Korg Mastering the Global Edit Environment for Pa50 Electronic Keyboards

Global edit environment

The Write window

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15. GLOBAL EDIT ENVIRONMENT

The Global edit environment is the place where you can set most of the Pa50 global functions, i.e. functions overriding any operating mode. This edit environment overlaps the cur- rent operating mode (Style, Song Play, Song, Backing Sequence).

THE WRITE WINDOW

Open this window by pressing the WRITE button while one of the Global pages is in the display. Here, you can save vari- ous global settings. Among the global settings saved with this page are also the Preference parameters of the Style Play and Song Play mode, plus the Global Protect parameter of the Disk mode. The Split Point is also saved here.

Write Global:

Press 'Enter' to store the Global

While this page is on the display, press ENTER twice. The parameters are saved to the Flash-ROM, and will stay in memory even when turning the instrument off.

MENU

From any page, press MENU to open the Global edit menu. This menu gives access to the various Global edit pages. When in this menu, select a section using the VOLUME/ VALUE buttons, press PAGE+ to select a page, or press EXIT to exit the menu.

When in a page, press EXIT to go back to current operating mode (Style Play, Song Play, Song, Backing Sequence).

Global Menu

General Ctl Midi Out

Pdl/Fw/Sld

MidiSet/Ctl

Midi In

PAGE 1 - GENERAL CONTROLS

This page contains various general parameters, setting the status of the keyboard, the speakers and the metronome.

Gbl:Gen.Controls

Vel.Curve:3 M.Tune:+00

Scale:Equal

Met.Vol:110 Key:C

Spkrs:On

Vel.Curve (Velocity Curve)

This parameter sets the sensitivity of the keyboard to your touch.

1	No dynamic control available. Dynamic values
	are fixed, as in a classic organ.
2…9	Curves, from the lightest one to the hardest
	one.

M.Tune (Master Tune) This is the master tuning of the instrument. Use it to adapt your keyboard tuning to an acoustic instrument, for example an acoustic piano.

-50	Lowest pitch.
00	Standard pitch (A4=440Hz).
+50	Highest pitch.

Scale

This parameter sets the main scale (or temperament) for the whole instrument, apart for tracks where a different scale is selected by a Performance or STS (see “Scale” on page 44).

See “Scales” on page 227 for a list of available scales. Note: You cannot select a User scale in Global mode.

Key

This parameter is needed by some scales to set the preferred key (see “Scale” on page 44).

Speakers

This parameter turns the internal speakers on or off.

Note: Speakers are always turned on again each time you turn the instrument on.

Met.Vol (Metronome Volume)

Volume of the metronome.

40…127 Relative volume, from minimum to maximum.