Korg microSTATION, Operation Manual

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Appendix
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SMF you loaded in Media mode won’t play
correctly

Use the song command GM Initialize to restore the
settings.

PG p. 49

Set Global/Media: Basic, Bank Map to GM(2).

PG p. 59
When the grid sequence function is on, you
can’t use function buttons 01–16 to turn grid
notes on/off

Is the sequencer stopped? You can’t turn grid notes
on/off while the song is playing back.

If there is no sound even when a grid note is on,
check whether track parameters such as “Status”
and “Play/Mute” are set so that sound can be
produced.

Check the parameters, and also try playing the
keyboard to verify that sound is produced.
Arpeggiator
Arpeggiator won’t start

Is the ARP ON/OFF button on (the button at the
upper left of the LED lit)?

p. 50

If the arpeggiator does not start in Combination or
Sequencer mode, is each arpeggiator’s “Run”
setting turned On? Is “ARP Assign” set to assign the
arpeggiator to a timbre or track?

p. 53, PG p. 19,
PG p. 37

Is “Clock” (GLOBAL/MEDIA: MIDI ‐ MIDI Clock)
set to Internal or Auto?

PG p. 62

Is GLOBAL/MEDIA: Basic ‐ ARP “All ARP” turned
Off?

p. 55, PG p. 59
Effects
Effects are not audible

Have you selected effect program 000?

Select an effect other than 000: No Effect for
“IFX1–5,” “MFX 1, 2” or “TFX.”

Are the Effect SW “IFX1 ‐ 5 Off,” “MFX1&2 Off,” and
“TFX Off” settings (GLOBAL/MEDIA: Basic)
turned Off?

p. 55, PG p. 59

If you are in Combination and Sequencer mode, and
master effects are not audible when you raise the
Send 1 or Send 2 of the timbre/track, does Return 1
or Return 2 from the master effect need to be
raised?

PG p. 25, PG p. 46, PG p. 211
Alternatively, has Send 1 or Send 2 for each
oscillator of the program used by the timbre/track
been lowered?

PG p. 25, PG p. 46
Note: The actual send level is determined by
multiplying the send setting of each oscillator in the
program with the send setting of the timbre/track.

Have you routed the output to an insert effect?

PG p. 11, PG p. 19, PG p. 46
MIDI
The microSTATION does not respond to
incoming MIDI data

Are all MIDI cables or USB cables connected
correctly?

p. 14

Is the MIDI data being received on the channel on
which it is being transmitted?

PG p. 60
The microSTATION does not respond
correctly to incoming MIDI data

Are the MIDI Filter “Prog Chg,” “Bank Chg,”
“Combi Chg,” “Ctrl Chg,” “AfterTouch,” and
“SysEx” settings (GLOBAL/MEDIA: MIDI) each
turned On? (By default, “SysEx” is turned off.)

PG p. 63

Does the microSTATION support the types of
messages that are being sent to it?

PG p. 304
Incorrect response to program change
messages

Is the Bank Map setting correct?

PG p. 59

If program changes are not received in Sequencer
mode, check the MIDI filter “Prog Chg” setting of
each track. By default, this is turned off.
Damper pedal, Foot pedal do
not respond correctly
Damper response is wrong

Execute the Global/Media mode command
HalfDmpr Calib to correctly calibrate the half ‐
damper pedal sensitivity.

PG p. 66
Foot pedal response is wrong

Execute the Global/Media mode command Pedal
Calib to correctly calibrate the foot pedal sensitivity.

PG p. 66
Media
Can’t format the SD card

Does the media meet the requirements for use on
the microSTATION?

p. 60

Is the media inserted correctly?

p. 60

Could the media’s write protect setting be turned
on?
Can’t save/load data on the SD card

Is the media inserted correctly?

p. 60

Has the media been formatted?

p. 62

Could the media’s write protect setting be turned
on?