do not excessively twist or bend the power cord, nor place heavy objects on it. Doing so can damage the cord, producing severed elements and short circuits. Damaged cords are fire and shock hazards!

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010

• This unit, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level, or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should immediately stop using the unit, and consult an audiologist.

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011

• Do not allow any objects (e.g., flammable material, coins, pins); or liquids of any kind (water, soft drinks, etc.) to penetrate the unit.

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013

• In households with small children, an adult should provide supervision until the child is capable of following all the rules essential for the safe operation of the unit.

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014

• Protect the unit from strong impact.

(Do not drop it!)

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015

• Do not force the unit’s power-supply cord to share an outlet with an unreasonable number of other devices. Be especially careful when using extension cords—the total power used by all devices you have connected to the extension cord’s outlet must never exceed the power rating (watts/amperes) for the extension cord. Excessive loads can cause the insulation on the cord to heat up and eventually melt through.

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016

• Before using the unit in a foreign country, consult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Information” page.

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USING THE UNIT SAFELY

101a

• The unit should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.

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102b

• Always grasp only the plug on the power-supply cord when plugging into, or unplugging from, an outlet or this unit.

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104

• Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entangled. Also, all cords and cables should be placed so they are out of the reach of children.

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106

• Never climb on top of, nor place heavy objects on the unit.

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107b

• Never handle the power cord or its plugs with wet hands when plugging into, or unplugging from, an outlet or this unit.

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108d: Selection

• If you need to move the instrument, take note of the precautions listed below. At least two persons are required to safely lift and move the unit. It should be handled carefully, all the while keeping it level. Make sure to have a firm grip, to protect yourself from injury and the instrument from damage.

• Check to make sure the knob bolts securing the unit

to the stand have not become loose. Fasten them again securely whenever you notice any loosening.

• Disconnect the power cord.

• Disconnect all cords coming from external devices.

• Remove the music stand.

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109a

• Before cleaning the unit, turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet (p. 16).

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110a

• Whenever you suspect the possibility of lightning in your area, pull the plug on the power cord out of the outlet.

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118

• Should you remove the screws fastening the music stand, make sure to put them in a safe place out of children's reach, so there is no chance of them being swallowed accidentally.

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IMPORTANT NOTES

291b

In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on pages 2, 3 and 4, please read and observe the following:

Power Supply

301

• Do not use this unit on the same power circuit with any device that will generate line noise (such as an electric motor or variable lighting system).

307

• Before connecting this unit to other devices, turn off the power to all units. This will help prevent malfunctions and/or damage to speakers or other devices.

Placement

351

• Using the unit near power amplifiers (or other equipment containing large power transformers) may induce hum. To alleviate the problem, change the orientation of this unit; or move it farther away from the source of interference.

352

• This device may interfere with radio and television reception. Do not use this device in the vicinity of such receivers.

353

• Observe the following when using the unit’s floppy disk drive. For further details, refer to “Before Using Floppy Disks”.

• Do not place the unit near devices that produce a

strong magnetic field (e.g., loudspeakers).

• Install the unit on a solid, level surface.

• Do not move the unit or subject it to vibration while

the drive is operating.

354b

• Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight, place it near devices that radiate heat, leave it inside an enclosed vehicle, or otherwise subject it to temperature extremes. Also, do not allow lighting devices that normally are used while their light source is very close to the unit (such as a piano light), or powerful spotlights to shine upon the same area of the unit for extended periods of time. Excessive heat can deform or discolor the unit.

355

• To avoid possible breakdown, do not use the unit in a wet area, such as an area exposed to rain or other moisture.

356

• Do not allow rubber, vinyl, or similar materials to remain on the piano for long periods of time. Such objects can discolor or otherwise harmfully affect the finish.

357

• Do not put anything that contains water (e.g., flower vases) on the piano. Also, avoid the use of insecticides, perfumes, alcohol, nail polish, spray cans, etc., near the unit. Swiftly wipe away any liquid that spills on the unit using a dry, soft cloth.

Maintenance

401b

• To clean the unit, use a dry, soft cloth; or one that is slightly dampened. Try to wipe the entire surface using an equal amount of strength, moving the cloth along with the grain of the wood. Rubbing too hard in the same area can damage the finish.

402

• Never use benzine, thinners, alcohol or solvents of any kind, to avoid the possibility of discoloration and/or deformation.

Additional Precautions

551

• Please be aware that the contents of memory can be irretrievably lost as a result of a malfunction, or the improper operation of the unit. To protect yourself against the risk of loosing important data, we recommend that you periodically save a backup copy of important data you have stored in the unit’s memory on a floppy disk

552

• Unfortunately, it may be impossible to restore the contents of data that was stored on a floppy disk once it has been lost. Roland Corporation assumes no liability concerning such loss of data.

553

• Use a reasonable amount of care when using the unit’s buttons, sliders, or other controls; and when using its jacks and connectors. Rough handling can lead to malfunctions.

554

• Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display.

555

•A small amount of noise may be heard from the display during normal operation.

556

• When connecting / disconnecting all cables, grasp the connector itself—never pull on the cable. This way you will avoid causing shorts, or damage to the cable’s internal elements.

557

•A small amount of heat will radiate from the unit during normal operation.

558a

• To avoid disturbing your neighbors, try to keep the unit’s volume at reasonable levels. You may prefer to use headphones, so you do not need to be concerned about those around you (especially when it is late at night).

559a

• When you need to transport the unit, package it in the box (including padding) that it came in, if possible. Otherwise, you will need to use equivalent packaging materials.

561

• Use only the specified expression pedal (EV-5; sold separately). By connecting any other expression pedals, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to the unit.

• Do not allow objects to remain on top of the keyboard. This can be the cause of malfunction, such as keys ceasing to produce sound.

562

• Use a cable from Roland to make the connection. If using some other make of connection cable, please note the following precautions.

• Some connection cables contain resistors. Do not use

cables that incorporate resistors for connecting to this unit. The use of such cables can cause the sound level to be extremely low, or impossible to hear. For information on cable specifications, contact the manufacturer of the cable.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Before Using Floppy Disks

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive

602

• Install the unit on a solid, level surface in an area free from vibration. If the unit must be installed at an angle, be sure the installation does not exceed the permissible range.

603

• Avoid using the unit immediately after it has been moved to a location with a level of humidity that is greatly different than its former location. Rapid changes in the environment can cause condensation to form inside the drive, which will adversely affect the operation of the drive and/or damage floppy disks. When the unit has been moved, allow it to become accustomed to the new environment (allow a few hours) before operating it.

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• To insert a disk, push it gently but firmly into the drive— it will click into place. To remove a disk, press the EJECT button firmly. Do not use excessive force to remove a disk which is lodged in the drive.

605b

• Never eject a disk while reading or writing is in progress, since that can damage the magnetic surface of the disk, rendering it unusable. (The disk drive's indicator will light up at full brightness when the drive is busy reading or writing data. Ordinarily, the indicator will be less brightly lighted, or be extinguished.)

606

• Remove any disk from the drive before powering up or down.

607

• To prevent damage to the disk drive’s heads, always try to hold the floppy disk in a level position (not tilted in any direction) while inserting it into the drive. Push it in firmly, but gently. Never use excessive force.

608

• To avoid the risk of malfunction and/or damage, insert only floppy disks into the disk drive. Never insert any other type of disk. Avoid getting paper clips, coins, or any other foreign objects inside the drive.

Handling Floppy Disks

651

• Floppy disks contain a plastic disk with a thin coating of magnetic storage medium. Microscopic precision is required to enable storage of large amounts of data on such a small surface area. To preserve their integrity, please observe the following when handling floppy disks:

• Never touch the magnetic medium inside the disk.

• Do not use or store floppy disks in dirty or dusty

areas.

• Do not subject floppy disks to temperature extremes

(e.g., direct sunlight in an enclosed vehicle). Recommended temperature range: 0 to 50° C (50 to 122° F).

• Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields,

such as those generated by loudspeakers.

652

• Floppy disks have a “write protect” tab which can protect the disk from accidental erasure. It is recommended that the tab be kept in the PROTECT position, and moved to the WRITE position only when you wish to write new data onto the disk.

Rear side of the disk

Write (can write new data onto disk)

Write Protect Tab

653

Protect (prevents writing to disk)

• The identification label should be firmly affixed to the disk. Should the label come loose while the disk is in the drive, it may be difficult to remove the disk.

654

• Store all disks in a safe place to avoid damaging them, and to protect them from dust, dirt, and other hazards. By using a dirty or dust-ridden disk, you risk damaging the disk, as well as causing the disk drive to malfunction.

655

• Disks containing performance data for this unit should always be locked (have their write protect tab slid to the “Protect” position) before you insert them into the drive on some other unit (except the PR-300, or a product in the HP-G/R, MT, KR, or Atelier families), or into a computer’s drive. Otherwise (if the write protect tab remains in the “Write” position), when you perform any disk operations using the other device’s disk drive (such as checking the contents of the disk, or loading data), you risk rendering the disk unreadable by this unit’s disk drive.

203

* GS ( ) is a registered trademark of Roland Corpo-

ration.

207

* Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer,

Inc.

208

* Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple

Computer, Inc.

210

* IBM is a registered trademark of International

Business Machines Corporation.

211

* IBM PC is a registered trademark of International

Business Machines Corporation.

* COMPOSER is a registered trademark of Roland

Corporation.

220

* All product names mentioned in this document are

trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Introduction

Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland KF-90 Intelligent Piano. While the KF-90 Intelligent Piano certainly allows you to achieve authentic piano

performances, it also features easy-to-use Automatic Accompaniment and numerous other useful functions.

In order to enjoy reliable performance of your new keyboard for many years to come, please take the time to read through this manual in its entirety.

Features

Authentic Piano Sound

The KF-90 reproduces the tones of a high-quality grand piano, with stereo sampled sounds that capture the true piano sound so well, you can even hear the hammers hitting the strings. With a maximum polyphony of 64 stereo piano tones, the KF-90 can handle just about any kind of performance, even when extensive pedal work is involved. In addition, the KF-90 features a Progressive Hammer Action, with a heavier touch in the lower keys and lighter touch in the upper keys, for even more realistic piano keyboard feel. All this provides you with more natural, more authentic piano performance.

Large Display and Touch Panel

The KF-90 features a large-sized display screen, and a “Touch Panel” that allows you to perform various tasks merely by touching items displayed on the screen, for easier viewing and more comfortable operation.

A Wide Variety of Accompaniment Styles with the Automatic Accompaniment Function

The KF-90 features numerous music Styles–approximately 140 different Styles are provided--and an Automatic Accompaniment function. You can use these to add the exact accompaniment you have in mind to your own performances.

Navigator Buttons Let You Get Straight to What You Want to Accomplish

There are Navigator buttons for tones, Automatic Accompaniment, and so on. For example, even if you don't understand what a certain button does, you can use the Style Navigator buttons, and just by following the on-screen instructions, make immediate use of the Automatic Accompaniment feature and access many other convenient functions, allowing you to achieve the things you want to do even more easily.

Effects Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to Your Performances (Advanced 3D)

You can select parts in Performances and add threedimensional breadth to them. This provides the pleasant effect of “wrapping” your performance within the sound.

Convenient Functions to Support Your Practice Efforts (Piano Master)

Piano Master can be used to greatly simplify a wide variety of operations, such as practicing the same section repeatedly any number of times, and practicing the parts for each hand. You also get useful practice functions, such as a recording feature that works like a regular tape recorder (p. 97), independent playback of each hand's parts (p. 89), a metronome function (p. 63), and more.

Expandable Ensemble Opportunities Using MIDI (MIDI Ensemble)

You can connect this instrument's MIDI connector to an electronic percussion instrument or other separate instrument, allowing you to play ensemble performances. By using “MIDI Ensemble,” you can simply connect an instrument to the MIDI connector and start playing using MIDI, without having to be concerned about making a lot of MIDI settings.

Make Your Own Authentic Ensemble Songs

You can use a variety of recording and editing features to compose your own authentic ensemble tunes.

Making Use of Commercially Available Music Files for Listening or Lessons

You can use the built-in disk drive to listen to commercial Music File songs and save recorded tunes on floppy disk (p.

39).

Karaoke Enjoyment

You can connect a microphone and enjoy singing along with songs, just like with a karaoke system (p. 42). You can also add harmony to the microphone vocals, and even change your voice to get robot and other vocal sound effects (p. 43).

Refined and Simple Design

From the tasteful brown tones to real wood used for the sides, this instrument has a look to fit in naturally with your room's interior design.

Introduction

Checking the Included Items

❏ Owner’s Manual ❏ Power Cord ❏ Cover ❏ Pedal (DP-6) x 1 ❏ Data Disk x 1 ❏ Music Stand

How to Use This Manual

This owner's manual is organized as follows.

Quick Start

For those just starting out with the KF-90, this volume explains how to make use of the instrument's various performance features simply and easily. We highly recommend reading through the Quick Start manual while you play the instrument, as this will allow you to more fully grasp the kinds of things capable with the KF-90.

Reference

This section explains the functions available with the KF-90 with easy-to-understand screen shots.

Please refer to the relevant pages for the functions you wish to use. Refer to the “Contents” when you already know what it is that you want to achieve. If you

want to learn how the KF-90's various buttons work, see “Panel Descriptions.” Also, be sure to make use of the “Index” at the end of the volume.

❏ Screw Set

Screw for the music stand x 2

Knob bolt for the stand (FPS-9; sold separately) x 2

Appendices

If the KF-90 does not operate as you expect, read “Troubleshooting” to make sure that your settings are correct. If an error message appears in the display during operation, consult the “If this Message Appears on Screen” section to determine the appropriate action. The appendices also provide other information, including the Tone list, Style list, MIDI implementation chart, etc.

■ Conventions Used in This Manual

• Button names are enclosed in square brackets“[ ]”, as in [Demo] button.

• On screen text is enclosed in angled brackets “< >”, as in <Exit>.

• The act of lightly contacting the Touch Screen with your finger is called “touching.”

• (p. **) refers to pages within the manual.

• An asterisk (*) or a at the beginning of a paragraph indicates a note or precaution. These should not be ignored.

