User manual KORG SQ-10 SERVICE MANUAL

[. . . ] Press the button in the display, and press to highlight any demo song name. The TRACK STATUS LED's below the display should all be lit in green. Press any of the TRACK STATUS keys that are not green to set Play Status. Lower the MASTER fader to "00", press the PLAY key to begin playback, then slowly-raise the MASTER fader to a comfortable listening level. [. . . ] Press the EditSong tab in the display, then press the Popup button to the left of CopySong. button in the display - to the right of the "padlock" icon (protect). Now you can work freely with the copied song. Change the Counter Time Display Type: The original factory demos all display the time in real time - now you'll set the copied song so the Counter reads in measures, beats and ticks: 1. Press to highlight 001. 01. 000 in the display, then press the OK button. The Counter will now read in units of measures, beats and ticks. 36 KORG SQ-10 Guide Rename the copied song: 1. Press the > button five times, to reach the first empty space following Alone. button (toggle to select upper and lower case), DIAL, and the > button to move through the name field, and input the following characters: l > y > R > e> p. Press the OK button in the display, and your copied song will be renamed appropriately. Take a break, and listen to this fine demo song: 1. Press the PLAY key and confirm that your copied song is intact, and raise the MASTER Fader and PHONE LEVEL knob to comfortable listening levels. Don't worry about the position of the Channel Faders at this point, because the mix was previously stored as a Scene in the original song location, as indicated by the SCENE key (lit). Listen to the lead vocal line carefully, because you're going to be recording your own lead vocal over this track - very soon (just kidding)!For more information, see the SQ-10 owner's manual (page 72). Note: Trigger Recording is used to initiate recording when the input exceeds a set threshold level. See the SQ-10 owner's manual (page 73) for more information. Working with Virtual Tracks The SQ-10 features 8 Virtual tracks for every track - that's128 Virtual tracks per song!Virtual tracks give you the benefit of being able to record several takes without overwriting any previous takes. Then you can select from your favorite Virtual track(s) for playback, bouncing or mixdown. Create a new song and record some audio: 1. Connect a lo-impedance microphone to the SQ-10 INPUT 1 XLR connector, and center the Track 1 PAN control. Press the INPUT key, and make sure that Input 1 is routed to Ch1 - if not, press to highlight the Ch1 "jack" icon, and rotate the DIAL to the left, to set the input to 1. Press the Track1 TRACK STATUS key two times, until the LED lights RED (record status). Note: If Track 2's RED LED lights as well, press the RECORD key and set the RecMode to Input. 39 KORG SQ-10 Guide 7. Press the METER / TRACK VIEW key, then set your input gain while speaking into the mic, by adjusting the INPUT 1 TRIM knob and watching the TRIM LED to avoid input clipping. 8. Set the Pre Fader view in the display - press the Popup button in the upper-left of the display, and press to highlight PreFdr, followed by pressing the OK button in the display. Make sure to set the input gain so that clipping does not occur (watch the TRIM LED and PreFdr "CLP" indicator line as you speak). 9. Raise the Track 1 Fader to the "0" position, then slowly-raise the MASTER Fader and PHONE LEVEL knob to a comfortable listening position. 10. Press the Popup button to the left of PreFdr in the METER VIEW page, then press to highlight PostFaderLev, followed by pressing the OK button in the display. Make sure that clipping does not occur due to the Track 1 Channel Fader position. Press the REC key, then press the PLAY key, and record about 6 - 8 measures of your voice (Example: "This is Track One", etc. ), then press the STOP key. [. . . ] SONG> EditSong> Delete> OK> Exec> Yes> OK Protect Song: Protects the selected song. Use this to avoid recording over or modifying your song data. SONG> EditSong> Protect> OK> Exec ("padlock" icon appears next to Exec) Copy All Songs: Copies all songs from the currently selected drive to another drive. Use this versus Backup Songs if you need immediate access to play and edit the copied songs. Be aware that this procedure writes over all data on the destination drive! SONG> EditSong> CopyAll> OK> Drive > select destination drive > OK> Exec> Yes 60 KORG SQ-10 Guide Track Editing Copy Track: Copies recorded track data from one region to another. [. . . ]