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Main Page Table of Contents Table of Contents The Style structure Style Record mode Ordinary, Guitar and Drum tracks What to record Pattern data vs. track data Sounds Style/Pad Import/Export Entering the Style Record mode Exit by saving or deleting changes Listening to the Style while in Edit mode List of recorded events Main page - Record 1 Page sub-header Recording parameters area High No quantization applied. Selected track info area Key/Chord area NTT Area Delete Note button Tracks volume/status area Main page - Record 2/Cue Sounds area Cue area Main page - Guitar Mode Recording overview Recording strumming types Recording single strings Recording RX Noises Selecting a Capo Recording a regular pattern Recording a Chord Shape Choosing a Key/Chord for Intro 1 and Ending 1 Playing back the pattern Guitar mode parameters Style Record procedure Preparing to record Realtime Record procedure Step Record procedure Chords and second voices Page Event Edit: Event Ed it Page sub-hea der Event list aaa is the measure bb is the beat ccc is the tick (each quarter beat = 384 ticks) Other elements Event Edit procedure For more information on the event types and their val- ues, see Event Edit: Event Edit on page17. Event Edit: Filter Style Edit: Quantize Style Edit: Transpose Transpose value (127 semitones). Style Edit: Velocity Velocity change value (127). Style Edit: Cut Style Edit: Delete Style Edit: Delete All Style Edit: Copy from Style Copying to a Chord Variation of a different length 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Style Edit : Copy from Pad 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Style Element Track Controls: Sound/ Expression Selected Track Info area Sounds area Expression area Expression leveling Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range Volume area Style Element Track Controls: Noise/Guitar Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension Import: Import Groove Import: Import SMF Importing an SMF separated by Markers into a Style Export SMF Exporting a Style as an SMF separated by Markers Write Style dialog box Copy Key/Chord dialog box Copy Sounds dialog box Copy Expression dialog box Copy Key Range dialog box Copy Chord Table dialog box Overdub Step Recording window Page The Pad structur e What to record Pattern data vs. track data Entering the Pad Record mode Pad Record mode Exit by saving or deleting changes Listening to the Pad while in Record/Edit mode Main page - Record 1 Recording parameters area Use this parameter to set the quantization during record- ing. Pad Track info area Tracks volume/status area Key/Chord area NTT Area Delete Note button Main page - Guitar Mode Recording overview Pad Record procedure Event Edit: Event Ed it Event Edit: Filter Pad Edit: Qu antize Pad Edit: Transp ose Transpose value (127 semitones). Pad Edit: Velocity Velocity change value (127). Pad Edit: Cu t Pad Edit: De lete Pad Edit: De lete All Pad Edit: Copy from Style Pad Edit: Copy from Pad Pad Track Control s: Sound/Exp ression Pad Chord Table Import: Import Groove Import: Import SMF Export: SMF Write Pad dialog box The MIDI channel How to select oscillators Sounds, Drum Kits, Digital Drawbars Main page Sound operating mode Realtime Controls area FX Area Digital Drawbars page Percussion/Rotary tab Tone/Noise tab Basic: Sound Basic Oscillator Count Transpose Range Legato as OSC Trigger Basic: OSC Basic OSC Multisample OSC Trigger Mode Basic: Vel/Key Zone Basic: Damper Mode Damper Mode Resonance/Halo No Note Off Range Basic: Damper Trigger Damper On Trigger Transpose Range Damper Trigger Sample Damper Off Trigger DrumKit: Sample Setup (Drum Kits) Drum Kits use only one oscillator. Layer Selector & Velocity Sample Switch Drum Sample DrumKit: EQ (Drum Kits) Layer Selector & Velocity Sample Switch Drum Sample Equalizer DrumKit: Voice Mixer (Drum Kits) Mixer Pitch: Pitch Mod Pitch Pitch EG Velocit y Portamento LFO 1/2 Pitch: Pitch EG Filter: Fil ter Type Filter A Filter B Filter: Filter Mod Keyboard Tracking Filter EG Filter A/B Modulation Filter: Fil ter LFO LFO 1 LFO 2 Filter: Filter EG Filter envelope Page Amp: Amp Level/Pan Pan modulation Amp: Amp Mod Keyboard Tracking Amp Modulation Amp: Amp EG Page LFO: LFO1 Frequency Modulation Frequency MIDI/Tempo Sync This parameter is not available when editing a Drum Kit. LFO: LFO2 Effects: B FX Config Effects: IFX 1 Effects: Master 1 / Reverb Write Sound dialog box Copy Oscillator dialog box Copy Drum Kit dialog box AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list Page Sampling operating mode Entering and exiting the Sampling mode The Record (Sampling) procedure Preparing to record Recording A) Saving the sample and creating a Sound B) Saving an Audio Groove C) Using the Groove in other Sounds D) Using the Groove in Styles or Pads Sampling: Record REC Setup Sampling: Edit Waveform display Parameters Zoom Changing the sample length and finding good-sounding loop points Sampling: Loop Edit Loop diagram Parameters Crossfade Sampling: Sampling Info Sampling Info Available Memory Sample Info Time Slice How timeslice works Time Slice Ex.1 - Generating samples and MIDI Groove data: Ex.2 - Varying the grooves tempo Sample diagram and the same diagram after the Slice: Metronome Information Time Slice Extend The Time Slice procedure The Extend procedure Multisample: Edit MS MS (MultiSample) Keyboard diagram Multisample Setup Multisample: Key Assign MS (MultiSample) Sample list Keyboard ranges Page Write Sample dialog box Write MultiSample dialog box Write Slice dialog box Delete Sample dialog box Delete Multisample dialog box Export Sample page Export Multisample page How to merge PCM samples from various sources Accessing the Voice Processor edit pages Voice Processor Setup: Setup Global Setting Voice Processor Voice Processor Setup: Mic Tone Lead EQ EQ with Adaptive On EQ with Adaptive Off Compress/DeEss Compress/DeEss with Adaptive On Compress/DeEss with Adaptive Off Gate Voice Processor Setup: Talk Talk Mode Mixer Voice Processor Preset: Easy Preset Voice Processor Preset: Mixer/FX Mod Delay Reverb Del/Rev Single Voice parameters box Other Harmony settings Voice Processor Preset: Double Voice Processor Preset: Filter & Hard Tune Filter HardTune Voice Processor Preset: Mod Voice Processor Preset: Delay Voice Processor Preset: Reverb Dynamic Modulation sources Effects Dynamics (Dynamic) 0: No Effect 1: Stereo Compressor 2: Dyn. Compressor 3: Stereo Limiter Dynamics (Dynamic) a: Envelope Select b: Ratio c: Threshold [dB] e: Gain Adjust [dB] Dynamics (Dynamic) d: Attack 4: Multiband Limiter e: Low Offset [dB] f: Mid Offset [dB] g: High Offset [dB] 5: St.MasteringLimtr (Stereo Mastering Limiter) This is a stereo limiter that is optimized for mastering songs. 6: Stereo Gate EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter) 7: St.Parametric4EQ (Stereo Parametric 4-Band EQ) b: Band1 Type c: Band4 Type Selects a filter type for Band 1 and 4. e, f, g, h: Q 8: St. Graphic 7EQ (Stereo Graphic 7-Band EQ) a: Type 9: St.Exciter/Enhncr (Stereo Exciter/Enhancer) a: Exciter Blend D 10: Stereo Isolator 11: St. Wah/Auto Wah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) a: Frequency Bottom a: Frequency Top D D 12: St. Vintage Wah (Stereo Vintage/Custom Wah) a: Shape b: Frequency Bottom b: Frequency Top c: Resonance Bottom c: Resonance Top D 13: VOX Wah 14: St. Random Filter (Stereo Random Filter) a: LFO Phase [degree] a: LFO Waveform b: LFO