Basic operation

Basic operation

 

. The display screen

Switching the display

Each time you press the [DISPLAY] key, the contents of the display screen will change as shown below.

The display shows the parameter settings of the selected program.

In Normal mode

Program no. and program name

Drawbar settings of the Upper tone generator

“UPPER” parameter settings

Drawbar settings of the Lower tone generator

“LOWER” parameter settings

(Displayed when MIDI CC# has modified the drawbar levels)

If the Drawbar or settings have been modified by MIDI control changes that were received, the “MIDI Drawbar 1, settings” will be displayed following the “Drawbar levels of the Lower tone generator.”

In EX mode

Program no. and program name

Drawbar, EX Drawbar settings

Drawbar and EX Drawbar settings of the “Drawbar Level” parameters

EX Percussion settings

EX Percussion settings of the “Drawbar Level” parameters

(Displayed when MIDI CC# has modified the drawbar levels)

If the Drawbar or settings have been modified by MIDI control changes that were received, the “MIDI Drawbar 1, settings” will be displayed following the “EX PERCUSSION drawbar levels.”

Drawbar levels and icons

: Drawbar levels

The figure above shows the drawbar levels.

For a level of 8, the display will show the bar pulled out all the way, as for the two left-most drawbars above. For a level of 0, nothing will be displayed.

: Enter icon

When you are writing or copying a program, this icon will appear in the right side of the display.

This icon indicates that you should press the [WRITE/ ENTER] key to execute the operation.

: Speaker icon

When you are writing a program or copying data in Global mode, this icon will appear at the left of the program number.

By playing the keyboard you can audition the sound of the program indicated by this icon.

: Percussion icon

This indicates that the Normal Edit mode “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter is set to Ena.

If this parameter is set to Ena, selecting the UPPER [DRAWBAR PRESET] key in Normal mode allows you to use percussion. For details refer to “Percus- sion” (p.11).

Shortcut

In Normal Edit mode, EX Edit mode, and Global mode, pressing the PROGRAM [1]–[8] keys will make the first parameter of the corresponding group appear in the display. This is a convenient way to select parameters.

The parameters of the displayed group will depend on the mode, and correspond to Group 1 through 8. For details on the parameters that will be selected for each group, refer to “Parameters” (p.17).

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Korg CX-3 owner manual Display screen, Switching the display, Drawbar levels and icons, Shortcut