Korg AmkII, EA-1mkII 3. Basic operation (Quick Start)

3. Basic operation (Quick Start)

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3. Basic operation (Quick Start)

Conceptual diagram of the EA-1mk

II

On the EA-1mk

II

, a song consists mainly of Patterns (which consist of Parts and delay

settings) and event data (refer to p.37 "Recording knob movements or your performance

in a song (Event Recording)").

Listening to a Song

1. Press the Song Mode key to enter Song mode (the key will light).

2. Use the cursor [▲][▼] keys to make the parameter select LED indicate

SONG (the top LED).

3. Rotate the dial to select the desired song (S01...S16).

4. Press the Play/Pause key to playback the song (the key will light). When

the song ends, playback will stop automatically (the key will go dark).

To pause during playback, press the Play/Pause key (the key will blink). To

resume playback, press the Play/Pause key once again (the key will light).

To stop playback, press the Stop/Cancel key.

It is not possible to change songs during playback.

What is a Song?

On the EA-1mk

II

, a song is musical data consisting of Pat-

terns arranged in the desired playback order. The EA-1mk

II

lets you create and store up to sixteen songs. In each song

you can arrange up to 256 patterns, and phrase and knob

movements can also be recorded in addition to the playback.

(Refer to p.34 "Song mode.")

Contents

Main Precautions Contents 1. Introduction.................................................................... 6 2. Front and rear panel...................................................... 8 3. Basic operation (Quick Start) ...................................... 12 4. Pattern mode............................................................... 22 5. Song mode .................................................................. 34 6. Global mode ................................................................ 39 7. MIDI mode ...................................................................41 8. Appendices.................................................................. 43 1. Introduction Main features About the data you create on the EA-1 II Make connections and play! Example connections Preparing to play 1 2 7 98 10 34 56 2. Front and rear panel Common section Synthesizer section Sequence Control section Step Key section Connector section 12 3456 3. Basic operation (Quick Start) Conceptual diagram of the EA-1 II Listening to a Song Listening to Patterns Trying out the functions Changing the tempo of a song or pattern Using the dial to change the tempo Using the Tap Tempo key to change the tempo Striking keys to play sounds (Keyboard function) Modify1ing (editing) the sound Playing the sound of a part along with a song or pattern Modify (edit) the sound along with a song or pattern Modifying (editing) a phrase pattern Realtime Recording (using the Keyboard function to create a phrase) Step Recording (using the Step keys to create a phrase) Saving a pattern that you create Using a Motion Sequence Connecting various sources to the audio input Playing with Pattern Set Using the EA-1 as a tone generator module Synchronized playback with the ER-1 4. Pattern mode Selecting a pattern PATTERN A01...d64 Setting the playback tempo TEMPO 20...300 Creating a pattern Editing the sound of a part Synthesizer parameters OSCILLATOR PORTAMENTO 0...100 FILTER CUTOFF RESONANCE EG INT (EG intensity) 100...0...100 DECAY 0msec...10sec AMP DISTORTION On, Off LEVEL EFFECT TYPE SELECT TEMPO DELAY, CHOURUS/FLANGER Length, Scale/Beat settings What is Length? Swing settings 2,4 33,5 Creating a phrase pattern Realtime recording Step recording About the Target Step Target Step 1.01...4.16 Event editing Changing the pitch PITCH C-1...G9 Changing the gate time GATE TIME 0.25...64.0 Convenient functions for editing patterns Erasing phrase pattern data from a part Erasing data during playback or recording (ERASE) Erasing all data from a part (CLEAR PART) Motion sequence Transposing a phrase (TRANSEPOSE) TRANSPOSE 24...24 Moving data within a part (MOVE DATA) Move Data 16...16 Data Copy within a pattern Erasing motion sequence data from a part (CLEAR MOTION) Copying a part (COPY PART) Pattern Set Using Pattern Set to perform (Pattern Set Play) Example Registering a pattern for Pattern Set Saving a pattern (WRITE) 5. Song mode Selecting a song SONG S01...S16 Setting the playback tempo TEMPO 20...300 Creating a song Creating a song from scratch Erasing song data (CLEAR SONG) Specifying a pattern for each position POSITION 001...256 PATTERN A01...d64 Specifying the pitch of each pattern PITCH OFS (Pitch Offset) 24...24 Editing a song Inserting a pattern at a specified position (INSERT PATTERN) 5.Song mode Deleting a pattern from a specified position (DELETE PATTERN) Changing the pattern for a specific position Recording knob movements or your performance in a song (Event Recording) Deleting event data from a song (CLEAR EVENT) Checking for song event data Saving a song (WRITE) 6.Global mode 6.Global mode 6. Global mode Synchronizing the EA-1 Synchronizing the EA-1 Metronome settings METRONOME oFF, r-0, r-1, r-2, on Protect settings (Memory Protect) PROTECT on, oFF Saving the settings you modify in Global mode (WRITE) 7.MIDI mode 7.MIDI mode 7. MIDI mode Setting the MIDI channel of part 1 MIDI CH[PART1]1...16 Setting the MIDI channel of part 2 MIDI CH[PART2]1...16 MIDI filter settings Adjusting the pitch bend range BEND RANGE 12...12 Saving the settings you modify in MIDI mode (WRITE) 8.Data 8. Appendices About MIDI 1. MIDI channels 2. Note-on/off 3. Switching patterns Troubleshooting II When playing the EA-1 The display does not light up when I press the Power switch! No sound! Error messages Restoring the factory set data Specifications Er.1 Er.2 Er.9 Full Page Page Index A B C D P R S T W Pattern Name List A BANK All Patterns and All Songs - 2003 KORG Inc. All rights reserved. B Bank C Bank ELECTRIBE AEA-1mk MIDI Implementation Chart E 1