COMPOSER is a registered trademark of Roland Corporation. All product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 9 Starting Out Button Names and Functions 3 2 5 6 4 7 1 [Power] Switch Used to switch the power on and off (page 17). 2 [Reverb] Slider Used to adjust the amount of reverb (lingering reverberations; page 46). 3 [Brilliance] Slider Adjusts the sound's brightness (page 19). 4 [Volume] Slider Adjusts the overall volume (page 19). 5 [Accomp] Button Adjusts the volume of each Automatic Accompaniment Part that is played (page 105). 6 [Keyboard] Button Adjusts the volume of percussion or effect sounds played with the keyboard, the volume of the upper or lower keyboard section, and the volume during Layer Play (page 105). 7 [Balance] Slider Adjusts the balance between music played on the keyboard versus the sound from songs and accompaniments (page 27). 8 [Demo] Button Pressed to play demos of the KR-277's built-in Tones and Music Styles (page 19). 9 [Function] Button Pressed to access a variety of play-related functions (page 112 to 122). 10 [User Program] Button This saves the presently selected functions and button statuses. It can also call up settings that have been saved (page 110). 11 [Style Orchestrator] Button This toggles the operation of the Pad [1] and Pad [2] buttons, as follows. • Changes the arrangement type for automatic accompaniment (page 59). • Used as a Pad button to which various functions have been assigned (page 108). 12 Pad [1] and Pad [2] Buttons A variety of functions can be assigned to these buttons (page 108). 10 Starting Out 8 9 11 13 14 Demo ■CD Function User Program Style Orchastralor a User 1 2 -Music Style. 3 Band/ ____________March/ * D sM Pop Acoustic Ballad Rock Oldies Country Swing Latin Waltz Kids Trad User QBBCSaQQOQOQ Ö + To Variation To Original Sync Intro Start L_ _J .......r-q^H \..............1 L Pad J npo | FBI In End ng Sto 3 1 10 12 15 16 1718 1920 13 Style Buttons These are called Style buttons. They're used to select built-in Music Styles (page 53). [Pop] [Acoustic] [Ballad] [Rock] [Oldies] [Country] [Big Band/Swing] [Latin] [Waltz] [March/Kids] [Trad] 14 [Disk/User] button Used to select a Music Style on the included Music Style disk (page 55), or to choose a User Style that you've made yourself (page 106). 15 Tempo [-] and [+] Buttons These adjust the tempo of Automatic Accompaniment (page 25). Press [-] and [+] at the same time to return to the original tempo. 16 [To Variation] Button This inserts a fill-in in an Automatic Accompaniment and changes to the Variation accompaniment pattern (page 26,59). 17 [To Original] Button This inserts a fill-in in an Automatic Accompaniment and changes to the Original accompaniment pattern (page 26,59). 18 [Sync] Button When this button has been pressed, Automatic Accompaniment starts at the same time when you play the Lower section of the keyboard (page 56). 19 [Intro/Ending] Button This plays an intro or ending during Automatic Accompaniment (page 26). 20 [Start/Stop] Button This starts and stops Automatic Accompaniment (page 57). 21 [Metronome] Button This activates the built-in metronome (page 28). 22 [Song] Button Used to select a song (page 41). The screen returns to its original display. 23 [Beat < ] Button This changes the beat (page 28). This moves the onscreen " ► " and " - " cursors. 24 [Tempo ►] Button Used to adjust the tempo of the song or the metronome (page 29,66). This moves the on-screen " ► " and " — " cursors. 11 Starting Out 25 27 343335 TONE ■S’ • • i: lirand F’ianoi Í 4/4 J 120 Metronome Song a □ B«at Tempo a a a Value •CD Transposi CD 1 4 -Tone. Guitar/ Piano E.Piano Organ Bass Strings Sax Brass Voice oraoooramo <9 Melody Transpose Piano Organ Arranger Drums/SFX intelligence o Lower Upper ■a CD- Effects a E it ■« « ■ ► Em er One Touc ) Program 2122 2324 26 28 29 3031 32 36 25 Value [+] and [-] Buttons These are used to change the values for various settings. Press [+] and [-] at the same time to return to the original value. 26 [Transpose] Button This transposes the keyboard's pitch (page 51). Additionally, it is used as the button executing a variety of functions. 27 Tone Buttons These eight buttons are called Tone buttons. They are used to choose the kinds of sounds (Tone Groups) played by the keyboard (page 44). [Piano] [E.Piano] [Organ] [Guitar/Bass] [Strings] [Sax] [Brass] [Voice] 28 One Touch Program [Piano] Button This changes the keyboard to a piano sound and makes the optimal settings for a piano performance (page 20). 29 One Touch Program [Organ] Button This changes the keyboard to an organ sound and makes the optimal settings for an organ performance (page 21). 30 One Touch Program [Arranger] Button This makes the optimal settings for playing with Automatic...