Korg BX-3 manual About the programs, Restoring the factory settings, How a program is structured

Basic functions

2. About the programs

The BX-3 contains 128 preset programs (64 for Normal mode, and 64 for EX mode).

In both Normal mode and EX mode, the programs are organized into banks A–H, with eight programs in each bank.

How a program is structured

A preset program consists of the following four types of setting.

1)Organ sound settings (tone wheel selection, etc.)

2)Drawbar parameter settings

3)Effect settings

4)Front panel key settings

Each program contains its own settings. When you switch programs, the parameter settings of the selected program will be used.

The drawbar parameter settings saved within each program are used if [DRAWBAR PRESET] is selected in the front panel DRAWBAR SELECT section. If you have selected either [DRAWBAR 1] or [DRAWBAR 2] in the DRAWBAR SECTION, the front panel Drawbar 1 or Drawbar 2 settings will be used.

The front panel key settings saved within each program are used if the Global mode Group 1 “Prg.Chng” param- eter is set to All Params. If the “Prg.Chng” parameter is set to Int. Params, the state of the front panel keys will be used, meaning that the state of the front panel keys will not change when you switch programs.

3. Restoring the factory settings

The BX-3 lets you re-initialize either the programs or the Global parameters back to their original factory settings. Use this procedure if you have accidentally overwritten a preset program, or want to return to the original factory settings.

Initialization can be performed on the following four types of data:

•One program

•All programs

•Global parameters

•All program parameters and Global parameters

Restoring the factory settings will erase any edits or changes you may have made to the data.

Initializing one program

1.Press the [GLOBAL] key to enter Global mode.

2.Press the PROGRAM [7] key and then press the [®] key once.

The display will indicate Copy Swap Init.

3.Press the [WRITE/ENTER] key.

“Copy” will blink in the display.

4.Press the [+] key twice.

“Init Program” will appear in the left of the display, and “Program” will blink.

5.Press the [®] key once.

A speaker icon will appear at the left of the program number.

You can play the keyboard to audition the sound of the program.

6.Use the [-] or [+] keys to select the program that you want to initialize.

7.Press the [WRITE/ENTER] key.

A message will ask you whether you want to initialize the program.

To cancel the procedure, press the [EXIT] key.

8.Press the [WRITE/ENTER] key once again.

When initialization has been completed, the display will indicate Init Completed, and you will return to step 4.

9.Press the [EXIT] key twice to return to the previ- ous mode.

Initializing all programs

Steps 1–3 are the same as for “Initializing one program,” above.

4.Press the [+] key three times.

“Init All Program” will appear in the left of the display, and “All Program” will blink.

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