NOTE

USING THE UNIT SAFELY............................................................................................................... 3

IMPORTANT NOTES........................................................................................................................ 5

Introduction................................................................................................................7

Features........................................................................................................................................................7

Checking the Included Items....................................................................................................................8

How to Use This Manual...........................................................................................................................8

Conventions Used in This Manual...............................................................................................8

Panel Descriptions...................................................................................................13

Before You Play .......................................................................................................16

Installing the Music Stand....................................................................................................................... 16

Connecting the Power Cord....................................................................................................................16

Connecting Pedals....................................................................................................................................16

Turning the Power On and Off ..............................................................................................................17

Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance.....................................................................................17

Connecting Headphones.........................................................................................................................17

Connecting a Microphone.......................................................................................................................18

About the Touch Screen ..........................................................................................................................18

Basic Screen....................................................................................................................................19

Quick Start ........................................................................21

Playing the Keyboard ..............................................................................................22

Listening to the Demo Song....................................................................................................................22

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)......................................................................23

Performing with Various Instrument Sounds...................................................................................... 24

Handy Features for Selecting Tones ([Tone Navigator] Button).......................................................25

Practicing a Song Using Music Files (Piano Master)...........................................................................26

Playing with Accompaniment.................................................................................28

Playing with Automatic Accompaniment ([Style Navigator] Button).............................................28

Playing with an Automatic Accompaniment (One-touch Arranger)...............................................30

Recording a Performance .......................................................................................34

Recording a Song ([Composer Navigator] Button).............................................................................34

Recording a Performance with Automatic Accompaniment.............................................................36

Listening to the Recorded Performance................................................................................................38

Using Music Files.....................................................................................................39

Listening to Music Files........................................................................................................................... 39

Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files.............................................................................. 42

Adding the Effects to Your Voice........................................................................................................... 43

Reference..........................................................................49

Chapter 1 Performance............................................................................................50

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)......................................................................50

Playing a Wide Variety of Instrument Sounds ....................................................................................51

Combining the Sounds of Two Instruments (Layer Play).................................................................. 53

Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split Play) ............................................... 55

Selecting a Different Tone in the Current Tone Group ...........................................................56

Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift) ..............................................................57

Playing Drum Sounds.............................................................................................................................. 58

Playing Effect Sounds...................................................................................................................59

Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect)........................................................................59

Effects Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to Your Performances (Advanced 3D)..................... 60

Contents

Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)................................................................................................62

Sounding the Metronome........................................................................................................................63

Changing the Animation..............................................................................................................63

Adjusting the Tempo.................................................................................................................... 64

Determining the Tempo with Tempo Marks............................................................................64

Changing the Beat of Metronome............................................................................................... 65

Changing How the Metronome Beat (Pattern) Sounds........................................................... 65

Changing the Type of Sound....................................................................................................... 66

Changing the Volume...................................................................................................................66

Chapter 2 Using Automatic Accompaniment........................................................67

Music Style and Automatic Accompaniment.......................................................................................67

About Chords............................................................................................................................................ 68

Playing Chords with Simple Fingering .....................................................................................68

Displaying the Chord Fingering On Screen (Chord Finder) .................................................. 69

Choosing a Music Style ...........................................................................................................................70

Choosing a Music Style from Data Disk.................................................................................... 71

Playing Sounds with the Left Hand Along with the Automatic Accompaniment......................... 72

Playing Just the Rhythm Pattern............................................................................................................ 73

Adjusting the Tempo for Automatic Accompaniment.......................................................................73

Playing a Music Style (Start/Stop).........................................................................................................74

Starting Automatic Accompaniment When You Play the Left-hand Section (Sync Start). 74

Starting at the Press of a Button.................................................................................................. 75

Stopping Automatic Accompaniment ....................................................................................... 75

Adjusting the Timing During a Performance and Starting Over...........................................75

Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro ................................................................................76

Modifying an Accompaniment ..............................................................................................................77

Changing the Accompaniment Pattern Within a Song (Fill-In)............................................. 77

Changing the Arrangement of the Accompaniment ...............................................................78

Adding Harmony to the Right-hand Part (Melody Intelligence)...................................................... 79

Adding Automatic Accompaniment to Regular Piano Performance (Piano Style Arranger) ...... 80

Changing the Volume Balance for the Accompaniment and Keyboard.......................................... 81

Adjusting the Volume of Each Performance Part................................................................................81

Chapter 3 Some Handy Features............................................................................83

Playing Back Songs for Practice .............................................................................................................83

Displaying the Score..................................................................................................................... 84

Adjusting the Tempo ............................................................................................................................... 85

Determining the Tempo Using the Selected Interval...............................................................86

Playback with No Change in Tempo..................................................................................................... 87

Counting Down Before a Performance Starts ...................................................................................... 88

Preventing the Part to Be Practiced from Sounding............................................................................ 89

Placing a Marker Within a Song............................................................................................................. 90

Placing/Erasing a Marker Within a Song .................................................................................90

Playback from a Marker Location...............................................................................................91

Moving a Marker...........................................................................................................................91

Playing Back to the Same Passage Over and Over.............................................................................. 92

Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose).....................................................................93

Transposing a song for playback ........................................................................................................... 94

Checking Your Performance On Screen................................................................................................ 95

Specifying the Part to Display..................................................................................................... 96

Chapter 4 Recording and Saving the Performance..............................................97

Recording Your Playing with Ease........................................................................................................98

Recording a Performance Using Automatic Accompaniment ........................................................100

Redoing a Recording.............................................................................................................................. 101

Erasing a Recorded Song....................................................................................................................... 102

Erasing the Sound Recorded at Specific Track Buttons......................................................... 102

Changing How Recording Stops.......................................................................................................... 103

Contents

Recording Songs Starting with Pickups.............................................................................................. 104

Composing an Accompaniment By Entering Chords (Chord Sequencer).....................................105

Creating a Rhythm Part with Ease....................................................................................................... 108

Saving Songs to Floppy Disks .............................................................................................................. 109

Formatting Floppy Disks (Format)...........................................................................................109

Saving Your Songs on Floppy Disk..........................................................................................111

Deleting Songs from Floppy Disks......................................................................................................113

Changing the Order of Songs on Floppy Disk................................................................................... 114

Chapter 5 Advanced Recording Function ...........................................................115

Selecting the Recording Method .......................................................................................................... 115

Recording While Erasing the Previous Recording (Replace Recording)............................116

Overdubbing Without Erasing the Previous Recording (Mix Recording).........................116

Repeatedly Recording Over the Same Location (Loop Recording).....................................116

Re-Recording Part of Your Performance (Punch-in Recording)..........................................117

Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)............................................................... 118

The 16-track Sequencer Screen.................................................................................................. 119

Recording with the 16 Track Sequencer ..................................................................................119

Getting the Most Suitable Part Tones for the Musical Genre (Tone Set) ............................120

Changing the Settings of Each Part......................................................................................................120

Composing a Song That Changes the Beat Partway Through.........................................................122

Changing a Song’s Basic Tempo .......................................................................................................... 122

Changing the Tempo Within the Song................................................................................................123

Adjusting the Tempo While Listening to a Song....................................................................123

Adjusting the Tempo at a Particular Measure........................................................................ 123

Chapter 6 Editing Functions.................................................................................124

Choosing an Editing Function.............................................................................................................. 124

Canceling an Edit....................................................................................................................................124

Copying a Measure ................................................................................................................................ 125

Copying a Rhythm Pattern ................................................................................................................... 126

Correcting Timing Discrepancies......................................................................................................... 126

Deleting a Specific Measure.................................................................................................................. 127

Inserting a Blank Measure..................................................................................................................... 128

Transposing Individual Parts...............................................................................................................128

Making a Measure Blank.......................................................................................................................129

Exchanging Parts....................................................................................................................................130

Correcting Notes One by One ..............................................................................................................130

Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song.............................................................................................. 131

Chapter 7 Using Other Functions.........................................................................132

Creating an Original Style (User Style)...............................................................................................132

Combining Styles to Create a New Style (Style Composer) ................................................. 132

Creating a Style from a Song You Composed Yourself (Style Converter) .........................134

Saving a User Style.................................................................................................................................137

Saving on the Floppy Disk......................................................................................................... 137

Saving on the [Disk/User] button............................................................................................137

Deleting a User Style Saved on Floppy Disk ..........................................................................138

Storing the Panel Settings (User Program).........................................................................................138

Calling Up User Program...................................................................................................................... 139

Changing How Button Settings Are Called Up...................................................................... 139

Saving User Programs on Floppy Disk...............................................................................................140

Calling Up Saved User Programs from Floppy Disk.............................................................140

Erasing a User Program Saved on a Floppy Disk .................................................................. 141

Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock) ..................................................................... 141

Chapter 8 Changing Various Settings..................................................................142

Changing the Settings for One Touch Piano...................................................................................... 142

Adding Ambience from Different Venues to Songs (Ambience).........................................142

Changing the Tuning.................................................................................................................. 143

Contents

Adjusting Resonance..................................................................................................................144

Changing Key Touch (Key Touch)...........................................................................................144

Fine Adjustment of the Piano Tone.......................................................................................... 145

Changing the Settings for Automatic Accompaniment.................................................................... 145

Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point.......................................................................................145

Changing How the Automatic Accompaniment Plays.........................................................146

Changing the Chord Tone and Bass Tone............................................................................... 146

Canceling the Chord Intelligence Function............................................................................. 147

Keeping the Same Tone and Tempo When the Music Style Changes.................................147

Assigning Functions to Pedals..................................................................................................147

Changing the settings for Score screen ...............................................................................................149

Changing the Tone Set When Playing Back a Song ..........................................................................149

Changing the Settings for the Marker and the Count Sound .......................................................... 150

Changing the Number of Measures Counted and the Count Sound.................................. 150

Playing the Count Sound at Each Repetition..........................................................................150

Placing a Marker in the Middle of a Measure......................................................................... 150

Adjusting the Standard Pitch (Master Tuning).................................................................................. 151

Changing the Type of Reverb Effect....................................................................................................151

Changing the Type of Chorus Effect ................................................................................................... 152

Changing the Bend Range..................................................................................................................... 152

Changing the Screen Settings ............................................................................................................... 153

Hiding the On-screen Lyrics......................................................................................................153

Changing the Language.............................................................................................................153

Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen........................................................................................153

Changing the Screen Message When the Power Is Turned On (Opening Message)....................153

Maintaining Settings After the Power Is Turned Off (Memory Backup).......................................154

Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)...................................................................................154

Repositioning the Touch Screen........................................................................................................... 155

Chapter 9 Connecting External Devices..............................................................156

Connecting MIDI Devices.....................................................................................................................156

MIDI Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 157

Synchronizing with Connected MIDI Devices................................................................................... 159

MIDI Ensemble.......................................................................................................................................159

Connecting to Audio Equipment......................................................................................................... 160

Connecting a Computer ........................................................................................................................161

Appendices.............................................................................................................162

Trouble Shooting......................................................................................................................... 162

If this Message Appears on Screen ...........................................................................................164

Tone List....................................................................................................................................... 166

Drum/SFX Set List........................................................................................................................ 170

Music Style List............................................................................................................................ 175

Rhythm Pattern List..................................................................................................................... 177

Chord List..................................................................................................................................... 178

Effects List.................................................................................................................................... 180

Demo Song List............................................................................................................................ 181

Data Disk Song List..................................................................................................................... 182

Music Files That the KF-90 Can Use.......................................................................................... 183

The KF-90 allows you to use the following music files.........................................................183

About the KF-90 Sound Generator...........................................................................................183

Glossary........................................................................................................................................ 184

MIDI Implementation Chart .........................................................................................................186

Main Specifications .....................................................................................................................187

Index.............................................................................................................................................. 189

Important Notes on Combining the KF-90 and FPS-9.............................................................. 193

Panel Descriptions

■ Rear Panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 [Power] Switch

Pressed to switch the power on and off (p. 17).

2 AC Inlet

Used only the supplied power cable (p. 16).

3 Pedal Jacks

Connect the supplied pedal (DP-6) and others (p. 16). When connected to Damper, the pedal functions as a damper

pedal. When connected to Sostenuto, the pedal functions as a

sostenuto pedal. When connected to Soft, the pedal functions as a soft pedal.

4 MIDI Out/In Connectors

Connect between these and external MIDI instruments to exchange performance information (p. 156).

5 Computer Computer Switch

Switches the connections for the MIDI connectors and the computer port (p. 161).

Also, this switch is set to Mac, PC-1, or PC-2 according to the type computer that's connected.

6 Mic Volume Knob

Adjusts the volume level for the microphone (p. 18).

Mic In Jack

Used for connecting microphones (p. 18).

7 Line In Jacks

You can connect audio equipment or other digital instruments and hear them through the KF-90's speakers (p. 160).

8 Line Out Jacks

You can use these to play the notes from the KF-90 on an audio device or record what you play on a tape recorder (p. 160).

Computer Connector

You can connect a computer to this jack to exchange performance information (p. 161).

* You can't use the MIDI Out/In connector and the Computer

connector at the same time.

Panel Descriptions

■ Front Panel

6 7 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 20 21

1 2

1 Disk Drive

You can insert a floppy disk for playing back or saving songs (p. 39, p. 109).

2 [Volume] Knob

Adjusts the overall volume level (p. 17).

3 [Brilliance] Knob

Adjusts the tone brightness (p. 17).

4 [Reverb] Knob

Adjusts the amount of reverb (p. 59).

5 [Balance] Knob

Changes the volume balance for sounds played with the keyboard and for songs and accompaniments (p. 81).

6 [Part Balance] Button

Use this button to adjust the relative volumes of each of the parts played in the Automatic Accompaniment, the percussion or effects sounds played with the keyboard, and the tones played with the keys (p. 81).

7 [Demo] Button

Press this to hear an internal demo song and to view the KF90's main features in the display (p. 22).

8 [User Program] Button

Stores the selected functions and states of the buttons. It can also call up settings that have been stored (p. 138).

3 4 5 8 13 14 15 16 22 23 24

Composer Section

9 [Song/Disk] Button

This can be used to make settings for the disk, such as saving a recorded song on floppy disk (p. 39, p. 83, p. 109).

10 [Composer Navigator] Button

You can select convenient functions for playing back, recording or editing a song (p. 34).

11 Bwd[ ] Button

Rewinds the song.

12 Fwd[ ] Button

Fast-forwards the song.

13 Reset[ ] Button

Sets the position from which playback will begin to the start of the song.

14 Stop[ ] Button

Pressed to stop playback or recording.

15 Play[ ] Button

Starts playback or recording for a song.

16 Rec[ ] Button

Puts the keyboard in record standby mode.

Arranger Section

17 Style Orchestrator [-] [+] Buttons

Used to change the arrangement type for automatic accompaniment (p. 78).

18 [Sync/Reset] Button

This setting simultaneously starts the Automatic Accompaniment when any key in the left side of the keyboard is played (p. 74). Additionally, by pressing this button while Automatic Accompaniment is being played, you can restart with the accompaniment synchronized (p. 75).

19 [Count Down] Button

Lets you know the end of intro with counts down (p. 76).

20 Beat Indicator

This lights up in correspondence with the beat of the selected song or accompaniment.

