Korg microKORG2 - Page 13

microKORG2 Part names - Front panel
13
5 OCTAVE SHIFT UP, DOWN switches
These shift the range of notes assigned to the keyboard in one-octave steps, up or down over a
range of three octaves.
6 PITCH wheel
Move the wheel up (away from you) or down (towards you) to apply the effect. No effect is applied
when the wheel is centerd.
Normally, this wheel is used as a pitch bender, with the pitch following the direction in which you
move the wheel.
By using the wheel as a virtual patch source, you can create a variety of effects in addition to
those listed above. → PATCH 1–6
7 MOD wheel
Move the wheel up (away from you) to apply the effect. No effect is applied when the wheel is
returned to zero position all the way down (when using the + setting).
Use this when you want to change the vibrato depth, change the cutoff frequency to affect the
tonal color and so on.
By using the wheel as a virtual patch source, you can create a variety of effects in addition to
those listed above. → PATCH 1–6
8 BANK button
Press this button to select a program bank (the BANK LED lights up).
Note: The currently selected BANK LED will blink when the PROGRAM SELECT dial position differs
from the current program (for example, after selecting a program via the favorites function).
Long-press the button to turn the favorite function on, which lets you use the PROGRAM NUMBER
1–8 buttons to select a favorite program.
9 PROGRAM SELECT dial
Selects the program genre.
10 PROGRAM NUMBER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 buttons
Press these buttons to select a program (the button’s LED lights up).
Long-press a button to register the currently selected program to that button as a favorite.
→ Registering a favorite program
These buttons are also used to turn the eight arpeggio steps on/off, adding variation to the per-
formance. → Turning a step on/off
Octave Button LEDs Button operation
+3 Lights up red OCTAVE UP
+2 Lights up pink OCTAVE UP
+1 Lights up white OCTAVE UP
Normal Goes dark
-1 Lights up white OCTAVE DOWN
-2 Lights up pink OCTAVE DOWN
-3 Lights up red OCTAVE DOWN