Korg i40M User Manual page 15

5 ACC.VOLUME knob (Accompaniment Volume)
Automatic accompaniment volume. In Song Play
and Song Edit modes it controls the volume of all
tracks, except the one selected (whose volume
remains constant).
6 MODE section
The buttons in this section activate the operating
modes of the instrument (see chapter "Operative
modes" on page 15).
• ARR. PLAY (Arrangement Play) button
This button accesses the Arrangement Play mode.
(The instrument is automatically in this mode when
it is turned on). With this mode you can use the auto-
matic accompaniments.
• B.SEQ (Backing Sequence) button
This button accesses the Backing Sequence mode.
With this mode you can record or playback musical
performances played with automatic accompani-
ments.
• SONG PLAY button
This button accesses the Song Play mode. With this
mode you can directly playback musical perfor-
mances in Standard MIDI File (SMF) format without
loading them from disk.
You can also read the SMF lyrics in the display (Lyr-
ics function). The display mode can be selected with
the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button.
• SONG EDIT button
This button accesses the Song Edit mode. With this
mode you can record, playback, edit and save a Stan-
dard MIDI File (SMF).
• DISK/GLOBAL button
This button accesses the Disk/Global mode. With
this mode you can load and save data from a floppy
disk, and program some of the instrument's general
settings (e.g. pedals and MIDI channels).
• PROGRAM button
This button accesses the Program mode. With this
mode you can play and edit the single programs
(single sounds).
• DEMO buttons
Press both ARR.PLAY and B.SEQ to access the Demo
mode where you can listen to 16 demo pieces.
How to listen to all demos consecutively. To listen
to all demo pieces consecutively access the Demo
mode and press START/STOP. To stop the demo
playback press START/STOP.
How to listen to a single demo. To listen to a single
demo, access the Demo mode and select it. The
demo playback starts immediately.
To select a demo use the buttons of the PROGRAM/
ARRANG section. To select a demo from 1 to 8, press
Getting Started • Front and Rear Panels
PROGRAM/ARRANG to light up the ARRANG led,
and press a NUMBER 1-8 button.
To select a demo from 9 to 16, press PROGRAM/
ARRANG to light up the PROGRAM led and press a
NUMBER 1-8 button.
Press START/STOP to stop the demo playback.
How to exit the Demo mode. To exit the Demo
mode either press EXIT/NO or the button of one of
the operating modes (MODE section).
7 CHORD SCANNING section
Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes:
this section specifies which area of the keyboard will
be used to detect chords for the automatic accompa-
niment. To activate the FULL mode it is necessary to
light the leds of both LOWER and UPPER buttons.
• LOWER button
Chords will be detected in the Lower range (below
the split point). The chord recognition mode is
defined by the "ChordRecog (Chord recognition
mode)" parameter of the Disk/Global mode (see
page 147).
• UPPER button
Chords will be detected in the Upper range (above
and including the split point). The recognition mode
is automatically set at Fingered 2 (see page 147).
• FULL (LOWER + UPPER) buttons
Chords will be detected in the entire range. The rec-
ognition mode is automatically set at Fingered 2 (see
page 147).
• OFF (unlit leds)
Chords are not detected. If the leds are off, when
pressing START/STOP to start the accompaniment,
you can only listen to the Drum and Perc tracks. The
other accompaniment tracks do not play.
8 KEYBOARD MODE section
If the i40M is connected to a keyboard through the
Global channel, these buttons can be used to select
the set-up of the tracks on the keyboard in the
Arrangement Play e Backing Sequence modes.
Note: This section is particularly dedicated to the con-
nection of the i40M to a MIDI keyboard. It only works if
the MIDI controller transmits over the special Global
channel (see page 45).
• M.DRUM button
A different percussion sound is assigned to each
note of the keyboard.
• SPLIT button
The right hand (Upper 1 and Upper 2) and the left
hand (Lower) play different sounds and are sepa-
rated by the split point. The Upper 2 and Lower
tracks are alternative, one excludes the other on the
keyboard.
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