Korg microARRANGER Owner's manual

Brand: Korg

Model: microARRANGER

Category: Digital pianos

Type: Owner's manual

Owner’s Manual

E 1

PRECAUTIONS

LOCATION

Usingtheunitinthefollowinglocationscanresultina

malfunction.

•Indirectsunlight

•Locationsofextremetemperatureorhumidity

•Exce

ssivelydustyordirtylocations

•Locationsofexcessi

vevibr

ation

•Closetomagneticfields

POWER SUPPLY

Please connect the designated AC adapter to an AC

outletofthecorrectvoltage.DonotconnectittoanAC

outletofvoltageotherthanthatforwhichyourunitis

intended.

INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER ELECTRICAL

DEVICES

Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience

reception interference. Operate this unit at a suitable

distancefromradiosandtelevisions.

HANDLING

To avoidbreakage,donotapplyexcessiveforcetothe

switchesorcontrols.

CARE

Iftheexteriorbecomes dirty,wipeit withaclean,dry

cloth. Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or

thinner,orcleaningcompoundsorflammablepolishes.

KEEP THIS MANUAL

Afterreadingthismanual,pleasekeepitforlaterrefer‐

ence.

KEEPING FOREIGN MATTER OUT OF YOUR

EQUIPMENT

Never set any container with liquid in it near this

equipment. If liquid gets into the equipment, it could

causeabreakdown,fire,orelectricalshock.

Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equip‐

ment. If something does slip into the equipmen

t,

unplugtheACadapterfromthewalloutlet.

Then contact your nearest Korg dealer or

 the store

wheretheequipmentwaspurchased.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR USA)

Thisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywith

thelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttoPart15

oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoproviderea‐

sonableprotectionagainstharmfuli

nterferenceinaresi‐

dentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,

es,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnot

installedandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,

maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.

However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnot

occurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoes

causeharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,

whichcanbede

terminedbyturningtheequipmentoff

andon,theuserisencouragedto

trytocorrecttheinterfer‐

encebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

•Reori

entorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipme

ntand

receiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutlet

onacircuitdiffer‐

entfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechni‐

cianforhelp

Unauthorizedchangesormodificationtothissystemcan

voidtheuser’sauthoritytooperatethisequipment.

NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL (EU ONLY)

When this “crossed‐out wheeled bin” symbol is

displayed on the product, owner’s manual

, bat‐

tery,orbatterypackage,itsignifie

sthatwhenyou

wishtodisposeofthisproduct,manual,package

orbatteryyoumustdosoinanapprovedmanner.

Do notdiscardthis product, manual, packageor

battery along with ordinary household waste.

Disposing in the correct manner will prevent harm to

human hea

lth and potential da

mage to the environment.

Since the correct method of disposal will depend on the

applicablelawsandregulationsinyourlocality,pleasecon‐

tactyourlocaladmini

strativ ebodyfordetails.Ifthebattery

containsheav ymetalsinexcessoftheregulatedamount,a

chemical symbol is displayed below the “crossed‐out

wheeledbin”symbolonthebatteryorbatterypackage.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict

specificationsandvoltagerequirementsthatareapplicable

in the country in which it is intended that this product

shouldbeused.Ifyouhavepurchasedthisproductviathe

internet,throughmail order,and/or via a telephone sale,

youmustverifythatthisproductisintende

dtobeusedin

thecountryinwhichyoureside.

WAR

NING:Useofthisproductinanycountryotherthan

thatforwhichitisintendedco

uldbedangerousandcould

invalidate the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty.

Pleasealsoretainyourreceiptasproofofpurchaseother‐

wiseyourproductmaybedisqualifiedfromthemanu

fac‐

turer’sordistributor’swa

rranty.

DATA HANDLING

Datastoredinmemorymayoccasionallybelostdueto

incorrect user action. Be sure to save your important

data toamemory card.KORGwillnotbe responsible

fordamage scausedbydataloss.

LCD DISPLAY

Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along

withanexplanationofoperationandfunctionality.All

soundnames,parameternames,andvaluesaremerely

examplesandmaynotalwaysmatchtheactualdisplay

thatyouareworkingon.

TRADEMARKS

Mac,theMaclogoandtheAudioUnitslogoaretrade‐

marks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other

countries.

MS‐DOS and  Windows

 are registered trademarks of

MicrosoftCorporation,registeredintheU.S.andother



countries.

Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrade‐

marks or

 registered trademarks of their respective

owners.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

Whenturningtheinstrumenton,pleasebeassuredtheBALANCEsliderissettothecen‐

ter.ThissetsbothSequencer1(SEQ1)andSequencer2(S

EQ2)totheirmaximumlevel .

ThiswillavoidyoustartaSongwithouthearinganything.

HOW TO…

Keyboard

…select a Sound Program 25

…select a Performance 25

…play a Sound Program across the

whole keyboard, as with a piano 24

…split the keyboard in two 24

…add sounds to the right hand 24

…mute/unmute sounds 24

Style Play mode

…select a Style 26

…start/stop the Style 27

…select a Fill or a Break 27

…select a Style Variation 27

…see the Style tracks 41

…create a new Style 52

Song Play mode

…play a Song (Standard MIDI File) 31

…see the Lyrics 74

…see the Song tracks 73

…start both Sequencers at the same time 18, 80

Backing Sequence mode

…record a new Backing Sequence (Song) 82

Song mode

…record a new Song 90

…edit a Standard MIDI File 88

In general

…turn the speakers off 125

…change the Damper polarity 126

…select the Arabic Scale 34

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Usefullinks .. .................................. 8

Aboutthismanual .............................. 9

Loadingtheoperatingsyste

m .............. ...... 9

ReloadingtheFactoryData..... ................. 9

Start up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ConnectingtheACpoweradapter ............... 10

Turningtheinstrumentonandoff ............... 10

Contr

ollingtheVolume. ....................... 10

TheBALANCEslider.......................... 10

Headphones.................................. 10

AudioOutputs .............................. .. 11

AudioInputs........................ ......... 11

MIDIconn

ections. ............................. 11

Dam

perPedal........................ ......... 11

Demo ............................... ......... 11

Themusicstand ............................... 11

Front panel

. . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Display and User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Displaycontrols ............................... 19

Interfacestructure... .......................... 20

Messagewindows ........................... .. 21

mbolsandIcons ............................. 21

Grayed‐outnon‐availa

bleparameters............ 21

Rear panel . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Basic Guide

Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playingonthekeyboard........................ 24

Selecti

ng,muting/unmutingandsoloingatrack... 24

Selectin

gaPerformance. ....................... 25

SelectingaProgram......... ................... 25

Selectinga

Style............................... 26

SelectingaSingleTouchSetting(STS)............ 26

Changingallkey

boardtracksatonce............. 26

Shortcuttose

etheoriginalbank

foraStyle,Performanceor

Program ............ 26

Tutorial

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

PlayingaStyle

(AutomaticAccompaniment) .................. 27

ayinginRealtime

(WithoutusingAutoma

ticAccompa

niment).... 28

RecordingaSong

(Simultaneouslyrecording

theStyleandre

altimeperformance) ... ......... 30

Play

ingaSongfromacard..................... 31

EditingaSong................................ 32

TheArabicScale............................... 34

MIDI

. . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

WhatisMIDI?. ................................35

Midifile

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TheGeneralMIDIstandard.....................35

