Korg EA-1 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
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Playing the sound of a part along with a song or pattern
1. Turn on the Keyboard function key, and press the step keys
to play the sound.
2. In Song mode or Pattern mode, press the Play/Pause key
to begin playback. Use the Part Select key to select the part
that you wish to play.
3. As you listen to the song or pattern, strike the step keys to
play along.
Each part is a monophonic synthesizer. It is not pos-
sible for a single part to sound two or more notes simul-
taneously.
Modify (edit) the sound along with a song or pattern
1. In Song mode or Pattern mode, press the Play/Pause
key to begin playback.
2. Press the Part Select key to select the part whose sound
you wish to edit.
3. Use the knobs and keys of the Synthesizer section to
modify the sound. The sound of the part that is playing
will be modified as you move the knobs or keys.
To save the pattern sounds that you modify here, use the
Write operation (refer to p.17 "Saving a pattern that you create").
If you re-select a pattern or turn off the power without performing the Write operation,
the sound will return to its unedited state.
It is not possible to write the sounds you edit in a Song. Only in a Pattern can you
write the edited sounds.
Modifying (editing) a phrase pattern
What is a Phrase Pattern?
A phrase pattern consists of a trigger (note
location), pitch, and gate time (note
length) at each step. You can modify the
phrase pattern for each part by using the
sixteen step keys (or by realtime input
along with the playback). (Refer to p.22
"Pattern mode.")
A phrase pattern can be edited in three ways.
Realtime recording
While you playback a pattern, use the Keyboard function to record a new phrase along
with the playback.
Step recording
With pattern playback stopped, input pitches one at a time to create a phrase.
Event editing
Edit the data (trigger, pitch, gate time) for individual steps to create a phrase.
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Phrase pattern
Note
trigger
E4
C4 C4 A3 C4
Note
value
Pitch
Time
Timing of sounds
On
1
Off
2
Off
3
On
4
On
5
On
10
On
14
Off
6
Off
7
Off
8
Off
9
Off
11
Off
12
Off
13
Off
15
Off
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