Korg D8 manual Listening to the demo songs, Turning the power on, Turning the power off, 01Scukyll

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disk, or cause malfunctions such as damage to the hard disk or internal mechanism.

Turning the power on

1Turn on the power of the connected devices.

Set the volume of all devices to the minimum posi- tion, and turn on the power switches starting with the first device in the signal chain. If external drives are connected, refer to p.40.

2Turn down the D8’s master fader. Set

the volume controls of all connected

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devices to the minimum position.

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MASTER

3Turn on the power of your input devices and mas- ter recorder (DAT etc.).

4Press the [POWER] switch of the D8 to turn on the power.

POWER

ON

OFF

The display will shown an opening message for a brief time, and then the song which was last selected when the power was turned off will appear.

5Turn on the power of your powered monitor speak- ers, and raise the volume of the connected equip- ment to an appropriate level.

Turning the power off

Before turning the power off, make sure that all song recording or playback has been completed.

The audio that you record to the D8 will be saved automatically. However, if you edit effect settings or adjust the mixer, these settings will be lost unless they are saved. For the saving procedures, refer to p.13, for saving effect settings, and to p.29 for saving mixer settings (scenes).

1Lower the volume of each connected device to the minimum position and turn the power off starting with the last device in the signal chain. If external drives are connected, refer to p.40.

2If you wish to keep any edits you have made to the effects or to the mixer settings, store them.

3Turn off the power of your amplification system.

4Press the [POWER] switch to turn off the power of the D8.

5Turn off the power of the audio input devices etc.

3.Listening to the demo songs

When shipped from the factory, the D8 contains pre-recorded demo songs. Playback to the demo songs to experience the dynamic and clear sound of the D8.

1Move the D8’s [CHANNEL] faders 1–7/8 to the unity gain position (the “ ” symbol in the fader cal- ibrations), and set the [MASTER] fader to 0.

 

 

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MASTER

2Select the song that you wish to playback.

01:Scukyll

01:Scukyll Express

 

02:Moonlit sea

 

(Refer to p.75)

To select the next song, hold down the [STOP] key and press the [FF] key. If there is no subsequent song, the display will indicate “NoDATA”.

To select the previous song, if you are at the begin- ning of the song (“001M01B000” etc.) hold down the [STOP] key and press the [REW] key. If you are located elsewhere than the beginning of the song, move to the beginning of that song. Then hold down the [STOP] key and press the [REW] key to move to the previous numbered song.

PLAY

STOP

REW

FF

To next song/

Create new song

To beginning of song/

To previous song

3Make sure that the indicators above the [TRACK STATUS] keys of tracks 1–7/8 are lit green. If they are off or lit with a different color, press that [TRACK STATUS] key as many times as necessary to make each indicator light green.

 

lit green

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7 / 8

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4Press the [PLAY] key to begin playback.

5Gradually move the [MASTER] fader upward to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

As the song plays back, you can move the [CHAN- NEL] faders and [PAN] knobs, and adjust the EQ (refer to p.27, p.28) and effect send amount (refer to p.23), or change the effect program (refer to p.13) to see how the sound of the song is altered.

6When the demo song finishes playing, press the [STOP] key to stop playback.

Chapter 2

Operation

 

 

