Owner`s manual

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Table Of Contents

Important notes
Features
Contents
Panel description
- Front panel
- Rear panel
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
  - If the computer doesn’t ‘see’ the BK7m
- 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
  - Turning the power on
  - Turning the power off
- Demo of the BK7m
Basic operation of the BK7m
- About the display and cursor operation
Wizard Connection
- Generic procedure
- Details about the ‘Wizard Connection’ categories
Playing the BK7m’s real-time parts
- Switching real-time parts on and off
- Selecting Tones for the real-time parts
Music Style functions
- Volume balance between the backing and the real-time parts
- About the Music Styles
- Using Music Styles
- Selecting Music Styles
- Playing back Music Styles
- Using the ‘One Touch’ function
Using the BK7m as a USB player
- Getting ready to use the BK7m as a USB player
  - File types the BK7m can read and play back
- Selecting a song or Music Style on a USB memory
- Playing back a song or Music Style from a USB memory
Other important functions
- Changing the key
- Changing the octave
- Using ‘Track Mute’ and ‘Center Cancel’
  - Selecting the track(s) to mute for Music Styles or SMF songs
- Using Split mode
- Metronome
Performance Lists
- Performance/Music Assistant Info
- Loading a Performance/Music Assistant List
- Recalling a Performance/Music Assistant memory
- Quickly locating Performance memories
- Saving your settings as a Performance
- Other Performance List functions
Recording your performance as audio data
- Recording
  - Listening to your recording
  - Saving your recording as an audio file
Cover functions for Music Styles and SMF songs
- Using Music Style or SMF Covers
- Saving your modified Music Style or SMF song
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
- Installing Sonar LE
  - BK7m instrument definitions
Troubleshooting
‘Wizard Connection’ settings
Music Style list
- Style division program change numbers
- Recalling a Performance memory from the loaded Performance List via MIDI
Tone List
Drum Sets
Specifications
MIDI Implementation Chart
MFX types and parameters
Index

Troubleshooting

Backing Module BK-7m

No sound when a MIDI device is connected to

BK-7m.

Are all devices powered on?

Did you connect a MIDI cable

Did you select the correct MIDI channel? Please see “Wizard Con-

nection” on p. 22.

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Is the appropriate “Rx” parameter active? If not, switch it on. —

After connecting the BK-7m’s COMPUTER port to

your computer, the BK-7m doesn’t receive MIDI

messages.

The BK-7m may be receiving on a MIDI channel on which the MIDI

controller doesn’t transmit. Correct the MIDI controller’s transmit

channel or use the BK-7m’s wizard.

Unable to read from/write to USB memory. Are you using an (optional) Roland USB memory (M-UF series)?

Reliable performance cannot be guaranteed if you use non-

Roland USB memory products.

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Check the format of your USB memory. The BK-7m can use USB

memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB memory was

formatted using any other method, please re-format it using the

BK-7m.

Can’t save to USB memory. Could the USB memory be write protected? —

Is there sufficient free space on the USB memory? —

Audio recording won’t start or stops unexpectedly. Are you using an (optional) Roland USB memory (M-UF-series)?

Reliable performance cannot be guaranteed if you use non-

Roland USB memory products.

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Is there sufficient free space on the USB memory? —

The external screen remains dark. Did you connect it to the VIDEO OUTPUT socket? 17

Did you switch on your TV or external screen—and did you select

the correct channel? See the TV’s or screen’s owners manual for

how to select the channel that corresponds to the video input to

which the BK-7m is connected.

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Are you using a supported TV or monitor screen? —

Thin horizontal lines flicker in the television

screen.

Thin horizontal lines may flicker on the television screen, but this

is due to the television itself, and is not a malfunction of the

BK-7m.

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Can’t see the edge of the image on the television

screen

In some cases, the edge of the image may not be visible on the

television screen, but this is due to the characteristics of the tele-

vision and is not a malfunction on the BK-7m.

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Lyric display is wrong. For some types of music files, the lyrics may sometimes be dis-

played incorrectly. Some words may be incorrectly shown outside

the screen display area.

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Insufficient volume from a device connected to

the BK-7m’s AUDIO INPUT sockets.

Could you be using a connection cable that contains a built-in

resistor? Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor.

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Check the setting of the AUDIO IN knob and correct it, if neces-

sary.

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The songs won’t play. The file type of the song is not one of the file types that the

BK-7m can play.

It may be that the song data is damaged. —

No Performance Lists are displayed. The USB memory doesn’t contain any Performance List files. —

For some reason the USB memory is not recognized. —

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