Roland BK-9 - 7 Basic Operation of the BK-9; About the Displays and Cursor Operation; Selecting the Display to Operate on It; Main Page

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About the Displays and Cursor
Operation
This section introduces the information that appear on the main page.
Moreover this section illustrates which display you want to focus on and
how to navigate the menu.
Selecting the Display to Operate on It
BK-9 is equipped with two displays so as give you access to several
useful information at the same time.
Depending on the environment that you are using you could need
to select in which display you want to act (left or right). In most
cases you will nd the main page on the left.
The lit selection button shows which display is active.
Left Display
Selection Button
Right Display
Selection Button
Take into consideration that the BK-9 changes the focus between
left and right displays according to your actions on the panel.
You have two ways to select on which display you want to act:
1. Press the selection button placed under the display that
you wish to enable
- alternatively -
Press the [DISPLAY SELECT] button.
The chosen selection button lights.
Now all operations that you perform by the [CURSOR/VALUE
SELECT (push )] dial and the [INC]/[DEC] buttons will act on the
selected display.
Main Page
The BK-9 main page contains many useful information and
modiable elds that allow you to change tones, rhythms and so
on.
1. Press the selection button placed under the left display to
enable it.
Alternatively you can use the [DISPLAY SELECT] button.
You can use the [CURSOR/VALUE SELECT (push )] dial and the
7. Basic Operation of the BK-9
[INC]/[DEC] buttons to change the modiable eld. See “Browsing
Windows and Setting Parameter Values”.
Current measure
or remaining time
Time signature Tempo setting or time
stretching
Lock status eld
Selected or linked
le type: stl, SMF,
WAVE, mp3
Name of the last
chord you played
Name of the selected
rhythm (or loaded
le)
Wireless icon
One Touch
memory
indication
Real-time parts
modiable elds
Current “Key”
setting
Tone name
Active part
(Upper1) for
changing tone
Visual Control
indication
Browsing Windows and Setting
Parameter Values
Using the dial you can navigate the menu, select the setting you
want to change and change it:
Here is an example of how to navigate in the menu and how to change a
value ([
MENU] button g “Global” g “Display Brightness”).
1. Press the [MENU] button.
The right display changes to:
Right Display