Roland BK-9 - 23 User Drum Kit Function

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23. User Drum Kit function
This function lets users from any country and any culture use
BK-9 Drum sounds in a exible manner, according to their own
inspiration and musical tastes.
BK-9 comes with a series of preset Drum Kits, each one containing a
variety of Drum sounds.
The User Drum Kit function adds another ve Drum Kits to your
instrument, which you can customize as you wish, by creating your
new combinations of up to 88 the Drum sounds, spanned over
sharp and natural keys.
The additional ve User Drum Kits are divided into two types:
Type Name Scope
Keyboard
User
KBU1
KBU2
KBU3
KBU4
Contain drum sounds dedicated to
the keyboard real-time parts
(i.e. UP1, UP2, LWR, MBass)
Rhythm/SMF
User
RSU1
Contains drum sounds dedicated to
a Rhythm or Song
Creating your own User Drum Kit
The following explanation tells you how to obtain your customized
Drum Kit.
NOTICE
If you need to create a User Drum Kit, that is just a little bit dierent
from a preset one, before proceeding with the following steps, copy a
preset Drum Kit into one of the available User Drum Kit areas.
See “Copying a Preset Drum Kit” (p. 123).
Changing a supplied User Drum Kit
(KBU1~4, RSU1)
This option is handy if you need to freely create your own Drum Kit
without any starting point.
You can edit a supplied User Drum Kit (KBU1~4, RSU1), by copying
drum sounds (notes) from the available preset drum kits, so as to
precisely collect only the note sounds you like.
Selecting a User Drum Kit
1. Select only one real-time keyboard part (e.g. UP1).
2. Press the TONE [DRUM] button to list all Drum Kits.
The whole preset Drum Kit list is shown in the right display.
3. Rotate the dial to scroll the list till the end , where you
will nd the ve additional User Drum Kits (KBU1, KBU2,
KBU3, KBU4 and RSU1).
TIPS
You can press the TONE [DRUM] button twice to directly view
the ve available User Drum Kits.
Right Display
4. Push the dial to select the User Drum Kit (KBU1~4, RSU1),
you wish to edit.
Editing the User Drum Kit
5. Press the [QUICK MENU] button, that is ashing.
The right display shows the page that allows you to edit the
selected Drum Kit:
Right Display
NOTE
If you wish you can rename the selected User Drum Kit.
To do it, rotate the dial to select the current “Destination Drum
Kit” name and push the dial to jump to the rename page.
For details see “How to type a name in BK-9” (p. 27).
6. Play the note in the keyboard, whose drum sound you
want to change.
You will hear the current drum sound corresponding to that note
and the display will show its name in the Destination Drum Kit note
eld.
7. Rotate and push the dial to select the “Source Drum
Kit” eld, where you want to take your desired drum
instruments from.
8. Rotate the dial to choose the desiderate Drum Kit and
push it.
NOTE
At the end of Drum Kit list that came with the BK-9, you will nd
some virtual Drum Kits created for your convenience. These
addition Drum Kits contain the Drum Instruments grouped by
category.. See “Additional Drum Kits” (p. 126).
9. Rotate the dial to select the Source Drum Kit Note eld
and push it.
10. Rotate the dial to start scrolling the drum instruments
available in the chosen source drum kit, while playing the
note you want to change in your keyboard.
This way the note (drum instrument) is automatically changed and
you can hear it directly from the keyboard.
The destination Drum Kit note eld now shows the newly chosen