Korg SoundOnSound Owner's manual

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Owner’s manual

Manuel d’utilisation

Bedienungsanleitung

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THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA)

ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigital

device,pursuanttoPart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereason‐

ableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.Thisequipment

generates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifno

tinstalle

dandusedin

accordancewiththeinstructions,maycause harmful interferencetoradiocomm unica‐

tions.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterference willnotoccurinaparticularinstal‐

lation.Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,

whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheeq

uip

mentoffandon,theuserisencouragedto

trytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhich

thereceiverisconnected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user’s authority to

operatethisequipm ent.

COPYRIGHT WARNING

Thisprofessionaldeviceisintendedonlyforusewithworksforwhichyouyourselfown

thecopyright,forwhichyouhavereceivedpermissionfromthecopyrightholdertopub‐

liclyperform,record,broadcast,sell,andduplicate,orinconnectionwithactivitieswhich

constitute“fairuse”undercopyrightlaw.Ifyouarenottheco

pyrightholde

r,havenot

received permission fromthecopyrightholder, or have not engaged in fair use ofthe

works,youmaybeviolatingcopyrightlaw,andmaybeliablefor damagesandpenalties.

Ifyouareunsureaboutyourrightstoawork,pleaseconsultacopyrightattorney.

KORG TAKES NO R

ESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY IN

FRINGEMENT COMMITTED

THROUGHUSEOFKORGPRODUCTS.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specificatio ns and voltage

requirementsthatareapplicableintheco untryinwhichitisintendedthatthisproduct

shouldbeused.Ifyouhavepurchasedthisproductviatheinternet,throughmailorder,

and/orviaatelephonesale,youmustverifythatthisproductisintendedtobeusedinthe

countryin

whichyoureside.

WARNING:Useofthisproductinanycountryotherthanthatforwhichitisintended

couldbedangerousandcouldinvalidatethemanufacturerʹsordistributorʹswarranty.

Pleasealsoretainyourreceiptasproofofpurchaseotherwiseyourproductma

ybedis‐

qualif

iedfromthemanufacturerʹsordistributorʹswarranty.

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Before Using the SOUND on SOUND . . . . . . . 6

Inserting or Replacing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Inserting or Removing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Supported memory cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning the Power On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting the Current Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Part Name and Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LCD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using the SOUND on SOUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Recording and Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Selecting an input source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Recording a new song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Overdubbing (Sound-On-Sound). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Useful Functions for Playback and Recording. . . . . . . . 19

Adjusting the playback speed (Sound Stretch function) . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the playback or recording start point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Loop playback/recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Canceling recording (Undo/Redo). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Other Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the rhythm machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Menu Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Basic Operation in Menu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

List of Categories, Pages, and Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . 25

Categories, Pages, and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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INPUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

RHYTHM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

TUNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

MISC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SOUND on SOUND Data Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Execution messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Effect Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Rhythm Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Main sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Main standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Introduction

ThankyouforchoosingtheKorgSOUNDonSOUNDUNLIMITED

TRACKRECORDER.Thisdeviceallowsyoutoeasilyrecordprofes‐

sionalsoundingaudiowithoutthehassleofalargerecordingrig.The

SOUNDonSOUNDisgreatforsongwriterssketchingoutideas,guitar

players,recordingbandrehearsalsorconcerts.

TheSOUNDonSO

UNDen

ablesyoutorecordperformancesthrougha

built‐inmicrophone.Italsofeaturesdirectrecordingfromaguitarcon‐

nectedtothededicatedguitarinputjack,linerecordingfromanexternal

audiodevice,andrecordingthroughanexternalmicrophoneconnected

tothemicrophonejack.TherecordersupportstheWAV(44

.1kHz,16‐bi

t)

audioformat.TheSOUNDonSOUNDalsoallowsyoutooverdubby

recordingandmixinginputsignalswhileplayingbackthefile.Thisfunc‐

tionisveryusefulwhenyouwanttousetheunitasasimplemulti‐track

recorder.

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Before Using the SOUND on SOUND

Inserting or Replacing Batteries

TheSOUNDonSOUNDrequirestwoAA‐sizebatteries.Korgrecom‐

mendsthatyouuse alkaline(LR6)ornickel‐metalhydride(NiMH)cell

batteries.

Donotcombinenewand usedbatteriesordifferent

typesofbatteries.

1. Make surethatthepowerisswitchedoff.AllLED

indicators,andthedisplayshouldalsobeoff.

