Korg musical instruments

Quick Edits using the Sliders, Knobs and Switches

7. While holding RESET CONTROLS, move ﬁrst

knob 1, and then knob 2.

As you move the knobs, their values will be reset to the

default, center positions.

8. Release the RESET CONTROLS button.

Now, you’re back to the original electric piano sound.

The table below shows the standard assignments of the

Real-Time knobs:

Real-Time Knob functions

Knob edits can be saved

The Real-Time Knobs are great for modulating sounds

in performance, or for recording. If you like, you can

also save the edited version of the sound, using the

normal Write Program command (see “Saving your

edits” on page 54).

Internally, a single knob usually affects several

different parameters. When you write a Program, the

edits are saved into the individual parameters, and not

to the knob itself. After writing the Program, you’ll

notice that the knobs have returned to their center

positions–since the old “edited” values are now the

new “saved” values.

Using Tone Adjust

Tone Adjust lets you use all of the sliders, knobs, and

switches on the Control Surface to edit Program

parameters, like the knobs on an analog synth. Each

physical control can be assigned to any one of a

number of Program parameters.

The speciﬁc parameters available through Tone Adjust

will vary depending on the type of Program. HD-1

Programs support a certain set of parameters; each EXi

also has its own set of parameters. For more

information, see:

“Common Tone Adjust Parameters,” on page 28 of the

Parameter Guide.

“HD-1 Tone Adjust Parameters,” on page 29 of the

Parameter Guide.

“AL-1 Tone Adjust parameters,” on page 210 of the

Parameter Guide.

“CX-3 Tone Adjust parameters,” on page 232.

Other EXi instruments will have their own set of

parameters, as described in their manuals.

Editing sounds

1. Select Program INT-C 115, “Smooth Operators.”

2. Press the TONE ADJUST button under

CONTROL ASSIGN.

The button’s LED will light up.

3. Go to the Control Surface tab of the Play page.

This page mirrors the Control Surface. It’s very useful

with Tone Adjust, since it shows you the parameter

assignments, exact values, and so on.

4. Look at the assignments for sliders 5, 6, and 8.

Slider 5 is assigned to Amp EG Attack; slider 6 is

assigned to Amp EG Decay; and slider 8 is assigned to

Amp EG Release.

5. Raise each of the three sliders so that they are

about 4/5 of the way to the top.

The LCD should show their values as between +60 and

+70. In other words, you’ve just edited the amp

envelope so that the attack, decay, and release are all

much longer than they were before.

6. Play a few notes.

Notice that the sound has changed from an electric

piano into a soft pad. Next, let’s add just a bit of pitch

modulation, to make the sound more rich.

7. Look at the assignments for knobs 2 and 5.

Knob 2 is assigned to Pitch LFO 1 Intensity–in other

words, the amount of pitch modulation from LFO1.

Knob 5 is assigned to LFO1 Speed.

8. Turn knob 2 ever so slightly to the right, so that the

LCD reads +01 or +02.

9. Turn knob 5 to the right, until about 2 o’clock, so

that the LCD reads about 40.

10.Play a few more notes.

The pitch modulation has added some shimmer to the

sound. Now, maybe it could use a bit more edge…

11.Look at the assignments for SELECT switches 1

and 2.

These are programmed to raise the Filter Frequency

and Filter Resonance, respectively. Switches are just

on/off, but you can set a speciﬁc value for the On

position; notice the +10 and +40 in the switch’s value

boxes.

12.Press the two switches, one by one.

The sound now has a more interesting character, due to

the ﬁlters. Since it’s brighter, we’ve also restored some

of the electric piano character.

Pretty easy, huh? Note - depending on the parameter,

you may sometimes hear glitches in the sound as you

move the control.

Changing parameter assignments

The factory Programs include default assignments of

Tone Adjust parameters to the knobs, sliders, and

switches. If you like, you can change any of the

assignments. To do so:

1. Go to the Control Surface tab of the Play page.

On this page, you can see the parameter assignments

for each controller, such as Filter EG Attack, Pitch

Stretch, Reverse, and so on.

2. Press the popup button next to one of the

parameter assignments.

Knob MIDI CC Normally controls…

1 74 Filter Cutoff Frequency

2 71 Filter Resonance

3 79 Filter EG Intensity

4 72 EG Release Time

5-6 Varies for each Program

7 Often Chorus Depth - but can vary per Program

8 Often Reverb Depth - but can vary per Program