Korg microSTATION - Creating Songs (Sequencer Mode); Overview; About the Microstations Sequencer; Sequencer Mode Structure

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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
Overview
About the microSTATION’s
Sequencer
ThemicroSTATION’s16‐trackMIDIsequencercan
holdupto128songsand210,000MIDIevents.
YoucanrecordandplaybackMIDIdatausingsixteen
MIDItracksandonemastertrack(containingtempo
data,etc.)tocontroltheinternalsoundgeneratorand
yourexternalsoundmodules.
Withitsbroadrangeofcapabilitiessuchasthe
arpeggiators,high‐qualityeffects,andcontrollers,the
microSTATIONistheidealenvironmentformusic
productionorliveperformance.
Whenyouturnoff thepower,thesettingsmadein
Sequencermode,thesongdata,andan y user
patterndatathatyourecordedwillnotbebacked
up.Ifyo
uwishtokeepthisdata,youmust saveit
onanSDcardbef
oreturningoff thepow er.
Ifyouwishtowritetheprograms,track
parameters,effects,and arpeggiatorsettingsetc.
selectedforasongasatemplatesong,usethesong
commandSav eTemplateSong.(PGp. 48).
Immediatelyafterthepow
eristurnedon,
microSTA
TIONwillnotcontainanysongdata,so
ifyouwishtoplayasongonthesequencer,you
mustfirstloaddatafromSDcard.
(p. 61,PGp. 69)
Thespecifiedtemplatesongwillbeloaded
immediatelyafteryouturnonthepower.Use
Global/Mediamode“InitialSong”to
specifythe
templatesongthatwillbeloaded.
Sequencer mode structure
Sequencermodeisstructuredasfollows.
Fordetailsoneachmodeandhowtoaccesseachpage,
pleasesee“Basicoperatingmethods”onpage 7.
Songs
AsongconsistsofMIDItracks1–16,amastertrack,
songparameterssuchasthesongnameand
arpeggiator.
Amaximumof128suchsongscanbecreatedon
microSTATION.
MIDItracks1–16eachconsistofsetupparameters
locatedatthestartlocation,andmusicaldatawithin
thetrack.Themastertrackconsistsoftempoandtime
signaturedata.
Fordetails,pleasesee”Setupparameters&Musical
data”(p. 29)oftheParameterGuide.
Song recording and editing
Songrecordingisdoneontracks.
YoucanrecordMIDItracksusingrealtimerecording.
Forrealtimerecordingyoucanchooseoneofsix
recordingmodes.(PGp. 34)
ThemicroSTATIONalsoprovidesaGridSequence
functionthatmakesiteasytocreatedrumpatterns.
Thisletsyouusefunction01–16buttonsandLEDsto
enternotesatthedesiredgridlocations.
YoucaneditMIDItracksinunitsofentiretracksor
individualmeasures.Youcanalsoinsertoredit
individualeventssuchaspitchbend,aftertouch,and
controlchangedata.
OUTPUT
L/MONO, R
Bus
(Bus Select)
Track
Insert Eects
Master Eects
FXCtrl Bus
Master Track
Tempo and time signature data
Insert Eect 1...5
Master Eect
1, 2
Total Eect
Song
MIDI Track 01..16
Setting
parameters
Performance
data
Setting
parameters
Performance
data
Setting
parameters
Performance
data
Setting
parameters
Performance
data
Setting
parameters
Performance
data
ARP
Knob Assign
Sequencer mode structure