User manual KORG MICRO-PRESET M-500 OVERLAY

[. . . ] You'll find more information on this beginning on page 59 in the Owner's Manual. OCTAVE SHIFT DOWN/UP ­ These keys change the octave of the program by a maximum of +/- 3 octaves. FORMANT HOLD / TIMBRE SELECT ­ When in Vocoder mode, pressing this key will "freeze" the formant of your voice so it can be played on the keyboard and stored to a program. [. . . ] EDIT SELECT 1 / EDIT SELECT 2 ­ These knobs select the parameters that the REALTIME CONTROL KNOBS 1-5 will control in EDIT mode. 1/ CUTOFF, 2/RESONANCE, 3/EG ATTACK, 4/EG RELEASE, 5/TEMPO ­ In Performance mode these knobs control the CUTOFF, RESONANCE, EG ATTACK, RELEASE and Arpeggiator TEMPO of a program. In EDIT mode these knobs edit the values of a parameter selected by the EDIT SELECT 1 / EDIT SELECT 2 knobs. AUDIO IN 1 VOLUME 1 / AUDIO IN 2 VOLUME 2 ­ These knobs change the input signal level of AUDIO 1 / AUDIO 2. MIC/LINE ­ This switch changes the impedance of AUDIO IN 2 between microphone and line level. Listening to the Demo Songs: 1. 3. Turn on the Power of the microKORG and wait a few seconds for it to boot up. Press and hold the SHIFT key and then press the ARPEGGIATOR ON/OFF key. To select one of the 8 demo songs, press the PROGRAM NUMBER key (1 ­ 8) that corresponds to the demo song you would like to listen to. 2. Turn the PROGRAM SELECT knob to select the musical genre/program bank and use the PROGRAM NUMBER keys to select any of the eight programs in that bank. Refer to the Owner's Manual for more info on Control Change Numbers. 4. ! 3 microKORG EasyStart Connecting the Microphone and using the Vocoder: 1. 4. Attach the included microphone to the holder following the instructions on page 5 of the Owner's Manual. Connect the 1/8" mini jack to the CONDENSER input on the back of the microKORG. Adjust the level of INPUT 1 using the VOLUME 1 knob so that the AUDIO IN 1 LED does not turn red. Select the VOCODER program bank using the PROGRAM SELECT knob and then select program number A84 by pressing PROGRAM NO. Play the keyboard while speaking or singing into the microphone and adjust the microphone level if needed. Using the FORMANT HOLD function: 1. After using the steps outlined above to select a Vocoder program, speak a vowel sound like "ahhh" or "ohhh" into the mic and then quickly press the FORMANT HOLD key to "freeze" it into memory. You can now play the formant across the keyboard without having to speak into the microphone. To store a Vocoder program with the FORMANT HOLD on, follow the steps for Storing an Edited Program outlined below. [. . . ] It may take some practice to "freeze" a formant correctly, try pressing the FORMANT HOLD key the exact moment you begin speaking into the microphone. 2. ! Using the Arpeggiator: 1. 3. To turn on the Arpeggiator, press the ARPEGGIATOR ON/OFF key so that the LED is on. To turn arpeggiator steps on and off, turn the EDIT SELECT 2 knob to ARPEG. [. . . ]