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ii To ensure long, trouble-free operation, please read this manual carefully. Precautions 2 Data handling iii Thank you for purchasing the Korg MS2000/MS2000R analog modeling synthesizer How this manual is organized Printing conventions in this manual 3 About this manual4 Table of ContentsEditing Global parameters .....................................30 Editing program parameters ..................................18 MS2000/MS2000R....................2 Editing ......................................................18 Playing ..................................................... 12 Connections .............................................. 10 Front and rear panel ................................... 5 Basic Guide................................1Introduction................................................. 2 Main features ..........................................................2 The structure Table of Contents Global parameters ....................................533. SYNTH Parameters.............................................35 2. NAME (Program Name) .....................................35 1. PROGRAM COMMON Parameters......................34 v 5 Parameter Guide...................... 338 IntroductionSingle =120 Main featuresGlobal mode LCD Edit mode Program Play mode Modes7. Arpeggiator 6. Vocoder function 4. MOD SEQUENCE 3. Virtual Patch function 2. 128 programs 1. Analog modeling system 5. External input waveforms can be pro- cessed The structure of the MS2000/MS2000R 11 Front and rear panelFront panel12 1POWER/VOLUME2AUDIO IN 3OSCILLATOR 1 4OSCILLATOR 2 5MIXER 6FILTER 7AMP 8ARPEGGIATOR 13 9KEY & DISPLAY0VIRTUAL PATCH AEFFECTS BLFO1/LFO2 CEG1/EG2 DPORTAMENTO EMOD SEQUENCE FTIMBRE SELECT GOCTAVE (MS2000), KEYBOARD (MS2000R) HSEQ EDIT/ IBANK (MS2000), BANK/OCTAVE (MS2000R) JSELECT [1][16] keys KPHONES jack (MS2000R) 14 Rear panel1OUTPUT 2AUDIO IN 3ASSIGNABLE 4MIDI 5DC 9V 15 Control panel (MS2000)16 ConnectionsConnecting the AC adapter Connecting external devices Connecting pedals and switchesa. ASSIGNABLE PEDAL jack b. ASSIGNABLE SWITCH jack Connecting MIDI devices1. Using the MS2000/MS2000R as a tone generator module 2. Playing an external MIDI device 3. Setting the MIDI channel (preparations for playing)a. Check the connections b. Set the MIDI channel of the MS2000/MS2000R c. Set the MIDI channel of the connected device 17 Connections to the AUDIO IN jacksConnections to a computer/ sequencer1. Connecting the MS2000 to a computer/ sequencer 2. Connecting the MS2000R to a com- puter/sequencer 18 PlayingTurning the power on/off and adjusting the volumeSingle =120a. Turn on the power b. Adjust the volume c. Turn off the power Listen to the demo perfor- mancea. Play back the demo songs b. Select a demo song c. Exit the demo performance A01:MS2000/R 19 Playing a programMS20001. Select a programa. Using the BANK [UP] [DOWN] keys and the SELECT [1][16] keys b. Using the [+/YES] [/NO] keys 2. Changing the pitch sounded by the key- board in one-octave stepsa. Raising the pitch b. Lowering the pitch 20 MS2000R3 G G E F F D D C B C B C A A A A 1. Selecting a programa. Using the BANK/OCTAVE [UP] [DOWN] keys and the SELECT [1][16] keys b. Using the [+/YES] [/NO] keys 2. Use the SELECT [1][16] keys to play the program 3. Changing the pitch sounded by the keys in one-octave stepsa. Raising the pitch b. Lowering the pitch 1, 2 21 Playing arpeggios1. Play a program in which the arpeggia- tor is turned on 2. Using the knobs and keys to modify the settingsa. Turning the arpeggiator on (off) b. Maintaining the arpeggiator after you release your hand from the keyboard c. Setting the pitch range of the arpeggio d. Selecting the arpeggio type e. Adjusting the note length (gate time) f. Adjusting the arpeggiator playback speed g. Other arpeggiator-related settings 22 Using MOD SEQUENCE to modify the sound1. Playing a program in which MOD SEQUENCE is on 2. Checking the parameter that is assigned to each sequence 3. Checking the value recorded for each step 23 Using external input1. Modifying an external waveform 2. Using the vocoder functiona. Using an internal waveform as the carrier b. Using an external waveform as the carrier 24 EditingEditing