Korg microARRANGER, Owner'S Manual

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17 Front panel
39 CHORD SCANNING section
In Style Play and Backing Sequence mode, use these
buttons to define the way chords are recognized by the
arranger.
LOWER
Chords are detected below the split point.
The number of notes you should play to
form a chord is defined by the Chord
Scanning Mode parameter (see “Chord
Recognition Mode” on page 51).
UPPER Chords are detected above the split point.
You must always play three or more notes
to let the arranger recognize a chord.
FULL (both LEDs on)

Chords are detected on the full keyboard
range. You must always play three or
more notes to let the arranger recognize a
chord.
OFF No chords will be detected. After pressing
START/STOP, only the Drum and Percus ‐
sion accompaniment tracks can play.
40 KEYBOARD MODE section
These buttons define how the four Keyboard (or Real ‐
time) tracks are positioned on the keyboard.
SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split
point, while the Upper 1, Upper 2 and
Upper 3 tracks play above it. By default,
selecting this keyboard mode automati ‐
cally selects the Lower chord scanning
mode (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on
page 51).
FULL UPPER

The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3
tracks play on the whole keyboard range.
The Lower track does not play. By default,
selecting this keyboard mode automati ‐
cally selects the Full chord scanning mode
(see “Chord Recognition Mode” on
page 51).
41 STYLE CHANGE
This button turns the Style Change function on or off.
ON When you select a Performance, the Style
could change, according to which Style
number is memorized onto the Perfor ‐
mance.
OFF When you select a Performance, the Style
and Style track settings remain
unchanged. Only Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks settings are changed.
42
Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFOR ‐
MANCE section to select a Performance.
43
Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFOR ‐
MANCE section to select a Program, and assign it to
the selected track.
44 PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section

Use these buttons to open the Program Select or Perfor ‐
mance Select window, and select a Program or a Perfor ‐
mance. See “Selecting a Program” on page 25, or
“Selecting a Performance” on page 25. For a list of
available Programs, see “Programs (Program Change
order)” on page 154.
The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of
Program or Performance banks. Press it until you’ve
selected the row that you’re looking for. (After both
LEDs have consecutively turned on, press the button
again to turn them off).
UPPER LED ON

Upper row of Programs or Performances
selected.
LOWER LED ON

Lower row of Programs or Performances
selected.
On the front panel, Program banks are identified by
the instrument names, while Performance banks are
identified by numbers (1–10; 0=bank 10).
A note about Program banks and names. Programs
from “PIANO” to “SFX” are standard Programs, the
user can’t directly modify.
Programs “USER1” and “USER2” are locations where
you can load new Programs from the memory card.
“USER DK” is where you can load new drum kits.
Each Program bank contains various pages, each with
up to 8 Programs. You can browse them using the
PAGE buttons.
Shortcut to see the original bank for a Performance or
Program. You can see the original bank where a Perfor ‐
mance or Program is contained. Just keep the SHIFT
button pressed, and then press the lefmost button of
the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section. A message
window will appear, showing the name of the original
bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the window.
Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle
all of the pages for a selected bank, press the bank’s
button.
45 PADS (1–4, STOP)
These programmable pads can be used to trigger a
sound effect. Use the STOP button to stop a cyclic
sound. (See “List of sounds assignable to the Pads” on
page 226).
Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track.
46 TRANSPOSE
These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semi ‐
tone steps (Master Transpose). The transposition value
is shown (as a note name) on the top right of the dis ‐
play.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Trans ‐
pose to zero.
PERFORM.
PROGRAM