Korg MICROKORGXL140210

microKORG XL

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Main Precautions Location Power supply Interference with other electrical devices Handling Table of Contents Introduction ........................................... 5 Preparations........................................... 9 Quick start ............................................ 12 Editing the sound................................... 19 Effect guide .......................................... 63 MIDI ..................................................... 80 Appendices............................................ 94 Introduction Introduction Introduction 1. Main features 1. Synthesizer functionality featuring MMT analog modeling 2. Performance editing with three knobs 3. Vocoder functionality 2. Front and rear panels Front panel Introduction Introduction 8. [VOCODER] (AUDIO IN THRU) button 9. [WRITE] button 10. [EXIT/SHIFT] button Rear panel 6789 1345 2 Preparations Preparations Preparations MicMic 1. Connections Computer 2. Turning the power on Before you turn on the power Connecting the AC adapter Using batteries Turning the power on Turning the power off Quick start 1. Demo performance 11 3 2 Listening to the demo 2. Selecting and playing a program Playing a vocoder program 5. Adjust the mic input level. 6. While vocalizing into the mic, play the keyboard. Listening to the audio input (AUDIO IN THRU) 3. Modifying the sound Using the controllers Using the [PITCH] wheel and [MOD] wheel [PITCH] wheel [MOD] wheel Using the [OCTAVE] lever to switch octaves Keyboard range Key LED C3C6 dark Octave Shift settings and note numbers Using the knobs to modify the sound Using performance editing 3. While playing the keyboard, use knobs [1], [2], and [3] to modify the sound. CUTOFF RESONANCE EG2 Performance editing when ASSIGN is selected Performance editing when EFFECT is selected Knob [1] (FX1 DRY/WET, knob [2] (FX2 DRY/WET) Knob [3] (FX1 CONTROL 1) 4. Playing arpeggios Using the arpeggiator 4 1 2 5 Editing the sound 1. How a program is organized Synthesizer Synth The three elements of sound: pitch, tone, and volume Oscillator (OSC1, OSC2, NOISE) Mixer (MIXER) Filters (FILTER 1, FILTER 2) Amp (AMP) Drive/waveshaping (DRIVE/WS) Vocoder Vocoder Vocoder section (VOCODER) 2. Basic editing procedure Editing a program Performance editing 3. Full Edit mode Editing in Full Edit mode About the display in Full Edit mode How to edit parameters INC/DEC function Editing the two timbres Using two timbres (Layer) Selecting the timbre to edit Editing the vocoder Carrier 3. Set the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial to FULL EDIT. Modulator Selecting the vocoder for editing Editing the arpeggiator Selecting the timbre(s) to arpeggiate Synchronizing the arpeggiator Modifying the arpeggio 3. Use knob [3] to turn the selected step on/off. 4. About the Global settings 5. Other functions Initializing a program Copying a timbre Transmitting programs and other data (Data Dump) Procedure for transmission Restoring the factory settings Page Saving (Writing) Saving (Writing) Saving (Writing) 1. Saving the settings youve edited Saving a program The settings that are saved Parameter Guide 1. Timbre parameters NAME To edit the program name COMMON T2MIDI.CH (Timbre 2 MIDI channel) ............................. [GLOBAL, 0116] ASSIGN .............................................................. [MONO1, MONO2, POLY] SCALE ............................................................................[EQUALUSER] SCALE.KEY ...................................................................................[CB] KNOB ASSIGN ................................................................... [ASSIGN1...ASSIGN3] UNISON MODE ...................................................... [OFF, 2 VOICE, 3 VOICE, 4 VOICE] DETUNE (Unison Detune)............................................................. [0...99] SPREAD (Unison Spread) ...................................................... [000127] PITCH OSC1 (Oscillator 1) OSC2 OSC1 Control2: LFO1 Intensity ...................................................... [000127] Control2: FORMANT SHIFT ................................................... [63+63] Control2: LPF/HPF Mix.........................................[LPF63CNTHPF63] Control2: LFO 1 Intensity ......................................................[000127] Control2: Phase ...................................................................[000127] Control2: Modulation Harmonics .......................................... [001032] OSC2 (Oscillator 2) WAVE (Waveform Select)............................ [SAW, PULSE, TRIANGLE, SINE] OSC MOD (Oscillator 2 Modulation Type) ........ [OFF, RING, SYNC, RNG.SYNC] SEMITONE (Oscillator 2 Semitone) ............................................ [24...24] TUNE (Oscillator 2 Tuning) ....................................................... [63...63] MIXER OSC1 LVL (OSC1 Level).............................................................