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Korg micro arranger
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12
Basic operations
Playing on the keyboard
6. BASIC OPERATIONS
PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD
Justplayon thekeyboard.YouwillheartheRealtimetracks
playing. There are four Realtime tracks: Upper 1–3 and
Lower. They may play all at the same time,or just oneor a
few of them, depending on their Mutestatus.Ifyoucannot
hearatrack,checkthemutestatusofthatpart.
Tr
a
cks can be set in different ways: use the KEYBOARD
MODE section to select the way they are configured on the
keyboard.
•PressFULLUPPERtoplaytheUpper1–3tracksonthe
fullrangeofthekeyboard,justasyouwouldonapiano.
•PressSPLITtolettheUpper1–3tracksplayontheright
oftheS
plitPoint,andtheLowertrackontheleft.
KeeptheSPLITPOINT
button pressed, and
play a note to change
the point where the
keyboardisdividedin
anUpperandaLower
part.
Tosave theselectedsplitpoint
note, press the GLOBAL but
ton,thenpressWRITEtosave
theGlobalinmemory.
SELECTING, MUTING/UNMUTING AND
SOLOING A TRACK
Selecting. UsetheVOLUME/VALUE(A–H)buttonstoselect
atrack.
Theselectedtrackisshownwithasolidsquaresurrounding
itsstatusicons.
If you can’t see the track that
youre looking for, use the
TRACK SELECT button to scroll
up or down the tracks, and find
thehiddenones.
Mute/unmute.
Press both VOLUME/VALUE (A
H)
buttonstomuteorunmuteatrack.For
example, if you are on the main page
that appears after turning the instru
menton,andyouwanttomutetheUpper1tra ck,presstheE
(UPPER1/ACC2)buttonstogether.
Themute/playstatusisshownbytherelevanticoninthedis
play:
Playstatus;thetrac kplaysonthekeyboard.
(noicon) Mutestatus;thetrackdoesn’tplayonthekey
board.
Solo.
WhileintheStylePlay,SongPlayandSongmodes,you
cansoloone ofthetracks.JustkeeptheSHIFTbuttonpressed,
andpressbothVOLUME/VALUEbuttonscorrespondingtothe
trackyouwishtosolo.
Toexitthesolomode,keeptheSHIFTbuttonpressedagain,
and press both VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding to
thesoloedtrack.
SELECTING A PERFORMANCE
APerformanceisasetofProgramsandsettingsfortheKey
boardandStyletracks,thatmakesselectingcomplexcombi
nationslivefastandeasy.WhentheSTYLECHANGELEDis
on,aPerformancecanalsoselectadifferentStyle.
It is always advisable to use Performances, rather than single
Programs,whenplayingevenasolosound,sinceaPerformance
lets you select the right effects, transposition, plus many other
parameters,togetherwiththePrograms
.
Other“performance”parametersaresavedintheGlobal.
1. Press the PERFORM button. This
changes the PROGRAM/PERFOR
MANCEsectionintoaPerformance
selector.
2. Use the leftmost button of the PROGRAM/PERFOR
MANCE section to select the first row of ten banks (1–
10, upper LED turned on), or the second row of ten
banks(11–20,lowerLEDturnedon).
Upper 1
Upper 2
Upper 3
Upper 1
Upper 2
Upper 3
Lower
Split Point
LOWER UPPER
Selected track
Data type Parameters
Realtime
Tracks
Upper 1, Upper 2
Upper 3, Lower
Master Transpose, Program, Vol-
ume, Pan, Octave, Scale, Detune,
Pitch Bend, Poly/Mono/Drum, Int/
Ext, Damper, Dynamic Range,
Joystick, C&D Effect Send level,
Type,
Parameters,
Program parameters, Pads
Style
Tracks
Drum, Percussion,
Bass, Acc1, Acc2,
Acc3, Acc4, Acc5
Program, Volume, Pan, Octave,
Detune, Pitch Bend, Poly/Mono/
Drum, Int/Ext, Wrap Around, Key-
board Range, A&B Effect Send level,
Type, Parameters, Program parame-
ters, Drum Mapping, Kick&Snare
Assignment
Global Chord Recognition Mode, Memory Mode, Velocity
Trigger, Lock

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Korg micro arranger Specifications

General IconGeneral
Sound EngineEDS-i (Enhanced Definition Synthesis - integrated)
Keyboard61 keys
Sounds33 drum kits
Styles304 styles
Sequencer16-track sequencer
DisplayCustom LCD
Song PlaybackYes
Audio Outputs2 x 1/4"
MIDIIn/Out
USBUSB to host
PowerAC adapter
Dimensions873 x 277 x 91 mm

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