Frequency [Hz] c: LFO Step Freq [Hz] d: BPM e: Step Base Note 15: St. MultiModeFilter (Stereo Multi Mode Filter) 16: St. Sub Oscillator (Stereo Sub Oscillator) D D a: OSC Mode b: Note Interval b: Note Fine d: Envelope Pre LPF 18: Stereo Decimator D 19: St. Analog Record (Stereo Analog Record) D b: Flutter Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic models (OD Amp Mic ) 20: OD/Hi.Gain Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Wah) 21: St. Guitar Cabinet (Stereo Guitar Cabinet) 22: Gtr. Cabinet + NR 23: St. Bass Cabinet (Stereo Bass Cabinet) This simulates the acoustical character of a bass amps speaker cabinet. 24: Bass Amp Model This simulates a bass amp. 25: Bass Amp+Cabinet (Bass Amp Model+Cabinet) This simulates a bass amp and speaker cabinet. a: Amp Type h: Cabinet Type Recommended Combinations of Bass Amp Models and Cabi- nets: 26: Tube PreAmp Model (Tube PreAmp Modeling) b, f: Saturation [%] 27: St. Tube PreAmp (Stereo Tube PreAmp Modeling) 28: Mic Model+PreAmp (Mic Modeling + PreAmp) b: Mic Position Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser (Cho/Fln Phaser) 29: Stereo Chorus d: L Pre Delay [msec] d: R Pre Delay [msec] Setting the left and right delay time individually allows you to control the stereo image. 30: Classic Chorus 31: Black Chorus/Flanger Mode Intensity 32: St.HarmonicChorus (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) f: High/Low Split Point 33: St. Biphase Mod. (Stereo Biphase Modulation) + 34: Multitap Cho/Delay (Multitap Chorus/Delay) 35: Ensemble c: Shimmer 36: Polysix Ensemble 37: Stereo Flanger h: Wet/Dry g: High Damp [%] 38: Classic Flanger 39: St. Random Flanger (Stereo Random Flanger) D 40: St. Env. Flanger (Stereo Envelope Flanger) c: Sweep Mode c: Src d: EG Attack d: EG Decay 41: Stereo Phaser h: Resonance i: Wet/Dry h: High Damp [%] 42: Orange Phaser 43: Small Phaser 44: St. Random Phaser (Stereo Random Phaser) D 45: St. Env. Phaser (Stereo Envelope Phaser) Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.Shift) 46: Stereo Vibrato a: AUTOFADE Src b: Fade-In Delay [msec] b: Fade-In Rate d: LFO Frequency Mod 47: St. Auto Fade Mod. (Stereo Auto Fade Modulatiom) 48: 2Voice Resonator D 49: Doppler 50: Scratch D 51: Grain Shifter D a: Duration c: LFO Sample Cycle [Hz] 52: Stereo Tremolo a: LFO Waveform 53: Classic Tremolo 54: St. Env. Tremolo (Stereo Envelope Tremolo) d: LFO Frequency [Hz] d: Envelope Amount [Hz] e: Depth e: Envelope Amount 55: Stereo Auto Pan a: LFO Shape You can change the panning curve by modifying the LFOs Shape. b: LFO Phase [degree] 56: St. Phaser + Trml (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) 57: St. Ring Modulator (Stereo Ring Modulator) 58: Detune This parameter sets the dynamic modulation of the input level. d: Input Level Dmod [%] d: Src 59: Pitch Shifter b: Pitch Shift [1/2tone] b: Src b: Amt c: Fine [cents] c: Amt 60: Pitch Shifter BPM This pitch shifter enables you to set the delay time to match the d: BPM e: Delay Base Note d: Time Over? 61: Pitch Shift Mod. (Pitch Shift Modulation) 62: Organ Vib/Chorus (Organ Vibrato/Chorus) b: Control Mode c: Preset Type d: Custom Mix e: Custom Depth f: Custom Speed [Hz] c: Amt 63: Rotary Speaker Delay 64: L/C/R Delay 65: Stereo/CrossDelay 66: St. Multitap Delay (Stereo Multitap Delay) d: Tap1 Level 67: St. Mod Delay (Stereo Modulation Delay) b: D-mod Modulation d: LFO Sync d: Src g: L LFO Phase [deg] h: R LFO Phase [deg] 68: St. Dynamic Delay (Stereo Dynamic Delay) a: Control Target 69: St. AutoPanningDly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) This stereo delay effect pans the delay sound left and right using the LFO. 70: Tape Echo D + D a: Delay (Tap1) [msec] a: Src a: Amt b: Tap2 Position [%] b: Tap3 Position [%] 