21 Tempo [-] [+] Buttons

Adjust the tempo (p. 64, p. 73, p. 85). Press the [-] and [+] buttons at the same time to return to the

basic tempo.

25 26 27 29 30 34 35 36

28 31 32 33 37 38 39

Panel Descriptions

22 Fill In [To Variation] Button

Inserts a fill-in in an automatic accompaniment and changes to the Variation accompaniment pattern (p. 77).

[To Original] Button

Inserts a fill-in in an automatic accompaniment and changes to the Original accompaniment pattern (p. 77).

23 Intro/Ending [1] [2] Buttons

Play an intro or ending during automatic accompaniment (p. 74).

24 [Start/Stop] Button

Starts and stops automatic accompaniment (p. 75).

25 Touch Screen

This lets you perform a variety of operations just by touching the screen (p. 18).

26 Value [-] [+] Buttons / Dial

You can use this to change on-screen values or select various items.

27 [Metronome] Button

Activates the built-in metronome. And you can change the metronome settings (p. 63).

28 [Transpose] Button

Transposes the keyboard or songs pitch (p. 93).

29 One Touch Program [Piano] Button

Changes the keyboard to a piano sound and makes the optimal settings for a piano performance (p. 23, p. 50).

[Arranger] Button

Makes the optimal settings for playing with automatic accompaniment (p. 30, p. 70).

30 [Drums/SFX] Button

Changes the keyboard to play percussion and effect sounds (p. 58).

31 [Melody Intelligence] Button

Adds harmony to the sounds played with the keyboard (p. 79).

32 [Advanced 3D] Button

When performing along with the automatic accompaniment or the internal songs, you can add three-dimensional breadth (p. 60).

33 [Vocal Effect] Button

Applies a variety of effects to vocals from the microphone (p. 43).

Music Style Section

34 Music Style Buttons

Selects a internal Music Style (p. 30, p. 70).

35 [User/Disk] Button

Selects a Style on the floppy disk (p. 71), or to choose a User Style that you've made yourself (p. 132).

36 [Style Navigator] Button

Press this button to select convenient functions when performing with Automatic Accompaniment or when creating Styles (p. 28).

Tone Select Section

37 Tone Select Buttons

Selects the kinds of sounds (Tone groups) played by the keyboard (p. 24, p. 51).

38 [Tone Navigator] Button

You can select convenient functions for selecting tones (p. 25).

39 [Function] Button

Selects a variety of play-related functions (p. 26, p. 151-p.

155).

Before You Play

Installing the Music Stand

fig.00-01

1. Using the supplied screws, fasten the music stand

to the back of the KF-90 as illustrated.

Turn the screws clockwise to tighten them.

2. To remove the music stand, support it with one

hand while loosening the screws.

* Be sure to use the supplied screws for attaching the music

stand.

* When attaching the music stand, support it firmly with one

hand to make sure that you do not drop it. Be careful, so you do not get your fingers pinched.

* Do not apply excessive force to the installed music stand.

Connecting the Power Cord

fig.00-02.j

Rear Panel

* Be sure to use the supplied power cord.

1. Connect the supplied power cord to the AC inlet

on the back of the piano.

2. Plug the power cord into an AC outlet.

Connecting Pedals

1. Connect the supplied pedals (DP-6) to one of the

pedal jacks.

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Pedal Switch (DP-6)

When connected to the Damper jack, the pedal can be used as a damper pedal. When connected to Sostenuto, the pedal can be used as a sostenuto pedal. When connected to Soft, the pedal can be used as a soft pedal.

* Unplugging a pedal cord from the unit while the power is on

may cause the pedal’s effect to be applied without stopping. Be sure to switch off the power to the unit before attempting to disconnect or connect a pedal cord.

Expression Pedal (EV-5)

Damper Pedal

Use this pedal to sustain the sound. While the pedal is depressed, long lingering reverberations continue to be added to the sound after you release from the keys. When you depress the damper pedal on an acoustic piano, the sound from the strings that were struck resonates with other strings, adding rich reverberations and broadness to the sound. You can adjust this resonance (Sympathetic Resonance) when the damper pedal is depressed.

→ You can vary the amount of resonance applied when the

damper pedal is depressed. Refer to “Adjusting Resonance” (p.

144).

Sostenuto Pedal

When this pedal is depressed, reverberations are applied only to the keys being played at that time.

Soft Pedal

This pedal is used to make the sound softer. Playing with the soft pedal depressed produces a sound that is not as strong as when otherwise played with the equivalent strength. This is the same function as the left pedal of an acoustic piano.

→ When connected to the Sostenuto jack or the Soft jack, you can

also assign other functions to the connected pedal. For more information, see “Assigning Functions to Pedals” (p. 147).

→ By providing two more pedals, you can use three pedals at the

same time. If you wish to purchase the optional pedal (DP-2/ DP-6), please contact the dealer where you purchased the keyboard.

→ You'll be able to change the pitch smoothly using the "Glide"

and "Bend Up/Down" functions (p. 147), after you connect an EV-5 Expression Pedal (sold separately) to the Sostenuto or Soft jack. An expression pedal can't be used to adjust the volume, however.

Before You Play

Before You

Play

Turning the Power On and Off

Be sure to follow the steps below when turning the power on or off. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices.

Turning On the Power

1. Before you switch on the power, turn the volume

down all the way by rotating the [Volume] knob.

fig.00-04

2. Press the [Power] switch on the back of the unit.

After a few seconds, the unit becomes operable and playing the keyboard produces sound. Adjust the volume at appropriate levels.

fig.00-05.j

Rear Panel

Lower Position

Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance

fig.00-07.j

Use the [Volume] knob to adjust the overall volume level.

Rotating the knob toward the right increases the volume; rotating it toward the left decreases the volume.

3. Use the [Brilliance] knob to adjust the overall

sound quality.

Rotating the knob clockwise makes the tone brighter; rotating it counterclockwise makes the sound more restrained.

Connecting Headphones

The unit’s speakers will go silent when you plug in headphones. This makes it convenient for playing at night, or at other times when you do not want to disturb others.

fig.00-08

* This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval

(a few seconds) after power up is required before the unit will operate normally.

Turning Off the Power

1. Before switching the power off, turn the volume

all the way down by rotating the [Volume] knob.

2. Press the [Power] switch on the back of the unit.

The power is switched off.

fig.00-06.j

Rear Panel

Upper Position

OFF

1. Plug the headphones into the Phones jack at the

front, on the left side of the piano.

The sound from the built-in speakers stops. Now, sound is heard only through the headphones.

2. Use the [Volume] knob on the KF-90 to adjust the

volume of the headphones.

→ Use Stereo headphones.

Some Notes on Using Headphones

• To prevent damage to the cord, handle the headphones only by the headset or the plug.

• The headphones may be damaged if the volume is too high when they are plugged in. Lower the volume on the KF-90 before plugging in the headphones.

• To prevent possible auditory damage, loss of hearing, or damage to the headphones, the headphones should not be used at an excessively high volume. Use the headphones at a moderate volume level.

Before You Play

Connecting a Microphone

You can connect a microphone into the Mic In jack, and enjoy karaoke with the KF-90.

fig.00-09

1. Connect a microphone to the Mic In jack on the

back of the instrument.

2. Rotate the [Mic Volume] knob next to the Mic In

jack to adjust the volume level for the microphone.

→ You can use a microphone (sold separately). When purchasing

a microphone, please consult the vendor where you bought the KF-90.

Some Notes on Using a Microphone

• Be careful of high volume levels when using mikes late at night or early in the morning.

• When connecting a microphone to the KF-90, be sure to lower the volume. If the volume control is too high when the microphone is plugged in, noise may be produced by the speakers.

• Howling could be produced depending on the location of microphones relative to speakers. This can be remedied by:

• Changing the orientation of the microphone.

• Relocating microphone at a greater distance from

speakers.

• Lowering volume levels.

About the Touch Screen

The KF-90 makes use of a Touch Screen. This lets you carry out a wide variety of actions just by touching the screen.

fig.00-10.j

Immediately after the power is turned on, this screen appears. For more detailed information, refer to p. 50.

* The Touch Screen is operated by touching it with your finger.

Pressing hard, or using a hard object can damage the Touch Screen. Be careful not to press too hard, and be sure to use only your fingers to operate the Touch Screen.

* The positioning of the Touch Screen may become displaced due

to changes in the surrounding environment and over time. If this happens, follow the steps in “Repositioning the Touch Screen” (p. 155) to correct the pointer position.

* Do not place items on the touch panel.

■ Basic Screen

The following screen is called “Basic Screen.” You can usually display this screen by touching <Exit> in the display several times. If touching <Exit> doesn’t display this screen, follow either of the procedures described below to display it.

• Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

• Hold down the One Touch Program [Piano] button and press any one of the Tone

fig.00-11

Before You

Play

Before You Play

The basic screen appears and displays the settings for Automatic Accompaniment.

Select buttons, then touch <Exit>.

Tempo

Beat Measure

Tone Part

Name

1 Such as the name of the song and Music Style appears. 2 The Tone names are selected appear.

Information about the Automatic Accompaniment, such as the form of

each of the chords as they are played and icons are shown in the display. Information about the manner in which the chords are played is not displayed when Automatic Accompaniment is not being used.

Using the Main Icons

With the KF-90, you can many other screens besides the basic screen to do things. The main icons you can use on these screens are as follows.

* You can adjust the contrast of the screen. Check out “Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen” (p.

153).

* The explanations in this manual include illustrations that depict what should typically be shown

by the display. Note, however, that your unit may incorporate a newer, enhanced version of the system (e.g., includes newer sounds), so what you actually see in the display may not always match what appears in the manual.

The on-screen graphics that appear three dimensional work like buttons. These are called “Icons.”

Some screens consist on two or more pages. You can display the next page or the previous page of the screen by touching Page < > or < >.

Touch this to exit the screen that is currently displayed. You can usually display the Basic screen by touching <Exit> several times.

Before You Play

MEMO

Quick Start

Playing the Keyboard

Listening to the Demo Song

You can watch the introductions of KF-90’s sound and keyboard, or listen to the demo songs, which use a variety of the KF-90’s built-in instrument sounds and Music Styles (accompaniment styles in various musical genres).

fig.Q1-01

1 2, 3

1. Press the [Demo] button.

A Demo screen appears.

fig.Q1-02.e

2. Touch the screen to select the demo type.

Display Content

Demo Songs Demo song performance

Tones Demo performance of the internal tones

Styles Demo performance of the internal Music Styles

Sound Description of the KF-90 piano tones

Keyboard

Score Description of the scores that can be displayed on the KF-90

By touching <All>, you can view these demos in succession. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Demo screen.

Description of the KF-90 Keyboard (Progressive Hammer Action)

3. Touch <Exit> at the bottom left of the screen to end the Demo

screen.

Playing the Keyboard

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)

First, let’s try piano play. By pressing the One Touch Program [Piano] button you can instantly make the optimal settings for piano performances.

fig.Q1-03

1. Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

Quick Start

A Piano screen like the one shown below appears.

fig.Q1-04.e

2. When you finger the keyboard, the piano sound is produced.

In this way, you can make the settings for piano play at any time using the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

3. Touch or next to the picture of the piano, then finger the

keyboard.

The amount by which the piano’s top is opened changes, and the sound also changes.

Playing the Keyboard

Performing with Various Instrument Sounds

The KF-90 is able to produce the sounds of various instruments and effects. The various types of sounds are called “Tones.” The tones are divided into nine separate groups, each assigned to the Tone Select buttons.

fig.Q1-05

2, 3 1

1. Press one of the Tone Select buttons to choose a Tone Group.

The screen shows six of the Tones included in the chosen Tone Group.

fig.Q1-06.e

2. Touch Page < > < > to switch screens.

The screen changes, and other tones in the selected tone group are displayed. Choose the tone you want to play.

3. Touch the screen to choose the tone you want to select.

You can listen to a typical phrase for the Tone by touching <Audition> at the bottom right of the screen. When you play the keyboard, the selected tone is played. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Basic screen (p. 19). Try choosing and playing a variety of different tones.

About “EX” Tone

These are tones that Roland recommends you use in order to enjoy enhanced expressive capabilities. Some of the EX Tones change according to the force with which the keys are played (velocity).

Handy Features for Selecting Tones ([Tone Navigator] Button)

Pressing the [Tone Navigator] button lets you use a handy feature when selecting tones.

fig.Q1-07

1. Press the [Tone Navigator] button.

Playing the Keyboard

Quick Start

12, 3

A Tone Navigator screen like the one below appears.

fig.Q1-08.e

2. Touch the screen to choose the desired activity.

Display Description

Check It Out!

You can select tones just by touching icons for the suggested tones, or combination of tones, displayed on the screen.

After selecting the type of musical instrument and musical

Find Suitable

Index

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Tone Navigator screen.

genre, you can then find tones that will sound good with your selections.

Allows searching of tones using the first letter of the tone name.

3. Touch <Exit> at the bottom left of the screen to end the Tone

Navigator screen.

Playing the Keyboard

Practicing a Song Using Music Files (Piano Master)

Now, let’s have some fun practicing using the song data on the Data Disk included with the KF-90. “Piano Master” can help you master your favorite songs. You can practice using commercially available Music Files, not just the included disk.

About Music Files, take a look at “Music Files That the KF-90 Can Use” (p.

183).

fig.Q1-12

1. Press the [Function] button.

A Function screen like the one below appears.

fig.Q1-10.e

2. Touch <Piano Master> on the Touch Screen.

12, 4, 5

3. Insert a floppy disk containing a song for practice into the disk

drive.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to practice.

5. Touch <Exit> at the bottom left of the screen to end the Piano

Master.

The Function screen appears.

MEMO

Playing the Keyboard

Quick Start

Playing with Accompaniment

Playing with Automatic Accompaniment ([Style Navigator] Button)

Pressing the [Style Navigator] button lets you use a feature that makes play with automatic accompaniment even more enjoyable.

fig.Q2-01

1. Press the [Style Navigator] button.

12, 3

A Style Navigator screen like the one below appears.

fig.Q1-08.e

2. Touch the screen to choose the desired activity.

Display Description

EZ Arranger Take a look at page 29.

Virtual Jam Take a look at page 29.

Create Style

Chord Finder

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Style Navigator screen.

You can Create a original style (User Style) by using the method of Style Composer and Style Convertor (p. 132).

You can have the notes comprising the chord be shown in the screen, whenever you are not sure how a certain chord is ﬁngered (p. 69).

3. Touch <Exit> at the bottom left of the screen to end the Style

Navigator screen.

