User manual ROLAND BK-7M

[. . . ] Owner's Manual r WARNING ­ To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this device to rain or moisture. For EU countries For EU Countries This product complies with the requirements of European Directive EMC 2004/108/EC. For the USA For the USA FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] (This is a relative setting that is added to, or subtracted from, the original setting. ) Parameter Reverb Setting -127~0~+127 Tone (T), Drum (D) Allows you to select a different Tone within the active Tone family. While selecting a Tone, you can press the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial and then rotate it to select a different family. Parameter Tone (T) Drum (D) Explanation Chorus Use this parameter to set the chorus send level. Negative values decrease the current chorus send level, positive values increase it. (This is a relative setting that is added to, or subtracted from, the original setting. ) Parameter Chorus Setting -127~0~+127 The number of Tones depends on the selected family. Mute (T)/Drum Mute (D) Switches the selected instrument off. (This setting only applies to the selected instrument and thus not necessarily to the entire track. ) NOTE Panpot Use this parameter to change the stereo placement of the selected instrument. "0" means "no change", negative (­) values shift the instrument towards the left and positive (+) values shift it towards the right. Parameter Panpot NOTE Setting -127~0~+127 In the case of the drums, you can mute two instrument groups ("Drum Mute" and "Perc Mute", see below) separately. Parameter Mute (T) Drum Mute (D) Setting Off, On In the case of Drum Sets, this setting applies to all drum/ percussion instruments. There is also a parameter that can be set for specific drum instruments. See page 80. Solo Switches off all instruments except the selected instrument. Parameter Solo Setting Off, On Octave (T) Use this parameter to transpose the selected instrument up or down by up to 4 octaves. Parameter Octave Setting -4~0~+4 Velocity This parameter allows you to modify the velocity range of the instrument in question. "0" means that the recorded velocity values are left untouched, neg- 77 Backing Module BK-7m Menu options ative values reduce all velocity values by the same amount (leaving differences between notes intact), while positive settings increase all velocity values. Parameter Velocity Setting -127~+127 Decay (T) This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound's volume and cutoff frequency fall from the highest point of the attack down to the sustain level. Parameter Decay Setting -127~+127 Cut Off This filter parameter allows you to make the selected sound darker or brighter. Positive settings mean that more overtones are allowed to pass, so that the sound becomes brighter. The further this value is set in the negative direction, the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass and the sound will become softer (darker). Setting Characteristics of a low-pass filter NOTE Percussive sounds usually have a sustain level of "0". Holding the keys for a long time will have little effect on the duration of the notes you are playing, even if you select a high value here. Release (T) This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note is released until it is no longer heard. The cutoff frequency will also fall according to this setting. Parameter Release NOTE Frequency Cutoff frequency Setting -127~+127 Parameter Cut Off NOTE Setting -127~+127 Some sounds already contain natural (sampled) vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed. For some sounds, positive (+) "Cut Off" settings will cause no noticeable change because the preprogrammed "Cut Off" parameter is already set to its maximum value. Use the following three parameters if you think the instrument in question has too much (or could use a little more) vibrato. Vibrato Rate (T) This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation. Positive (+) settings make the preset pitch modulation faster, and negative (­) settings make it slower. Parameter Vibrato Rate Setting -127~+127 Resonance This is a parameter one invariably associates with a synthesizer. When the "Resonance" value is increased, the overtones in the area of the cutoff frequency will be emphasized, creating a sound with a strong character. Parameter Resonance NOTE Setting -127~+127 For some sounds, negative (­) "Resonance" settings may produce no noticeable change because the resonance is already set to the minimum value. Vibrato Depth (T) This parameter adjusts the intensity of the pitch modulation. Positive (+) settings mean that the "wobble" becomes more prominent, while negative (­) settings make it shallower. Parameter Setting -127~+127 The following parameters allow you to set the sound's "envelope". The envelope parameters affect both the volume (TVA) and the filter (TVF). The cutoff frequency will rise as the envelope rises and fall as the envelope falls. Vibrato Depth r Attack (T) This parameter adjusts the onset of the sound. Negative values speed up the attack, so that the sound becomes more aggressive. Parameter Attack Setting -127~+127 Vibrato Delay (T) This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin. Positive (+) settings increase the time before vibrato will begin and negative settings (­) shorten the time. Parameter Vibrato Delay Setting -127~+127 78 Backing Module BK-7m r Makeup Tools (Style and SMF) Mfx The BK-7m contains three multi-effect processors ("Mfx"), one reverb processor and one chorus processor that can be used to process Music Styles or Standard MIDI Files. Select "Off" for instruments that don't need to be processed by any Mfx. Parameter Mfx NOTE Edit EQ To edit the equalizer parameters, press the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to jump to the "Edit EQ" page. [. . . ] Damper (0~127)--Depth to which the damper pedal is pressed (controls the resonant sound). Pre LPF (16~15000Hz, Bypass)--Frequency of the filter that cuts the high-frequency content of the input sound (BYPASS: no cut). Pre HPF (16~15000Hz, Bypass)--Frequency of the filter that cuts the low-frequency content of the input sound (BYPASS: no cut). Peaking Freq (200~8000Hz, Bypass) --Frequency of the filter that boosts/cuts a specific frequency region of the input sound. [. . . ]