Preparation
Installing batteries
Turn off the power before replacing the batteries.
If the batteries have run down or you do not ex-
pect to use the unit for an extended period of time,
remove the batteries from the unit.
Don’t mix partially-used batteries with new bat-
teries, and don’t mix batteries of differing types.
If the battery capacity has decreased, sufficient
volume may not be achieved or noise may occur.
Tip
When the batteries begin to run down, the Tempo
LED will become dark.
1.
Detach the battery cover from the rear panel.
2.
Insert three AA batteries, making sure that their
correct polarities (+ and –) are observed. Be sure to
use alkaline batteries.
3.
Reattach the battery cover.
Using the AC adapter (optional)
Connect the AC adapter to the DC9V jack.
You must turn off the power before connecting the
AC adapter.
You must only use the specified AC adapter. Us-
ing any AC adapter other than the specified model
will cause malfunctions.
Making connections
Refer to the connection diagram in this manual.
Before connecting anything turn off all devices first.
Turning on the power
After turning off all external output devices, such as
monitors and speakers, turn on this unit.
1.
Fully turn the KR mini’s Level knob to the left.
2.
Hold down the KR mini’s Power button to turn
it on.
3.
Turn the KR mini’s Level knob to the right to an
appropriate position.
Turning off the power
1.
After fully turning the KR mini’s Level knob to the
left, hold down the Power button until the lit LED
turns off.
Never turn off the KR mini while data is being
written.
Auto power-off function
The KR mini has an auto power-off function.
If no buttons or knobs are used or nothing is played
back for approximately 1 hour, the KR mini automati-
cally turns off.
Tip
The auto power-off function is enabled as the fac-
tory default.
Tip
The setting to enable or disable the auto power-off
function is saved even when the power is turned
off.
Enabling the auto power off function
While holding down the Chain playback button, turn
on the KR mini. The Chain playback button will blink
several times.
Disabling the auto power off function
While holding down the Pattern playback button, turn
on the KR mini. The Pattern playback button will blink
several times.
Playing rhythms (Play mode)
About patterns
Six different rhythm patterns can be used with each
genre (except “Songs”).
Select a rhythm pattern with the genre selector and
Patterns buttons, and then play back or stop the pat-
tern with the Pattern playback button.
Two fill-in patterns, which are selected with the Fill1/2
buttons, can be used with each rhythm pattern.
Simply turning the genre selector will not switch
the pattern. When a Pattern button is pressed to
select a pattern, the genre and pattern can be se-
lected.
About chains
Chain is a function for recording one pattern with
each Chain button, then sequentially connecting them
to play them back.
Press a Chain button to select a playback location, and
then play back or stop the chain with the Chain play-
back button.
Tip
For details on recording a pattern to a Chain but-
ton, refer to “Editing chains.”
About songs
With songs, a few bars of the drum part from a song
will be recorded.
Turn the genre selector to “Songs,” and then press a
Pattern or Fill button to select the song. Play back or
stop the song with the Pattern playback button.
The genre cannot be changed during playback.
Songs cannot be edited or recorded in a chain.
Switching the rhythm during playback
If a Pattern button or a Chain button is pressed dur-
ing playback of a pattern or chain, the pattern being
played back switches to the newly selected pattern or
chain. Until playback switches, the button for the next
pattern or chain to be played back will blink.
Pressing a Pattern button or Chain button while it is
blinking cancels it.
Fill-in patterns
Press a Fill button during playback to play the fill-in
pattern once, then return to playing the original pattern.
Tip
The fill-in pattern is played to end at the same
time that the original pattern would have ended.
If the Fill button is pressed with less than half a
beat remaining on the original pattern, the fill-in
pattern will be played after the next pattern (or
chain).
Editing chains (Chain Edit mode)
While playback is stopped in Play mode, hold down
a Chain button to enter Chain Edit mode. The pressed
Chain button will blink, and the other Chain buttons
will light up.
Recording a pattern
1.
Press the Chain button for the chain number
where a pattern is to be recorded.
The pressed Chain button will blink and if the
genre is already set for the currently recorded pat-
tern, the corresponding Pattern button will light
up.
2.
Using the genre selector and Pattern buttons,
select the pattern to be recorded.
Tip
A fill-in pattern can be played during play-
back of a recorded chain. To switch to a fill-in
pattern, press the Fill button. The pressed Fill
button will light up.
Pressing the Pattern playback button repeatedly plays
back the pattern recorded to the selected Chain button.
Pressing the Chain playback button begins playback
of the chain starting with the selected chain number.
