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Summary of Contents for i3 HD

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Page 2: ... harmony to a melody ensemble 15 Using the set lists 16 Recalling a set list 16 Saving the set list WRITE 16 Playing along with auto accompaniment styles 17 Playing with a style you choose 17 Changing the accompaniment pattern 18 Changing the Style Settings 19 Turning the accompaniment part on off changing the volume and sounds 19 Selecting effects for the accompaniment parts 19 Adjusting the volu...

Page 3: ... sounds The i3 features a large number of sounds from many different instruments and rhythm pat terns in a variety of genres page 12 Ready to play with a single touch set list function The set list function lets you record and recre ate the custom settings you like for your own use convenient when playing live page 16 Playing along with a style auto accompaniment You can select from different genr...

Page 4: ...r panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Cord hook page 7 2 DC 12V jack page 7 3 Power button page 10 4 USB TO DEVICE port USB TO HOST port page 8 5 MIDI OUT connector page 9 6 FOOT CONTROLLER jack page 8 7 OUTPUT L MONO R jacks page 7 8 AUDIO IN jack page 9 9 Headphones jack page 8 10 Battery compartment page 7 Bottom side 10 ...

Page 5: ...he desired button a SHIFT function See List of shortcuts page 33 for details 8 p button q button page 11 9 Dial page 11 10 and buttons page 11 11 CATEGORY t and u CANCEL ENTER buttons page 11 12 EFFECT button page 14 19 13 PERFORMANCE REC button page 21 14 TAP TEMPO button page 11 17 15 ENSEMBLE button page 15 16 SET LIST section page 16 BANK WRITE button SET LIST 1 5 buttons 17 Transport section ...

Page 6: ...ds the input page 9 7 USB icon Displays when a USB flash drive is plugged into the USB TO DEVICE port page 8 8 Battery indication Displays the remaining amount of battery power when run ning on batteries page 7 9 Item to set number Displays the name and number of the setting shown in the display 10 Sound set name or sound name Shows the name of the currently selected sound set or sound The menu na...

Page 7: ...ht cause the batteries to leak or burst 4 Close the battery cover Note To make sure the correct battery level is displayed configure the setting on the i3 for the type of battery you are using see Setting the battery type on page 25 Replacing the batteries A battery indicator is shown at the upper right hand corner of the display Note This indicator will not be displayed when the i3 is con nected ...

Page 8: ...ble USB flash drive turn off the power on the i3 and plug the flash drive into the USB TO DE VICE port on the rear panel The USB icon will be shown in the top right of the display when you turn the power back on USB flash drive USB icon Display Note When removing or plugging in the USB flash drive be sure to turn off the power on the i3 first Note Make sure that the USB flash drive is facing the r...

Page 9: ...our audio equipment and the i3 before you connect anything Leaving the power on when you make connections may cause damage to other connected devices or cause a malfunction When turning on the power first turn your audio equip ment on and then turn on the i3 When turning off the power stop playback on the audio device turn off the i3 and then turn off your audio equipment Using a MIDI tone generat...

Page 10: ...s of the i3 using the key board or use the styles auto accompaniment function to per form The i3 normally operates in performance mode To return to Performance mode after using a different mode press the EXIT SHIFT button and then press the SEQ SETTING and EXIT SHIFT buttons to turn those buttons off Sequencer mode page 22 Use this mode to play back your recorded performance or oth er music data i...

Page 11: ...te The pitch may not change for some sounds y y Move the joystick up and down to change the sound of the keyboard part Tip How much the sounds will change when you move the joystick depends on the sound set you have selected Adjusting the tonal character equalizer You can use the equalizer to adjust the tonal character of the i3 s sound as you like The HIGH knob affects the high frequen cy range a...

Page 12: ...uted page 13 The status of each part will change depending on the sound set you select y y Upper parts These parts are played in the high note range of the key board There are three upper parts UPPER 1 3 When all three parts are turned on you can stack three sounds to gether y y Lower part This part is played in the low note range of the keyboard When the lower part is turned off the split functio...

Page 13: ...Changing sounds 1 Press the button for the part whose sound you want to change the button will blink The sound name for the part will appear on the display 1 3 2 2 Use the dial button and CATEGORY t u buttons to select the sound set you want to play Press the CATEGORY t u buttons to switch the sound between different categories 3 Press the EXIT SHIFT button to return to the sound set select screen...

