Korg XE20 - Basic Operations and Functions; Understanding Modes: Style and Song; Style Mode Operations; Song Mode Operations

Basic operations
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Basic operations
About modes
The XE20 features two dierent modes, a style mode and a song
mode.
Press the appropriate MODE section buon on the front panel
to enter one of the modes.
When turning on the XE20, the instrument will automatically
enter style mode.
Style mode
Style mode lets you select a sound in this instrument and play
it together with another sound you like on the keyboard, as
well as play along with auto-accompaniment (style). You can
also record your playing when using the auto-accompaniment
function.
Song mode
In song mode, you can play back demo songs and user songs as
well as music data les (MP3, WAV and SMF), and play along
with them. You can also edit the user songs easily.
Other functions
SETTING functions
These functions include global seings for the instrument like
keyboard touch, master tune, scale and so on. There are also
seings for pedals that you connect, as well as MIDI-related
seings.
MEDIA functions
These functions are for saving or loading set lists to/from USB
ash drives, as well as for saving user songs. This also includes
functions for formaing USB ash drives and for system
updates.
Selecting sounds and changing values
Use the dial, the + and − buons and the CATEGORY buons
t/u when selecting sounds or changing the values of the
seings.
1.
Dial
This is used to change
numbers and values.
Turn the dial clockwise to
increase the value, and turn
the dial counter‐clockwise
to decrease the value.
2.
CATEGORY buons
t
,
u
When you press the
CATEGORY buon
t
/
u
to
select a style, sound and so on in style mode or song mode,
the rst digit of the number group corresponding to the
category or genre will be selected.
When using the SETTING or MEDIA functions, press the
CATEGORY buon
t
/
u
to select a page.
3.
+ and − buons
• Press either the + or − buon once to increment or
decrement a number.
• Hold down the + or − buon to continually change the
number.