program parametersBasic editing procedures1. Editing in Program Play mode 2. Editing in LCD Edit modea. Enter LCD Edit mode b. Select a page 01A COMMON Mode: Splitc. Select a parameter d. Input the value e. Return to Program Play mode 25 3. Switching timbres4. Returning to the state before editing (Compare) 5. Writing (saving) an edited program 26 Editing a synth program1. Specify how notes will be sounded 2. Make oscillator settingsa. Select the waveform for oscillator 1 b. Set waveform parameters c. Select the oscillator 2 waveform d. Select the modulation type for the oscillator e. Adjust the pitch of oscillator 2 in semitone units f. Adjust the pitch of oscillator 2 27 3. Set the volume of each oscillatora. Adjust the volume of oscillator 1 b. Adjust the volume of oscillator 2 4. Make lter settingsa. Select the lter type b. Adjust the brightness of the sound c. Adding character to the sound d. Adjusting the depth of the effect from EG1 28 5. Specify time-varying change in the tonea. Adjust the speed at which the tone will change dur- ing the attack b. Adjust the speed at which the tone will change dur- ing the decay c. Adjust the brightness of the sustained sound d. Adjust the speed at which the tone will change after the note is released 6. Adjust the output of the timbrea. Adjust the volume of the timbre b. Adjust the output panpot (stereo position) c. Select the envelope source for the volume d. Apply distortion to the output e. Use keyboard playing dynamics to vary the volume f. Vary the volume by the keyboard location you play 29 7. Specify time-variant changes in volumea. Adjust the speed at which the sound will attack\ trigger b. Adjust the speed at which the volume will decay c. Adjust the volume of the sustained sound d. Adjust the speed at which the volume will decay after the note is released 30 8. Make LFO settingsa. Select the LFO waveform b. Set the frequency of the LFO 9. Apply modulation to parameters (Virtual Patch)a. Select a patch b. Select a modulation source c. Select the parameter to which modulation will be applied d. Set the depth of modulation. 31 10. Make MOD SEQUENCE settingsa. Set SEQ COMMON parameters b. Specify sequence data for each step c. Record sequence data in realtime (Motion Rec) 32 Editing effect parameters1. Modulation effect settingsa. Select the effect type b. Adjust the modulation frequency c. Adjust the effect depth and the amount of feedback 2. Delay settingsa. Select the delay type b. Adjust the delay time c. Adjust the effect depth and the amount of feedback 33 Editing arpeggio parametersa. Select the timbre that will be used to play the arpeg- gio (Dual/Split only) b. Specify the keyboard synchronization c. Set the resolution d. Make the rhythm swing 34 Editing vocoder program1. Adjust the mic input audioa. Cut the noise when there is no input b. Adjust the consonants of the vocoder sound 2. Set the ltera. Adjust the sensitivity of the ENVELOPE FOLLOWER for the modulator b. Shift the cutoff frequency of the carrier lters c. Adjust the cutoff frequency of the carrier lters d. Adjust the output level of the carrier lters f. Adjust the panpot (stereo location) of the carrier l- ters 35 Changing the program namea. Using the CURSOR [] [] keys and the [+/YES] [/NO] keys b. Using the [EDIT] key and the sixteen knobs c. Deleting a character d. Inserting a character 36 Editing Global parametersBasic editing procedurea. Enter Global mode b. Select a page c. Select a parameter d. Input the value e. Write (save) the Global parameters Editing parameters1. Defeat memory protect 2. Restoring settings to their factory state1A GLOBAL Mst.Tune:440.0Hz 37 3. Synchronization with external MIDI devicesa. Synchronizing an external MIDI device to the MS2000/MS2000R b. Synchronizing the MS2000/MS2000R to an exter- nal MIDI device 4. Saving data on an external device (Data Dump) 40 Program parameters1. PROGRAM COMMON ParametersA: Mode........................................... [Single...Vocoder] B: Timbre Voice ...................................[1+3, 2+2, 3+1] C: Split Point................................................. [C-1...G9] D: Scale .................................[Equal Temp...User Scale] Page01: COMMONE: Scale Key........................................................