Owner’s Manual
We’d like to take a moment to thank you for purchas-
ing the Roland KR-3 Digital Intelligent Piano.
In order to enjoy reliable performance for many years
to come, please take the time to read this manual in its
entirety.
Main features
❏Three instruments in one
The KR-3 can be used as piano, organ, or “keyboard”
(i.e. a synthesizer with automatic accompaniment) –
all at the touch of a button.
❏270 Tones (sounds) and 136 Styles built-in
Support for a wide range of musical genres. Additional
“Acoustic” Styles are provided on the included Style
disk.
❏Piano Tones that rely on stereo sampling
The technology used ensures that your KR-3 provides
some of the finest concert grand piano sounds avail-
able on electronic musical instruments.
❏64-voice polyphony
Up to 64 voices can be played simultaneously. (In
most instances your KR-3 is 64-voice polyphonic.)
❏Simple yet versatile Composer
Simple recording.
Playback of commercial music data.
A comprehensive Composer menu:
• 16-track Sequencer
• Chord Sequencer
• Song Edit
• Style Composer
• Style Converter
❏GM (General MIDI) and GS compatible
• General MIDI System m
The General MIDI System is a set of recommenda-
tions which seeks to standardize the MIDI support
features of sound generating devices. Sound generat-
ing devices and musical data (disks) carrying the Gen-
eral MIDI logo conform to the General MIDI
specifications. This means that whenever you play
back music data marked with the General MIDI logo,
the musical response will be identical when played on
any device which also carries the General MIDI logo.
• GS Format g
Roland developed the GS Format to standardize the
response of sound generators when MIDI is used for
the production of music. By using a GS Format sound
generating device, you can be assured that you will
always obtain a faithful, high-quality rendition of any
commercially available music data that carries the GS
Format logo.
The KR-3’s tone generator fully supports both the
General MIDI system and the GS Format—so you can
use music data that is designed for either standard.
❏Reads and writes SMF Music Data
The KR-3 is capable of playing Standard MIDI Files,
such as “SMF Music Data” (720 KB/1.44 MB format
3.5 inch floppy disks).
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