Korg ESX-1 Display, Arpeggiator, SmartMedia™ slot, Pattern writing on-thefly

SmartMedia™ slot

Patterns and songs you create on the ESX-1 can be saved on SmartMedia™.

WAVE files or AIFF files you create on your computer or another device can be loaded via SmartMedia™ and used.

Pattern writing on-the fly

If you unexpectedly come up with a cool pattern or riff while playing patterns, you can write and save the pattern without stopping your perfor- mance.

Arpeggiator

Use the ribbon controller and slider for intuitive and hands-on control of automatically generated arpeggios.

Display

The large back-lit LCD keeps you informed of the operating status and provides other information.

Saving your data on the ESX-1

The patterns and songs you edit and create on the ESX-1 will be lost (the patterns and songs will return to their un-edited state) if you select a new pattern or song, or turn off the power before saving your changes.

If you want to save a pattern or song that you created or edited, or changes you made to global data, you must perform the Write operation.

About the vacuum tubes

Do not attempt to remove, replace or change the tubes in the ESX-1. The tubes are not a user serviceable part.

What is ?

VALVE FORCE is KORG’s proprietary vacuum tube audio technology. The VALVE FORCE system provides the smooth distortion and rich overtone structure that is uniquely characteristic of analog tube circuitry. By providing the tube circuit with its own gain control, the VALVE FORCE system delivers excellent tonal quality in any situation.

