Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Compare function, Selecting and executing menu commands

Basic Information Basic operations
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Compare function
Program, Combination mode
Usethiswhenyouwishtocomparetheeditsyouhave
madetoaprogramorcombination’ssoundwiththe
un‐editedoriginal(i.e.,thesoundthatiswritteninto
memory).
Wheneditingaprogramorcombination,pressthis
button.TheLEDwilllightup,andthelast‐written
settingsforthatprogramorcombinationnumberwill
berecalled.WhenyoupresstheCOMPAREbutton
onceagain,theLEDwillgodarkandyouwillreturnto
thesettingsthatyouwereediting.
1. Wheneditingaprogramorcombination,press
thisbutton.
TheLEDwilllightup,andthelast‐writtensettingsfor
thatprogramnumberorcombinationnumberwillbe
recalled.
2. PresstheCOMPAREbuttononceagain.
Note:TheLED willgodarkandyouwillreturntothe
settingsthatyouwereediting.
Ifyoueditthesettingsthatarerecalledbypressingthe
COMPAREbutton(i.e.,thesettingsthatarewritten
intomemory),theLEDwillgodark,anditwillnotbe
possibletoreturntothepreviouseditsbypressingthe
COMPAREbuttonagain.
Sequencer mode
InSequencermode,youcanusetheCOMPAREbutton
tomake“beforeandafter”comparisonsimmediately
afterusingrealtimerecordingorsteprecordingto
recordasong,orafterperforminganeditonatrack.
Forexample,thiscanbeusedeffectivelywhen
realtime‐recordingaMIDItrackforasong.
1. Realtime‐recordaMIDItrack.(Take1)
2. Onceagain,realtime‐recordonthesametrack.
(Take2)
3. PresstheCOMPAREbutton.TheLEDwilllight
up,andtake1willberecalled.
4. PresstheCOMPAREbuttononceagain.TheLED
willgodark,andtake2willberecalled.
5. Ifatstep3youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthe
sametrack(take3),theComparefunctionwill
nowbereferencingtake1.
6. Ifatstep4youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthe
sametrack(take3),theComparefunctionwillbe
referencingtake2.
Inthisway,theComparefunctionletsyourecallthe
previousrecordingorthepreviousstateofevent��
editing.
Note:Ifyo ucontinueeditingwhentheCOMPARE
buttonislit,thebuttonwillgodark.Thisnowbecomes
themusicaldatathatwillbeselectedwhenthe
COMPAREbuttonisdark.
Global mode
TheComparefunctionthatbringsbackthesettings
priortoeditingisnotavailableinGlobalmode.
Selecting and executing menu
commands
Theutilityfunctionsprovidecommandsthatare
specifictoeachpage,suchasWrite(save)orCopy.The
availableutilityfunctionswilldependontheselected
page.
Forexample,theutilityfunctionsinProgrammodelet
youwrite(save)thesettings,orletyouperform
convenienteditingoperationssuchascopyingsettings
betweenoscillatorsoreffects,oraSyncfunctionthat
letsyouedittwoEGstogether.
1. Ontheupperrightsideofthedisplay,pressthe v 
button.
Themenucommandwillappear.
2. Selectamenucommandbytouchingitwithyour
finger.
Adialogboxfortheselectedmenucommandwill
appear.
Check‐typecommandswillnotdisplayadialogbox;
theirstatuswillbeswitched,andthelistwillclose.
ByholdingdowntheENTERbuttonandpressinga
numerickey0–9youcanaccessthedialogboxforthe
firsttenutilityfunctionswithoutgoingthroughthe
menu.
•Ifyouwanttoclosethelistwithoutselectinga
command,pressthedisplaysomewhereotherthan
thelist,orpresstheEXITbutton.
3. Foraparameterinadialogbox,selectitby
pressingitwithyourfinger,andusetheVALU E 
controllers(e.g.,VALU EdialorINC/DECbuttons)
toenteritsvalue.
Whenselectingaprogramorcombinationnumberina
dialogbox,youcanalsousetheBANKbuttontoenter
thebankasanalternativetousingtheVALUE 
controllers.
4. Toexecute,presstheOKbuttonortheENTER
button.
Ifyoudecidenottoexecute,presstheCancelorthe
EXITbutton.
Thedialogboxwillclose.
Menu command button
Menu button