Korg D8 manual Creating a new song, Naming a song, Creating and selecting songs

Creating and STEP2 selecting songs

To record a new song, you must first cre- ate a new song. This section explains how to create and name a song, and how to select songs in

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1. Creating a new song

1After selecting the last-numbered song, hold down the [STOP] key and press the [FF] key.

The display will indicate “NoDATA”.

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2Use one of the following procedures to create a song.

•Change the song name from “NoDATA”.

In our example here, we will create a song by changing the song name. Refer to “2. Naming a song”.

•Record audio data on a track. The display will indicate “NEWSONG” as the song name.

•Specify the tempo or time signature. A tempo map will be created in the tempo track, and the display will indicate “NEWSONG” as the song name.

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2. Naming a song

In order to distinguish your new song from other songs, it is recommended that you give it a name.

1Press the [EDIT] key (the indicator will light), and then press the [SONG/TRACK] key to access the “Edit Song” display.

If this display does not appear, press the [SONG/ TRACK] key until the “Edit Song” appears.

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2Press the [ ] key, and then press the [SONG/ TRACK] key several times to get the “Renam” dis- play.

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3Press the [ ] key several times to move the cursor to the location where you wish to change the name, and use the [VALUE] dial to input alphabetical characters or symbols to specified the desired name.

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4When you finish inputting the name, press the [EDIT] key (the indicator will go off) to exit the EDIT SONG/TRACK page. The name will be final- ized when you exit this page.

Selecting another song

There are two ways to select songs. One way is to hold down the [STOP] key and press the [FF] key to select the next song number, or to hold down the [STOP] key and press the [REW] key to select the previous song number (refer to “Listening to the demo songs”, step 2). The other way is to select the song in EDIT SONG/TRACK P1.

1After pressing the [EDIT] key, press the [SONG/ TRACK] key several times to get a song name dis- play such as “I04:KORG1”. (EDIT SONG/TRACK

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2Rotate the [VALUE] dial to select the song number.

3If you have connected an external drive such as a hard disk drive or removable disk drive and wish to select a song from it, press the [ ] key and then rotate the [VALUE] dial to select the connected drive.

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