[C...B] 41 2. NAME (Program Name)A: Name .......................................................... [!...] Page03: VOICE 3. SYNTH ParametersVOICEA: Assign .....................................[Mono, Poly, Unison] B: MIDI ch ..............................................[GLB, 01...16] C: Priority........................................... [Last, Low, High] D: Trigger............................................... [Single, Multi] Page02: NAMEE: Detune............................................[00cent...99cent] 42 PITCHA: Transpose...............................................[24...+24] B: Tune........................................... [50cent...+50cent] C: Vibrato Int.............................................. [63...+63] D: Bend Range............................................[12...+12] E: Portamento TIME ...............................[000...127] OSCILLATORPage04: PITCH Page05: OSC 1A: Wave WAVE ................................ [Saw, Squ, Tri] B: OSC Mod OSC MOD ...................[OFF...RingSync] C: Semitone SEMITONE ......................... [24...+24] D: Tune TUNE ........................................[63...+63] 44 MIXERA: OSC 1 Level OSC1 ............................[000...127] B: OSC 2 Level OSC2 ............................[000...127] C: Noise Level NOISE ............................[000...127] Page06: OSC 2 45 FILTERA: Type FILTER TYPE ........................[24LPF...12HPF] B: Cutoff CUTOFF ...................................[000...127] C: Resonance RESONANCE ....................[000...127] D: EG 1 Int EG 1 INT .............................. [63...+63] E: Vel Sense................................................ [63...+63] F: KBD Track KBD TRACK .......................[63...+63] Page08: FILTER 46 AMP (Amplier)A: Level LEVEL .......................................[000...127] B: Panpot PAN ............................. [L63...CNT...R63] C: Amp Sw EG 2/GATE ........................[EG 2, Gate] D: Distortion DISTORTION ....................... [ON, OFF] E: Vel Sense................................................ [63...+63] F: KBD Track............................................... [63...+63] EG (Envelope Generator)A: Attack ATTACK ..................................[000...127] B: Decay DECAY ....................................[000...127] C: Sustain SUSTAIN ...............................[000...127] D: Release RELEASE ...................................[0...127] Page09: AMP Page10: EG 1 Page11: EG 2E: EG Reset ..................................................[ON, OFF] 47 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)A: Wave SELECT ...................................[Saw...S/H] B: Key Sync................................... [OFF, Timbre, Voice] C: Tempo Sync..............................................[ON, OFF] D: Frequency FREQUENCY .....................[000...127] E: Sync Note............................................. [1/32...1/1] Page12: LFO 1 Page13: LFO 2 48 VIRTUAL PATCHA: Source SOURCE ...........................[EG 1...MIDI 2] B: Destination DESTINATION ........ [Pitch...LFO2Freq] C: Intensity PATCH .................................[63...+63] MOD SEQUENCEA: Last Step.................................................... [01...16] B: Seq Type........................................ [Forward...Alt 2] Page14: PATCH1 Page15: PATCH2 Page16: PATCH3 Page17: PATCH4 Page18: SEQ COMMONC: Run Mode............................................[1Shot, Loop] D: Key Sync................................... [OFF, Timbre, Voice] E: Resolution............................................. [1/48...1/1] A: Knob .................................[None, Pitch...Patch4 Int] B: Motion ..............................................[Smooth, Step] C: Step Value Step Number.................................................. [01...16] 49 Page19: SEQ1 Page20: SEQ2 Page21: SEQ3Value ....................... [06...+06, 24...+24, 63...+63] 50 EFFECTSA: Type............................. [Cho/Flg, Ensemble, Phaser] B: LFO Speed SPEED ..............................[000...127] C: Depth DEPTH/FEEDBACK ...................[000...127] A: Type.................................. [StereoDelay...L/R Delay] B: Tempo Sync..............................................