[000...127] OSC2 LVL (OSC2 Level).............................................................[000...127] NOISE.LVL (Noise Level)..........................................................[000...127] PUNCH.LVL (Punch Level) ......................................................[000127] FILTER1 RESO (Filter1 Resonance)....................................................... [000...127] CUTOFF (Filter1 Cutoff) .......................................................... [000...127] Low resonance value High resonance value TYPE BAL (Filter1 Balance) .............[LPF24LPF12HPFBPFTHRU] ROUTING.............................................[SINGLE, SERIAL, PARALLEL, INDIV] EG1 INT (EG1 Intensity/Filter1) ................................................ [63...63] KEY TRK (Keyboard Tracking/Filter1)................................ [2.00...+2.00] VEL SENS (Velocity Sensitivity/Filter1) ..................................[63+63] FILTER2 CUTOFF (Filter2 Cutoff) ..........................................................[000...127] RESO (Filter2 Resonance) .......................................................[000...127] TYPE (Filter2 Type)........................................................... [LPF, HPF, BPF] EG1 INT (EG1 Intensity/Filter2) ................................................ [63...63] DRIVE/WS (Drive/Wave Shape) TYPE (Wave Shape Type)...................................[OFF, DRIVELVL BOOST] POSITION ............................................................... [PRE FILT1, PRE AMP] WS DEPTH (Wave Shape Depth) .............................................[000127] EG (Envelope Generator) EG1 EG1 ATTACK (Attack time EG1) .......................................................[000...127] DECAY (Decay time EG1) .........................................................[000...127] SUSTAIN (Sustain level EG1)....................................................[000...127] EG2 EG1 and EG2 ATTACK (Attack level EG2)....................................................... [000...127] DECAY (Decay level EG2)......................................................... [000...127] SUSTAIN (Sustain level EG2) ................................................... [000...127] LFO 1, LFO 2 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) KEY SYNC.................................................................[OFF, TIMBRE, VOICE] BPM SYNC ................................................................................[OFF, ON] FREQ (Frequency) ...........................................................[0.01...100.0Hz] PATCH 1, PATCH 2, PATCH 3, PATCH 4, PATCH 5, PATCH 6 Virtual Patch SOURCE............................................................................ [EG1MIDI3] DEST (Destination) ........................................................[PITCHP.INT6] INTENSTY (Patch Intensity)...................................................... [63...63] Setting example for SOURCE and DEST EQ (Equalizer) MST FX1, MST FX2 (Master effect 1, 2) 2. Arpeggio parameters Front Panel Arpeggio Parameters [TEMPO] knob ARPEGGIATOR TEMPO LED ARPEGGIATOR [ARP ON] button OCT.RANGE (Octave Range).......................................................[1, 2, 3, 4] GATE.TIME....................................................................... [000%...100%] SWING (Arpeggiator Swing)......................................... [100%...+100%] RESOLUTN (Resolution) ......................................................... [1/32...1/1] KEY SYNC..................................................................................[OFF, ON] 3. Edit utility parameters UTILITY INIT.PROG (INITIALIZE PROGRAM)............................................................ COPY.TMBR (COPY TIMBRE) ..................................................................... 4. Vocoder parameters Front panel vocoder parameters [VOCODER] button VC CARRI (Vocoder Carrier) TMBR1.LVL (Timbre1 Level).................................................... [000...127] VC FILT (Vocoder Filter) FRMNT.SFT (Formant Shift) ..................................................... [2+2] FC.OFFSET (Fc Offset) ............................................................ [63...+63] FRMNT.SFT and FC.OFFSET RESO (Vocoder Resonance).....................................................[000...127] 5. Global parameters VEL.CURVE (Velocity Curve)..........................................[18, CONST127] Velocity MIN (1) ppp Strength (MIDI Velocity) 6. MIDI parameters MIDI MIDI CH (MIDI Channel)............................................................. [01...16] ROUTING............................................................. [MIDI+USB, USB, MIDI] CLOCK ............................................. [AUTO, INTERNAL, EXT USB, EXT MIDI] MIDI FLT (MIDI Filter) PROG CHG (Program Change).......................................[DISABLE, ENABLE] CTRL CHG (Control Change)..........................................[DISABLE, ENABLE] P.BEND (Pitch Bend)....................................................