Playing with Accompaniment

■ Enjoying Automatic Accompaniment with Ease (EZ Arranger)

Let’s try playing using Automatic Accompaniment. Automatic Accompaniment is a feature that creates an accompaniment matched to the chords you specify with the left hand, making the performance more impressive and enjoyable. To use Automatic Accompaniment, you need to press some buttons and make the settings for Automatic Accompaniment, but EZ Arranger lets you use Automatic Accompaniment just by answering some onscreen questions.

1. Press the [Style Navigator] button.

The Style Navigator screen appears.

2. Touch <EZ Arranger>.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

When you’ve answered all the questions, you can start playing with Automatic Accompaniment right away. When specifying the chords yourself in a performance, specify the chords in the left part of the keyboard, as illustrated below.

fig.Q1-08.e

Split Point ( )

Quick Start

F 3

The range specifyed a chord

4. Touch <Exit> to end the EZ Arranger.

The Style Navigator screen appears.

■ Playing with your band (Virtual Jam)

You can select the Pattern to be performed in each Part, and have these played together just like a backing band. Furthermore, you have complete freedom in combining the Parts.

1. Press the [Style Navigator] button.

The Style Navigator screen appears.

2. Touch <Virtual Jam>.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

When you’ve answered all the questions, you can start playing with Automatic Accompaniment right away.

4. Touch <Exit> to end the Virtual Jam.

The Style Navigator screen appears.

Playing with Accompaniment

Playing with an Automatic Accompaniment (One-touch Arranger)

In this section we will explain how you use Automatic Accompaniment not using [Style Navigator]. When using Automatic Accompaniment, press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button. You can make the optimal settings for playing Automatic Accompaniment with just a single touch of this button.

■ Let’s Try Playing, “Little Brown Jug”

Now, let’s try playing “Little Brown Jug” (you can see the score on page 32) using Automatic Accompaniment. In this example we’ll play the song with the “Big Band” Music Style. You can enjoy a different ambience even with the same song just by changing the Music Style. Let’s try playing with a wide variety of Music Styles.

fig.Q2-06

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

The following screen like the one below, is called “Basic Screen” (p. 19).

fig.Q2-07.e

2. Press the [Jazz] button.

1 23, 457 8

The following screen appears.

Playing with Accompaniment

fig.Q2-07-2.e

3. Touch Page < > and < > to switch pages, then touch the screen

to choose <Big Band>.

Quick Start

4. Touch <Exit>.

The previous screen appears.

5. Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to adjust the tempo of the

accompaniment.

Press the [-] and [+] buttons at the same time to return to the basic tempo.

6. Finger the “C” key in the following figure to start play.

First an intro of 8 measures is played. Play the right-hand and left-hand parts of the score on the keyboard. Play the “C,” “F,” and “G” keys on the keyboard with the timing indicated for “C,” “F,” and “G” on the next page score for the left-hand part, as shown in the figure. There’s no need to hold down the key, so you can get ready to finger the next one.

fig.Q2-08.e

Left

F 3

Right

7. Press the Fill In [To Variation] button with the timing on the score.

The Accompaniment Pattern changes. Pressing the [To Original] button returns you to the original accompaniment pattern. Once you’ve familiarized yourself with the performance, try varying the timing for the accompaniment pattern as you like.

8. Press the Intro/Ending [1] button with the timing on the score.

After the ending plays, the accompaniment stops. Pressing the Intro/Ending [2] button plays a simple ending.

Playing with Accompaniment

fig.Q2-09.e

Play the C Key on the keyboard.

Little Brown Jug

Left

Right

Left

Intro 8 measures

Press the Fill In [To Variation] to change the Accompaniment Pattern.

Press the Intro/Ending [1] to sound the Ending.

MEMO

Playing with Accompaniment

Quick Start

Recording a Performance

Recording a Song ([Composer Navigator] Button)

You can use the KF-90's “Composer” section for simple recording and playback of your performances. When recording a song, try pressing the [Composer Navigator] button.

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2, 3

1. Press the [Composer Navigator] button.

A Composer Navigator screen like the one below appears.

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2. Touch the screen to choose the desired activity.

Display Description

16 Track

Sequencer

Chord Sequencer

Rhythm Pattern

Song Edit You can edit a song by using a variety of ways (p. 124).

Beat Map

This allows you to record performance for up to 16 parts to create ensemble songs (p. 118).

You can create an accompaniment only by entering its chord progression (p. 105).

Only selecting a rhythm pattern, you can record a rhythm part (p. 108).

You can create songs that have beat changes during the course of the song (p. 122).

Display Description

You can set a marker at a point within a song and then go

Maker/Count In

Rec Mode

immediately to that measure, and have a count-in be sounded before the performance starts (p. 90).

Use this mode when making changes in the recording method and the manner in which recording is to be stopped (p. 103).

Recording a Performance

Quick Start

Play Mode

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Composer Navigator screen.

By changing the settings, you can play back portions of the data using tones particular to the KF-90

(p. 149).

3. Touch <Exit> at the bottom left of the screen to end the Composer

Navigator screen.

Recording a Performance

Recording a Performance with Automatic Accompaniment

In this section, we’ll record a performance with Automatic Accompaniment for “Little Brown Jug” on page 32.

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Get ready to Record

1. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

The following screen appears.

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2. Touch <0:> to display <0:New Song> on the screen.

If <0:> doesn’t appear on screen, touch Page < > and < > to switch screens. Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

Get ready to play

3. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

4. Use the Music Style buttons and the touch screen to choose a

Music Style you want to play.

In the same way as on page 32, when you play “Little Brown Jug,” press the [Jazz] button, then choose <Big Band>.

5. Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

6. Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to adjust the tempo of the

Start recording

7. Press the Rec [ ] button.

8. Play on the left-hand section of the keyboard.

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Recording a Performance

Quick Start

accompaniment.

The KF-90 enters standby for recording. To stop recording, press the Stop [ ] button.

Automatic accompaniment starts, and recording is started at the same time. Now begin playing.

Stop recording

9. Press the Intro/Ending [1] button.

● When the Following Screen is Displayed

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If you don’t want to erase the song

An ending is played, then the automatic accompaniment stops, and recording is stopped at the same time.

If there’s song data remaining in the internal memory, the screen shown below appears when you try to choose a song.

Touch <Cancel>.

Save the song on a floppy disk. For information on how to save your song, see “Saving Songs to Floppy Disks” (p. 109).

Erasing a song

Touch <OK>.

The recorded performance or song whose settings have been changed is erased.

Recording a Performance

Listening to the Recorded Performance

Now listen to the performance you have recorded.

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1. Press the Reset [ ] button.

Now, you can play back the song from the beginning.

2. Press the Play [ ] button.

The recorded performance is played back.

3. Press the Stop [ ] button.

Playback stops.

Any performance that has been recorded is deleted when the power to the

NOTE

KF-90 is turned off. If you don’t want to lose your recorded performance, save it on a floppy disk. For information on how to save your song, see “Saving Songs to Floppy Disks” (p. 109).

If there’s a recorded performance in the KF-90’s internal memory, you can’t play back another song. Check out “Erasing a Recorded Song” (p. 102).

Using Music Files

Listening to Music Files

Here’s where you can know how to use the disk drive to listen to commercially available music files. You can also listen to KF-90 performance data saved on a floppy disk in the same way.

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1, 2

■ Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk

Quick Start

If you’re using the disk drive for the first time, be sure to read the important

NOTE

notes on p. 6.

1. Hold the floppy disk face up, and push it into the disk drive until it

clicks into place.

The disk drive is on the left side of the front panel.

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NOTE

Indicator

Never eject a disk while reading or writing is in progress, since that can damage the magnetic surface of the disk, rendering it unusable. (The disk drive's indicator will light up at full brightness when the drive is busy reading or writing data. Ordinarily, the indicator will be less brightly lighted, or be extinguished.)

Eject Button

Floppy Disk

2. To remove a disk, press the EJECT button.

The end of the floppy disk comes out of the slot. Gently grasp the end of the floppy disk and pull it out.

Using Music Files

■ Playing Back Music Files

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1 62 3, 4, 5

1. Insert the floppy disk containing the songs into the disk drive

(p. 39).

2. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

The Song/Disk screen appears.

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3. Touch the screen to choose a song.

If there are more than five songs on the disk, touch Page < > < > to switch the pages. Touching < > displays various information about the song you selected.

4. Touch < > on screen to play back the song.

You can also start playback by pressing Play [ ] button. The on-screen < > changes to < >.

5. To stop playback of the song, touch < > on the screen.

You can also stop playback by pressing the Stop [ ] button. If you let the selected song play to the end, playback stops automatically.

The on-screen < > changes to < >.

6. Press the Reset [ ] button to go back to the beginning of the song.

When you play a song with an upbeat (in other words, a song that starts before the first beat), the screen like the Basic screen (p. 19) shows PU, 1, 2, and so on as the measure numbers.

● When the Following Screen is Displayed

If there’s song data remaining in the internal memory, the screen shown below appears when you try to choose a song.

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If you don’t want to erase the song

Touch <Cancel>.

Save the song on a floppy disk. For information on how to save your song, see “Saving Songs to Floppy Disks” (p. 109).

Erasing a song

Using Music Files

Quick Start

Touch <OK>.

The recorded performance or song whose settings have been changed is erased.

■ Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)

You can continuously repeat playback of all the songs. This function is called “All Song Play.”

1. Insert the floppy disk containing the songs into the disk drive.

2. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

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3. Touch < > on the screen.

All songs are played back in sequence. The on-screen < > changes to < >. When the last song has finished playing, playback then repeats after returning to the first song.

4. Press the Stop [ ] button or touch < > on screen to stop

playback of the songs.

Using Music Files

Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files

You can connect a microphone into the Mic jack, and enjoy karaoke with the KF-90.

For more on connecting a microphone, refer to “Connecting a Microphone” (p. 18).

Karaoke music files must be purchased separately. When purchasing music files, please consult the vendor where you bought the KF-90. Check out “Music Files That the KF-90 Can Use” (p. 183).

1. Connect the microphone, then adjust the volume with the [Mic

Volume] knob on the back of the KF-90.

You can also adjust the depth of the Mic echo. (p. 44) You can also enjoy this with the Voice Transformer function (p. 44) and Harmonist function (p. 46).

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2. Insert the floppy disk that contains music files into the disk drive.

Please refer to “Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk” (p. 39).

3. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

The Song/Disk screen appears.

4. Touch the screen to choose a song.

Touch <Exit> several times, the Basic screen (p. 19) appears.

5. If you need to, use the Tempo [-] [+] buttons to adjust the tempo.

6. If necessary, change the key of the song.

You can transpose a song being played back to match the pitch range of your voice when you sing along with it. For details, refer to “Transposing a song for playback” (p. 94).

7. Press the Play [ ] button to begin playback of the song.

Sing a song along with music. When you play back a Music File with lyrics, the lyrics appear on screen.

8. Press the Stop [ ] button to stop playback.

You can hide lyrics, if you like. Take a look at “Hiding the On-screen Lyrics” (p. 153).

Adding the Effects to Your Voice

You can connect a microphone into the Mic jack, and enjoy modifying your voice through the mic with the KF-90.

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1. Press the [Vocal Effects] button.

A Vocal Effects screen appears.

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Using Music Files

Quick Start

1, 42, 3

2. Touch the screen to choose the desired activity.

Display Description

Echo Adjusting the Mic echo (p. 44).

Transformer Modifying your voice sounds (p. 44).

Harmonist Adding harmony to your voice (p. 46).

Vocal Count In

Vocal Keyboard Plays the keyboard notes with a voice scale (p. 48).

Music Files

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

You can start a song or Automatic Accompaniment by your counting (p. 47).

You can have a speciﬁed part played as harmony while a song is played back (p. 48).

3. Touch <Exit> to go back the previous screen with the Vocal Effect

function still in effect.

4. To cancel the Vocal Effects, press the [Vocal Effects] button to go

out the button’s indicator.

Using Music Files

■ Adjusting the Echo

You can adjust the echo added to the sound from a microphone connected to the KF-90.

1. Press the [Vocal Effects] button.

A Vocal Effects screen appears.

2. Touch <Echo>.

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3. Touch <Echo> horizontal slider to adjust the amount of echo

applied.

4. Touch Type <1> or <2> to change the type of echo.

Display Description

1 Adds clear reverberations. 2 Adds reverberations like a karaoke-type echo.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

■ Modifying Your Voice

With the KF-90, you can modify the way your voice sounds through the microphone. This is called the “Voice Transformer” function.

1. Press the [Vocal Effects] button.

The Vocal Effects screen appears.

2. Touch <Transformer>.

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3. Touch one of the icons on the screen.

Here’s what the different icons do.

Display Description

Makes your voice sound like a child’s.

Makes your voice sound like a big animal’s.

Makes your voice sound like a robot’s.

Makes your voice sound like a duck’s.

Using Music Files

Quick Start

Makes your voice sound like an alien’s.

Makes your voice sound like computer.

Makes a man’s voice sound like a woman’s.

Makes a woman’s voice sound like a man’s.

4. Sing through the microphone.

Your voice is transformed according to the item you selected.

NOTE

When you use the Voice Transformer function, the resonance setting for the piano (see p. 144) may sometimes be reset.

5. Touch the icon you selected in step 3 again to cancel the Voice

Transformer function.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

Using Music Files

■ Adding Harmony

You can sing with a harmony accompaniment, even when you’re playing solo. This is called the “Harmonist” function.

1. Press the [Vocal Effects] button.

The Vocal Effects screen appears.

2. Touch <Harmonist>.

Now you can use the Harmonist function.

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3. Touch one of the icons for <Harmonist> to choose how to apply the

harmony.

Display Description

This provides an effect similar to that of two people singing a melody in unison.

This applies a voice modiﬁed by Voice Transformer to your own voice. If you don’t use the Voice Transformer function, this lets you sing with a voice one octave higher.

This applies a voice modiﬁed by Voice Transformer to your own voice. If you don’t use the Voice Transformer function, this lets you sing with a voice one octave lower.

When you ﬁnger the keyboard, the notes played are added to your voice as harmony.

This adds a harmony a Major ﬁfth above your own voice.

This adds a harmony a Major 3rd above your own voice.

This adds a harmony a Major fourth below your own voice.

Using Music Files

Display Description

Harmony is added to the chords you play on the keyboard.

When you use the Harmonist function, the resonance setting for the piano

NOTE

(p. 144) may sometimes be reset. And the effects applied to the keyboard may be canceled.

4. Touch the icon you selected in step 3 again to cancel the Harmonist

function.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

■ Starting Song and Automatic Accompaniment by Vocal Count

You can start the song and Automatic Accompaniment by giving the count through the microphone.

