Korg Prologue Owner's manual

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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Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2

What is the prologue Sound Librarian? ........................................................................ 2

Caution ....................................................................................................................... 2

Operating requirements .............................................................................................. 2

Installation ..........................................................................................................

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

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Software won’t start up ............................................................................................... 13

Can’t transfer data ....................................................................................... 13

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Apple,MacandMaclogoaretrademarksofAppleInc.,registeredintheU.S.andothercountries.

Windows7,Windows8.1andWindows10aretrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUSandother

countries.

Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.

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ationsandappearancearesubjecttochangewithoutnoticeforimprovement.

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Introduction

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ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgprologuesynthesizer.

Tohelpyougetthemostoutofyournewinstrument,pleasereadthismanualcarefully.

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What is the prologue Sound Librarian?

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TheprologueSoundLibrarianletsyoueasilysortthroughtheprologueprograms,savethemonyour

computer,andmanageuseroscillatorsandeffectsonyourprologue.

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Caution

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DonotdisconnectyourprologueorpowerofftheunitwhiletheSoundLibrarianisrunning.

DonoteditanyglobalparametersontheprologuewhiletheSoundLibrarianisrunning.

DonotoperateyourprologueortheSoundLibrarianwhileanydataisbeingtransmitted.

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Operating requirements

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AcomputerthatsatisfiesOSrequirementsandaUSBcablearenecessarytousetheprologueSoundLibrarian.

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Mac

Operatingsystem: MacOSX10.10orlater.

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Windows

Operatingsystem: Windows7SP1(32bit,64bit)orlater.

OperationwithtouchpanelisnotsupportedwhenrunningWindows8.1orWindows10.

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Fullfunctionalityisnotguaranteedwithallcomputersthatsatisfythesesystemrequirements.

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Installation

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InordertousetheprologueSoundLibrarian,youmustalsodownloadtheKORGUSBMIDIDriverfrom

theKorgwebsiteandinstallitasdescribedintheaccompanyingdocumentation.(http://www.korg.com/)

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Installation for Mac users

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ProceedasfollowstoinstallthesoftwareonaMac.

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1. Copy

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the

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“prologue

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Sound

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Librarian”

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folder

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the

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“Applications”

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folder.

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Installation for Windows users

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ProceedasfollowstoinstallthesoftwareinWindows.

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1. Doubleclick“prologueSoundLibrarianInstaller****.exe”(****denotesversion)tostarttheinstallation

process.

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2. TheprologueSoundLibrarianinstallerwillstartup.Followtheonscreeninstructionstoinstallthe

software.

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Quick Start

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Starting the prologue Sound Librarian

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1. UseaUSBcabletoconnectyourprologuetoyourcomputer.

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2. StarttheprologueSoundLibrarian.

Mac:

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 “Applications”→“prologue”→“prologueSoundLibrarian”

Windows

7: “Start”→“AllPrograms”→“KORG”→“prologue”→

“prologueSoundLibrarian”inthetaskbar.

Windows

8.1:

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Homescreen“prologueSoundLibrarian”

Windows

10:

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 “StartMenu”→“AllPrograms”→“KORG”→“prologue”→

“prologueSoundLibrarian”inthetaskbar.

3. The

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prologueSound

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Librarian

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screen

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will

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appear.

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Program

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data

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anduseroscillatorandeffects

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data

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will

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automatically

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loaded

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from

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the

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prologue.

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prologue Sound Librarian Screens and Functions

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ThissectionprovidesabriefexplanationoftheprologueSoundLibrarianʹsscreensandtheirfunctions.

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Main screen of the prologue Sound Librarian

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ThisisthescreenthatisdisplayedwhenstartinguptheprologueSoundLibrarian.

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Main display

Thisshowstheprogramnamesthatyouselected.

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Program buttons

Thesebuttonsallowtosendandreceiveeitherthecurrentlyselectedprogram,orallprograms.

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User osc/fx buttons

Thesebuttonsallowtosendandreceiveuseroscillatorandeffectsdata.

