Korg MS2000R manual Playing a program, Select a program

Basic Guide

Playing a program

Here’s how to select and play a program.

The MS2000/MS2000R contain a total of 128 programs, with 16 programs in each of eight banks (A–H).

You can select programs in Program Play mode. If the LCD screen shows that you are in LCD Edit mode or Global mode, press the [EXIT] key.

The method of changing the program or pitch differs between the MS2000 and the MS2000R. Also, the SELECT [1]–[16] keys can be used to play a program only on the MS2000R.

MS2000

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Introduction

Front and rear panel

Connections

1. Select a program

There are two ways to select a program.

a. Using the BANK [UP] [DOWN] keys and the SELECT [1]–[16] keys

This method lets you directly select the desired program.

1Use the BANK [UP] [DOWN] keys to select the desired program bank.

Pressing these keys will switch between banks A–H. The selected bank will be shown in the LCD screen.

2Use the SELECT [1]–[16] keys to select the desired pro- gram number.

The numbers above each key correspond to the program number.

b. Using the [+/YES] [–/NO] keys

●Press the [+/YES] key.

Each time you press the key, the program number will increase by one.

●Press the [–/NO] key.

Each time you press the key, the program number will decrease by one.

2.Changing the pitch sounded by the key- board in one-octave steps

The pitch assigned to the keyboard can be changed over a range of ±2 octaves.

a. Raising the pitch

●Press the OCTAVE [UP] key.

Pressing the key once will make the key LED light green, and the pitch will be one octave higher.

Pressing the key twice will make the key LED light red, and the pitch will be two octaves higher.

To return to the original pitch, press the [DOWN] key.

b. Lowering the pitch

●Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] key.

Pressing the key once will make the key LED light green, and the pitch will be one octave lower.

Pressing the key twice will make the key LED light red, and the pitch will be two octaves lower.

To return to the original pitch, press the [UP] key.

The setting of the BANK/OCTAVE [UP][DOWN] keys cannot be saved for individual programs. If you wish to change the pitch for a specific program, use the LCD Edit mode Page 04A: PITCH “Transpose” parameter. (☞Parameter guide p.36, Page 04A: PITCH “Trans- pose”)

Playing

Editing

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