Korg D16 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Basic operation
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Turning the power off
When you are finished playing or recording a song,
turn off the power. Use the following procedure to turn
off the power of the D16 and of the connected devices.
Before turning off the power, turn the volume of all
devices down to the minimum position, and turn
off the power switches beginning with the devices
that are at the end of the audio signal chain.
Never disconnect the AC/AC power supply until
the power is completely off. Data may be
destroyed if you do so.
The audio that is recorded on the D16 and the
mixer settings etc. are saved automatically when
you select or change songs, or when you turn off
the power. However, effect settings that you edit
will be lost unless you save them.
1 If you wish to keep any effect settings that you
edited, save them. (p.33)
2 Lower the [MASTER] fader of the D16 to the –
position. Then turn the volumes of all connected
external devices to the minimum position.
3 Turn off the power of devices to which the D16 is
sending audio, such as your monitor system or
MD recorder.
4 Press and hold down the [POWER] key of the
D16 to turn off the power.
When you press the [POWER] key, a message will
ask you for confirmation, so press the “YES” but-
ton.
5 If an external drive is connected, turn off the
power of the external drive.
6 Turn off the power of external input devices such
as a keyboard etc. that is sending audio to the
D16.
When shipped from the factory, the D16 contains sev-
eral demo songs. Here’s how to listen to these demo
songs.
1 Set the [CHANNEL] faders of the D16 to
the 0 position, and the [MASTER] fader to
.
2 Select the song that you wish to play.
For details on selecting a song, refer to “3.
Selecting an existing song” (p.14).
3 Make the [TRACK STATUS] key LED of
each track light green.
If any are lit with a different color, or are dark,
press the key to select green (PLAY).
4 Press the [PLAY] key to begin playback.
5 Gradually raise the [MASTER] fader to adjust the
volume level.
While the song plays, you can try adjusting the
[CHANNEL] faders, [PAN] knobs, EQ, the send
amount to the master effects, or selecting different
programs for the insert effects or master effects to
hear the result.
6 When the demo song finishes playing, press the
[STOP] key to stop playback.
Listening to the demo songs