TheGlobalchannel .............. ...............35

TheChord1andChord2channels...............3

TheControlchannel ............................36

MIDISetup..................... ...............3

Connecting

microARRANGERtoaMasterkeyb

oard........3

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themicroARRANGERtoaMIDIaccordion......37

Connecting

themicroARRANGERtoanexternalsequ

encer..37

Play

inganotherinstrument

withthemicroARRANGER ....................3

Reference Guide

Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

What’saStyle?.................................40

StylesandPerfor

mances.................... ....40

ChangingandresettingtheTempo

...............40

TheDIRECTSDbank ...........................40

Mainpage.....................................41

Styl

etrackspage....................... ........41

Howtosel

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TheWritewindow.............................42

Menu .........................................42

Editpagest

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Page1‐Mi

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Page2‐Mi

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Page3‐Mixer:FXSend .........................4

Page4‐Tuning:Detune.........................44

Page5‐Tuning:Scale................... ........4

Page6‐Tuning:Pi

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Page7‐FX:A/BSelect...................... ....44

Page8‐FX:C/DSel

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Page9‐FX:

Aediting ....................... ....45

Page10‐FX:Bediting..........................4

Page11‐FX:Cediting ........... ...............45

Page12‐FX:Dediting ..........................45

Page13‐Track:Eas

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Page14‐Track:Mode......................... .46

Page15‐Track:Internal/Externa

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Page16‐R.T.controls:Damper..................47

Page17‐R.T.controls:Joyst

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Page18‐R.T.controls:Dynamicrange ............4

Page19‐R.T.controls:Ensemble .................48

Page20‐Stylecontrols:Drum/F

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Page21‐Stylecontrols:

WrapAround/KeyboardRange...............4

Page22‐Pads........... ......................50

Page23‐Preferences:

Lock......................50

Page24‐Preferences:controls. ..................5

Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

TheStyle’sstructure........................... .52

StyleImport/Export ............. ...............53

EnteringtheRecordmode...................... 53

Liste

ningtotheStylewhileinRecord/Editmode...53

Exi

tandSave/AbortStyle .................. .....54

TheWritewindow .............................54

Listofrecor

dedevents......................... 54

FastDeleteusingthecontrolpanelbuttons ........54

inpage. ...................................55

StyleTrackspage........ ......................56

StepRecordpage..............................57

StyleRecordprocedure ....... ..................58

Menu............... .........................61

Editpagestructure .............................61

Page1‐Ed

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Page2‐Edit

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Page3‐Edit

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TheSongsandtheStandardMIDIFileformat.....70

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EffectsinSongPlaymode.......................71

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TheWritewindow .... .........................72

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Tracks9–1

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SongSelectpage ............................... 74

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Editpagestructure .............................75

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Page3‐Mixer:FXse

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Page5‐FX:Aediting..................... .....78

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Page7‐Track:Mode...................... .....78

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Page9‐Jukebox............................... 79

Page10‐Pre

ferences

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SavingalistofSongs........................... 81

Back

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TheBackingSequence,SongandSongPlaymodes. 82

HowtoplaybackaSong . ....................... 82

RealtimeRecordingmode............. ......... 82

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MainPage(Back

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RealtimeRecordingpage....................... 85

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Song

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. . . . . 88

Transportcontrols ............................. 88

MasterVolumeand Sequ

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TheSongsandtheStandardMIDIFi

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Fasttrackde

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HowtodeleteawholeSong

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Tracks1–8page............................... 89

Tracks9–1

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SongSelectpage............................... 89

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RealtimeRecordprocedure..................... 90

StepRecordprocedure

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SongRe

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StepRecordpage .............................. 93

Menu........................................ 94

Editpagestructure............................ 94

Page1‐Mixer:Volume

......................... 95

Page2‐Mixer:Pa

n......................... ... 95

Page3‐Mixer:FXBlock ........................ 95

Page4

‐Mixer:FXSendA/

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Page5‐Tuning:Detune ........................ 96

ge6‐Tuning:Scale .......................... 96

Page7‐Tuning:PitchBend/Scale................ 97

ge8‐FX

:A/BSelect................ ......... 97

Page9‐FX:C/DSelect..... .................... 97

ge10‐FX:Aediting............ ............. 98

Page11

‐FX:Bedit

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Page12‐FX:Ced

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Page13‐FX:Dedit

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Page14

‐Track:Easyedit .................... ... 98

Page15‐Track:Mode ....................... ... 99

Page16‐Track:Int

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Page17‐Edit:Quanti

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Page18‐Edi

t:Transpose...................... 100

Page19‐Edit:Velocity  ........................ 100

ge20‐Edit:Delete.......................... 10

Page21‐Edit:CutMea

sures ................... 101

Page22

‐Edit:InsertMeasures................. 101

Page23

‐Edit:Copy.......................... 102

Page24‐EventEdit

........................... 102

Page25‐EventFilt

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EventEditprocedure......................... 10

Program operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Mainpage ................................... 105

SoundProgramsandDrumPrograms........... 105

Menu....................................... 105

Edi

tpagestructure........................... 106

TheComparefunction

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Howtoselectoscillators ...................... . 106

EraseProgram/Oscillator...................... 106

The‘Write’

window...................... .... 106

Page1‐Basic............................ .... 107

Page2‐Sa

mple(SoundPrograms)... ........... 10

Page2‐DKSam

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Page3‐Pitch..................... ........... 109

Page4‐PitchLFO1 .......................... . 110

Page5‐Pi

tchLFO2 ........................... 111

Page6‐Pi

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Page7‐Fi

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Page8‐Fi

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Page9‐FilterLFO1 ........................... 114

Page10‐FilterLFO2 ......................... . 115

Page11‐Fi

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Page12‐Amp............................... 117

Page13‐

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Page14‐AmpLFO1 .................. ........ 118

Page15‐AmpLF

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Page16‐AmpEG............................ 11

Page17‐LFO1 ....................... ........ 12

Page18‐LFO

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Page19‐Effe

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Page20‐FX1edit

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Page21‐FX2edit

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AMS(Alt

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Global edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

TheWritewindow.......... .................. 125

Menu....................................... 125

Page1‐Generalcontrols...................... 125

Page2‐MasterTranspose................. .... 126

Page3‐As

signable

Pedal/Footswitch,AssignableSlider ........... 126

Page4‐MIDISetu

p................... ........ 126

Page5‐MIDIControls ........................ 127

Page6

‐MIDIINChannels......... ........... 127

Page7

‐MIDIINControls(1).................. 12

Page8‐MIDIINControls(2)................. . 12

Page9‐MIDIINF

ilters............... ........ 129

Page10‐MIDIOUTChanne

ls................. 129

Page11‐MIDIOUTFilters.................... 129

Card Edit environment

. . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

TheWRITE/CARDINUSELED ............... . 130

Supportedcards .............................. 130

LoadingdatacreatedwiththePa8 0

/Pa60/Pa50... 131

Card

structure....................... ........ 131

Filetypes ..................... ............... 131

Filean

dfoldersi

zedisplay.................... 13

Pagestructure................................ 132

Navigationtools..............................