2. Removethebatterycasecover.

3. Ifthebatteriesareinthecase,removethemfromthe

case.

4. Insert twoAA‐sizebatteriesintothecasewiththe+

and‐endsinthecorrectorientation.

5. Replacetheba

tterycaseco

ver.

Replacethebatterieswithnewoneswhenbattery

powergetslow.

Whenthebatteriesexpire,removethemfromthe

caseimmediately.Ifyoudon’tplantousetheunit

foralongperiodoftime,removethebatteries.

Batterylifevariesdependingonthetypeandmanufacturerofthebattery

andusage.Italsovariesdependingonthetypeandmanufacturerofthe

memorycardusedanditscapacity.

Batterylife(whenthebacklightandLEDindicatorsareturnedoff)

Togetaccuratereadingsofremainingba tterypower,youmustspecify

thetypeofbatterythat isinusebyaccessingtheBATT ERYpageinthe

MISCcategoryinMenumode(seepage44).

Ifthebatterypower getslow,youcanconnectadedicatedACadapter

(soldseparately)tosupplypowerw

hileyouconti

nueusingtheunit.

Batteriesaresuppliedinthepackagesothatyoucaneasilycheckthe

recorderʹsoperation.However,thebatterylifemayberelativelyshort.

Batterytype Continuousrecording

(withthebuilt‐inmicrophone)/

Continuousplayback

(throughheadphones)

Alkalinebatteryx2 Approx.10hours/Approx.10hours

NiMHbattery(1900mAh)x2 Approx.11hours/Approx.11hours

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Inserting or Removing a Memory Card

1. Makesurethatthepowerisswitchedoff.AllLED

indicators,andthedisplayshouldalsobeoff.

2. Insertthememorycarduntilitclicks(seepage9).

3. Toremovethememorycard,pushthecardin

gentlyusingthetipofyourfingeruntilthecard

clicks,thenreleaseyourfinger.

4. Afterthememo

rycard

isejected,removeitfrom

theslot.

Formoreinformationonhandlingmemory

cards,pleaserefertotheinstructionmanualthatcamewiththecard.

Besuretopushthememorycardintotheslotsecurelyinthecorrect

orientationwiththecorrectsidefacingup.Donotpushinamemory

cardforcefully.Insertthecardintoth

eslotgently.

Donotinsta

llorremoveamemorycardwhilethepowertotheunitis

on.Otherwise,dataintheunitoronthememorycardmaybelost,or

thememorycardmaybecomeunusable.

Supported memory cards

TheSOUNDon SOUNDsupportsmicroSDcardsandmicroSDHCcards

.

Formatting a memory card

Ifyouusedamemorycardwithyourcomputer,cellphone,digitalcamera

orotherdevice,youcannotuseitasiswiththeSOUNDonSOUND.You

mustproperlyformat such acardbeforeyoucanuseitwiththerecorder.

Formoreinformation,Pleaserefertothe“FORMAT”sectiononpage37.

About available recording time

Approx.100minutesper1GB

Approx.10MBrequiredperrecordingminute

Availablerecordingtimevalueslistedaboveareestimates.Themaxi‐

mumrecordingtimewillbeshorterasthenumberofsongsinthe

cardincreases

.

Maximumrecordingtimelistedaboveisbasedon thefirstcontinuous

recordi ngforanewsong.Foroverdubbing,maximumrecordingtime

isthetotalsum of allrecordingdura tions.

Maximumrecordingtimepersongissix(6)hours.

Control

panel

Connector side

8

Turning the Power On or Off

Beforeconnectingtheunittoanotherdevice,besuretoturndownthe

volumeoftheunitaswellastheotherdevice,andturntheunitoffto

preventmalfunctionordamagetothespeakers.

1. Toturnonthepowertotheunit,pressandhold

downthepowerbuttonuntilthedisplayturnson.

2. Toturnoffthepowertotheunit,firstmakesure

thatplaybackorrecordingisstopped,thenpress

andholddownthepowerbuttonuntiltheunit

displaysthePWROFFdialog.

3. Pressthebuttontoturnthepoweroff.Ifyou

decideNOTtoturnthepoweroff,pressthe

bu

tton.

Besuretofollowthestepsdescribedabovetoturn

offthepowertotheunit.

Setting the Current Date and Time

Beforeyoustartrecording,settheinternalclock.

Thedateandtimesetherewillbeusedtotime‐

stamprecordedsongs.

