Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Using Tone Adjust

Easy Program editing Using Tone Adjust

USER controls

IntheUSERsectionyoucanturnknobs1–4tocontrol

variousaspectsofthesoundsuchasvolume,

portamentotime,

pan,filterandampEG,pitchLFO,andmastereffect

sendlevel.

InUSER,themostusefulfunctionsareassigned

individuallyforeachpreloadprogram.

Thetablebelowshowsthestandardassignmentsofthe

RealtimeControlsknobs:

Fordetails,pleaseseepage16ofthePar ameterGuide.

ARP controls

IntheARPsectionyoucancontrolthearpeggiatorin

realtime.

Fordetailsonfunctionality,pleaseseepage86.

Saving the edits you made by moving the

knobs

Therealtimecontrolknobsareanidealwaytomodify

thesoundwhileyouperform.Asneeded,pressthe

frontpanelWRITEbuttontoWrite thePrograminto

memoryandsavethesoundyou’veedited.(See

“Savingyouredits”onpage 30.)

HoweverforRealtimeControlsUSERknobs1–4,

theeditedsettingscanbesavedonlyifyou’ve

assignedCC#70–79.

Internally,asingleknobusuallyaffectsseveral

differentparameters.WhenyouwriteaProgram,the

editsaresavedintotheindividualprogram

parameters,andnottotheknobitself.

AfterwritingtheProgram,you’llnoticethattheknobs

havereturnedtotheircenterpositions–sincetheold

“edited”valuesarenowthenew“saved”values.

Assigning Realtime Controls USER functions

to knobs 1–4

Youcanassignthefunctionsthatknobs1–4will

performwhenRealtimeControlsUSERisselected.

(Seepage41)

Using Tone Adjust

TheToneAdjustfunctionletsyouedittheparameters

oftheprogram.Theprogramparametersthataremost

effectiveforeditingwillbeassignedtothecontrollers

inthedisplay.

1. AccesstheProgP0:Play–Tone Adjustpage.

Thispageshowsandreflectsdatageneratedbythe

toneadjustfunction,lettingyouviewtheparameter

assignmentsandtheirprecisevalues.

2. Toeditthesound,selectaslider(1–8)orbutton(1–

8)inthedisplay,andusetheVALU E dialetc.to

useit.(Youcaneditthevalueofasliderby

draggingitinthedisplay.)

Note:Yo ucanassigntheprincipalprogram

parameterstothevariouscontrollersinthedisplay.For

details,pleaseseepage7ofthePar ameterGuide.

For example:

1. SelectProgramA069,“DeluxeE.Piano.”

2. AccesstheP0:Play–Tone Adjustpage.

3. Lookattheassignmentsforsliders5,6,and8in

thedisplay.

Slider5isassignedtoF/AEGAttackTime;slider6is

assignedtoF/AEGDecayTime;andslider8is

assignedtoF/AEGReleaseTime.

4. Raiseeachofthethreesliderssothattheyare

about4/5ofthewaytothetop.

Thedisplayshouldshowtheirvaluesasbetween+60

and+70.ThismeansthatyouhaveeditedthefilterEG

andampEGattack,delay,andreleasetolongervalues.

5. Playafewnotes.

Noticethatthesoundhaschangedfromanelectric

pianointoasoftpad.Next,let’saddjustabitoffilter

modulation,tomakethesoundmorerich.

6. Noticetheassignmentofslider2inthedisplay.

Slider2isassignedto“[OSC1]FilterLFO1IntA”

(OSC1filterLFO1intensity).Itwilladjusttheamount

offiltermodulationproducedbyLFO1.

7. Lowerslider2slightlysothatthedisplayindicates

about–6.

8. Playafewmorenotes.

Thefiltermodulationhasaddedsomeshimmertothe

sound.Now,maybeitcoulduseabitmoreedge…

9. Lookattheassignmentsforswitches6and7inthe

display.

TheseareprogrammedtoraisetheFilterCutoffand

FilterResonance,respectively.Switchesarejuston/off,

butyoucansetaspecificvaluefortheOnposition;

noticethe+10and+40intheswitch’svalueboxes.

10. Presseachofthetwoswitchbuttons.

Thesoundnowhasamoreinterestingcharacter,due

tothefilters.Sinceit’sbrighter,we’vealsorestored

someoftheelectricpianocharacter.

Prettyeasy,huh?Note:dependingontheparameter,

youmayoccasionallyhearglitchesinthesoundasyou

movethecontrol.

Knob MIDI CC Normally controls…

TONE1 74 Filter Cutoff Frequency

TONE2 71 Filter Resonance

TONE3 79 Filter EG Intensity

TONE4 72 EG Release Time

USER1, 2 Varies for each Program

USER3 Often Chorus Depth - but can vary per Program

USER4 Often Reverb Depth - but can vary per Program