Basic functions

Basic functions

 

 

 

. About the display

Switching the display

Each time you press the [DISPLAY] key, the contents of the display will change as follows.

Normal mode

When you are in the Normal mode, the display will show the program number and program name.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key, the display will show the settings of the “UPPER” parameters (drawbar

parameters for the upper keyboard) specified by the

program.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display will show the settings of the “LOWER” parameters

(drawbar parameters for the lower keyboard).

When you press the [DISPLAY] key once again, the program number and program name display will reappear.

Front panel Drawbar and settings can be changed not only by moving the bars manually, but also by receiving MIDI control change messages. If MIDI control changes are received to modify the sound, the “LOWER” parameter display will show the values as follows.

Program number and program name

￿UPPER￿ parameter settings

￿DB Preset’s Perc￿ settings

￿LOWER￿ parameter settings

(Display when drawbar levels have been edited by MIDI CC#)

EX mode

When you are in the EX mode, the display will show the program number and program name.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key, the display will show

the settings of the “EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION” parameters Drawbar and EX Drawbar that are specified by the program.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display will show the settings of the “EX Percussion” param- eters.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display will show the settings of the “EX LOWER” parameters.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key yet another time, the program number and program name display will reappear.

If MIDI control changes were received to change the sound, these values will be displayed following the “EX LOWER” parameter display, in the same way as for Normal mode.

Program number and program name

Drawbar 1 and EX Drawbar settings

￿EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION￿parameters

Drawbar 1 and EX Drawbar settings

EX Percussion settings

￿EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION￿parameters

EX Percussion settings

EX LOWER settings

(Display when drawbar levels have been edited by MIDI CC#)

Drawbar levels and icons

: Drawbar levels

The above illustration shows the drawbar levels. At a level of (maximum), the display will be as shown at the far left. At a level of 0 (minimum), nothing will be displayed, as in the far right of the illustration above.

: Enter icon

This will be displayed when writing or copying a program.

When this icon is displayed, pressing the [WRITE/ ENTER] key will execute the operation.

: Speaker icon

This will be displayed when writing or copying a program.

This icon means that you can play the keyboard to hear the sound of the program indicated by the icon.

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Korg BX-3 manual About the display, Switching the display, Drawbar levels and icons, Normal mode, EX mode