The Arrangements; What Are Styles And Arrangements; How To Program The Midi; Selecting An Arrangement - Korg i40M User Manual

The arrangements

What are styles and
arrangements
The i40M features an automatic accompaniment sys-
tem based on styles and arrangements. Playing with
this system is just as if you had a real band backing
you with six instruments: three harmonic instruments,
bass, drums and a percussion set.
The styles provide the musical structure of the accom-
paniment, while the arrangements provide the
sounds, effect and some general parameters. Generally
speaking, the style is the "music style", while the
arrangement is its "instrumentation".
During the playback you can select the arrangements
and play live with the three real time tracks Upper 1,
Upper 2 and Lower (two tracks at a time: Upper 2 and
Lower exclude one other).

How to program the MIDI

The i40M need to receive the chords from a controller
(MIDI keyboard, digital piano, MIDI accordion, MIDI
guitar etc.). Then the arranger will transform the
chords in accompaniment patterns according to the
selected arrangement and style.
The chords must get at least to one of these special
MIDI channels: Global, Chord 1, and Chord 2. For
information on the connection of the MIDI controller
see the detailed description contained in "MIDI" on
page 44.
The KEYBOARD MODE section of the control panel
works only if the controller is connected through the
Global channel. This channel is generally used when
connecting a master keyboard. For more information
on the Global channel see "The Global channel" on
page 45.

Selecting an arrangement

The i40M includes 192 arrangements divided into
three banks of 64 each (64 in bank A, 64 in bank B, and
64 programmable in bank USER).
The arrangement families are listed in the top section
of the control panel. The complete list of the arrange-
ments is contained at the end of this guide (see
page 205).
Press ARR. PLAY to enter the Arrangement Play
1
mode.
The ARR.PLAY led will light up. The ARR.PLAY
indicator will appear on the display.
Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light
2
up the ARRANG led.
3 Press one of the BANK [A], [B] or [USER] but-
tons.
Enter a two-digit number between 11 and 88
4
using the buttons of the NUMBER section.
If the arrangement is contained in the same bank as
the selected arrangement, you only need to enter a
two-digit number, without pressing a BANK but-
ton.
Arrangement Preview. In the Arrangement Play
mode the Arrangement Preview function allows
you to view the arrangement name on the display
before selecting it.
Press a BANK button, use a NUMBER button to
select the tens – if necessary – then select the
arrangement with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons
and confirm with ENTER/YES.
Once the selection has been completed, the name of
the selected arrangement will appear on the dis-
play:
Tempo of selected arrangement
Selected arrangement
The style (and the accompaniment patterns)
changes and:
• if the SINGLE TOUCH led is on, also the real
time programs (Upper 1, Upper 2, and Lower
tracks) change;
• if the TEMPO led is off, also the metronome
time changes.
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