Playing Another Instrument With The Microarranger - Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual

38 MIDI

Playing another instrument with the microARRANGER

PLAYING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WITH THE
microARRANGER
You can use the microARRANGER as the master con‐
troller for your MIDI setup.
1. Connect microARRANGER's MIDI OUT to the
other instrument's MIDI IN.
2. Set‐up the other instrument's tracks to the same
channels you want to play from microAR‐
RANGER. For example, if you wish to play the
Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks with the other instru‐
ment's sound, set the other instrument to receive
on the same channels of the Upper 1 and Upper 2
tracks (by default, channels 1 and 2).
3. Set the general volume of the other instrument
with its own volume controls.
4. Mute/unmute any track right from the microAR‐
RANGER front panel. Set each track's volume
using microARRANGER own VOLUME/VALUE
controls.
5. Play on microARRANGER's keyboard.
The Keyboard
microARRANGER's physical keyboard can drive up to
4 tracks via the MIDI OUT (Upper 1–3 and Lower).
MIDI output channels are set in Global mode (see
"Page 10 ‐ MIDI OUT Channels" on page 129).
As a default situation (Default Setup), each of micro‐
ARRANGER Realtime Tracks transmit on these chan‐
nels:
Track
Upper1
Upper2
Upper3
Lower
When a track is in mute, it can't transmit any MIDI data
to an external expander or sequencer connected micro‐
ARRANGER's MIDI OUT.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the
MASTER VOLUME control on the microARRANGER,
or set the Realtime Tracks to the External status (see
"Page 15 ‐ Track: Internal/External" on page 47).
The Sequencer
Any Sequencer's track can drive a channel on an exter‐
nal instrument. To set each track's MIDI output chan‐
nel, see "Page 10 ‐ MIDI OUT Channels" on page 129.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the
MASTER VOLUME control on the microARRANGER,
or set the Song tracks to the External status (see "Page 8
‐ Track: Internal/External" on page 79).
Select the Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2 MIDI Setup
(depending on the Sequencer you are using on the
microARRANGER) to set the channels as follows.
Track
Song 1...16
The Arranger
One of the most interesting aspect of MIDI, is that you
can use your microARRANGER to play an external
instrument with its onboard arranger. Yes, it's hard to
beat the audio quality of microARRANGER, but you
could wish to use that old faithful synth you are still
accustomed to...
To assign some of microARRANGER Style tracks to an
external instrument, set them to the External status (see
"Page 15 ‐ Track: Internal/External" on page 47).
Select the Default MIDI Setup to set the channels as fol‐
Out Channel
lows (this is the default status of microARRANGER).
1
2
Track
3
Bass
4
Drums
Percussion
Acc1...5
Out Channel
1...16
Out Channel
9
10
11
12...16