1. When youturnonthepowertotheunitforthe

firsttime,theunitwilldisplay“CLOCKINI.”

2. Pressthebutton.

3. Theyearfieldwillflash.Pressthe+or‐button to

se

tthe

year.

Onlythelasttwodigitsoftheyeararedisplayed.

Thefirsttwodigitsarefixedto“20XX.”

4. Aftersettingtheyear,pressthebutton.

5. Themonthfieldwillflash.Pressthe+or‐button

tosetthemonth.

6. Pressthebuttontomovethroughthesetting

item

s,

andusethe+and‐buttonstosettheday,

hour,minute,andsecondvalues.

7. Pressthebuttontoconfirmthedateandtime

settings.

Ifyouwanttocancelthesettings,presstheStopbutton.



Tosetthedateandtimelater,accesstheDATEpageintheMISCcategory

inMenumode(seepage43).

Ifyouremovethebatteriesorifthebatteriesintheunithavebeen

exhaustedforawhile(aboutthreedays)afteryousetthedateand

time,theinternalclockwillberesettothedefaultsetting.

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Part Name and Function

Connectors

1. ACadapterjack

BesuretousetheACadapterthatisdedicatedtotheSOUNDon

SOUND.

2. Memorycardslot

Pleasereferto“InsertingorRemovingaMemoryCard”onpage7.

3. GUITARINjack(standardphonejack)

Youcanconnectaguitarorbassguitardirectlytothishigh‐impedance

inputjack.

4

. Hea

dphonejack(stereominijack)

Usethisoutputjacktoconnectstereoheadphonesoranexternalaudio

device(suchasanamplifier).Whenthisjackisused,theinternal

speakerwillbemuted.

5. LINEjack(stereominijack)

Connectthisanalogaudioinputjacktotheaudioanalogoutputcon‐

nectoronanextern

alaudiodevi

ce.

6. MICjack(stereominijack)

Connectanexternalmicrophonehere.

Youcanalsouseasmallcondenser‐typemicrophonethatsupports

Plug‐In‐Power(see“P∙IN∙PWR”onpage30).

4

5

6

3

1

2

Connector

side

Control panel

Memory

Card

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Control Panel

1. LCDdisplay

Indicatesvarioussettings.Whenarectangularframeisdisplayedin

thelowerarea,youcaninputorchangeparametervaluesbytouching

andslidingoverthisareawithyourfinger(seepage12).

2. Controllerbuttons

The , , ,+and‐buttonsareusedtocontrolrecordingandplay‐

backandadjus

tva

rioussettingsinMenumode.

3. MENUbutton

PressthisbuttontoenterMenumodetoaccessvarioussettings(see

page25).PressingtheStopbuttonwhileholdingdowntheMENUbut‐

tonwillcausetheunittoenterHoldmode,inwhichallbuttonopera‐

tionswillbedisabled.Tocance

lHold

mode,presstheStopbutton

againwhileholdingdowntheMENUbutton.

4. FXbuttonandindicator

Pressthisbuttonbrieflytoturntheeffectson(theLEDwilllightup)or

off(theLEDwillturnoff ).Pressandholddownthebuttontoaccess

theeffectsettingpage(seepage22

).

5.

A/BLOOPbuttonandindicator ,A/BSETbutton

Thesebuttonsenableyoutosetuploopplaybackandrecording(see

page19).

6. Stopbutton

Pressthisbuttontostoprecordingorplayback,orcancelthesetting.

7. Record(SOUNDONSOUND)buttonandindicator

PresstheRecordbuttontoplacetheunitinRec

ord

Readymode.The

Recordindicatorwillflash.PresstheRecordbutton again tostart

recordingwhiletheunitisinRecordReadymode.TheRecordindica‐

torwilllightupsteadily.

8. ClipindicatorsL&R

Theseindicatorswillflashredduringclipping.

9. Internalstereomicrophone

10. Speaker

Thebuilt‐inspe

akerwill

bemutediftheheadphonejackisconnected.

Thespeakerwillalsobemutedtoavoidfeedbackwhileyouare

recordingviathebuilt‐inorexternalmicrophone,settingtheinput

level,usingthetuner,orwhentheunitisinRecordReadymode.

11. Powerbutton(seepage8)

12

. U

NDObuttonandindicator(seepage21)

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LCD Layout

1. Menumodeindicators

TheseindicatorsshowthecategoriesinMenumode.

