Korg microX Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Basic Information
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Quick StartIntroductionSetupProgram
Combination
MultiEffectGlobalArpeggiatorDrum Kit
External control
Other functions
Appendices
Basic Information
About the microX’ modes
The microX has a wide range of capabilities; it lets
you play programs/combinations, edit them, play
the microX’s sound generator using musical per-
formance data from an external MIDI sequencer,
and make settings that affect the entire microX,
such as transposition and tuning. The largest unit
used to organize these features is called a mode.
The microX has four modes.
Program mode
Programs are the basic sounds of microX. In Pro-
gram mode, you can:
Select and play Programs
Edit Programs
Make detailed settings for oscillators, filters,
amps, EGs, LFOs, effects, arpeggiator, etc.
•Create drum programs using drum kits (as cre-
ated in Global mode)
Play and control one Arpeggiator (p.43)
Combination mode
Combinations are sets of up to 8 Programs that
can be played simultaneously, letting you create
sounds more complex than a single Program. In
Combination mode, you can:
Select and play Combinations
Use microX as a 8-track multitimbral tone gen-
erator
Edit Combinations
You can use the Tone Adjust function to make
simple edits for the program of a timbre.
Assign Programs to each of the 8 Timbres, each
with separate volume, pan, EQ, and keyboard
and velocity zones; make settings for effects,
and Arpeggiator. (p.60)
Control and play up to two Arpeggiator
Multi mode
You can use the microX as a 16-track multi-timbral
sound generator.
The microX will receive GM or other performance
data from an external MIDI sequencer, and play
back this data.
Select and playback Multi sets
Edit Multi sets
You can use the Tone Adjust function to make
simple edits for the program of a track.
Assign Programs to each of the 16 MIDI Tracks,
each with separate volume, pan, EQ, and
keyboard and velocity zones; make settings for
effects, and two Arpeggiator (p.69)
Global mode
Global mode lets you make overall settings for the
entire microX, and edit arpeggiators, drum kits
and external control sets. For instance, you can:
Make settings that affect the entire microX,
such as master tune and global MIDI channel
•Create user drum kits, arpeggiators, user scales
and external control sets
Rename program, and combination categories
Set the function of the assignable pedals and
assignable switches
Make settings for the external control function.
(p.111)
•Transmit MIDI System Exclusive data dumps