RK-100S 2 Owner's Manual
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Controlling the lter with your left hand free
1. While no sound is being produced, hold down the
SHIFT button and pressthe LONG RIBBON FILTER/
HOLD button.
The FILTER/HOLDbuonislitup.
2. Play the keyboard.
Sound continues to be produced.
3. Use the ribbon.
Seepage13“Controllingthelterofthe
continuant”
Tip:
Thedirectionwheretheeectisappliedwhentherib-
bon is used can be changed with the sound editor software
(when the RK-100S 2 is connected to a computer via USB).
4. Press the FILTER/HOLD button again to turn o the
button and stop the continuant.
Playing arpeggios
The arpeggiator is a function that automatically plays a
broken chord (arpeggio) when you hold down a chord
on the keyboard.
1. Select a synthesizer program.
The arpeggiator can also be used with the vocoder
program;however,abeereectcanbeachieved
with a synthesizer program. In addition, we
recommend a sound with a short sustain.
2. Press the ARP button so that the LED is lit up.
The arpeggiator is turned on.
TheARPbuonislitup,andthefavoritesbuonsA
–Haresequentiallylitup.
3. Hold down a chord in the keyboard.
An arpeggio will start playing.
Thearpeggiopaernthatisplayedcanbechanged
(see14page“Arpeggiopaernseings”).
4. Press the TAP button to adjust the tempo.
TheTAPbuonislitingreen,andthetempo
appears in the display.
5. Press the ARP button so that the LED is turned o.
The arpeggio stops playing.
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Continuing playing with your hand o
the keyboard (latch)
The operation of the arpeggiator when you take your
handothekeyboardcanbespecied.
1. Hold down the ARP button until it is lit up in green.
WhentheARPbuonislitupingreen,thelatchis
turned on, and the arpeggiator will continue to play
evenafteryoutakeyourhandothekeyboard.
Note: Regardless of whether the arpeggiator is turned
onoro,holdingdowntheARPbuonwillturnonthe
arpeggiator as well as the latch.
2. Press the ARP button to turn o the arpeggiator.
Thelatchisturnedoatthesametimethatthe
arpeggiatoristurnedo.
Arpeggio pattern settings
This allows you to select the type of arpeggio produced
when the arpeggiator is on and a keyboard key is pressed.
Inaddition,noteswithintheselectedarpeggiopaern
canbeturnedon/o.
1. Hold down the SHIFT button and press the ARP
button.
Thearpeggiopaernseing
appears in the display.
Withthefavoritesbuons
A–Husedasthearpeggiator
stepkeys,onlythebuons
corresponding to the enabled
steps are lit up (note one).
2. Use the OCTAVE +/- buttons or the SOUND/
FAVORITE BANK lever to specify the arpeggio
pattern.
UP: Notes will be played consecutively from low
pitches to high.
dn (Down): Notes will be played consecutively from
high pitches to low.
AL.1: Up and Down will be alternated. (The highest
and lowest notes will be played once.)
AL.2: Up and Down will be alternated. (The highest
and lowest notes will be played twice, once on the
way up, and once on the way down.)