Touch Settings; Transpose; The Metronome - Korg C1 Owner's Manual

Touch settings

The keyboard sensitivity, or touch, can be programmed.
To change the setting, hold down the TOUCH button and
press the + or – button beside the display.
Display Touch sensitivity
001 Light. Loud notes can be produced even by play-
ing lightly.
002 Normal. Normal piano touch.
003 Heavy. Loud notes can be produced only by play-
ing very hard.
004 Stable. Sensitivity variations are reduced, and a
relatively stable sound is produced.
005 Steady. Steady notes are produced, like with an or-
gan, regardless of the force used to press the key.
When the instrument is turned on, the touch setting is
reset to 002 (Normal).
The settings are applied to all sounds.

Transpose

In some cases, a song may be written in a difficult key (e.g.,
many black keys), or you may wish to shift the pitch to
match another instrument or vocalist. In such cases, you
can transpose (shift the pitch) so that you can use an easier
fingering, or use the same familiar fingering to play at a dif-
ferent pitch. This is called the Transpose function.
For example if you transpose upward by one semitone,
playing the notes shown at the lower left will produce the
pitches shown at the right.
While holding down the TRANSPOSE button, press the
keyboard key (F#6–F7) for the desired transposition.
If a keyboard key other than C7 is pressed, the TRANSPOSE
button lights up to indicate that the keyboard is transposed.
The pitch of the entire keyboard is transposed according
to the pitch of the pressed keyboard key in relation to C7.
To return to the original pitches, hold down the TRANS-
POSE button and press the C7 key.
The TRANSPOSE button turns off, and transposition is canceled.
C4
key Effect
F # 6 - B6
6–1 semitones below
C7 Standard pitch
C # 7 - F7
1–5 semitones higher
When the instrument is turned on, the transposing is
reset.
Loud
01 04
05
02
03
Quiet
Quiet Playing strength Loud
F 6
C7 F7

The metronome

The C1/C1 Air is equipped with a metronome, which can be
changed to a bell sound, which is convenient for practicing.
Turning on/off the metronome
1. Press the METRONOME button.
The button lights up, and the
metronome starts.
2. To stop the metronome, press the METRONOME button
again.
The button turns off.
Specifying the tempo
Regardless of whether the
metronome is turned on or
off, press the DISPLAY but-
ton, and then, after the TEMPO LED is lit, press the + or
– button to change the tempo.
The setting range is �� = 40–240.
To return to the default setting (120), simultaneously press
the + and – buttons.
The tempo can also be specified in the Metronome Set-
tings Mode.
Specifying the Time Signature, Volume, Accent
Sound, Tempo and Sound
1. Hold down the METRONOME button until the Met-
ronome Settings Mode is entered.
The METRONOME button blinks.
2. Press the appropriate button shown below to select a
parameter and display its setting in the display, and
then press the + or – button to change the setting.
To restore the default setting, simultaneously press the
+ and – buttons.
Accent Sound
Hold down
the Metronome Settings Mode Time Signature
Setting Setting Range
(Button)
Accent Sound
oFF (no accent sound),
( )
on1 (emphasized sound for the accent beat),
on2 (bell sound for the accent beat)
Tempo ( )
40–240 (same as tempo setting)
Sound ( )
1 (acoustic), 2 (electronic)
Time Signature
02 (2/4), 03 (3/4), 04 (4/4), 06 (6/4)
(PART1)
Volume
01–13
(PART2)
3. After changing the setting, press the METRONOME
button to exit the Metronome Settings Mode.
When the Metronome Settings Mode is exited, the MET-
RONOME button returns to its lighting status (lit or not
lit) before the Metronome Settings Mode was entered.
By performing the "Save parameter settings" (see page
13) operation before the C1/C1 Air is turned off, the
settings specified for the sound, accent sound and vol-
ume before the C1/C1 Air was turned off can be saved
as the default settings.
Tempo
Sound
Volume
Default
setting
off
120
1
04
10
9