Basic functions > Playing different sounds with your left and right hand (Split mode)

Playing different sounds with your left and right hand (Split mode)

You can play a sound with your right hand (the Main sound), and a different one with the left hand (the Left sound). This is called the Split mode.

Split Point

Selecting a variation of the Main sound

You can select a variation of the Main sound after accessing the Split mode.

1.Be sure the cursor is in the first line of the display. If it isn’t,

Left

Main

use the SCROLL

button to move it there:

Cursor

 

 

 

 

 

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Entering the Split mode

To access Split mode from any other mode, press the SPLIT button. The Main sound of the Single or Layer mode will be as- signed to the right half of the keyboard (Main area, shown in the first line of the display), and a Bass sound will be assigned to the left half of the keyboard (Left area, shown in the second line of the display).

Main sound

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Left sound

While the Ac.Bass sound will be chosen as the Left sound the first time you enter Split mode, the last selected sound will be assigned if you return to Split mode later.

2.Use the VARIATION button to select a different sound variation. As an alternative, use the +/YES and -/NO but- tons to choose a different sound variation.

Selecting a different Left sound

You can select a different Left sound after accessing the Split mode.

1.Keep the SPLIT button pressed. The indicator of the Left sound lights up.

2.Use the sound selection buttons to select a different sound.

3.Release the SPLIT button.

As an alternative, use the display controls:

1. Use the SCROLL buttons to move the cursor to the Left sound.

Exit from the Split mode

To exit Split mode, press the SPLIT button again to return to the Single mode, or press two sound selection buttons together to enter Layer mode.

Choosing a different split point

If the selected split point is too high or too low, you can choose a different one. Please note that you can set a default split point, to have it ready each time you turn the instrument on (see “Default split point” on page 48).

1.Keep the SPLIT button pressed. The current split point is shown in the display while you keep the button pressed.

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Scroll

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2.Use the sound selection buttons as you would do to select a sound in Single mode.

3. Use the

buttons to move the cursor back to the Main

sound.

 

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2.Play a note to set a different split point.

3.Release the SPLIT button.

Selecting a different Main sound

You can select a different Main sound after accessing the Split mode. Use the sound selection buttons as you would do to se- lect a sound in Single mode.

Selecting a variation of the Left sound

You can select a variation of the Left sound after accessing the Split mode.

1.Keep the SPLIT button pressed. The indicator of the Left sound lights up.

2.Use the VARIATION button to select a different sound variation.

3.Release the SPLIT button.

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Korg C-720 user manual Entering the Split mode, Selecting a different Left sound, Exit from the Split mode

C-720 specifications

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