Korg Prologue Owner's manual

Korg
Brand
Korg
Model
Prologue
Type
Owner's manual

Korg Prologue is a polyphonic analog synthesizer that combines classic analog synthesis with modern digital control. With its powerful sound engine, intuitive interface, and extensive connectivity options, Prologue is perfect for a wide range of musicians, from beginners to experienced professionals.

Prologue's sound engine features three voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a noise generator, and a ring modulator. The VCOs can generate a variety of waveforms, including sawtooth, square, triangle, and pulse waves. The noise generator can be used to add noise to the sound, while the ring modulator can be used to create unique metallic and bell-like sounds.

Korg Prologue is a polyphonic analog synthesizer that combines classic analog synthesis with modern digital control. With its powerful sound engine, intuitive interface, and extensive connectivity options, Prologue is perfect for a wide range of musicians, from beginners to experienced professionals.

Prologue's sound engine features three voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a noise generator, and a ring modulator. The VCOs can generate a variety of waveforms, including sawtooth, square, triangle, and pulse waves. The noise generator can be used to add noise to the sound, while the ring modulator can be used to create unique metallic and bell-like sounds.

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Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2
What is the prologue Sound Librarian? ........................................................................ 2
Caution ....................................................................................................................... 2
Operating requirements .............................................................................................. 2
Installation ..........................................................................................................
3
Installation for Mac users ............................................................................................ 3
Installation for Windows users .................................................................................... 3
Quick start .......................................................................................................... 4
Starting the prologue Sound Librarian ........................................................................ 4
prologue Sound Librarian screens and functions .......................................... 5
Main screen of the prologue Sound Librarian ............................................................. 5
Program List ............................................................................................................... 6
Custom Oscillator and Effects List .............................................................................. 7
Preset Data ................................................................................................................ 8
Preference settings ............................................................................................ 9
MIDI ports ................................................................................................................... 9
Misc. ........................................................................................................................... 9
File type .............................................................................................................. 10
Menu .................................................................................................................... 11
File .............................................................................................................................. 11
Edit ............................................................................................................................. 11
Send/Recv. ................................................................................................................. 12
Option ......................................................................................................................... 12
Troubleshooting
................................................................................................. 13
Software won’t start up ............................................................................................... 13
Can’t transfer data ....................................................................................... 13
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Introduction
ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgprologuesynthesizer.
Tohelpyougetthemostoutofyournewinstrument,pleasereadthismanualcarefully.
What is the prologue Sound Librarian?
TheprologueSoundLibrarianletsyoueasilysortthroughtheprologueprograms,savethemonyour
computer,andmanageuseroscillatorsandeffectsonyourprologue.
Caution
DonotdisconnectyourprologueorpowerofftheunitwhiletheSoundLibrarianisrunning.
DonoteditanyglobalparametersontheprologuewhiletheSoundLibrarianisrunning.
DonotoperateyourprologueortheSoundLibrarianwhileanydataisbeingtransmitted.
Operating requirements
AcomputerthatsatisfiesOSrequirementsandaUSBcablearenecessarytousetheprologueSoundLibrarian.
Mac
Operatingsystem: MacOSX10.10orlater.
Windows
Operatingsystem: Windows7SP1(32bit,64bit)orlater.
OperationwithtouchpanelisnotsupportedwhenrunningWindows8.1orWindows10.
Fullfunctionalityisnotguaranteedwithallcomputersthatsatisfythesesystemrequirements.
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Installation
InordertousetheprologueSoundLibrarian,youmustalsodownloadtheKORGUSBMIDIDriverfrom
theKorgwebsiteandinstallitasdescribedintheaccompanyingdocumentation.(http://www.korg.com/)
Installation for Mac users
ProceedasfollowstoinstallthesoftwareonaMac.
1. Copy
the
“prologue
Sound
Librarian”
folder
to
the
“Applications”
folder.
Installation for Windows users
ProceedasfollowstoinstallthesoftwareinWindows.
1. Doubleclick“prologueSoundLibrarianInstaller****.exe”(****denotesversion)tostarttheinstallation
process.
2. TheprologueSoundLibrarianinstallerwillstartup.Followtheonscreeninstructionstoinstallthe
software.
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Quick Start
Starting the prologue Sound Librarian
1. UseaUSBcabletoconnectyourprologuetoyourcomputer.
2. StarttheprologueSoundLibrarian.
Mac:
“Applications”→“prologue”→“prologueSoundLibrarian”
Windows
7: “Start”→“AllPrograms”→“KORG”→“prologue”→
“prologueSoundLibrarian”inthetaskbar.
Windows
8.1:
Homescreen“prologueSoundLibrarian”
Windows
10:

