Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] In a vertical direction, it is composed of 8 different tracks (Drums, Percussions, Bass, and 5 different harmonic or melodic instruments). You can play on the keyboard with 4 more Realtime tracks (Upper 1-3 and Lower). In a horizontal direction, it is a series of Style Elements (i. e. , the various sets of patterns for each chord and each of the Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks and Endings).
How to make the DIRECT HD banks
To configure the DIRECT HD banks, just save any Style into the DIRECT HD folders. Note: The following procedures requires you overwrite the User Style banks. [. . . ] · To create a new midifile, move the "NEW_NAME. MID" item to the first line of the display. When the "NEW_NAME. MID" item is selected, press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons. You are prompted to assign a name to the new folder:
EDIT PAGE STRUCTURE
Select an edit section from the Menu, and/or use the PAGE buttons to reach the desired page. All edit pages share the same structure.
Song icon Page header Page number
Mixer:Volume
|||| 090 |||| 090 |||| 090 |||| 090 |||| 090 |||| 092 |||| 086 ||||| 112
NEW_NAME. MID
Move the cursor using the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons. Insert a character at the cursor position by pressing the INSERT button. Delete a character at the cursor position by pressing the DELETE button. When you have finished writing a name for the new midifile, press F2 (Save) to confirm. Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.
Track status icons
Song icon
6.
When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in Song mode.
Page header
The header shows the name of the current edit page. Usually the header is divided into a first word, identifying the section name (e. g. , "Mixer:FX Send" is a "Mixer" section
12-4
Song operating mode
Page 1 - Mixer: Volume
page), and a second word, referring to the page name (e. g. "FX Send").
Section name Page name
PAGE 2 - MIXER: PAN
Here you can adjust the pan for each Song track. Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch between Song tracks 1-8, Song tracks 9-16, and back again.
Mixer:FX Send
Page
This area shows the current page number.
A-H
Mixer:Pan
C+00 C+00 C+00 C+00 C+00 C+00 C+00 C+00
Each pair of VOLUME/VALUE buttons select a different track, parameter of command, depending on the edit page.
Track status icons
A series of icons near each track show the track's status. Usually, A is the reverb, while B is the modulating effect (chorus, flanger, delay. . . ). For a list of the available effects, see "Effects" on page 18-1.
ModTrk (Modulating Track)
PB(end)
This parameters shows the Pitch Bend range for each track, in semitones. Off No pitchbend allowed.
Sc(ale)
Source track for modulating MIDI messages. You can modulate an effect parameter with a MIDI message generated by a physical controller.
B>Asend (B>A Send)
Amount of the B effect going back to the input of the A effect.
PAGE 9 - FX: C/D SELECT
This page lets you select the C and D effects. Usually, the C effect is a reverb, while the D effect is a modulating effect. You can, however, assign all four effects to a Song (see "Page 3 Mixer: FX Block" on page 12-5).
This parameter lets you activate/deactivate the alternative scale for each track. (See "Page 6 - Tuning: Scale" on page 12-6 for more information on selecting an alternative scale). No The track is tuned according to the Global scale (see "Scale" on page 14-2).
FX:C/D Select
C:02 BigHall ModTrk:Up1 D:97 MlwChrs D>Csend:127
Note: When you stop the Song, or select a different Song, the
12-8
Song operating mode
Page 10 - FX: A editing
default effects are selected again. You can, however, stop the Song, change the effects, then start the Song again. Edit the Song in Song mode to permanently change the effects.
C, D
PAGE 13 - FX: D EDITING
This page contains the editing parameters for the D effect. For more details, see "Page 10 - FX: A editing" above.
Effects assigned to the C and D effect processors. [. . . ] Press ENTER to confirm, EXIT to abort.
Select this command to see the name of the inserted Flash Card, and the free space on it. If pressed without a card inserted, the "No disk!" warning appears. Please, insert a card and press ENTER (or EXIT to abort).
Save OS
4.
This command starts an Operating System backup, to save a copy of the instrument's Operating System on a floppy disk. Note: Should you not do a back-up and your internal data is changed, you can download the data from www. korgpa80. com, or ask your local KORG dealer. [. . . ]