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Summary of Contents for MKS-100

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Page 2: ...empt to service the product beyond that described in the user maintenance instructions A other sen icing should be referred to qualified service personnel SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNSS G THIS APPARAT...

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Page 5: ...The appropriate power supply for this unit is shown on its name plate Please make sure that the line voltage in your country meets the require ment Please do not use the same socket used for any nois...

Page 6: ...a Pedal Hold 31 b Tuning 32 c Changing Split Point 32 4 Performance Parameters for loading 33 l Sampling 34 1 Basic Sampling 34 2 Changing Sampling Conditions 33 3 Sampling a Long Tone or Split 3 7 4...

Page 7: ...preserve it verti cally in the supplied protective jacket Do not keep it on a slant or bending shape Keep the disk from extremely hot or cold tempera tures dust or direct sunlight Take out the protec...

Page 8: ...off the Protect Naii on the disk This way the disk can be no long er used for backup but the data can be read from the disk just the same The nail is provided for each side A and B Protect Nail Disk S...

Page 9: ...e more than one MIDI message on one channel and the MIDI Mono mode allows one message on one channel In other words in the Poly mode the MKS 100 is 8 voice polyphonic sound module which can be used wi...

Page 10: ...dphones RH 100 Optional JL MIC 50 dB Microphone Electric Guitar LINE 0 dB Cassette Deck CD Player Line Level ivlQDE Siitcn Y s o SaUE A QO oroit A ATTENTION iioumicMocfucrn aui M ouVBui CC M l SW IKtH...

Page 11: ...turned on the Display re sponds with Roland MKS 100 In a few seconds the Display changes to Ready If necessary adjust the contrast of the Display us ing the Contrast Knob MIDI CHANNEL 1 Push the Forw...

Page 12: ...smitter will light up the MIDI Message Indicator on the MKS 100 When the MKS 100 is set to the Mono mode set the lowest MIDI channel to be used basic MI DI channel and the following numbers will be au...

Page 13: ...can retain the sound data of one second as longest To make a sustained sound you may loop the sampled sounds See page 41 The key you play on the keyboard may sound in a shifted pitch This is because o...

Page 14: ...D Bank C v ank D J The Structure ABCD plays or records the Banks A B C and D sequencially If this Structure ABCD is used for playing the Drum Set the volume of the later sound will be very low This is...

Page 15: ...ound in the lower section while the D sound is followed by the C in the upper section Structure C D Lower Sound Range Bank C Higher Sound Range Bank D Structure AB CD Lower Sound Range Bank A Bank B H...

Page 16: ...indica tors on the panel will light up to tell you which struc ture is used Structure A B C D rBankA fBank B i rBank C rBankO II nil II nil fflmi Split Point Split Point Split Point When the Banks of...

Page 17: ...Lo ad Strings When the side A is loaded the Display will change to change QD The Display tells you that the data on the side B is re quired Make sure that the disk drive indicator is dark push the Eje...

Page 18: ...the F1 Button then the Load Button Check QD J S ti j sLi 4 S J rj P X T r T Sound Name Destination Bank The Display shows the Sound Name and the Bank where the sound is to be loaded Also the Struc tur...

Page 19: ...rformance controlling functions consist of Performance Parameters and the effect of the function can be altered by changing the value of each parameter By using the Forward Button and the Back ward Bu...

Page 20: ...DELAY LEVL I KEY OFFSET TRG G TIME Ext Gate Play Performance Parameter Vibrato Rate Manual Vibrato Depth Delay Vibrato Depth Delay Vibrato Delay Time Bend Mode Arpeggio Sync Mode Arpeggio Rate Arpegg...

Page 21: ...involved Vibrato Rate Delay Vibrato Depth VIB RATE 64 D VIB DPTH This sets the rate of the vibrato from to 1 27 This sets the depth of the delay vibrato from to 1 27 Manual Vibrato Depth Delay Time o...

Page 22: ...shown in the table below Mode Display Description Normal Continue CONT Usual smooth pitch bend Chromatic CHRM Chromatic pitch bend BEND RNG 12 9 One performance parameter is involved with the Pitch B...

Page 23: ...of the arpeggio Arpeggio Mode ARP MODE UP Set the shape of the arpeggio Hc if 4 i s A When the Arpeggio is set to ON the Display shows A at the far right and a chord will be ar peggiated Six performa...

