Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Using template songs

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

controllers,youwillbeplayingandcontrollingthe

trackselectedbyTrackSelect.

EXT,EX2,BTH:Duringplayback,theMIDIdata

recordedonthattrackwillbetransmittedfromMIDI

OUTtoplayanexternalsoundmodule.Whenyouuse

theKROME’skeyboardorcontrollers,MIDIdatawill

betransmittedtoplayandcontroltheexternalsound

moduleselectedbyTrackSelect.(TheMIDIchannelof

theexternaltonegeneratormustbesettomatchthe

MIDIChannelofKROMEtracksthataresettoEXT,

EX2orBTH.)

IfStatusissettoBTH,boththeexternaltonegenerator

andinternaltonegeneratorwillbeplayedand

controlled.

•Use��MIDIChanneltospecifytheMIDIchannelfor

eachtrack.

NormallyyouwillsettheMIDIChanneltoa

differentchannel:1–16foreachtrack.Tracksthat

aresettothesameMIDIchannelwillsound

simultaneouslywhenyourecordorplayback

eitherofthetracks.

5. Adjusttheeffectsettings.

AdjustsettingsforeacheffectinP8:Routing/IFXand

P9:MFX/TFX/LFO.

Fordetails,pleasesee“UsingeffectsinCombinations

andSongs”onpage81.

6. Setthetempoandtimesignature.

•Tosetthetempo,youcanturntheTEMPOknobor

presstheTAPbuttonatthedesiredinterval.

Alternatively,youcanselect(Tempo)intheP0:

Play/REC–ProgramT01–08page(orsimilarpage),

andusetheVALUEcontrollerstosetthetempo.Set

Temp oModetoManual.

•Nextyouwillsetthetimesignature.Inthis

example,we’llexplainhowtosetthetimesignature

usingthe“Meter”field.Normally,youspecifythe

timesignaturebeforerecordingthefirsttrack,and

thenbeginrecording.

a) PresstheSEQUENCERREC(●)button,andset“Meter”

to**/**.

b) Press**/**tohighlightit,andusetheVALUE controllers

tosetthetimesignature.

c) PresstheSTART/STOP()buttontobegin

recording.Whenthepre‐counthasendedandLocate

reaches001:01:000,presstheSTART/STOP()

buttontostoprecording.Thetimesignatureyou

specifiedhasnowbeenrecordedontheMastertrack.

IfyoupresstheSTART/STOP()buttonduringthe

pre‐count,thetimesignaturewon’tberecorded.

7. Setthe“RECResolution”ifnecessary.

Whenyourecordinrealtimeonatrack,thisparameter

specifieshowthetimingoftherecordedMIDIdata

willbecorrected.Thetimingwillalsobecorrected

whenyourecordautomationdatainrealtmeonan

audiotrack.(Datathatwasalreadyrecordedwillnot

becorrected.)

Forexample,let’ssupposethatyourecordedsome

eighthnotesinrealtime,butyourtimingwasnotquite

perfect,asshowninpart1oftheillustrationbelow.If

RECResolutionweresettowhenyourecorded,the

timingwouldautomaticallybecorrectedasshownin

part2oftheillustration.IfRECResolutionissettoHi,

thenoteswillberecordedwiththetimingatwhich

youplaythem.

8. Makeothersettingsasnecessary.

Youcanadjustthesettingsforthearpeggiator(P7:

ARP/DT),MIDIfiltering(P5:MIDIFilter),etc.(See

page89)

YoumayalsowishtouseTone Adjusttotweakthe

sound.Whenyouarefinishedmakingthesesettings,

thebasicsetupiscomplete.

Saving your song parameter settings

Thesongparametersettingsyoucreateherecanbe

savedasatemplate.Ifyouusethesesettings

frequently,youcansimplyloadoneofthetemplates

you’vesaved.

Fordetails,pleasesee“SaveTempla teSong(Saveas

UserTempl ateSong)”onpage 164ofthePar ameter

Guide.

Using template songs

Loadingatemplatesongisaneasywaytocreate

settingsappropriateforaparticularmusicalstyle.You

canalsoassignadrumpatterntoatrackatthesame

time.

1. IntheP0:Play/RECpage,pressthemenubutton

andchoose“LoadTemp lat eSong.”

Adialogboxwillappear.

2. Inthe“From”field,choosethetemplatesongyou

wanttoload.

3. Ifyoucheck“CopyPatterntoTracktoo?”,adialog

boxforcopyingapatternwillautomatically

appearafteryouexecutethe“LoadTemplate

Song”operation.

Ifyouexecutethecommandwithoutcheckingthis,

onlythetemplatesongyouselectedinstep2willbe

loaded.

4. PresstheOKbuttontoloadthetemplatesong,or

presstheCancelbuttonifyoudecidetocancel.

Whenyouperformthisoperation,songsettingsother

thantrackLoopandRPPRwillbecopied.

IfyouexecutedthisoperationwithCopyPatternto

Tracktoo?checkedinstep3,theCopyPatternTo

Trackdialogboxwillappear.