Quick Start

1. Press [Voice Effects] button.

The Vocal Effects screen appears.

2. Touch <Vocal Count In>.

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3. Select <Song> or <Arranger>.

Display Description

Arranger

Song After your counting, the song will start.

After your counting, the Automatic Accompaniment will start.

4. Count to four (“One, two, three, four”) into the mic.

Be sure to count to four. The tempo is set to the timing you counted using the microphone. The song or Automatic Accompaniment will start. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

Using Music Files

■ Playing the Keyboard Notes with a Voice Scale

You can have the melody that is sung into the microphone played using the KF-90's tones.

NOTE

When <Vocal Keyboard> function is ON, the Voice Transformer (p. 44) and the Harmonist function (p. 46) are disabled. Both <Vocal Keyboard> and the Voice Transformer or the Harmonist cannot be selected simultaneously.

1. Press the [Vocal Effects] button.

2. Touch <Vocal Keyboard>.

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If <OFF> icon is selected, touch <ON> to apply the effect.

3. Touch the one of the icons to select the tone for the keyboard.

You can also select the Tone by using the Tone Select button (p. 24). Now, you can playing the keyboard notes with a vocal scale. The Tone you’ve selected is heard when you finger the keyboard.

4. Touch <OFF> to cancel the Keyboard function.

■ Adding the Harmony to the Song

When you sing along with the playback of a specified part in the song data, harmony is added using the scale for the specified part.

NOTE

When <Music Files> is selected, the Voice Transformer function (p. 44) is disabled. Both <Music Files> and the Voice Transformer cannot be selected simultaneously.

1. Select a song you want to add the harmony.

If you use the song on floppy disk, insert the floppy disk. About selecting a song of floppy disk, please refer to page 40.

2. Press [Vocal Effects] button.

3. Touch <Music Files>.

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4. Touch one of the icons to select a performance part.

A matching harmony is added to the performance of the part you chose.

5. Touch the icon you selected in step 4 again to cancel the Music

Files function.

Reference

AppendicesChapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Performance

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)

You can make the optimal settings for a piano performance at the touch of a single button.

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1. Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

A Piano screen like the one shown below appears.

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Settings are made for the following situations.

• The Grand Piano sound is selected.

• When the keyboard has been split into upper and lower sections (p. 55), this returns the keyboard to a single section.

• The functioning of the pedals returns the pedals to their usual functions (p. 16).

• The effect (p. 62) is set to “Sympathetic Resonance.”

Changing the Piano Sound

1. Touch next to the illustration of the piano.

The amount by which the piano’s top is opened changes, and the sound also changes.

This simulates the sound reflections that occur when the lid of a grand piano is open.

Since this instrument faithfully reproduces real acoustic piano action and response, sounds in the top one-and-one-half-octave range continue to play, regardless of the damper pedal action, and the tone in this range is audibly different. The Key Transpose setting (p. 93) can also be used to change the range that is unaffected

y the damper pedal.

You can change settings related to the piano performance by touching <Customize> at the bottom of the screen. For more information, take a look at “Changing the Settings for One Touch Piano” (p. 142).

Chapter 1 Performance

Playing a Wide Variety of Instrument Sounds

The KF-90 comes with a large number of built-in instrument sounds and effects. This lets you enjoy performances with sounds matched to a wide range of musical genres. The various types of built-in sounds are called “Tones.” The tones are divided into nine separate groups, each assigned to one of the nine “Tone Select” buttons.

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For more about the names of Tones, take a look at the “Tone List” (p. 166).

1. Press one of the Tone Select buttons to choose a Tone Group.

The pressed Tone Select button’s indicator lights. The screen shows six of the Tones included in the chosen Tone Group.

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For information on the Tone Navigator button, take a look at the “Handy Features for Selecting Tones ([Tone Navigator] Button)” (p. 25).

Chapter 1

This screen is called the “Tone Selection” screen.

2. Use Page < > and < > to switch screens, and touch the

screen to choose a Tone.

The Tone you’ve selected is heard when you finger the keyboard. Also, the next time you press the Tone Select button you chose in step 1, the

tone you selected here is sounded. You can audition tones by listening to a typical phrase for the Tone by

touching <Audition> at the bottom right of the screen.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

About <EX> Tone

These are tones that Roland recommends you use in order to enjoy enhanced expressive capabilities.

Some of the EX Tones change according to the force with which the keys are played (velocity).

For information on the Effects, take a look at the “Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)” (p. 62).

Chapter 1 Performance

Changing Tones with Value [-] [+] Or the Dial

You can also use Value [-] [+] or the dial to change a Tone. When you use the Value [-] [+] button or the dial, the pages are switched automatically, without having to touch Page < > and < >.

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1. Press one of the Tone Select buttons to choose a Tone Group.

A Tone Selection screen appears.

2. Use the Value [-] and [+] buttons or the dial to select a Tone.

The indicator for the corresponding Tone Select button blinks.

3. Finger the keyboard or press the blinking Tone Select button

to decide your selection.

The Tone Select button’s indicator lights up steadily. The Tone you’ve selected is heard when you finger the keyboard. Also, this is the Tone that you’ll hear the next time you choose this Tone Select button.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

Chapter 1 Performance

Combining the Sounds of Two Instruments (Layer Play)

You can play two different sounds from a single key at the same time. This method of performance is called “Layer Play.” For instance, it’s possible to play the Tones for both Piano and Strings in combination.

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Grand Piano 1

Strings

1. At the Basic screen, touch <Layer> at the bottom of the

screen.

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Chapter 1

Basic Screen (p. 19)

The screen changes as shown below.

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This tone displayed in the lower section is called the “Layer Tone.” When the keys are played, the tone selected in Step 1 and the Layer Tone are

played together.

2. To cancel the Layer Play, touch <Layer> a second time.

When you finger the keyboard, only the sound displayed at the upper area of the screen is played.

You can change the volume level for each of the Tones. Check out “Adjusting the Volume of Each Performance Part” (p. 81).

Chapter 1 Performance

Changing the Tones

1. On the Touch Screen, touch the name of the Tone you want

to change.

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2. Press one of the Tone Select buttons.

The Tone Selection screen appears.

3. Use Page < > and < > to switch screens, and touch the

screen to choose a Tone.

You can also select a Tone using the Value [-] and [+] buttons or the dial.

4. Touch <Exit>.

The Basic screen appears. When you finger the keyboard, the selected Tone and the other Tone are

played.

If you touch <- Oct> and <+ Oct> at the bottom of the Tone Selection screen, the pitch will change in one-octave steps. To learn more, check out “Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)” (p. 57).

Playing Different Tones with the Left

and Right Hands (Split Play)

The Split feature allows you to split the keyboard into two zones, then play a different sound in each zone.

Such a division of the keyboard into right- and left-hand sections is called a “Split,” and the key where the division takes place is called the “Split Point.” The split-point key is included in the left-hand section. Each time power to the keyboard is turned on, the split point is reset to “F#3.”

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Split Point

Chapter 1 Performance

You can change the split point. Please refer to “Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point” (p. 145).

Chapter 1

Acoustic Bass

• Switching to Split Play directly from Layer Play

Split Point

Acoustic Bass

Grand Piano 1

1. At the Basic screen, touch <Split>.

The tone in the right-hand part remains the same as it was before the keyboard was split, and the tone in the lower part switches to the tone displayed on the upper left part of the basic screen.

In this case, the tone in the right portion of the keyboard is called the “Upper Tone,” and the tone in the left portion of the keyboard is called the “Lower Tone.”

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Strings

When you switch to Split mode directly from Layer Play (p. 53), the two tones played in Layer Play

ecome the tone of the right hand of the keyboard in Split mode.

Basic Screen (p. 19)

You can independently adjust the volume levels of the notes played by the upper and lower sections of the keyboard. Check out “Adjusting the Volume of Each Performance Part” (p.

81).

When the keyboard has

een divided into upper

and lower sections, the

2. To cancel the Split Play, touch <Split>.

The tone in the upper part then is effective for the entire keyboard.

damper pedal is applied to only the upper section. If you want to add lingering reverberations to the notes of the lower section, see “Assigning Functions to Pedals” (p. 147).

Chapter 1 Performance

Changing the Tones

1. On the Touch Screen, touch the name of the Tone you want

to change.

2. Press one of the Tone Select buttons.

The Tone Selection screen appears.

3. Use Page < > and < > to switch screens, and touch the

screen to choose a Tone.

You can also choose a Tone using the Value [+] and [-] buttons or the dial.

4. Touch <Exit>.

The Basic screen appears. Play the keyboard to hear the Tone you selected.

■ Selecting a Different Tone in the Current Tone Group

You can select a tone in the currently selected Tone group without using the Tone Select buttons.

1. Display the Basic Screen (p. 19).

2. Touch <Tone> on screen.

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When the Split Play setting is in effect, <- Oct> and <+ Oct> appear at the

ottom of the Tone Selection screen. Touching these changes the pitch of the keyboard by octaves. To learn more, check out “Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)” (p. 57).

Touching <Split> to cancel the split function during Automatic Accompaniment activates the Piano Style Arranger. Take a look at “Adding Automatic Accompaniment to Regular Piano Performance (Piano Style Arranger)” (p. 80).

The Tone part name is

The tone selection screen appears.

3. Touch an icon at the bottom of the screen to switch the Tone

displayed at the above or

elow the Tone name at the

Basic screen.

part.

This allow you select a Tone of the Tone part displayed on the icon. Touching the icon changes the Tone part, and Tone selection screen switches

of the currently Tone Group of the Tone part.

4. Use Page < > and < > to switch screens, and touch the

screen to choose a Tone.

You can also choose a Tone using the Value [-] and [+] buttons or the dial.

5. Touch <Exit>.

The Basic screen appears.

Chapter 1 Performance

Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)

When the keyboard has been set up so that the right-hand and left-hand parts play different sounds (Split Play ➝ p. 55) or so that the sounds for two instruments are played in combination (Layer Play ➝ p. 53), you can shift the pitch of the notes you play by an octave at a time. This function is called “Octave Shift.”

For instance, you can make the pitch of the keyboard’s left-hand part match the pitch of the right-hand part during Split Play. Or, you could change the pitch of each tone, and play both tones together during Layer Play.

You can’t use this feature when set up so that the entire keyboard is played as a single instrument.

1. Make sure the Basic screen is displayed.

2. Touch <Layer> or <Split> to select Layer play or Split play.

3. Touch the tones on which to use Octave Shift on the touch

screen.

4. Touch <Tone>.

The Tone Selection screen appears.

Chapter 1

NOTE

Basic Screen (p. 19)

5. Touch <- Oct> and <+ Oct> at the bottom of the screen to

adjust the pitch of the sound.

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Each touch of <+ Oct> raises the pitch one octave. Each touch of <- Oct> lowers the pitch one octave. You can vary the pitch within a range down two octaves or up two. The state

of the pitch is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

6. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Basic screen.

Chapter 1 Performance

Playing Drum Sounds

You can use the keyboard to play percussion sounds or effects such as sirens and animal sounds.

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Press the [Drums/SFX] button, getting its indicator to light up.

When you finger the keyboard now, each key plays a different percussioninstrument sound.

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2. Touch <Type> to change the type of drum set.

The drum set appears in the middle of the screen. Sets of percussion sounds, such as “STANDARD,” are called “Drum Sets.” Each drum set contains a wide variety of percussive instrument sounds and

sound effects, and each key plays a different sound. You can play the Drum sound by touching the figure of drum set on the

Drum screen.

The combination of sounds assigned to the keyboard varies according to the drum set. Take a look at the “Drum/SFX Set List” (p.

170).

3. Pressing the [Drums/SFX] button again to return to the

previous sound.

The [Drum/SFX] button’s indicator goes out, and you are returned to the previous screen.

The sound played with the keyboard reverts to the instrument sound used before the [Drums/SFX] button was pressed.

■ Playing Effect Sounds

Chapter 1 Performance

Press the [Drums/SFX] button, getting its indicator to light up.

2. Touch <SFX> at the bottom of the screen.

When you finger the keyboard now, each key plays a different effect sound. You can listen the Sound Effect by touching the icons on the SFX screen.

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A set of effect sounds is called an “SFX set.”

Touching <Drums> at the bottom of the screen makes it so that percussion instruments are sounded.

Chapter 1

For the tones of the SFX set, refer to “Drum/SFX Set List” (p. 170).

3. Pressing the [Drums/SFX] button again to return to the

previous sound.

The button’s indicator goes out, and the previous screen appears. The sound played with the keyboard reverts to the instrument sound used

before the [Drums/SFX] button was pressed.

Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect)

The KF-90 can apply a reverb effect to the notes you play on the keyboard. Applying reverb adds pleasing reverberation to what you play, so it sounds

almost as if you were playing in a concert hall.

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1. Adjust the [Reverb] knob to select the amount of reverb

effect to be applied.

Rotating the knob clockwise applies a deeper reverb, and rotating it counterclockwise applies less reverb.

You can change the type of reverb that’s applied. Please refer to “Changing the Type of Reverb Effect” (p. 151).

NOTE

If you press the One Touch Program [Piano] button for the purposes of a piano performance, settings for the reverb effect that were made using the [Reverb] knob could get altered.

Chapter 1 Performance

Effects Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to Your Performances (Advanced 3D)

When performing along with the automatic accompaniment or the songs, you can add three-dimensional breadth to the sounds. This provides the pleasant effect of “wrapping” your performance within the accompaniment.

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1. Press the [Advanced 3D] button.

The Advanced 3D screen appears in the display.

2. Touch the window icon to switch the effect on or off.

Three-dimensional breadth is added to the sound of the selected accompaniment part.

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Advanced 3D ON

Advanced 3D OFF

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen with the Advanced 3D function still in effect.

3. Press the [Advanced 3D] button once more, extinguishing

the button’s indicator, to eliminate the effect.

Selecting the part to apply Advanced 3D Effect

With “Keyboard” in Advanced 3D set to On, you can select the Parts to which the 3D effect is applied when the keys are played.

1. Touch <Options> at the Advanced 3D screen.

The following display appears.

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Display Description

All Parts

Layer Part

The effect is applied to all Parts played on the keyboard.

The effect is applied to Layer Part. When the Layer play (p. 53) is not being used, the effect is not applied to what is played on the keyboard, even if “Keyboard” is set to On.

2. Touch <All Parts> or <Layer Part>.

Touch <Exit> to go back the Advanced 3D screen.

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Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)

You can apply a wide range of different effects to the notes you play on the keyboard.

1. Press one of the Tone Select buttons to choose a Tone to

which you want to apply an Effect.

The Tone Selection screen (p. 51) appears.

2. Touch <Effect> on the screen.

The Effect screen appears.

