Korg PA1X User Manual page 13

mat, etc...). This edit environment overlaps any operating
mode, that still remains active in the background. Press EXIT to
go back to the underlying operating mode.
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MEMORY
This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on
or off. Go to the "Preferences: Style Preferences" edit page (Style
Play mode, see page 95) to decide if this button should be a
Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory button. When
it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing
harder the keyboard. See "Velocity Control" on page 95.
On The sound on the left of the split point, and the
chord for the automatic accompaniment, are kept
in memory even when you raise your hand from
the keyboard.
Off The sound and chords are released as soon as you
raise your hand from the keyboard.
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BASS INVERSION
This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing
harder the keyboard. See "Velocity Control" on page 95.
On The lowest note of a chord played in inverted
form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger
composite chords such as Am7/G or "F/C".
Off The lowest note is scanned together with the
other chord notes, and is not always considered
as the root note.
A
MANUAL BASS
This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.
Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track
volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.
On The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again by pressing one
of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.
Off The bass track is automatically played by the
Style.
B
FADE IN/OUT
When the Style is not playing, press this button to start it with a
volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the maximum).
When the Style is playing back, press this button to stop it with a
volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases).
You don't need to press START/STOP to start or stop the Style.
C
SINGLE TOUCH
This button turns the Single Touch and Variation/STS Link
functions on or off.
On When a different Style (or the same again) is
selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto-
matically selected. The Keyboard tracks and
effects will change, along with the Style tracks
and effects. Pad tracks will change too.
Off When you select a different Style (or the same
SB
again), the Style tracks and effects are changed,
while the Keyboard tracks, and effects are not
changed. Pad tracks will not change as well.
Flashing Variation/STS Link function activated. This func-
tion makes each Variation recall the correspond-
ing STS when selected. For example, select
Variation 2, and STS 2 will be automatically
recalled; select Variation 3, and STS 3 will be
automatically recalled.
D
STYLE SELECT section
Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select a
Style. See "Style Select window" on page 75.
The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of
Style banks, or the DIRECT HD Style banks (only if the hard
SB
disk is installed). Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows.
(After both LEDs have turned on, press the button again to turn
them off).
Upper LED On Upper-row Styles selected.
Lower LED On Lower-row Styles selected.
Both LEDs On DIRECT HD
accessed by pressing buttons [1-9].
A word about Style banks and names. Styles from "8BEAT/16
BEAT" to "WORLD 3", and from "LATIN1" to "TRADITIONAL"
are standard Styles, the user can't normally overwrite with a
Load operation (unless you remove the protection; see "Factory
Style and Pad Protect" on page 272).
SB
"DIRECT FD" Styles are Styles directly accessed from floppy
disk (no need to load from disk). See "The DIRECT FD bank"
on page 100.
"DIRECT HD" Styles are directly accessed from the hard disk, if
installed (again, no need to load from disk). See "The DIRECT
HD bank" on page 99.
Styles from "USER1" to "USER3" are location where you can
load new Styles from disk.
Each button (Style bank) contains four pages, each with up to
eight Styles. Repeatedly press a bank button to cycle between the
available pages.
E
INTRO 1-3/COUNT IN buttons
These buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After pressing one
of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin with the
selected intro. The INTRO LED automatically goes off at the end
of the intro.
Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation...) to exit the
loop.
Note: Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while
Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord. Intro 3 is usually a one-
bar Count In.
Front panel
Styles selected (if any). Direct HD Styles are
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