Korg Connections, Turn the D3200 on, Please note the following items before you begin

Quick Start

This Quick Start is designed to provide a few examples of some common tasks, while helping you get familiar with the operations of the D3200.

Step 1: Preparations

The first step explains how to connect your monitor speakers or headphones, how to turn the D3200 on, and how to listen to the demo songs.

Step 2: Quick recording

This step will cover how to connect a guitar, keyboard, or mic to the D3200, how to record your performance on to a track, and how to play back the recording and listen to the results.

Step 3: Overdubbing

Overdubbing allows you to record additional tracks as you play along with the performance you recorded in step 2.

Step 4: Mixdown and mastering

In this step you can apply effects and EQ to each track to adjust the overall balance.

Finally, you can apply effects and EQ to the entire song to add overall com- pression and tonal adjustments, and mix your song down to the stereo master track.

Step 1: Preparations

1. Connections

Please note the following items before you begin.

The D3200 automatically stores the date and time each time a song is saved, so that you can tell when a song was updated. Before you begin, we recommend that you set the date and time (→p.2 “Setting the calendar”).

If you’re not sure how to use the buttons or icons that appear in the LCD screen, refer to “Items and functions in the LCD screen” (→p.13).

Connections

(1)Connect the MONITOR L/R jacks to your monitor speaker system, or connect a set of headphones to the PHONES jack.

(2)Set the MONITOR LEVEL knob to –∞. If you are using headphones, set the head- phone PHONES LEVEL knob 1 all the way to the left.

Monitor speaker etc. Headphones

(1)

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(2)

2. Turn the D3200 on

Connect the AC power cable (included), and turn on the power. Be sure to use the procedure described in “● Power-on” (→p.1).

Use an independent AC outlet whenever possible. If a circuit breaker should trip for some rea- son, any unsaved data will be lost and the internal hard drive or CD-R/RW may be damaged.

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