Page 14: ... OCTAVE or OCTAVE button to change the octave 3 Press the EXIT SHIFT button to return to the sound set select screen Changing the key transpose You can play in different keys on the keyboard by changing the key The setting value will be displayed while you make the setting y y Lowering the key hold down the EXIT SHIFT button and press the OCTAVE button y y Raising the key hold down the EXIT SHIFT ...

Page 15: ...t be too noticeable 3 Press the EXIT SHIFT button to return to the sound set or sound select screen Adding harmony to a melody ensemble This adds a harmony to the melody you are playing ensemble function The harmony will vary depending on the style that is selected Tip The harmony can be heard even when the lower part is set for specifying chords only split hold is turned on 1 Press the ENSEMBLE b...

Page 16: ...o their default state once you turn off the power If you have changed any settings for a sound set or style to match your preferences we recommend that you save your settings as a set list 1 Change the settings of the i3 as you like 2 Press the BANK WRITE button to select the bank where the set list will be saved If you save to banks A C the set lists already saved there will be overwritten y y Ba...

Page 17: ...ft side Chord recognition range y y When the LOWER SPLIT button lights up green The left side of the keyboard lower part can be used for both playing notes and recognizing chords To enable chord recognition over the entire keyboard range hold down the EXIT SHIFT button and press the LOWER SPLIT button The button will go dark y y To change chords without sounding the lower part While holding down t...

Page 18: ...ents 1 VARIATION 1 2 Lights green Simple 2 Lights red Slightly complex 3 VARIATION 3 4 Lights green Complex 4 Lights red Advanced complex The arrangement will become progressively more complex with higher variation numbers 3 Press the INTRO ENDING button to select the intro Each press of the button will switch between intro 1 and 2 Intro or ending Button state Contents 1 Lights green Includes chor...

Page 19: ...utton to return to the sound set select screen Selecting effects for the accompaniment parts The accompaniment parts can use two effects effect 3 4 at the same time These effects are preset in each style You can change the effect types and how they will be applied to match your tastes Changing the effect type This shows how you can change the effect types that are set for effects 3 and 4 1 Press t...

Page 20: ...ment parts You can adjust the volume balance between the keyboard and accompaniment parts as you like y y To make the keyboard part softer Turn the dial to the left while holding down the SOUND SET button y y To make the accompaniment part softer Turn the dial to the right while holding down the SOUND SET button ...

Page 21: ...re saved with the name UserSong and a sequential number corresponding to the number of the recording is added to the end Tip User songs can be converted to SMF Standard MIDI File format See UserSong Convert page 29 in Media mode for details Tip To delete user songs you have recorded see Deleting a user song page 24 Tip To play back your recorded performance see Playing Back and Editing Songs page ...

Page 22: ...t to play back directly into the i3 folder When you enter Sequencer mode with the USB flash drive plugged in the files in the i3 folder can be selected as songs Playing a song You can play the keyboard while a song is playing back Try playing back different songs and playing along 1 To play back songs stored on a USB flash drive first con nect the USB flash drive that contains the data Tip Refer t...

Page 23: ...k in an A B loop B A 1 Press the u button to play back the song 1 2 3 4 2 Press the A1 B button at the start of where you want to begin the loop the button will blink 3 Press the A1 B button again at the end of where you want to end the loop the button will light Loop playback will begin 4 To cancel the loop playback press the A1 B button The button will go dark and normal playback will resume Edi...

Page 24: ...rt will not be recorded in the user song 6 Press the OVER DUB button when you are finished overdubbing the button will go dark Note To overdub again press the u button to stop play back and follow the steps from step 3 on 7 Press the u button to check what you overdubbed Overdubbing example sound set Song Play Over DUB Stop Upper 1 Track 1 Upper 2 Track 2 Upper 3 Track 3 Lower Track 4 Bass Track 9...

Page 25: ...de Changing the pedal function Follow the steps below to change the function of the pedal connected to the FOOT CONTROLLER jack 1 Connect the pedal to the FOOT CONTROLLER jack 2 In SETTING mode use the dial or the buttons to select Pedal Function 3 Press the q button to move the cursor to the value 4 Turn the dial to select the pedal function No Assign Select this when you are not using a pedal Da...