Tonavigatethroughdifferentcategories,pressandholddownthe

MENUbuttonandpressthe , ,+or‐button.Tonavigate

throughdifferentpagesineachcategory,presstheorbutton.

Pressthe+or‐buttontosettheparameterva

lues.

INPUT Inputsettings,suchastheinputlevel,tone,Plug‐In‐

Power,etc.(seepage29).

REC Recordingsettings,suchastherecordingstarts,Undo

function,etc.(seepage30).

TIME Time‐relatedsettings,suchastheTimemodesetting,

tempo,etc.(seepage32).

RHYTHM Rhythm‐relatedsettings,suchasselectionofvarious

rhythman

ddrumkitoptions,etc.(seepage34).

FX Effectsettings,suchaseffectselectionandeffectparam‐

etersettings,etc.(seepage35).

TUNER Tunersettings.(seepage24).

DATA Datamanagement,suchasdeletingsongs,formatting,

etc.(seepage37).

MISC Otherfunctions,suchastheLCDbacklight,LEDindi‐

cators,etc.(seepage43).

1

2

3

4

5

13

2. Songnumber,levelmeter,pagetitle

3. Counter,parameter

4. Batteryindicator

Thebatteryindicatorshowstheamountofbatterypower.

High Low

Ifisflashing,thebatteriesarealmostexhausted.Replacethem

immediately.

Thebatteryindicatordoesnotappearwhileyouareusingan

optionalACadapter.

5. Songpositionbar,tuningmeter,touchslider

Whilestopped Indicatestheso

ngnumb

er

Duringplayback Indicatestheplaybacklevelmeter

Duringrecordingorin

RecordReadymode

Indicatestheinputlevelmeter

InMenumode Indicatesapagetitleinthecategory

Duringrecord‐

ingorplayback

Indicatesthecurrentplaybackposition

HMS Indicatesthecurrentpositioninhour,min‐

ute,second

MBQ Indicatesthecurrentpositio

nin

measure,

beat,quarter‐beat

InMenumode Indicatestheparameteroptionorvalueinthepage

During

playback

Songpositionbar

Indicatesthecurrentplaybackposition.Youcanchange

theplaybackpositionbyusingthisbarasatouchslider.

During

tuner

operation

Tuningmeter

Indicatesthecu rrenttuningstatus.Ifyourinstru me n tistuned

correctly,thebargraphwillreachandstopatthecenter.

Effect

Selectpage

Touchslider

Enablesyoutoadjusttheparametervaluebytouchingtheslider.

Rhythm

Selectpage

Touchslider

Enablesyoutoselectarhythmvariationbytouchingtheslider.

Other

parameters

Touchslider

Ifaframeisdisplayedaroundthebar,youcantouch

insidetheframetochangeparametervalues.

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Using the SOUND on SOUND

Recording and Playback

Beforeyoustartrecording,youcanaddthefollowingfeatures,ifdesired.

• Applyingtheunitʹseffectstotheinputsound(seepage22).

•Usingthebuilt‐inrhythmmachine(seepage23).

•RecordinginMBQ(inmeasures)Timemode(seepage32).

Selecting an input source

Thissectionexplainshowtorecordanelectricguitarthatisconnectedto

theGUITARINjack.

1. ConnectyourelectricguitartotheGUITARINjack.

DonotconnectanythingtotheLINEorMICjack.

About input source detection

TheSOUNDonSOUNDautomaticallyscanstodeterminewhetheror

nottheGUITARIN,LINEandMI

Cjac

ksareconnected.Iftheunit

detectsaconnectedjack,itwillautomaticallyassignthejackasthe

inputsource.Therefore,donotconnectanythingtojacksotherthan

theoneyouwanttouseforaudioinput.Ifmultiplejacksareconnected

toexternaldevices,theunitwillsel

ectaja

ckaccordingtothefollowing

inputprioritylist.Ifnojacksareconnected,theunitwillautomatically

selectthebuilt‐inmicrophoneastheinputsource.

BeforeyouuseaPlug‐In‐Powermicrophone,

youmustsetthecorrespondingparameters

(seepage30).

2. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReady

mo

de.The

RecordLEDindicatorwillflash.

3. Pressthe+or‐buttontoadjusttheinputlevel.

Youcanalsousethetouchsliderdisplayedonthe

LCDtoadjustthelevel.

Therecordinglevelisappropriateifthelevelmeterstaysaround“‐6”

andtheClipLEDindicatorsdono

tlight

upwhenloudaudioisinput.

