Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
Overview
About the KROME’s Sequencer
ThesequencerbringstogethertheKROME’snumerous
functionssuchasitsarpeggiator,RPPR,high‐
performanceeffects,andcontrollers,allowingyouto
takeadvantageoftheseinawiderangeofsituations.
Thissequencerisa16‐trackMIDIsequencerthatcan
storeupto128songsand210,000MIDIevents.Youcan
useittorecordandplaybacknotesfortheinternal
soundgeneratoraswellasforexternalMIDIsound
modules.
Whenyouturnoffthepower,thesettingscreated
inSequencermode,thesongdata,anyuser
patterndata,andCueListthatyourecordedwill
notbebackedup.Ifyouwishtokeepthisdata,
youmustsaveitonanSDcardbeforeturningoff
thepower,orperformaMIDIdatadumptosave
thedataonanexternaldatafileretc.
Ifyouwishtowritetheprograms,track
parameters,effects,andarpeggiatorsettingsetc.
selectedforasongasatemplatesong,usethe
menucommandSaveTemplateSong.
Immediatelyafterthepoweristurnedon,KROME
willnotcontainanysongdata,soifyouwishto
playasongonthesequencer,youmustfirstload
datafromSDcard,orreceiveaMIDIdatadump
fromaMIDIfiler.Fordetails,pleaseseepage118,
andpage219ofthePar ameterGuide.
Sequencer mode structure
Sequencermodeisstructuredasfollows.
Songs
Asongconsistsoftracks1–16,amastertrack,song
parameterssuchasthesongname,arpeggiator,Drum
Trackfunction,effectandRPPRparameters,and100
userpatterns.
Amaximumof128suchsongscanbecreatedon
KROME.
Track s1–16consistofsetupparameters(suchaseach
track’sprogram,pan,andvolume)locatedatthestart
ofthesong,andthemusicaldataitself.Themaster
trackconsistsoftempoandtimesignaturedata(see
“Setupparameters&Musicaldata”onpage106ofthe
ParameterGuide).
Song recording and editing
Songrecordingisperformedontracks.
Youcanrecordtracksineitheroftwoways;realtime
recordingorsteprecording.Forrealtimerecording
youcanchooseoneofsixrecordingmodes.
YoucanedittracksbyusingEventEditoperationsto
modifytherecordeddataorinsertnewdata,andby
usingTrackEditfunctionssuchasCreateControlData,
whichgeneratesandinsertspitchbend,aftertouch,or
controlchangedata.
Patterns
Therearetwotypesofpatterns:presetpatternsand
userpatterns.
Presetpatterns:Patternssuitablefordrumtracksare
presetininternalmemory,andcanbeselectedforany
song.
Userpatterns:Eachsongcanhaveupto100patterns.
Whenusingapatterninadifferentsong,usethe
UtilitymenucommandsCopyPatternorCopyFrom
Songetc.tocopythepattern.Thepatternlengthcanbe
specifiedinunitsofameasure.
Eachpatternconsistsofmusicaldataforonetrack.Itis
notpossibletocreatepatternsthatcontainmultiple
tracks.
Youcanusethesepatternsbyplacingtheminatrack
(PuttoTrackmenucommand)orbycopyingthem
(CopytoTrackmenucommand).Youcanalsouse
patternswiththeRPPRfunctionofasong(see
page71).