Korg microSTATION User guide

2E

Parameter guide

ii

About the Parameter Guide

ThemicroSTATIONParameterGuide isdividedintotwo

sections:QuickParametersandFullParameters.

Quick Parameter section

TheparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATION

itselfarecalledʺquickparameters.ʺThesearethemicroSTA ‐

TIONʹsmostimportantparameters.

TheQuickParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.

Full Parameter section

ʺFullparametersʺaretheparametersthatcanbeeditedfrom

microSTATIONEditorinstalledonacomputerconnectedto

themicroSTATION.

Theseincludethedetailedsoundparameters,effectparame‐

ters,drumkits,anduserarpeggiopatterns.

TheFullParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.

Conventions in the

operation manuals

Abbreviations for the manuals: OG, PG

Inthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsareabbre‐

viatedasfollows.

OG:OperationGuide

PG:ParameterGuide

Procedure steps 1. 2. 3. …

Theseindicatethestepsofaprocedure.

Symbols, , , Note, Tips

Thesesymbolsrespectivelyindicateacaution,aMIDI‐

relatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.

Example screen displays

Theparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensofthis

manualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmaynot

necessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheDisplayof

yourinstrument.

MIDI-related explanations

CC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.

InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquare

brackets[]alwaysindicatehexadec imalnumbers.

* Apple,MacaretrademarksofAppleInc.,registered in

theUS.andothercountries.

*WindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7area

registeredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationinthe

U.S.and

othercounties.

*Intel,IntelCore,andPentiumaretrademarksofIntel

CorporationintheU.S.andothercountries.

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

marksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespective

owners.

iii

Table of contents

About the Parameter Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Conventions in the

operation manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

microSTATION Quick parameters

............................................. 1

Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PROG PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PROG EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Filter/Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Filter/Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pitch EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Audition Riff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign) . 9

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ARP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

FX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Write Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

COMBI PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

COMBI EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

TimbSFs (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Timbre 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Timbre 02....16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TFX (Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Write Combi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

An overview of Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

TFX (Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Song Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Grid Seq (Grid Sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Grid Sequence Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

System Exclusive events supported

in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

iv

Global/Media mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Effect SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Bank Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Initial Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Scroll Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

M.Protect (Memory Protect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

SEQ MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

ARP RTC MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

PEDAL/SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Write Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Save All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Save PCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Save SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Save To SMF

(Save Song as Standard MIDI File) . . . . . . .69

Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

microSTATION Full parameters

........................................... 71

Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Quick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

OSC EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

About Relative (Rel) and Absolute parameters . 79

ARP/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

OSC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Half-Damper Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Program Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

OSC/Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

PITCH EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

OSC1 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

OSC1 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

OSC2 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

OSC2 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Filter1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Filter1 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Filter1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Filter2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Filter2 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Filter2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

v

Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Amp1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Amp2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Amp1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Amp1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Amp2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Amp2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

OSC 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

OSC1 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

OSC1 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

OSC2 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

OSC2 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Common LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

AMS Mix/C.KeyTrk (AMS Mixer/

Common Keyboard Track) . . . . . . . . . . . .121

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

OSC1 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

OSC 2 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Common KeyTrack (Common Keyboard Track)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

OSC MFX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Program Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Timbre Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Arpeggiator Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Arpeggiator-A(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Realtime Control Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Timbre Param (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . 145

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

MIDI Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

MIDI Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 152

Keyboard Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Velocity Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Track Select, Program Select, Pan, Volume . . . 163

Track Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Track Param (Track Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

MIDI Filter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

MIDI Filter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 171

IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Mode Select, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Basic/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

User Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Sample Param . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Voice/Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Creating a drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Arpeggio Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Fixed Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Creating a user arpeggio pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Effect Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Editing effect parameters

on the microSTATION itself . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Dynamic modulation (Dmod)

and Tempo Synchronization . . . . . . . . . .206

FX Control Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Effect I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Insert Effects (IFX1–IFX5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Controlling the Insert Effects via MIDI . . . . . . . .211

Master Effects (MFX1, 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Controlling the Master Effects via MIDI . . . . . . .213

Total Effect (TFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Using MIDI to control the Total Effect . . . . . . . . .214

Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Effect/Mixer Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Single size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

000: No Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

001: St.Comp (Stereo Compressor) . . . . . . . . . . .217

002: Red Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

003:St. Limitr (Stereo Limiter)................................. 218

004: MulLimitr (Multiband Limiter) . . . . . . . . . . .219

005: St.MstLmt (Stereo Mastering Limiter) . . . .219

006: St.Gate (Stereo Gate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

007: St.P4EQ (Stereo Parametric 4-Band EQ) . .220

008: St.G7EQ (Stereo Graphic 7-Band EQ) . . . . .221

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009: St.Excitr (Stereo Exciter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

010: St.Isolat (Stereo Isolator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

011: St. Wah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . . 222

012: St.VtgWah

(Stereo Vintage/Custom Wah) . . . . . . . . 223

013: VOX Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

014: St.RndFlt (Stereo Random Filter) . . . . . . . . 224

015: St.MMFltr (Multi Mode Filter)........................ 225

016: St.SubOsc (Stereo Sub Oscillator) . . . . . . . 226

017: Talk Mod (Talking Modulator) . . . . . . . . . . . 226

018: St.Decimt (Stereo Decimator) . . . . . . . . . . . 227

019: St. Record (Stereo Analog Record) . . . . . . 228

020: OD Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Wah) . . . . . . . 228

021: St.Gt Cab (Stereo Guitar Cabinet) . . . . . . . 229

022: St.Bs Cab (Stereo Bass Cabinet) . . . . . . . . . 230

023: Bass Amp.............................................................. 230

024: B.Amp Cab (Bass Amp Model+Cabinet) ... 231

025: TrebleBST (Treble Booster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

026: Tube Pre (Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . 232

027: St.TubPre

(Stereo Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . . 232

028: Mic Model (Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . 232

029: Stereo Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

030: Small Phs (Small Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

031: OrangePhs (Orange Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

032: BlackPhsr (Black Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

033: U-VIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

034: St.RndPhs (Stereo Random Phaser) . . . . . 234

035: St.EnvPhs (Stereo Envelope Phaser) . . . . . 235

036: 2Vo.Reso (2Voice Resonator) . . . . . . . . . . . 235

037: St.Tremlo (Stereo Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

038: TEX Treml (TEX Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

039: St. Env.Trm (Stereo Envelope Tremolo) .... 237

040: St.AutPan (Stereo Auto Pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

041: St.PhsTrm (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) . . . 238

042: St.Ring M (Stereo Ring Modulator) . . . . . . 239

043: P4EQ - Xctr

(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Exciter) . . . . . . 240

044: P4EQ - Wah (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Wah/Auto Wah) ............................................. 240

045: P4EQ - Phaser

(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Phaser) . . . . . . 241

046: Comp - Wah

(Compressor - Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . 241

047: Comp - Amp

(Compressor - Amp Simulation) . . . . . . 242

048: Comp - OD

(Compressor - Overdrive/Hi.Gain) .......... 242

049: Comp - P4EQ

(Compressor - Parametric 4-Band EQ) . 243

050: Comp - Phsr (Compressor - Phaser)............ 243

051: Lmtr - P4EQ

(Limiter - Parametric 4-Band EQ)............. 244

052: Limtr - Phsr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

053: Xctr - Comp (Exciter - Compressor) . . . . . .245

054: Xctr- Lmtr ............................................................. 245

