Korg PS60 Basic/MIDI Controllers, System Preference, EQ Offset

Basic/MIDI Controllers

Octave [-3...+0...+3]

Thisshiftsthepitchoftheperformanceorprograminone‐

octavestepsacrossarangeofsixoctaves.

Velocity Curve (Vel Curve) [1...9]

Thisspecifiesthewaythatthevolumeand/ortonewill

changeinresponsetovariationsinkeyboardplaying

dynamics(velocity).

Thecurvesyoucanselectwilldependonthe“ConvertPosi‐

tion”(page72)setting.IfthesettingisPreMIDI,thecurveis

appliedimmediatelyafterthekeyboard.Ifthesettingis

PostMIDI,thecurveisappliedimmediatelybeforethe

soundgenerator.

InthecaseofPreMIDI,yourkeyboardplayingdynamicsare

modifiedasshownbytransmissioncurves1–8(lowerleft

diagram),andreceptionisfixedatcurve4linear(diagram

atlowerright).

InthecaseofPostMIDI,yourkeyboardplayingdynamics

aretransmittedaccordingtotransmissioncurve4linear

(lowerleftdiagram),andwillbeinterpretedaccordingto

receptioncurve1–8(lowerrightdiagram).

Ifyou’reusingthePS60asaMIDIsoundmodule,andwant

toadjusttheoverallbrightnessofthesound,set“Convert

Position”(page72)toPos tMIDIandselecttheappropriate

velocitycurve.

1,2,3:Stronglyplayednoteswillbeaffected.

4(Normal):Thenormalcurve

5,6:Producesaneffectevenifyoudonotplayvery

strongly.

7:Thiscurveproducesarelativelyconsistenteffectforsoftly

playednotes.

8:Thiscurveproducesanevenmoreconsistenteffect.

9:Comparedwiththestandardcurve#4,thiscurvesoftens

theresponseofgently‐playednotes.Thisallowsvelocity

controlwithbroaderdynamicsforsoundssuchasacoustic

piano.

Eachcurvehasitsowncharacteristics,soyoushouldselect

thecurvethatbestsuitsyourownplayingstyleandthe

resultsyouwanttoobtain.

After Touch Curve [1...8]

Thisspecifiesthewaythatincomingaftertouchdatawill

affectthevolumeortonewhen“ConvertPosition” issetto

PostMIDI.

Thissettinghasnoeffectwhen“ConvertPosition”is

settoPreMIDI.

Thiscurveisappliedimmediatelybeforethetonegenerator.

TheaftertouchCurvesettingselectsthecurvethatisapplied

totheincomingaftertouch.

1,2:Thiscurveproduceschangewhenstrongaftertouch

pressureisapplied.

3(Normal):Thenormalcurve.

4,5:Thiscurveproduceschangeevenwhenlightpressureis

applied.

6,7:Thesecurvesproducechangein24or12steps.Curve

number7allowschangeovertwelvesteps,sowhenusing

aftertouchtomodifythepitch,youcansettherangeof

modificationtooneoctave,anduseaftertouchtovarythe

pitchinsemitonesteps.

8:Thisisarandomcurve.Usethiswhenyouwishtocreate

specialeffects,ortouseaftertouchtoapplyunpredictable

modulation.

However,solelyinthecaseof0or127,thevaluewillnotbe

random;0or127willbeappliedconstantly

System Preference

ScrollText [Off, On]

Thisspecifieswhetherperformancenames,andprogram

nameswillbescrollediftheycontainalargernumberof

charactersthancanbeshowninthedisplay.

EQ Offset

Bass [-18.0...+00.0...+18.0 dB]

Mid [-18.0...+00.0...+18.0 dB]

Treble [-18.0...+00.0...+18.0 dB]

ThesespecifytheEQoffset(internalreferencevalues).

SincethesesettingsadjusttheoveralltoneofthePS60,you

canusethemtochangethePS60ʹscharacter.

Thesesettingsareaddedtothesettingsmadebythefront

panelEQknobsandtheEQsettingsoftheperformanceor

program.

Example:

Youcanusethesesettingstoadjustyoursoundtocompen‐

satefordifferencesinthespeakersyouʹreusingorthevenue

inwhichyouʹreperforming,withouthavingtoeditandre‐

saveeachprogramandperformance.Forexample,this

makesiteasytoboostthelowendtogivemoredepthtothe

MAX

127

Soft

127

Strong

Curve 4

Curve 1–9

Pre

Global Convert Position

KBD

MIDI

Curve 4

Post

Velocity (MIDI In→TG)

Velocity (KBD→MIDI Out)

For a setting of PostMIDIFor a setting of PreMIDI

Velocity

eect

Received TableTransmitted Table

Offset value EQ setting Actual response

Bass +7.5 ‐3.5 +4.0dB

Mid +1.0 0.0 +1.0dB

Treble ‐3.0 +8.5 +5.5dB

MAX

127

After Touch (MIDI In→TG)

68:RANDOM

Aftertouch

eect