Korg Speaker System owner manual About GM/GS/XG, About standard Midi files, 123

•If you set Global P1: MIDI “MIDI Clock” to External MIDI or External PCI/F, the start of recording and the tempo etc. will all be under the control of the external sequencer. Since the two devices will be synchronized during the recording process, measure divisions etc. will be accurately preserved. (You will need to set the time signature before recording.) However, tempo changes during the performance will not be recorded, so you will have to insert any tempo changes later. For normal multi-track recording, you will use this method. (☞p.66 “Multi (multitrack recording)”)

About GM/GS/XG

The TRITON supports the GM standard. It also sup- ports the GM2 sound map (including bank select) with 256 programs and 9 drum programs provided in ROM banks G, g(1)–g(9), and g(d). (Banks g(1)–g(9) are GM2 variation programs, and g(d) contains drum pro- grams.)

GM is a standard that ensures basic compatibility of sounds etc. between different GM-compatible instru- ments made by different manufacturers, but you need to be aware of the following.

•The GM System On message is received only in Song Play mode. (☞p.102 in the Parameter Guide “GM Initialize”)

Roland GS and Yamaha XG are specifications by which these respective manufacturers have extended the GM standard.

The TRITON automatically converts the GS/XG sound maps to the GM2 sound map, and supports some of their messages. This allows GS/XG music data to be played back in Song Play mode etc.

Since the TRITON does not support all of the GS/ XG sound maps or messages, some data may not be played back correctly.

When you wish to playback a music data conform to GM/GS/XG format or load it into a song, select the Global P0: Preference tab and set “Bank Map” to GM(2).

Converting the GS/XG bank/program maps to the GM2 bank/program map

•When bank select/program change messages used by GS/XG are received, they will automatically be converted to the G, g(1)–g(9), g(d) bank/program map of the TRITON.

•The same conversion is performed when a SMF is loaded into a song in Disk mode.

For banks that are used in common by GS/XG, GS Reset/XG System ON will be received to automat- ically convert to the optimal bank/program map for each.

Support for GS/XG part mode exclusive mes- sages

•In Song Play mode when GS/XG part mode exclusive messages Drum or MDrm 1–4 are received, bank g(d) (GM2 drum bank) will be selected for the specified track.

Until this part mode state is defeated, bank select messages will no longer be received for the speci- fied track.

•When an SMF is loaded into a song in Disk mode, any bank select messages in a track that is set to a part mode of Drum or MDrm 1–4 will be ignored, and will not be loaded.

Support for NRPN messages used in GS/XG music data

The following NRPN messages can be received to modify the sound.

Vibrato Rate	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 08, Bn, 06, mm]
Vibrato Depth	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 09, Bn, 06, mm]
Vibrato Delay	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 0A, Bn, 06, mm]
Filter Cutoff	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 20, Bn, 06, mm]
Resonance	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 21, Bn, 06, mm]
EG Attack Time	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 63, Bn, 06, mm]
EG Decay Time	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 64, Bn, 06, mm]
EG Release Time	[Bn, 63, 01, Bn, 62, 66, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Filter Cutoff	[Bn, 63, 14, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Filter Resonance	[Bn, 63, 15, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum EG Attack Time	[Bn, 63, 16, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum EG Decay Time	[Bn, 63, 17, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Coarse Tune	[Bn, 63, 18, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Fine Tune	[Bn, 63, 19, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Volume	[Bn, 63, 1A, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Panpot	[Bn, 63, 1C, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]*
Drum Rev Send(Send2)	[Bn, 63, 1D, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]
Drum Cho Send(Send1)	[Bn, 63, 1E, Bn, 62, kk, Bn, 06, mm]

kk: Drum Inst No. ([0C...6C] corresponds to C0...C8)

*[00, 01...7f] corresponds to Random, L000...R127)

About standard MIDI files

Standard MIDI files (SMF) make it possible for differ- ent computer programs or musical instruments made by different manufacturers to exchange time-based MIDI data. Each standard MIDI file contains one song. The TRITON supports format 0 (type 0) in which all of the MIDI data is combined into one track, and format 1 (type 1) in which the data is separated by track.

When a SMF is played back in Song Play mode or loaded into a song in Disk mode, the program bank that is selected will differ depending on the Global P1: System Preference tab “Bank Map” setting. When play- ing/loading SMF data that conforms to the GM/GS/ XG specifications, set “Bank Map” to GM(2).

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