Owner`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Important notes
- Features
- Contents
- Panel description
- Shortcut list
- Before you start using the BK7m
- Connecting the AC adaptor
- Connecting the BK7m to an amplifier, mixer, etc.
- Connecting a MIDI device
- Connecting the BK7m to your computer
- Connecting a television set
- Connecting an optional footswitch, pedal or pedal unit
- Attaching the BK7m to a stand
- Listening through headphones
- Turning the power on/off
- Demo of the BK7m
- Basic operation of the BK7m
- Wizard Connection
- Playing the BK7m’s real-time parts
- Music Style functions
- Using the BK7m as a USB player
- Other important functions
- Performance Lists
- Recording your performance as audio data
- Cover functions for Music Styles and SMF songs
- Menu options
- General procedure
- ‘Performance Edit’ parameters
- ‘Global’ parameters
- MIDI parameters
- Mastering Tools
- Makeup Tools (Style and SMF)
- VLINK function
- Factory Reset
- Formatting a USB memory
- Using the BK7m with SONAR LE
- Troubleshooting
- ‘Wizard Connection’ settings
- Music Style list
- Tone List
- Drum Sets
- Specifications
- MIDI Implementation Chart
- MFX types and parameters
- Index
Cover functions for Music Styles and SMF songs
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14. Cover functions for Music Styles and SMF songs
The Cover function allows you to change the orchestration of the selected Music Style or SMF song based on one of the
30 presets. The new version can be saved to a USB memory.
Using Music Style or SMF Covers
‰ Not available for audio files.
The “SMF Cover” function provides “masks” that change
the instrumentation of the selected Music Style or song.
Simply by selecting another preset, you can cause a
Viennese waltz to be played back by a heavy metal band,
etc.
1.
Select the Music Style or SMF song you
want to modify.
See “Selecting a song or Music Style on a USB mem-
ory” on p. 35.
2.
Press the [START/STOP] button to start play-
back of that Music Style or song.
This allows you to listen to the Music Style or song
before you start editing it. If you selected a Music
Style, remember to play a few chords on the external
MIDI controller. See also “Playing back a song or
Music Style from a USB memory” on p. 36.
3.
Press the [MENU] button.
The display changes to:
4.
Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select
“Cover (Style/SMF)“, the press the dial.
The display changes to:
5.
Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select
“Cover List”, then press the dial.
The display changes to…
…or:
6.
Use the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select one
of the 30 preset settings.
The names of the preset options already provide a
good indication of what to expect.
After selecting a preset, you can return to the original
orchestration (“Original”).
7.
Try out various presets to how (fast) this
concept works.
8.
If you like the new version better than the
original one, you can save the Music Style or
song to the USB memory with this informa-
tion (see below).
NOTE
The “Cover” information is part of the data only the BK-7m
understands. Other SMF players (or sequencer software)
ignore these settings.
MENU
Presets
Original, Live Band, Pop1, Dance, Acoustic1, Ethnic, Hard
Rock, Pop2, Techno, Rock1, Oriental 1, A Cappella, Rock 2,
House, Classic, Vocal Pop, Oriental 2, Vocal Rock,
Acustic 2, Guitars, Jungle, Traditional, Celtic, Vocal Dance,
Funky, Brass Band, Hip Pop, Vocal Ac., New Age, Vocal Or.
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