Korg ESX-1 Owner's Manual page 4

5. Pattern mode .................. 35
Playing patterns ............................ 35
What is a Pattern? ................................................. 35
Playing a pattern ....................................... 35
To start playback .................................................... 35
To pause playback ................................................. 35
To resume playback ................................................ 35
To stop playback .................................................... 35
Selecting a pattern ..................................... 36
To check which pattern is playing ............................ 36
To force playback to restart at the beginning of the
pattern .......................................................... 36
About the timing of changing patterns ..................... 36
Setting the playback tempo ......................... 36
Using the dial to set the tempo. ............................... 36
To set the tempo more precisely ............................... 36
Using the TAP key to set the tempo ........................... 37
Auto BPM Scanning ............................................... 37
Keeping a constant tempo as you change patterns
(TEMPO LOCK) .............................................. 37
Playing the sound of a part ........... 38
What is a Part? ...................................................... 38
- Drum parts (1-5, 6A-B, 7A-B) ............................ 38
- Keyboard parts (1, 2) ........................................ 38
- Accent part ....................................................... 38
- Stretch parts (1, 2) ............................................. 38
- Slice part .......................................................... 38
- Audio In part .................................................... 38
Listening to the sound of a part ................... 38
Listening to the sound of a drum part ....................... 38
Listening to the sound of a keyboard part (the Keyboard
function) ........................................................ 39
Selecting a part ......................................... 39
Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part ....... 39
To select a part during playback without causing it to
sound ............................................................ 39
Keyboard part ....................................................... 39
Accent part ............................................................ 39
Muting a part ............................................ 39
Soloing a part ........................................... 40
Adding accents to a part ............................ 40
Specifying the accent locations and strength ............. 40
Specifying the parts that will be accented ................. 40
Transposing a phrase (Transpose) ................ 41
Adding "swing" to a pattern ....................... 41
Specifying the amount of swing ............................... 41
Specifying the parts that will swing .......................... 41
Applying a roll to a part ............................. 42
Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect ........... 42
Setting the roll type ................................................ 42
Assigning the output of each part ................ 42
Adding the Valve-Force effect to increase the
impact of the sound .................................... 42
Connecting various devices to Audio In ........ 43
Using the arpeggiator ................... 44
Performing with the arpeggiator .................. 44
To arpeggiate a drum part, Stretch part ................... 44
To play the slice part .............................................. 44
To play the audio in part ......................................... 44
To arpeggiate a keyboard part ................................ 44
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Specifying the center note ....................................... 44
Changing the scale of the arpeggiator ..................... 45
ARPEGGIO SCALE List .......................................... 45
Editing sounds .............................. 46
Assigning a sample to a part ...................... 46
Assigning individual slices of a slice sample ............. 47
Editing the sound of a part .......................... 47
Editing the Part Common parameters ....................... 47
Modulation ............................................................ 49
Filter ..................................................................... 49
Effects ........................................... 51
Using the effects ......................................... 51
To apply an effect ................................................... 51
To edit an effect ..................................................... 51
Effect types ................................................ 52
1. Stereo ............................................................... 52
2. Mono mix .......................................................... 52
3. Stereo cross ....................................................... 52
Effect parameters .......................... 53
Recording a phrase ....................... 57
Realtime recording ................................................. 57
Step recording ....................................................... 57
Recording a phrase during playback (Realtime
Recording) ................................................. 57
To record a drum part ............................................ 57
To record a keyboard part ...................................... 58
To record the audio-in part ..................................... 58
To record during playback ...................................... 58
To erase unwanted triggers during playback (Erase) . 59
Step recording ........................................... 59
To record a rhythm for a drum part, slice part, stretch
part, accent part ............................................ 59
To record a phrase for a keyboard part ................... 59
To input a rest or tie ................................................ 59
To move the target step ........................................... 59
Editing pattern sequence data ........ 60
Editing a phrase pattern (Note Edit) ............. 60
Selecting the step you want to edit ........................... 60
Editing the trigger locations (the location of the notes) 61
Editing the note number (pitch) ................................ 61
Editing the gate time ............................................... 61
Specifying the length and time signature of a
pattern ...................................................... 62
To check the length and beat ................................... 62
Setting the length ................................................... 62
Setting the beat ...................................................... 63
Setting the last step ................................................. 63
Moving data within a pattern ...................... 64
To move data ......................................................... 64
To copy data repeatedly ......................................... 64
To move data randomly .......................................... 64
Copying a part .......................................... 65
Copying only the sound of a part ................ 65
Erasing the sequence data of a part ............ 66
To erase all of a part's performance data ................. 66
To erase trigger data while recording or playing back 66
Erasing all data from a pattern .................... 66