055: Xctr- Phsr .............................................................. 246

056: OD - Amp

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Amp Simulation) .. 246

057: OD - Phsr (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Phaser)...... 247

058: Wah - Amp (Wah - Amp Simulation) . . . . .247

059: Deci - Amp

(Decimator - Amp Simulation) ................. 248

060: Deci - Comp (Decimator - Compressor) . .248

061: Amp - Trml (Amp Simulation- Tremolo) . .248

062: Organ Vib/Chorus

(Organ Vibrato/Chorus) .............................. 249

063: Rotary SP (Rotary Speaker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

064: St.Chorus (Stereo Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

065: VtgChorus (Vintage Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

066: BlkChorus (Black Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

067: St.HrmCho (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) . . . .252

068: St.Bi Mod (Stereo Biphase Modulation) .... 252

069: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . .253

070: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

071: Poly6 Ens (Polysix Ensemble)........................ 254

072: St Flange (Stereo Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

073: VtgFlange (Vintage Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

074: St.RndFlg (Stereo Random Flanger) . . . . . .255

075: St.EnvFlg (Stereo Envelope Flanger) . . . . .255

076: St.Vibrat (Stereo Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

077: St.AF Mod

(Stereo Auto Fade Modulation) ............... 257

078: Doppler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

079: Detune .................................................................. 258

080: PitchSftr (Pitch Shifter) .................................... 258

081: P.Sft Mod (Pitch Shift Modulation) . . . . . . .259

082: P4EQ - Flng (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

083: Comp - Flng

(Compressor - Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . .260

084: Lmtr - Flng (Limiter - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .261

085: Xctr - Flng (Exciter - Chorus/Flanger)......... 261

086: OD - Flng

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Chorus/Flanger).... 262

087: Phsr - Flng (Phaser - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .262

088: GrainSftr (Grain Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

089: LCR Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

090: St.Delay (Stereo/CrossDelay) . . . . . . . . . . . .264

091: St.MtpDly (Stereo Multitap Delay) .............. 264

092: St.ModDly (Stereo Modulation Delay) . . . .265

093: St.DynDly (Stereo Dynamic Delay).............. 266

094: St.PanDly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) . .266

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5: Ta

pe Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

096: Echo Plus .............................................................. 268

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097: Auto Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

098: SeqDlyBPM (Sequence BPM Delay) . . . . . 269

099: LCR BPM (L/C/R BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

100: St.DlyBPM (Stereo BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . 270

101: St.MtdBPM (Stereo BPM Multitap Delay) 270

102: St.ModBPM

(Stereo BPM Modulation Delay) .............. 271

103: St.ApdBPM

(Stereo BPM Auto Panning Delay) . . . . . 272

104: TapeE BPM (Tape Echo BPM) ........................ 273

105: Rev.Hall (Reverb Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

106: Rev.Plate (Reverb Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

107: Rev.Room1 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

108: Rev.Room2 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

109: R2.Spring (Reverb2 Spring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

110: R2.Hall (Reverb2 Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

111: R2.Plate (Reverb2 Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

112: R2.Room (Reverb2 Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

113: Early Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

114: P4EQ - MDly (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Multitap Delay) .............................................. 276

115: Comp - MDly

(Compressor - Multitap Delay) ................. 276

116: Lmtr - MDly (Limiter - Multitap Delay)....... 277

117: Xctr - MDly (Exciter - Multitap Delay)......... 277

118: OD - MDly

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Multitap Delay) ..... 278

119: Flng - Dly

(Chorus/Flanger - Multitap Delay) . . . . . 278

120: Rev - Gate (Reverb - Gate) .............................. 279

Double Size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

D00: St.MltLmt (Stereo Multiband Limiter) . . . 280

D01: OD/HG Wah

(Overdrive/Hyper Gain Wah) .................... 280

D02: GAmp + P4EQ (Guitar Amp Model +

Parametric 4-Band EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

D03: GAmpCLEAN

(Guitar Amp Model CLEAN) . . . . . . . . . . . 282

D04: GAmpSUPER

(Guitar Amp Model SUPER) . . . . . . . . . . . 282

D05: GAmpTWEED

(Guitar Amp Model TWEED) . . . . . . . . . . 282

D06: GAmpUS-HG

(Guitar Amp Model US-HG) . . . . . . . . . . . 282

D07: B.TubeAmp

(Bass Tube Amp Model + Cabinet) ......... 282

D08: St. Mic

(Stereo Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . . . 283

D09: Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

D10: Rotary OD (Rotary Speaker Overdrive) . . 284

D11: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . 285

D12: St.P.Sftr (Stereo Pitch Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . 286

D13: Early Ref (Early Reflections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Alternate Modulation Source (AMS) . . . . . . . . . 287

Alternate Modulation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) List . . . . . .287

Alternate Modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Dynamic Modulation Source (Dmod) . . . . . . . . 292

Realtime Control Knob 1–4 Assign . . . . . . . . . . 294

Foot Switch Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Foot Pedal Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

MIDI transmission when the microSTATION’s

controllers are used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

microSTATION and MIDI CCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Responses to standard MIDI controllers . . . . . .299

Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #70-79 . . .301

MIDI applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Settings when connected to a MIDI device

or computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Messages transmitted and received

by the microSTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

microSTATION Quick parameters

2

3

Program mode

Toplayprogramsyou’lluseProgrammode,whichletsyou

dothefollowingthings.

• Selectandplayprograms.

•UsetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolaprogram’s

soundorarpeggiator.

•Editthemostimportantprogramparameters.

Page structure in Program mode

ThemicroSTATION’sProg rammodeisorganizedasatree

structurecontainingthefollowingpages.(p.3)

Fordetailsonhowtomovebetweenpages,andhowto

selectparametersandedittheirvalues,pleaserefertothe

“microSTATIONOperationGuide.”

PROG PLAY

InPROGPLAYyoucanselectandplayprograms.

YoucanalsousetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolthe

program’ssoundsandthearpeggiatorwhileyouperform.

AllMIDIdatainPROGPLAYistransmittedand

receivedontheglobalMIDI channel.(“Channel

(GlobalMIDIChannel)”onpage 60)

Tips: Auto Song Setup

BypressingtheRECbuttoninProgramorCombination

mode,youcanusetheAutoSongSetupfunctionwhich

automaticallycopiesthecurrentsettingstoasongandputs

themicroSTATIONintherecord‐readycondition.When

you’vethoughtofaphraseoranideaforasong,thislets

youinstantlyturnyourinspirationintoasong.(“Tips:

AutoSongSetup”onpage 30)

Program No.&Name [001...: program name]

Thisindicatestheprogram.

ThemicroSTATION’spreloadprogramsareorganizedinto

thefollowingsevencategories.Thecategoryoftheselected

programisshownbytheCATEGORYindicatorlocatedat

theleftofthefrontpaneldisplay.

Thepreloadprogramsincluderewritableprograms(atotal

of512programs),andthenon‐rewritableGMbankscon‐

tainingGM

2capitalprograms(128),variationprograms

(129),andbank’g’drums(9).

Note:Ifyouwanttoviewthenumberswithineachbank

ratherthanthenumbersshownwhenALLisselected,turn

NUMLOCKon(LEDlit)andpressthe14(ENTER)button.