Page 24: ...ay effect cannot be complatgd Arpeggio Sync Mode ARP SYNC I NT This selects whether the arpeggio should play on its own or sync to the external device Mode Display Description Internal Clock INT Inter...

Page 25: ...in the set keys EXT The Arpeggio played on the Keyboard will sync to the ex ternal trigger Trigger Playing involves two performance parame ters TRG G TIME When the external signal is very short e g si...

Page 26: ...eted push the Enter Button Method 2 Registeration from the keyboard Connect the controller that features the Hold func tion e g MIDI keyboard featuring Hold Damper pedal D While still pressing the Hol...

Page 27: ...d Detune When using the Detune function the MKS 100 is four voice polyphonic When using the GR Guitar System and the MIDI Guitar converter in the MIDI Mono Mode the 5th and the 6th Strings cannot be u...

Page 28: ...delayed sound will be heard Push the Structure Button that contains the sound to take on the Delay effect 5JC 5 Cij H H H Push the F2 button F2 ic lc Push the same Structure Button that you pushed in...

Page 29: ...n the Split mode is selected with the Structure Button the pitch of the delay sound may exceed that of the split In such a case the delayed sound is different from the voice of the played key When the...

Page 30: ...by a very strong playing manner you can hear both Structures 3 Velocity Switch This functions can select one of the two sounds to be generated depending on how you play the keyboard Velocity That is y...

Page 31: ...When the controller that features the Hold function e g the MIDI keyboard featuring the Hold Damper pedal the Hold function can be turned on or off by pressing the pedal Pedal Hold is the function tha...

Page 32: ...hether the indicator of the Structure is lit or flashing When lit Push the F1 button and the Parameter Button When flashing Push the F2 button then the Parameter Button The value shown in the Display...

Page 33: ...QD contains one Bank data with the in formation of performance parameters and split point When the data is loaded from the QD to the MKS 100 the performance parameters of the data final ly loaded wil...

Page 34: ...vel When a microphone is connected turn the Master Volume down or it will cause howling The selected Bank will be shown in the Display Here you can monitor the sampling sound with the amplifier speake...

Page 35: ...ained on page 41 REC KEY C4 Now the Display shows the pitch of the sound to be sampled When sampling a sound from a musical instrument try to feed the correct pitch Even if a different pitch is used i...

Page 36: ...r than the original ly sampled sound by more than 21 semi tones is substituted with the pitch of lower octave REC TRIG AUTO Usually set this to Auto Trigger mode However when sampling a slow attack so...

Page 37: ...sampling the auto looping is performed on the sample exceeding O Ssec But in a structure of combined Banks auto looping works when the last Bank exceeds O Ssec For in stance in the structure AB the sa...

Page 38: ...combined and Looping is not necessary The Looping function can be removed later or even now before any sampling is performed To cancel the Looping function now simply push any of the Structure Buttons...

Page 39: ...the sample itself but only with changing how it is read from memory Each sampled sound has a set of wave parame ters When more than one Bank is used for sampling a sound the group of the Banks has a...

Page 40: ...Off Envelope Velocity Sensitivity Envelope Rate 1 Envelope Level 1 Envelope Rate 2 Envelope Level 2 Envelope Rate 3 Envelope Level 3 Envelope Rate 4 Dynamics Sensitivity Auto Bend Rate Auto Bend Dept...

Page 41: ...cription One Shot 1 SHOT No looping Manual MAN Looping is per formed with the loop length and the End Point set at the corre sponding Wave Parameters Auto AUTO The ALP and AEN which are auto matically...

Page 42: ...mode is shown just for guidance but this cannot be altered AEN AEN When you are sampling a specific pitch change to the relevant key number If not release the key play it again and while listening to...

Page 43: ...samples in the reverse sequence just like the reverse playback of a tape recorder Start Point J Sampling Data Sampling Start ALT Alternate This forwards and reverses a loop alternately Changing the lo...

Page 44: ...mber and Bank Tune of the Wave Parameters Point 1 Level Point 4 Key ON Key OFF R 1 and R 2 change depending on how you play the keyboard Wave Parameter Rate is a slope from a level volume to the next...

