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148 Song Play operating mode

Main page

Main page
Press SONG PLAY to access this page from another operating
mode.
Note: When switching from Style Play to Song Play, the Song Setup
is automatically selected, and various track parameters and settings
may change.
To return to this page from one of the Song Play edit pages, press
the EXIT or SONG PLAY button.
To switch between Keyboard tracks (Normal view) and Song
tracks (Song Tracks views), use the TRACK SELECT button.
Pressed a first time, you will see tracks 1-8; a second press will
show tracks 9-16; pressed again, you will go back to Keyboard
tracks. (See "Song Tracks 1-8 and 9-16 pages" and "Volume
panel" starting from page 150 ).
Songs area Page header
Style
area
Perf./
STS
area
Panels
Page header
This line shows the current operating mode, transposition and
recognized chord.
Operating mode Master Transpose
name (in semitones)
Operating mode name
Name of the current operating mode.
Master Transpose
Master Transpose value in semitones. This value can be changed
using the TRANSPOSE buttons on the control panel.
Note: Transpose may be automatically changed when selecting a
different Performance. It may also be changed when loading a
Standard MIDI File generated with an instrument of the Korg Pa
series.
To avoid transposing, "lock" the Master Transpose parameter in the
Global (see "General Controls: Lock" on page 203), then write the
Global to memory (see "Write Global - Global Setup dialog box"
on page 212).
Recognized chord
Displays the recognized chord, when you play a chord on the
keyboard. If no chord abbreviation is shown, it means the
ACCOMP. LED is turned off (see page 11).
Page menu icon
Press the page menu icon to open the menu. See "Page menu" on
page 164 for more information.
Songs area
This is where Song names are shown, together with parameters
depending on the selected type of Song.
Page menu icon
Key-
This is how a Song's area appears when a Standard MIDI File or
board
Karaoke file has been selected:
tracks
area
Song type icon
Seq. 1/2
A different Song may be assigned to each of the two onboard
sequencers (Seq.1 and Seq.2). Each sequencer has its own
parameters.
Recognized
chord
Song type icon
Songs of different types can be assigned to the sequencers. This
icon shows the file type.
SB
Sequencer 1
Sequencer 2
Song name
Current measure
Meter
Standard MIDI File, often abbreviated as SMF
(file extension: *.MID or *.KAR). The SMF
(*.MID) is the industry standard song format,
used by Pa500 as its basic Song format when
recording a new Song. A MIDI Karaoke File
(*.KAR) is an extension of the SMF format.
Only assignable to Sequencer 1. A Jukebox file (file
extension: *.JBX) can be assigned to Sequencer 1,
but its name is not shown in this area. The JBX
icon appears, together with the name of the cur-
rently selected Song in the Jukebox list.
Note: To create or edit a Jukebox file, go to the Juke-
box Edit page (see page 160).
Tempo