Korg owner manual About the KONTROL49 and the driver ports, SW1/2, USB Port a, USB Port B

	VECTOR-Y
	Specify the transmission port for the Y-axis of the vector joystick.
	SW1/2
	Specify the transmission port for switch 1 and switch 2.
	PEDAL
	Specify the transmission port for a connected foot controller.
	FOOT SW
	Specify the transmission port for a connected damper pedal or pedal
	switch.
	KEYBOARD
	Specify the transmission port for the keyboard.
	MAIN ENC
	Specify the transmission port for program change or bank select mes-
	sages sent by the main encoder.
	MESG A
	Specify the transmission port for MIDI messages transmitted by hold-
	ing down the [MESSAGE] key and pressing a pad [2]–[8], and for MIDI
	Clock messages.
	MESG B
	Specify the transmission port for user MIDI messages specified for
	each scene and transmitted by pressing pads [9]–[16].
3	Press the OCTAVE SHIFT/CURSOR [®] key to proceed to “USBPort”
	(select the port).

Operation–Setting mode

	A (USB Port A)
	The MIDI messages assigned to the controller will be transmitted to the
	computer application via port A. (See “About the KONTROL49 and
	the driver ports” below)
	B (USB Port B)
	The MIDI messages assigned to the controller will be transmitted to the
	computer application via port B. (See “About the KONTROL49 and the
	driver ports” below)
5	Press the OCTAVE SHIFT/CURSOR [√] key to return to “Controller
	Select,” and specify the transmission port for other controllers.
	(☞Steps 2–4)
6	When you have finished making settings for each controller, press the
	[ENTER] key. The settings will be updated, and you will return to Play

mode.

If you want to keep the new settings, you must save them in Scene mode. If you turn off the power or select a different scene without saving, your new settings will be lost. (☞p.55 “Scene mode–[16] WRITE”)

The port settings are saved independently for each scene.

About the KONTROL49 and the driver ports

The KONTROL49’s USB-MIDI connection communicates with the computer using 3 input ports and 2 output ports, as described below.

Setting mode

(Red) (Green)

4 Use the main encoder to select the transmission port.

The driver of the application on a computer	KONTROL49
MIDI IN device
(MIDI IN Port) MIDI IN
(Port A) PORT A	Keyboard/Pad/Encoder/
	Slider/Bend/Wheel/
(Port B) PORT B	Vector joystick/
	Switch1/Switch2/
MIDI OUT device	Pedal/Foot switch
(MIDI OUT B Port) MIDI OUT
(Dedicated Port) CTRL	Transmitting/receiving data
	dumps in native mode

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT A

MIDI OUT B

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