132

Menu ........................................ 133

Page1‐Load....................... ..........

133

Page2‐Save................ ................. 135

Page3‐

Copy ................................. 138

Page4‐

Erase ................................. 139

Page5‐

Format............................... 140

Page6‐NewDir ........................... ... 140

Page7‐Re

name....................... ....... 140

Page8‐

Utiliti

es1............................. 141

Page9‐Util

ities2............................. 142

Appendix

Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Styles ..................................... ... 144

StyleElements

......................... ....... 146

SingleTouchSett

ings(STS) ..................... 146

Programs(ban

korder) ...................... ... 147

Programs(ProgramChangeorder).... .......... 154

DrumKits............ ........................

160

DrumKitinstruments.........................

161

Performances ................................. 173

MIDISetup..................... ..............

174

Effects . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Diagrams.......................... .......... 175

DynamicModulationsources ................... 175

lter/Dynamic........... ..................... 175

Pitch/PhaseMod.................... .......... 185

Mod./P

.Shift ........................ .......... 195

ER/De

lay.................................. ... 202

Reverb ............... ........................

208

Mono–MonoC

hain ........................... 209

ssignable parameters

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

ListoffunctionsassignabletotheFootswitch..... 225

Listoffunctionsassignable

tothePedalor

AssignableSlider.............. 226

Lis

tofsoundsassignabletothePads............. 226

Lis

toffunctionsassignabletothePads ........... 227

Scales

........................................ 227

MIDI Controllers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

MIDIImplementationChart .................... 229

Parameters . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Error messages & Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . 235

Errormessages.............. .................

235

Troubleshooting.............................. 238

Technical

specifications . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

INTRODUCTION

Welcome!

Useful links

1. WELCOME!

ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgProfessional

ArrangermicroARRANGER.

Thisinstrumentisanidealkeyboardforsongproduc‐

tion

—itletsyouselectadesiredmusicalstyleandgen‐

erate a high‐quality band accompaniment simply by

playing chords, and then

 you can play the melody

yourselftoeasilycreateanoriginalsong.

Herearesomeofthefeat

uresofyournewinstrument:

•P

owerfulHI(HyperIntegrated)KOR

Gsoundgen‐

eration system, as seen in our best professional 

synthesizers.

•OPOS(Obje

ctivePort

ableOperatingSystem)mul‐

titasking operating  system, to let

 you load data

whileplayingyourinstrument.

•Operating System updates, to load new features 

from

card.Don’tletyourinstrumentgetold!

•Solid State Disk (SSD), for any sy

stem update–a

smartwaytoreplacetheusualROMmemory.

•SDcardslot,capableofreadingandwritingonSD

andMMCmem

orytypes.

•DirectStyleaccessfromSDcard.

• GeneralMI

DILevel2Sounds‐compatible.

•Mor

ethan662SoundPrograms.

•4multieff

ectprocessor,eachwith89effecttypes.

•160P

erformancesand1,216 SingleTouc

h Settings

(STS), for fast setting of keyboard sounds and

effects.

•304Styles.

•XDSDoubleSequencerwithCrossfader

•Sty

leRecordandEdit

•Full‐feature

dsequencer(SongRecordandEdit)

•In

tegrated speakers, for the most true sound

reproduction.

•Wi

deCustomDisplay.

USEFUL LINKS

YourpreferredKORGdealeralsocarriesawiderange

ofKorghardwareandsoftwareaccessories.Pleaseask

your dealer about additional Programs, Styles, and

otherusefulmusicmaterials.

Each KORG distributor can supply you with useful

information.Justgi

vehimacallforadditionalservices.

In the English‐speaking world, here are the relevant

addresses:

USA KORGUSA,316SouthServiceRoad,Mel‐

ville,NewYo

rk,11747,USA

Tel

:1‐516‐333‐9100,Fax:1‐516‐333‐9108

KORGUKLtd, 1 Harrison Close, Knowl‐

hill,MiltonKeynes,MK5,8PA,UK

l:01908304600,Fax:019083

04699

UKTechnicalSupport

Tel:01908304637

E‐mail:inf

o@korg.

co.uk

Many KORG distributors also have their own web

pageontheinte

rnet,whereyoucanfindinfosandsoft‐

ware.UsefulwebpagesinEnglishar

ethefollowing:

http://www.korg.com/

http://www.korg.co.uk/

A placetofindoperatingsystemupdatesand  various

system files (for example, a full backup of the factory

data)isatthefollowinglink:

http://www.korgpa.com/

Welcome!

About this manual

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Thismanualisdividedinthreesections:

•A Basic Guide, containi

ng an overview of the

instrument, as well as a series of practical guides

(named“Tutorials”).

•AReferenceGuide,witheachpageandparame‐

terdescribedinde

tail.

•AnAppendix,withalistofdataandusefu

linfor‐

mationfortheadvanceduser

Withinthemanu

al,youwillfindthefollowingabbrevi‐

ations:

Theparametercanbesav

edontoaPerfor‐

mancebypressi

ngtheWRITEbutton.

Theparameterca

nbe savedontothe cur‐

rent Style P

erformance by pressing the

WRIT

Ebutton.

Thepa

rametercanbesavedontoaSingle

uchSettingbypressingtheWRITEbut‐

ton.

Theparametercanbesav

edontoaGlo

bal

setting by goi

ng to the Global environ‐

ment (see “Global edi

t environment” on

page12

5)andpressingtheWRITEbutton.

LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

Your microARRANGER can be constantly upda ted as

new versions of the operating system are released by

KORG. You can download the operating system from

http://www.korgpa.com/. Please, read the Readme file

includedwiththeoperatingsystemitself.

Youcan seewhichversionofthe operatingsy

stemsis

installed in your microARRANGER by keeping the

SHIFT button pressed, and pressing the ENTER and

EXIT buttons together. The operating system version

numberwillappearinthedisplay.PressEXITto close

themessagewindow.

Toloadanewsy

stem,followtheseinstructions:

1. Copyth

ethreeoperatingsystem’sfilesintheroot

ofanSDca

rd.Thesearetheneededfiles:

•BPaMAR1.sys

•NBPaMAR1.sys

•OsPaMAR1.lzx

2. Turn the ins

trument off, and insert the card con‐

tainingtheoperatingsy

stemintothecardslot.

3. Turntheins

trumenton.Amessageappears inthe

display, as

king if you want to load the operating

system.

