Technics KN7000: choose a style

Styles

A style is a ready-made backing band. It has a drum pattern, a bass pattern and accompaniment patterns. The manual calls it a rhythm. Source: Manual, p. 49

The bass and accompaniment play only when Auto Play Chord is on. They then follow the chords played by the left hand. Without it, a style plays its drums. Source: Manual, pp. 49, 53, 115 The AUTO PLAY CHORD OFF/ON button turns it on. Source: Manual, p. 55

The KN7000 has 220 built-in styles in 14 groups, one RHYTHM GROUP button for each group. Each style has four variations: versions of the pattern with a different feel. Source: Manual, pp. 50, 207

Two more buttons hold styles that are stored rather than built in: CUSTOM and MEMORY. Source: Manual, p. 50

Where the RHYTHM GROUP buttons are. Drawn from a KN7000.

Choosing a style

The RHYTHM GROUP buttons. The yellow number matches the steps. Drawn from a KN7000.

MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER, VARIATION and START/STOP. The yellow numbers match the steps. Drawn from a KN7000.

Check that MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER is off. If its light is on, press it once.
Press a RHYTHM GROUP button, such as BALLROOM. The group’s styles are listed on the screen.
Choose a style from the list.
- The buttons either side of the screen choose from the list, as they do for sounds. Source: Inferred
- If the list has more than one screen page, the PAGE buttons move between them.
Press a VARIATION button, 1 to 4.
Press START/STOP to hear the style. Press it again to stop.

Source: Manual, pp. 50–51

The variation can be changed while the style plays. Source: Manual, p. 50

With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER on, the VARIATION buttons choose a whole set-up instead: the pattern together with its sounds and settings. Source: Manual, pp. 50, 64

Tempo

With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER off, a new style keeps the tempo already set. It doesn’t change to suit the style. Source: Tested on a KN7000
The TEMPO/PROGRAM dial sets the tempo, from 40 to 300 beats a minute. The screen shows it as a number. Source: Manual, p. 51
TAP TEMPO sets the tempo from a few taps at the speed wanted. Source: Manual, p. 51
To set the style’s own tempo, with sounds and effects to suit it, hold ONE TOUCH PLAY for a few seconds. It also turns on Auto Play Chord and SYNCHRO & BREAK. It isn’t for styles in MEMORY. Source: Manual, p. 61

Custom and composer styles

CUSTOM holds 20 custom styles: styles that have been made or loaded, then stored. They’re kept when the power is off. Source: Manual, pp. 49, 121
To choose one, press CUSTOM, then choose a number from 1 to 20. The list is on two screen pages; PAGE moves between them. It then plays like a built-in style. Source: Manual, p. 121
MEMORY holds the three styles in the composer, the KN7000’s style editor: memories A, B and C. Styles made in the composer, or loaded from a card or disk, play from here. Source: Manual, pp. 28, 50, 115
To choose one, press MEMORY, then choose A, B or C. Source: Manual, p. 115
The composer’s memories are kept for only about 80 minutes without power. Save them to a card or disk, or copy them to a CUSTOM slot. Source: Manual, pp. 121, 198
A custom style can carry its own performance pads (six buttons that play short phrases). Choosing the style doesn’t bring them back. Copying the CUSTOM slot to a composer memory, with CUSTOM STYLE COPY in the composer menu, does. Source: Tested on a KN7000
Copying a CUSTOM slot to a composer memory overwrites that composer memory, and also panel memories 1 to 4 and the user pads of the same bank (A, B or C). Source: Manual, p. 121
Copying a CUSTOM slot to a composer memory may also replace the edited sounds and effects in the keyboard. The screen asks how to go on before it does. Source: Manual, p. 121

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 49–51, 121.

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Guide R1 · last checked 13 Nov 2026