Playing Back your Phrases
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Left Display
Right Display
The right display shows the contents of the USB memory.
3. In the right display rotate the dial to select the desired
Audio Key Set you want to load.
If the le you need is located inside a folder, you must rst select
that folder, push the dial to see its contents and then select the le.
If you opened a folder by mistake, press the [EXIT] button to return
to a higher level.
The icon that localizes an Audio Key Set le is as follows:
MEMO
The le extension of an Audio Key Set is “.rps”
4. Push the dial to load the Audio Key Set.
The display returns to the “Audio Key” main page.
Playing Back your Phrases
Let us now look at how to use an Audio Key Set you have just
prepared or loaded. See “Creating an Audio Key Set” (p. 65) or see
“Loading an Audio Key Set” (p. 70).
1. Press the [AUDIO KEY] button to activate the right most
keys for phrase playback.
2. Press the keys in the highest octave to start and stop the
assigned phrases.
Playback of those phrases will be governed by their playback
settings. Phrases whose “Sync Audio” function is active (p. 70)
adapt their tempo to the tempo setting of the currently selected
Rhythm or SMF song.
Only one phrase can be played back at a time.
if you press another key while the previously started phrase is still
running, the BK-9 plays the running phrase until it has nished and
then starts the newly selected phrase depending on the selected
“Playback Type” (p. 68) and “Mode” (p. 69) setting.
MEMO
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.
See “Pedal Controller FC-7” (p. 146).
3. Press [AUDIO KEY] button again to switch this function o
(the button goes dark).
Synchronize your Phrases with the
Start of Rhythm Playback
The BK-9 gives you the possibility to start the playback of Audio
Phrases in synchronization with the start of the Rhythm.
1. Press the [AUDIO KEY] button to activate the right most
keys for phrase playback.
2. Set the “Sync Audio” (p. 70) to “On”.
In this way the phrases will adapt their tempo to the tempo value
set in the currently selected Rhythm.
3. Press the [SYNC START] button repeatedly until its button
lights red.
Now the Rhythm playback can be started by playing a note key.
4. Press the keys in the highest octave to start the assigned
phrases.
The Rhythm will start the playback in sync with the audio phrase.
If you press the key while the Rhythm is already in playback, the
playback of audio phrase starts at the next downbeat.
Synchronize your Phrases with the Start
and Stop of Rhythm Playback
The BK-9 gives you the possibility to start and stop the playback
of Audio Phrases in synchronization with the start and stop of the
Rhythm.
1. Press the [AUDIO KEY] button to activate the right most
keys for phrase playback.
2. Set the “Sync Audio” (p. 70) to “On”.
In this way the phrases will adapt their tempo to the tempo value
set in the currently selected Rhythm.
3. Press the [SYNC START] button repeatedly until its button
lights green.
Now the Rhythm playback can be started by playing a note and
stopped when you release a key.
4. Set the “Playback Type” (p. 68) to “Gate”.
5. Press the keys in the highest octave to start the assigned
phrase.
The Rhythm will start the playback in sync with the audio phrase.
6. Release the keys to stop the phrase.
The Rhythm will stop the playback in sync with the audio phrase.
How to Save and recall an Audio Key
Set into a Performance
You can save the Audio Key Set le information into a Performance.
When you will recall the Performance the Audio Key Set le will be
loaded automatically.
1. Load an Audio Key Set.
See “Loading an Audio Key Set” (p. 70).
2. Press the [AUDIO KEY] button to activate the right most
keys for phrase playback and enable the Performance to
save the Audio Key Set.
3. Save the Performance. See “Saving your Settings as a
Performance” (p. 59).
4. When you will recall the saved Performance the [AUDIO
KEY] button will ash to indicate that the Audio Key Set is
ready to use