Korg Sp-500 manual Selecting a temperament, Creating your own temperament

Selecting a temperament

1	Press the [FUNCTION] switch
2	Access the “Func 9/10” page

3	Select a temperament
	Use the dial or the [VALUE] switches to
	change the “Main Scale” cell or the “Sub
	Scale” cell.
	Refer to the temperaments list on the pre-
	vious page.
	When the power is turned on, “Main Scale”
	will be selected. You can use the assignable
	switch to switch to the “Sub Scale.” (☞ p.66)

4	Specify the “Key”
	Specify the key of the selected scale.

However, this is not available for “Equal Temp” or “Equal Temp2.”

To return to the previous display

If you press the [EXIT] switch or the [FUNCTION] switch, the [FUNCTION] switch indicator will go dark, and you will return to the previous LCD screen.

About stretched tuning

For some programs, a more natural resonance is obtained by adjusting the lower range flat- ter, and the higher range sharper, than the equal tempered pitches.

Creating your own temperament

You can use the User Scale function to create and store four of your own scales.

1	Press the [FUNCTION] switch
2	Access the “Func 8/10” page

3	Select the “User Scale” cell that
	you wish to modify
	From “User Scale 1–4,” use the dial or the
	[VALUE] switches to select the user scale
	that you wish to modify.

4	Specify the pitch of each key in
	one-cent steps

You can adjust the pitch over a range of –50 – +50 cents.

To write settings into internal memory

In the “Func 7/10” page, execute “Write” button.

If you turn off the power without writing, the previous settings will reappear.

To return to the previous display

If you press the [EXIT] switch or the [FUNCTION] switch, the [FUNCTION] switch indicator will go dark, and you will return to the previous LCD screen.

Functions

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