Connecteddevices

Inputsourceautomaticallyselected

Guitar,linedevice,microphone GUITARINjack

Guitar,microphone GUITARINjack

Linedevice,microphone LINEjack

Microphone MICjack

None Built‐inmicrophone

Touch slider

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Pleasenotethatyoucannotadjusttheinput

leveliftheLVLCTRL(levelcontrol)parame‐

terhasbeensettoAUTO(see“LVLCTRL”

onpage29).

4. PresstheStopbuttontocancelRecordReady

mode.TheRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff.

Recording a new song

DatarecordedontheSOUNDonSOUNDiscalled

a“song.”

Beforeyoustartrecordingasong,youmustcreatea

newsongfiletorecordwith.

1. Followoneofthethreemethodsdescribed

belowtocreateanewsongfile.

•Ifyouhavenotrecordedanysongsafterfor‐

mattingamemorycard,orifyo

uhavedeleted

all

songs(seepage37)andthesongtitle

“NEW/001”appearsontheLCD,pressthe

Recordbutton.

•Ifthereareonlyasmallnumberofrecorded

songs(forexample,ifthesongindicator“002/003”appearsonthe

LCD),youcanpressthebuttontosel

ectthe

emptysongfile(in

thiscase,“NEW”),thenpresstheRecordbutton.

•

Ifnumeroussongsexist(forexample,ifthesongindicator“002/025”is

displayedontheLCD)andifyouwanttostartrecordingimmediately,

pressandholddowntheStopbuttonandpresstheRecordbutton.

IftheRecordLEDindicatorflashesquickly(abouttwicepersec‐

ond)afteryoupresstheRecordbutton,theunitisinRecordReady

modeforanewsong.

IftheRecordLEDindicatorflashesslowly(aboutoncepersecond)

afteryoupresstheRecordbutton,youmustselectanewsongfile

(see“Ov

erdu

bbing(Sound‐On‐Sound)”onpage17).Createand

selectanewsongfile.

2. Tostartrecording,whiletheunitisinRecordReadymode(andthe

RecordLEDindicatorisflashing),presstheRecordbuttonagainto

startrecording.TheRecordLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.

Youcanalsosta

rt

recordingatthemomenttheaudiostarts(see

“AT START”onpage30).

3. Topauserecording,presstheStopbutton.TheRecordLEDin dicat orwillflash.

4. Toresumerecording,presstheRecordbutton(theRecordLEDindica‐

torwilllightup).Alternatively,tofinishrecording,presstheStopbut‐

tonagain(theRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff).

Level meter

Total number

of songs

Currently-selected

song number

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Playback

1. Locatethetopofthesong.

Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopof

thesongthatwasjustrecorded.

Ifyouselectadifferentsongbypressingthe

or button,thetopofthatsongwillautomati‐

callybelocated.

2. Playbacktherecordedsong.

Pressthebuttontoplaybacktherecordedsong

.

3. Topauseplayback,pressthebutton.

4. Toresumeplayback,pressthebuttonagain.

5. Tostopplaybackandlocatethetopofthesong,

presstheStopbutton.

Toadjusttheplaybackvolumelevel,pressthe+or‐

button.Youcanalsousethetouchsliderdisplayed

ontheLCDtoadjustthelev

el.

Moving the song pla

yback position

Tomovethesongplaybackposition,followoneofthemethodsbelow.

Pleasenotethatthesemethodsareavailableonlywhiletheunitisdis‐

playingtheplaybackscreen.

Fastforward Pressandholddownthebuttontofastforward

throughthesong.

Fastreverse Pressandholddownthebuttontofastrewind

throughtheso

ng.

Lo

catingthetop

ofthesong

Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopofthe

song.Pressthebuttonbrieflyatthetopofthe

songtolocatethetopoftheprevioussong.

Locatingthetop

ofthenextsong

Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopofthe

ne

xtsong

.

Locatingaposi‐

tionwithinthe

currentsong

WhileholdingdowntheStopbutton,pressthe

orbuttontolocatethetopofthesong,PointA,

PointB,ortheendofthesong(whichevertheclos‐

esttothecurrentpoint).

Locatingapoint

s

pe

cifiedbyHMS

Timemode

(Hour:Minute:

Second)

1. Whileplaybackisstopped,pressandholddown

theStopbuttonandpressthebutton.

