Korg microARRANGER, Owner'S Manual

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82 Backing Sequence operating mode
Transport controls
12. BACKING SEQUENCE OPERATING MODE
The Backing Sequence mode lets you record a live per ‐
formance with the Styles. The front panel controls
work mostly as in Style Play mode, but here you are
recording what you are playing. After recording, the
result is a new Song made of the Realtime tracks and
the Style tracks.
TRANSPORT CONTROLS
When in Backing Sequence mode, use SEQ1 transport
controls (PLAY/STOP, PAUSE…). See “SEQUENCER
TRANSPORT CONTROLS ‐ SEQ1 and SEQ2” on
page 18 for more information).
THE BACKING SEQUENCE, SONG AND
SONG PLAY MODES
The Backing Sequence and Song modes are linked
together: go to Backing Sequence mode to record a
Song, and switch to Song mode to edit it.
Since they use the same sequencer and memory area,
recording a new Song in Backing Sequence mode
deletes the Song loaded in Song mode.
Note: The Song is kept in RAM, so save it before turning the
instrument off, or it will be lost.
Warning: When switching to Song Play, the Song is deleted,
since Backing Sequence, Song and Song Play share the same
sequencer (Sequencer 1). The “Erase Song?” message
appears. Press ENTER to confirm, EXIT to stay in Backing
Sequence mode, and avoid deleting the Song.
HOW TO PLAYBACK A SONG
You can load a Standard MIDI File, and play it back
while in Backing Sequence mode.
Note: When in the Main page (Backing Sequence Play) the
keyboard doesn’t play.
1. Enter the Backing Sequence mode. The Backing
Sequence Playback page appears (see page 83).
2. Press one of the B (Load Song) VOLUME/VALUE
buttons to load a Song (see “Load Song page” on
page 84). You can load any Standard Midi File
(files with the “.MID” or “.KAR” extension).
3. Press PLAY/STOP to start the playback.
4. Press PLAY/STOP again to stop the playback. The
playback is automatically stopped at the end of the
Song.
REALTIME RECORDING MODE
While in Backing Sequence mode, you can record a
new Song in realtime mode (i.e., recording exactly
what you play). Realtime (Keyboard) tracks will be
Song tracks 1–4, Pads will be Song tracks 5–8, while
Style tracks will be Song tracks 9–16.
1. Enter the Backing Sequence mode.
2. Press RECORD. You will be prompted to select the
Realtime Recording mode, or the Chord/Acc Step
Mode.
3. Press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons to
select the Realtime Recording mode. The Realtime
Recording page appears (see “Realtime Recording
page” on page 85).
4. The last selected Style is currently selected. Should
it not be the right one, select a different Style to start
recording with. (See “Selecting a Style” on page 26).
5. The last selected Performance or STS is currently
selected. If you prefer, select a different Perfor ‐
mance or STS. (See “Selecting a Performance” on
page 25, and “Selecting a Single Touch Setting
(STS)” on page 26).
6. Select the status of the Backing Sequence tracks,
using the G (RT) and H (Ch/Acc) button pairs. (RT
stays for Realtime/Keyboard; Ch/Acc stays for
Chord/Accompaniment, i.e. the Style tracks). To
record all you play on the keyboard, plus the auto ‐
matic accompaniment, leave their status to REC
(see “Realtime Recording page” on page 85).
Warning: Tracks set to REC are automatically deleted
when starting recording. Set a track to the PLAY sta ‐
tus, when you don’t want to delete it. For example, if
you are recording a Realtime (Keyboard) part on and
existing Style track, set the Ch/Acc parameter to PLAY,
and the RT track to REC.
7. Start recording by pressing the left PLAY/STOP
button (or the START/STOP button). After a count ‐
in (see “Metro (Metronome)” on page 85), you can
start recording.