PROGRAMBUTTONS USEROSC/FXBUTTONSMAINDISPLAY

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Program List and Live Set Banks

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Thisscreenisusedforsortingandeditingprogramsandtheirnames.Youcanalsomanagewhichprogramsare

loadedintothefourlivesetbanksofyourprologue.

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Selecting programs

Clickonaprogramintheprogramlisttoselectit.

Ifyouselectaprogram,theselectedprogramwillbetransferredtotheprologueandthesoundcanbechecked.

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Tip ClickandselectmultipleitemsintheprogramlistbyholdingdownthecommandkeyinMacortheCtrlkey

inWindows.

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Sorting programs

Draganddropitemsintheprogramlisttochangetheorderofthelist.

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Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandsortthematonce.

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Copying programs

Tocopytheprograms,draganddropwhileholdingdowntheOptionkeyonaMacortheCtrlkeyinWindows.

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Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandcopythematonce.

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Changing program names

Doubleclickonaprogramnametoedit.

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Loading a program into a live set slot

Draganddropaprogramfromtheprogramlistontooneoftheslotbuttonsinthelivesetbankssection.Double

clickalivesetslotbuttontoclearit.

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PROGRAMLIST

LIVESETBANKS

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User Oscillator and Effects Lists

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Therearefouruserlists,oneforuseroscillatorsandforeachtypeofeffect.Thesescreensareusedforsortingand

loadingcustomuseroscillatorsandeffectsbuiltwiththeprologueSDK(see“prologueSDK”at

http://korg.com/prologue).Theterm“userunit”isusedasashorthandtorefertouseroscillatorsandeffects.

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Adding User Units

Dragauserunitfile(.prlgunit)intotheuserunitlistcorrespondingtoitstype(oscillator,modulationeffect,delay

effect,orreverbeffect),anddropitoverthedesiredrow.

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Sorting User Units

Draganddropitemsintheuserunitliststochangetheirorder.

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Tip Youcanalsoselectseveralitemsandsortthematonce.

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Loading User Units to the prologue

Toupdatetheuseroscillatorsandeffectsontheprologue,presstheSENDALLbuttonintheuserosc/fxbuttons

section.Oncethedatatransferisover,theprologuewillreflectthestateoftheuserunitlists.

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USERUNITLIST

USEROSC/FX

BUTTONS

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Preset Data

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Presetdataisacollectionofprograms,suchasfactorypresets,providedbyKORG.

Choose“Option”fromthe“OpenPresetWindow...”menutoaccessthepresetdatawindow.

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Listen to the presets

Selectaprograminthepresetdatawindowtoauditionthesoundonyourprologue.

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Adding programs to the Program List

DraganddropindividualprogramsfromthePresetDatawindowtoaddthemtotheprogramlist.

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Install additional preset data

Launchthesoundlibrarianbydragginganddroppingthepresetdatafile(****.prlgpreset)ontheSoundLibrarian

applicationicon.

Tip YoucanalsoinstallpresetdataviaʺImportpresetfileʺintheʺFileʺmenu.

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Removing preset data from the preset data window

Click“uninstallallpresetsandquit”under“options”touninstallalladditionalpresetdatathathavebeen

installed.

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Preference Settings

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Choose“Option”fromthe“Preferences ...”menutoaccessthePreferencesdialogbox.

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MIDI ports

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Specify MIDI ports manually

Normallytheprologuethat’sconnectedwillbedetectedautomatically.Turnthisfeatureonifyouwant

tospecifytheMIDIportsmanually.Usethiswhenseveralmonologuesareconnectedtothecomputer.

Ifthissettingison,specifytheportswhereyourmonologue’sMIDIIN/OUTcontrollerisconnected.

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MIDI IN

SpecifytheMIDIINportwhereyourprologueisconnected.

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Tip Usuallythiswillbethe“KBD/KNOB”portintheprologue.

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MIDI OUT

SpecifytheMIDIOUTportwhereyourprologueisconnected.

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Tip Usuallythiswillbethe“SOUND”portintheprologue.