EXTERNAL control

InPROGPLAY,ifyoupresstheEXTERNALbuttontoturn

ExternalControlon,andthenoperateknobs1–4,thedis‐

playwillbrieflyshowtheMIDIchannel,MIDICCnumber

andvaluethatareassignedbytheselectedexternalsetup.

ExternalsetupscanbeselectedinPROGEDIT:External

Setup.(“ExternalSetup”onpage 15)

IftheMIDICCnumberforaknobisturnedOffinthe

selectedexternalsetup,thenthevaluewillnotappear

whenyouoperatetheknob.

PROG EDIT

HereyoucaneditthemicroSTATION’sprogramquick

parameters.Thequickparametersaremajorparameters

thatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Ifyou

wanttoeditallpara meters oftheprogram,you’llneedto

usemicroSTATIONEditoronaconnectedcomputer.

OSC Common

Hereyoucanspecifyhowoscillators1and2willproduce

sound.

Voice Mode (Voice Assign Mode) [Poly, Mono]

Selectthebasicvoiceallocationmode.Dependingonwhich

oneyouselect,variousotheroptionswillappear,suchas

“MonoLegato”and“Unison”(Monomodeonly).

Poly:Theprogramwillplaypolyphonically,allowingyou

playchords.

Mono:Theprogramwillplaymonophonically,producing

onlyonenoteatatime.

MonoLegato [Off, On]

Thisisavailablewhenthe“VoiceMode”issettoMono.

Legatorefertonotesthatareplayedinawaythatthey

soundsmoothandconnected;thenextnoteisplayedbefore

thelastnoteisreleased.Thisistheoppositeofplaying

detached.

On:Whenyouplaywithlegatophrasing,thenoteswit

hina

legatophrasewillsoundsmoother.

When“MonoLegato”isOn,thefirstnoteinalegatophrase

willsoundnormally,andthensubsequentnoteswillhavea

smoothersound,formoregentletransitionsbetweenthe

notes.

Off:Legatophrasingwillproducethesamesoundas

detachedplaying.

Category Explanation

ALL

Nocategory.Allprograms

001...512:ProgramsofbanksA,B,C,D

513...640:GM2capitalprograms

641...768:GM2variationprograms

769...777:GM2drumprograms

KEYBOARD

A.Piano,SynthE.P,RealE.P,

Clav/Harpsi,E.Organ,Pipe.Organ

STRINGS/BRASS/

WOODWIND

Strings,Vocal,Airy,Brass,Woodwind,

Reed

GUITAR

A.Guitar ,E.Guitar,Plucked

BASS&BASS SPLIT

E.Bass,A.Bass,SynthBass

SYNTH

Fast,Slow,Motion,Shortdecay

LEAD&SOLO

SPLIT

SynLead

DRUM/MALLET/

HITS

Natural,Dance,Perc,Bell,Mallet,SFX,

Hits

USER

Soundssavedasausercategory(not

includedinfactorysettings)

Program mode

4

OSC Common (



p.3)





VoiceMode

MonoLegato

Unison

NumOfVoices

Detune

Thickness

PtchSt

rtch

Hol

d

Reverse

Filter/Amp (



p.5)





Cuto

Resonance

Flt EG Int

AmpVel Int

Filter/Amp EG (



p.5)





Attack

Decay

Sustain

Release

Filter EG (



p.6)





Attack

Decay

Sustain

Release

Amp EG (



p.6)





Attack

Decay

Sustain

Release

Pitch EG/LFO (



p.6)





Attack

Decay

Sustain

Release

LFO1 Int

LFO (



p.6)





LF01 Speed

LFO1 Fade

LFO1 Delay

LFO1 Stop

LF02 Speed

LFO2 Fade

LFO2 Delay

LFO2 Stop

CmnLFO Spd

PROG PLAY

OSC1 (



p.7)





Play/Mute

Volume

Tune

Transpose

PtchSlope

Pitch JS+X

Pitch JS–X

Portamento

PortaFingr

PortaMode

PortaTime

LFO1

LFO2

FltLFO1toA

FltLFO1toB

FltLFO2toA

FltLFO2toB

AmpLFO1Int

AmpLFO2Int

P.LFO1 AMS Int

P.LFO2 AMS Int

OSC2





Same as OSC1 parameters

Audition Ri (



p.8)





 : 000: O

Transpose

Knob Assign (



p.9)





1-B

2-B

3-B

4-B

Tempo (



p.9)





Tempo

Arp Setup (



p.9)





Pattern

Octave

Resolution

Gate[%]

Velocity

Swing[%]

Sort

Latch

KeySync

Keyboard

Top Key

BottomKey

Top Vel

BottomVel

FX Routing (



p.11)





Use Dkit Setting

Bus

FXCtrl Bus

OSC1 Send1

OSC1 Send2

OSC2 Send1

OSC2 Send2

PROG EDIT

IFX1 (



p.11)





S01: St. Comp  

Wet/Dry :32:68

:

FXParam

On/O

Chain

ChainTo

Pan(CC#8)

Bus

FX Ctrl

Send1

Send2

IFX2 (



p.12)





Same as IFX1 parameters

IFX3 (



p.12)





Same as IFX1 parameters

IFX4 (



p.12)





Same as IFX1 parameters

IFX5 (



p.12)





S01: St. Comp  

Wet/Dry :32:68

:

FXParam

On/O

Pan(CC#8)

Bus

FX Ctrl

Send1

Send2

MFX1 (



p.13)





S01: St. Comp  

Wet/Dry :32:68

:

FXParam

On/O

Return2

Chain

ChainLevel

MFX2 (



p.13)





S01: St. Comp  

Wet/Dry :32:68

:

FXParam

On/O

Return2

TFX (



p.13)





S01: St. Comp  

Wet/Dry :32:68

:

FXParam

On/O

MasterVol (



p.13)





Master Vol

Command (



p.14)





Copy ARP

Copy IFX

Swap IFX

Copy MFX/TFX

Write Program (



p.14)

External Setup (



p.15)





001: External

1. Gch/#001: 000

2. Gch/#002: 000

3. Gch/#003: 000

4. Gch/#004: 000

Filter/Amp

5

Unison [On, Off]

UnisoncanbeusedinMonomode.

On:WhenUnisonison,theProgramusestwoormore

stacked,detunedvoicestocreateathicksound.

Usethe“NumOfVoices”and“Detune”parameterstoset 

thenumberofvoicesandamountofdetuning,andthe

“Thickness”parametertocontrolthecharacterofthedetun‐

ing.

Off:The

Programplaysnormally.

NumOfVoices (Number of Voices) [2...6]

Thiscontrolsthenumberofdetunedvoicesthatwillbe

playedforeachnotewhenusing“Unison.”Itappliesonly

when“Unison”isOn.

Detune [00...99 cents]

Detuneisavailablewhen“Unison”isOn.

ThisparametersetsthetuningspreadfortheUnisonvoices,

incents(1/100ofasemitone).The“Thickness”parameter,

below,controlshowthevoicesaredistributedacrossthe

detuneamount.When“Thickness”isOff,thevoicesare

distributedevenly,centeredaroundthebasicpitch.

“Detune[c

ents]”onpage 85

Thickness [Off, 1...9]

Thicknessisavailablewhen“Unison”isOn.

