Korg microSTATION User Manual

Playing and editing combinations
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Key split and layer settings
Split and layer
Let’strycreatingacombinationusingbothasplitand
alayerasshownintheillustrationbelow.
1. Selectapianoprogramfortimbre1,abrass
programfortimbre2,andastringsprogramfor
timbre3.
(p. 27“Changingtheprog ram assignedtoeach
timbre”)
2. ChooseCOMBIEDIT:Timbres‐Timbre01
“Status.”
3. Setthetimbre1“Status”toINT
.
4. Fortimbres2and3aswell,set“Status”toINT.
Youcanusethefunction02or03buttonstoswitch
timbres,andedittheirsettings.
5. SpecifytheMIDIchannelforeachtimbre.Choose
COMBIEDIT:Timbres‐Timbre01“MIDICh.”
6. Fortimbres1–3,set“MIDICh.”toGch(global
MIDIchannel).
Inthesameway,usethefunction02or03butt
onto
switchtimbres,andedittheirsettings.
7. Specifyeachtimbre’skeyzone(therangeofnotes
thatwillplayeachtimbre).ChooseCOMBIEDIT:
Timbres‐Timbre01,KeyZone“Top.”
8. Setthetimbre1“Top”toG9and“Botto
m”toC4.
Notevaluescanalsobeenteredbyholdingdown
thefrontpanelKEYbuttonandplayinganoteon
thekeyboard.
9. Setthetimbre2andtimbre3“Top”toB3and
“Bottom”toC‐1.
Usefunctionbuttons02and 03toswitchtimbres,
andedittheirsettings.
Onlytimbre1willsound whenyouplaytheC4key
orhigher.
Timbres2and3willsoundwhenyouplaythe B3
keyorlow er.
Key zone slope
Asanalternativetoa“hardslope”wherethesound
changesabruptly,youcanusetheSlopeparameterto
createasetupwherethesoundwillgraduallyfade‐in
orfade‐out.
Startingfromtheexampledescribedabove,let’smake
somechanges.
1. Setthetimbre1“Bottom”toG3andthetimbre2
“Top”toG4sothatthetwotimbresoverlap.
2.
Setthetimbre1“BtmSlope”to12andthetimbre
2“TopSlope”to12.
Thesoundwillchangegradually,ratherthan
switchingabruptly.
Velocity switch settings
Nextlet’screatethesimplevelocity‐switched
combinationshownintheillustrationbelow.
1. Chooseabrassprogramfortimbre1,andastrings
programfortimbre2.
(p. 27“Changingtheprogramassignedtoeach
timbre”)
2. Setthetimbre1and2“Status”toINT,andsetthe
“MIDICh.”toGch(globalMIDIchannel).
(steps2–5of”Splitandlaye
r”).
3. AccesstheCOMBIEDIT:Timbres‐Timbre01,Vel 
Zone“Top”setting.
4. Fortimbre1,set“Top”to127and“Bottom”to64.
Youcanalsoenteravelocityvaluebyholdingdown
thefrontpanelKEYbuttonandplayinganoteon
thekeyboard.
5. Fortimbre2,set“Top”to63an
d“Bottom”to1.
Velocity zone slope
Asforthekeyzoneslopedescribedabove,youcan
makesettingssothatthesoundwillgraduallyfade‐in
orfade‐outaccordingtovelocityrange,ratherthan
switchingabruptly.
Startingfromtheexamplethatʹsdescribedabove,let’s
makesomechanges.
Timbre 1
Timbre 2
Timbre 3
C–1 C4 G9B3
Brass
Strings
Piano
127
64
63
1
Timbre 1
Timbre 2
Brass
Strings
Velocity
switch

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