4. PressENTERtoload,orEXITtocanceltheloading

procedure. If you press ENTER, wait until the 

loadingisfi

nished.

When the operating system is finished

 loading, a

message appears, asking you to remove the card

andpressanybutton.

Hint: When done, delete the operating system files,to

avoi

d microARRANGERstarts  the upgrade procedure

eachtimeitisturnedonwiththesamecardinthedrive.

5. Removethecard,andpressanybutton.

RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA

Shouldtheinternalmemorycontentgetdamaged,you

can reload the original Factory Data from the backup

card.See“RestoreData”onpage141.

Start up

Connecting the AC power adapter

2. START UP

CONNECTING THE AC POWER ADAPTER

Connect the  supplied AC power adapter to the dedi‐

catedsocketontherearoftheinstrument.Then,plugit

intoa

wallsocket.

Warning:Useonlythesuppliedadapter

,oranadapter

suggested by Korg. Other adapters may look  similar,

buttheymaydamageyourinstrument!

TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF

Turningthepoweron

•Press the power button( ) located onthe upper right

sideofthefrontpanel.



The startup screenwill appear in the LCD, and after a

time it will display the main page in Style Play mode

andtheunitwillbereadyforsoundoutput.

Turningthepoweroff

•Press the power button( ) located onthe upper right

sideofthefrontpaneltoturnoffthepower

Warning:

Whenturnin gthe instrument off,alldatacontai‐

nedinRAM(avolatilememory ,use

dfor Songediting )willbe

lost.Onthecontrary,datacontainedintheSSDdisk(anon‐

volatilememory,usedforFactoryandUserdata)willbepr e‐

served.

Note:

 Never turn off the power while the SD card data is

beingreadorwritten.

ABOUT THE AUTO POWER-OFF FUNCTION

Withthefactorysettings,thisinstrumentwillautoma t‐

ically power‐off when four hours have passed since

u last played the keyboard or used the buttons. If

desired,youcanturnoff(disable)thisfunction.

The power will also turn off automatically after fou

r

hours pass with only songs or demo songs being

played.

To adjust power on/off settings, press the [GLOBAL]

button to enter the GLOBAL pa

ge,and adjust the set‐

tings on the Page1‐Gen.Controls page. (“A u t

o O f f ”  on

page125)

CONTROLLING THE VOLUME

•UsetheMASTERVOLUME

slider to control the overall

lume of the instrument.

This slider controls the

volume of the sound going

to the internal speakers, the

L/MONO & RIGHT OUT‐

PUTS, and the HEADPHO‐

NESco

nnector.

Note:

 Start at a moderate level, then raise the MASTER

VOLUME up. Don’t keep the volume at an uncomfortable

levelfortoolong.

•Use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME slider to control the Style

tracks (drums, percussion, bass…) volume. This slider

also controls both of the Sequencers tracks, excluding

theRealtime(Keyboard)tracks.

•By default,you can use the ASSIGN.SL

IDERtocontrol

thekeyboardtracksvolume.Thissliderisuser‐assigna‐

ble,butissettotheKeyboa

rdExpressionparameterby

default.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

The BALANCE slider sets the relative volume of the

twoonboardsequencers(Sequencer1andSequencer2).

•Move it fully left to set Sequencer 1 to the maximum

levelandSequencer2tozero.

•Move it fully right to set Sequencer 1 to ze

ro and

Sequencer2tothemaximumlevel.

•MoveittothecentertosetbothSequencersatthesa

me

level.

Note:Whenturningtheinstrumenton,movethissliderto

thecenter,toavoidstartingaSongattheminimumlevel .

HEADPHONES

Youcanconnectapairofheadphonestotherear panel

headphone jack (PHONES: stereo mini‐jack). You can

use headphones with an impedance  of 16–200Ω (50Ω

recommended). Use a headphone distributor to con‐

nectmoretha

nonepairofheadphones.

Start up

Audio Outputs

AUDIO OUTPUTS

You can send the sound to an external amplification

system, insteadoftheinternalspeakers. Thisisuseful

whenrecording,orwhenplayinglive.

Stereo. Connect two mono cables to the L/MONO &

RIGHTOUTPUTS.Connecttheotherendofthecables

toast

ereochannelofyourmixer,twomonochannels,

two powered monitors, or the TAPE/AUX input of

your audio system. Don’t  use the PHONO inputs of

youraudiosystem!

Mono. Connect a mono cable to the L/MONO OUT‐

PUT. Conne

ct the other end of the cable to a mono

channelofyo

urmixer,apoweredmonitor,orachannel

of your TAPE/AUX input of a hi‐fi system (you will

hearthatchannelonly,unlessyoucansettheamplifier

toMonomode).

AUDIO INPUTS

Youcanconnecttheoutputofanotherelectronicmusi‐

cal ins trument, an unpowered mixer

, or any audio

devicetotherearpanelinputjack(INPUT:stereomini‐

jack).Sincethisisaline‐levelinput,youʹllneedtousea

separatelysoldmicpreampormixerifyouʹreconnect‐

ingamic.

Usetheconnecteddevice’svolu

mecontroltoadjustthe

inputleve l.Becarefulnottomakeitdistort(or“clip”).

Hereishowtosetthevolumeoftheconnecteddevice:

•ifthesoundheardonmicroARRANGER’soutputsistoo

low,youshouldincreasetheoutputleveloftheconnec‐

teddevice.

•ifitsoundsfine,it’sok.

•ifitdistor

ts,youshouldlowerthelev

elalittle,untilthe

soundsisfineagain.

MIDI CONNECTIONS

You can play the internal sounds of your microAR‐

RANGERwithanexternal controller,i.e.amasterkey

‐

board, a MIDI guitar, a wind

 controller, a MIDI

accordion,oradigitalpiano.

1. Connecta standard MIDI cable from theMIDI OUTof

your controller to the MIDI IN connector on the mic‐

roARRANGER.

2. Select a transmission MIDI channel on your control

ler.

Some controllers, like the MIDI accordions, usually

transmit on more than one channel(seemore informa‐

tionintheMI

DIchapter).

3. On the micr

oARRANGER, se

lect the MIDI Setup that

bestfitsyourcontrollerstype(see“Page4‐MIDISetup”

onpage126).

DAMPER PEDAL

Connect a Damper (Sustain) pedal to the DAMPER

connectoronthebackpanel.UseaKORGPS‐1,PS‐3or

DS‐1Hfootswitchpedal,oracompatibleone.Toswitch

theDamperpolarity,see“DamperPo

l.(DamperPolar‐

y)”onpage126.

DEMO

Listen to the built‐in Demo Songs to appreciate the

power of the microARRANGER. There are 16 Demo

Songstochoosefrom.

1. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons

together.TheirLEDsstartblinking.

At this point, if you don’t press any other button, all the

DemoSongswillbeplayedback.

2. Choose a page using the PAGE buttons. There are two

differentpagesintheDemomode.

