Korg ESX-1 Muting a part, Selecting a part, Part key, Accent part, Keyboard part, PARTMUTE SOLO, Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part

5. Pattern mode

Listening to the sound of a keyboard part (the Keyboard function)

1.Press one of the keyboard part keys 1, 2 (the key will light).

2.Press the KEYBOARD key (the key will light).

3.Use the step keys as a keyboard to play the part. Use the select keys to change the octave.The select LEDs (lower row, red) will light to indicate the pitch range.

You cannot turn the KEYBOARD key on/off unless one of the keyboard part keys 1, 2 is selected.

Since each keyboard part is a monophonic synthesizer, it cannot sound two or more notes simultaneously (polyphonically).

Selecting a part

Use the part keys to select the part that you want to edit.

Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part

When you press one of these part keys, the assigned sound will play and that part will be selected (the part key will light). For the audio in part, the external audio input will be heard when you press the audio in part key.

When you press a part key, the step keys will light to indicate the trigger locations in the rhythm pattern of that part. During play- back, the currently-playing step will also light.

When you press a part key to make it sound, it will sound at its

accented volume.

To select a part during playback without causing it to sound

Hold down the shift key and press a drum part key.

Keyboard part

When you press a Keyboard part key, the key will light and that part will be selected. With the KEYBOARD key lit, you can play the part using the step keys as a keyboard

The way in which the step keys will light at this time will depend on the status of the KEYBOARD key.

On (lit): The keys corresponding to each pitch will light successively during playback to indicate the pitch that is sounding at that moment.

Off (dark): The keys will light at the trigger locations of the phrase pattern for that part.

Accent part

When you press an accent part key, the key will light and that part will be selected. At this time, the step keys will light to indicate the accented locations of that accent pattern.

Muting a part

Here’s how to mute (temporarily silence) a part.

1.Hold down the PART MUTE key and press the part key that you want to mute. (The PART MUTE key will light.)

2.While you hold down the PART MUTE key, the part status indicator will show the mute status of each part. Unmuted part keys will light, and muted part keys will be dark. You can mute more than one part if desired.

3.To defeat all mute settings, press the SOLO key. To defeat muting for individual parts, press the part key that you want to un-mute.

					A3...	C5	A5...	C7
Pitch Range	A-1...C1		A1...	C3
		A0...	C2	A2...	C4	A4...	C6	A6...	C8

PARTMUTE SOLOPart key

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