Korg PA80, User Manual

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7-7 Tutorial
6 - The Arabic Scale
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S ave the S ong.
Your changes will be lost when you load a new Song, switch
to the Song Play mode, or turn the instrument 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 13-3 (“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 settings are saved as
Pa80 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 Internal FX Proces-
sors), but this will be useful only when reading the Song back
on the Pa80 only, since other General MIDI-compliant
instruments use only 2 effects.
Need more information?
Go to “Song operating mode” on page 13-1. The Reference
Guide includes all the information you need.
6 - THE ARABIC S CALE
You can program an Arabic scale in real time, by assigning a
footswitch, a KORG EC5 pedal, or a pad, the “Quarter Tone”
function.
Another way of changing the scale is assigning it to a Perfor-
mance or Single Touch Setting (STS), but this is the most
convenient way to change the pitch in real time.
1
Program a footswitch, or one of the EC5
pedals, to be the Quarter tone switch.
Simply go to the Global environment, and reach “Page 4 -
Assignable Pedal/Footswitch, Assignable Slider, EC5”. There,
you will find the “P/S (Pedal/Switch)” and “EC5-A…E”
parameters, to which you can assign the Quarter tone func-
tion.
Press WRITE to save the Global status in memory (see “The
Write window” on page 16-1).
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 Per-
formance will be recalled.
Need more information?
As stated, you can assign an alternative scale to a Perfor-
mance or STS. Go to “Page 5 - Tuning: Scale” on page 9-6,
and give also a look to the “Scale Mode” parameter (see
page 9-13).
Load Song Metro:Off
Save Song Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto
MySong