Korg microARRANGER, Owner'S Manual

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34 Tutorial
The Arabic Scale
off. So, press EXIT to go back to the main page of the
Song mode.
Press one of the C VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select
the Save Song command. Save your Song with a new
name. How to accomplish this simple operation is
described in great details on page 90 (“Save Song
page”).
Note: When saving a Song the Song Performance events
(initial Program, Volume, Pan, Effect Send settings) are
saved at the beginning of the Standard MIDI File. Effect set ‐
tings are saved as microARRANGER SysEx events, ignored
by other musical instruments.
Other editings
The Volume is not the only parameter you can edit. You
can edit a lot more things, like the Pan, the Effects, the
Tuning… you can even use up to 4 effects (A–D Inter ‐
nal FX Processors), but this will be useful only when
reading the Song back on the microARRANGER only,
since other General MIDI ‐ compliant instruments use
only 2 effects.
Need more information?
Go to “Song operating mode” on page 88. The Refer ‐
ence Guide includes all the information you need.
THE ARABIC SCALE
You can program an Arabic scale in real time, by
assigning a footswitch or a pad the “Quarter Tone”
function.
Another way of changing the scale is assigning it to a
Performance or Single Touch Setting (STS), but this is
the most convenient way to change the pitch in real
time.
1 Program a footswitch to be the Quarter tone
switch.
Simply go to the Global environment, and reach “Page
3 ‐ Assignable Pedal/Footswitch, Assignable Slider”.
There, you will find the “P/S (Pedal/Switch)” parame ‐
ter, to which you can assign the Quarter tone function.
Press WRITE to save the Global status in memory (see
“The Write window” on page 125).
2 Lower some note pitches.
Keep the Quarter tone pedal pressed. The keyboard
will not play at this time. Press the notes you want to
lower a quarter of tone. Release the pedal.
3 Play with your new scale.
The notes you pressed are now lowered of a quarter of
tone.
4 Reset the original scale.
Press the Quarter tone pedal again. All pitches will be
reset, and the scale selected by the Performance, STS or
Style Performance will be recalled.
Need more information?
As stated, you can assign an alternative scale to a Per ‐
formance or STS. Go to “Page 5 ‐ Tuning: Scale” on
page 44, and give also a look to the “Scale Mode”
parameter (see page 51).