“StartMenu”→“AllPrograms”→“KORG”→“prologue”→
“prologueSoundLibrarian”inthetaskbar.
3. The
prologueSound
Librarian
screen
will
appear.
Program
data
anduseroscillatorandeffects
data
will
be
automatically
loaded
from
the
prologue.
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prologue Sound Librarian Screens and Functions
ThissectionprovidesabriefexplanationoftheprologueSoundLibrarianʹsscreensandtheirfunctions.
Main screen of the prologue Sound Librarian
ThisisthescreenthatisdisplayedwhenstartinguptheprologueSoundLibrarian.
Main display
Thisshowstheprogramnamesthatyouselected.
Program buttons
Thesebuttonsallowtosendandreceiveeitherthecurrentlyselectedprogram,orallprograms.
User osc/fx buttons
Thesebuttonsallowtosendandreceiveuseroscillatorandeffectsdata.
PROGRAMBUTTONS USEROSC/FXBUTTONSMAINDISPLAY
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Program List and Live Set Banks
Thisscreenisusedforsortingandeditingprogramsandtheirnames.Youcanalsomanagewhichprogramsare
loadedintothefourlivesetbanksofyourprologue.
Selecting programs
Clickonaprogramintheprogramlisttoselectit.
Ifyouselectaprogram,theselectedprogramwillbetransferredtotheprologueandthesoundcanbechecked.
Tip ClickandselectmultipleitemsintheprogramlistbyholdingdownthecommandkeyinMacortheCtrlkey
inWindows.
Sorting programs
Draganddropitemsintheprogramlisttochangetheorderofthelist.
Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandsortthematonce.
Copying programs
Tocopytheprograms,draganddropwhileholdingdowntheOptionkeyonaMacortheCtrlkeyinWindows.
Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandcopythematonce.
Changing program names
Doubleclickonaprogramnametoedit.
Loading a program into a live set slot
Draganddropaprogramfromtheprogramlistontooneoftheslotbuttonsinthelivesetbankssection.Double
clickalivesetslotbuttontoclearit.

