Roland KR-103 User Manual

KR SERIE
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KR-103/105/107
digital intelligent pianos
88 keys (Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard
with escapement) • Touch Sensitivity: Yes •
Keyboard Mode: Whole, Split (adjustable split
point), Layer, Arranger, Piano Style Arranger,
Manual Drums/SFX
Conforms to GM2/GS /XG Lite • Max. Polyphony:
128 voices • Tones: (Tone Search by terms and by
letters) 6 groups 736 variations (including 8 Tone
Wheel Organs, 18 drum sets, SFX set) •
Temperament: 8 types, selectable tonic •
Stretched Tuning: 2 types • Master Tuning: 415.3 Hz
-to 466.2 Hz (adjustable in increments of 0.1 Hz) •
Transpose: Key Transpose (-6 to +5 in units of
semitone), Playback Transpose (-24 to +24 in units
of semitone)
Reverb (12 types, 127 levels) Chorus, Rotary, and
60 other types, Advanced 3D, Grand Space,
Dynamic Sound Emphasis (3 types), Equalizer (5
bands, Master level)
Music Styles (Style Search by terms and by
letters): 6 groups 265 styles x 3 types (Style
Orchestrator) • Music Assistant (Search by terms
and by letters): Over 570 sets • Visual Music
Assistant, Programmable Music Styles: Style
Converter, Style Composer • Melody
Intelligence: 24 types
Internal: 36 • External Memory: Max. 99 sets
Tempo: Quarter note = 20 to 250, Beat: 2/2, 0/4, 2/4,
3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 • Volume: 10
levels • Metronome Pattern: 11 patterns •
Metronome Sound: 8 types
Tracks: 5 tracks / 16 tracks • Song: 1 song • Note
Storage: Approx. 30,000 notes • Resolution: 120
ticks per quarter note • Recording Method:
Realtime (Replace, Mix, Auto Punch In, Manual
Punch In, Loop, Tempo), Step (Chord Sequencer),
Beat Map • Edit: Copy, Quantize, Delete, Insert, Erase,
Transpose, Part Exchange, Note Edit, PC Edit
Touch the Notes, Replay, Super Tones, Piano
Designer, Visual Lesson, Wonderland/Game,
Demo, Audition, Panel Lock, V-LINK, BMP export,
user image display
USB Flash Memory • Floppy Disk Drive (for song
data, not audio files) • Playable Software: [Song:]
Standard MIDI Files (Format 0/1), Roland Original
Format (i-Format) [Music Style:] MSA, MSD, MSE •
Save [Song:] Standard MIDI Files (Format 0),
Roland Original Format (i-Format) [Music Style:]
MSE • Audio File: WAV Format (44.1 kHz 16-bit
linear stereo)
Internal Songs (Song Search by terms and by
letters): Over 190 songs • User Memory: Max. 200
songs on Favorites, Max. 99 User Styles, Max. 99
User Program Sets
Rated Power Output: 60 W x 2 • Speakers: 20 cm x
2, 10 cm x 2, 5 cm x 2 • Display: Bouncing Beat
Indicator, Graphical Color touchscreen 320 x
240 dot (backlit LCD) • Notation: Grand staff, G
Clef staff, F Clef staff, with note name, lyrics,
chords, fingering • Language: English, Japanese,
German, French, Spanish • Lyrics: Yes (built-in,
external display, MIDI output) • One Touch
Program: One Touch Piano, One Touch Arranger
• Pedals: Damper Pedal (half-pedal recognition),
Soft Pedal (half-pedal recognition, functions
assignable), Sostenuto Pedal (functions
assignable) • Vocal Effects: Echo, Voice
Transformer, Vocal Keyboard, Harmonist •
Connectors: USB memory connector, FDD
