Playing back a song > Muting/unmuting a recorder’s part

Muting/unmuting a recorder’s part

During playback, you can mute or unmute a recorder’s part. Muting is useful to play a part on the keyboard, while letting the recorder to continue playing the other.

Depending on the settings made in Global mode (see “Mute Level” on page 50), muting may completely silence the part, or just attenuate it. Attenuation is very useful for practicing, since it lets you play over a part that you can still hear at a very soft level.

Note: The part’s status is automatically restored when you choose a different song (it is turned on if there are notes, or turned off if the part is empty).

1.Press the PART 1 or

PART 2 button, de-

pending on the part you want to mute

(usually, Part 1 = left hand, Part 2 = right

hand. This may be different with songs imported via USB). The muted part’s indicator turns off.

At this point, you can play the muted part on the keyboard.

2.Press the same button again, to unmute the part and let its indicator turn on again.

Changing the song’s tempo

Each song contains its own tempo. You can, however, change it during playback, for example to make it easier playing along with the song.

1.Use the TEMPO + button to increase the tempo and make the song play faster.

2.Use the TEMPO - button to decrease the tempo and make the song play slower.

3.Press both the +/YES and -/NO buttons at the same time to recall the original tempo of the song.

Play along with the song

During playback, you can play along with the song. The latest selected sounds are still active on the keyboard. You can select different sounds, as seen before. When you press a sound se- lection button, the Main page appears. Press the SONG button to return to the Song Play page.

When selecting different sounds, their effects are also recalled. Be careful, since this can dramatically affect the song’s overall sound. When selecting a different song, the song’s effects are selected again.

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Korg C-720 user manual Muting/unmuting a recorder’s part, Changing the song’s tempo, Play along with the song

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