Korg KORG Pa50 user manual Load Song, BSSave Song

84Backing Sequence operating mode

Load Song page

After pressing this command, the Save Song page appears (see “Save Song page” on page 84).

D (Select Tempo)

Select this parameter to use the TEMPO/VALUE section to select the Tempo. When you select this parameter, the VALUE LED turns off.

F (Metro)

Use these buttons to turn the metronome on/off during play- back.

G (Meter)

This non-editable parameter shows the starting meter (or time signature) of the selected Song.

H (Tempo mode)

This sets the Tempo change mode.

Man(ual)	When the cursor is on the “D (Select Tempo)”
	parameter, you can change the Tempo using
	the TEMPO/VALUE section controls. The
	Song will be played back using the manually
	selected tempo.
Auto	The Tempo recorded into the Song will be used
	instead.

LOAD SONG PAGE

This page appears when you press PAGE+ or either the B (Load Song) buttons while you are in the main page.

Press EXIT to go back to the main page of the Backing Sequence operating mode, without selecting a Song.

Load Song
BALLADS
MYSONGS
MYSONG.MID
FD LOAD	OPEN	CLOSE

A-C (File, folder)

Move the file or folder to be selected to the first line of the display. To select a file, press the F2 (Select) button. To open a folder, press the F3 (Open) button.

The “” symbol identifies a folder.

E-F (Scroll Up)

Scroll the list up. Keep SHIFT pressed and press one of these buttons to jump to the previous alphabetical section.

G-H (Scroll Down)

Scroll the list down. Keep SHIFT pressed and press one of these buttons to jump to the next alphabetical section.

TEMPO/VALUE section

These controls scroll the list up or down.

F1 (FD)

Press this button after replacing a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. The new floppy disk will be read, and the file list

shown on the display will be updated.

F2 (Load)

Load the Song at the first line of the display.

F3 (Open)

Opens the selected folder (file whose name begins with the

“” symbol).

F4 (Close)

Closes the current folder, returning to the parent (“upper”) folder.

SAVE SONG PAGE

The recorded Song is contained in RAM, and is lost when turning the instrument off. The Song is also lost when you overwrite it in Record mode, or when switching to the Song Play mode. You must save on disk any Song you wish to pre- serve.

1.If you are in Record mode (RECORD LED on), stop the sequencer and press RECORD to go back to the Backing Sequence Playback page.

2.Select the Save Song button. The Save Song page appears.

BS:Save Song

NEW_NAME.MID
MYSONGS
MYSONG.MID
FD SAVE OPEN	CLOSE

3.Move the folder where you wish to save your Song to the first line of the display, using the E-F (Scroll Up) and G- H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE buttons, or the TEMPO/VALUE controls. Press F3 (Open) to open it. Close the current folder by pressing F4 (Close).

4.When in the selected folder, you can save the Song over an existing file, or create a new file.

•To overwrite an existing file, move it to the first line of the display.

•To create a new file, move the “NEW_NAME.MID” item to the first line of the display.

5.When the “NEW_NAME.MID” item is selected, press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons. You are prompted to assign a name to the new folder:

NEW_NAME.MID

Move the cursor using the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons. Select a character using the DIAL. Insert a character at the cursor position by pressing the INSERT button. Delete a character at the cursor position by pressing the DELETE button.

6.When you have finished writing a name for the new midifile, press F2 (Save) to confirm. The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.