connector, Output jacks (L/Mono, R), Input jacks
(L/Mono, R), Mic Input jack, Headphones jack
(Stereo) x 2, MIDI In connector x 2, MIDI Out
connector, USB connector, Ext Display
connector (15-pin D-Sub type), Video Out
connector, Expression Pedal Jack • Power
Supply: AC 115V, AC 117V, AC 220V, AC 230V, AC
240V (50/60Hz) • Power Consumption: 155W
(including piano stand) 56 (W) x 21-11/16 (D) x 35-1/2
(H) inches • Weight (including piano stand): 228 lbs
Quick Start, owner's manual, Roland 60 Classical
Piano Masterpieces, Remote Controller, dry-cell
batteries, USB Installation Guide CD-ROM
(Roland Digital Piano USB Driver), power cord,
headphones hook, anti-theft lock screws
USB memory, floppy disk drive, expression pedal,
cf/cd recorder
88 keys (Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard )
• Touch Sensitivity: Yes • Keyboard Mode: Whole,
Split (adjustable split point), Layer, Arranger,
Piano Style Arranger, Manual Drums/SFX
Conforms to GM2/GS/XG Lite • Max. Polyphony:
64 voices • Tones: 6 groups 646 tones (including 16
drum sets, 1 SFX set) • Temperament: 8 types,
selectable tonic • Stretched Tuning: 2 types •
Master Tuning: 415.3 Hz to 466.2 Hz (adjustable in
increments of 0.1 Hz) • Transpose: Key Transpose
(-6 to +5 in units of semitone), Playback Transpose
(-24 to +24 in units of semitone)
Reverb (8 types) Chorus, Rotary, and
32 other types
Music Styles (Style Search by terms and by
letters): 6 groups 230 styles (x 3 type Style
Orchestrator) • Music Assistant (Search by terms
and by letters): Over 370 sets • Visual Music
Assistant • Programmable Music Styles: Style
Converter • Melody Intelligence: 24 types
Internal: 36 • External Memory: Max. 99 sets
Tempo: Quarter note = 20 to 250 • Beat: 2/2, 0/4, 2/4,
3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 • Volume: 10
levels • Metronome Pattern: 11 patterns •
Metronome Sound: 8 types • Rhythm 59 pattern
Tracks: 5 tracks/16 tracks • Song: 1 song • Note
Storage: Approx. 30,000 notes • Resolution: 120
ticks per quarter note • Recording Method:
Realtime (Replace, Mix, Auto Punch In, Manual
Punch In, Loop, Tempo), Step (Chord Sequencer),
Beat Map, Edit: Copy, Quantize, Delete, Insert, Erase,
Transpose, Part Exchange, Note Edit, PC Edit
Touch the Notes, Replay, Wonderland/Game,
Demo, Audition, Panel Lock, V-LINK, BMP export
Files: Max. 99 songs, Max. 99 User Styles, Max. 99
User Program Sets • Playable Software: [Song:]
Standard MIDI Files (Format 0/1), Roland Original
Format (i-Format) [Music Style:] MSA, MSD, MSE •
Save: [Song] Standard MIDI Files (Format 0), Roland
Original Format (i-Format) [Music Style:] MSE
Internal Songs (Song Search by terms and by
letters): Over 184 songs • User Memory: Max. 200
songs on Favorites, Max. 99 User Styles, Max. 99
User Program Sets
Rated Power Output: 40 W x 2 • Speakers: 20 cm x
2, 5 cm x 2 • Display: Bouncing Beat Indicator,
Graphical mono LCD 320 x 240 dot (backlit LCD) •
Notation: Grand staff, G Clef staff, F Clef staff,
with note name, lyrics, chords, fingering •
Language: English, Japanese, German, French,
Spanish • Lyrics: Yes (built-in, MIDI output) • One
Touch Program: One Touch Piano, One Touch