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Contents

Page Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction •In direct sunlight •Locations of extreme temperature or humidity Table of Contents 1. Introduction Main features Recording a new sample Top panel 5. Pattern mode Playing patterns Playing the sound of a part Using the arpeggiator Editing sounds 6. Song mode Playing a song Creating a song Editing a song Event recording About MIDI MIDI Utility Transmitting sound settings and other data Synchronizing playback with an 1. Introduction SmartMedia™ slot Pattern writing on-thefly Arpeggiator Display 2. Parts and their functions Common section 1. AUDIO IN THRU key 2. TEMPO LOCK key 3. AUTO BPM SCAN key 10. RESET, ERASE key Edit section 1. EFFECT TYPE (effect type): Selects the type of effect TYPE FX EDIT1 Part select section (DRUM PART) 1...5, 6A-6B, 7A-7B(drum part keys) SLICE (slice part key) These keys select drum parts. By pressing these This key selects the slice part. By pressing this key Arpeggiator section 1. Ribbon controller 2. Slider Rear panel ~AC 5. AUDIO IN, ST./MONO (audio in jack) Connect the included AC/AC power supply to this This jack is used by the Audio In oscillator type Items and functions in the display 1. Parameter display 2. Value display 3. PATTERN, SONG, SAMPLE indicator 8. Part status indicator Page 3. Basic operation Preparations Playing a Demo song 4. Sample mode Auditioning samples Recording a new sample Using the external input sound to trigger sampling AUTO SAMPLING Off If sampling does not start when you begin playback Editing a sample Start Adjusting the pitch of the sample SAMPLE TUNE -64.00...+64.00(Cent) Directly sampling the sound of the ESX-1(Resampling) Resampling just one note of a part Slice Beat 8.Press the WRITE/RENAME key to save the sample If you decide to cancel mid-waythrough the procedure, press the STOP/CANCEL key The sliced sample will have a “ ” following its sample number If you were not successful in creating a slice sample Page Step No Stretch Convenient sample-editingfunctions before Truncate after Truncate Saving a sample Deleting a sample 1.Use the dial to select the sample that you want to delete Once deleted, a sample cannot be recovered Checking the remaining amount of sampling area You cannot edit this parameter 5. Pattern mode Playing patterns Selecting a pattern To check which pattern is playing To force playback to restart at the beginning of the pattern About the timing of changing patterns Page Playing the sound of a part Listening to the sound of a keyboard part (the Keyboard function) Selecting a part Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part To select a part during playback without causing it to sound Keyboard part Accent part Soloing a part Adding accents to a part Specifying the accent locations and strength Specifying the parts that will be accented ACCENT SW Transposing a phrase (Transpose) TRANSPOSE TRANSPOSE Adding “swing” to a pattern Specifying the amount of swing Applying a roll to a part Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect ROLL Setting the roll type ROLL TYPE Connecting various devices to Audio In Using the arpeggiator step key that you want to be the center note (press only one key) 4.Save the pattern Changing the scale of the arpeggiator ARPEGGIO SCALE Chroma...Octave Editing sounds Assigning individual slices of a slice sample SLICE NO All Editing the sound of a part Editing the Part Common parameters PITCH -63...+63 Knob value EG TIME GLIDE START POINT PAN LEVEL REVERSE Modulation S P E E D DEPTH +63 TYPE LPF HPF BPF BPF+ Effects Effect types 1. Stereo 2. Mono mix 3. Stereo cross Effect parameters FX EDIT1: Speed FX EDIT2: Balance CHO/FLG(Chorus/flanger) Adjusts the speed of the chorus/flanger LFO. Turning the knob toward the right will speed up the LFO If the depth setting is too high, distortion may occur for some input sounds PHASER(Phaser) PITCH SHIFTER (Pitch shifter) FX EDIT1: Pitch -2400...+2400 COMPRESSOR (Compressor) Page Recording a phrase To record a keyboard part To record the audio-inpart To record during playback Drum part key Step keys Step recording To record a rhythm for a drum part, slice part, stretch part, accent part To record a phrase for a keyboard part To input a rest or tie To move the target step Editing pattern sequence data Editing the trigger locations (the location of the notes) Editing the note number (pitch) NOTE NO C-1...G9 Editing the gate time BEAT Setting the beat BEAT 16, 32, 8Tri, 16Tri 3. Use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to select “beat” in the parameter dis- play 4.Turn the dial to set the beat Moving data within a pattern MOVE DATA MOVE, REPEAT, RANDOM To move data MOVE Copying a part COPY PART Copying only the sound of a part COPY SOUND Erasing the sequence data of a part To erase all of a part’s performance data CLEAR PART To erase trigger data while recording or playing back ERASE Comparing the currently-editedpattern with the saved pattern (COMPARE) Motion sequence Recording a motion sequence Playing a motion sequence MOTION SEQ SMOOTH: TRIG HOLD (trigger hold): Checking motion sequence data Editing motion sequence data Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit MOTION DEST Editing motion sequence parameter values Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect CLEAR MOTION Pattern Set Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set Saving a pattern Saving by overwriting an existing pattern Saving a pattern under a different name 6. Song mode Playing a song Using the dial to set the tempo Using the tap tempo key to set the tempo Locking the tempo of a song Creating a song Editing a song Erasing data from a song CLEAR SONG If you erase song data by accident Changing the pattern in a specific position Maintaining the part mute settings even when the pattern changes Event recording Saving a song 7. Global mode Saving your Global mode settings 1.Press the Global mode key Using SmartMedia™ You can use a SmartMedia card to save or load the ESX-1’sinternal data The ESX-1uses 3V (3.3V) SmartMedia in a range of 4 MB~128 MB capacity Loading all data from SmartMedia into the ESX-1 Loading a single pattern from SmartMedia (Load Pattern) You cannot save data on SmartMedia that has little remaining capacity Loading just a single sample from SmartMedia Loading a WAV or AIFF file Loading from an ES (ESX-1or ES-1)file Deleting an ESX-1file from SmartMedia (Delete File) About MIDI MIDI Utility Making MIDI filter settings MIDI FILTER You can select which MIDI messages the ESX-1will receive and transmit 1.Press the Global key Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob Transmitting sound settings and other data Transmitting/receiving a data dump MIDI DUMP PtBnkA...D, AllSng, Global Transmitting Setting the pitch bend range Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device CLOCK 6.Return to Pattern mode or Song mode When you start the sequencer of your external MIDI device, the Playing back in sync with other Electribe models To make the ES-1play in synchronization to the tempo of the ESX-1 2.Press the [] cursor key to change the display to read “Clock.” 3.Turn the dial of each device to set the ESX-1to “Int” and the ES-1to “Ext.” 2.Press the [] key to change the display to read “Clock.” About synchronization in Song mode Song Select Song Position Pointer pp:the number of MIDI beats from the beginning (number of timing clocks / 6)) Editing sounds Page 8. Appendix Error messages CardBrk Card Fmt CardFull FileSave Specifications Number of parts: Sample capacity: Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz Memory capacity: Pattrn name list Sample name list Knob/Sw - MIDI List INDEX arpeggiator CHO/FLG data dump Global mode Selecting a song TEMPO system exclusive messages 37 Block diagram [Production station] ELECTRIBE·SX (ESX-1) MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Page 15-12,Shimotakaido 1-chome, Suginami-ku,Tokyo, Japan