3. Select a Demo Song by pressing the corresponding

VOLUME/V

ALUEbuttonaroundthedisplay.TheDemo

willautomaticallystart.

4. StoptheDemobypressingSTART/STOP

5. ExittheDemomodebypressingoneoftheMODEbut‐

tons.

THE MUSIC STAND

A music stand comes standard with  your microAR‐

RANGER. Fit it into the two dedicated holes in the

backpane

Front panel

3. FRONT PANEL

1 Power switch ( )

ThisturnsthemicroARRANGERʹspoweronoroff.

2 M

ASTER VOLUME

This sl ider controls the overall volume of the ins

tru‐

ment,bothoftheinternal speakers, theL/MONOand

RIGHT

outputs,andtheHEADPHONESoutput.

Warning:Atthemaximumlevel,withric

h‐soundingSongs,

StylesorPrograms,theinternalspeakerscoulddistortdur‐

ingsignalpeaks.Shouldthishappen,lowerth

eMasterVol‐

umealittle.

3 ACC/SEQ VOLUME

Thisslidercontrolstheaccompaniment tracks

volu

me

(StylePlaymode)ortheSongtracksvolume,excluding

theRealtime tracks (SongandSongPlaymodes).This

is a relative control,  where the effective maximum

value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME slider

position.

4 ASSIGN.SLIDER

Thisisafreelyprogrammablesl

ider(see“Sld(Slider)”

 page 126). By default, it acts as the Keyboard

Expressioncontrol, to let yo

u balance the relativevol‐

umeoftheRealtime(Keyboard)tracks.

5 MODE sectio

Eachofthesebuttonsrecallsoneoftheoperatingmodes

oftheinstrument.Eachmodeexcludestheothers.

STYLEPLAY

Style Play mode, where you can play

Styles (aut

omatic accompaniments) and/

or play upto four Realtimetracksonthe

keyboard.

In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard)

tracks

 are shown on the right half of the

display. You can reach the main page by

pressing EXIT from any  of the Style Play

editpages.Ifyouareinadifferentoperat‐

ingmode

,pressSTYLEPLAYtorecallthe

Style

 Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT

LEDison,pressTRACKSELECTtoturn

itoffandseetheRealtimetracks.

This operating mode is automati

cally

selected when the instrument is turned

on.

SONGPLA

SongPlaymod

e,whereyoucanplayb

ack

16‐track Songs in Standard Midi File

(SMF) format directly from the memory

card. You can also play “.MID” and

“.KAR” files directly from the memory

card. Since the microARRANGER is

equipped with two seq uencers, you can

evenplaytwoSongsatthesameti

me,and

mixthemwiththeBALANCEslider

In addition to the Song tracks, you can

play one to four Realtime (Ke

yboard)

tracks,alongwiththeSong(s).Inthemain

page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are

shownontherighthalfofthedisplay.You

canreachthemainpagebypressingEXIT

from any of the Song Play edit pages.  If

u are in a differen

t operating mode,

pressSONGPLAYtorecall theSong Play

mode.IftheTRACKSELECTLEDisonor

flashing, press TRK SELECT one or two

times to turn it off and see the Realtime

tracks.

B.SEQ Backi

ng Sequence mode, where you can

recorda new Songbased onthe

Realtime

andStyletracks,andsaveitasanewStan‐

dardMIDIFi

le.

SONG Songmode,whereyo

ucanplay,record,or

editaSong.

PROGRAM Prog

rammode,toplaysingleSoun

dPro‐

gramsonthekeyboard,oreditthem.

Press

 the STYLE PLAY and  SONG PLAY

buttonstogethertoselecttheDemomode.

This mode let

s you listen

 to some Demo

Songs, to let youhear the sonic powerof

themicroARRANGER.

6GLOBAL

Thisbu

ttonrecallstheGlob

aleditenvironmentwhere

you can select various global settings. This edit envi‐

ronmentoverlapsanyoperatingmode,whic

hwillstill

remainactiveinthebackground.PressEXITtogoback

totheunderlyingoperatingmode.

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7 SD CARD

This button recalls the Card edit environment, where

you can execute various operations on files and  cards

(Load, Save, Format, etc…). This edit environment

overlapsanyoperating mode, that still remains active

inthebackground.PressEXITtogobacktotheunder‐

lyingop

eratingmode.

8 MEMORY (TIE)

ThisbuttonturnstheLowerandCh

ordMemoryfunc‐

tions on or off. Go to the “P

age 24‐Preferences: con‐

trols” edit page (Style Play mode, see pa

ge 51) to

decide ifthisbuttonshouldbeaChordMemoryonly,

oraLower/ChordMemorybutton.Whenitworksasa

Lower/ChordMemory:

ONThesoundtotheleftofthesplitpo

int,and

the chord for the automatic accompani‐

ment,arekeptinmemoryevenwhenyo

u

raiseyourhandfromthekeyboard.

OFF The sound and chords are released as

soonasyouraiseyou

rhandfromthekey‐

board.

 This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song

mode(s

eechapter13).

9 BASS INV.

(REST)

ThisbuttonturnstheBassInve rsionfunction

onoroff.

ON The lowest note of a chord played in

inv

erted form will always be  detected as

the root note of the chord. Thus, you can

specify to the arranger composite chords

suchasAm7/Gor“F/C”.

OFF The lowest note is scanned toget

her with

the other chord notes, and is not always

consideredastherootnote.

ThisbuttondoublesasaRESTfunctionfortheSong

mode(seechap

ter13).

10 MAN.

BASS

ThisbuttonturnstheManualBassfunctiononoroff.

Note: When you press the

 MAN. BASS button, the Bass

trackvolumeisautom

aticallysettothemaximumvalue.The

volumeisautomaticallyset backtotheoriginal  valuewhen

theMAN.BASSbuttonisdeactivated.

ON Theautomaticaccompanimentstopsplay‐

ing (apart for the Drum and Per

cuss

ion

tracks), and you can manually play the 

Bass track on the Lower part of the key ‐

board.Yo

ucan starttheautoma ticaccom‐

panime

nt again by  pressing one of  the

CHORDSCAN

NINGbuttons.

OFF Thebasstrack isautomatically playedby

theStyle.

1 SPLIT POINT (<)

Keep this bu tton  pressed to open the Split Po

int win‐

dow. Whilethiswindow isopen,you can set the split

pointsi

mplybyplayingthesplitpointnoteonthekey‐

board.Then,releasetheSPLITPOINTbutton.

To memorize the selected

 split point note, press the

GLOBALbutton,thenpr

essWRITEtosavetheGlobal

intomemory(see“TheWritewindow”onpage125).

 This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT fu nc ‐

tion for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see

chapters12and13

12 G.QUANTIZE (>)

Pressthisbu

ttontoopentheGrooveQuantizewindow,



whereyoucanselectarealtimegroovequantizationto

beappliedtotheSong(onlySequencer1).See“Groove

Quantizewindow”onpa

ge71.

