Korg microSTATION - Using Controllers

Playing and editing programs
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3. Nowyoucanusefunctionbuttons01–16toselect
theprogramsofindexnumbers1–16withinthe
chosencategory.
4. Toselectaprogramfromindexnumber17and
higherinthatcategory,presstheNUMLOCK
buttontoturnNumLockon(LEDlit‐up),and
thenpressthe16(GROUPUP)button.
5. PresstheNUMLOCKbuttontoturnNumLock
off(LEDoff).
6.
Nowyoucanusefunctionbuttons01–16toselect
programsfromindexnumbers17–32withinthe
chosencategory.
WhentheNUMLOCKbuttonison,pressingthe15
(GROUPDOWN)buttonorthe16(GROUPUP)
buttonwillcyclethroughthegroupofindexnumbers
thatcanbeselected:17–32,33–48,49–64,...etc.
Overview of the program memories
WhenthemicroSTATIONisshippedfromthefactory,
itsprogrammemorycontains480preloaded
programs,plusanother256programsand9drum
programsthatareGM2compatible.Theseprograms
areorganizedintobanksasshowninthetablebelow.
InPROGPLAYwhenyouturnNumLockonand
pressthe14(ENTER)button,thebankandnumberar
e
shownontherightsideoftheupperlineofthe
display.
Program memories
OnthemicroSTATION,youselectprogramsusing
indexnumberswithineachcategory.Acategoryispre‐
assignedtoeachprogram,orcanbespecifiedwhen
youwriteaprogram.
Thebanksandnum
bers(Bank,ProgNo.)showninthe
tableaboveareusedtospec
ifythewriting‐destination
whenwritingaprogram,andtospecifythecopy‐
destinationwhenexecutingacopycommand.
OnthemicroSTATIONitself,youcan’tselecta
programbyspecifyingabankan d numberfrom
thetabl eabove.
The AUDITION function
Whenselectingprograms,youcanusethe
Auditionfunctionwhichletsyouusethe
AUDITIONbuttontoplayarifforphrase.
IfyoupresstheAUDITIONbutton(located
belowREALTIMECONTROLSknob1)to
maketheLEDatitsleftlight‐up,ariff(phrase)suitable
forthatprogramwillplayautomatically
.
Using Controllers
Fordetailsonperformingwiththejoystickandthe
realtimecontroller,readthe“UsingControllers”
sectiononpage 9.
Performing with the
arpeggiator
Basedonnotedataitreceivesfromthekeyboardor
fromtheMIDIINconnector,thearpeggiatorcan
generateawiderangeofphrasesandpatterns
includingarpeggios,guitarorkeyboardbackingriffs,
bassphrases,ordrumpatterns.Youcanalsousethe
frontpanelRealtimeControllerknobstovarythe
leng
thanddynamics
ofthearpeggiatednotes.
Formoreaboutthearpeggiator,pleaseseepage 50.
Bank Prog No. Explanation
A...D
000...127
D:000...095
Preloaded
programs
These programs are loaded
when the microSTATION is
shipped; they use a variety
of multisamples, effects,
and arpeggiators.
D 096...127
Initial
programs
These are initialized
programs for the user.
G (GM) 001...128
GM2
capital
programs
These are 256 programs
and 9 drum programs that
are compatible with the
GM2 sound map. The
programs of this bank are
read-only.
Bank GM contains 128
programs, banks g(1)–g(9)
contain 128 programs, and
g(d) contains 9 programs.
These programs cannot be
written (saved).
1...9
(g(1)...
g(9))
001...128
GM2
variation
programs
d
(g(d))
001...128
GM2 drum
programs