Page 45: ...y on the l eyboard When looped while decaying in the slope of R2 the slope changes to R3 and slides to the Point 3 Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Level 3 I The dotted line represents the ENV I of the played...

Page 46: ...er will quicken the attack time and vice versa Even without setting the Envelope curve ADSR the attack time can be controlled with the touch sencitivity of the keyboard by raising the value of the Env...

Page 47: ...Bender explained on page 66 of the MIDI Functions is set to OFF the MIDI Pitch Bend message is ignored therefore the pitch bend effect cannot be obtained 10 Vibrato On Off This determines how much th...

Page 48: ...atch Wave Parameters which can be copied are a Bulk Copy After you have finished editing all the Wave Parameters in one Bank of the Split Structure go to the following procedure While holding the Save...

Page 49: ...which used to belong to the Bank A The Loop Type is One Shot and the Start Point is 0 The parameters which are owned by the Bank B will be lost therefore the pitch of the sampled sound is altered by...

Page 50: ...e Structure Mode for playing it back Push the Save Button Name D Write a File Name of the data as follows As you rotate the Alpha Dial an alphabet num ber or sign will appear at the flashing cursor in...

Page 51: ...t then in sert the other QD To protect the saved data from an accidental loss take the QD out and snap off the Protect Nail When more than one Bank is used in a Struc ture the Display will respond wit...

Page 52: ...fore quicker A brand new QD can be saved in this meth od Write protected Take exactly the same procedure as 1 Basic Sav ing but push the F1 button before pushing the Save Button in step This tells you...

Page 53: ...Wave Modify for a moment This indicates that it is now in the Wave Modify mode While in the Wave Modify mode no sound can be generated Using the Forward Button and the Backward Button call the factor...

Page 54: ...et the volume Push the Enter Button To adjust the level of a Bank or Banks of a Split Structure e g AB of AB CD take the following procedure 1 Simply call the relevant Bank s by pushing the appropriat...

Page 55: ...sample backwards similar to the tape recorder s reverse playback If a Structure consists of more than a Bank the group of Banks will be played as one while each Bank will be individually played in the...

Page 56: ...t the appropriate Structure by pushing the corresponding Structure Button then the Enter button Then repeat the whole procedure Loop Mode By rotating the Alpha Dial experiment and select one of the fo...

Page 57: ...d the destination Bank Structure where the source Bank Structure cannot be copied the follwoing error indication is shown in the Display Copy str error Repeat the copying procedure with a proper Bank...

Page 58: ...the appropriate Structure by pushing the corresponding Structure Button then the Enter but ton Then repeat the whole procedure Take the above procedure for both Structures Push the Enter Button Swa p...

Page 59: ...f frequency HP1 Level Resonance Resonance 127 i HP 2 Level 0 1 1 Cutoff Frequency Frequency lOk Hz Resonance Resonance 127 0 1k Cutoff Frequency Frequency 10k Hz Resonance Resonance 127 0 1k Cutoff Fr...

Page 60: ...iltered Select the appropriate Structure by push ing the corresponding Structure Button then the Enter button Then repeat the whole procedure Take the step on page 53 selecting any Struc ture you like...

Page 61: ...n Struncture shown at the right of the Display can be selected by moving the flashing cur sor with the button and using the Alpha Dial When the Structure A B C or D is selected the indicator on the St...

Page 62: ...ing two independent Banks Combining Function is joining two voices Banks with the unnecessary portions dis carded When two voices stored in the two independ ent Banks such as the Structure A B C D A B...

Page 63: ...d Button select Combine C omb i n e Using the Alpha Dial select the Structure to be combined with the one whose Structure Button is lit The Display shows the Structure you have selected C omb i n e B...

Page 64: ...r S t r missmatch Cmb n When the Combining is completed the Display re turns to the Playing mode indication Select the appropriate Structure by pushing the corresponding Structure Button then the Ente...

Page 65: ...nto the MIDI IN is sent out through this connector Using MI DI THRU connectors one MIDI device can con trol more than several MIDI devices MIDI OUT Connector Through this connector the message such as...

Page 66: ...MIDI Channel MIDI CHANNEL 1 Select any of the MIDI Channels 1 to 1 6 Bender By rotating the Alpha Dial change the sett ing of the MIDI Function as desired Repeat the steps and D as many times MIDI BEN...