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NOTE

When you press the One Touch Program [Piano], you cannot change the type of effects.

NOTE

If you apply a different effect to the Layer tone (p.

53) or the Lower tone (p.

55) than the effect applied to the Upper tone (the tone shown in the upper right of the basic screen), the effect may not be applied in some cases. Select the same effect as for the Upper tone.

3. Touch <ON>.

The optimal effect for the keyboard sound is applied.

4. Touch <Type> to choose the type of effect.

5. Touch <Depth> to adjust the amount of effect

applied.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

6. To cancel the effect, touch <OFF> at the Effects screen.

About the Effects

When the effects is set to ON, the optimal effect is applied for the currently selected sound. Also you can apply effects for each tone. Although turning off the power returns the effects to their initial settings, carrying out Memory Backup (p. 154) allows you to save and store the effect settings even after the power is turned off.

For more information on the different types of effects, take a look at the “Effects List” (p. 180).

You can select the type of chorus effect. Please refer to “Changing the Type of Chorus Effect” (p. 152).

The same effect will apply to all sounds of the [Voice/ GS] button that are followed by a “GS” symbol. If you change the effect for these sounds, the effect will also change for other sounds with the “GS” symbol.

Sounding the Metronome

The KF-90 features a built-in metronome functions. You can start or stop the metronome sound simply by pressing the [Metronome] button. During playback of a song, or when performing with automatic accompaniment, the metronome sounds to the tempo and beat of the song in progress.

fig.01-21

1. Press the [Metronome] button to start the metronome‘s

sound.

The [Metronome] button’s indicator lights up, and a Metronome screen like the one below appears.

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2. To stop the metronome’s sound, press the [Metronome]

button.

The [Metronome] button’s indicator goes dark. Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

■ Changing the Animation

A metronome that moves along with the tempo usually is displayed at the center of the Metronome screen. You can change this to an animated bouncing ball (a ball that moves along in time with the tempo), or other animation.

1. At the Metronome screen, touch the icons at the bottom of

the screen.

The animation type will change.

Metronome

Bouncing Ball

Doctor

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■ Adjusting the Tempo

The tempo of the Metronome can be set within the range of 20 to 250. The tempo of the metronome changes automatically if you use an automatic accompaniment or play back a song.

fig.03-01

1. Press the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to choose a tempo.

The setting is at “120” when the KF-90 is powered up. You can also use the Value [-] [+] buttons or dial to adjust the tempo. Turn the dial clockwise for a faster tempo, or counterclockwise for a slower

tempo.

■ Determining the Tempo with Tempo Marks

You can set the tempo by choosing a tempo indicator, such as “Allegro,” indicated on the screen.

1. At the Metronome screen, touch the tempo mark on the

screen.

The tempo is set to match the tempo mark.

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Even if you touch the bar graph on the screen directly, you can still change the tempo.

■ Changing the Beat of Metronome

1. At the Metronome screen, touch <Beat>.

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The available choices for the beat appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Choose the beat from among the selections by touching your

choice.

You can scroll the display to one side or the other and show other choices for the beat by touching .

■

Changing How the Metronome Beat (Pattern) Sounds

The metronome usually sounds one beat per quarter note, but you can change the beat pattern to sound, for example, one beat for every dotted quarter note.

1. At the Metronome screen, touch <Pattern>.

The available choices for the type of pattern appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Choose a pattern from among the selections by touching

your choice.

You can scroll the display to one side or the other and show other choices

for the pattern by touching .

When is selected, only the upbeat will sound.

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Display Description

The metronome sounds in the ordinary way.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of dotted half-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of half-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of dotted quarter-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of quarter-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of dotted eighth-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of eighth-note upbeats.

Counting starts at the beginning of the measure, in intervals of sixteenth-note upbeats.

Plays with backbeats as the added sound.

Plays with triplets as the added sound.

With a triplet beat (6/8, 9/ 8, or 12/8), added notes are sounded as triplets.

Adds a shufﬂe.

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■ Changing the Type of Sound

You can change the type of sound of the metronome. When you turn on the power, the setting is for “ordinary metronome

sound.”

1. At the Metronome screen, touch <Sound>.

The type of sound appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Touch the screen to select a metronome sound.

Display Description

Ordinary metronome sound

Electronic metronome sound

A voice counting “1, 2, 3” in Japanese.

A voice counting “1, 2, 3” in English

Dog and cat cries

Woodblock sound

Triangle and castanet sounds

Clapping

■ Changing the Volume

You can adjust the volume of the metronome to any of ten possible levels.

Metronome volume is set to “ (5)” when the keyboard is turned on.

1. At the Metronome screen, touch <Volume>.

The available choices for the volume level appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Touch the volume icon you like.

Choosing sets the volume to the lowest level, and choosing sets it to the highest level.

Choose to silence the metronome sound.

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Using Automatic Accompaniment

Music Style and Automatic Accompaniment

What is Automatic Accompaniment?

With the KF-90, just by pressing the One Touch Program [Arranger] button, you can select Automatic Accompaniment. Automatic Accompaniment is a feature that immediately plays an optimal accompaniment based on the accompaniment pattern of the Music Style and the chords you finger on the keyboard. Using Automatic Accompaniment, you can play with an impressive accompaniment, even when you perform alone. Also, by varying the Music Style, accompaniment pattern, and chords, you can easily enjoy a wide range of arrangements of the same song.

For information on how to play Automatic Accompaniment, see “Choosing a Music Style” (p. 70).

What’s a Music Style?

A Music Style is an accompaniment style that has been designed to fit in with a particular musical style.

There are many different varieties of music around the world, and each one has its own unique features. What gives jazz its “jazziness” and classical music its unmistakable classical feel is the unique combination of elements, such as the instruments used, melody, and phrasing, which interact to create the musical character of the genre. A Music Style makes use of such elements to bring out the distinctive atmosphere and mood of each musical genre.

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The Makeup of a Music Style

A Music Style is made up of a set of six performance states called “Divisions.”

Division Description

Intro This is the state when an intro is playing.

Original

Variation

Fill In to Original

Fill In to Variation

Ending This is the state where an ending is played.

Also, a Music Style is made up of five performance parts: “Rhythm,” “Bass,” “Accompaniment 1,” “Accompaniment 2,” and “Accompaniment 3.”

This is the state where an Original accompaniment pattern is played.

This is the state where a Variation accompaniment pattern is played.

This is the state where a Variation ﬁll-in is played. This is the state where an Original ﬁll-in is played.

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About Chords

A chord is a group of notes played at the same time. The pitch of the note that forms the base (the root note) is shown by a letter, and the type of constituent notes is shown by the chord type.

For instance, the chord “C Maj” has C (do) as the root note, and “Maj” (major) as the chord type. C Maj is composed of the three notes “C,” “E,” and “G.”

fig.02-C1.e

Maj

Chord T ype

Root T one

CEG

The root notes of chords are all indicated by a letter of the alphabet, (sharp) and (flat), which correspond as follows.

fig.02-C2.e_90

For more information about chord fingering, refer to the “Chord List” (p. 178).

■ Playing Chords with Simple Fingering

“Chord Intelligence” is a feature that intelligently decides on accompaniment chords the moment you play a key (root note) specifying a chord during automatic accompaniment.

To play a C Maj chord, for example, you usually have to finger the three keys C, E, and G; but with Chord Intelligence, you only have to press the C key to initiate a C Maj chord accompaniment.

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• How to play the chord in the Chord Intelligence mode Major

Ex:

C Maj

Play the chord root.

Seventh

C 7

Ex:

Play the root and the second key above it.

Major Seventh

C Maj 7

Ex: Ex:

Play the root and the first key below it.

Minor

C min

Ex:

Minor Sevinth

C min 7

Ex:

Diminished

C dim

You can cancel the Chord Intelligence function. For more information, see “Canceling the Chord Intelligence Function” (p.

147).

Play the root and the third key above it.

Play the root, the third key above it, and the second key below it.

Play the root and the sixth key above it.

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■

Displaying the Chord Fingering On Screen (Chord Finder)

Whenever you are not sure how a certain chord is fingered, you can have the notes comprising the chord be shown in the screen.

1. Press the [Style Navigator] button.

The Style Navigator screen will appear.

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2. On the screen, touch <Chord Finder>.

3. Touch the screen to specify the root of the chord you want to

learn about.

The chord fingering appears on screen.

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Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

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Choosing a Music Style

You can choose a wide variety of Music Styles by pressing the Music Style button. The following buttons are called Music Style buttons.

fig.02-04

When you press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button to change the Music Style, the played notes and tempo of the right-hand part of the keyboard change to the optimal Music Style, and the settings that let you

play with Automatic Accompaniment are made right away.

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

2. Press the Music Style button to choose the group for the

Music Style.

fig.02-05.e_70

For more information about the types of Music Styles, take a look at the “Music Style List” (p. 175).

For information on the Style Navigator button, take a look at the “Playing with Automatic Accompaniment ([Style Navigator] Button)” (p. 28).

3. Press Page < > and < > and the Touch Screen, the Value

[-] [+] buttons, or the dial to choose a Music Style.

When you use the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial, the pages are switched automatically, without having to touch Page < > and < >.

4. Touch <Preset A>, <B>, <C>, or <D> on the screen.

When you choose any one of <Preset A> through <D>, the Music Style’s tempo, the tone of the right-hand part, the settings of the Style Orchestrator (p. 78), and the like change. By varying the tempo or Tone, you can enjoy performances with a totally different ambience, even when the Music Style is the same.

5. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Basic screen.

6. Specify a chord by playing it on the left-hand keyboard

section.

Automatic Accompaniment of the selected Music Style is played.

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Split Point ( )

F 3

When you change the Music Style, the tempo and Tone change to match the Music Style you’ve chosen. If you don’t want to change the tempo and Tone, take a look at “Keeping the Same Tone and Tempo When the Music Style Changes” (p.

147)).

You can change the split point. Please refer to “Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point” (p. 145).

The range specifyed a chord

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7. Press the Intro/Ending [1] or [2] button to play an ending and

stop performance of the accompaniment.

■ Choosing a Music Style from Data Disk

You can use Music Styles on the Data Disk included with the KF-90, as well as User Styles saved on floppy disk (p. 137).

fig.02-06

1. Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive.

For information on how to use the disk drive, see p. 39.

2. Press the [Disk/User] button.

The following screen will appear.

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There are some ways how this starting and stopping works. Refer to “Playing a Music Style (Start/Stop)” (p. 74).

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Touch Page < > or < > and the Touch Screen to choose a Music Style.

Touch Page < > several times to display the Music Styles stored in internal memory. Styles with numbers that begin with “L” are Styles stored in internal memory.

4. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

When you specify a chord in the lower section of the keyboard, the music style you’ve chosen will be sounded.

The Music Style you’ve selected from the floppy disk remains in memory until you switch off the power. You can play the Music Style you last selected just by pressing the [Disk/User] button, even if you’ve taken the floppy disk out of the disk drive.

You can save three User Styles on the [Disk/User]

utton (the internal memory) of the KF-90. Take a look at “Saving a User Style” (p. 137).

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Playing Sounds with the Left Hand Along with the Automatic Accompaniment

Ordinarily, when you perform while using the Automatic Accompaniment, no sound is produced from keys in the left part of the keyboard when they are pressed. When you touch the <Lower> icon, though, you can play the tone in the left side of the keyboard while simultaneously having the Automatic Accompaniment play.

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

The Basic screen appears.

2. Touch <Lower> on the screen.

The screen changes as shown below.

3. Specify a chord by playing it on the left-hand keyboard

section.

Automatic Accompaniment is played.

4. To cancel the Lower part sound, touch <Lower>.

When changing the tone in the left portion of the keyboard (the lower part), refer to “Changing the Tones” (p. 56).

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Playing Just the Rhythm Pattern

A Music Style can be made to sound only the Rhythm Pattern.

1. Choose a Music Style.

2. Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

3. Press the [Start/Stop] button.

Only the Rhythm Pattern of the selected Music Style is played.

Adjusting the Tempo for Automatic Accompaniment

fig.02-08

NOTE

There are any patterns in the Music Styles that are not included in the Rhythm Patterns. In certain cases, such as when such Music Styles are selected, the Rhythm Pattern may not play.

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1. Select the Music Style, then press the One Touch Program

[Arranger] button.

This makes the setting for Automatic Accompaniment.

2. Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to adjust the tempo.

The tempo appears at the top-left area of the screen. Pressing the [+] button makes the tempo faster, and pressing [-] makes the

tempo slower. You can return to the original tempo for the Music Style by pressing [-] and

[+] at the same time. You can also change the tempo using the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial.

You can change the tempo of Automatic Accompaniment even while the automatic accompaniment is playing.

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Playing a Music Style (Start/Stop)

Pressing the One Touch Program [Arranger] button activates Sync Start for the accompaniment (which starts the accompaniment simultaneously when you play something in the lower section of the keyboard), and makes the setting for automatically playing an appropriate intro for the accompaniment. You can change how this starting and stopping works.

fig.02-09

■ Starting Automatic Accompaniment When You

Play the Left-hand Section (Sync Start)

1. Press the [Sync/Reset] button, getting the button indicator to

light.

The Intro/Ending [1] button’s indicator will flash.

2. Specify the chord on the lower-part of keyboard.

The intro is played and the automatic accompaniment starts.

Changing the Intro

Before starting automatic accompaniment, you can follow the steps shown below to change or silence the intro.

Starting Without an Intro

Press the Intro/Ending [1] button, extinguishing the indicator, then specify the chord.

Starting with a Simple Added Intro

Press the Intro/Ending [2] button, getting the indicator to start blinking. Then, specify the chord.

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■ Starting at the Press of a Button

1. Press the [Sync/Reset] button, extinguishing the indicator.

The indicator for the Intro/Ending [1] button also goes dark.

2. Specify the chord on the lower-part of keyboard.

Fingering a key on the left-hand section of the keyboard while the [Sync/ Reset] button’s indicator is dark causes a chord to be sounded.

This note is called the “Chord Tone,” and the root of the chord that is played at the same time is called the “Bass Tone.”

3. Press the Intro/Ending [1] or [2] button, or the [Start/Stop]

button.

The automatic accompaniment starts. Pressing the [Start/Stop] button starts the automatic accompaniment

without an intro. Pressing the Intro/Ending [2] button plays a simple intro.

■ Stopping Automatic Accompaniment

Stopping with an Added Ending

1. Press the Intro/Ending [1] or [2] button.

An ending is played, then the automatic accompaniment stops. Pressing the Intro/Ending [2] button plays a simple ending.

You can change the sound of the chord tone and bass tone. Take a look at “Changing the Chord Tone and Bass Tone” (p. 146).

