Korg KORG Pa50 user manual Step Record, SEQ1 PLAY/STOP button

Keyboard. You can select this parameter, by turning all counter-clockwise the dial. When this option is selected, the playing strength of the played note is recognized and recorded.

Velocity value. The event will be inserted with this velocity value, and the actual playing strength of the note played on the keyboard will be ignored.

94Song operating mode

Step Record page

STEP RECORD PAGE

Access this page from the Main page of the Song Record mode, by selecting the “StepDub” or “StepOwr” recording mode (“Rec” parameter), and pressing SEQ1 PLAY/STOP.

Previous event Event to be inserted

Step Owr
(a)	M---.--.--- Empty
	--
(b)	M001.01.000 Meter: 4/4
	key?	V:64	D:85%

Current position Step value

Waiting for a keystroke…

(a) section

Previously inserted event. You may delete this event, and set it in edit again, by pressing the < button.

(b) section

Event to be inserted. See the following parameters for infor- mation on each element of this section.

M (Measure)

This is the position of the event (note, rest or chord) to be inserted.

Meter

Meter of the current measure. This parameter can’t be edited. You can set a Meter change by using the Insert function of the Edit menu, and inserting a new series of measures with a dif- ferent Meter (see “Page 22 - Edit: Insert Measures” on page 101).

key?

This is a prompt, asking for a note or chord to be played on the keyboard, to enter an event on the current step.

Step value

Length of the event to be inserted. Use the NOTE VALUE buttons, on the lower left area of the control panel, to change this value.

…Note value.

Dot (.) Augments the selected note by one half of its value.

Triplet (3) Makes the selected note a triplet note.

V (Velocity)

Set this parameter before entering a note or chord. This will be the playing strength (i.e., velocity value) of the event to be inserted.

KBD

1…127

D (Duration)

Relative duration of the inserted note. The percentage is always referred to the step value.

50%	Staccato.
85%	Ordinary articulation.
100%	Legato.

Buttons used in Step Record mode

TIE button

Ties the note to be inserted to the previous note.

REST button

Inserts a rest.

NOTE VALUE buttons

Select the step value.

SEQ1 PLAY/STOP button

Exits the Step Record mode.

< (Previous step)

Goes to the previous step, erasing the inserted event.

>> (Fast Forward)

Goes to the next measure, and fill the remaining space with rests.