Korg microSTATION User Manual

Playing programs Arpeggiator
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Amp EG
TheAmpEGletsyoucontrolhowthevolumechanges
overthecourseofanote.
Everyinstrumenthasitsowncharacteristicvolume
envelope.Thisispartofwhatgiveseachinstrumentits
identifiablecharacter.
Conversely,bychangingthevolumecontour–for
instance,applyingastring‐likeAmpEGcurv e toan
organmul
tisample–youcanproduceinterestin
gand
unusualsounds.
UsePROG.EDIT: AmpEGtoadjusttheenvelope.
Arpeggiator
Youcaneditthearpeggiatorusedbytheprogram.
Youcanchoosefromfourpresetpatternsand640user
patterns.
Formoreaboutthearpeggiator,refertop. 50.
Effects
Formoreabouttheeffects,refe r tothe”UsingEffects”
section(
 p. 45).
Insert effects
InserteffectsettingsaremadeinPROGEDIT:IFX1–
IFX5.
Theoutputofeachoscillatorandoftheoverall
programaresenttotheinserteffects.Youcanuse
effecttypessuchasdistortion,compressor,equalizer,
andwah.
Master effects
MastereffectsettingsaremadeinPROGEDIT:MFX.
Effectssuchaschorus,reverb,anddelayaremost
suitableforusewiththemastereffects.
Theoutputofeachoscillator,oftheentireprogram,or
ofthesoundthathaspassedthroughtheinserteffects
canbesentvia“Send1”and“Send2”tothetwomaster
effects.
Anyeffecttypecanbeused.
Total effect
TotaleffectsettingsaremadeinPROGEDIT:TFX.The
totaleffectistypicallyusedwitheffecttypessuchas
compressor,limiter,orEQthataddafinishingtouchto
theoverallsound.
Assigning functions to knobs
Foreachprogram,youcanusePROGEDIT:
KnobAssigntoassignthefunctionthatknobs1–4will
performwhenrealtimecontrolmodeBisselected.
1. InPROGPLAY,pressthebuttontoenterPROG
EDIT.
2. Usethebuttonstoaccess“KnobAssign,”and
pressthebutton.
3. Pressthebuttontochooseknob1.
4. Usethebutto
nstoselectthefunctionthat
willbecontrolledbyknob1.
5. Pressthebuttontoreturntotheknobselection
screen.
6. Usethebuttonsandbuttontochooseother
knobsandassigntheirfunctionsinthesameway
asyoudidforknob1.
Whenyou’vefinishedassigningthefu
nctionsof
knobs1–4,returntoPROGPLAY,selectrealtime
controlmodeB,andtryusingtheknobswhileyou
play.
Automatically importing a
program into Sequencer mode
TheAutoSongSetupfunctionautomaticallyapplies
thesettingsofthecurrentprogramtoasong.
Thismeansthatyoucaninstantlysetupasongusing
theprogram’ssettings,andthenbeginrecording
simplybypressingtheStart/Stopbutton.Sincea
performanceusingtheprogram’sarpeggiatorcanbe
seamlesslyshiftedtosongproduction,thisletsyou
instantlycreateasongtocapturephrase
s,inspirations,
andideasthatoccurredtoyouwhileplayinga
program.(p. 43“A u t o SongSetupfunction”)
(PGp. 30“Tips:AutoSongSetup”)
Piano
Organ
Strings

Korg microSTATION Specifications

General

Sound Engine	EDS-i (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-integrated)
Display	240 x 64 pixel LCD
Outputs	L/Mono, R, Headphones
MIDI	In, Out
SD Card Slot	Yes
Polyphony	120 voices
Combinations	384
Effects	5 Insert Effects, 2 Master Effects, 1 Total Effect
Keyboard	61-note, velocity sensitive
Sequencer	16-track
Arpeggiator	Yes
Controllers	Joystick
USB	Type B