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Backing Module BK-7m
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Contents
1. Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Panel description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4. Shortcut list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5. Before you start using the BK-7m. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the AC adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the BK-7m to an amplifier, mixer, etc. . 15
Connecting a MIDI device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the BK-7m to your computer . . . . . . . . . 17
If the computer doesn’t ‘see’ the BK-7m . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Connecting a television set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an optional footswitch, pedal or pedal
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Attaching the BK-7m to a stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Listening through headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning the power on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Demo of the BK-7m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Basic operation of the BK-7m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About the display and cursor operation. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Main page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Moving the cursor and setting parameter values . . . . . .21
Moving between windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
7. Wizard Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Generic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Details about the ‘Wizard Connection’ categories . . 23
‘DIGITAL PIANO’ category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
‘ACCORDION’ category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
‘MASTER KEYBOARD’ category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
‘GUITAR’ category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
‘DIGITAL ORGAN’ category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
‘COMPUTER/SEQUENCER’ category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
8. Playing the BK-7m’s real-time parts . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching real-time parts on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting Tones for the real-time parts . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting Tones using the [PART] button . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Using the [UP1], [UP2], [LWR] and [MBS] buttons to
select Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Selecting a Tone on the main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Selecting SuperNATURAL sounds (UP1 part) . . . . . . . . . .29
9. Music Style functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume balance between the backing and the real-
time parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
About the Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing back Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the ‘One Touch’ function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
10. Using the BK-7m as a USB player . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Getting ready to use the BK-7m as a USB player. . . 35
File types the BK-7m can read and play back . . . . . . . . .35
Selecting a song or Music Style on a USB memory. 35
Playing back a song or Music Style from a USB
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
11. Other important functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the octave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using ‘Track Mute’ and ‘Center Cancel’ . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting the track(s) to mute for Music Styles or SMF
songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Split mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12. Performance Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Performance/Music Assistant Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loading a Performance/Music Assistant List. . . . . . . 41
Recalling a Performance/Music Assistant memory . 42
Quickly locating Performance memories. . . . . . . . . . 42
Saving your settings as a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Other Performance List functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
If you select ‘Edit’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
If you select ‘Rename’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
If you select ‘Delete’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
If you select ‘Make New’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
13. Recording your performance as audio data . . . . . 46
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening to your recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving your recording as an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
14. Cover functions for Music Styles and SMF songs 48
Using Music Style or SMF Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Saving your modified Music Style or SMF song . . . . 49
15. Menu options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
General procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
‘Performance Edit’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
‘Tone Part View’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
‘Tone Part Effects’ parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
‘Style Parts’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
‘Arranger Setting’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
‘Melody Intelligent’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Save As Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
‘Global’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Save Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
MIDI parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Loading a MIDI Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Edit Style Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Edit Song Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Edit Tone Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Edit System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
NTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Save MIDI Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Roland BK-7m Specifications

Power IconPower
power supply9V DC
power consumption900mA
supplied power adaptorPSB-1U
Display and Sound IconDisplay and Sound
display resolution128 x 64 pixels
max polyphony128 voices
sounds1, 092 tones, 57 drum sets
Connectors IconConnectors
phones1x 1/4” jack (stereo)
audio inputsINPUT R, L/MONO (1/4” phone sockets)
USB ports1x USB Host
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
dimensions303 (W) x 194 (D) x 101mm (H)
weight1.7kg
dimensions (inches)11-15/16 (W) x 7-11/16 (D) x 4 (H) inches

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