Korg BX-3 manual Group 6 Ex Drawbar Set, Group 7 Utility

Parameters

Group 6: Ex Drawbar Set

Ex Drawbar Type 1-1 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitch (in semitone steps) that will be as- signed to the left bar (16') of the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

This setting will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 1.

-5: Five semitones lower than the 1' drawbar.

0: The 1' drawbar.

+24: Two octaves (24 semitones) above the 1' drawbar.

Ex Drawbar Type 1-2 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitch (in semitone steps) that will be as- signed to the second-from-left bar (5-1/3') of the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

This setting will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 1.

-5: Five semitones lower than the 1' drawbar.

0: The 1' drawbar.

+24: Two octaves (24 semitones) above the 1' drawbar.

Ex Drawbar Type 1-3 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitch (in semitone steps) that will be as- signed to the third-from-left bar (8') of the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

This setting will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 1.

-5: Five semitones lower than the 1' drawbar.

0: The 1' drawbar.

+24: Two octaves (24 semitones) above the 1' drawbar.

Ex Drawbar Type 1-4 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitch (in semitone steps) that will be as- signed to the right bar (4') of the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

This setting will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 1.

-5: Five semitones lower than the 1' drawbar.

0: The 1' drawbar.

+24: Two octaves (24 semitones) above the 1' drawbar.

Ex Drawbar Type 2-1 – Ex Drawbar Type 2-4 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitches (in semitone steps) that will be assigned to the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

These settings will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 2.

Ex Drawbar Type 3-1 – Ex Drawbar Type 3-4 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitches (in semitone steps) that will be assigned to the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

These settings will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 3.

Ex Drawbar Type 4-1 – Ex Drawbar Type 4-4 [-5...+24]

Specifies the pitches (in semitone steps) that will be assigned to the EX Drawbars (Drawbar 2) used by an EX program.

These settings will be used if the EX Edit mode Group 2 “Ex Drawbar Type” parameter is set to 4.

Pitches above the F#8 of the BX-3 will be “folded back” to the octave below, so we suggest that you play the lowest octave of the BX-3 to hear the pitches you specify here.

Group 7: Utility

Program Mapper

This lets you change the correspondence between the BX- 3's program numbers and MIDI program numbers. Press the [WRITE/ENTER] key and the editing screen will appear. The BX-3's program number is shown in the left of the display, and the MIDI program number at the right. When you select an EX program, an “E” will be displayed at the left of the program number.

Use the [√ ] [®] keys to select the BX-3 program number, and use the [-] [+] keys to select the MIDI program number.

Copy Swap Init

Copy (Copy Program)

This lets you copy a specified program. For details, refer to “Copying a program” (p.22).

Swap (Swap Program)

This lets you exchange two specified programs. For details, refer to “Swapping two programs” (p.22).

Init (Initialize)

This lets you return program or global settings to the factory settings. For details, refer to “3. Restoring the factory settings” (p.16).

Dump (MIDI Dump)

For details, refer to “MIDI data dump” (p.37).

Dump Program

Dumps the data for one specified program.

Dump All Program

Dumps the data for all programs.

Dump Global

Dumps the global data.

Dump All Data (Dump All Programs and Global data)

Dumps the data for all programs and global data.

Drawbar Scan

When the BX-3 receives MIDI control changes, the drawbar registers will be modified, so that the sound may no longer match the physical settings of the front panel Drawbar 1 and 2 bars.

When you execute Drawbar Scan, BX-3 will re-read the actual physical position of the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings, and their values will be set in the drawbar registers.

Execute this when you want the settings of Drawbar 1 and 2 to be reflected in the sound. Since the control changes for all drawbars will be transmitted via MIDI when Drawbar Scan is executed, this is convenient when you want to record a BX-3 performance on your se- quencer.

Default DB Select (Default Drawbar Select)

[PRESET, 1, 2]

This controls which settings in the DRAWBAR SELECT section will be active when the power is turned on.

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2. Pressthe[WRITE/ENTER]key.

The display will allow you to specify your choice for the upper DRAWBAR SELECT section.

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