PROGRAMLIST
LIVESETBANKS
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User Oscillator and Effects Lists
Therearefouruserlists,oneforuseroscillatorsandforeachtypeofeffect.Thesescreensareusedforsortingand
loadingcustomuseroscillatorsandeffectsbuiltwiththeprologueSDK(see“prologueSDK”at
http://korg.com/prologue).Theterm“userunit”isusedasashorthandtorefertouseroscillatorsandeffects.
Adding User Units
Dragauserunitfile(.prlgunit)intotheuserunitlistcorrespondingtoitstype(oscillator,modulationeffect,delay
effect,orreverbeffect),anddropitoverthedesiredrow.
Sorting User Units
Draganddropitemsintheuserunitliststochangetheirorder.
Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandsortthematonce.
Loading User Units to the prologue
Toupdatetheuseroscillatorsandeffectsontheprologue,presstheSENDALLbuttonintheuserosc/fxbuttons
section.Oncethedatatransferisover,theprologuewillreflectthestateoftheuserunitlists.
USERUNITLIST
USEROSC/FX
BUTTONS
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Preset Data
Presetdataisacollectionofprograms,suchasfactorypresets,providedbyKORG.
Choose“Option”fromthe“OpenPresetWindow...”menutoaccessthepresetdatawindow.
Listen to the presets
Selectaprograminthepresetdatawindowtoauditionthesoundonyourprologue.
Adding programs to the Program List
DraganddropindividualprogramsfromthePresetDatawindowtoaddthemtotheprogramlist.
Install additional preset data
Launchthesoundlibrarianbydragginganddroppingthepresetdatafile(****.prlgpreset)ontheSoundLibrarian
applicationicon.
Tip YoucanalsoinstallpresetdataviaʺImportpresetfileʺintheʺFileʺmenu.
Removing preset data from the preset data window
Click“uninstallallpresetsandquit”under“options”touninstallalladditionalpresetdatathathavebeen
installed.
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Preference Settings
Choose“Option”fromthe“Preferences ...”menutoaccessthePreferencesdialogbox.
MIDI ports
Specify MIDI ports manually
Normallytheprologuethat’sconnectedwillbedetectedautomatically.Turnthisfeatureonifyouwant
tospecifytheMIDIportsmanually.Usethiswhenseveralmonologuesareconnectedtothecomputer.
Ifthissettingison,specifytheportswhereyourmonologue’sMIDIIN/OUTcontrollerisconnected.
MIDI IN
SpecifytheMIDIINportwhereyourprologueisconnected.
Tip Usuallythiswillbethe“KBD/KNOB”portintheprologue.
MIDI OUT
SpecifytheMIDIOUTportwhereyourprologueisconnected.
Tip Usuallythiswillbethe“SOUND”portintheprologue.
Misc.
Receive all data automatically
Ifthissettingison,datawillbeautomaticallyloadedfromyourprologuewhenstartinguptheprologue
SoundLibrarian.Ifthissettingisoff,datawillnotbeautomaticallyloaded.
Warn before writing data
Ifthissettingison,awarningdialogboxwillappearbeforewritingdatatoyourprologue.Ifthissettingisoff,
datawillbewrittenwithouttheappearanceofawarningdialogbox.
List font size
Thissetsthecharacterfontsizeintheprogramlistandthepresetwindow.
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File Type
ThefollowingfilesarehandledinthemonologueSoundLibrarian.
Type
Content
Extension
Library
data
Asetof500programsandlivesetbankdata
prlglib
Program
data
Individualprogramdata
prlgprog
Userunitdata
Useroscillatororeffect.
prlgunit
Presetdata
PresetcollectionsprovidedbyKORG
prlgpreset
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Menu
File
New
Createsanewlibrarydatafile.
Open
Loadsalibrarydatafile.
Save
Savestheeditedlibrarydatabyoverwritingtheexistinglibrarydatafile.
Save As
Savestheeditedlibrarydataasanewfilewiththenameyouspecify.
Load Single Program
Loadsaprogramdatafileintotheselectedprogramintheprogramlist.
Save Single Program
Savestheselectedprogramintheprogramlistasaprogramdatafilewiththenameyouspecify.
Import Preset File
Importsapresetfile.Thecontentwillbeavailableviathepresetwindow..
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Edit
Undo
Returnstothestatepriortothepreviousoperation.
Redo
Returnstothestatepriortoexecutingthe“Undo”command.
Cut
Cutstheselectedprogram.
Copy
Copiestheselectedprogram.
Paste
Pastesthecutorcopiedprogramtotheselectedprogram.
Clear
Clearstheselectedprogram.
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Send/Recv.
Receive Library Data
Receivesallprogramsandlivesetbanksfromtheprologue.
Send Library Data
Sendsallprogramsandlivesetbankstotheprologue.
Receive Program Data
ReceivetheselectedprogramintheprologuetotheprologueSoundLibrarian’sprogramlist.
Send Program Data
SendstheselectedprogramintheprologueSoundLibrarian’sprogramlisttotheprologue.
Receive User Data
Receivesalluseroscillatorsandeffectsfromtheprologue.
Send User Data
Sendsalluseroscillatorsandeffectstotheprologue.
Option
Open Preset Window
Opensthepresetwindow.
Preferences
DisplaysthePreferencesdialogbox.
About
DisplaysthesoftwareversionoftheprologueSoundLibrarian.
Uninstall all presets and quit
UninstallsallPresetDataandquitstheSoundLibrarian.
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Troubleshooting
Software won’t start up
Makesurethatyourcomputermeetstheoperatingrequirements.
Checkwhetherotherapplicationsmightberunning.
Ifotherapplicationsarerunning,theprologueSoundLibrarianmightbeunabletostartup,ormightbeunableto
transferdata.
Can’t transfer data
Makesurethattheprologuehasbeendetectedbytheconnectedcomputer.
Windows 7/8.1/10:
gototheControlPanel,open“HardwareandSounds”→“DeviceManager,”andcheck
the“Sound,Video,andGameControllers”tab.
Mac
OS:open“Applications”→“Utilities,”thenstart“AudioMIDISetup”openandcheckthe
“MIDIStudio”windowbyselecting“ShowMIDIWindow”fromthe“Window”menu.
MakesurethatthelatestKorgUSBMIDIdriverisinstalled.
YoucandownloadthelatestKorgUSBMIDIdriverfromtheKorgwebsite.(http://www.korg.com/)
Ifyou’respecifyingtheMIDIportsmanually,makesurethattheMIDIportsettingsarecorrect.
MakesurethattheprologueisconnecteddirectlytoyourcomputerwithoutaUSBhub.
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Korg Prologue Owner's manual

Korg
Brand
Korg
Model
Prologue
Type
Owner's manual

Korg Prologue is a polyphonic analog synthesizer that combines classic analog synthesis with modern digital control. With its powerful sound engine, intuitive interface, and extensive connectivity options, Prologue is perfect for a wide range of musicians, from beginners to experienced professionals.

Prologue's sound engine features three voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a noise generator, and a ring modulator. The VCOs can generate a variety of waveforms, including sawtooth, square, triangle, and pulse waves. The noise generator can be used to add noise to the sound, while the ring modulator can be used to create unique metallic and bell-like sounds.

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