Changing The Brilliance; Turning The Effects On/Off - Korg C-520 User Manual

Note: When the instrument is turned on, transposing is reset.
1.
Press the TRANSPOSE button to show the Transpose dis-
play:
Transpose
+02 semitones
Transpose value
If you do no changes, just wait some seconds for the page
to automatically disappear. Otherwise, you can exit from
this page by pressing the EXIT button.

Changing the brilliance

Brilliance is the sound's brightness, that may be affected by the
sound of the room the piano is placed into. For example, a
heavy carpeted room sounds duller than a room containing
less carpeting or furniture. You can set an overall increase or
decrease of brilliance for all sounds.
This is the same parameter you can change in the Brilliance
page of the Global mode (see page 51). However, contrary to
the changes you can make in the Global mode, the changes
made with this button cannot be memorized, and are reset
when turning the instrument off.
Note: When the instrument is turned on, brilliance set in this
page is reset. (Brilliance may have permanently been set in Glo-
bal mode, see page 51).
1.
Press the BRILLIANCE button to show the Brilliance dis-
play:
Brilliance
Bright
Brilliance setting

Turning the effects on/off

The C-520 has two global effects (reverb and chorus), in addi-
tion to an insert effect for each sound (see diagram on
page 44). The reverb simulates the sound reverberation in a
room, while the chorus simulates a modulating effect that
makes the sounds richer.
The insert effect is part of the sound itself, and should remain
on to avoid a dramatic change in timbre. On the contrary, you
Basic functions > Changing the brilliance
2.
Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to change the transpose
value in steps of one semitone, within a range of ±11 semi-
tones. When a transposition is active, the indicator turns
on.
3.
Press the EXIT button to exit from this page.
4.
Press the TRANSPOSE button again to turn transposition
off. The indicator will turn off.
5.
Press the TRANSPOSE button if you want to turn transpo-
sition on again, with the last value selected. The indicator
will turn on again. Wait some seconds for the page to dis-
appear, or press the EXIT button to exit immediately.
If you do no changes, just wait some seconds for the page
to automatically disappear. Otherwise, you can exit from
this page by pressing the EXIT button.
2.
Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to change the brilliance
value. When a brilliance change is active, the indicator
turns on.
3.
Press the EXIT button to exit from this page.
4.
Press the BRILLIANCE button again to turn brilliance
changes off. The indicator will turn off.
5.
Press the BRILLIANCE button if you want to turn bril-
liance on again, with the last value selected. The indicator
will turn on again. Wait some seconds for the page to dis-
appear, or press the EXIT button to exit immediately.
can turn the reverb and chorus on/off as you like, by using the
REVERB and CHORUS buttons on the control panel.
However, selecting a different sound will reset the status of the
buttons, since it is saved with the sound itself. To permanently
change the effect's status, edit the sound by keeping one of
these buttons pressed for a couple seconds. See page 44 for
more details.
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