Korg SQ-64

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SQ-64 Owner's Manual
Pitch mode and keyboard mode
Press the PITCH button to enter pitch mode.
In pitch mode, you can edit the pitch(es) associated with each
step. The pitches are output from the track’s CV/GATE PITCH
output jack and as along with MIDI note messages.
Note Pitch mode is only available for melody tracks A-C.
Select a Track button A-C while holding down the PITCH button to enable
keyboard mode. In keyboard mode, the top row displays the sequence,
and the lower three rows display a keyboard relevant to the selected
scale. The keyboard layouts below can be selected via global options.
C#
C D
D# c#
c d
d#F#
F G
G#
A B
A#
E
PATTERN
KEYSLAYOUT :
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B c c# d
PATTERN
ISOLAYOUT :
d#
e f f#
g g#
F F# G G# A A# B c c# d d#
A# B
c ...
c#c d d# c#c
d d#
f#f
g g#
a ba#e
c#c d d# c#c d d#f#f
g g#
a ba#e
.. .
.
....
.. ..
. .
.. . .
.
.
.
.
C#C D D# C#C D D#F#F G G# A BA#E
PATTERN
OCTAVESLAYOUT :
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For sequences with more than 16 steps, the BAR button 1-4 can
be used to select which steps are displayed. Select one or more
steps and press the keyboard to set the pitch(es) for those steps.
Each step can hold up to 8 pitches.
Note When multiple pitches are set for a step, the lowest pitch is
saved as a root.
Note
The action of each knob is the same as those in the pitch mode.
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Parameters that can be congured in the pitch mode/keyboard mode
Operation
option
PARAM1 PARAM2 PARAM3 PARAM4
Operation by
knob
Transposes pitches
for the whole
sequence (by note).
[-64…+64]
Switches between
Poly mode and
arpeggiator mode
[MONO, CHORD,
ARP].
Sets the scale.*
[EQUAL, MAJOR,
MINOR...,MAJ.
PENTA]
Set GATE to ON
automatically
when setting a
pitch on a step.
[ON, OFF]
While holding
down SHIFT
Transposes pitches
for the whole
sequence (by
octave).
Sets the
arpeggiator rate
[1X, 2X, 3X, 4X].
Sets the root note
of the scale.
[C, C#, D,...,A#,B]
Sets the octave
for the keyboard
[-2,-1,0,+1,+2].
While holding
down 64
pads
Set the current steps’
pitch, according to
PARAM2’s selection.
Select the pitch
that you want to
change.
Transpose the pitch
of the currently
selected step.
Cycles through
various pitch
inversions.
* In addition to being applied to the keyboard layout, pitches of the sequence
will be quantized to the selected scale.
Modulation mode
Press the MODULATION button to enter modulation mode.
In modulation mode, you can set a modulation value for each
step. The modulation value for each step is output on the track’s
CV/GATE MOD output and, either as velocity for MIDI note
messages, or as MIDI control change messages (see SHIFT-
PARAM4 below).