Arranger • Pedals: Damper Pedal (half-pedal
recognition), Soft Pedal (half-pedal recognition,
functions assignable), Sostenuto Pedal
(functions assignable) • Vocal Effects: Echo •
Connectors: Output jacks (L/Mono, R), Input
jacks (L/Mono, R), Mic Input jack, Headphones
jack (Stereo) x 2, MIDI In connector, MIDI Out
connector, USB connector, Expression Pedal
Jack • Power Supply: AC 115V, AC 117V, AC 220V, AC
230V, AC 240V (50/60Hz) • Power Consumption: 90W
(including piano stand and music rest) 56 (W) x
21-11/16 (D) x 36-1/4 (H) inches • Weight (including
piano stand): 155 lbs , 7 oz
Roland 60 Classical Piano Masterpieces, USB
Installation Guide CD-ROM (Roland Digital
Piano USB Driver), Power cord, Headphones
Hook
expression pedal, cf/cd recorder
88 keys (Compact Progressive Hammer-Action
Keyboard), Touch Sensitivity • Keyboard Mode:
Whole, Split (adjustable split point), Layer,
Arranger, Piano Style Arranger, Manual
Drums/SFX
Conforms to GM2/GS/XG Lite • Max. Polyphony:
64 voices • Tones: 6 groups 400 tones, 20 drum
sets • Master Tuning: 427.4 Hz to 452.6 Hz
(adjustable in increments of 0.1 Hz) • Transpose:
Key Transpose (-6 to +6), Data Transpose (-24 to
+24), All Transpose (-6 to +6)
Reverb (8 types), Chorus, Rotary, and 46 Multi-FX
Music Styles: 6 groups 170 styles x 3 types
(Style Orchestrator) • Music Assistant: 150 sets •
Melody Intelligence: 18 types
Internal: 32 • External Memory: Max. 99 sets
Tempo: Quarter note = 20 to 250 • Beat: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4,
4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 • Volume: 127 levels
• Metronome Pattern: 1 pattern • Metronome
Sound: 1 type
Tracks: 5 tracks/16 tracks • Song: 1 Song •
Resolution: 120 ticks per quarter note •
Recording Method: New Song/Single/Punch
In/Out
Demo, Panel Lock, V-LINK
Disk: Max. 99 songs, Max. 99 User Styles, Max. 99
User Program Sets • Playable Software [Song:]
Standard MIDI Files (Format 0/1), Roland Original
Format (i-Format), [Music Style:] MSA, MSD, MSE •
Save [Song:] Standard MIDI Files (Format 0)
Over 50 songs
Rated Power Output: 25 W x 2, Speakers: 20 cm x 2
• Display: Bouncing Beat Indicator, Custom LCD
(backlit LCD) • Lyrics: No (only via MIDI output) •
One Touch Program: One Touch Piano, One
Touch Arranger • Pedals: Damper Pedal, Soft
Pedal (functions assignable), Sostenuto Pedal
(functions assignable) • Connectors: Output
jacks (L/Mono, R), Input jacks (L/Mono, R),
Headphones jack (Stereo) x 2, MIDI In connector,
MIDI Out connector, USB connector, Expression
Pedal Jack • Power Supply: AC 115 V, AC 117 V, AC
220 V, AC 230 V, AC 240 V (50/60 Hz) • Power
Consumption: 70W
(including piano stand), 55 1/4 (W) x 25-3/8 (D) x 35
(H) inches • Weight: (including the piano stand):
133 lbs, 7 oz
USB Installation Guide CD-ROM (Roland Digital
Piano USB Driver), power cord, headphones hook
expression pedal, cf/cd recorder
KEYBOARD
SOUND GENERATOR
EFFECTS
ARRANGER
USER PROGRAMS
METRONOME
COMPOSER
OTHER FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS
INTERNAL MEMORY
OTHE R
DIMENSIONS
ACCESSORIES
OPTIONS
KR-107SPECS KR-105 KR-103
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Roland KR-103 Specifications

