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Korg NAUTILUS 61 AT User Manual

Korg NAUTILUS 61 AT
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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction to NAUTILUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front and rear panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TouchView user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the NAUTILUS’ modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the NAUTILUS’ PCM memory. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About polyphony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . .25
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Easy Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Quick edits using the RT control knobs . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Quick Layer/Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Quick Layer example:
adding strings to a piano sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Quick Split example:
adding left-hand bass to a piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Detailed Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing HD-1 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using Alternate Modulation (AMS)
and the AMS Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using EXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Vector Synthesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing and editing Combinations . . . .55
Playing Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Easy Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Changing the Programs within a Combi. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Quick Layer/Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Quick Layer example:
adding strings to a piano Combination. . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Quick Split example:
adding a lead synth to a Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Detailed Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Combination overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . . . . . .67
Editing Programs from within a Combination or
Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Creating songs (SEQUENCER mode) . . .71
Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Recording MIDI in real-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
MIDI step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Recording the sound of a Combination or Program . . .85
Recording multiple MIDI tracks from
an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Recording System Exclusive events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Recording patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Other ways to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Audio recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio recording overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Audio input settings and recording source selection . .93
Recording procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Other variations of audio track recording. . . . . . . . . .101
Placing a WAVE file in an audio track . . . . . . . . . . .102
Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record) . .106
Creating RPPR data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
RPPR playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Recording an RPPR performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Sampling in SEQUENCER mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Saving your Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Other notes about SEQUENCER mode. . . . . . . .110
NAUTILUS sequencer file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Memory Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

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Korg NAUTILUS 61 AT Specifications

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BrandKorg
ModelNAUTILUS 61 AT
CategoryMusical Instrument
LanguageEnglish

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