User manual KORG D8

[. . . ] In order to enjoy many years of trouble-free use, please read this manual carefully and use the unit correctly. About this owner’s manual This owner’s manual is organized as follows. Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter explains the main features of the D8, its front and rear panel, and basic operation. Chapter 2 Operation This chapter explains various methods of recording and playback, and the procedures for mixdown and editing. Chapter 3 Reference This chapter explains the parameters which appear in the display when you press each of the D8’s keys, and the operation of the keys and faders. [. . . ] The disk will be ejected, and the display will read “Next/ PwOff”, telling you that you may either insert the next disk or turn off the power. 4. Exchanging disks on a removable disk drive ■ Exchanging disks on the currently selected removable disk drive If the currently selected song is on a removable disk drive, use the following procedure to exchange disks. 1 Press and hold the [ ] and [ ] keys to get the “Eject→✽?” display which asks whether you wish to eject a disk (✽ is the SCSI ID A–G of the drive). Next/PwOff 3 Turn off the power as described above (✧). 3. Initializing and formatting a drive Here’s how you can initialize or format a connected external drive. Select Initialize when you have purchased a drive or when you wish to completely erase the contents of the drive. Select Format when you wish to use a disk that was previously used by another device, or when a Disk Error display begins to appear frequently during playback etc. When you initialize or format, all data that had been saved on that disk will be lost. Before you initialize or format, check to make sure that you actually want to do this. EjectøA ? 2 Press and hold the [ ] key for approximately one second. The disk will be ejected, and the display will read “Next/PwOff”, telling you that you may either insert the next disk or turn off the power. Next/PwOff 40 3 Insert another disk into the removable disk drive. If you insert an uninitialized disk, the display will read “Init→✽?” (✽ is the SCSI ID A-G of the drive), asking whether you wish to initialize the disk. If you wish to initialize, press and hold the [ ] key for approximately one second to initialize the disk. Initializing and formatting a drive”) ■ Backing up a song to a removable disk drive 1 Press the [EDIT] key, and then press the [SONG TRACK] key several times to display the song name (EDIT SONG/TRACK P1). A01:SngNa˙ EDIT SONG / TRACK ■ Exchanging disks on a removable disk drive which is not currently selected If the currently selected song is on a drive other than the removable disk drive, use the following procedure to exchange disks. ✧ Press the Eject key of the external removable disk drive to remove the disk, and insert a different disk. (For the location of the Eject key, refer to the owner’s manual for your removable disk drive. ) If the disk is unformatted, refer to “3. Initializing and formatting an external drive”. E 2 Chapter 2 3 Press the [SYSTEM] key several times to make the display read “DiskUtil”. DiskUtil œ Saving to and loading from DAT 4 5. Saving a song on a removable disk drive (Backup) There are two ways in which a song can be saved on an external disk: Song Copy and Backup. Song Copy The song can be selected and played Press the [ ] key, and then press the [SYSTEM] key several times to make the display read “Backup”. Backup ˙ EDIT SYSTEM E 5 Backup The song cannot be selected (you must Restore before the song can be selected) The song is always overwritten, and the song number cannot be specified Song data extending over multiple disks can be saved A removable disk drive or DAT can be used Press the [ ] key. The drive and song number that you selected in step 2 will be displayed. If you wish to backup all songs in the currently selected drive, rotate the [VALUE] dial to select 1-✽✽ (All). If you wish to backup an individual song, leave this setting unchanged. Press the [ ] key, and then rotate the [VALUE] dial to specify the backup destination drive (A–G). 6 The save destination song number can be specified øB:RM 100œ Song data extending over multiple disks cannot be saved A hard disk drive or removable disk drive can be used 7 Press the [ ] key, and the display will indicate the number of disks that you will need. Prepare the appropriate number of disks of the same capacity as the disk that is currently in the drive. If you wish to save a song by copying it to an external hard disk drive or removable disk drive, refer to “Copying a song” (p. 35). [. . . ] T (Time) 0. 10. . . 5. 2s Reverb time PLATE (Plate Reverb) This simulates a plate reverb unit. T (Time) 0. 26. . . 16s Reverb time RingMOD (Ring Modulator) This effect multiples the effect by a sine wave to create metallic sounds. Fc (Mod Fc) MIX (Wet/Dry) 50Hz. . . 5000Hz DRY, 1, 2, . . . , 49, WET Frequency of the oscillator Balance between the effect sound and the direct sound ROTARY (Rotary Speaker SIM) This effect simulates a rotary speaker. Hspd (Horn Speed) Rspd (RotorSpeed) BAL (Balance) 0. 01. . . 16. 0(Hz) 0. 01. . . 16. 0(Hz) 0. . . 50 Rotational speed of the horn Rotational speed of the rotor Volume balance between the low frequency rotor and the high frequency horn TREMOLO (Tremolo) This effect modulates the volume of the input signal. [. . . ]