Controlling the arpeggiator Nprn, 120 | Korg Speaker System guide

You can use the universal exclusive Coarse Tune message to adjust the overall tuning that corre- sponds to the Global P0: Basic Setup “Transpose” parameter. (☞p.120 “About system exclusive mes- sages”)

Changing the pitch bend range

RPN pitch bend range [Bn, 64, 00, 65, 00]

This RPN message can be used to adjust the pitch bend range for a program or timbre (in Combination mode) or for a track (in Sequencer or Song Play modes).

The procedure is as follows.

1[Bn, 65, 00, 64, 00]: Select RPN parameter 00.

2[Bn, 06, mm, 26, vv]: Use data entry to set the value. Normally only the upper byte is used.

A value of 0 [mm, vv=00, 00] is +00, and a value of 1536 [mm, vv=0C, 00] is +12 (one octave). Although it is possible to set a negative value for a timbre/track, only positive values can be set using RPN messages.

Controlling the arpeggiator (NPRN)

Arpeggiator operations can be controlled using NRPN (Non Registered Parameter Number) messages. NRPN messages can be freely used in non-compatible ways by different manufacturers and models of instrument.

The procedure for using NRPN messages is the same as for RPN, but you will use NRPN MSB (CC#99) [Bn, 63, mm] and NRPN LSB (CC#98) [Bn, 62, rr] messages (n: channel, mm, rr: upper and lower bytes of the parameter number) to specify the parameter.

NRPN arpeggiator on/off

[Bn, 63, 00, Bn, 62, 02, Bn, 06, mm]

This message will be transmitted when you press the ARPEGGIATOR [ON/OFF] switch. When the switch is turned ON the data will be mm=127 [7F], and when turned OFF the data will be mm=0 [00], and the arpeg- giator will be turned on/off accordingly. (This can also be speciﬁed as a function of the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH.)

Similarly, the arpeggiator will be turned on/off when this message is received. (ON when mm is 64 [40] or greater, and OFF when 63 [3F] or less.)

NRPN arpeggiator gate control

[Bn, 63, 00, Bn, 62, 0A, Bn, 06, mm]

This message will be transmitted when you operate the ARPEGGIATOR [GATE] knob, and the arpeggiator gate will change. When this message is received, the result will be the same.

NRPN arpeggiator velocity control [Bn, 63, 00, Bn, 62, 0B, Bn, 06, mm]

This message will be transmitted when you operate the ARPEGGIATOR [VELOCITY] knob, and the arpeggia- tor velocity will change. When this message is received, the result will be the same.

120 About system exclusive messages

Since the way in which these messages are used is left up to each manufacturer, they are mainly used to transmit and receive sound data and editing data for parameters that are unique to a particular instrument. The TRITON’s system exclusive message format is [F0, 42, 3n, 50, ff, ..... F7]

F0: exclusive status

42: Korg ID

3d: [n=0–F] global MIDI channel 1–16

50:TRITON model ID

ff:function ID (type of message)

– ...

F7: end of exclusive

All models of the TRITON series use the same model ID. Exclusive data can be exchanged between models of the TRITON series.

To obtain a copy of the “MIDI Implementation” which includes MIDI exclusive format informa- tion, please contact your Korg distributor.

Universal system exclusive

Certain of the system exclusive messages are publicly deﬁned for a speciﬁc use, and these are called univer- sal system exclusive messages.

The TRITON uses the following six universal system exclusive messages.

Inquiry message request [F0, 7E, nn, 06, 01, F7] Inquiry message [F0, 7E, nn, 06, 02, (nine bytes), F7] When an inquiry message request is received, the TRI- TON will respond by transmitting an inquiry message that means “I am a Korg TRITON series instrument, with system version ...”

GM system on [F0, 7E, nn, 09, 01, F7]

When this message is received in Song Play mode, the TRITON will be initialized for GM playback.

Master volume [F0, 7F, nn, 04, 01, vv, mm, F7]

(vv: lower byte of the value, mm: upper byte of the value, together indicating 16384 steps)

This message is transmitted if you assign Master Vol- ume as the function of the ASSIGNABLE PEDAL or as a B-mode function of a REALTIME CONTROLS [1]–[4] knob and operate the controller. This will adjust the overall volume balance without changing the relative volume balance between timbres/tracks. When this message is received, the result will be the same as when the controller is operated.

Master balance [F0, 7F, nn, 04, 02, vv, mm, F7] (vv: lower byte of the value, mm: upper byte of the value, together indicating 16384 steps, where 8192 is the default position, and lower values will move the sound toward the left)

When this is received, the overall panning will be adjusted without changing the relative panning between timbres/tracks.

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