Playing The D1; Playing A Single Sound (Single Mode); Playing Two Sounds At The Same Time (Layer Mode) - Korg D1 Owner's Manual

Playing a single sound (Single mode)

You can select a sound from the thirty sounds supplied
with the instrument (10 sounds x 3 banks).
Sound button Bank
PIANO1 1
2
3
PIANO2 1
2
3
E.PIANO1 1
2
3
E.PIANO2 1
2
3
HARPSI/CLAV 1
2
3
VIBES/GUITAR 1
2
3
ORGAN1 1
2
3
ORGAN2 1
2
3
STRINGS 1
2
3
CHOIR 1
2
3
(#) These columns show the number of oscillators per voice
that are used by each sound. (refer to "About maximum
polyphony" on page 16.)
1. Press the sound button for the sound that you want
to play.
The selected button will light up.
2. Press the BANK button to select one of the three
sounds.
Each press of the BANK button switches the bank in
the order 1, 2, 3, 1, ..., and the corresponding LED to the
right of the BANK button will light up.
For example, to select the electric grand piano sound,
press the PIANO2 button, after which its button lights
up.
Then, press the BANK button twice to select bank 3
(Electric Grand Piano); the LED below and to the right
of the BANK button will light up.
In addition, the bank selected for a sound button re-
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Playing the D1

Sound name
Concert Piano
Grand Piano
Pop Piano
Jazz Piano
Honky-tonk Piano
Electric Grand Piano
Stage Electric Piano
Bright Electric Piano
Tremolo Electric Piano
Digital Electric Piano1
Digital Electric Piano2
60's Electric Piano
Harpsichord
Clav
Synth Clav
Vibraphone
Marimba
Acoustic Guitar
Jazz Organ1
Jazz Organ2
Jazz Organ3
Pipe Organ1
Pipe Organ2
Positive Organ
Strings
Cinema Strings
Analog Strings
Aah Choir
Ooh Voices
Classical Choir
mains the same, even if a different sound button is
pressed.
#
3
Each time the D1 is turned on, the sound in bank 1 is
selected for all sound buttons.
3
2
3
Playing two sounds at the same time
2
(Layer mode)
1
You can play two sounds at the same time on the key-
1
board. This is called the Layer mode.
2 Simultaneously press the two sound buttons for the
sounds to be played at the same time.
1
The two selected sound buttons will light up.
2
2
1
2
The leftmost or uppermost selected sound button is layer
1
1, and the other (rightmost or lowermost) one is layer 2 (see
the diagram at the below).
2
1
1
2
2
2
For example, if E.PIANO1 and ORGAN1 are selected,
2
E.PIANO1 is layer 1 and ORGAN1 is layer 2. In order to
2
use sounds in different banks, first select the banks in the
Single mode for the sound buttons to be pressed.
2
For example, to play by layering the grand piano and
2
jazz organ 2 sounds, select bank 2 (grand piano) for the
2
PIANO1 button and bank 2 (jazz organ 2) for the ORGAN1
button, and then press both buttons simultaneously.
2
When selecting Layer mode, the total number of voices
2
that can play at the same time is reduced, depending
2
on the total number of oscillators used by the selected
2
sounds. (refer to "About maximum polyphony" on
page 16.)
3
Sounds in different banks for the same sound button
(concert piano and grand piano for the PIANO1 but-
ton) cannot be selected.
Returning to the Single mode
To return to Single mode, just press a single sound se-
lection button.
Layer mode settings
In Layer mode, the volume balance between sounds
can be adjusted, the octave for each sound can be shift-
ed, and the damper pedal can be enabled or disabled
for each sound. (refer to "Function mode" on page
11.)
1
2
Layer 1
Layer 2