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Stopping at the Press of a Button

1. Press the [Start/Stop] button.

Automatic accompaniment stops as soon as you press the button.

■ Adjusting the Timing During a Performance and

Starting Over

If the timing of the accompaniment is off during a performance, pressing this button lets you start playing over from the beginning of the division(p.

67).

fig.02-10

1. Press the [Sync/Reset] button.

The count sound begins immediately, then the accompaniment starts.

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Playing the Count Sound at the End of the Intro

If an intro is played before your performance, you can have the count sound played to the end of the intro, allowing you to understand easily where you are to start playing.

fig.02-12

1. Press the [Count Down] button, getting the indicator to light.

2. Press the Intro/Ending [1] or [2] button.

The intro starts, and the count sound plays to the end of the intro. If the [Sync/Reset] button’s indicator is lit, specifying a chord in the left-

hand area will cause the intro to start, and a count to sound in the same way.

fig.02-11.e

Ex: 4/4

Intro

When the intro has finished playing, the accompaniment is played.

1234

Count Sound

3. To stop the count sound, press the [Count Down] button,

extinguishing its indicator.

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Modifying an Accompaniment

You can change the arrangement of automatic accompaniment and the accompaniment pattern.

■ Changing the Accompaniment Pattern Within a

Song (Fill-In)

There are two accompaniment patterns: the original one, and a variation that’s a little more flowery. In addition, a fill-in (a short phrase) is added at the points where the accompaniment patterns change, which adds more variation to the song. It can be effective to use the quieter original pattern for the first half of the song, and the variation pattern for the second half.

fig.02-13

You can change the accompaniment pattern without inserting a fill-in. In that case, assign the function to the pedal and use it. See “Assigning Functions to Pedals” (p.

147).

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1. Pressing the Fill In [To Variation] button (its indicator

should light) makes the setting for playing the variation accompaniment pattern.

2. Pressing the Fill In [To Original] button (its indicator should

light) makes the setting for playing the original accompaniment pattern.

Pressing these buttons during a performance inserts a one-bar fill-in in time with when the buttons were pressed, and the accompaniment pattern changes.

What’s a “Fill-In”?

A short improvisational phrase inserted at the bar line is called a “Fill-In.” The KF-90 plays the optimal phrase for the selected Music Style.

Adding a Fill-in Without Changing the Accompaniment Pattern

You can play a fill-in without changing the accompaniment pattern by pressing whichever of the Fill In [To Original] and FIll In [To Variation] buttons that is flashing while a performance is in progress.

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■

Changing the Arrangement of the Accompaniment

You can change the arrangement of an accompaniment during the performance of automatic accompaniment or while it is stopped. This function is called “Style Orchestrator.” There are four arrangement types of the accompaniment for each Music Style.

fig.02-14

1. Press the Style Orchestrator [-] or [+] button to change the

arrangement of the accompaniment.

Pressing the [-] button provides a simpler arrangement; press the [+] button for a more elaborate arrangement.

The value for “Style Orch” in the basic screen changes.

fig.02-14-2.e_70

Display Description

Basic The simplest arrangement

Adv1

A more elaborate arrangement

Adv2

Full The most elaborate arrangement

NOTE

Some Music Styles don’t change the arrangement of the accompaniment when you’ve followed the steps

ust described.

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Adding Harmony to the Right-hand Part (Melody Intelligence)

You can add a harmony to the notes you play with the keyboard. While an automatic accompaniment is playing, a harmony matched to the

chord you designate in the lower section of the keyboard is automatically added to the notes you play on the upper section. This function is called “Melody Intelligence.”

fig.02-15

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1. Press the [Melody Intelligence] button, getting its indicator

to light up.

When you play something on the right-hand section of the keyboard, a harmony is added to the notes you finger.

A Melody Intelligence screen like the one following appears.

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2. Use Page < > < > and the Touch Screen, the Value [-] [+]

buttons, or the dial to choose a Harmony type.

When you play something on the keyboard, a harmony of the type you selected is added to the notes you finger.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen with the Melody Intelligence function still in effect.

3. To cancel the Melody Intelligence function, press the

[Melody Intelligence] button to extinguish the indicator.

NOTE

The different types of harmonies include some that automatically change the Tone. Also, when you finger several keys at the same time, harmony is added to one note.

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Adding Automatic Accompaniment to Regular Piano Performance (Piano Style Arranger)

Usually, with an automatic accompaniment performance, the accompaniment is sounded by the chords you specify on the left-hand section of the keyboard, with the melody played on the right-hand section. If you like, however, you can make the KF-90 recognize chords from the entire keyboard, and perform without splitting the keyboard. This function is called the “Piano Style Arranger.”

This makes it possible to add an accompaniment automatically as you play a song by fingering chords, without giving any thought to the location of a keyboard split.

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

2. Touch <Split> to cancel the Split Play.

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3. Use the Music Style button and Touch screen to choose a

Music Style.

4. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Basic screen.

5. Finger the keyboard.

The accompaniment starts when you finger a chord.

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Changing the Volume Balance for the Accompaniment and Keyboard

You can change the volume balance for the song and accompaniment and the notes played from the keyboard.

1. Use the [Balance] knob to change the volume balance.

Rotating the knob toward “Accomp” lowers the volume of the keyboard. Rotating the knob toward “Keyboard” lowers the volume of the song.

fig.02-18

NOTE

When the [Balance] knob is all the way to “Accomp,” no sound is heard when you finger the keyboard. You can usually leave the knob at the center position.

Adjusting the Volume of Each Performance Part

You can adjust the volume balance of each part of the Music Style and of each tone when playing more than one tone with the keyboard.

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1. Press the [Part Balance] button.

The Part Balance screen will appear. The Part Balance screen is made up of two pages.

fig.02-20_60/fig.02-21_60

This shows the volume balance of each part of the Music Style.

Display Performance part

Rhythm Rhythm

Bass Bass, Bass tone (p. 75)

Accomp

Accompaniment 1, Accompaniment 2, and Accompaniment 3

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fig.02-20_60/fig.02-21_60

This shows the volume balance of each keyboard tone during Layer play or Split play, or when playing percussion or effect sounds with the keyboard.

Drs/SFX

Lower Volume level of the Lower Part (p. 55).

Layer Volume level of the Layer Part (p. 53).

Upper Volume level of the Upper Part (p. 55).

Volume of percussion instruments/effects played with the keyboard (p. 58).

2. Touch to adjust the volume of the respective Parts.

You can adjust the volume by touching the each slider on-screen.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

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Playing Back Songs for Practice

Let's try practicing along with commercial music files or songs recorded on floppy disk.

You can move to a certain measure within a song, and play back the song from that location.

fig.03-08

1. Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive (p. 39).

2. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

A Song/Disk screen appears.

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3. Touch the screen to choose a song.

You can also use the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial to choose a song.

4. Touch <Exit> several times.

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If there is song data in the KF-90’s internal memory, the “Delete song” message appears. For more information, see “If the following message appears” (p. 99).

Display the screen where the measure number appears in the top-right area of the screen.

5. Press the Play [ ] button to play back the song.

6. Press the Bwd [ ] and Fwd [ ] buttons to move to a bar

where you want to listen.

Pressing the button once moves your position by one measure. Hold down the button to move forward or backward continuously.

7. To stop playback of the song, press the Stop [ ] button.

NOTE

When you start playback of Music Files, the measure number on the Basic screen appears in reverse video. While this is in reverse video, the KF-90 is reading data from the floppy disk, so wait a few moments until it finishes.

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To go back to the beginning of the song

1. Press the Reset [ ] button.

To move to the end of the song

1. Hold down the Stop [ ] button and press the Fwd [ ]

button.

■ Displaying the Score

You can have the musical score of a recorded performance or a song from floppy disk be displayed.

When you play back a Music File with lyrics, the lyrics appear on screen.

1. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

The Song/Disk screen appears.

2. Touch the screen to choose a song.

You can also use the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial to choose a song.

3. Touch <Score> on the screen.

NOTE

If you’ve used markers to designate a passage for repeating (p. 92), you can only move forward and

ackward within the range specified by the A and B markers.

The Score screen appears.

fig.

Icon Description

The expanded score is displayed.

Lyrics are displayed on the score.

Your performance data is displayed.

If touching can't display the lyrics when

playing the Music Files containing the lyric data, the setting on the lyric is OFF. Turn ON the setting in the “Hiding the Onscreen Lyrics” (p. 153)

No notes appear in the musical score when you select a part that contains no performance data.

Touch to change to another part.

Refer to

settings for Score screen”

(p. 149)

“Changing the

The left-hand part is displayed.

For more information

The right-hand part is displayed.

The both-hands part is displayed on the grand staff.

about a part, refer to “Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)” (p. 118)

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Icon Description

You can change the setting of the part displayed or the display setting of the score (p. 149).

4. Press the Play [ ] button.

The song play back starts, and the score moves with the tune. Touching the illustration of speaker ( ) on-screen, you can mute the part.

Some notes on a Score Screen

• When you start playback of music files, the marks appears. While this appears on the score, the KF-90 is reading data from the floppy disk and making the score. Please wait until reading of the data is complete.

• In the Score screen, some lyrics or notes could extend beyond the edges of the screen, and not be displayed.

• The scores that are presented by the display are produced based on the music files. Viewing ease is given priority over precise expression when dealing with complex, high-level music. Because of this, you may find that the score shown in the display does not match what is provided on commercially available sheet music. The score display feature is particularly unsuitable for the display of difficult, complex musical works that demand accurate notation. In addition, the display cannot show notes that are briefer than a sixteenth note.

• If you use the icons on-screen to change the displayed part while the song is playing, the song may be played back from the beginning.

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Adjusting the Tempo

With songs that are difficult to play because their tempo is too rapid, you may find it helpful to first practice the song with the tempo slowed down. Then, after becoming more familiar with the song, you can practice it at a gradually faster tempo.

Changing the tempo has no effect on the pitch of the notes. And you can change the tempo even when the song is in progress.

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Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to adjust the tempo.

• Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by one unit. Holding

down the button makes the tempo change (speed up) continuously.

• Pressing the [-] button once decreases the tempo by one unit. Holding

down the button makes the tempo change (slow down) continuously.

• Press [-] and [+] at the same time to return to the original tempo.

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Adjusting the tempo with the Value [+] and [-] buttons or the dial

When the tempo is displayed at the upper-left area of the screen, you can use the dial to adjust the tempo.

• Turn the dial clockwise to speed up the tempo.

• Turn the dial counterclockwise to make the tempo slower.

• The Value [-] [+] buttons do the same thing as the Tempo [-] [+] buttons.

■ Determining the Tempo Using the Selected

Interval

You can set the tempo according to the timing with which you tap the screen or the timing at which you count into the microphone. This feature is called “Tap Tempo.” By using the Tap Tempo function, you can quickly set the tempo you are thinking of, without specifying the tempo in numerical terms.

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When using your voice to set the tempo, be sure to connect a microphone (optional) to the KF-90. For more on connecting a microphone, refer to “Connecting a Microphone” (p. 18).

1. Press the [Metronome] button.

The Metronome screen appears.

2. Touch <Tap Tempo>.

The following screen appears.

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3. Either lightly tap the “Tap Pad” on the screen, or count “1, 2,

3, 4” into the microphone.

The tempo is set to the timing you used when tapping the Tap Pad or counting into the microphone.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Metronome screen.

NOTE

Tapping the “Tap Pad” too forcefully may damage the Touch Panel. Make sure not to use too much force when tapping the button.

You can count in with the microphone and start the song with the tempo you counted. For details, refer to “Starting Song and Automatic Accompaniment

y Vocal Count” (p. 47).

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Playback with No Change in Tempo

If a song has difficult tempo changes, it can be effective to practice the song first at an unchanging tempo. Playback of a song at a steady tempo that doesn’t change is called “Tempo Muting.”

1. Hold down the Stop [ ] button and press either the Tempo

[-] or [+] button.

2. Press the Play [ ] button.

Now, songs are played back at an unchanging tempo. When tempo muting is in effect, the tempo display appears in reverse video.

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3. To cancel tempo muting, hold down the Stop [ ] button

and press either the Tempo [-] or [+] button.

Tempo muting is canceled. Tempo muting is also canceled if you select another song.

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Counting Down Before a Performance Starts

When you’re playing along with a song, you can make sure that your playing is in time with the song by sounding a count before the song starts playing.

This audible count before the playback of a song is called a “Count-In.”

1. Press the [Composer Navigator] button.

The Composer Navigator screen appears.

2. Touch <Marker/Count In>.

The Marker screen appears.

3. Touch the <Count In> icon.

With this setting, two measures are counted down before song playback starts.

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4. To stop the count-in sound, touch the <Count In> icon.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

You can change the number of measures counted and the type of sound that you hear. See “Changing the Number of Measures Counted and the Count Sound” (p. 150).

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Preventing the Part to Be Practiced from Sounding

With commercially available music files for piano lessons, you can play back the part for each hand individually. Playing the internal song’s right-hand part with your right hand, and the song’s left-hand part with your left hand allow you to practice each hand’s part separately. For instance, a music file for piano lessons may be assigned to the five Track buttons as shown below.

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Rhythm/

SFX

By using these Track Buttons, you can play back with the sound of a specific part removed.

The removal of this specific part’s sound is referred to as “muting.” By recording your own performances to the Track Buttons in this fashion, you can mute the parts the same way.

Accompani-

ment Part

Left-hand

Part

Right-hand

Part

1. Press the [Song/Disk] button to choose the song.

2. Touch <Track> to display the five Track buttons.

The 5 Track buttons screen appears.

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To learn more about music files, refer to “Music Files That the KF-90 Can Use” (p. 183).

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A Track button has performance data when

<> appears under it.

Track buttons for which <> is displayed have no performance data.

If a single Track button includes more than one instrument, and you want to mute out just one of those instruments, take a look at “Changing the

3. Touch the Track button for the part you will play yourself.

The display for the Track button you chose changes to . The sound of the Track button you chose is muted out. Touch the same Track button again to cancel muting. You can set and cancel mutes even while songs are being played.

4. Press the Play [ ] button to start playback.

No sound is played from the selected tracks. Practice along with the playback of other Parts.

5. To stop playback, press the Stop [ ] button.

Settings of Each Part” (p.

120)

You can change the volume

alance for the keyboard and the song. Check out “Changing the Volume Balance for the Accompaniment and Keyboard” (p. 81).

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Placing a Marker Within a Song

By setting markers at points in a song that you want to practice repeatedly, you can then easily move and repeatedly play back the selected measures.