2. Thecounterwillflash.Youcanspecifyatime

positionusingthe+and‐buttons.

3. Presstheorbuttontoselectthehour,

minute,orsecondfield.

4. Afteryouspecify

thetime,pressthebuttonto

finishthesetting.

Song position bar

Touch slider

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Overdubbing (Sound-On-Sound)

TheSOUNDonSOUNDenablesyoutoeasilyoverdubonasongthathas

alreadybeenrecorded.Duringoverdubbing,twotypesoffilesarecre‐

ated:originalmaterialfilesthatcontainindividualrecordings,anda2‐

mixfilethatcombinestheplaybacksoundandadditionalrecordings.The

SOUNDonSOUNDrecognizestheorigin

almaterialfi

lesand2‐mixfile

alltogetherasonesongfile(see“FINALIZE”onpage39).

YoucaneasilyburnanaudioCDfromtheseoverdubbedsongsbycopying

themfromtherecordertoyourcomputer,andusingtheKORGAUDIO

UTILITYsoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromtheKorgwebsite.

YoucanalsocreateaWAVfileforeachoriginalmaterialfileplus2‐mix

filebyfinalizingtheoverdubbedsong.YoucanedittheseWAVfilesusing

waveformeditingsoftwareonyourcomputer,orloadthemintoaDAW

(see“FINALIZE”onpage39).

About the space required for overdubbing on a memory card

Duringoverdubbing,theSOUNDonSOUNDstoreseachoriginal

recordingmaterialfilethatwasrecorded(seepage47).

Ifyouplantooverdubfrequently,youshoulduseahighcapacity

memorycard.Forexample,ifyoumakeathree‐minuterecording,and

thenoverdubthreeminutesthreetimes,thespaceoname

moryca

rd

requiredbytheserecordingswouldbeapproximately30MB(first

recording),30MB(firstoverdubbing),30MB(secondoverdubbing),

and30MB(thirdoverdubbing),totalingapproximately120MB.

Overdubbing procedure

1. Presstheorbuttontoselectthesongyouwanttooverdub.

2. Ifyouwanttostartoverdubbinginthemiddleoftheson g,locatetheover‐

dubstartpoint(see“Movingthesongplaybackposition”onpage16).

3. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReadymode.

TheRecordLEDindicatorwillflashslowly(aboutoncepersecond).

4. Pressthe+or‐buttontoadjusttheinputlevel,ifnecessary.Youcan

alsousethetouchsliderdisplayedontheLCDtoadjustthelevel.

Locatingapoint

specifiedby

MBQTi

memod

e

(Measure:Beat:

Clock)

1. Whileplaybackisstopped,pressandholddown

theStopbuttonandpressthebutton.

2. Thecounterwillflashandyoucanspecifyan

MBQpositionusingthe+and‐buttons.

3. Presstheorbuttontoselectthemeasure,

beatorquarter‐beatfield.

4. Afteryouspecifytheposition,presstheb

utton

tofinishthesetting.

Slidingfastfor‐

ward/reverse

Touchandslideoverthesongpositionbaronthe

bottomoftheLCDtomovetheplaybackposition

coarsely.

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5. Presstheorbuttontoadjustthebalancebetweentheplayback

volumeandinputlevel,ifnecessary(see“MIXBAL”onpage32).

6. PresstheRecordbuttonagain.Theunitwillstartplaybackandrecord‐

ingatthesametime.TheRecordLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.

7. Input soundmixedwiththeplayba

ckso

undisrecordedonthemem‐

orycard.

Youcanalsotriggerrecordingatthemomenttheaudiostarts(see

“AT START”onpage30).

Ifyouwanttostartoverdubbingat acertainpointinthesong

whilelisteningtotheplayback,pressthebuttonduringRecord

Readymodetostartpl

ay

back.ThenpresstheRecordbuttonatthe

pointyouwanttostartrecording.

8. Topauseoverdubbing,presstheStopbutton.TheRecordLEDindica‐

torwillflash.

IfyoupresstheRecordorbuttoninsteadoftheStopbutton,the

unitwillenterRecordReadymode,andplaybackwillcon

tinue.

9. T

oresumeoverdubbing,presstheRecordbutton(theRecordLED

indicatorwilllightup).Alternatively,tofinishoverdubbing,pressthe

Stopbuttonagain(theRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff).

Ifyouoverdubbeyondtheendpointofthefirstrecording,theend

pointofthesongwillbeextendedtotheendoftheoverdubbedsection.

