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
Rhythm functions
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8. Rhythm functions
The BK-5 OR contains a function that plays back automatic accompaniments called “rhythms”. This section explains how
to take advantage of the BK-5 OR’s accompaniments.
Volume balance between the
backing and the real-time parts
If the rhythm accompaniment is too loud or too soft
with respect to the real-time parts you are using, you
can change the balance with the [BACKING] and [KEY-
BOARD] buttons:
When the [BACKING] or [KEYBOARD] button is pressed,
the “BALANCE” pop-up window appears, showing the
current setting:
After about 3 seconds, the pop-up window disappears
again.
About the rhythms
The BK-5 OR can generate interactive accompaniments
based on the rhythm you select. Each rhythm is a typical
accompaniment for a given musical genre. The BK-5 OR
comes with over 250 internal rhythms divided over 6
families (see the RHYTHM FAMILY section on the front
panel).
The melodic accompaniment parts of the selected
rhythms follow the chords you play on the keyboard.
Using rhythms
The “interactive” aspect about the rhythms is that you
can change the key of the accompaniment simply by
playing different notes or chords. Additionally, you can
select different variations (more or less complex
arrangements) for the active rhythm. The BK-5 OR pro-
vides several buttons for this.
■ START/STOP
This button is used to start and stop rhythm playback.
While a rhythm is running, the button’s indicator
flashes red on the first beat of each bar, and green on
the remaining beats.
NOTE
You can also start (and stop) rhythm playback simply by
playing on the keyboard. See the next function. (The Start/
Stop function can also be assigned to an optional foot-
switch.)
■ SYNC START
This button activates and switches off the “Sync
Start” or “Sync Start/Stop” function. Pressing it sev-
eral times allows you to select one of the following
options:
Function
[SYNC START]
indicator
Explanation
Sync Start Lights red Rhythm playback can be
started by playing a note or
chord. Press [START/STOP] to
stop rhythm playback.
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