[ON, OFF] C: Delay Time TIME ...............................[000...127] C: Sync Note ............................................[1/32...1/1] D: Depth DEPTH/FEEDBACK ...................[000...127] A: LowEQFreq ....................................[40Hz...1000Hz] B: LowEQGain...................................... [12.0...+12.0] C: HiEQFreq .................................[1.00kHz...18.0kHz] Page22: MOD FX Page23: DELAY FX Page24: EQD: HiEQGain.........................................[12.0...+12.0] 51 ARPEGGIATORPage25: ARPEGGIOON/OFF...................................................... [ON, OFF] LATCH .........................................................[ON, OFF] A: Type TYPE ......................................[Up...Trigger] B: Range RANGE ....................[1 Octave...4 Octave] C: Tempo TEMPO .....................................[20...300] D: Gate Time GATE ...........................[000%...100%] E: Target.............................................[Both...Timbre 2] F: Key Sync.................................................. [ON, OFF] G: Resolution............................................ [1/24...1/4] H: Swing ...........................................[100%...+100%] 52 UTILITYA: InitProgram B: InitTimbre Page26: UTILITYC: CopyTimbre Source Program ........................................ [A01...H16] Source Timbre .....................................................[1, 2] 53 D: SwapTimbreE: InitSeq InitSeq...................................................... [SEQ1...ALL] F: CopySeq Source Timbre .....................................................[1, 2] Source Seq..................................................... [S1...S3] Destination Seq ..................................................[1...3] 54 G: CopySeqAllSource Timbre......................................................[1, 2] H: SwapSeq Swap Seq ..........................................................[1...3] 55 4. Vocoder ParametersVOICE PITCH OSCILLATOR AUDIO IN 2A: Gate Sense ............................................[000...127] B: Threshold ......................[000...127] C: HPF Level ........................ [000...127] D: HPF Gate ................................................ [ENA, DIS] Page03: VOICE Page04: PITCH Page05: OSC 1 Page06: AUDIO IN 2 56 MIXERA: OSC 1 Level ..........................[000...127] Page09: AMPB: Inst Level .................................[000...127] C: Noise Level ...........................[000...127] FILTERA: Formant Shift ...................[2...+2] B: Cutoff .................................[63...+63] C: Resonance ....................[000...127] D: Mod Src .................[EG 1...MIDI 2] E: Mod Int ......................... [63...+63] F: E.F.Sense .........................[000...127] AMPA: Level ....................................[000...127] B: Direct Level .................[000...127] C: Distortion ........................[ON, OFF] D: Vel Sense............................................... [63...+63] E: KBD Track............................................... [63...+63] Page07: MIXER Page08: FILTER 57 EG (Envelope Generator)LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) CH PARAMA: Ch Level Channel..........................................................[01...16] Level ..........................................................[000...127] A: Ch Pan Channel .........................................................[01...16] Pan....................................................[L63...CNT...R63] EFFECTS ARPEGGIATOR UTILITYA: InitProgram Page10: EG 1 Page11: EG 2 Page12: LFO 1 Page13: LFO 2 Page14: CH LEVEL Page15: CH PAN Page16: MOD FX Page17: DELAY FX Page18: EQ Page19: ARPEGGIO Page20: UTILITY 59 Global parametersA: Mst.Tune...................................[430.0Hz...450.0Hz] B: Transpose............................................... [12...+12] C: Position ........................................[PostKBD, Pre TG] D: Vel.Curve.......................................... [1...8, CONST] E: Vel.Value................................................[001...127] F: AudioInThru..............................................