Thisparametercontrolsthecharacterofthedetuningfunc‐

tionfortheunisonvoices.

Off:Unisonvoiceswillbeevenlydistributedacrossthe

Detunerange,asshownabove.

1–9:Unisonvoiceswillbedetuneinanasymmetricalway,

increasingthecomplexityofthedetunefuction,andchan

g‐

ingthe

waythatthedifferentpitchesbeatagainstone

another.Thiscreatesaneffectsimilartovintageanalogsyn‐

thesizers,whereoscillatorswouldfrequentlydriftslightly

outoftune.High er numbersincreasetheeffect.

PtchStrtch [–12...0...+12 (Rel)]

ThisspecialcontrolincreasestheOscillator“Tune”parame‐

terwhileloweringthe“Transpose”parameter.Theresultis

thatthepitchstaysthesame,butthemappingofthesam‐

plestothekeyschanges.Youcanusethistocreateinterest‐

ingshiftsintimbre.

Hold [Off, On]

Holdislikepermanentlypressingdownonthesustain

pedal.Inotherwords,notescontinuetosoundasifyou

wereholdingdownthekey‐evenafteryouliftyourfingers

fromthekeyboard.

Beawarethatunlessyouset“Sustain”to0forAmpEG1

(andalsoAmpEG2iftheprogramuses

twooscillators),the

soundwillcontinueindefinitely.

On:TheHoldfunctionisenabled.

EveniftheHo ldfunctionisenabled,itmightbedis‐

abledforaspecificrangeofkeys(“HoldBottom

Key”onpage 83).

Off:Noteswillplaynormally.Thisisthedefaultsetting.

Reverse [PROG, Off, On (Rel)]

Thisswitches“Reverse”on/offforallmultisamplesusedby

bothoscillators.Ifthisison,thewaveformwillplayback‐

ward.BysettingthistoPROG,youcanreturnthesettingto

theprogram’soriginalsetting.

Tone parameters

ParametersfromFilter/AmptotheLFOgroupallowyouto

makeoverallmodificationstotheprogram’ssound.(the

microSTATIONEditorallowsfullparameterediting.)

Withtheexceptionof“LFO1Stop”and“LFO2Stop,”these

parametersarerelativeparameters.Theyadjustthevalue

relativetothesettingspecifiedbyfullparameterediting.

Someparametersinthisgrouparei

nterrelatedwith

controlofcertainMIDICCmessages.Forthese,an

indicationsuchas“CC#74”appearsfollowingthe

parametervalue.

Filter/Amp

Hereyoucanadjustfilterandampsettingsforoscillators1

and2.

Filtersettingsletyouboostora ttenuatespecificfrequency

regionsofthesound.

Ampsettingscontrolthevolume.

Note:Relativeparametersareindicatedby“Rel”following

theparametervalue.Absoluteparametersareindicatedby

“A b s ” followingtheparametervalue.Formo

reabou

tthese

parameters,pleasereferto“Relative(Rel)andAbsolute

parameters”(p.66).

Cutoff (Filter Cutoff) [–99...+99 (Rel, CC#74)]

Thisscalesthecutofffrequencyofallofthefiltersatonce.It

affectsbothFiltersAandB.

Resonance (Filter Resonance)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#71)]

Thisscalestheresonanceofallofthefiltersatonce.Itaffects

bothFiltersAandB.

Flt EG Int (Filter EG Intensity)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#79)]

ThisscalestheeffectoftheFilterEGonthecutofffrequency.

ItaffectsFiltersAandBsimultaneously.

‐99meansnomodulation.+99meansmaximum.Modula‐

tionisinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,asthe

originalProgram.Forinstance,iftheoriginalProgram’s

“EGIntensity”wassetto‐25,thensetting

thisparameterto

+99movesthe“EGIntensity”to‐99.

AmpVel Int (Amp Velocity Intensity) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalestheeffectofvelocityontheAmplevel.

‐99removesthevelocitymodulationentirely.+99means

maximummodulationinthesamedirection,positiveor

negative,astheoriginalProgram.

Program mode

6

Filter/Amp EG

HereyoucanadjustthesettingsforthefilterEGandamp

EGofoscillators1and2.

IntheFilter/AmpEGgroup,allfilterEGsandampEGsare

adjustedsimultaneously.Incontrast,eachparameteris

adjustedindependentlyintheFilterEGandAmpEG

groups.

AprogramcontainsthreeEGs:pitch,filter,andamp.These

respectivelyproducetime‐varyingchangeinthepitch,tone,

andvolume.

Attack (Filter/Amp EG Attack Time)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#73)]

ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs,along

withotherrelatedparameters.

Whenthevalueis+1ormore,thisalsoaffectstheAmpEG’s

StartandAttackLevels,StartLevelAMS,andAtta ckTime

AMS.

Betweenvaluesof+1and+25,theStartLevel,StartLevel

AMS,andAttackTime

AMSwillchangefromtheirpro‐

grammedvaluesto0.Overthesamerange,theAttackLevel

willchangefromitsprogrammedvalueto99.(“A l t e r n a t e 

Modulation”onpage 91)

Decay (Filter/Amp EG Decay Time)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#75)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterandAmp

EGs.

Sustain (Filter/Amp EG Sustain Level)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#70)]

ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterandAmpEGs.

Release (Filter/Amp EG Release Time)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#72)]

ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs.

Filter EG

HereyoucaneditthefilterEGenvelopeforoscillators1and

2.

Attack (Filter EG Attack Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterEGs.

Decay (Filter EG Decay Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterEGs.

Sustain (Filter EG Sustain Level) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterEGs.

Release (Filter EG Release Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterEGs.

Amp EG

HereyoucanedittheampEGenvelopeforoscillators1and

2.

Attack (Amp EG Attack Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheAmpEGs.

Decay (Amp EG Decay Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheAmpEGs.

Sustain (Amp EG Sustain Level) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheAmpEGs.

Release (Amp EG Release Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheAmpEGs.

Pitch EG/LFO

HereyoucaneditthepitchEGenvelopeforoscillators1

and2,andspecifythedepthoftheeffectthatLFO1will

haveonthepitch.

Attack (Pitch EG Attack Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalestheattacktimeofthePitchEG.

Decay (Pitch EG Decay Time) [–99...+99(Rel)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.

Release (Pitch EG Release Time) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.

LFO1 Int (Pitch LFO1 Intensity)

[–99...+99 (Rel, CC#77)]

ThisscalestheeffectofLFO1onthePitch.

‐99removestheLFOmodulationentirely.+99meansmaxi‐

mummodulationinthesamedirection,positiveornega‐

tive,astheoriginalProgram.

LFO

HereiswhereyoucanadjustLFOsettingsforoscillators1

and2.

EachoscillatorhastwoLFOs(LFO1andLFO2).There’salso

acommonLFOthatcanbesharedbythetwooscillators.

LFO1andLFO2areindependentforeachvoice,butthe

commonLFOissharedbyallvoicesoftheprogram.It’suse‐

fulwhenyouwanttoproduceauniformLFOeffectthatis

thesameforallvoices.

LFO1 Speed [–99...+99 (Rel, CC#76)]

ThisscalesLFO1’sfrequency.