Setting the endpoint of the chain
The endpoint for the playback of the loop can be speci-
fied.
Turn the genre selector to “Songs/Chain End.” The
button for the currently set endpoint will blink rapidly.
For example, to play back a loop of patterns saved to
Chain buttons 1 through 4, press Chain button [4].
Turn the genre selector to any setting other than
“Songs.”
Chain 4 is set as the endpoint, and a loop of the pat-
terns saved to Chain buttons 1 through 4 will be
played back.
Tip
If Chain buttons 5 to 8 are selected for play-
back in the above example, the patterns will
be played back sequentially up to Chain
button 8, and then a loop of the patterns
saved to Chain buttons 1 through 4 will be
played back.
Setting the number of times the chain is
looped
The number of times the chain is looped can be
set between 1 and 8 or to an unlimited number.
While playback is stopped, hold down the Chain
playback button. The button for the set number of
times the chain is looped will light up (all buttons
are turned off if an unlimited number of times is
set).
While holding down the Chain playback button,
press an unlit Chain button to set the number
of times the chain will be looped. If a lit Chain
button is pressed, all buttons will turn off and an
unlimited number of times will be set.
Playback will stop after a loop of the chain is
played back the set number of times.
Saving chain patterns
Holding down any Chain button saves all chang-
es to the chains.
To return to Play mode without saving the
changes, simultaneously press the Pattern play-
back button and the Chain playback button.
Playing the pads (Pad mode)
After entering Pad mode, the Patterns and Chain
buttons become pads, allowing you to play what-
ever you wish. The sound of a percussion instru-
ment, such as drums, will be recorded with each
of the 16 pads.
While playback is stopped in Play mode, simul-
taneously hold down the Pattern playback button
and the Chain playback button for approximately
one second to enter Pad mode. The two buttons
will light up in yellow.
The pad will light up briefly when it is tapped.
If the Pattern playback button or the Chain play-
back button is pressed, the Tempo LED starts
to blink at a tempo set by the Tempo knob. The
Tempo LED stops blinking when either button is
pressed again.
In Pad mode, patterns and chains cannot be
played back.
To exit Pad mode, simultaneously press the Pat-
tern playback button and the Chain playback
button.
Changing the pad sound
1.
Turn the genre selector to “Songs.”
2.
Hold down the pad that you want to edit.
The pressed pad will blink, and a pad will light up
to indicate the sound that is assigned to it.
Tip
If the pad you want to edit is the same as the
pad indicating the assigned sound, the pad
will blink slowly.
3.
Tap the pad for the sound to be assigned.
In addition to assigning the sound, the maximum
volume for each pad is set according to how hard
it is tapped. To set the minimum volume, hold
down the Chain playback button and tap the pad.
Tip
If the velocity function is disabled, the sound
is produced at the maximum volume set as a
default.
4.
Simultaneously press the Pattern playback button
and the Chain playback button. The settings are
saved, and the KR mini returns to Pad mode.
Pad sounds that can be assigned
Pattern [1] button
High Tom
Pattern [2] button
Low Tom
Pattern [3] button
Floor Tom
Pattern [4] button
Crash Cymbal
Pattern [5] button
Ride Cymbal
Pattern [6] button
High Conga
Fill1 button
Low Conga
Fill2 button
Agogo
Chain [1] button
Bass Drum
Chain [2] button
Snare Drum
Chain [3] button
Side Stick
Chain [4] button
Closed Hi-Hat
Chain [5] button
Open Hi-Hat
Chain [6] button
Hand Clap
Chain [7] button
Tambourine
Chain [8] button
Cowbell
Using foot switches
Button functions can be assigned to a foot switch (sold
separately) that’s connected to the FOOT SW 1 or 2
jack.
1.
Enter Pad mode.
2.
Turn the genre selector to “Songs.”
3.
To set the foot switch that’s connected to the
FOOT SW 1 jack, hold down the Pattern playback
button until it blinks. To set the foot switch that’s
connected to the FOOT SW 2 jack, hold down the
Chain playback button until it blinks.
4.
Press the button for the function to be assigned
to the foot switch. The function is assigned to the
foot switch, and the button will light up.
Tip
If the function of the Pattern playback but-
ton is assigned to the FOOT SW 1 jack (or the
function of the Chain playback button to the
FOOT SW 2 jack), the button will blink slowly.
Tip
If a Patterns or Chain button is assigned to a
foot switch, the strength used to tap the button
when it was assigned will be saved. If the foot
switch will function as a pad, the sound will
be played at that volume.