73: Sequence BPM Dly (Sequence BPM Delay) 74: L/C/R BPM Delay a: Time Over? You can set the delay time up to 5,460msec. If the delay time 75: Stereo BPM Delay This stereo delay enables you to set the delay time to match the 76: St.BPM Mtap Delay (Stereo BPM Multi tap Delay) This four-tap delay enables you to select a tempo and rhythm pattern to set up each tap. D 77: St.BPM Mod. Delay (Stereo BPM Modulation Delay) This is a stereo modulation delay that lets you synchronize the delay time to the tempo of the song. 78: St.BPMAutoPanDly (Stereo BPM Auto Panning Delay) This stereo auto panning delay enables you to set the delay time to match the song tempo. 79: Tape Echo BPM This is a tape echo that lets you synchronize the delay time to the tempo of the song. D a: Tap1 Dmod Src b: Tap1 Delay Note b: Times c: Tap1 Dmod Note c: Times b: Time Over? Reverb and Early Reflections (Reverb ER) 80: Reverb Hall This plate reverb simulates dry (light) reverberation. This hall-type reverb simulates the reverberation of mid-size concert halls or ensemble halls. 81: Reverb SmoothHall 85: Reverb BrightRoom This room-type reverb emphasizes the early reflections that make the sound brighter. This parameter selects the decay curve for the early reflection. c: ER Level d: Reverb Level 86: Reverb Spring Mono-Mono Serial (Mono-Mono) 88: P4EQ - Exciter (Parametric 4-Band EQ - Exciter) D and an exciter. 89: P4EQ - Wah (Parametric 4-Band EQ - Wah/Aut o Wah) 90: P4EQ - Cho/Flng (Parametric 4-Band EQ - Chorus/Flanger) and a chorus/flanger. i: Output Mode 91: P4EQ - Phaser (Parametric 4-Band EQ - Phaser) This effect combines a mono four-band parametric equalizer and a phaser. 92: P4EQ - Mt. Delay (Parametric 4-Band EQ - Multitap Delay) and a multitap delay. D 93: Comp - Wah (Compr esso r - Wah/ Auto Wa h) This effect combines a mono compressor and a wah. You can change the order of the connection. 94: Comp - Amp Sim (Compressor - Amp Simulation) 95: Comp - OD/HiGain (Compressor - Overdrive/Hi.Gain) 96: Comp - P4EQ (Compressor - Parametric 4-Band EQ) 97: Comp - Cho/Flng (Compressor - Chorus/Flanger) This effect combines a mono compressor and a chorus/flanger. h: [F]Output Mode i: Routing 98: Comp - Phaser (Compressor - Phaser) This effect combines a mono compressor and a phaser. You can 99: Comp - Mt. Delay (Compressor - Multitap Delay) This effect combines a mono compressor and a multitap delay. 100: Limiter - P4EQ (Limiter - Parametric 4-Band EQ) a: [L]Ratio a: Threshold [dB] c: [L]Gain Adjust [dB] 101: Limiter - Cho/Flng (Limiter - Chorus/Flanger) This effect combines a mono limiter and a chorus/flanger. You 102: Limiter - Phaser This effect combines a mono limiter and a phaser. You can 103: Limiter - Mt.Delay (Limiter - Multitap Delay) This effect combines a mono limiter and a multitap delay. You 104: Exciter - Comp (Exciter -Compressor) This effect combines a mono exciter and a compressor. You can 105: Exciter - Limiter This effect combines a mono exciter and a limiter. You can 106: Exciter - Cho/Flng (Exciter - Chorus/Flanger) This effect combines a mono limiter and a chorus/flanger. 107: Exciter - Phaser This effect combines a mono limiter and a phaser. 108: Exciter - Mt.Delay (Exciter - Multitap Delay) This effect combines a mono exciter and a multitap delay. 109: OD/HG - Amp Sim (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Amp Simulation) an amp simulation. You can change the order of the effects. 110: OD/HG - Cho/Flng (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Chorus/Flanger) a chorus/flanger. You can change the order of the effects. 111: OD/HG - Phaser (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Phaser) a phaser. You can change the order of the effects. 