Nowthefirstlayerofoverdubbingiscomplete.Tooverdubmore,repeat

Steps2through9.

Stop playback

Playback

continues

Overdubbing while playing back only a targeted portion of a song

Record Ready

Press the

Record button

Press the

Record button

Press the Stop button

Record Ready

Locate the

start point.

Overdubbing start point Overdubbing

end point

Overdubbing start point Overdubbing

end point

Overdubbing while playing back from the top to the end of a song

Press the

Record or

button

Record Ready

Start playback.

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Useful Functions for Playback and Recording

Adjusting the playback speed (Sound Stretch function)

TheSoundStretchfunctionisveryusefulwhenyouwanttolearnafast

guitarphrasebyplayingbackthephraseslowly,orwhenyouwishto

recordacomplicatedphrasebyplayingyourguitarslowly.

Usingthisfunction,youcanchangetheplaybackspeedintherangeof

25%to150%withoutch

angi

ngthepitch.

Tochangetheplaybackspeed,accessthe“SPEED”parameterinMenu

mode(seepage33).



Duringoverdubbing,youcanonlymakethespeedslower(25%–99%).

Setting the playback or recording start point

Auto Start

Youcanspecifytheinputlevelwhererecordingwillautomaticallystart

afteryoupresstheRecordbutton.TosettheAutoStartinputlevel,access

the“AT START”parameterinMenumode(seepage30).

Count In

Youcanspecifythetimetostartplaybackforoverdubbing.Tosetthestart

time,accessth

e“C

OUNTIN”parameterinMenumode(seepage31).

TheparametersforthisfunctionvarydependingontheTimemode

settingforthecounter(see“MODE”onpage32).

Thisfunctioniseffectiveonlywhenrecordingstartswhiletheunitis

stoppedandtheAutoStartfunctionisturnedoff(see“ATSTA RT”on

page30).

Loop playback/recording

UsingtheA/BLoopfunctionenablesyoutoplaybackorrecordapart

betweenPointsAandBrepeatedly.

Repeat playback (A/B loop playback)

1. Locatetheloopstartpoint(PointA),thenpresstheA/BSETbutton.

PointAismarkedandtheloopLEDindicatorwillflash.

IfthecounterisdisplayedinMBQTimemo

de,theunitwillauto‐

maticallymarkPointAatthetopofthemeasurebeforethemea‐

surewhereyouspecifiedthesta r tpoint.

Point B

Point A

Repeat

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2. Locatetheloopendpoint(PointB),thenpresstheA/BSETbutton.

PointBismarkedandtheloopLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.

IfthecounterisdisplayedinMBQTimemode,theunitwillauto‐

maticallymarkPointBatthetopofthemeasureafterthemeasure

wh

ereyo

uspecifiedtheendpoint.

Tocancelthesetting,presstheA/BSETbuttonagain.TheloopLED

indicatorwillturnoffandPointsAandBareerased.Youcanalsoset

PointsAandBbypressingandholdingdowntheA/BSETbuttonto

accessthe“APO

INT”and

“BPOINT”parameterpagesrespectively

(seepage33).

3. PresstheA/BLOOPbuttontoturnontheA/BLoopfunction.Theloop

LEDindicatorwilllightup.

4. When theplaybackpositionreachesPointB,itautomaticallyreturnsto

PointAtorepeatA/Bplayback.

5. PresstheA/BLOOPbuttonagaintotu

rnthe

A/BLoopfunctionoff.

TheloopLEDindicatorwillturnoff.

IfyouspecifyPointBatatimepositionbeforePointA,thetimevalue

ofPointAandPointBwillbeswapped.

Theintervalbetw eenPointsAandBshouldbetwosecondsor longer.

YoucannotsetPointBwithintwosecondsofPointA.

Repeat recording (A/B loop recording)

Duringloopplayback,youcanrecordbypressingtheRecordbutton.

1. Refertothe “Repeatplayback(A/Bloopplayback)”sectiontostart

loopplayback.

2. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReadymode.TheRecordLED

indicatorwillflashslowly.

3. PresstheRecordbuttonagaintoenterRecordmode.Atthispoint,

no

thing

isrecordedyet.Recordingwillstartaftertheplaybackposi‐

tionreturnstoPointAfromPointB.

TheRecordLEDindicatorwillcontinueflashingslowlyuntiltheplay‐

backpositionreachesPointB,thenitwilllightupsteadilywhenthe

playbackpositionreturnstoPointA.