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Misc.

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Receive all data automatically

Ifthissettingison,datawillbeautomaticallyloadedfromyourprologuewhenstartinguptheprologue

SoundLibrarian.Ifthissettingisoff,datawillnotbeautomaticallyloaded.

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Warn before writing data

Ifthissettingison,awarningdialogboxwillappearbeforewritingdatatoyourprologue.Ifthissettingisoff,

datawillbewrittenwithouttheappearanceofawarningdialogbox.

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List font size

Thissetsthecharacterfontsizeintheprogramlistandthepresetwindow.

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File Type

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ThefollowingfilesarehandledinthemonologueSoundLibrarian.

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Type

Content

Extension

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Library

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data

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Asetof500programsandlivesetbankdata

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prlglib

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Program

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data

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Individualprogramdata

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prlgprog

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Userunitdata

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Useroscillatororeffect.

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prlgunit

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Presetdata

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PresetcollectionsprovidedbyKORG

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prlgpreset

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File

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New

Createsanewlibrarydatafile.

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Open

Loadsalibrarydatafile.

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Save

Savestheeditedlibrarydatabyoverwritingtheexistinglibrarydatafile.

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Save As

Savestheeditedlibrarydataasanewfilewiththenameyouspecify.

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Load Single Program

Loadsaprogramdatafileintotheselectedprogramintheprogramlist.

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Save Single Program

Savestheselectedprogramintheprogramlistasaprogramdatafilewiththenameyouspecify.

Import Preset File

Importsapresetfile.Thecontentwillbeavailableviathepresetwindow..

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Edit

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Undo

Returnstothestatepriortothepreviousoperation.

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Redo

Returnstothestatepriortoexecutingthe“Undo”command.

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Cut

Cutstheselectedprogram.

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Copy

Copiestheselectedprogram.

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Paste

Pastesthecutorcopiedprogramtotheselectedprogram.



Clear

Clearstheselectedprogram.

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Send/Recv.

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Receive Library Data

Receivesallprogramsandlivesetbanksfromtheprologue.

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Send Library Data

Sendsallprogramsandlivesetbankstotheprologue.

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Receive Program Data

ReceivetheselectedprogramintheprologuetotheprologueSoundLibrarian’sprogramlist.

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Send Program Data

SendstheselectedprogramintheprologueSoundLibrarian’sprogramlisttotheprologue.

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Receive User Data

Receivesalluseroscillatorsandeffectsfromtheprologue.

Send User Data

Sendsalluseroscillatorsandeffectstotheprologue.

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Option

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Open Preset Window

Opensthepresetwindow.

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Preferences

DisplaysthePreferencesdialogbox.

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About

DisplaysthesoftwareversionoftheprologueSoundLibrarian.

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Uninstall all presets and quit

UninstallsallPresetDataandquitstheSoundLibrarian.

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Troubleshooting

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Software won’t start up

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Makesurethatyourcomputermeetstheoperatingrequirements.

Checkwhetherotherapplicationsmightberunning.

Ifotherapplicationsarerunning,theprologueSoundLibrarianmightbeunabletostartup,ormightbeunableto

transferdata.

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Can’t transfer data

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Makesurethattheprologuehasbeendetectedbytheconnectedcomputer.

Windows 7/8.1/10:

gototheControlPanel,open“HardwareandSounds”→“DeviceManager,”andcheck

the“Sound,Video,andGameControllers”tab.

Mac

OS:open“Applications”→“Utilities,”thenstart“AudioMIDISetup”openandcheckthe

“MIDIStudio”windowbyselecting“ShowMIDIWindow”fromthe“Window”menu.

MakesurethatthelatestKorgUSBMIDIdriverisinstalled.

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YoucandownloadthelatestKorgUSBMIDIdriverfromtheKorgwebsite.(http://www.korg.com/)

Ifyou’respecifyingtheMIDIportsmanually,makesurethattheMIDIportsettingsarecorrect.

MakesurethattheprologueisconnecteddirectlytoyourcomputerwithoutaUSBhub.

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