Korg musical instruments

Front and rear panels Front panel

VALUE dial

Use this dial to edit the selected parameter’s value.

This control is convenient when you want to scroll

through a very long list of selections.

0-9, –, ., and ENTER buttons

These buttons are convenient when you know the

exact value that you want to enter. Use the 0–9, –, and

decimal (.) buttons to enter the value, and then press

the ENTER button to conﬁrm the entry.

The – button inverts the sign (+/–) of the parameter

value; the decimal (.) button inserts a decimal, for

entering fractional values.

Special functions of the ENTER button

ENTER has a few special functions when it is pressed

in combination with other buttons.

Whenever an on-screen parameter lets you enter a

musical note (such as G4 or C#2), or a velocity level,

you can enter the note or velocity directly by holding

down ENTER while playing a note on the keyboard.

By holding down the ENTER button while you press a

numeric button (0–9), you can select up to ten menu

commands from the current page.

In Program and Combination modes, you can hold

down the ENTER button and press the SEQUENCER

REC/WRITE button to use the Auto Song Setup

function. This imports the current Program or Combi

into Sequence mode for quick and easy recording.

9. MODE buttons

OASYS has six different operational modes, each one

optimized for a speciﬁc set of functions. These buttons

select the current mode.

Each button has an LED, which lights up to show the

mode you’ve selected.

COMBI button

This selects Combination mode, for playing and

editing complex splits and layers of Programs.

PROG button

This selects Program mode, for playing and editing

basic sounds.

SEQ button

This selects Sequencer mode, for recording, playing,

and editing audio and MIDI tracks.

SAMPLING button

This selects Sampling mode, for recording and editing

audio samples and multisamples.

GLOBAL button

This selects Global mode, for making overall settings,

editing Wave Sequences and Drum Kits, and more.

DISK button

This selects Disk mode, for saving and loading data to

and from the internal hard drive or CD-RW drive, or

from external USB 2.0 storage devices.

10. UTILITY buttons

HELP button

The HELP button gives you built-in, context-sensitive

access to the user manuals, right from the front panel.

For information on any front-panel button, knob,

slider, or real-time controller, just hold down HELP

and then press the button or move the controller in

question.

For information on the current LCD page, press and

release the HELP button.

While the help page is on the screen, you can touch any

of the on-screen links (hilighted in blue text) for more

information. You can scroll through the text by using

the on-screen scroll bars, pressing the Inc and Dec

buttons, or spinning the Value dial.

The top of the Help page has “breadcrumb” links,

which show the hierarchy of pages above the current

one. Touch any of these links to jump to the

corresponding page.

The backwards and forwards buttons function like the

similar buttons on a standard web browser. If you use

links to jump between pages, you can then use the

backwards and forwards buttons to move through the

pages you’ve already viewed.

The Contents page lets you access any part of the Help

system, including almost all of the text and graphics in

both the Parameter and Operation Guides. The Index

contains a shorter list of links to important articles.

To close the help display, just press the HELP button

again, or press the on-screen Done button.

RESET CONTROLS button

This feature lets you reset the Vector Joystick to the

center position, or reset any of the Control Surface

sliders, knobs, or switches to their saved value.