Korg D3200 owner manual Recording with Session Drums, Recording patterns on a track

(5)Use matrix knobs 1–4 to select the drum pattern that you want to use for the starting measure.

•Use the GROUP knob to select the drum pattern group.

•Use the SESS knob to select a pattern set from within the current group.

•Use the VARI knob to select a variation of the cur- rently selected pattern set. Turning the knob toward the right will make the pattern “busier” and add more sounds.

•Use the TEMPO knob if you want to set a different tempo for this event.

(6)When you’ve chosen the drum patterns you want to use, click the Record button (it will be highlighted), and then click the Play/Stop button (it will be high- lighted) to start recording the drum map.

While the “SessionDr.” tab page is displayed, you can use the panel LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys instead of the on-screen Play/ Stop and Record buttons.

(7)As the pattern plays, use the VARI knob (matrix knob 3) to switch pattern variations.

Turning the knob toward the right will make the pattern “busier” and add more sounds.

(8)When you want to insert a fill-in, click the FILL button while the preceding measure is still playing.

(9)When you want to insert an ending pattern, click the Ending button while the preceding measure is still playing. After the ending pattern has been recorded, a blank pattern will be recorded.

(10)If you want to record tempo changes as you record, use the TEMPO knob (matrix knob 4).

The tempo settings used during recording will be saved as part of the tempo track. During recording, you can use the TEMPO knob to gradually increase or decrease the tempo, starting at that location. If you want the song to instantly change to a new tempo setting at the beginning of a specific measure, record at a fixed tempo, and then edit the pattern map (→p.64 “6-2. Pattern map tempo”) to change the tempo.

(11)At the last measure of the drum performance, click the PLAY/STOP button to stop recording the pattern map.

You can use the “PatternMap” tab page to view the pattern map that you created in this way.

Auditioning the pattern map

To hear the pattern map you just created, access the SES- SION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page and click the Play but- ton.

You can use the on-screen rewind and fast-forward buttons to move between measures. Alternatively, you can hold down the SESSION DRUMS key and use the panel +/– keys to move between measures.

Since this data is already recorded on the Session Drums track, you will also be able to audition the pattern map if you move to the beginning of the song, turn on the DRUMS key, and press the PLAY key to play back the song.

When you use the on-screen buttons or the panel keys to move be- tween measures, the counter will automatically switch to the measure display.

As the pattern map plays, you can use the matrix knobs 5–8 to listen to other Session Drum features.

•Use the SHFFL knob to add various amounts of “shuf- fle” feel to your drum track.

•The ACCNT and INTNS knobs can add more dynam- ics to your drum track. The ACCNT knob selects dif- ferent accent tables, and the INTNS knob sets depth of accent.

•The HUMAN knob adds introduces slight variations in timing and velocity to add a more “human” feel to your drum track.

3.Recording with Session

Drums

The drum track you create using Session Drums can be used in a variety of ways. You can listen to the drum track as a ref- erence as you record your other tracks. The Session Drums can be assigned to inputs and recorded on channel tracks, al- lowing you to add insert effects as they are recorded. You can also introduce the drums to the master bus, so that the Ses- sion Drums will be mixed in as part of your master track.

Recording additional tracks as you listen to the drum track

Here’s how you can record a performance while listening to drum patterns as a guide rhythm.

(1)Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page, and set “Assign” to either Monitor or Master.

(2)Turn on the DRUMS key.

Use the DRUMS fader to adjust the volume.

(3)Connect your input devices, and begin recording. Refer to “1. Inputting audio to the mixer” (→p.42).

(4)If Click Monitor is turned on in the SESSION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page, the currently-specified drum pattern will play. If Click Monitor is turned off, the pattern map will play.

If Click Monitor is off and nothing is recorded in the pattern map, the drums will not play.

The drums themselves will not be recorded using this proce- dure.

Recording patterns on a track

Drum patterns, or a drum track created using the Session Drums pattern map, can be assigned to channel tracks and recorded. You can also use the Session Drums to create a drum track for a song that has already been recorded.

Recording Session Drums to a channel track

You can record the drum pattern or drum map playback to a pair of tracks (stereo) on the D3200.

Recording drum patterns to tracks 1 and 2

(1)Make preparatory settings for recording.

•Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page.

•In the Drums Track Mixer, set the Assign setting to

“CH Input.”

•In the Drums Track Mixer, adjust the EQ and faders as necessary (→p.143 “14-2. Drums Track Mixer”).

	Song,	Locate
	Mixer
	Effects
	Session	Drums™
	Recorder
Operation
	CD
	Data
	Drive
	USB
	MIDI
	Upgrading	the system
	Recovery	CD
	ClickPoint	calibration

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