4. When there

cordingposition

reachesPointB,theunitentersRecord

ReadymodeandstartsA/Bloopplayback.TheRecordLEDindicator

willflash.

Ifyouwanttorepeatoverdubbing,presstheRecordbuttonagainto

repeatlooprecording.

Iftheduration betweenPointsAandBisshorterthaneight(8)sec‐

onds,theunitpausesplaybackwhenrecordingiscomplete.Andthen,

theunitautomaticallystartsloopplaybackoftherecordedaudio.

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Canceling recording (Undo/Redo)

Ifyouarenotsatisfiedwithyourrecordedperformance,youcanusethe

Undofunctiontocanceltherecording.

TocanceltheUndooperation,usetheRedofunction.

TheUndo/RedooperationprocedurevariesdependingontheUndoTime

setting(see“UNDOTIME”onpage31).Thefactorydefaultsettingforthe

numberoftimesforth

eUnd

ooperationisone(1).

When the Undo Time setting is one (1) (1TIME):

1. PresstheUNDObuttonafterrecording.

2. Theunitdiscardsthelatestrecordingandrevertstothestatusobtained

beforerecording.

TheUndoLEDindicatorwilllightup.

Ifyoustartrecordingunderthesecircumstances,Redodatawillbe

lostandtheUndoLEDwillturno

ff.

3. T

ocanceltheUndooperation(toreverttothestatusbeforeyouexe‐

cutedtheUndocommand),presstheUNDObuttonagainwhilethe

UndoLEDindicatorisilluminated.(Thisiscalleda“Redo”operation.)

When the Undo Time is set to a multiple number (10TIMES or INFINITY):

1. Afterrecording,pressandholddowntheUNDO

button,andpressthebutton.

2. Youcanreverttoanearlierstage(layer)of

recordingwitheachpressofthebutton.

TheUndoLEDindicatorwilllightup.

Atthistime,thenumberofUndolayerswillbe

displayedontheLCDaslongasyo

upress

and

holddowntheUNDObutton.

Ifyoustartrecordingunderthesecircumstances,Redodatawillbe

lostandtheUndoLEDwillturnoff.

3. AftertheUndoLEDindicatorlightsup,pressandholddownthe

UNDObutton,andpressthebuttonto redolaterstages(layers).

Youcanundoandredouptothenumberoftimesyouspecifiedfor

theUndoTimesetting.

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Other Functions

Using the effects

TheSOUNDonSOUNDfeatures100high‐qualitybuilt‐ineffects,includ‐

ingampmodelsdevelopedby“,”Korgʹsproprietarymodeling

technology.Theseeffectscanbeappliedtobothinputaudioandrecorded

songs(see“FX”onpage35).

Theeffectssoundmaybedistortedornoisy,dependingonthetypeor

inputleveloftheconnectedmusicalinstruments,orthetypeofeffects.

Whatis ?

(ResonantstructureandElectroniccircuitModelingSystem)

isKORG’sproprietarysoundmodelingtechnologywhichprecisely

reproducesthecomplexcharacterandnatureofbothacousticandelec‐

tricinstrumentsaswellaselectroniccircuitsinrealworldenviron‐

ments. emulatesawidevarietyofsoundgeneration

characteristicsincludinginstrumentbo

dies,spea

kers&cabinets,

acousticfields,microphones,vacuumtubes,transistors,etc.

Turning the effects on or off

1. PresstheFXbuttontoturntheeffectson.TheEffectLEDindicatorwill

lightup.

2. PresstheFXbuttonagaintoturntheeffectsoff.TheEffectLEDindica‐

torwillturnoff.

Selecting an effect and setting the effect parameters

1. PressandholddowntheFXbu

ttonto

display

theEffectSelectpage(TYPE).

2. Pressthe+or‐buttontoselectaneffect.

3. Youcanchangetheparametervaluedisplayed

ontheFXEDIT1pagebyusingthetouchslider.

Theparametertypevariesdependingonthe

effect.

4. PressthebuttontoaccesstheFXEDIT1or

FXEDIT2page.Aparameterfo

rthe

selected

effectwillbedisplayed.

5. Pressthe+or‐button(ortouchslider)tomodify

theparametervalue.(OntheFXEDIT1page,

thisstepisthesameoperationasdescribedin

Step3above.)

Touch slider

FX EDIT 1

Korg SoundOnSound, SOUND on SOUND Owner's manual

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