Thisbuttondoubles asaNEXT

EVENTfunctionfor

theBackingSequenceandSongmodes(seechapters12



and13).

13 TEMPO (= LOCK)

ThisbuttonturnstheTempoLockfunctionon

oroff.

ON When you select a different Style or Per‐

formance, the te

mpo doesn’t change. You

can stil

l change it using the DIAL or the

TEMPObuttons.

OFF When you select a different Style or Per‐

formance, the memorized tempo

 value is

automaticallyselected.

Thisbuttontu

rnstheSingleTouchfunctiononor

off.

ON WhenadifferentStyle(orthesame again)

issel

ected,aSingleTouchSetting(STS1)is

automatically selected, meaning that the

Realtime tracks and effects will change,

togetherwiththeStyletracksandeffects.

OFF When yo

u select a different St

yle (or the

same again), the Style tracks and effects

arechanged,whiletheRealtimetracksare

notchanged.

15 STYLE section (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

UsethesebuttonstoopentheStyleSel

ectwindowand

selectaStyle.See“Selectin

gaStyle”onpage26.

Theleftmostbuttonlets youselectthe upper orlow

er

row of Style  banks. Press it until you’ve selected the

row you’re looking for. (After both LEDs have turned

on,pressthebuttonagaintoturnthemoff).

UPPERLEDON

Upper‐rowStylesselected.

LOWERLEDON

Lowe

r‐rowStylessele

cted.

Awordab

outStylebanksandnames

.Stylesfrom“8/

16 BEAT” to “WORLD 3”, and from “LATIN1” to

“TRAD” are standard Styles, the user can’t normally

overwrite with a Load operation (unless you remove

theprotection;see“FactorySt

yleProtect”onpage142

“DIRECT SD” Styles are Styles directly accessed from

thememorycard(noneed

toloadfromcard).See“The

DIRECTSDbank”onpage40.

Styles from “US

ER1” to“USER3” are loca

tions where

youcanloadnewStylesfromthememorycard.

Eachbutton(Stylebank)contains2pages,eachwithup

to8St

yles.BrowsethroughtheStylesusingthePAGE

buttons.

Thereisashortcuttoseetheo

riginalbankforaSt

yle.

You can see the original bank where a Style is con‐

tained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and  then

SINGLE TOUCH

Front panel

pressthe lefmost buttonofthe STYLEsection. Ames‐

sage window will appear, showing the name of  the

originalbank.Relea

setheSHIFTbuttontoexitthewin‐

dow.

There is a shor

tcut to see all pages of the selected

bank.To cycle all pages for a selected bank, press the

bank’sbuttonunti

lyouseethepagethatyou’relooking

for.

Thesebuttonsdoubleasanumeri

ckeypadoncertain

pages(see“Se

lectingaSongcomposingit

sprogressive

number”onpage70).

16 FADE IN/OUT

WhentheStyle

stoped,pressthisbuttontostartitwith

a vol

ume fade‐in (the volume goes from zero to the

maximum).

When the Style is pl

aying,press this button to stop it

with a

 volume fade‐out (the volume gradually

decreases).

You don’

t need to press START/S T

OP to start or stop

theStyle.

17 VARIATION 1–4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

Eachofthese buttonswillselect oneofthe fourvaria‐

tions of the current St

yle. Each va

riation can vary in

patternsandsounds.

ThesebuttonsdoubleasaNOTELENGTHfunction

fortheSongmode(seechapter13).

18 FILL 1–2 (NOTE L

ENGTH) buttons

Thesetwobuttonstriggerafill‐in.Pressthemtwice(LED

blinking) to let them play in loop, and  select any other

Styleelement(Fill,Intro,Variation…)toexittheloop.

 They also double as a NOTE LENGT H function for

theSongmode(seechapter13).

19 COUNT IN / BRE

WhiletheStyle is not running, press this button, then

press ST

ART/STOP. This combination triggers a one‐

barinitialcount,thentheStylestartsplaying.

WhiletheSt

yleisalreadyinplay,thisbu

ttontriggersa

break(anemptymeasurebeginningwithakick+crash

shot).Pressittwicetoletitplayinloop,andselectany

otherStyleelement(Fill,Intro,Variation…)toexitthe

loop.

20 ENDING 1–2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons

WhiletheSt

yleisrunning,thesetwobuttonstriggeran

Ending,andst

optheStyle.Pressoneofthem,andthe

Style will stop running with an Ending. If pressed

while the Style is stopped, they act as an additional

coupleofIntros.

Press them twi

ce (LED blinking

) to let them play in

loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro,

Variation…)toexittheloop.

 ENDING1 also doubles as a DOT function, and

ENDING2doubles asa

TRIPLETfunction,tobeused

inSongmode(seechapter13).

Note

:Ending1playsashortsequencewithdifferentchords,

whileEn

ding2playsonthelastrecognizedchord.

21 INTRO 1–2 buttons

ThesetwobuttonssetthearrangerinIntromode.After

pressingoneofthesebuttons,starttheStyle,anditwill

begin wi

th the  selected intro. The INTRO LED will

automaticallygooffattheendoftheintro.

Press them twi

ce (LED blinking)

 to let them play in a

loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro,

Variation…)toexittheloop.

Note:Intro 1 plays a short sequence withdifferentchords,

whi

leIntro2playsonthelastrecognizedchord.

22 START/STOP

StartsorstopstheSt

ylethat’srunning.

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and  contr

ollers

on the microARRANGER and any instrument con‐

nectedtoit

sMIDIOUT,byusingthe“Panic”keycom‐

bination. Jus

t press SHIFT + START

/STOP to stop all

notesandresetallcontrollers.

23 SYNCHRO START / STOP (DELETE)

This button tu

rns the Synchro Startand Synchro Stop

functionsonor

off.Pressitrepeatedlytoturnthefunc‐

tions on or off. The LEDs will cycle in this order:

START

START+STOPOFF.

STARTLE

DON

When

thisLEDis

lit‐up,justplayachord

in the chord recogn

ition area (usually

under the split point, see “CHORD

SCANNINGsecti

on”onpage17)toauto‐

matically start the St

yle running. If yo

u

like, you can turn one of the INTROs  on

beforestartingtheStyle.

Front panel

START+STOPLEDsON

When both LEDs are lit‐up, raising your

handfromthekeyboardmomentarilywill

stop the Style from playing. If youplaya

chordagain,theStylestartsagain.

OFF AllSynchrofunctionsareturnedoff.

 This button doubles as a DELETE function

 for the

Backin

g Sequence and  Song modes (see

 chapters 12

and13).

It is also used to delete the selected characte

r, during

textediting.

24 TAP TEMPO/RESET (INSERT)

This is a double‐function button, acting in a different

ydependingontheStylestatus(stop/play).

Tap Te

mpo: When the Style is not playing, you can

“beat”thetempo

onthisbutton.Attheend,theaccom‐

panimentstartsplaying,usingthe“tappedin”tempo.

