Roland BK-9 - 16 Using Audio Phrases (Audio Key); Creating an Audio Key Set; Initialize the Audio Key Internal Memory; New)

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16. Using Audio Phrases (Audio Key)
The BK-9 lets you play audio les saved on USB memory (sold
separately) while you perform. This is called the “Audio Key”
function.
The Audio Key function lets you assign an audio le to 7 right most
keys of BK-9’s keyboard, and play those audio les by pressing the
corresponding keys. You can assign various phrases to the keys and
play them at the appropriate moments during your performance.
You can also specify that an audio le is automatically played
repeatedly. You can also specify to reserve the audio le that should
be played next.
Moreover the audio les will run in sync with the current Rhythm (or
SMF song) tempo.
Using an Audio Drum Loop
Instead of the drum track of the rhythm you can use an Audio
Drum Loop. You can download Audio Drum Loops from many
commercial websites.
Obviously the Rhythm drum track should be synchronized (p.
71) and muted. See “Setting the Volume of the Real-Time Parts
or Rhythm Parts (Mixer)” (p. 33) or “Selecting the Track(s) to Mute
for Rhythms or SMF Songs” (p. 46).
Using the FC-7 footswitch unit Board
The Audio Key function uses the 7 right most keys of BK-9’s
keyboard to activate the audio phrases. If you want these keys
available to play notes, you can assign the activation of the Audio
Phrases to the optional FC-7 footswitch unit Board.
If you press any key in the keyboard after the Audio Phrases
function has been activated, the BK-9 reminds you that the
activation of Audio Phrases are assigned to the FC-7.
Left Display
See “Pedal Controller FC-7” (p. 146).
NOTE
The Audio Key phrases are not available during playback of an
mp3 song (and vice versa).
NOTE
Using the Audio Key any audio le you may have been playing
back earlier (as a mp3/WAVE) is erased.
NOTE
An mp3 le has a short blank time at the beginning and the end
of the le. Therefore, the sound might cut o when an mp3 le is
played repeatedly with Audio Key function.
If this occurs, you may be able to solve the problem by taking
the following actions:
• Use WAVE/AIFF data format rather than mp3 data format.
NOTE
Use USB memory sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee
operation if any another USB memory is used.
Creating an Audio Key Set
Here is how to prepare a set of up to 7 phrases for a given song or
project. Such phrases can be: entire mp3/WAVE songs, fragments of
audio songs, or short mp3/WAVE les containing only the passages
you want to use as phrases.
Here is how to create a new Audio Key Set:
1. In your computer, copy the audio les to an optional USB
memory.
2. Connect the USB memory to your BK-9.
3. Press and hold the [AUDIO KEY] button.
The displays change to:
Left Display Right Display
Initialize the Audio Key Internal Memory (Make
New)
4. Press the [QUICK MENU] button.
The left display changes to:
Left Display
5. Use the dial to select “Make New” function.
The following message appears:
Left Display
6. Use the dial to select “YES”, then push the dial to initialize
the Audio Key internal memory.
The BK-9 now initializes the Audio Key internal memory.
Otherwise, select “NO” and push the dial to return to the “Audio Key”
main page.