Korg microARRANGER - Recording a Song (Simultaneously Recording the Style and Realtime Performance)

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Recording a Song (Simultaneously recording the Style and realtime performance)
RECORDING A SONG 
(Simultaneously recording the Style and
realtime performance)
TheBackingSequencemodeisafastandeffectiveway
of recording a new Song, making full use of the fea‐
tures of the Style Play mode. So, arm your rec
order,
andplaylive with theStyles—asongwill be readyin
seconds!
1 First, enter Backing Sequence mode
PressB.SEQtoaccesstheBackingSequencemode.The
Realtime
tracks,onthekeyboard,willremainthesame
asyouselectedintheStylePlaymode.
Don’t wo
rry about this disp
lay: it’s something you
don’t need to learn at this point. You may find more
information on it, going to the Reference Guide (see
“BackingSequ
enceoperatingmode”onpage82).
ThisistheBackingSequencePl
aypage,whereyoucan
load,playorsavea
Song.
2 Now, press RECORD.
YouarepromptedtoselecteithertheRealtimerecord‐
ingmode,or
theChord/AccSteprecordingmode.
3 Selec
t the Realtime recording mode.
Simply pr
ess one of the A VOLUME/VALUE
 buttons.
TheRecordpageappears.
4 If you think the selected Style is not what you
lik
e for your backing
tracks, select a different
one.
(see “Selecting a Style” on page26). Here is a fast
reminder:
1. Se
lectoneof the Style rowsinthe STYLE section,
usingtheleftmostbutton.
2.
Select one of the Style Banks, by pressing one of
thebuttonsoftheSTYLEsection.
3. Se
lectoneofthepages,usingthePAGEbuttons.
4. Select a St
yle, using the VOLUME/VAL
UE (A–H)
buttons.
The Style Bank and number appear after the “Styl
e”
parameterinthedisplay.
5 And what about changing the Performance or
Single Touch Setting?
(s
ee “Selecting a Performance” on page25, or “Select‐
ingaSingleTo
uchSetting(STS)
”onpage26).Hereisa
shortrecapforthePerformances:
1. PressthePERFORMbuttontosetthePROGRAM/
PER
FORMANCE section act as a Performance
selector.
2. Select one of the Performance Banks, by press
ing
one of the buttons of the PROGRA M/PERFOR‐
MANCEsection.
3. SelectaPerformance,usingtheVOLUME/VALUE
(A–H)buttons.
…andforthe
SingleTouchSettings(S
TS):
•Press one of the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING but‐
tons.
6 Ok, now we ca
n go.
Asyousee,boththeRTtrackandtheCh/Acctrackare
in RECord mode. This means you can start recording
ev
erythingyouplayinarealtimeperformancewiththe
Styles.
PRESS START/STOP
WAIT FOR THE PRECOUNT TO REACH BAR 1
AND BEGIN PLAYING!
7 Play as if you were playing live.
Youcandoexactlywhatyoudowhenplayingwiththe
Styles:selectadifferentSt
yle,Performance,STS,differ‐
entVariation,aFill,andEndi
ng…
You can even start your recording with an Intro: just
press one of the INTRO buttons before
 pressing
START/STOPtostartrecording.
8 Stop the Song.
To stop the Song, press either START/STOP or
 one of
the ENDING buttons. The Song will stop, but the
Recording will still be on. So, you can start with
another Song to be recorded in the same session (go
backtostep6,ifyo
ulike).
Otherwise,finis
hthe  Recording.Nowforgoin
gto the
nextstep.