(“Frequency”onpage 117)

LFO1 Fade [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesLFO1’sfade‐intime.

(“Fade”onpage 118)

LFO1 Delay [–99...+99 (Rel, CC#78)]

ThisscalesLFO1’sdelaytime‐thetimebetweennote‐on

andtheonsetoftheLFO.

(“Delay”onpage 118)

LFO1 Stop [PROG, Off, On (Abs)]

ThisAbsoluteparametercontrolswhetherLFO1isstopped

orrunning.

(“Stop”onpage 118)

ThePROGsettingrestorestheProgram’soriginalvalues.

Forexample,ifyousetthistoPROGwhentheoscillator1

Level

Time

Attack Time

Decay Time

Slope Time

Release Time

Attack Level

Start Level

Sustain Level

Break Level

note-on note-o

Release

Level

OSC1

7

LFOisstoppedandoscillator2isplaying,theoriginalset‐

tingoftheparameterwillbeused.

LFO2 Speed [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesLFO2’sfrequency.

(“Frequency”onpage 117)

LFO2 Fade [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesLFO2’sfade‐intime.

(“Fade”onpage 118)

LFO2 Delay [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalesLFO2’sdelaytime‐thetimebetweennote‐on

andtheonsetoftheLFO.

(“Delay”onpage 118)

LFO2 Stop [PROG, Off, On (Abs)]

ThisAbsoluteparametercontrolswhetherLFO2isstopped

orrunning.

(“Stop”onpage 118)

CmnLFO Spd (Common LFO Speed) [–99...+99 (Rel)]

ThisscalestheCommonLFO’sfrequency.

OSC1

Hereyoucanadjustsettingsforoscillator1.

Play/Mute [Play, Mute]

SetsthePlay/Muteofoscillators1.

Play:Oscillator1willsound.

Mute:Oscillator1willbemuted(silent).

Toswitchanoscillator’splay/mutestatus,pressthefront

panelPLAY/MUTEbuttontoturniton(theLEDattheleft

ofthebuttonwilllight‐up),andthenusethefunction01

buttontoco

ntrolthe

play/mutestatus.

Volume [000...127]

AdjuststhevolumeofOscillator1.

Tune [–1200...+1200]

ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscil‐

lator’sTunesetting.(“Tune”onpage 94)

Transpose [–60...+60]

ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscil‐

lator’sTransposesetting.(“Tran s pose”onpage 94)

PtchSlope (Pitch Slope) [–1.0...+2.0]

Normally,thisshouldbesettothedefaultof+1.0.

Pitch Slope, pitch, and note

Positive(+)valuescausethepitchtoriseasyouplayhigher

onthekeyboard,andnegative(‐)valuescause thepitchto

fallasyouplayhigheronthekeyboard.

Whenthisissetto0,playingdifferentnotesonthekey‐

boardwo

n’tchangethepitchatall;itwillbeasifyou’ re

alwaysplayingC4.Thiscanbeuse fulforspecialeffects

sounds,forinstance.

Pitch JS+X [–60...+12]

Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowmuchthepitchwillchange

whenthejoystickismovedtotheright(orwhenapitch

bendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthisto

apositivevalue.

Forexample,ifyousetthisto+12andmovethejoystickall

thewaytotheright,thepitchwillriseoneoctaveabovethe

originalpitch.

Pitch JS–X [–60...+12]

Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowthepitchwillchangewhen

thejoystickismovedtotheleft(orwhenapitchbendmes‐

sageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthistoanega‐

tivevalue.

Forexample,ifyousetthisto‐60andmovethejoystickall

thewaytoth

eleft,thepitchwillfallfiveoctavesbelowthe

originalpitch.Youcanusethistocreateguitar‐styledown‐

wardswoops.

Portamento (Portamento Enable) [Off, On]

Portamentoletsthepitchglidesmoothlybetweennotes,

insteadofchangingabruptly.

On:TurnsonPortamento,sothatpitchglidessmoothly

betweennotes.

Off:TurnsoffPortamento.Thisisthedefaultstate.

PortaFingr (Portamento Fingered) [Off, On]

ThisparameterallowsyoutocontrolPortamentothrough

yourplayingstyle.Whenit’senabled,playinglegatowill

turnonPortamento,andplayingdetachedwillturnitoff

again.

Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen“PortamentoEnable”is

turnedon.

On:TurnsonFingeredPortamento.

Off:TurnsoffFingeredPortamento.

PortaMode (Portamento Mode) [Rate, Time]

RatemeansthatPortamentowillalw aystakethesame

amountoftimetoglideagivendistanceinpitch‐for

instance,onesecondperoctave.Putanotherway,gliding

severaloctaveswilltakemuchlongerthanglidingahalf‐

step.

TimemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesame

amountoftimetoglidefromonenotetoanother,regardless

ofthedifferenceinpitch.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhen

playingchords,sinceitensuresthateachnoteinthechord

willenditsglideatthesametime.

PortaTime (Portamento Time) [000...127]

Thiscontrolstheportamentotime.Highervaluesmeanlon‐

gertimes,forslowerchangesinpitch.

Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen“PortamentoEnable”is

turnedon.

Assigning portamento on/off to an assignable

pedal switch

Here’showtoassigntheportamentoon/offfunctiontoa

pedalswitchconnectedtothemicroSTATION’sAssignable

PEDAL/SWjack.(“Sw(Foot Switchfunction)”on

page 65)

Adjustthesettingsasfollows.

1. AccesstheGLOBAL/MEDIA:Controllers‐PEDAL/SW

page.

2. Set“Type”toSwitch,”and“SW”toPorta.SW .

Pitch

Note on keyboard

2oct

1oct

C4 C5

+2

+1

0

–1

Program mode

8

Nowyoucanusethepedalswitchtoturnportamento

on/off.Whenyoudoso,MIDIcontrolchange(CC)#65

willbetransmitted.

CC#65canbereceivedtoturnportamentoon/off.

LFO1 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]

ThisselectsthebasicLFO1waveform.

See“LFOwaveform”onpage 8.

Mostofthewaveformsshouldbeself‐explanatory,butafew

willbenefitfrommoredetails:

Guitarisintendedforguitarvibrato,anditsshapeisspecif‐

icallytunedforthispurpose.Thewaveformispositive‐only,

sothatwhenusedforpi

tch,itwi

llonlybendup,andnot

down.

Random1(S/H)generatestraditionalsampleandhold

waveforms,inwhichthelevelchangesrandomlyatfixed

intervalsoftime.

Random2(S/H)randomizesboththelevelsandthetiming.

Random3(S/H)generatesapulsewavewithrandomtim‐

ing.It’stheoppositeoftraditionalsampl

eand

hold;thetim‐

ingvaries,butthelevelsdon’t.

Random4–6(Continuous)aresmoothedversionsofRan‐

dom1–3,withrampsinsteadofsteps.Youcanusethemto

createmoregentlerandomvariations.

LFO2 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]

ThisselectsthebasicLFO2waveform,asshowninthe

graphicbelow

“LFOwaveform”below

FltLFO1toA (Filter LFO1 Intensity to A) [–99...+99]

ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmod‐

ulationfromLFO1.

LFO modulation of Filter Cutoff

FltLFO1toB (Filter LFO1 Intensity to B) [–99...+99]

ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmod‐

ulationfromLFO1.