[DISABLE, ENABLE] SYS EX (System Exclusive)............................................ [DISABLE, ENABLE] MIDI.CTRL (MIDI Control) MIDI1.SRC MIDI2.SRC MIDI3.SRC CC MAP (MIDI Control Change No. Map) 7. Global utility parameters UTILITY MIDI.DUMP (MIDI DATA DUMP)........[1 PROG, ALL PROG, GLOBAL, ALL DATA] PRELOAD.......................................[1 PROG, ALL PROG, GLOBAL, ALL DATA] Effect guide 1. About the effects Wet Stereo In - Stereo Out About the effect input and output About the delay time TM RATIO (Time Ratio) Delay time when BPM SYNC is Off Delay time when BPM SYNC is On Lch Rch 2. Effect Parameters 1. COMPRESR (Stereo Compressor) DRY/WET ......................................................["DRY", 99:11:99, "WET"] ENV SEL (Envelope Select) ...........................................[LR MIX, LR INDIV] SENS (Sensitivity) ............................................................[001127] Page KEY SYNC (LFO KeySync) ............................................................[OFF, ON] INI.PHASE (LFO Init Phase) ...................................................[000180] CTRL SRC (Control Source) ...................................[OFF, VELOCITYMIDI3] 3. BAND EQ (4Band EQ) TRIM................................................................................... [000127] 4. DISTORT (Distortion) 5. DECIMATR (Stereo Decimator) FS.MOD.INT (Fs Modulation Intensity) ...............................[63+63] LFO SYNC (LFO Tempo Sync) .......................................................[OFF, ON] LFO FREQ (LFO Frequency) ........................................ [0.01100.0Hz] SYNC.NOTE (LFO Sync Note) .............................................. [8/11/64] 6. DELAY (Stereo Delay) TYPE............................................................................. [STEREO, CROSS] BPM SYNC (DelayTime Tempo Sync)............................................[OFF, ON] L DELAY, R DELAY (L, R Delay Time) ................ [0001400ms, 1/64 1/1] 7. LCR.DELAY (L/C/R Delay) 8. PAN.DELAY (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) Page 9. MOD.DELAY (Stereo Modulation Delay) 10. TAPE.ECHO 11. CHORUS (Stereo Chorus) 12. FLANGER (Stereo Flanger) 13. VIBRATO (Stereo Vibrato) 14. PHASER (Stereo Phaser) 15. TREMOLO (Stereo Tremolo) 16. RING MOD (Stereo Ring Modulator) Page 17. GRAIN.SFT (Grain Shifter) DRY/WET ......................................................["DRY", 99:11:99, "WET"] BPM SYNC (Duration Tempo Sync)..............................................[OFF, ON] TM RATIO ............. [BPM SYNC OFF: 000.5400% (OVER)/BPM SYNC ON: 012.5400% (OVER)] DURATION..................................................... [000350ms, 1/64 1/1] MIDI 1. Using the microKORG XL with other MIDI devices (MIDI) Connecting MIDI devices/computers Controlling an external MIDI tone generator from the microKORG XL Controlling the microKORG XLs tone generator from an external MIDI device MIDI-related settings MIDI channel setting Setting the microKORG XLs MIDI channel Using the microKORG XL as a multi-timbral sound module GLOBAL POSITION setting MIDI FILTER settings Virtual patch modulation source settings CONTROL CHANGE settings MIDI LOCAL setting when connecting an external MIDI sequencer or computer Connect and setting 2. MIDI messages MIDI channels Note-on/off Note-on [9n, kk, vv], Note-off [8n, kk, vv] Program change, Bank select Program change [Cn, pp] Bank select MSB (CC#00) [Bn, 00, mm] Bank select LSB (CC#32) [Bn, 20, bb] Pitch bend Pitch bend change [En, bb, mm] Page 3. Parameters transmitted and received via NRPN Controlling the arpeggiator GATE values Controlling the Timbre parameters These messages are transmitted and received on the Global MIDI channel. Controlling the Virtual Patch1Patch6 Source Source1Source6: [Bn, 63, 04, Bn, 62, 0005, Bn, 06, mm] Controlling the Virtual Patch1Patch6 Destination Controlling the vocoder parameters These messages are transmitted and received on the Global MIDI channel. Fc Modulation Source FC.MOD.SRC (Fc Modulation Source): [Bn, 63, 04, Bn, 62, 00, Bn, 06, mm] Band parameters Other controls Voice Mode (COMMON page VOIC.MODE) Voice Mode (VOIC.MODE): [Bn, 63, 05, Bn, 62, 00, Bn, 06, mm] System exclusive messages microKORG XL format 4. Front panel knob/button control change assignments Page OSC 2 SEMITONE values TYPE BAL values SYNC.NOTE value when LFO 1/2 or DELAY BPM SYNC = ON EQ Gain values Appendices 1. Trouble shooting Power does not turn on No sound Cant input sound Can't write programs or global settings Arpeggiator will not start No response to MIDI messages sent from an external device 2. Program List Appendices microKORG XL and play the keyboard while sound is being input. 3. Demo Song All Demo Songs: 2008 KORG Inc. All rights reserved. Appendices 4. Specifications and options Appendices 5. Index A B C D Page Page 4015-2 Yanokuchi, Inagi-city, Tokyo 206-0812 Japan IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS