RK-100S Owner's manual
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to select a favorites bank.
There are five favorites banks. When switching between
the banks, the number of the selected bank appears in
the display.
Note:
The program is not switched if only a bank is select-
ed. Switch the program by then pressing a favorites button.
2. Press one of the eight favorites buttons.
The program that’s assigned to the pressed button is
selected.
Tip:
The program assigned to the button can be changed
to a different program.
Assigning programs to favorites buttons
Here’s how to change the program that’s assigned to a
favorites button to your favorite program.
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1. Select the program to be assigned to a favorites
button.
2. While holding down the SHIFT button, move the lever
to select the favorites bank where the program is to
be assigned.
The favorites bank is switched. The number of the
selected bank appears in the display.
3. Hold down the favorites button where you wish to
assign a program.
After all of the favorites buttons are lit up at the same time,
the favorites button where the program is to be assigned
is lit up, indicating that the program has been assigned.
Playing a vocoder program
A vocoder modifies the signal from an oscillator or
other source (the “carrier”) by applying the spectral
characteristics of an external input source such as a human
voice (the “modulator”).
The most common way to use a vocoder is to produce a
“talking instrument” effect by taking the input signal of
your voice from the mic while you hold down a chord on the
keyboard. However you can also obtain interesting results
by using audio input sources other than a human voice,
such as rhythm sounds or anything else you like.
Here’s how to connect a mic and try out the vocoder.
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1. Connect the mic to the INPUT jack on the side panel,
and then set the Input select switch to MIC2.
2. Hold down the SHIFT button and press the SHORT
RIBBON button.
The audio input signal from the INPUT jack will be
sent from the Output jack without modification (Audio
In Thru).
The SHIFT button will light up if a signal is being input
to the INPUT jack. It will light up in red if an input
overload occurs.
3. Vocalize into the mic. If the SHIFT button is lit up in
red, set the Input select switch to MIC1.
4. To return to the normal state, hold down the SHIFT
button and press the SHORT RIBBON button once
again.
5. Select a vocoder program.
6. While vocalizing into the mic, play the keyboard.
To hear different vocoder effects, try vocalizing in
different ways and changing the chord you play.
Tip:
Some vocoder programs will produce sound when
you simply play the keyboard; there’s no need to vocalize
into the mic.
Modifying the sound
To make your performance more expressive, you can
modify the sounds of the RK-100S by using the short ribbon
controller, the long ribbon controller, and also by how you
play the keyboard.
Try out various ways to play each program you select.
Using the keyboard to modify the
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Velocity
The effect will vary depending on the amount of force that
you use to play the keys. Normally, the force of your strike
will affect the tone or volume.
Tip:
During a performance, the eight favorites buttons (A
– H) light up like a level meter, according to the keyboard
velocity.
The RK-100S’s keyboard does not support aftertouch.
Switching the octave with the OCTAVE
buttons
The pitch range assigned to the long ribbon controller
while playing the keyboard or scales can be changed in
one-octave increments over a range of ±3 octaves.
