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Quick Start
Selecting and playing a program
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 [F8] (“UTILITY”) key to access the utility
menu.
3 Press the [F7] key or use the cursor keys [ ], [ ] to
choose “Select by Category,” and press the [F8]
key.
The Select Program by Category dialog box will
appear. The list within the frame displays the pro-
grams included in the category.
4 Choose “Cat,” and use the [VALUE] controllers to
select the category that contains the desired pro-
gram.
5 Use the cursor keys [ ], [ ] to select a program
within the list. Alternatively, you can use the cur-
sor keys [] [] to select “Index,” and then use the
[VALUE] controllers to make your selection.
At this time you can play the keyboard to hear the
selected sound.
6 To execute, press the [F8] (“OK”) key. To cancel,
press the [F7] (“Cancel”) key.
Cat. HOLD (Category Hold)
1 Press the [./HOLD] key to display .
The category will be fixed.
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 [ ], [ ]
keys or [VALUE] dial to successively select pro-
grams 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 VALUE [ ], [ ] 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.101)
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.246)
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