Korg MS2000 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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MS2000R
1. Selecting a program
There are two ways to select a program.
a. Using the BANK/OCTAVE [UP] [DOWN] keys and
the SELECT [1]–[16] keys
This method lets you directly select the desired program.
1 Press the [KEYBOARD] key to make the key LED go
dark.
2 Use the BANK/OCTAVE [UP] [DOWN] keys to select
the desired program bank.
Pressing these keys will switch between banks A–H. The
selected bank will be shown in the LCD screen.
3 Use the SELECT [1]–[16] keys to select the desired pro-
gram number.
The numbers above each key correspond to the program
number.
b. Using the [+/YES] [–/NO] keys
Press the [+/YES] key.
Each time you press the key, the program number will
increase by one.
Press the [–/NO] key.
Each time you press the key, the program number will
decrease by one.
2. Use the SELECT [1]–[16] keys to play the
program
On the MS2000R, you can use the SELECT [1]–[16] keys to
play the program.
1 Press the [KEYBOARD] key to make the key LED
light.
2 Press the SELECT [1]–[16] keys.
The program will sound. The correspondence between
the SELECT [1]–[16] keys and their pitches is shown in
the illustration above.
3. Changing the pitch sounded by the keys
in one-octave steps
The pitch assigned to the SELECT [1]–[16] keys can be
changed over a range of ±2 octaves.
This setting has no effect on the pitches that will be
generated by a MIDI keyboard or other external MIDI
devices that are connected to the MS2000R.
Before you begin, press the [KEYBOARD] key to make
the key LED light.
a. Raising the pitch
Press the BANK/OCTAVE [UP] key.
Pressing the key once will make the key LED light green,
and the pitch will be one octave higher.
Pressing the key twice will make the key LED light red,
and the pitch will be two octaves higher.
To return to the original pitch, press the [DOWN] key.
b. Lowering the pitch
Press the BANK/OCTAVE [DOWN] key.
Pressing the key once will make the key LED light green,
and the pitch will be one octave lower.
Pressing the key twice will make the key LED light red,
and the pitch will be two octaves lower.
To return to the original pitch, press the [UP] key.
The setting of the BANK/OCTAVE [UP][DOWN] keys
cannot be saved for individual programs. If you wish to
change the pitch for a specific program, use the LCD
Edit mode Page 04A: PITCH “Transpose” parameter.
(Parameter guide p.36, Page 04A: PITCH “Trans-
pose”)
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A A
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B C
A A
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B C
C
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D D
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E F F
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G G
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