Page 67: ...the lowest key num ber which can be received by the MKS 100 MIDI Mode MIDI MODE POLY This function selects MIDI Poly mode or the MIDI Mono mode Assign the highest key number to be received Assign the...

Page 68: ...re A B C D AB CD ABCD A B C D AB CD A B C D 12 DT A 13 DT B 14 DT C 15 DT D 16 DT AB 17 DT CD 18 DT ABCD 19 DT A B 20 DT C D 21 DT AB CD DT Detune Function 22 DT A B C D 23 DL 24 DL 25 DL 26 DL DL Del...

Page 69: ...VS B CD 97 VS B C D 98 VS C A 99 VS C B 100 VS C D 101 VS C AB 1 02 VS C A B 1 03 VS D A 1 04 VS D B 1 05 VS D C 106 VS D AB 107 VS D A B 108 VS AB C 109 VS AB D I i VS AB CD 111 VS AB C D I 1 2 VS C...

Page 70: ...I O Error 1 The IVlKS 100 has broken down Call for the Roland service station I O Error 2 The QD is damaged Replace it with a new one and repeat loading procedure I O Error 3 The MKS 100 has broken d...

Page 71: ...ushing the Corresponding Structure Button then the Enter Button Take the above procedure for both Structures Copy str error The Structure you have selected cannot be copied Select an appropriate Struc...

Page 72: ...ND MODE LOOP TYPE ARP SYNC ST ARP RATE END ARP MODE LP ARP RANGE AEN ARP REPERT ALP ARP DECAY KEY FOLLOW V MX THRSH PITCH BEND V SW THRSH VIBRATO DTUN MODE ENV V SENS DTUN RANGE ENV RATE 1 ABEND DEST...

Page 73: ...OOP TYPE ARP SYNC ST ARP RATE END ARP IVIODE LP ARP RANGE AEN ARP REPERT ALP ARP DECAY KEY FOLLOW V IVIX THRSH PITCH BEND V SW THRSH VIBRATO DTUN MODE ENV V SENS DTUN RANGE ENV RATE 1 ABEND DEST ENV L...

Page 74: ...vvv vvvv Ovvv vvvv MASTER TUNE 99 99 cent 1 cent step 2 5 Program number corresponds to the condition of the Sampling Structure See Owner s manual 2 6 Mode Meseages 123 127 are recognized also as ALL...

Page 75: ...MODE 1 MODE M0DE 3 lept TONE NAME ia edit e oorreapondina wing chart ritch ia selected ises block 2 3 _ 127 127 _ 127 _ 127 127 _ 127 127 _ 127 _ 127 127 _ 127 4 _ 103 4 103 4 103 Temporary wave param...

Page 76: ...ddd dddd Excluaive atatua Roland ID Device ID MIDI baaio channel 1 Addreaa is determined by aampling structure Address of first Dats set connand DTI DAT Want data USD or Request data RQD la as followa...

Page 77: ...SB LSB is as follows structure WAVE DATA WAVE PARAMETER PERFORMANCE PARAMETER 1 channel tt S 10 MKS 100 DAT where nnnn Model ID Command ID Address MSB Address Address LSB Data Checksum End of System E...

Page 78: ...NE MODS AUTO BEND DESTINATION OF DETUNE MODE BOTH 1 HALF BENDER MODE d DETUNE MODE 0000 OODO dui Obbb bbOO aaaa aaabbbbb Wave data 12 bit 2 s complement Wave data of banlt 2 Wave data of banH 3 Wave d...

Page 79: ...DAT WAVE DATA ACK EOD ACK BqD WAVB PARAMETER DAT WAVE PARAMETER ACK DAT WAVE PABAMHTES ACK DAT PERFORMANCE PARAMETER ACK ACK IWhen it receivea ESS it sends aaoe data set anain When a transmitting MKS...

Page 80: ...e 9 bit resolution 1 64 Control 100 101 6 38 Change X X 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 Modulation Hold 1 RPC LSB MSB Data Entry MSB LSB Prog Change True 1 0 122 1 0 127 0 127 System Exclusive 1 1 System...

Page 81: ...Jack Start Jack MIDI Message Indicator Mono Mode Indicator Power Switch Performance Controllers Alpha Dial Volunne Knob Recording Level Knob Display 1 6 figure Liquid Crystal Display back lit Disk Dr...

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