General

Pedals	Damper, Soft, Sostenuto
Effects	Reverb, Chorus, Brilliance
Display	LCD
Connectivity	MIDI
Keyboard	88 keys (Hammer-Action Keyboard)
Polyphony	128 voices
Recorder	16-track recorder

Summary

Roland KR Series Digital Intelligent Pianos

Key Features Overview

Highlights the KR Series' combination of fine sound, excellent playability, and user-friendly interactive educational technologies.

Intelligent Digital Pianos

Describes the KR intelligent digital pianos as musical centerpieces for homes and classrooms, setting a new standard for interaction.

Roland KR-107 Flagship Model

KR-107 Key Features

Details the KR-107's powerful features, ease of navigation, and comprehensive musical capabilities, making it top-of-the-line.

Great Sounds

Describes the rich, colorful pallet of musical instruments and sounds available on the KR-107, including orchestral and organ tones.

Grand-Piano Feel

Details the Progressive Hammer Action keyboard with Escapement, mimicking a grand piano's touch and response for authentic playability.

Piano Designer

Allows customization of piano sounds by adjusting string, damper, and key-off resonance for personalized recall and future use.

Twin-Piano Mode

Enables simultaneous performance by two players on the same keyboard for a shared musical experience and interactive fun.

Grand Sound System

Highlights the powerful and immersive sound delivered by the KR-107's six internal speakers and advanced 3D spatial effects.

Elegant Exterior Finishes

Details the availability of the KR-107 in various fine exterior finishes like Oak, Mahogany, Polished Ebony, and Satin Cherry.

KR-107 Advanced Features

Visual Interface and DigiScore

Features a color touchscreen for navigation and DigiScore for interactive piano practice with 'Touch The Notes' and 'Auto-Sync'.

Visual Lesson and Music Styles

Offers a 'Visual Lesson' for performance analysis and a wide library of onboard Music Styles with realistic human sounds and V-Drums patterns.

Wonderland and Music Assistant

Provides a learning environment with musical games and over 570 Visual Music Assistant songs for intelligent accompaniment.

Color BMP Export and Karaoke

Allows exporting musical notation to .BMP files and features a karaoke function with microphone input and vocal effects.

Remote Control and USB Connectivity

Includes a wireless remote control and three USB ports for MIDI, storage, and connection to a floppy disk drive.

Optional Accessories

Lists optional accessories like the USB Floppy Disk Drive, USB Memory Key, Expression Pedal, and CF/CD Recorder to enhance functionality.

Roland KR-105 Mid-Range Model

KR-105 Value Proposition

Presents the KR-105 as a more affordable option offering many of Roland's finest features, ideal for students and hobbyists.

Progressive Hammer Action

Details the high-quality Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard simulating a grand piano's heavy-to-light key response across octaves.

Tone Variety

Highlights the 646 tones built into the KR-105, covering grand piano sounds, classical instruments, contemporary sounds, and percussion.

Visual Music Assistant

Describes the Visual Music Assistant styles with realistic human feel and intuitive navigation, where accompaniment follows played chords.

DigiScore and LCD Touchscreen

Features Roland's DigiScore for interactive practice and an easy-to-read LCD touchscreen for stylish and simple operation.

Wonderland and Quick Select

Includes the engaging Wonderland environment for learning and games, plus Quick Select for rapid access to main functions via touchscreen.

Live Drummer Styles

Highlights dynamic and realistic drum/percussion patterns recorded by master session drummers using Roland's V-Drums for performances.

KR-105 Optional Accessories

Lists optional accessories like the Expression Pedal and CF/CD Recorder to add functionality and convenience to the KR-105.

Roland KR-103 Entry-Level Model

KR-103 Cost-Effective Entry

Presents the KR-103 as a cost-effective option for entry-level piano students and hobbyists to experience the Roland KR Series.

Compact Progressive Hammer Action

Details the Compact Progressive Hammer-Action keyboard simulating a grand piano's weighted touch, offering a lightweight mechanism.

Great Sounds

Describes the KR-103's vibrant and realistic sounds, refined for added color and impact, inspiring with clear highs and powerful lows.

LCD Navigation

Highlights the attractive LCD with front-panel buttons for friendly and easy navigation of the instrument's state-of-the-art features.

Music Styles

Features over 170 all-new Music Styles prepared by Roland, each with Intro, Original, Variation, Fill-In, and Ending elements.

Music Assistant

Includes 150 Music Assistant songs to accompany performances, with intelligent accompaniment that follows played chords.

KR-103 Optional Accessories

Lists optional accessories like the Expression Pedal and CF/CD Recorder to add functionality and convenience to the KR-103 model.