Korg KORG Pa50 user manual Style section Numeric Keypad, Variation 1-4 Note Length buttons

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ON	The automatic accompaniment stops playing
	(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks),
	and you can manually play the Bass track on
	the Lower part of the keyboard. You can start
	the automatic accompaniment again by press-
	ing one of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.
OFF	The bass track is automatically played by the
	Style.

0 SPLIT POINT (<)

Keep this button pressed to open the Split Point window. While this window is open, you can set the split point, simply by playing the split point note on the keyboard. Then, release the SPLIT POINT button.

To memorize the selected split point note, press the GLOBAL button, then press WRITE to save the Global in memory (see “The Write window” on page 125).

This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

AG.QUANTIZE (>)

Press this button to open the Groove Quantize window, where you can select a realtime groove quantization to be applied to the Song (only Sequencer 1). See “Groove Quan- tize window” on page 71.

This button doubles as a NEXT EVENT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

BTEMPO (= LOCK)

This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off.

ON	When you select a different Style or Perfor-
	mance, the tempo doesn’t change. You can still
	change it using the DIAL or the TEMPO but-
	tons.
OFF	When you select a different Style or Perfor-
	mance, the memorized tempo value is auto-
	matically selected.

CSINGLE TOUCH

This button turns the Single Touch function on or off.

ON	When a different Style (or the same again) is
	selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto-
	matically selected, meaning that the Realtime
	tracks and effects will change, together with
	the Style tracks and effects.
OFF	When you select a different Style (or the same
	again), the Style tracks and effects are changed,
	while the Realtime tracks are not changed.

DSTYLE section (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select a Style. See “Selecting a Style” on page 26.

The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of Style banks. Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows. (After both LEDs have turned on, press the button again to turn them off).

UPPER LED ON

Upper-row Styles selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower-row Styles selected.

A word about Style banks and names. Styles from “8/16 BEAT” to “WORLD 3”, and from “LATIN1” to “TRADI- TIONAL” are standard Styles, the user can’t normally over- write with a Load operation (unless you remove the protection; see “Factory Style Protect” on page 142).

“DIRECT FD” Styles are Styles directly accessed from floppy disk (no need to load from disk). See “The DIRECT FD bank” on page 40.

Styles from “USER1” to “USER3” are location where you can load new Styles from disk.

Each button (Style bank) contains 2 pages, each with up to 8 Styles. Browse through the Styles using the PAGE buttons. Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style. You can see the original bank where a Style is contained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the lefmost button of the STYLE section. A message window will appear, showing the name of the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the win- dow.

Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle all pages for a selected bank, repeatedly press the bank’s button.

These buttons double as a numeric keypad on certain pages (see “Selecting a Song composing its progressive num- ber” on page 70).

EFADE IN/OUT

When the Style is in stop, press this button to start it with a volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the maxi- mum).

When the Style is in play, press this button to stop it with a volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases).

You don’t need to press START/STOP to start or stop the Style.

FVARIATION 1-4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

Each of these buttons select one of the four variations of the current Style. Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds.

These buttons double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the Song mode (see chapter 13).

G FILL 1-2 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

These two buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

They also double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the Song mode (see chapter 13).

H COUNT IN / BREAK

While the Style is not running, press this button, then press START/STOP. This combination triggers a one-bar initial count, then the Style starts playing.

While the Style is already in play, this button triggers a break (an empty measure beginning with a kick + crash shot). Press it twice to let it play in loop, and select any other Style ele- ment (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

IENDING 1-2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons

While the Style is running, these two buttons trigger an End- ing, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the Style will stop running with an Ending. If pressed while the Style is stopped, they act as an additional couple of Intros.