User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Turning the power on/off
- Listening to the demo songs
- Selecting and playing a program
- Selecting and playing a combination
- Using controllers to modify the sound
- Using the arpeggiator while you play
- Playing with the RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Recording) function
- Simple program editing
- Simple combination editing
- Sampling (recording a sample)
- Basic functions
- Saving data
- Restoring the factory settings
- Program mode
- How a program is organized
- Basic program editing
- Oscillator settings 2.1: Ed–Basic
- Controller settings 2.2: Ed–Ctrl
- Pitch settings 3.1: Ed–Pitch
- Filter settings 4.1: Ed–Filter1, 4.2: Ed–Filter2
- Amplifier settings 5.1: Ed–Amp1, 5.2: Ed–Amp2
- LFO settings 5.3: Ed–LFOs
- Arpeggiator settings 6.1: Ed–Arp.
- BUS settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX BUS
- Insert Effect settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX Setup, IFX
- Master Effect settings 7.2: Ed–MasterFX
- More about Alternate Modulation
- Auto Song Setup function
- Combination mode
- How a combination is organized
- Basic combination editing
- Timbre 1–8 program, pan and volume 2.1: Ed–Prog/Mix
- Controller settings 2.2: Ed–Ctrl
- Settings for status, MIDI channel, and playing mode 3.1: Ed–Param1
- Note timing and scale settings 3.2: Ed–Param2
- Layer and split settings 3.3: Ed–Key Zone
- Velocity switch settings 3.4: Ed–Vel Zone
- MIDI filter settings 4.1: Ed–MIDI Filter1–4.4: Ed–MIDI Filter4
- Arpeggiator settings 6.1: Ed–Arp.
- Bus settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX BUS
- Insert Effect settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX Setup, IFX
- Master Effect settings 7.2: Ed–MasterFX
- Auto Song Setup function
- How a combination is organized
- Sequencer mode
- Sampling mode
- Global mode
- Media mode
- Arpeggiator settings
- Effects settings
- Other functions
- Tuning to another instrument/ Transposing
- Bypassing the effects
- Specifying the function of the Assignable Switch and Assignable Pedal
- Selecting different Velocity and Aftertouch curves
- Creating original scales
- Changing the scale
- Setting the function of [SW1] and [SW2]
- Setting the B-mode functions of REALTIME CONTROLS [1]–[4]
- Adjusting the contrast (brightness) of the LCD screen
- Using this instrument as a data filer
- Tap tempo control
- Shortcuts
- Appendices

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Selecting programs by category
You can select programs by categories such as key-
board, organ, bass, and drums.
With the factory settings, all the preloaded programs
are organized into sixteen categories. You can choose a
category, and then select from the programs in that cat-
egory.
On this instrument, you can use one of the following
two methods to select programs by category.
Select by Category
1 Make sure that PROG 1.1: Play is displayed.
2 Press the [CATEGORY] key.
The Select by Category dialog box will appear. The
categories are displayed in the left side of the screen,
and a list of the programs in the selected category
are displayed in the right side.
3 Use the [F1] (“ ”), [F2] (“ ”), [F3]
(“ ”), and [F4] (“ ”) keys to select the
desired category.
4 Use the [ ], [ ] cursor keys to select the desired
program.
5 To execute, press the [F8] (“OK”) key. To cancel
without executing, press the [F7] (“Cancel”) key.
Cat. HOLD (Category Hold)
1 Press the [./HOLD] key to display .
The category will be held.
2 Use the cursor keys [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] to choose
“Category,” and use the VALUE controllers to
specify the category.
3 Use the cursor keys [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] to choose
“Program Select,” and use the VALUE controllers
to successively select programs in that category.
4 To exit the Category Hold function, press the [./
HOLD] key twice to erase the display.
In PROG 1.1: Play, pressing the [./HOLD] key will
cycle through →→ cancel.
Using 10’s HOLD to select programs
You can fix the ten’s place of the program number as
you select programs.
1 Press the [./HOLD] key to make the display indi-
cate .
The ten’s place of the program number will be held
(fixed).
2 By pressing a numeric key [0]–[9], you can input
the one’s place in a single action.
3 You can use the [INC]/[DEC] keys to change the
ten’s place.
4 To cancel the 10’s HOLD function, press [./HOLD]
to erase the display.
Using a connected switch to select programs
A separately sold on/off-type switch (such as the sepa-
rately sold Korg PS-1) can be connected to the rear
panel ASSIGNABLE SWITCH connector, and assigned
a program select function. (
☞p.117)
Selecting programs from a MIDI device
MIDI program change messages can be transmitted
from an external MIDI device, and received by this
instrument to select programs.(
☞PG p.234)
Category
Program
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Program
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