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
‘Global’ parameters
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Level
Allows you to set the level of the “Melody Intelligent”
part to ensure that the harmonies blend in with the
rest.
Expression Pedal
This parameter allows you to specify whether or not
the “Melody Intelligent” part should respond to
movements of the optional expression pedal you
connected, and change its volume accordingly.
Hold Pedal
This parameter allows you to specify whether or not
the “Melody Intelligent” part’s notes can be held with
the footswitch connected to the PEDAL HOLD socket.
See page 46.
Save As Default
This function allows you to save the current “Perfor-
mance Edit” settings as default settings. These set-
tings are loaded each time you switch on the
BK-5 OR.
1.
Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select
“YES”, then press the [ENTER/SELECT] but-
ton to define the current settings as the
default state.
The display shows a confirmation message.
If you don’t want to define the current settings as
the default state, rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to
select “NO”, then press the [ENTER/SELECT] button.
The BK-5 OR then returns to the “Performance Edit”
page.
‘Global’ parameters
The settings of the “Global” parameters can be saved to
the BK-5 OR’s global memory. If you don’t save them,
your changes are lost when you switch off the BK-5 OR.
See “Save Global” on p. 74 for how to save these set-
tings.
Display Contrast
This parameter can be selected using [MENU] button
‰ “Global” ‰ “Display Contrast”.
It is used to change the contrast of the BK-5 OR’s
display in case you find it difficult to read.
Display Brightness
This parameter can be selected using [MENU] button
‰ “Global” ‰ “Display Brightness”.
It is used to change the brightness of the BK-5 OR’s
display in case you find it difficult to read.
Tuning
This parameter can be selected using [MENU] button
‰ “Global” ‰ “Tuning”.
This parameter allows you to tune your BK-5 OR to
acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned. The
default is 440.0Hz.
Rhythm/SMF TrackMute
See “Using ‘Track Mute’ and ‘Center Cancel’” on p. 45.
Parameter Setting
Level 0~127
Parameter Setting
Expression Pedal Off, On
Parameter Setting
Hold Pedal Auto, On, Off
Parameter Setting
Display Contrast 1~10
Parameter Setting
Display Brightness 0~10
Parameter Setting
Tuning 415.3~466.2Hz
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