5.
Simultaneously press the Pattern playback button
and the Chain playback button to save the settings
and return to Pad mode.
Creating user patterns (Pattern Edit mode)
Pattern Edit mode is the mode for creating and editing
user patterns.
As in Pad mode, the Pattern buttons and Chain but-
tons function like pads.
User patterns are created by recording the rhythm
played by using the pads.
The created patterns are saved to Pattern buttons 1
through 6 with the genre selector set to “USER.”
Entering Pattern Edit mode
In Play mode, select the pattern to be used as the base.
If the pattern will be recorded with no base pattern,
any pattern can be selected.
To edit a pattern, while playback is stopped, hold
down the button for the pattern you want to edit.
To edit a fill-in that is assigned to a pattern, while
playback is stopped, hold down the button for the se-
lected pattern and the button for the fill-in that you
want to edit.
After entering Pattern Edit mode, the pattern play but-
ton will light-up in red.
Setting the beat count and clearing the pat-
tern
To record with no base pattern or to change the beat
count, hold down the Pattern playback button. The
Pattern and Fill1/2 buttons will light up to indicate
the beat count (1 to 6 beats: Pattern buttons 1 to 6; 7
and 8 beats: Fill1/2 buttons). While holding down the
Pattern playback button, press a Pattern button or Fill
button to set a beat count between 1 and 8 and erase
the rhythm pattern.
Recording
Press the Pattern playback button to begin recording
after a count of the pattern beats.
Approximately 64 sounds can be recorded for a pat-
tern, and approximately 16 sounds for a fill-in.
After the beat count has reached the set number, it
starts over with the first beat while recording continues.
You can play while listening to the sounds that have
already been recorded.
To stop recording, press the Pattern playback button.
During the count, sound is not produced, even if a
pad is tapped.
After the recording capacity has been reached,
sound is no longer produced, even if a pad is
tapped. Erase unnecessary sounds to continue.
If there are too many simultaneous sounds or if
the tempo is too fast, some sounds may not be pro-
duced.
Partial erasing
Hold down the Chain playback button while a pad
is pressed to erase the sound played when the pad is
pressed.
Saving
To save the changes, turn the genre selector to
“USER”, and then hold down the Pattern button
where it will be saved.
To return to Play mode without saving the changes,
simultaneously press the Pattern playback button and
the Chain playback button.
Each pattern is treated as a set with Fill 1 and 2.
When a pattern is saved, the corresponding fill-in
is saved together with it (in the same way as when
a fill-in is edited).
Velocity function
The KR mini is equipped with a velocity function that
changes the volume according to how hard the pad is
tapped in Pad mode and Pattern Edit mode.
As the factory default setting, the velocity function is
disabled.
Enabling the velocity function
While holding down Chain button [1], turn on the KR
mini. Chain button [1] will blink several times.
Disabling the velocity function
While holding down Patterns button [1], turn on the
KR mini. Pattern button [1] will blink several times.
Tip
The setting for enabling or disabling the veloc-
ity function is saved, even when the KR mini is
turned off.
Returning to the factory defaults
All settings, such as those for chains and user pat-
terns, can be returned to the factory defaults.
When this operation is done, all data, such as
user patterns, saved in the KR mini will be
erased, and the settings will be reset to the
factory defaults.
Never turn off the KR mini during the reset
process.
1.
While holding down the Pattern playback
button and the Chain playback button, turn
on the KR mini.
2.
When the Pattern playback button and the
Chain playback button blink, release the
pressed buttons.
To stop resetting the machine, press the Pat-
tern playback button.
3.
Press the Chain playback button to reset the
machine.
When the reset process is complete, the Pat-
tern playback button and the Chain playback
button will blink rapidly, and the KR mini
will automatically restart.
Specifications
Connectors:
Output/headphones jack, FOOT
SW 1/2 jack
Power supply: AA alkaline batteries × 3, or sepa-
rately sold AC adapter (DC 9V:
)
Battery life:
approximately 7.5 hours
(Battery
life will vary depending on
the batteries used and on the
conditions of use.)
Dimensions (W x D x H):
165 x 117 x 59 mm/6.50 x 6.83 x
2.32 inches
Weight:
372 g/13.12 oz. (excluding batter-
ies)
Included items:
Owner’s manual, AA alkaline
batteries × 3
Options (sold separately):
AC adapter
PS-1, PS-3 (Pedal switches)
* Specifications and appearance are subject to
change without notice for improvement.
