Roland BK-9 - Saving the User Drum Kit

User Drum Kit function
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16. While you edit the parameter value you can play the note
in the keyboard and listen the result of the variation.
17. Press the [EXIT] button to go back to the “User Drum Edit”
Page.
18. To change another drum sound, play another note in
the keyboard and keep on rotating the dial, so that you
can hear and choose any other available drum sound
belonging to the selected source drum kit.
To create your own drum kit you can also pick drum sounds
belonging to dierent preset (source) drum kits.
19. Repeat from step 6 to change other drum sounds.
Of course, you can bypass the steps 7-8 if you don’t need to change
the source drum kit.
Saving the User Drum Kit
20. Press the [QUICK MENU] button, that is ashing.
If you selected a User Drum Kit related to real time keyboard parts
(KBU1,2,3,4), the left display shows:
Left Display
21. Use the dial to select the proper save option and your
changes will be stored in your BK-9.
The right display shows “Operation Complete”.
If you selected a User Drum Kit related to rhythm (RSU1), the left
display shows:
Left Display
If you selected a User Drum Kit (RSU1) related to a song (SMF) the
left display shows:
Left Display
In these cases you have to choose the location in the USB memory
where you wish to save your les . Therefore simply execute steps
5~8 described in “Exporting and Importing a User Drum Kit” (p.
124).
At the end the right display shows “Operation Complete”.
MEMO
If you have made some note changes and have forgotten
to save them in your BK-9, when pressing the EXIT button, a
message will appear asking you to save your new User Drum Kit
(whether it is a mere Drum Kit, a Rhythm or a Song/SMF).
So, simply use the dial to choose either “YES” or “NO”.
If you choose “YES”, your new User Drum Kit will be permanently
saved in your BK-9.
If you choose “NO”, it will be kept in your BK-9 only temporarily,
as it will be erased once you have turned your BK-9 o.
Exporting a new User Drum Kit
If you are not interested in saving your newly created User Drum
kit into your BK-9, because you prefer to store it in a USB memory
immediately, after executing all steps from 1 to 12 in the paragraph
“Creating your own User Drum Kit” (p. 120), you can
1. Choose the option “Export Drumkit”, by rotating and
pushing the dial.
Left Display
2. Then execute steps 4~8 described in “Exporting and
Importing a User Drum Kit” (p. 124).
3. Press the [EXIT] button.
A message will appear asking you whether you want to
permanently save your new User Drum Kit in your BK-9. Choose
either “YES” or “NO”.
Restoring Notes
If you are not happy with the latest notes you chose for certain keys
when creating your User Drum Kit, you can restore the previously
saved drum sounds corresponding the those precise note keys.
To do it, simply press the MENU button, that is ashing.