Korg C-520 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Editing a song > Transposing the song
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Transposing the song
You can transpose the entire song, to make it match a different
key.
1. After having pressed the EDIT button while in Song Play
mode, use the SCROLL
button to go to the Transpose
edit page:
2. Choose a transposition value (in semitones).
3. Press the SCROLL
button to move the cursor to the
Exec command.
4. Press +/YES to start transposing. The “Are you sure?” mes-
sage appears. Press +/YES to confirm, -/NO to cancel and
keep the original value.
5. Press the EXIT button to return to the Main page and save
the changes (see “Saving the song after editing” on page 39),
or the SCROLL
button to go to the next edit page (see be-
low).
Deleting the song
The Delete Song command allows you to delete the whole song
from memory, resulting in an empty song. This is the same as
choosing the New Song command from the control panel (see
page 36).
1. After having pressed the EDIT button while in Song Play
mode, use the SCROLL
button to go to the Delete Song
edit page:
2. Press +/YES to execute the command, or -/NO to cancel,
and exit from the Song Edit mode.
If you press +/YES, the “Are you sure?” message appears.
Press +/YES to confirm, or -/NO to cancel.
3. Press the EXIT button to return to the Main page and save
the changes (see “Saving the song after editing” on page 39),
or the SCROLL
button to go to the next edit page (see
below).
Saving the song after editing
With the Save Song page you can assign or modify the name of
the edited song, and save all changes.
1. After having pressed the EDIT button while in Song Play
mode, use the SCROLL
button to go to the Save Song
edit page:
2. Use the SCROLL buttons to select the character to be edit-
ed (it will start flashing). Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons
to change it. Press the SCROLL
/
buttons together to
insert a new character, or the +/YES and -/NO buttons to-
gether to delete the character at the cursor’s position.
You can give the song a long name (as explained below). If
it will not fit the display, it will scroll entirely when it is
selected. When saved, the “.MID” extension will be auto-
matically added to the file name.
Value Meaning
-127 127 semitones lower
+00 No transposition
+127 127 semitones higher
Transpose 5
V:+00 Exec?
Delete Song 6
Exec?
Save Song 7
Untitled Save?
Flashing character
!#$%&‘ ( )+, -0123456789; =@
ABCDEF GHI J KL MNOPQRS TUVWXYZ[ ] ^_ `
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{}
Note: The first character is a blank space. When saving, it will be
automatically removed if added to the beginning or end of the
name.