Korg K61 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Owner’s Manual
SW1 and SW2
These two switches can be assigned individually to send a specific value to a specific
MIDI control change parameter. In fact, both an “on” and “off” value can be set. The
switch type can be set to Momentary or Toggle.
The assignable values on SW1 and SW2 are “No Assign/Program Change/Control
Change”.
No Assign
No MIDI information is sent from this controller.
Program Change
Every time [SW1] is pressed, the program change number is decreased by 1.
Every time [SW2] is pressed, the program change number is increased by 1.
In addition, a program change message of “0” is sent if [SW1] are [SW2] are pressed
simultaneously.
Control Change [0...127]
SW1 and SW2 can be assigned MIDI control change parameters; Toggle or Momen-
tary mode; plus an On Value and a Release Value.
In “Toggle” mode, each time a switch is pressed, a MIDI control message is sent; each
press will alternate between the On Value and the Release Value.
In “Momentary” mode, the On Value MIDI control message is sent when the switch is
pressed down, and a Off Value MIDI control message is sent when the switch is re-
leased.
OCTAVE SHIFT UP / OCTAVE SHIFT DOWN
These buttons can shift pitch of the keyboard in one octave units.
The octave shift range is different depending on the keyboard length.
K-Series’ type Octave ranges
K25 -4...+4
K49 -4...+4
K61/K61P -3...+3
Key lights(status) Octave setting
Dark ±0 octave
Green +1 / -1octave
Orange +2 / -2octave
Red +3 / -3octave
Red Flashing +4 / -4octave(K25/K49 only)
PITCH wheel
Use the Pitch Bend Wheel to send MIDI pitch bend messages.