FltLFO2toA (Filter LFO 2 Intensity to A) [–99...+99]

ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmod‐

ulationfromLFO2.

“FltLFO1toA(FilterLFO1IntensitytoA)”onpage 8

FltLFO2toB (Filter LFO2 Intensity to B) [–99...+99]

ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmod‐

ulationfromLFO2.

AmpLFO1Int (Amp LFO1 Intensity) [–99...+99]

Thiscontrolsthede pt handdirectionofAmpmodulationfrom

LFO1.Nega tiv e(‐)settingswillinvertthephas eoftheLFO.

AmpLFO2Int (Amp LFO2 Intensity) [–99...+99]

ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofAmpmodulation

fromLFO2.Negative(‐)settingswillinvertthephaseofthe

LFO.

P.LFO1 AMS Int (Pitch LFO1 AMS Intensity)

[–12.00...+12.00]

Thisspecifiesthedepthanddirectionofthepitchmodula‐

tionproducedbyAMS(LFO1).

Withasettingof0,modulationwillnotbeapplied.Witha

settingof12.00,theAMS(LFO1)willapplyamaximu mof

+/‐1octaveofpitchmodulation.

P.LFO2 AMS Int (Pitch LFO2 AMS Intensity)

[–12.00...+12.00]

ThisissimilartoPitchLFO1AMSIntensity,above.

OSC2

Hereyoucanadjustthesettingsforoscillator2.Theseset‐

tingsareavailableonlyforaprogramthatusestwooscilla‐

tors;theycannotbeeditedotherwise.

Theparametersarethesameasforoscillator1.

“OSC1”onpage 7

Audition Riff

Whenyouselectapreloadprogram,apreviouslyspecified

auditionriff(phrase)appropriateforthatsoundcanplay.

ThisiscalledtheAuditionfunction.

IfyoupresstheAUDITIONbuttontoturniton(theLEDat

theleftofthebuttonwilllight‐up),theauditionriffwill

playrepeatedly.

Here’showtoselect

theauditionriffandtranspo seit.

Audition Riff [000: Off...383: name]

Thisselectstheauditionriff.ThemicroSTAT IONcontains

383auditionriffsthataresuitableforawiderangeofinstru‐

mentalsoundsandmusicalstyles.

Ifyouchoose000:Off,noriffwillplay.

Transpose [-24...+24]

Thistransposesthepitchoftheauditionriffinsemitone

steps.

Youcan’tchangetheplaybacktempooftheaudition

riff.Norcanyousetthearpeggiatortempowhilethe

auditionriffisplaying.

Thearpeggiatorwillbeoffwhiletheauditionriffis

playing.

Square

Sine

Saw

T

riangle Step Tri4

(Step Triangle4)

Step Saw6

Step Saw4

Step Tri6

(Step Triangle6)

ExpSawDwn

(Exponential

Saw Down)

ExpTri

(Exponential

Triangle)

Guitar

ExpSawUp

(Exponential

Saw Up)

Rnd1(S/H)

(Random1

-S/H)

Rnd2(S/H)

(Random2

-S/H)

Rnd3(S/H)

(Random3

-S/H)

Rnd4(Cnt)

(Random4

-Continuous)

Rnd6(Cnt)

(Random6

-Continuous)

Rnd5(Cnt)

(Random5

-Continuous)

LFO waveform

Low setting High setting

Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign)

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Knob Assign

(Realtime

Control Knob B Assign)

Hereyoucanselectthefunctionsthatareassignedtoknobs

1–4whenRealtimeControlBmodeisselected.

Knob1B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]

Knob2B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]

Knob3B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]

Knob4B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]

Hereyoucanselectthefunctions(mainlytypesofcontrol

change)thatareassignedtoknobs1–4whenRealtim eCon‐

trolBmodeisselected.

WhentheRealTimeControlissettoBmode,thefourknobs

ontherightfunctionasRealtimeknobs1–4.

Thesecanperformanumberofdifferentfunctions,suchas

mod

ulatingsoundsoreffects,adjustingeffectssendlevels,

andsoon.

Thedefaultassignmentsforknobs1–4areKnobMod.1

(CC#17),KnobMod.2(CC#19),KnobMod.3(CC#20),and

KnobMod.4(CC#21),respectively.

See“RealtimeControlKnob1–4Assign”onpage 294.)

Tempo

ThisisthetempoforthecurrentProgram,whichappliesto

thearpeggiator,tempo‐syncedLFOs,andtempo‐synced

effects.

 (Tempo) [040.00...300.00, EXT]

Specifythetempo.

IfRealtimeControlCmodeisselected,youcanuseknob4

toadjustthetempo.

EXTisdisplayediftheGlobal/Mediamode“Clock”issetto

Ext.MIDIorExt.USB.Thisisalsoshownifthe“Clock”set‐

tingisAutoandMIDIclockdataisbeingreceivedfroman

externalde

vice.IfthetemposourceisEXT,thearpeggiator,

LFO,andeffectswillsynchronizetoMIDIclockdatafrom

anexternalMIDIdevice.

ARP Setup

Hereyoucanspecifythearpeggiatorsettingsusedbythe

program.

Whenswitchingprograms,youhavetheoptionofhaving

thesearpeggiosettingsautomaticallyswitchtothesettings

storedinthatprogram.(“LoadARP:”onpage 59)

UsetheARPON/OFFbuttontoswitchthearpeggioon/off.

Whenon,theLEDtoleftofthebutt

onwilllight‐up.

ThestatesoftheARPON/OFFbutton,ARPLATCHbutton,

andtheRealtimeControlCmodeARPGATEknob,ARP

VELOCITYknob,ARPSWINGknob,andTEMPOknobcan

besavedineachprogram.

Youcancontrolthearpeggiatorfromanexternal

sequencer,orrecordno

tedata

generatedbythearpeg‐

giatorontoanexternalsequencer.(p.201)

Pattern [P0: UP...P4: RANDOM, 000...639: name]

Selectsthearpeggiopattern.

Note:000...639arerewritable.

Note:Youcanselectarpeggiopatterns000–511byturning

ontheNUMLOCKkeyandusingthe01(1)–10(0)buttons

and14(ENTER)buttontoselectthedesiredpattern.

Example: Preset pattern

Thewayinwhi c hthepatternisplayedwilldependonsettings

suchas “Octave”and “Sort.”P0. ..P4 inthefollowingdiagrams

showhowthearpeggiowillbeplay edwhen“Octave”issetto

1,and “Sort”ischecked. P4:RANDOMisonlyonepossibility.

P0:UP

P1:DOWN

P2:ALT1

P3:ALT2

P4:RANDOM

Octave [1, 2, 3, 4]

Specifiesthenumberofoctavesinwhichthearpeggiowill

beplayed.

Preset/User No Contents

P0:UP...P4:RANDOM Presetarpeggiopatterns

000...511 Preloadedarpeggiopatterns

512...639 Userarpeggiopatterns

UP

DOWN

ALT1

ALT2

RANDOM

Octave: 4

UP

Program mode

10

Resolution [  ,  ,   ,  ,   ,  ]

Specifiesthetimingresolutionofthearpeggio.Thenotesofthe

arpeggiowillbeplayedattheintervalyouspecify:  , , ,

,  ,or.Thespeedofth earpeggiopatternisdeterminedby

Gate[%] [000...100, Step]

Specifiesthelength(gatetime)ofeachnoteinthearpeggio.

