Session Drums™

The D3200 is equipped with Korg’s Session Drums. By using Session Drums in conjunction with the Knob Matrix, you can easily create a realistic drum track for your song, without te- dious programming. This drum track can be used as refer- ence as you record, or as part of your completed song. Patterns are the basic elements of the drum track. By string- ing different patterns together and adding fills, intro and ending patterns, you can create a program map.

The Session Drums is recorded on its own dedicated track, so you can use the pattern map to play drum patterns and still have thirty-two tracks available for recording.

1. Listening to drum patterns

If the song is playing, press the STOP key to stop playback.

The D3200 contains 756 drum patterns (p.176 “Drum Pat- tern List”).

(1)Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page, and click the “Assign” Monitor radio button.

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(2)Access the SESSION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page, and click the RUN button (it will be highlighted) to hear the current pattern.

To stop the pattern, click the RUN button once again.

(3)Use the DRUMS fader to adjust the volume of the drum pattern.

(4)Use matrix knobs 1–4 to select drum patterns and adjust the tempo.

Use the GROUP knob to select a family of drum pat- ters, or the drum pattern group.

Use the SESS knob to select a pattern set from within the current group.

When you use the GROUP and SESS knobs to select a pat- tern set, the drum kit and tempo will change as well. It takes about one second to switch drum kits.

Use the VARI knob to select a variation of the current pattern set. Turning the knob toward the right will make the pattern “busier” and add more sounds.

Use the TEMPO knob to adjust the tempo.

For now, keep matrix knobs 5–8 all the way toward the left in their “OFF” position. We’ll get to these in the next section. For details on what each knob does, refer to “Auditioning the pattern map” (p.59).

If you select a new pattern using the GROUP, SESS, or VARI knobs while a pattern is playing, the Session Drums will switch to the new pattern at the beginning of the next meas- ure.

If you click the Fill button while a drum pattern is playing, a fill-in pattern will play at the beginning of the next measure, and then the Session Drums will revert to the previous drum pattern.

If you select a new pattern using the GROUP, SESS, or VARI knobs while a fill-in pattern is playing, the Session Drums will switch to the newly selected pattern when the fill-in ends.

If you click the Ending button while a drum pattern is play- ing, an ending pattern will play at the beginning of the next measure, and then the Session Drums will stop.

If you click the RUN button while the Session Drums are playing, the drumming will stop.

While the “SessionDr.” tab page is displayed, you can use the panel LOC 3 and LOC 4 keys instead of the on-screen RUN and FILL buttons. You can also hold down the panel SESSION DRUMS key and press the LOC 3 key instead of the on-screen Ending button.

If you’ve selected Metronome as the group

If you use the GROUP knob to select “Metronome,” the time signature and the accent sound will be as specified by the SESS knob and VARI (shown as BEAT) knob.

2. Creating a drum track for an entire song (Pattern Map)

Here we will explain how to create a sequence of drum pat- terns (a pattern map) for the entire song by switching varia- tions in real time.

You can’t create a pattern map if the song’s Protect setting is turned on.

(1)Access the SESSION DRUMS “DrmsMixer” tab page, and click the “Assign” Monitor radio button.

(2)Access the SESSION DRUMS “SessionDr.” tab page.

If the Click Monitor button is on (highlighted), click it to turn it off.

Click the “RecMode” Pat&T radio button. (p.143 “11. Rec Mode”)

(3)Click the RUN button (it will be highlighted), and you will hear the currently-specified drum pattern.

To stop the pattern, click the RUN button once again.

(4)Use the DRUMS fader to adjust the volume of the drum pattern.

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Korg D3200 owner manual Listening to drum patterns, Creating a drum track for an entire song Pattern Map