Recording With The Loop Function - Korg microSTATION Operation Manual

Metronome pre-count
Specify the pre‐count when recording.
Metro Count: 2
For details on these parameters, please refer to the
parameter guide.
3. Press the Start/Stop button to start recording. Use
the keyboard to record the drum pattern.
When you start recording, the function 01 LED
which indicates the track thatʹs being recorded will
change from being steadily lit to blinking at regular
intervals.
4. Press the Start/Stop button to stop recording. The
location will return to the beginning of the song
(or the place where you started recording).
The function 01 LED will blink at irregular intervals,
indicating that this track has been recorded.
When you continue recording other tracks, the way
in which these LEDs are blinking will indicate
which tracks are empty.
5. Press the Start/Stop button to play back the drum
track you recorded.
Press the Start/Stop button once again to stop the
playback.
If you're not satisfied with your performance, press
the COMPARE button. You'll return to the state you
were at prior to recording, allowing you to re‐record
from step 2.
Recording the bass track
Now let's record the following bass pattern on track 2,
the bass track, while you listen to the drum pattern
recorded on track 1.
1. Press the function 02 button to select track 2.
You'll hear a bass sound when you play the
keyboard.
Note: If you press the function 01 button at this time
to select track 1, the function 01 LED will blink at
irregular intervals. This is a useful indication that
this track has already been recorded.
2. Press the LOCATE button to return the location,
and play back. Play the keyboard to practice the
bass part while you listen to the drum pattern.
3. Press the REC button to enter recording‐standby
mode.
Just like when you recorded the drum track, the
REC button will light‐up, and the Start/Stop button
will blink.
This time you're recording track 2, so the function 2
LED will light‐up.
MIDI recording Recording with the Loop function
4. Just like you did when recording track 1, set the
recording‐related parameters (p. 34 "Recording the
drum track" step 2).
5. Press the Start/Stop button to start recording.
Play the keyboard to record while listening to the
drum track.
During recording, the function 02 LED will blink at
regular intervals.
6. Press the Start/Stop button to stop recording.
The location will return to the beginning of the song
(or the place where you started recording).
The function 02 LED will blink at irregular
intervals, indicating that this track has been
recorded.
7. Press the Start/Stop button to play back the drum
track and bass track you recorded, and listen to the
playback.
Go ahead and assign a desired program to another
track, and record it in the same way.
Recording with the Loop
function
The Loop function lets you record onto a track
repeatedly over a specified range of measures. For
example, you could loop about four measures and
individually record each instrument of a drum pattern.
Loop recording
In this example, we'll create a new song and loop‐
record a drum pattern.
1. Press the MODE SEQ button to enter Sequencer
mode.
2. Choose "Create New" to create a new song (p. 41
"Creating a new song").
3. In a new song, a drum program is assigned to
track 1.
Press the function 01 button to select track 1.
If you want to select a different drum program,
press  button to choose "Program Select."
Then use the  buttons to select a different drum
program.
4. Press the LOOP button, and then the REC button.
(The order in which you press these buttons does
not matter.)
The LOOP button will light‐up, and track 1 will be
in recording‐standby mode.
The display will show the loop region setting
switch ("Loop M: ***‐***").
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