Song Operating Mode; Transport Controls; Master Volume And Sequencer Volume; The Songs And The Standard Midi File Format - Korg Liverpool Owner's Manual

13. SONG OPERATING MODE

The Song operating mode is the full-featured onboard
sequencer, where you can create from scratch or edit a
Song. You can also use this mode to edit the initial
parameters of a Standard MIDI File, either made with
an external sequencer or with Liverpool own Song and
Backing Sequence modes.
You can save the edited Song as a Standard MIDI File
(".MID" file), and playback it either in Song Play, Back-
ing Sequence or Song mode.
For a practical example of Song editing, see "Editing a
Song" on page 32.
Note: Songs on the internal SSD cannot be edited.

TRANSPORT CONTROLS

While in Song mode, use the SEQ1 transport controls
for the Song playback. See "SEQUENCER TRANS-
PORT CONTROLS - SEQ1 and SEQ2" on page 18 for
more information).

MASTER VOLUME AND SEQUENCER VOLUME

You can use the MASTER VOLUME and ACC/SEQ
VOLUME sliders to set the volume. See "Master Vol-
ume, Sequencer Volume, BALANCE" on page 71.
Move the BALANCE slider to the center (or the left) for
the maximum volume of the sequencer (Song mode
relies on Sequencer 1).
THE SONGS AND THE STANDARD MIDI FILE
FORMAT
The native Song format for Liverpool is the Standard
MIDI File. See "The Songs and the Standard MIDI File
format" on page 70.
When saving a Song as a SMF, an empty measure in
automatically inserted to the beginning of the Song. This
measure contains various Song initialization parameters.
When a SMF is loaded, the empty measure is automati-
cally removed.

FAST TRACK DELETION

When you are in the Main page of the Song Record
mode, and the Song tracks are shown in the display,
keep the DELETE button pressed, and press one of the
VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding to the track
to delete. The "Are you sure?" message will appear.
Press ENTER to delete the track, or EXIT to abort.

HOW TO DELETE A WHOLE SONG

While in the Main page, you can delete a whole Song,
with the simple SHIFT + DELETE button sequence.
1. Enter the Song mode. You must be in the Main
page of the mode. If you are in Record mode, go
back to the Playback mode.
2. Press SHIFT + DELETE.
3. The "Delete Song?" message appears. Press
ENTER to confirm, EXIT to abort.

MAIN PAGE

Press SONG to access this page from another operating
mode.
Note: When switching from Style Play to Song, the Song
Setup is automatically selected, and various track parameters
may change.
Press EXIT/NO to access this page from the Menu or
any of the Song Play edit pages.
To see the Song's tracks, use the TRK SELECT button to
switch from the Main page to the Tracks pages. Pressed
a first time, you will see tracks 1–8 (enlightened TRK
SELECT LED); a second press will show tracks 9–16
(flashing TRK SELECT LED); pressed again, you will go
back to the Main page (TRK SELECT LED switched off).
Song icon Page header
Song icon
When on, this icon shows that the instrument is in Song
mode.
Page header
This line shows the selected Song name.
Bar number
This counter shows the current bar number position of
the selected Song.
B (Load Song)
Use these buttons to select a Song (i.e., a Standard
MIDI File). The Song Select page opens, and you can
select a Song (see below "Song Select page").
C (Save Song)
This command saves the edited Song as a Standard
MIDI File. After pressing this command, the Save Song
page appears (see "Save Song page" on page 91).
D (Select Tempo)
Select this parameter to use the TEMPO/VALUE sec-
tion to select the Tempo. When you select this parame-
ter, the VALUE LED turns off.
Note: The tempo is always record in overwrite mode (old
data is replaced by the new data).
F (Metro)
Use these buttons to turn the metronome on/off during
playback.
Song operating mode
Transport controls
Bar number
89