User’s Manual
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 Important Safety Instructions
 Data Reset
 Contents
 Main features
Introduction
 Two sets of headphones
Adjustable pitch
Powerful integrated amplification
Temperaments
 Control panel
Performance button
 Chorus
 Connections
 Connecting other audio devices to the C-720
Connecting to external audio devices
Connecting to an external amplification system
Amplification, connect only the L/MONO output. Do not con
 Open the key cover
Using the music stand
Before you begin
Turning the instrument on
 Listening to the Demo
Adjusting the volume
Using the headphones
Listen to a specified song
 Before you begin Listening to the Demo
 Basic functions
Playing a single sound Single mode
When you turn the instrument on, it is in Single mode
GrandPiano 4/4
 Playing two sounds at the same time Layer mode
 Selecting a different Left sound
Entering the Split mode
Exit from the Split mode
Choosing a different split point
 Using the pedals
Transposing
 Press the Transpose button to show the Transpose dis- play
Changing the brilliance
Turning the effects on/off
Transpose +02 semitones
 Perf.01 4/4 Split&Layr
Using performances
Choosing performances
Performance Button Bank
 Editing a performance
Changing the sounds assigned to a performance
Piano&Str Ac. Bass
 Metronome
Starting and stopping the metronome, adjusting the tempo
Adjusting the tempo
Tempo and time signature display
 Press the Exit button to return to the Main
Choosing a time signature
Drum patterns
Metro TS/Tempo
 Saving the metronome settings
Adjusting the metronome level
Adjusting the drum pattern’s reverb
Selecting the accent
 Playing back a song
Accessing the Song Play mode
How to select a song
After you press the Song button, the Song Play page appears
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How to start playback
Starting from a different measure
After having selected a song, you can play it back
 Changing the song’s tempo
Muting/unmuting a recorder’s part
Play along with the song
 Cycle Play
Turning the Cycle Play off
 Entering Record mode with a new, blank song
Quick recording procedure
Entering the Record mode
Entering Record mode with an existing user song
 Selecting sounds
 Setting the record options
 Recording with no metronome
Setting the time signature and tempo
Recording
Recording with the metronome
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Second-pass recording
Changing sounds to a recorded song
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 Changing tempo to a recorded song
Record Mode Pedal Punch
Record Mode Pnc S001 E001
Pedal Punch recording
 By choosing to record a new song
By choosing the Save Song command
Saving the song
By choosing a different song
 Erasing a track
Setting Cycle Play
Editing a song
Play mode, whose use has been seen above see Cycle Play on
 Cut Measures From 99 Exec?
Cutting measures at the end of the song
Quantizing the song
Quantize Q1/16 Exec?
 Saving the song after editing
Transposing the song
Deleting the song
Choose a transposition value in semitones
 Editing a song Saving the song after editing
 Editing sounds and performances
Accessing the Sound edit mode
Exit from the Sound edit mode
Saving a sound
 After editing a sound
Press +/YES to confirm, -/NO to cancel
Saving a performance
Press the +/YES button to go to the Save To Performance
 Use this page to set each sound’s volume
Setting the volume
Adjusting the panning
After editing a performance
 C-720 is equipped with three types of effects
Adjusting the effects
Setting the reverb effect
Press Scroll again to select the Reverb On/Off pa- rameter
 If you are in Layer or Split mode, press Scroll
Setting the chorus or modulation effect
Setting the insert effects
Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select a different effect
 Octave +02 L+00
Setting the octave transposition
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To select the L Layer/Left parameter
 Adjusting the fine tune
Programming the pedals
 With the M Main parameter selected
Selecting a scale
SubScale Type Kirnberger
SubScale Sw MOn LOff
 Resetting the current sound and performance
Reset Snd/Prf Exec?
 Accessing Global edit
Global settings
Touch settings
Exit from the Global edit mode
 Default split point
Master tuning
Brilliance
 Assigning functions to the pedals
Pedal 3 Glob Sound Pedal 2 Glob Sound Pedal 1 Glob Sound
 Mute Level
Quarter Tone SubScale realtime programming
Fast Play
Use the +/YES and -/NO button to choose the mute level
 Midi Clock
Turning the keyboard on or off Local Control
Midi in Channels
 Midi in Ch Ch01 Tr01
Midi OUT Channels
Press the Scroll Button to move the cursor to Channel again
Button to show the Midi OUT Channels
 Data transfer via the USB port
Midi Filters
Tus of the selected filter
 On a Mac Drag the Korg SSD icon over the Eject icon
Folder Content
Erasing songs from the User Song album
Erase Song Prelude Exec?
 System version number
General Reset
General Reset Exec? Yes/No
You can see the operating system’s version number while
 What can you do with MIDI?
What is MIDI?
What is Midi Over USB?
Midi connections
 Using the C-720 as a multitimbral tone generator
Standard Midi settings
Program Change
 Control Change enable/disable
Control Change
 Korg USB-MIDI Driver system requirements
Installing the Korg USB Midi Driver
Connecting the C-720 to a personal computer
Please note before use
 Mac OS X Installing Korg USB-MIDI Driver
Windows Installing the Korg USB-MIDI Driver
Driver’s ports
 Assembling the stand
 Fasten the two pieces using two screws a
Assembling procedure
For assembly
By inserting the four bolts on the front of the pedal
 Assembling the stand Assembling procedure
 Assembling the stand Assembling procedure
 Remove
 Left Speaker Right Speaker Pedals
 Disassembly
Check after assembly
Screw loosening
 Sounds
Appendix
Var Name CC32 Osc Description
 Var. Name CC 0 CC32 PC* Osc. Description
Drum Kits Selected only by Drum Patterns or via Midi
 Btn Name Sounds / Timbres Mode Remarks Bank
Performances
 Effects
Reverb Description / Beschreibung Chorus
 Album SongBook Title Composer
Songs
Album Classics Title Composer
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 Error messages
 Problem Possible remedy
Troubleshooting
Polyphony
 Technical specifications
Specifications 720
 Midi Implementation Chart
RPN LSB, MSB
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