Korg PA 600, Быстрое руководство

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Overview
Front Panel
STYLE PLAY
Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (eight tracks of auto-
matic accompaniments) and play up to four Keyboard tracks
and four Pad tracks. In the main page, Keyboard tracks are
shown in the right half of the display.
You can recall the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the
Style Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode,
press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If Keyboard
tracks are not shown in the display, press the TRACK SELECT
button until you can see them.
This operating mode is automatically selected when turning the
instrument on. The “My Setting” Performance will be automati-
cally selected.
SONG PLAY
Song Play mode, where you can play back Songs in Standard
MIDI File (SMF or KAR) or MP3 format. In addition to the Song
tracks, you can play up to four Keyboard tracks and four Pads
along with the Song(s). In the main page, Keyboard tracks are
shown in the right half of the display.
You can recall the main page of this mode by pressing EXIT
from any of the Song Play edit pages. If you are in a different
operating mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between the
Keyboard and Song tracks.
SEQUENCER
Sequencer mode, where you can play, record or edit Songs (in Stan-
dard MIDI File format). The Backing Sequence mode lets you
record a new Song based on the Keyboard and Style tracks, and save
it as a new Standard MIDI File.
Note: In this mode, you cannot play MP3 files.
SOUND EDIT
Sound Edit mode, to play single Sounds on the keyboard, or edit
them.
User Sounds may be based on User PCM Samples to be loaded
into the dedicated Sample RAM memory.
Note: Pa600 cannot load compressed User PCM Samples from
other Pa-Series models.
While in any other operating mode, keep the SHIFT
button pressed and press this button, to send the selected Sound
to the Sound Edit mode.
DEMO
Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together to
select the Demo mode. This mode lets you listen to some Demo
Songs, to let you experience the sonic power of the Pa600. To
exit from this mode, press any of the MODE buttons.
Special Mode Buttons
These buttons are used to recall settings, file management and
record modes.
GLOBAL
This button recalls the Global mode, where you can adjust vari-
ous global settings. Most Global settings are automatically mem-
orized as soon as you edit them. This mode overlaps any
operating mode, that will still remain active in the background.
Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
MEDIA
This button recalls the Media mode, where you can perform var-
ious operations on files and storage devices (Load, Save, Format,
etc…). This mode overlaps any operating mode, that still
remains active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the
underlying operating mode.
The internal memory contains both the internal data (“SYS
[KORG SYSTEM]” area) and a space where to save data (“DISK
[KORG DISK]” area).
RECORD
This button sets the instrument to the Record mode (which one
depends on the current operating mode).
Accompaniment, Memory, Manual Bass,
Chord Sequencer
These buttons let you turn all Accompaniment tracks on/off,
decide what should remain in memory, and how to play the bass.
In addition, they have the Chord Sequencer as a second func-
tion.
ACCOMP. (Accompaniment)
In Style Play and Sequencer-Backing Sequence mode, use this
button to turn the Accompaniment tracks (ACC1 ~ ACC5) on
or off.
On After pressing START/STOP, the full accompani-
ment plays and follows the detected chords.
Off No chords detected. After pressing START/STOP,
only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment
tracks can play.
You can jump to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style
Play page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the ACCOMP
button.
MEMORY
This button allows you to choose whether the Lower notes and/
or chord triggering the accompaniment must remain in memory
after raising your hand from the keyboard.
On Depending on the setting of the “Memory Mode”
parameter (in the Global > Mode Preferences >
Style Play), the sound on the left of the split point
(Lower), and/or the chords for the automatic
accompaniment can kept in memory even when
you raise your hand from the keyboard.
Off Both the sound and chord are released as soon as
you raise your hand from the keyboard.