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The D3200 is equipped with Korg’s Session Drums. By using
Session Drums in conjunction with the Knob Matrix, you can
easily create a realistic drum track for your song, without te-
dious programming. This drum track can be used as refer-
ence as you record, or as part of your completed song.
Patterns are the basic elements of the drum track. By string-
ing different patterns together and adding fills, intro and
ending patterns, you can create a program map.
The Session Drums is recorded on its own dedicated track, so
you can use the pattern map to play drum patterns and still
have thirty-two tracks available for recording.
1. Listening to drum patterns
If the song is playing, press the STOP key to stop playback.
The D3200 contains 756 drum patterns (→p.176 “Drum Pat-
tern List”).
(1) Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page,
and click the “Assign” Monitor radio button.
(2) Access the SESSION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page,
and click the RUN button (it will be highlighted) to
hear the current pattern.
To stop the pattern, click the RUN button once again.
(3) Use the DRUMS fader to adjust the volume of the
drum pattern.
(4) Use matrix knobs 1–4 to select drum patterns and
adjust the tempo.
• Use the GROUP knob to select a family of drum pat-
ters, or the drum pattern group.
• Use the SESS knob to select a pattern set from within
the current group.
When you use the GROUP and SESS knobs to select a pat-
tern set, the drum kit and tempo will change as well. It takes
about one second to switch drum kits.
• Use the VARI knob to select a variation of the current
pattern set. Turning the knob toward the right will
make the pattern “busier” and add more sounds.
• Use the TEMPO knob to adjust the tempo.
For now, keep matrix knobs 5–8 all the way toward the left in
their “OFF” position. We’ll get to these in the next section.
For details on what each knob does, refer to “Auditioning the
pattern map” (→p.59).
If you select a new pattern using the GROUP, SESS, or VARI
knobs while a pattern is playing, the Session Drums will
switch to the new pattern at the beginning of the next meas-
ure.
If you click the Fill button while a drum pattern is playing, a
fill-in pattern will play at the beginning of the next measure,
and then the Session Drums will revert to the previous drum
pattern.
If you select a new pattern using the GROUP, SESS, or VARI
knobs while a fill-in pattern is playing, the Session Drums
will switch to the newly selected pattern when the fill-in
ends.
If you click the Ending button while a drum pattern is play-
ing, an ending pattern will play at the beginning of the next
measure, and then the Session Drums will stop.
If you click the RUN button while the Session Drums are
playing, the drumming will stop.
While the “SessionDr.” tab page is displayed, you can use the
panel LOC 3 and LOC 4 keys instead of the on-screen RUN and
FILL buttons. You can also hold down the panel SESSION
DRUMS key and press the LOC 3 key instead of the on-screen
Ending button.
If you’ve selected Metronome as the group
If you use the GROUP knob to select “Metronome,” the time
signature and the accent sound will be as specified by the
SESS knob and VARI (shown as BEAT) knob.
2. Creating a drum track for an
entire song (Pattern Map)
Here we will explain how to create a sequence of drum pat-
terns (a pattern map) for the entire song by switching varia-
tions in real time.
You can’t create a pattern map if the song’s Protect setting is
turned on.
(1) Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page,
and click the “Assign” Monitor radio button.
(2) Access the SESSION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page.
• If the Click Monitor button is on (highlighted), click it
to turn it off.
• Click the “RecMode” Pat&T radio button. (→p.143
“11. Rec Mode”)
(3) Click the RUN button (it will be highlighted), and you
will hear the currently-specified drum pattern.
To stop the pattern, click the RUN button once again.
(4) Use the DRUMS fader to adjust the volume of the
drum pattern.
Session Drums™
Drum kit
Tempo
(2)
(4)
(1)
(3)(8)
(2)
(9)
(2)
(6)(10)(6)
(4)
(7)