Page 26: ...ureMajor PureMinor Arabic Pythagorean Werckmeister Kirnberger Slendro Pelog Stretch User 09 Upper Scale Type sets the scale for the upper part 10 Style Scale Type sets the scale used for the style accompaniment part and the lower part SoundSet This is the scale set for each style Equal equal temperament tuning This is a widely used scale in general use where the difference in pitch between each se...

Page 27: ...tor and to the USB TO HOST port Off Notes that you play on the keyboard will send MIDI data to the USB TO HOST port but the internal sound generator will not sound Turn this setting to Off when the i3 is connected to a computer that is set to echo back and when you want to use the i3 as a sound generator in order to prevent notes from sounding in duplicate 15 Metronome Level 0 100 127 Sets the met...

Page 28: ... the Korg website Copy the user styles files with an STY extension and the user programs files with a PCG extension to a USB flash drive and then load them into the i3 Note Specifications vary by product so the sounds may sound different from the instrument where the original data was cre ated when played back on the i3 1 On your computer create a folder named i3 on the root directory of your USB ...

Page 29: ...ge 8 for details 7 System Update Updates the system firmware File and folder structure When saving data to a USB flash drive from the i3 or when formatting a USB flash drive a folder named i3 will automat ically be created on the media When using the SetListBackUp and Song Convert functions in Media mode the files shown below will be saved to the i3 folder SetList A folder named SetList will be cr...

Page 30: ... will appear on the display 4 Bring the pedal all the way down towards you and take your foot off The value will appear on the display 5 Press the u button Measuring Max will appear on the display 6 Press the pedal fully upward and away from you and take your foot off The value will appear on the display 7 Press the u button When the calibration is done the word Completed will be shown on the disp...

Page 31: ... t work as intended The functions or polarity for the pedal might not be set correctly Set the pedal function Pedal Function and polarity Pedal Polarity in Setting mode page 25 Is the variable range for the expression pedal set correctly Follow the instructions shown in Calibrating the expression pedal page 30 I can t record a user song A maximum of 999 user songs can be recorded You will need to ...

Page 32: ...note T T Major 6th 3 note T 4 note T T Major 7th 2 note T 3 note T T Sus 2 note 3 note Sus 2 3 note T T T T 2 note T T T 4 note T T T T T Dominant 7th 4 note T T Dominant 7th Sus 4 3 note T T 3 note Flat 5th 4 note T T Major 7th Sus 4 T 4 note Major 7th 5 T T T T 4 note Dominant 7th 5 T 4 note T T Minor 7th 3 note T 4 note T T Minor Major 7th 3 note T 3 note T T Diminished 4 note Diminished 7th 4 ...

Page 33: ...ortcuts that use the dial Hold down a button shown below and turn the dial to access the supported functions The functions that can be operated will vary with the mode of the i3 Button Mode Function Page reference 1 SOUND SET button Performance mode Adjusts the volume balance of the keyboard and accompaniment parts Adjusting the volume balance between the keyboard and accompaniment parts page 20 S...

Page 34: ...NSEMBLE button buttons for SET LIST section buttons for transpose section EQ knobs LOW HIGH VOLUME knob OCTAVE buttons Set lists 5 buttons x10 banks Tempo 30 240 Transpose 12 to 0 to 12 in semitones Tuning 427 5 Hz 452 9 Hz Function i3 Connectors FOOT CONTROLLER jack 6 3 mm phone jack half damper not supported AUDIO IN jack 3 5 mm stereo mini phone jack OUTPUT L MONO R jacks 6 3 mm TS phone jack u...

Page 35: ...O 0 127 0 127 0 32 1 2 64 6 7 11 10 91 93 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 98 99 100 101 120 121 1 X 1 X 0 127 0 127 O 9n V 1 127 O 8n V 0 127 O 9n V 1 127 X 0 127 3 X X Date 2019 11 7 Version 1 00 X X O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O X X X X X O X X X X X X O X X O 123 127 X X 4 1 i3 will transmits Sequencer data 2 Includes setting of inquiry and master volume 3 When the MID...

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