■ Placing/Erasing a Marker Within a Song

You can place two separate markers (Marker A and Marker B) in one song. The marker is placed at the beginning of the bar. Placing markers is a handy

way to start playback at the same place as many times as you like.

1. Press the [Composer Navigator] button.

The Composer Navigator screen appears.

2. Touch <Marker/Count In>.

The Marker screen appears.

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You can also add markers or move to a marker even while playback is in progress.

3. Use the Bwd [ ] and Fwd [ ] buttons to move to the bar

where you want to place the marker.

The measure number appears in the top-right area of the screen.

4. Touch <---> for Marker <A>.

Marker A is placed at the beginning of the bar you moved to. <---> in the screen will change to the number of the measure where you

placed the marker.

5. In the same way, move a position and touch <---> for Marker

<B> to place Marker B.

When you’ve placed a marker, the number of the measure with the marker appears on screen.

Erasing a Marker

1. At the Marker screen, touch <Clear> for the marker you want

to erase.

The marker disappears and the on-screen display changes to <--->.

A marker is normally placed at the beginning of the measure, but you can also place a marker at a position part way through a measure. Take a look at “Placing a Marker in the Middle of a Measure” (p.

150).

NOTE

You cannot place both marker A and marker B at the same location. Also, you cannot place marker B at a position earlier than marker A.

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■ Playback from a Marker Location

1. At the marker screen, touch the measure number of the

marker you want to move to.

The position from which playback will start is moved to the location where marker A or marker B is set.

2. Press the Play [ ] button to play back the song from the

marker location.

You can move to a marker location and continue playback from there by touching measure number for <A> or <B>, even during playback of the song.

■ Moving a Marker

You can move a marker that has been placed in a song. You can move the entire segment between Marker A and Marker B forward or back, without changing the interval itself.

1. Touch < > or < > to move to where you want to place

the marker.

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Touch < > to move toward the beginning of the song. Touch < > to move toward the end of the song.

Moving <A-B>

As an example, let’s suppose that marker A is at the start of the fifth measure and marker B is at the start of the ninth measure.

• Touch < > to shift marker A to the beginning of the first measure and marker B to the beginning of the fifth measure.

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Mesure

• Touch < > to shift marker A to the beginning of the ninth measure and marker B to the beginning of the thirteenth measure.

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Measure

1 5913

Marker A

1 5913

678 101112 141516

Marker B

678 101112 141516

Marker A

Marker B

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Playing Back to the Same Passage Over and Over

You can play back a particular passage repeatedly. This is convenient when you want to practice the same passage a number of times.

1. Press the [Composer Navigator] button.

The Composer Navigator screen appears.

2. Touch <Marker/Count In>.

The Marker screen appears.

3. Place markers A and B to enclose the passage you want to

repeat.

For instance, suppose you want to play back the passage from the fifth through eighth measures over and over. You should place marker A in the fifth bar and marker B in the ninth bar.

For more info about placing markers, refer to 90 pages.

4. Touch the <Repeat> icon.

The setting is made for repeated playback of the passage from marker A to marker B.

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5. Press the Play [ ] button.

The passage from marker A to marker B is played repeatedly.

• If you don’t place any markers, playback repeats from the beginning to the end of the song.

• If you only place marker A, playback repeats from marker A to the end of the song.

• If you only place marker B, playback repeats from the beginning of the song to marker B.

6. Press the Stop [ ] button to stop playback of the song.

To cancel the setting for repeated playback, touch the <Repeat> icon in the Marker screen.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Composer Navigator screen.

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Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)

You can transpose the key of a performance without having to shift the position of your fingers on the keyboard. This feature is called “Key Transpose.”

In situations such as when providing accompaniment to a song, using the Key Transpose function to match the singer’s vocal register lets you easily transpose the sounds without changing the score.

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1. Press the [Transpose] button.

A Transpose screen like the one below appears.

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2. Touch .

The notes you play with the keyboard are transposed.

3. Choose the value for transposition by touching or

on the screen.

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Each touch of or transposes the key by a semitone. You can also change the transpose value using the Value [-] [+] buttons or

the dial. The setting range is from -6 to 0 to +5. The [Transpose] button’s indicator goes off when the value is “0.”

4. Touch to return the keyboard transposition to the

original key.

The [Transpose] button’s indicator then goes out. Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

NOTE

The transposition setting returns to its original value when switch off the power or choose another song.

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In this example, we’ll consider the C note in the key of C major to be the basic note. Counting from the tonic to the major third of C (E), there are four keys, including the black keys, so set the value to “+4.”

fig.03-18

If you play C E G It will sound E G# B

Transposing a song for playback

You can transpose a song for playback. When using your own recorded performances or songs from music data

while playing ensemble with another instrument, you can easily transpose the playback pitch to match the pitch of the other instrument.

1. Press the [Transpose] button.

The Transpose screen appears.

2. Touch .

3. Choose the value for transposition by touching or

on the screen.

Each press of or transposes the key by a semitone. You can also change the transpose value using the Value [-] [+] buttons or

the dial. You can transpose the song within a range of -24 to 24 semitones.

Transposing Both the Keyboard Notes and the Song

Touch to return the song transposition to the original key.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

1. At the Transpose screen, touch .

Both the sounds played with the keyboard and the those in the song being played back are transposed.

The setting range at this time is from -6 to 0 to +5.

NOTE

The transposition setting returns to its original value when switch off the power or choose another song.

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Checking Your Performance On Screen

You can play back a Music Files song or a previously recorded model song and compare your own performance with the screen as you play back the song.

1. Press the [Function] button.

The Function screen appears.

2. Touch <Piano Partner>.

A Keyboard screen or Graph screen like the one shown below is displayed.

You can switch between the two screens by touching <Graph> or <Keyboard> at the bottom of the screen.

With either screen, the upper portion shows the playback of the song, and the lower portion shows what’s played on the keyboard.

The Keyboard Screen

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When this screen is visible, you can check the pitch. The key for the note being played is indicated.

The Graph Screen

fig.03-21_60

NOTE

If the upper screen doesn’t change when you play back a song, the part settings displayed in the upper screen do not match. Take a look at “Specifying the Part to Display” (p. 96) and make the settings for the part to display.

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When this screen is visible, you can check a note’s velocity and length. The height shows the note’s velocity, and the width shows the note’s length.

3. Play back the song, and try playing along with it.

Now let’s check your performance on the screen. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Function screen.

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■ Specifying the Part to Display

You can display a different Part of the model song.

1. At the Keyboard screen or the Graph screen, touch

<Options>.

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2. Touch to switch the Part that’s displayed.

Setting Value

Lower Screen Keyboard, Whole Track, Parts 1–16, OFF

Upper Screen (Left) Lower Track, Parts 1–16, OFF

Upper Screen (Right) Upper Track, Parts 1–16, OFF

The upper display can show two parts simultaneously. When the power is turned on, this is set to display the “Lower Track” and “Upper Track” simultaneously, but you may select parts 1–16 as necessary.

When <Keyboard> is selected in the Lower Screen, the keyboard performance appears.

After recording your performance, if you want to compare it with the model performance again, all you have to do is to choose the part where you recorded your performance.

3. When you’re done making the settings, touch <Exit>.

You are returned to the previous screen.

For more information about Parts, refer to “Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)” (p. 118).

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Recording and Saving the Performance

What is a Track Button?

A recorded performance is automatically assigned to 5 Track buttons. The Track buttons appear in the display whenever a performance is being recorded or played back.

Track button name Performance recorded

The Rhythm Part of an Automatic Accompaniment is recorded here. When a Tone set such as a drum set or an SFX set has been chosen (p. 58), it is also recorded here.

The performance of the entire keyboard is recorded. Performances without Automatic Accompaniment are normally recorded here. Layer Part (p. 53) is also recorded here.

When the Piano Style Arranger is active (p. 80), your performance is recorded here.

The Bass Part of an Automatic Accompaniment and the Accompaniment Part are recorded here.

Displaying the Track buttons

Track buttons appear on the touch panel when needed, and let you perform a wide variety of operations such as recording and playing back performances.

To display the Track buttons, press the [Song/Disk] button, and touch <Track> on the Song/Disk screen.

With songs in the KF-90's internal memory, the Track buttons are shown when the Rec [] button is pressed.

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With Automatic Accompaniment set to play along with the sounds you play in the left part of the keyboard (p. 72), your own performance with the left hand is recorded. When you’re using split play (p. 55), the left-hand part is recorded.

When you’re using split play (p. 55) or Automatic Accompaniment (p. 70), the right-hand part is recorded.

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A Track button has performance data when < > appears under it. Track buttons for which < > is displayed have no performance data.

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Recording Your Playing with Ease

This records only what you play on the keyboard, without using Automatic Accompaniment.

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1. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

A Song/Disk screen like the one following appears.

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To record a performance using Automatic Accompaniment, see “Recording a Performance Using Automatic Accompaniment” (p. 100).

2. Touch <0:> to display <0:New Song> on the screen.

If <0: > doesn’t appear on screen, touch Page < >< > to switch screens.

3. Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

4. Decide on the tone, tempo, and beat of the performance.

Use the Tone Select buttons and the touch screen to choose the tone. If necessary, press the [Metronome] button to play the metronome.

5. Press the Rec [ ] button.

The Play [ ] button indicator will flash, and the KF-90 will be ready for recording. To cancel recording, press the Stop [ ] button.

If there is song data in the KF-90’s internal memory, the “Delete song” message appears. For more information, see “If the following message appears” (p. 99).

For an explanation of how to select the tempo and the

eat, refer to p. 63.

6. Press the Play [ ] button to start recording.

A two-bar count-in sounds, then recording starts. Recording will begin when you start playing the keyboard, even if you do

not press the Play [ ] button. In this case, the count will not be heard. The Rec [ ] button and Play [ ] button indicators will light.

7. Press the Stop [ ] button when your recording is completed.

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Listening to the Recorded Songs

Play back the recorded performance.

1. Press the Reset [ ] button.

Now you can play back the song from the beginning.

2. Press the Play [ ] button.

The recorded performance is played back.

3. To stop playback, press the Stop [ ] button.

If the following message appears

If you’ve recorded a tune, the following message appears on the screen when you try to choose another song.

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● If you don’t want to erase the song

Touch <Cancel>.

Save the song on a floppy disk. For information on how to save your song, see “Saving Songs to Floppy

Disks” (p. 109).

NOTE

Any performance that has

een recorded is deleted when the power to the KF90 is turned off. If you don’t want to lose your recorded performance, save it on a floppy disk. For information on how to save your song, see “Saving Songs to Floppy Disks” (p.

109).

NOTE

Until a recorded performance is erased, you can’t listen to other tunes. Check out “Erasing a Recorded Song” (p. 102).

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● Erasing a song

Touch <OK>.

The recorded performance or song whose settings have been changed is erased.

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Recording a Performance Using Automatic Accompaniment

You can record the performance with Automatic Accompaniment easily. A recorded performance is automatically assigned to Track buttons.

1. Press the [Song/Disk] button.

A Song/Disk screen like the one shown below appears.

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2. Touch <0:> to display <0:New Song> on the screen.

If <0: > doesn’t appear on screen, touch Page < >< > to switch screens. You can also choose it using the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial.

3. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

This makes the setting for Automatic Accompaniment.

4. Use the Music Style buttons and the Touch Screen to choose

a Music Style.

5. Touch <Exit> to go back to the Basic screen.

6. Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons or the dial to adjust the

tempo of the accompaniment.

7. Press the Rec [ ] button.

The Play [ ] button indicator will blink, and the KF-90 will be ready for recording.

To stop recording, press the Stop [ ] button.

If there is song data in the KF-90’s internal memory, the “Delete song” message appears. For more information, see “If the following message appears” (p. 99).

You can start recording by pressing the Play [ ]

utton.

8. Specify a chord by playing it in the lower section of the

keyboard to begin recording.

Automatic accompaniment starts, and recording is started at the same time.

9. To stop recording, press the Intro/Ending [1] or [2] button.

An ending is played, then the automatic accompaniment stops, and recording is stopped at the same time. Press the [Start/Stop] button to stop the accompaniment and recording

without ending. Let's follow the procedure described in “Listening to the Recorded Songs”

(p. 99) and listen the recorded performance.

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You can change how recording is stopped when recording a performance with Automatic Accompaniment. To learn how, see “Changing How Recording Stops” (p. 103).

Roland KF-90 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

IMPORTANT NOTES

Introduction

Features

Checking the Included Items

How to Use This Manual

■ Conventions Used in This Manual

Contents

Panel Descriptions

■ Rear Panel

■ Front Panel

Before You Play

Installing the Music Stand

Connecting the Power Cord

Connecting Pedals

Turning the Power On and Off

Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance

Connecting Headphones

Connecting a Microphone

About the Touch Screen

■ Basic Screen

MEMO

Quick Start

Playing the Keyboard

Listening to the Demo Song

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)

Performing with Various Instrument Sounds

Handy Features for Selecting Tones ([Tone Navigator] Button)

Practicing a Song Using Music Files (Piano Master)

Playing with Accompaniment

Playing with Automatic Accompaniment ([Style Navigator] Button)

■ Enjoying Automatic Accompaniment with Ease (EZ Arranger)

■ Playing with your band (Virtual Jam)

Playing with an Automatic Accompaniment (One-touch Arranger)

■ Let’s Try Playing, “Little Brown Jug”

Recording a Performance

Recording a Song ([Composer Navigator] Button)

Recording a Performance with Automatic Accompaniment

Listening to the Recorded Performance

Using Music Files

Listening to Music Files

■ Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk

■ Playing Back Music Files

■ Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)

Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files

Adding the Effects to Your Voice

■ Adjusting the Echo

■ Modifying Your Voice

■ Adding Harmony

■ Starting Song and Automatic Accompaniment by Vocal Count

■ Playing the Keyboard Notes with a Voice Scale

■ Adding the Harmony to the Song

Reference

Chapter 1 Performance

Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)

Playing a Wide Variety of Instrument Sounds

Combining the Sounds of Two Instruments (Layer Play)

■ Selecting a Different Tone in the Current Tone Group

Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)

Playing Drum Sounds

■ Playing Effect Sounds

Adding Reverberation to Sounds (The Reverb Effect)

Effects Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to Your Performances (Advanced 3D)

Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)

Sounding the Metronome

■ Changing the Animation

■ Adjusting the Tempo

■ Determining the Tempo with Tempo Marks

■ Changing the Beat of Metronome

Changing How the Metronome Beat (Pattern) Sounds

■ Changing the Type of Sound

■ Changing the Volume

Music Style and Automatic Accompaniment

About Chords

■ Playing Chords with Simple Fingering

Displaying the Chord Fingering On Screen (Chord Finder)

Choosing a Music Style