User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important notes
- Features
- Contents
- Panel description
- Shortcut list
- Before you start using the BK5OR
- Connecting the AC adaptor
- Connecting the BK5OR to an amplifier, mixer, etc.
- Connecting a MIDI device
- Connecting the BK5OR to your computer
- Connecting a television set
- Connecting an optional footswitch, hold pedal or expression pedal
- Connecting a portable audio player
- Listening through headphones
- Installing the music rest
- Turning the power on/off
- Demo of the BK5OR
- Basic operation of the BK5OR
- Playing the BK5OR’s real-time parts
- Rhythm functions
- Using the BK5OR as a USB player
- Getting ready to use the BK5OR as a USB player
- Selecting a song or rhythm on a USB memory
- Playing back a song or rhythm from a USB memory
- Renaming or deleting files/folders on a USB memory
- Using the ‘Search’ function to locate songs, rhythms or pictures
- Activating the ‘Play All Songs’ parameter for the USBmemory
- Loop function (MARK A/B)
- Other important functions
- Performance Lists
- Performance/Music Assistant/ Factory Songs info
- Loading a Performance/‘Music Assistant’/‘Factory Songs’ List
- Recalling a Performance/‘Music Assistant’/‘FactorySongs’memory
- Quickly locating Performance memories
- Saving your settings as a Performance
- Other Performance List functions
- Editing Performance memories
- Adding pictures to the music
- Recording your performance as audio data
- Lock functions
- Menu options
- General procedure
- Internal Lyrics
- ‘Performance Edit’ parameters
- ‘Tone Part View’ parameters
- Tone
- Volume
- Reverb Send
- Chorus Send
- Panpot
- Key Touch (velocity sensitivity)
- Eq Part Edit
- Mfx
- Expression Pedal
- Pedal Exp Down/Up
- Hold Pedal
- Octave Shift
- Coarse Tune
- Fine Tune
- Portamento Mode
- Portamento Time
- Bender Assign
- Bender Range
- Modulation Assign
- Cut Off
- Resonance
- Attack (only for Tones)
- Decay
- Release
- Vibrato Rate
- Vibrato Depth
- Vibrato Delay
- C1
- ‘Tone Part MFX’ parameters
- ‘Rhythm Parts’ parameters
- Split
- Scale Tune Switch
- Scale Tune
- Key
- ‘Arranger Setting’ parameters
- ‘Melody Intelligent’ parameters
- Save As Default
- ‘Tone Part View’ parameters
- ‘Global’ parameters
- Mastering Tools
- Makeup Tools (rhythms and SMF)
- Rhythm Composer (programming your own rhythms)
- Clearing the RAM memory (Initialize Rhythm)
- Getting ready for the first track
- Recording a rhythm pattern
- Auditioning your rhythm and adding more tracks
- Saving your rhythm
- Recording other tracks and divisions
- Help function on the main Rhythm Composer page
- Muting tracks while recording others
- Solo
- Rhythm Track Edit functions
- Editing individual rhythm events (Micro Edit)
- MIDI parameters
- Factory Reset
- Formatting a USB memory
- Visual Control function
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
- MIDI Implementation Chart
- Chord Intelligence
- Index
Troubleshooting
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17. Troubleshooting
Symptom Action Page
Power does not turn on. Is the included AC adaptor/power cord correctly connected to an
AC outlet and to the BK-5 OR?
Do not use any AC adaptor or power cord other than the ones
included. Doing so will cause malfunctions.
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No sound from the BK-5 OR. Did you switch the BK-5 OR on? 17
Could the [VOLUME] knob be turned down? Select a higher set-
ting.
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Can you hear sound through headphones?
If you can hear sound through headphones, it may be that the
connection cables are broken, or that your amp or speaker has
malfunctioned. Check the cables and your equipment once again.
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Could the part volume settings have been minimized?
Check the “Volume” setting of each part.
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Could a MIDI message received from an external MIDI device (vol-
ume message or exclusive message) have lowered the volume?
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The volume level of the instrument is too low
when it is connected to an amplifier.
Could you be using a connection cable that contains a resistor?
Use a connection cable that doesn’t contain a resistor.
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The pitch of the selected rhythm/song is incorrect. Is the “Tuning” setting appropriate?
Did you transpose the rhythm/song? Also check the “Rhythm
Scale Tune” parameter.
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Can’t hear the vocal of an audio file (mp3 or WAV).
Can’t hear the melody of SMF files.
If the [TRACK MUTE] (CENTER CANCEL) button is lit, the vocal
sound will be attenuated.
If the [TRACK MUTE] button is lit, the melody of the MIDI files will
be muted. Switch it off.
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A “buzz” is heard from the external amplifier Is the external amplifier or other device used with the BK-5 OR
connected to a different AC power outlet?
Connect the amplifier or other device to the same AC outlet as the
BK-5 OR.
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Can’t play an audio/mp3-format song Is the song in a format that the BK-5 OR is able to read? 37
After connecting the BK-5 OR’s USB COMPUTER
port to your computer, the BK-5 OR doesn’t
receive MIDI messages.
The BK-5 OR may be receiving on a MIDI channel on which the
MIDI controller doesn’t transmit. Correct the MIDI controller’s
transmit channel.
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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-5 OR 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-5 OR.
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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? —
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