112: OD/HG - Mt.Delay (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Multitap Delay) a multitap delay. 113: Wah - Amp Sim (Wah - Amp Simulation) This effect combines a mono wah and an amp simulation. You D 114: Decimator - Amp (Decimator - Amp Simulation) This effect combines a mono decimator and an amp simulation. 115: Decimator - Comp (Decimator - Compressor) This effect combines a mono decimator and a compressor. You 116: AmpSim - Tremolo (Amp Simulation- Tremolo) This effect combines a mono amp simulation and a tremolo. 117: Cho/Flng - Mt.Dly (Chorus/Flan ger - Mult itap Delay) This effect combines a mono chorus/flanger and a multitap delay. 118: Phaser - Cho/Flng (Phaser - Chorus/Flanger) This effect combines a mono phaser and a chorus/flanger. 119: Reverb - Gate This effect combines a mono reverb and a gate. f: [G]Envelope Select f: Src g: [G]Input Reverb Mix g: Threshold Double Size D 120: St. Mltband Limiter (Stereo Mltband Limiter) This is a stereo multiband limiter. 121: PianoBody/Damper (PianoBody/Damper Simulation) 122: OD/HyperGain Wah (Overdrive/Hyper Gai n Wah) D 123: GuitarAmp + P4EQ (Guitar Amp Model + Parametric 4-Band EQ) 124: Amp Clean Combo 125: Amp California 126: Amp Tweed 127: Amp Modded OD 128: BassTubeAmp+Cab. (Bass Tube Amp Model + Cabinet) This simulates a bass amp (with gain and drive) and speaker cab- inet. D a: Amp Type i: Cabinet Type Recommended Combinations of Bass Amp Models and Cabi- nets: 129: St. Mic + PreAmp (Stereo Mic Modeling + PreAmp) 131: St. Pitch Shifter (Stereo Pitch Shifter) a: L/R Pitch 132: St. PitchShift BPM (Stereo Pitch Shifter BPM) This stereo pitch shifter enables you to set the del ay time to match the song tempo. 133: Rotary SpeakerOD (Rotary Speaker Overdrive) a: Sw Overdrive will be switched on/off each time the value of the modulation source exceeds 64. 134: L/C/R Long Delay 135: St/Cross Long Delay (Stereo/Cross Long Delay) 136: Hold Delay 137: LCR BPM Long Dly The L/C/R delay enables you to match the delay time with the a: Time Over? You can set the delay time up to 10,920msec. If the delay time 138: St. BPM Long Dly (Stereo BPM Long Delay) Vocod er 140: Vocoder Page Styles Fact ory da ta Page Page Page Page Style Elements Style and Player controls Single Touch Settings (STS) Sounds (Bank order) Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Sounds (Program Change order) The following table lists all Pa3X Factor y Sounds in order of Bank Select-Program Change number. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Drum Kits Drum Kits The following table lists all Pa3X Factory Drum Kits in order of Bank Select-Program Change number. Page Multisamples Page Page Page Page Page Page Drum Samples The following table lists all Pa3X Factory Drum Samples. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Pads Page Page Effects Effects Effects MIDI Setup MIDI Setup List of Assignable Footswitch / Pedal functions List of Assignable Footswitch / Pedal functions The following functions can be assigned to a footswitch or a con- tinuous pedal. Assignable parameters List of Assignable Footswitch / Pedal functions List of Assignable Slider functions List of Assignable Slider functions The following functions can be assigned to the Assignable Slid- ers. List of Assignable Switch functions The following functions can be assigned to the Assignable Switches. List of EC5 functions List of EC5 functions The following functions can be assigned to a Korg EC5s switch pedal. List of EC5 functions Scales MIDI Data MIDI Controllers MIDI Controllers (*) The following NRPN messages are recognized by Pa3X in Song Play and Sequencer mode only: MIDI Data Recognized chords Recognized chords Major Dominant 7th 5 Major 6th Major 7th Page Page KORG Italy 2011. All rights reserved