Reset:Whenyoupressthisbu

ttonwhiletheSt

yleisin

play,theStylepatterngoesbacktothepreviousstrong

beat.

 This bu tton  doubles as an INSERT function

 for the

Backing Sequence and Song modes (see

 chapters 12

and13).

It is also used to insert a character at the  curs

or posi‐

tion,duringtextediting.

25 W

RITE/CARD IN USE

In Style Play mode, this button opens the Write win‐

dow

, that lets you save all the track

s onto a Perfor‐

mance, the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks in a Single

uchSetting(STS),ortheaccompanimenttracksonto

a Style Performance. (See “The Write window” on

page42).

IntheGlobaleditenvironment,pressittosav

eGlo

bal

parameters in memory. (See “The Write window” on

page125).

Thisbutton’sLEDwork

sasaCARDINUSEindi

ca‐

tor,andturnsonwhenthecardslotisinuse.

26 EN

SEMBLE

This button turns the Ensemble function on

 or off.

When on, the right‐hand melody is harmonized with

theleft‐handchords.

Note:TheEnsemblefunctionworksonlywh

enthekeyboard

is in SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode

selected.

27 RECORD

This button sets the ins

trument in Record mode

(dependingon

thecurrentoperatingmode).

28 MENU

Thisbu

ttonopenstheMenupageforthecurrentoper‐

ating mode or edit envir

onment. After opening a

menu,youcanjumptooneoftheeditpagesbypress‐

ing the corresponding VOLUM

E/VALUE buttons; or

browse them using the PA

GE buttons. Otherwise, go

back to the main page of the current operating mode,

or close the edit environment, by pressing the EXIT

button.

See the relev ant chapter devoted to each operating

modeoreditenvironment,toseetheir“maps”indetail.

29 PAGE -/+

After pressing MENU to open a menu, use  the

se but‐

tonstobrowsetheeditpagesofanoperatingmodeor

editing en

vironment. Press EXIT to go back from an

edit page to the main page of the current operating

mode,ortoclosetheGlobalorCardEditenvironment.

Inaddi

tion,youcanusethesebuttonstosel

ectadiffer‐

entpageinaStyleSelectorProgramSelectwindow.

VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A–H buttons

Withinthis user’s manual, eachbu

ttonpairismarked

withanalphabeticletter(A–H).See“DisplayandUser

Interface”onpage19formoredeta

ils.

A correspondingtracknameisprintedov

ereachbut‐

ton pair. These names show the corre

sponding track

the button pair affects in the main page of the Style



Playmode.

•The left half is for the main page,  where you can 

see the Realtime tracks, and the Style tracks



groupedtogether:

•The right half is for the Style tracks

 page, where

youcanseeeachoftheaccompanimenttracks:

See“SymbolsandIcons”onpage21.

Usethesebuttonstoperformvario

usoperationsonthe

commandsandfunctionsappearinginthe di

splay.

SELECTING

Use each bu tton  pair to select the corre‐

spondingiteminthedi

splay(i.e.atrack,a

parameter or

 a command). Useeither the

leftorrightbuttoninapair.

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VOLUME While you are in the main  pages of any

operating mode, select a track and use

these buttons to change the track’s vol

‐

ume.Use theleftbuttontodecreaseit,or

therightbuttontoincreas

eit.

MUTE Press both buttons in a pair to mute the

corresponding track. Press both buttons

again

tounmutethetrack.

SOLO While in the Style Play, Song Play

and Song mode

s, you can solo one of the

tracks. Jus

t keep the SHIFT button

pressed,andpress both oftheVOLUME/

VALUE buttons corresponding with the

trackyouwishtosolo.

Toexitthesolomode,keeptheSHIFTbut‐

ton pressed again, and press both the

VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding

tothesol

oedtrack.

VALU

E Useeachbutton pair tochangethe corre‐

sponding parameter’s value. The lef

t but‐

ton decreases the  value, the right button

incr

easesit.

31 TRACK SELECT

Depending on the op

erating mode, this button

swi

tchesbetweenthevarioustracksview.

STYLEPLAYMODE

SwitchesbetweentheRealtimetracksand

theSt

yletracks.

SONGPLAYMODE

Switchesbetweenthemainpage(showing

the Realtime/Keyboard tracks), Song

trac

ks1–8,andSongtracks9–

16.

SONGMODE

Switches between the main page, Song

tracks1–

8andSongtracks9–16.

The TRACK SELECT LED shows the current page

view:

Off Main page (R

ealtime tracks, or Song con‐

trol

On 2ndpage(Styletracks,orSongtracks1–8)

Flashing 3rdpage(Songtr

acks9–16)

32 SINGLE T

OUCH SETTING 

(F-1–F-4 FUNCTION KEYS) buttons

While in the main page of the St

yle Play or Backing



Sequence mode, these buttons select a Single Touch

Settingeach.EachoftheStylesincludesamaximumof

fourSingleTouchSettings(STS),toautomaticallycon‐

figuretheRealtim

etracksand effectsatthe tou

chofa

finger.WhentheSINGLETOUCHLEDislit,anSTSis

automaticallysele ctedwhenselectingaStyle.

InEditmode,thesebuttonsdoubleasfunctionkeys,

toselectthecorrespondingitemsinthedisplay

33 SHIFT

Withthisbuttonhelddown,pressingcertainotherbut‐

nswillaccesstoasecondfunction.

34 TEMPO/VALUE se

ction

The DIAL and the DOWN/‐ and  UP/+ buttons can be

used to control the Tem

po, assign a different value to

theselectedparameter in the displayor scroll a list of

files in the Song Select and Card pages. The VALUE

LEDshowsthestatusofthissection.

DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the

valueortempo.Tu

rnitcounter‐clockwise

todecreasethevalueortempo.

When used while pressi

ng the

SHIFTbutton,thiscontrolalwaysactsasa

mpocontrol.

DOWN/‐andUP/+

DOWN/‐ decreases the value or tempo;

UP/+increase

sthevalueortempo.

Keep the SHIFT button pressed

down,andpresseithertheDOWN/‐or

/+ button to reset the Te

mpo to the

val

uethat’ssavedontotheselectedStyle.

35 VALUE LED

This LED shows the st

atus of the DIAL and DOWN/‐

andUP/+buttons.

TheDIALandDOWN/‐andUP/+buttons

actas Value controls,

 to change the value

oftheselectedparameterinthedisplay.

OFF TheDIALandDOWN/‐andUP/+buttons

controltheTempo.

EXIT/NO

Use thi

s button to perform var

ious actions, leaving

fromthecurrentstatus:

•exitadialogbox

•ans

wer “No” to any question that appears in the

display

•exi

ttheMenuwindow

•gobacktothemainpageofthe currentoperating

mode

•ex

itthe Globalor Card Editenvironment,andgo

back to the main page of the cur

rent operating

mode

•exi

t from a Style, Performance or Program Select

window

37 ENTER/YES

Use thi

s button

 to perform variou

s actions, agreeing

thecurrentselectedstatus:

•answer “Yes” to any question that appears in the

display

•

confirmacommand

38 DISPLAY HOLD

ThisbuttonturnstheDisplay

Holdfunctiononoroff.

