Step Recording - Korg TRITON Quick Start Manual

Play the keyboard for about 16 measures and
record your performance.
Press the SEQUENCER [START/STOP] key to stop
recording.
If you made a mistake or would like to re-record,
you can use the Compare function (press the [COM-
PARE] key) to re-record as many times as you wish.
The note data that was generated by the arpeggio pat-
tern will be recorded. If you change the ARPEGGIA-
TOR [GATE] or [VELOCITY] knob settings while
recording an arpeggio pattern, this data will also be
recorded, but it will not be possible to add changes by
overdubbing [GATE] or [VELOCITY] data afterward
for those notes.

Step recording

Step recording is a method of recording in which you
specify the timing, duration, and velocity etc. of each
note in the LCD screen, and use the keyboard to input
the pitches. Only note-on/off data can be recorded in
this way.
Step recording is useful when you want to create
mechanically precise beats, or when you need to record a
phrase that would be difficult to play by hand "in real-
time," or when you find it difficult to play extremely
complicated or rapid passages.
Rapid phrases can also be recorded in realtime by tem-
porarily slowing down the sequencer tempo.
Here's the procedure for step recording.
1 Press the [MENU] key to access the Jump menu,
and press P5: Track Edit.
The P5: Track Edit, Track Edit page will appear.
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Track
Select
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Set "Track Select" to Track 08: Lead Synth.
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For this example we will input a lead performance
using an analog synthesizer sound.
3 Set "From Measure" to 001.
With this setting, step recording will begin from
measure 1.
4 Press the page menu button to access the page
menu, and press "Step Recording."
A dialog box will appear.
Set "Step Time" to specify the basic timing value
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at which you will input notes and rests.
In the popup menu at left, you can specify a value in
the range of (whole note)– (32nd note). For this
example, select (16th note).
If you want to input triplets or dotted notes, use the
popup menu at the right to select "3" for triplets, or
"." for dotted notes. Select "–" if you want to use the
unmodified length of the note that is selected at the
left.
"Note Duration" indicates the length that the note
itself will sound. Smaller values will produce a stac-
cato note, and larger values will produce a legato
note. For this example, leave this setting unchanged.
"Note Velocity" is the velocity (playing strength),
and larger values will produce a louder volume. Set
this to about 090.
If you select Key for this parameter, the velocity
with which you actually play the keyboard will be
input.
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6 On the keyboard, press and then release the first
note that you want to input.
The data you input will appear in the LCD screen as
numerical values. In the upper right, M001:01.000
will change to M001:01.048. The next note you input
will be placed at this location.
Continue pressing notes to input a melody.
You can also delete notes or rests, or input rests or
ties.
• To delete a note or rest that you input, press the
Step Back button. The previously-input note will be
deleted.
• To input a rest, press the Rest button. This will
input a rest of the "Step Time" value.
• To modify the length of a note, you can modify the
"Step time" value before you input the note.
However if you want to extend the length (tie) of
the note, press the Tie button. At this time, the
previously-input note will be extended by the "Step
time" length.
If you want to verify the pitch of the note that you will
input next, press the [PAUSE] key. In this state, playing
a key will produce a sound, but will not input a note.
Press the [PAUSE] key once again to cancel the record-
pause state, and resume inputting notes.
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