Korg 73key Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Playing and editing Programs
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Setting the functions of Realtime
Controls USER knobs 1–4
WhentheRealtimecontrolsissettoUSER,thefour
knobsontherightfunctionasRealtimeknobs1–4.
Thesecanperformanumberofdifferentfunctions,
suchasmodulatingsoundsoreffects,adjustingeffects
sendlevels,andsoon.
EachProgram,Combination,andSongstoresitsown
settingsforwhattheknobswilldo.
WhenusingtheslidersforAMSorDmod,it’s
importanttounderstandthatcreatinganassignmentis
atwostepprocess.First,youassigntheknobtosenda
MIDIcontroller,suchasKnobMod.1(CC#17).Second,
youassignthatMIDIcontrollertomodulateoneor
moreProgramoreffectsparameters.
Forthefirstpartoftheabove,usethemode’s
ControllersSetuppage(See“S
ettingthefunctionsof
SW1andSW2,”above).
Thedefaultassignmentsforknobs1–4areKnobMod.1
(CC#17),KnobMod.2(CC#19),KnobMod.3(CC#20),
andKnobMod.4(CC#21),respectively.
Here’sanexampleofhowtosetupknob1tocontrola
Program’sfilterandampEGattacktime:
1. PresstheMODEPRO
GbuttontoenterProgram
mode.
2. AccesstheP1:Basic/Controllers–Controllers
Setuppage.
PressthePAGEbuttontoaccessPageSelect,and
choose“P1Basic/Controllers.”PresstheControllers
tab.
3. PresstheRealtimeControlsKnobAssign“Knob
1–B”popupbutton,andchooseF/AAttack
(CC#73).
4. PresstheCONTROLASSIGNREAL
TIME
CONTROLbuttontoselectUSER.(TheLED
USERwilllightup.)
5. Useknob1tocontroltheEGattackforthefilter
andamp.
Fordetails,pleaseseepage 348oftheParameter
Guide.
Note: Ifyouwishtokeepthesesettingsafterthepower
isturnedoff,youmustsavetheProgram,
Combination,orSong(seepage 116).
Arpeggiator settings
Accordingtothenotedatareceivedfromthekeyboard
orfromtheMIDIINconnector,thearpeggiatorwill
automaticallygenerateawiderangeofphrasesor
patternsincludingarpeggios,guitarorkeyboard
backingriffs,bassphrases,ordrumpatterns.Whenthe
realtimecontrolsARPisselected,youcanusethe
knobstova
rythedurationanddynamicsofthe
arpeggiatednotes.
Formoreaboutthearpeggiator,pleaseseepage 85.
Drum Track settings
YoucanusetheKROME’srichvarietyofdrum
patternstoaccompanyyouwithhighqualitydrum
programswhileyouperformusingaprogram.
PlayingalongwithDrumTrackpatternsisoftena
usefulwaytocomeupwithnewphrases.
FormoreabouttheDrumTrackfunction,pleasesee
page 97.
Effects
Fordetails,pleasesee“UsingEffects”onpage 77.
Automatically importing a
Program into Sequence mode
YoucanusetheAutoSongSetupfeature,which
automaticallycopiesthesettingsoftheprogramor
combinationandputstheKROMEinrecordstandby
modewhenyousimplypresstheREC()button.
ThenyoucanpresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOP
()buttontobeginrecording.
Fordetails,pleasesee“AutoSongSetupfunction”on
page 59.