000...100(%):Eachnotewillbeplayedwiththespecified

gatetime.

Step:Thisisavailablewhenauserarpeggiopattern

000...639isselectedfor“Pattern.”Whenthisisselected,the

gatetimespecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.

InRealtimeControlCmo

de,

youcanalsousetheknob1

(ARPGATE)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtowardthe

leftshortensthegatetime,andturningittowardtheright

lengthensthegatetime.Whentheknobisinthe12o’clock

position,thegatetimewillbeasspecifiedhere.

Velocity [001...127, Key, Step]

Specifiesthevelocityofthenotesinthearpeggio.

001...127:Eachnotewillsoundwiththespecifiedvelocity

value.

Key:Eachnotewillsoundwiththevelocityvalueatwhich

itwasactuallyplayed.

Step:Thisisavailablewhenanuserarpeggiopattern

000...639isselectedfor“Pattern.”Whenthisisselected,the

ve

loc

ityspecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.

InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsousetheknob2

(ARPVELOCITY)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtoward

theleftwilldecreasethevelocity,androtatingittowardthe

rightwillincreasethevelocity.Whentheknobisatthe12

o’clockposition,thevelocitywillbeasspecifiedhere.

Whenapreloaduserarpeggiopatternisselected,settingthe

“Gate[%]”or“Velocity”toStepwilladdasenseofgroove

tothearpeggiopattern.

Swing[%] [–100...+100]

Thisparametershiftsthetimingoftheodd‐numberednotes

ofthearpeggio.

InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsouseknob3(ARP

SWING)tocontrolthis.

Sort [Off, On]

Thisspecifiestheorderinwhichthenotesyoupresswillbe

arpeggiated.

On:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderoftheirpitch,

regardlessoftheorderinwhichyoupressedthem.

Off:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderinwhichyou

pressedthem.

Latch [Off, On]

Specifieswhetherornotthearpeggiowillcontinueplaying

afteryoutakeyourhandoffofthekeyboard.

On:Thearpeggiowillcontinueplayingafteryouremove

yourhandfro mthekeyboard.

Off:Thearpeggiowillstopwhenyouremoveyourhand

fromthekeyboard.

YoucanalsousethefrontpanelARPLA

TCHbuttontocon‐

tro

lthisparameter.

KeySync [Off, On]

Specifieswhetherthearpeggiopatternwillbeginwhenyou

pressakey,orwhetheritwillalwaysfollowthe“



(Tempo).”

On:Thearpeggiopatternwillstartplayingfromthebegin‐

ningwhenanote‐onoccursfromaconditionwherenokeys

arepressed.Thissettingissuitablewhenyouareplayingin

realtimeandwantthearpeggiotoplayfromthebeginning

ofthemeasure.

Off:Thearpeggiopatternwillalwaysplay

accordingtothe

“

(Tempo).”

Keyboard [Off, On]

Thisspecifieswhetherthenotesyouplayonthekeyboard

willbesoundedasusualinadditio ntobeingsoundedas

partofthearpeggio.

On:Thenotesyouplaywillbesoundedontheirown,in

additiontobeingsoundedaspartofthearpeggio.For

exampleifyousimultaneouslypresstwoormo

renotes,

theywillbesoundedasusualinadditiontobeingplayedas

arpeggiatednotes.

Off:Onlythearpeggiatednoteswillbeheard.

Note:YoucanusethecommandCopyArpeggiatortocopy

arpeggiatorsettingsfromanotherprogramorcombination.

(“CopyArpeggio”onpage 14)

Top Key [C–1...G9]

BottomKey [C–1...G9]

Theseparametersspecifytherangeofnotes(keys)for

whichthearpeggiatorwillfunction.“TopKey”istheupper

limit,and“BottomKey”isthelowerlimit.

Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaykeyswithinthe

specifiedrange.Keysoutsideofthisrangecanbeplayedin

thenormalmanner,andwillnotbeaffect

edbythearpeggi‐

atoron/off.

ForexampleifyousetPatterntoP0:UP,Latchon,set“Top

Key”toB3,and“BottomKey”toC‐1,playinganoteB3or

lowerwilltriggerthearpeggiator.Since“Latch”ison,the

arpeggiowillcontinueevenafteryourelea sethekeys.You

canuseth

eC4andhigherkeystoplayconventionallyalong

withthearpeggiosoundedbytheB3andlowerkeys.To

changethearpeggio,playkeysintherangeofB3andbelow.

Top Vel [001...127]

Bottom Vel [001...127]

Specifiestherangeofvelocitiesforwhichthearpeggiator

willfunction.“TopVel”istheupperlimit,and“BottomVel”

isthelowerlimit.

Step

123456789

Swing

–50 –25 +25 +50

When Resolution =

ON, UP

Sort

OFF, UP

Sort

Playing B3 and lower

keys will trigger

arpeggio pattern

P0: UP

You can use C4 and higher keys

to perform along with the

arpeggio pattern.P

UP

FX Routing

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Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaynoteswitha

velocity(playingstrength)thatiswithinthespecifiedrange.

Notesplayedwithavelocityoutsidethisrangewillbe

soundednormally,withoutregardtothearpeggiatoron/off.

Note:Notenumberandvelocitycanalsobeenteredby

holdingdowntheKEYbuttonandplayinganoteonth

e

keyboard.

FX Routing

Hereyoucanspecifyhowtheeffectswillberouted.This

consistsmainlyofthefollowingsettings.

•Inputanoscillator’soutputtoaninserteffect.

•Inputanoscillator’soutputtotheFXcontrolbus.

•Inputanoscillator’soutputtothemastereffect.

Use Dkit Set [Off, On]

Thissettingisshowniftheprogram’soscillatorusesadrum

kit.Iftheoscillatorusesamultisample,thissettingis

ignored.

On:TheFXroutingsettingsforeachkeywillbeasspecified

bythedrumkitusedbytheprogram’soscillator.Choosethe

Onsettingifyouwanttoapplyaninserteffec

ttoindividual

druminstruments.

Tip:Inmostpreloadeddrumkits,thedruminstruments

havethesame“Bus”settingsaccordingtotheirtype,asfol‐

lows.

Snares

IFX1

Kicks

IFX2

Other

IFX3

Off:The“Bus,”“FXCtrlBus,”“OSC1Send,”“OSC1Send2”

settingswillbeused.Alldruminstrumentswillbesentto

thespecifiedbus.

Bus (Bus Select) [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]

Thisspecifiestheoutputbusforoscillators1and2.

L/R:TheoscillatorswillbeoutputtotheL/Rbus.Normally

youwillchooseL/R.

IFX1…IFX5:OutputtotheIFX1–5busses.

Off:TheoscillatorwillnotbeoutputfromtheL/Rbus,or

IFX1–5busses.ChoosetheOffsettingifyouwantthepro‐

gramosc

illato

routputtobeconnectedinseriestoamaster

effect.Use“OSC1Send1”and“OSC1Send2”tospecifythe

sendlevels.

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]

Sendstheoutputoftheoscillator1,2toanFXControlbus

(two‐channelmonoFXCtrl1or2).

