User Guide

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EasyStart CONTENTS

A Quick Overview of Keys, Knobs and Switches 2

Listening to the Demo Songs 2

Selecting and Playing Programs 3

Editing Programs using the Performance Edit Mode 3

Editing Programs using the EDIT SELECT knobs 3

Connecting the Microphone and using the Vocoder 3

Using the Format Hold Function 4

Using the Arpeggiator 4

Storing an Edited Program 4

Shift Key Functions 5

Important Owner’s Manual references 5

EasyStart

microKORG Main Features

•

Perfect for use with laptop co

mputers, live electronica

rigs, DJ’s, non-keyboardists and much more!

• Same dual-oscillator DSP synthesis engine as the

MS-2000, with 71 waveforms to choose from!

• 8-band Vocoder with a built-

in Microphone, and formant

“freezing” / shifting functions!

• 37 velocity-sensitive mini-keys

• 128 fully-editable cutting edge Programs, grouped into

musical genres

• 5 Realtime control knobs send MIDI controller data

• Flexible arpeggiator with 6 types of patterns and ability

to turn individual steps on and off like a step sequencer!

•

Multi

mode resonant fi

lters include 12dB (2

pole) low

pass, high-pass, high pass/band pass and a -24dB

(4-pole) low pass type!

• Two ADSR Envelope Generators and two

MIDI-syncable LFOs.

•

Two audio inputs for processing external sources like CD

or instruments through the filter and effects!

• Three types mod effects, three types MIDI syncable

delay effects and a 2-band EQ for every Program!

• Virtual Patch matrix works like a modular synth to

modulate and shape sounds!

• Portable! Battery powered, too!

Summary of content (5 pages)

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EasyStart microKORG Main Features • Perfect for use with laptop computers, live electronica rigs, DJ’s, non-keyboardists and much more! • Same dual-oscillator DSP synthesis engine as the MS-2000, with 71 waveforms to choose from! Multi-mode resonant fi lters include 12dB (2-pole) low pass, high-pass, high pass/band pass and a -24dB (4-pole) low pass type! • • • 8-band Vocoder with a built-in Microphone, and formant “freezing” / shifting functions! Two ADSR Envelope Generators and two MIDI-syncable
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microKORG EasyStart A Quick Overview of Keys, Knobs and Switches PROGRAM NUMBER – These keys are used to select programs, in the EDIT SELECT 2 ARPEG A. page they function as step on/off keys for the arpeggiator. PROGRAM SELECT– This knob selects the musical genre or program banks 10 - 80. SIDE A / SIDE B – This key switches between the A and B program banks. It also switches between EDIT SELECT 1 and EDIT SELECT 2 if it is pressed while holding down the SHIFT key.
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microKORG EasyStart Selecting and Playing Programs: 1. 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. 2. To select programs in bank B, press the SIDE A / SIDE B key. Editing Programs using the Performance Edit Mode: 1. Select a program using the steps outlined above. 2.
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microKORG EasyStart Connecting the Microphone and using the Vocoder: 1. 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. 2. Be sure the MIC/LINE switch is set to MIC. Adjust the level of INPUT 1 using the VOLUME 1 knob so that the AUDIO IN 1 LED does not turn red. 3.
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microKORG EasyStart SHIFT Key Functions There are many functions you can access by holding the SHIFT key and pressing another key on the microKORG. Below is a listing of those functions. For more information on each function please refer to the microKORG Owner’s Manual starting on page 59.