Korg EX-800 Owner's Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• IMPORTANT NOTES 5
• FRONT PANEL NOMENCLATURE 6
• REAR PANEL NOMENCLATURE 8
• BASIC CONNECTIONS 9
• FUNCTION AND OPERATIONS 10
1. IN ITIAL SETUP 10
2. SELECTING PROGRAMS 10
3. SOUND SYNTHESIS 12
3-1 What is a Synthesizer.............................................................................................. . 12
3-2 What is a Program ......................................... ........................................................ . 12
3-3 Digital access control system ................................................................................... . 12
3-4 EX-800 Synthesizer Modules and Parameters ............................................................ . 13
3.4.1. DCO 1 ............................................................................................................ 13
3.4.2. MODE.............................................................................................................. 14
3.4.3. DCO 2 ............................................................................................................. 15
3.4.4. NOISE ................................................................................ ............................ 15
3.4.5. VCF ................................................... .......................................................... 16
3.4.6. CHORUS ............................................................... ......................................... 17
3.4.7. DEG................................................................................................................ 18
3.4.8. MG..................................................................................................................20
3.4.9. MIDI................................................................................................................20
4. CREATING SOUNDS 22
4-1 Overview ................................................................................................................ 22
4-2 Editing programs ........... .......................................................................................22
4-3 Writing programs to memory.....................................................................................24
4-4 Moving programs..................................................................................................... 25
5. PERFORMANCE FEATURES 27
5-1 Tune....................................................................................................................... 27
5-2 Sequencer.............................................................................................................. 27
5-3 Program Up Footswitch............................................................................................ 30
6. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI) 31
6-1 MIDI IN ..................................................................................................................31
6-2 MIDI OUT .............................................................................................................. 31
6-3 MIDI THRU.............................................................................................. .............. 31
6-4 MEMORY TRANSFER............................................................................................ 31
6-5 TYPICAL CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................31
7. TAPE INTERFACE 34
7-1 Saving program and sequencer data on tape ............................................................. 34
7-2 Recorded data tones................................................................................................35
7-3 Verify......................................................................................................................35
7-4 Loading data into the EX-800 ................................................................................... 37
8. POWER SUPPLY 39
9. RACK MOUNTING 39
• SPECIFICATIONS/OPTIONS 40
• MIDI IMPLEMENTATION 41
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Korg EX-800 Specifications

General

Brand	Korg
Model	EX-800
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English