UsetheFXControlbusseswhenyouwantaseparatesound

tocontroltheaudioinputofaneffect.YoucanusetwoFX

Controlbusses(eachisatwo‐channelmonobus)

tocontrol

effectsinvariousways.

Formoreinformation,pleasesee“FXControlBus”on

page 207.

OSC1 Send1 [000...127]

Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator

1willbesenttomastereffect1.Thisappliesonlywhen

“Bus”issettoL/RorOff.

If“Bus”issettoIFX1–IFX5,thesendlevelstomastereffects

1and2aresetby“Send1”and“Send2”afterpassing

throughIFX1–5.

OSC1 Send2 [000...127]

Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator

1willbesenttomastereffect2.(“OSC1Send1”)

OSC2 Send1 [000...127]

OSC2 Send2 [000...127]

Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofOSC2

willbesenttomastereffects1and2.Theseparameterswill

bevalidwhenprogramusedtwooscillatorsand“Bus”isset

toL/RorOff.

CC#93controlsOSC1/2’sSend1level,andCC#91con‐

trolstheSend2level.Theseareco

ntrolledontheglobal

MIDIChannelp.60.Theactualsendlevelisdeter‐

minedbymultiplyingthesevalueswiththesendlevels

ofeachoscillator.

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5

Hereyoucanadjustsettingsfortheinserteffects.Thesecon‐

sistmainlyofthefollowing.

• Selecttheeffecttypeforeachinserteffect1–5,andsetthe

effectparameters.

•Turneachinserteffect1–5on/off.

•Specifyhowtheinserteffectsareconnected,andadjust

mixersettingsforthesign alsthathavepassedth

rough

theins

erteffects.

Fortheinserteffects,thedirect(Dry)soundwillalwaysbe

stereo‐input/output.Theinput/outputstructureoftheeffect

(Wet)soundwilldependonthetypeofeffect(p.208).

IFX1

Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffect1.

IFX Select [S00...S63, D00...D10]

Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect1.

S00–S63aresingle‐sizeandD00–D10aredouble‐sizeeffects.

Ifyouuseadouble‐sizeeffect,thenextinserteffectwill

beunavailable.Forexampleifyouselectadouble‐size

effectforIFX1,youwon’tbeabletouseIFX2.

IFX Parameters

Hereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthat’sselected

by“IFXSelect.”Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,please

referto“EffectGuide”(p.217).

Principaleffectparameterscanbeedited fromthemicroS‐

TATIONitself.Toeditallparameters,you’llneedtousethe

editor.

On/Off [Off, On]

Switchestheinserteffecton/off.

Ifthisisoff,theinputwillsimplybepassedtotheoutput.

(When000:NoEffectisselected,there’snodifference

betweenOnandOff.)

Separatelyfromthissetting,youcanuseMIDICC#92

(ontheglobalMIDIChannelp.60)toturnallinsert

effectsoff.Ava

lueof0

turnsthemoff,andvaluesof1–

127restoretheoriginalsetting.

Chain [Off, On]

Thisconnectsinserteffectsinseries.

If“Chain”isOn,thisinserteffectwillbeconnectedinseries

withtheinserteffectselectedby“ChainTo.”

WiththeOnsetting,theupperlineofthedisplayshowsthe

inserteffectconnectionstatus.

Screen when insert effects 1

–5 are all connected

Program mode

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Example: IFX1“ChainTo”:IFX2

IFX1“Chain”:On

Inserteffects1and2willbeconnectedinseries.If“Bus”is

settoIFX1,theoscillator’soutputwillbesentinseries

throughIFX1IFX2.Youcanconnectuptofiveinsert

effects(IFX1–IFX5)inseries.Inthiscase,the“Pan(CC#8),”

“Bus,”“FxCtrlBus,”“Send1,”an

d“Send2”settingsfollow‐

ingthelastinserteffectwillbeused.

ChainTo [IFX2...IFX5]

Thisselectstheconnection‐destinationinserteffect.

Ifyou’veselectedadouble‐sizeeffect,youmustuse

cautionwhenspecifyingtheconnection‐destination.

Forexampleifyou’vechainedIFX1IFX2,theconnec‐

tionwillbecancelledifyouselectadouble‐sizeeffect

for“IFX1.”Use“ChainTo”tospecifyaconnectionto

thefollowingeffec

t.

Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]

Specifiesthepanningimmediatelyaftertheinserteffect.

YoucanuseCC#8tocontrolthis.

Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]

Specifiesthebuswherethesignalwillbesentimmediately

aftertheinserteffect.

L/R:ThesignalwillbesenttotheL/Rbus,whichpasses

throughTFXandthengoestotheOUTPUTL/Routputs.

Thisisthedefaultsetting.

Off:ThesignalwillnotbesentdirectlytotheL/Routputs.

Thisse

ttingisusefulifyouwantto:

UseSend1or2toroutethesignalentirelythroughthemas‐

tereffects,withoutsendingthedrysignaltotheoutputs.

UsetheFXControlBustoroutethesignaltoaneffectsside‐

chain,suchasagateorvocoder,without

beingheard

directlyattheoutputs.

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]

Sendsthepost‐IFXsignaltotheFXControlbusses.

Formoreinformation,pleasesee“FXControlBus”on

page 207.

Ifyou’reusing“Ctrl”(FXControlBus)asaninputsig‐

nalfordoublesizeeffectD9:Vocoderetc.,afeedback

loopwilloccurifyououtputtothesamebusasspeci‐

fiedhere,andoscill

ationwilloccur.Setthiswithcareto

avoidcreatingaloop.

Send1 [000...127]

Send2 [000...127]

Theseadjustthelevelatwhichthepost‐IFXsignalissentto

mastereffects1and2.Thisisvalidif“Bus”issettoL/Ror

Off.

YoucanuseCC#93tocontroltheSend1level,and

CC#91tocontroltheSend2level.TheglobalMIDI

channelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel

(p.60)isusedfor

thesemessages.

IFX2, IFX3, IFX4

Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffects2,3,

and4.

IFX Select [S00...S61, D00...D09]

Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.

S00–S61aresingle‐sizeandD00–D09aredouble‐sizeeffects.

IFX Parameters

Hereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthat’sselected

by“IFXSelect.”Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,please

referto“EffectGuide”(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]

Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.

See“On/Off”onpage 11.

ChainTo [IFX3...IFX5]

Thisselectstheconnection‐destinationinserteffect.

Inserteffect2canbeconnectedtoIFX3–IFX5.

Inserteffect3canbeconnectedtoIFX4–IFX5.

Inserteffect4doesnotprovidea“ChainTo”setting.Itcan

beconnectedonlytoinserteffect5.

See“ChainTo”onpage 12.

Chain [Off, On]

Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]

Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]

Send1 [000...127]

Send2 [000...127]

See“IFX1”onpage 11.

IFX5

Hereyoucanedittheeffectpara metersforinserteffect5.

Youcan’tconnectfrominserteffect5toanotherinsert

effect.

IFX Select [S00...S61]

Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.

IFX5cannotusedouble‐sizeeffects(154–170).

IFX Parameters

Hereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthat’sselected

by“IFXSelect.”Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,please

referto“EffectGuide”(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]

Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.

See“On/Off”onpage 11.

Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]

Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]

Send1 [000...127]

Send2 [000...127]

See“IFX1”onpage 11.

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