Creating and select- ing songs

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Contents Page Table of Contents Synchronization and control with a Midi Adjusting and storing mixer settingsMoving and storing time locations Saving to and loading from DATOperation Power on/off Connections, Power-on, DemoConnections to your audio system etc Listening to the demo songs Turning the power onTurning the power off 01ScukyllCreating a new song Naming a songCreating and selecting songs 03KORG1 Connecting the input device and adjusting the levelRecording analog record- ing Starting and stopping recordingRecording digital recording Using EQ to modify the tone as you recordAdjusting the EQ BackEditing the effect Selecting the location at which the effect will be insertedSelecting the effect program Saving the effect programSending the input sound to the effect Master Send TypeApplying the dedicated delay to the input sound Turning the monitor delay on/offEditing the monitor delay Select the playback/recording tracks Select the input monitorMonAuto Redo Auto Punch In/OutUndo Storing the in and OUT timesAuto punch in/out setting PstRol02MRehearsing auto punch in/out Playback track and recording track settings Combining multiple tracks into one or two tracks BounceAdjusting the playback level and recording level Applying EQ and effects while you recordListening to the metro- nome while you record Trigger recording PlaybackApplying an effect to the playback sound Selecting the tracks for playbackSending the playback sound to the external effect Moving and storing time locations Switching scenes dur- ing playbackProgram playback of songs Moving the current timeFinding a precise time location Locate points LOC1, LOC2, LOC3MarkùM001 Mark pointsStoring a Mark point Moving to a Mark pointPairing on/off Pairing settingsAdjusting the volume of each channel Enabling parameters for pairingAdjusting the Effect Send, AUX Send and Track Status Adjusting the stereo locationUsing the EQ to adjust the tone Adjusting the High EQStoring a scene Switching scenes during a songScene Recalling a sceneRecording a master tape Mixdown Applying an effect dur- ing mixdownEditTrackú Storing IN, OUT and to timesCopying track data Track Copy CpyTr 1 ¿¿TrCLP Ï CpyTrCLPÏ¿¿Tr 1x 1Ï Inserting a blank space into the IN-OUT area of a track Inserting a blank space into the track data Insert TrackErasing data from a track Erase Track Ins¿Tr 1?Del¿Tr 1? Deleting data from a track Delete TrackDeleting data from the IN-OUT area of a track Swapping the IN-OUT areas of two tracksMoving a song Song RecoverCopying a song Deleting a songCreating a tempo map Tempo map settingsRecording Midi Clock data from a sequencer Deleting a tempo mapRecording tap tempo Selecting the tempo sourceTo the D8 Using MTC to synchroUsing Midi Clock to synchronize a Midi sequencer to the D8 Nize a Midi sequencerRcvMMCo Ï Using MMC to control the D8 from a Midi sequencerConnecting an external drive DevID 01ÏInitializing and format- ting a drive Exchanging disks on a removable disk driveSaving a song on a removable disk drive Backup ARM 100 ¿ Restore ÏInsNextDsk A01SngNa¿¿HDAT100Ï Saving a song to a DAT recorder BackupBackup Ï ¿DATokÏHDAT100 ¿ Loading a backed-up song from a DAT recorder RestoreLoading a backed-up song from a DAT recorder Restore PlayDAT ÏReference P1 Song number/name display SONG/TRACKEdit SONG/TRACK Drive/song selectMovøI01okœ RenamA01œ SngName œDelI01okœ CpyI1-35ø øB06-40okœP3 Edit Track CpyTr ØTr 1x99œSystem Deleting a mark P2 MIDI/SYNC settingsEdit System Input 1/2 assignARM 100 œ Song backupDiskUtil œ Drive informationØBHD1300œ Song restoreRestore œ ARM 100 ø A01SngN ø ØB02NoDA Initialize/formatPlay Mode Display ModeREC Mode P1 Counter display selectionP2 Post roll time setting Edit Play ModeP1 Pre roll time setting TriggerP1 Tempo map settings P1 Threshold level adjustmentP2 Pre trigger time setting Edit TriggerEdit Tempo P2 Metronome volume settingP1 Tempo source setting MetronomeEdit Metronome P1 Metronome volume settingP2 Metronome mode setting 15. IN/LOC1, OUT/LOC2, TO/LOC3P1 Scene parameter list SceneEdit Scene P2 Deleting a sceneUndo StoreScrub P1 Storing IN/LOC 1, OUT/LOC 2, TO/LOC 3 or a SceneTrack Status 22. EQEffect Send Fader P2 External output Aux level settingPAN/BALANCE OffREC Select P1-1 Pairing on/offPair On/Off Snd1-2000P1 Effect select RD1...SE9 Factory Preset, U01...U65 User AreaEffect P1-1Effect program category number selectP2-1 Monitor delay on/off P2 Monitor delay settingsP2-3Monitor delay parameter settings 200msœLoG-15dBœ Edit EffectP1 Editing and saving an effect All Effo RenøRoomEffect Assign Edit Effect AssignTroubleshooting AppendicesMidi sequencer does not synchronize to the D8 Various messages Midi Implementation Chart Block Diagram Effect Assign = Input 1/2 Effect Program List Type EFFECT1 EFFECT2 EFFECT3 EFFECT4Effect Parameter List 4BEQ 4 Band EqualizerNR Noise Reduction Phono Turntable SIM Scukyll Express Metronome Type ListDemo Song List Moonlit sea written by Yuko AsaiD8 Specifications Functions added to the D8 Bouncing tracks