[ON, OFF] Page1: GLOBALA: Protect .................................................... [ON, OFF] B: PageMemory........................................... [ON, OFF] C: PageJump ............................................... [ON, OFF] D: Preload Load data.......................................... [1PRG...GLOBAL] Dest Program ............................................[A01...H16] A: MIDI Ch .....................................................[01...16] B: Local........................................................ [ON, OFF] C: Clock ...............................................[Internal...Auto] D: MIDI1 ............................................[P.Bend...CC#95] 60 Page2: MEMORYPage3: MIDIE: MIDI2 .............................................[P.Bend...CC#95] 61 Page4: MIDI FILTERF: MIDI Dump......................................... [1PROG...ALL] A: ProgChg.................................................. [DIS, ENA] B: CtrlChg.................................................... [DIS, ENA] C: P.Bend.....................................................[DIS, ENA] D: SystemEx ................................................[DIS, ENA] E: NoteRcv..................................................[ALL...ODD] F: P.Chg External .....................................................[000...127] Internal ..................................................... [A00...H16] G: SyncCtrl .................................[OFF, CC#00...CC#95] H: TimbreSelect........................... [OFF, CC#00...CC#95] A: Ctrl Change Knob.................................... [Portamento...Mod Depth] Ctrl#...........................................[OFF, CC#00...CC#95] A: A.Pedal........................................[Volume...FootPdl] B: A.SwFunc................................... [Damper...Arpegio] 62 Page5: CTRL CHANGEPage6: PEDAL&SWC: A.Switch..........................................................[, +] D: A.SwMode ......................................[UnLatch, Latch] A: User Scale Key ....................................................................[C...B] Detune ...................................................[100...+100] A: AS B: AP C: BW (MS2000 only) D: MW (MS2000 only) 63 Page7: USER SCALEPage8: CALIB 64 AppendicesAbout MIDIMIDI messages transmitted and received by the MS2000/MS2000RMIDI channels Note-on/offNote-on [9n, kk, vv], Note-off [8n, kk, vv] Program change AftertouchChannel aftertouch [Dn, vv] Pitch bendPitch bend change [En, bb, mm] 59 65 Control changesControl changes [Bn, cc, vv] Modulation depth (CC#01) [Bn, 01, vv] Volume (CC#07) [Bn, 07, vv] Panpot (CC#10) [Bn, 0A, vv] Expression (CC#11) [Bn, 0B, vv] Damper pedal (CC#64) [Bn, 40, vv] Portamento (CC#65) [Bn, 41, vv] Using control changes as a modulation source for a virtual patch Assigning control changes to a parameter con- troller (knob, key) 66 60Parameters transmitted and received via NRPN Controlling the arpeggiator 67 61Other controlsControlling the VIRTUAL PATCH 14 SOURCE Controlling the VIRTUAL PATCH 14 DESTINATION Controlling the FC MOD source of a vocoder program FILTER Controlling SEQ EDIT/CH PARAM 63 Sync control Silencing all notes of a given channel All note off (CC#123) [Bn, 7B, 00] All sound off (CC#120) [Bn, 78, 00] Resetting all controllers of a given channel Reset all controllers (CC#121) [Bn, 79, 00] 69 ArpeggiatorSystem exclusive messagesMS2000/MS2000R format Universal system exclusive Master volume [F0, 7F, nn, 04, 01, vv, mm, F7] Master ne tuning [F0, 7F, nn, 04, 03, vv, mm, F7] 70 64Transmitting sound settings etc. (Data Dump) 71 Front panel knob/key control change assignments66 Control 2 values when OSC 1 Wave = DWGS OSC 2 Semitone values Sync Note values when LFO 1/2 Tempo Sync = ON or when DELAY FX Tempo Sync = ON 72 How Resolution and Sync Note values corre- spond to note valuesLFO, Delay Sync Note Arpeggio Resolution SEQ COMMON Resolution 73 Voice Name List76 Blank chart79 TroubleshootingPower does not turn on No sound Sound does not stop Cant write programs or global settings Transpose or velocity curve is not transmitted/ received correctly Arpeggios do not start No response to MIDI messages sent from an external device Does not respond correctly to MIDI messages sent from an external device Specications and options 80 Index83 MIDI Implementation ChartMIDI Implementation Chart
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