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Addendum
The following functions were added in BK-9 starting from version 1.05.
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NOTICE
If you need to create a User Drum Kit, that is just a little bit different
from a preset one, before proceeding with the following steps, copy a
preset Drum Kit into one of the available User Drum Kit areas.
3. Rotate the dial to scroll the list till the end , where you
will find the five additional User Drum Kits (KBU1, KBU2,
KBU3, KBU4 and RSU1).
TIPS
You can press the TONE [DRUM] button twice to directly view
the five available User Drum Kits.
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This function lets users from any country and any culture use
BK-9 Drum sounds in a flexible manner, according to their own
inspiration and musical tastes.
BK-9 comes with a series of preset Drum Kits, each one containing a
variety of Drum sounds.
The User Drum Kit function adds another five Drum Kits to your
instrument, which you can customize as you wish, by creating your
new combinations of up to 88 the Drum sounds, spanned over
sharp and natural keys.
The additional five User Drum Kits are divided into two types:
Type
Name Scope
KBU1
Keyboard
KBU2
User
KBU3
KBU4
Rhythm/SMF
User
RSU1
4. Push the dial to select the User Drum Kit (KBU1~4, RSU1),
you wish to edit.
NOTE
If you wish you can rename the selected User Drum Kit.
To do it, rotate the dial to select the current Destination Drum
Kit name and push the dial to jump to the rename page.
For details see How to type a name in BK-9 paragraph in the
owners manual.
If you selected a User Drum Kit (RSU1) related to a song (SMF) the
left display shows:
Left Display
want to change.
You will hear the current drum sound corresponding to that note
and the display will show its name in the Destination Drum Kit note
field.
7. Rotate and push the dial to choose the Source Drum Kit,
where you want to take your desired drum sounds from.
8. Push the dial to move to the Source Drum Kit Note field
and push it.
In these cases you have to choose the location in the USB memory
where you wish to save your files . Therefore simply execute steps
5~8 described in Exporting and Importing a User Drum Kit (p.
4).
At the end the right display shows Operation Complete.
MEMO
If you have made some note changes and have forgotten
to save them in your BK-9, when pressing the EXIT button, a
message will appear asking you to save your new User Drum Kit
(whether it is a mere Drum Kit, a Rhythm or a Song/SMF).
So, simply use the dial to choose either YES or NO.
If you choose YES, your new User Drum Kit will be permanently
saved in your BK-9.
If you choose NO, it will be kept in your BK-9 only temporarily,
as it will be erased once you have turned your BK-9 off.
13. Use the dial to select the proper save option and your
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Restoring Notes
This way the latest saved version of your User Drum Kit is restored.
If you are not happy with the latest notes you chose for certain keys
when creating your User Drum Kit, you can restore the previously
saved drum sounds corresponding the those precise note keys.
This way the latest drum sound that you saved for that precise note
is restored.
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4. Rotate the dial and push it to select the User Drum Kit that
you wish to initialize.
The right display shows:
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8. Press and hold the EXIT button to leave the User Drumkit
Utilities and go back to the main page directly.
6. Press and hold the EXIT button to leave the User Drumkit
Utilities menu and go back to the main page directly.
If you do not want to change the file name, simply press the
WRITE button.
NOTE
Naming a file (containing your own User Drum Kit) to be
exported does not alter the original Drum Kit name. This means
that when viewing the whole Drum Kit list in BK-9, the original
User Drum Kit name will be shown, which is not necessarily the
name of the exported file.
Alternatively, you can save every User Drum Kit into a USB memory
as soon as you have created it. See Changing a supplied User Drum
Kit (KBU1~4, RSU1) (p. 1).
4. Rotate the dial and push it to select the User Drum Kit you
want to export into your USB memory.
The right display shows:
Right Display
4. Rotate the dial to choose the User Drum Kit (.UDK) file you
wish to import into your instrument and push it to select.
The right display shows:
Rename a Performance
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Your BK-9 always loads the first User Drum Kit related to
keyboard real time parts (KBU1) into the RSU1 area, unless you
save/export any other desired one into that area.
Of course, youll need to save every new rhythm or song you
created into your USB memory. These rhythms or songs will include
also your customized drum kit data, so that you can smoothly play
them back in any other BK-9 instrument.
For details see chapters 20. Working with the 16-Track Sequencer,
21. How to Edit Rhythm or SMF (Makeup Tools) and 22. Rhythm
Composer in the BK-9 owners manual.
NOTE
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Rename a Performance
Another editing option was added regarding Performance
memories that allows you to rename a single performance:
Function
Explanation
Delete Performance
Move Performance
Rename Performance
9. Press and hold the EXIT button to leave the User Drumkit
Utilities menu and go back to the main page directly.
Once you have created your own User Drum Kits you may want to
use those sounds in combination with rhythms or songs, that you
use as musical accompaniments to your performances.
To do it, you have to create your rhythm or song using either the
Rhythm Composer (for rhythms) or the 16-track sequencer (for
songs) functions and select the RSU1 (Rhythm/Song User Drum Kit)
you have previously created as your drum track.
Remember you can also use the MakeUp Tool functions to edit
both, rhythms and songs.
NOTE
Rhythms and Songs can use only the RSU1 (Rhythm and Song
User Drum Kit) area.
NOTE
4. Use the dial and the TONE [0]~[9] buttons to enter the
owners manual.
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The display briefly confirms the operation and the returns to the
page with all Performance List files on your USB memory.
If you specify a file name that already exists, the BK-9 displays the
following message: Please enter a different name
value automatically.
Instead of the drum track of the rhythm you can use an Audio
Drum Loop. You can download Audio Drum Loops from many
commercial websites.
Obviously the Rhythm drum track should be synchronized and
muted. See Setting the Volume of the Real-Time
Parts or Rhythm Parts (Mixer) or Selecting the Track(s) to Mute for
Rhythms or SMF Songs in the owners manual.
Now the Loop End value matches with the Rhythm measure
perfectly.
Rhythm Measure
1st Beat
2nd Beat
3rd Beat
4th Beat
Although you can use the Fine Tuning function, you will find that
sometimes during the playback the Audio Phrase tends to loose its
synchronization with the Rhythm.
Loop Start
Loop End
If you forgot to set the BPM for your audio phrase, the following
message appears:
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This function helps you to sync the Audio Phrase with the Rhythm
measure perfectly.
In the following illustration you will notice that the Loop End is not
well synchronized with the Rhythm measure.
Rhythm Measure
1st Beat
2nd Beat
3rd Beat
4th Beat
NOTE
The BK-9 cannot adjust the Loop Value If your audio phrase is
shorter than the Rhythm measure.
Loop Start
Loop End
NOTE
Before entering in the Audio Key environment, select the
Rhythm that you intend to use with your audio Key.
The Rhythm will start the playback in sync with the audio phrase.