ON Whenyouopenatemporarywindow(like

theProg

ramSelectwindow),itremainsin

the display until you press EXIT/NO, or

anoperatingmodebutton.

OFF Anytemporarywindowclosesafter acer‐

tai

ntime,or afterselecting anit

emin the

window.

Front panel

39 CHORD SCANNING section

In Style Play and Backing Sequence  mode, use these

buttonstode

finethewaychordsarerecognizedbythe

arranger.

LOWER Chordsaredetectedbelowthesplitpoint.

The number of notes you should play to

form

 a chord is defined by the Chord

Scanning Mode parameter (see “Chord

RecognitionMo

de”onpage51).

UPPER Chor

dsaredetectedabovethespli

tpoint.

Youmustalwaysplaythreeormorenotes

toletthearrangerrecognizeachord.

FULL(bothLEDson)

Chords are detected on the fu

ll keyboard

range. Yo

u must always play three or

morenotestoletthearrangerrecognizea

chord.

OFF Nochordswillbedetecte

d.Afterpressing

START/STOP, only the DrumandPercus‐

sionaccompanimenttrackscanplay.

KEYBOARD MODE section

Thesebuttons definehowthefourKeyboard(orReal‐

time)trac

ksarepositionedonthekeyboard.

SPLIT The Low

er track plays below the split

point, while

 the Upper 1, Upper 2 and

Upper 3 tracks play above it. By default,

selecting this keyboard mode automati‐

cally sel

ects the Lower chord scanning

mode(see

“Chord RecognitionMode”on

page51).

FULL

UPPER

The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3

tracksplay on

thewholekeyboardrange.

TheLowertrackdoes

notplay.Bydefault,

selecting this keyboard mode automati‐

callysel

ectstheFullchordscanningmode

(see “Chord Recognition Mode” on

page51).

41 S

TYLE CHANGE

Thisbu

tonturnstheStyleChangefunctiononoroff.

ON Whenyou sel

ect aPerformance, the Styl

e

could change, according to which Style

number is memorized onto the Perfor‐

mance.

OFF Whenyouselect a Performance, theStyl

e

and Style track settings remain

unchanged. Only Realtime (Keyboard)

trackssettingsarechanged.

Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFOR‐

MANCEsectiontosel

ectaPerformance.

Pres

s this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFOR‐

MANCE section to select a Program, and assign it to

thesele

ctedtrack.

44 PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section

UsethesebuttonstoopentheProgramSelectorPerf

or‐

manceSelectwindow,andselectaProgramoraPer

for‐

mance. See “Selecting a Program” on page25, or

“Selecti

ng a Performance” on page25. For a list of

ailable Programs, see “Programs (Progra m Change

order)”onpage154.

The leftmostbu

tton selects the upper or

 lowerrowof

Program or Performance banks. Press it until you’ve

selected the row that you’re looking for. (After both

LEDs have consecutively turned on, press the button

againtoturnthemoff).

UPPERLEDON

Upper ro

w of Programs or Performance

s

selected.

LOWERLEDON

Lower row of Programs or Performances

sele

cted.

On the front panel, Program banks are identified by

the inst

rument names, while Performance banks are

identifiedbynumbers(1–10;0=bank10).

A no

te about Program banks and names. Programs

from “PIANO”

 to “S FX” are standard Programs, the

usercan’tdirectlymodify.

Programs “U

SER1” and “USER2” are locations where

ucanloadnewProgramsfromthememorycard.

“USERDK”iswhereyoucanloadnewdrumkits.

EachProgra

m bankcontainsvarious pages, ea

chwith

up to 8 Progra ms. You can browse them using the

PAGEbuttons.

Shortcuttoseeth

eoriginal

bankforaPerformanceor

Program.YoucanseetheoriginalbankwhereaPerfor‐

mance or Program is contained. Just keep the SHIFT

button pressed, and then press the lefmost bu

tton of

the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section. A message

windowwillappear,showingthenameoftheoriginal

bank.ReleasetheSHIFTbuttontoexitthewindow.

Shortcuttoseeallpagesofth

eselectedbank.Tocycle

all of the pages for a selected bank, press the bank’s

button.

5 PADS (1–4, STOP)

These programmable pads can be used to trigger a

sou

nd effect . Use the STOP button to stop a cyclic

sound.(See“ListofsoundsassignabletothePad

s”on

page226).

EachPadcorrespondstoadedicatedPadtrack.

46 TRANSPOSE

Thesebuttonstr

ansposethewholeinstrumentinsemi‐

tonesteps(MasterT

ranspose).Thetran

spositionvalue

is shown (as a note name) on the top right of the dis‐

play.

Pressbothbuttonstogether,toresetthe MasterTrans‐

posetozero.

PERFORM.

PROGRAM

Front panel

Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to

Drum mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the

DrumandPercussiontracks).See

“Page14‐Track:Mode”

onpage46,and“Page7‐Track:Mode”onpage78.

 LowerstheMasterTransposeasemitone.

 RaisestheMasterTransposeasemitone.

47 OCTAVE

Thesebuttonstransposetheselectedtrackinstepsofa

wholeoctave(12semi

tones;max±2octaves).Thetrans‐

position value is shown (in octave

s) on the top right

areaofthedisplay.

Pressbothbuttonstogether,to resettheOctaveTr

ans‐

posetozero.

Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to

Drum mo

de (and, even if set in a different status, on the

DrumandPercussiontracks).

– Lowerstheselectedtrackanoctave.

+ Raisestheselectedtrack anoctave.

48 BALANCE slider

In Song Play mode, this sliderbalancesthevolum

e of

the two on‐board sequencers. When fully on the left,

onlySequencer1canbeheard.Whenfullyontheright,

only Sequencer 2 can be heard. When in the middle,

bothsequencerswillplayatfullvolume.

49 SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1

and SEQ2

The inst

rument is equipped with two sequencers

(Sequencer

1andSequencer2),eachwithitsownsetof

transportcontrols.

<<and>> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If

you use them whil

e the Song is in play,

theymakeitscrollbackorforward.

When pressed once, these buttons move

the Song to the previous or follow

ing

measure. When kept pressed, they make

the Song scroll continuously, until you

releasethem.

In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1),

keeptheSHIFTbuttonpre

ssed,an

dpress

these buttons to scroll to the previous or

nextSongintheJukeboxlist(see“Page9‐

Jukebox”onpage79).

PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position.

Press

 PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the

Songplayingagain.

PLAY/STOPStarts or stops the cur

rent Song. When

youstoptheSong,theSongPositiongoes

backtomeasure1.

In Song Play mode, pressing this

button while

 keeping SHIFT pressed,

startsbothsequencers

atthesametime.

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