Turning The Prologue On And Off; Playing Programs And Arpeggiator - Korg prologue Quick Start Manual

Turning the prologue On and Off

Turning the prologue On
1.
Make sure that both the prologue and any external
output devices such as powered monitor speakers
are turned off, and turn the volume of all devices all
the way down.
2.
Turn on the Power switch on the rear panel of the
prologue.
The prologue will enter Play mode upon startup.
3.
Turn on any external output devices such as powered
monitor speakers.
4.
Adjust the volume of your external output equipment,
and adjust the prologue's volume using the MASTER
knob.
Turning the prologue Off
Any Program data in the prologue that has not been
saved will be lost when the power is turned off. Be sure
to save any Program and other important data that you
have edited.
1.
Lower the volume of your powered monitors or
external output system, and turn them off.
2.
Turn off the Power switch on the rear panel of the
prologue.
Once you have turned the prologue off, wait
about 10 seconds before turning the prologue on
again.
Auto Power Off Feature
The prologue features an Auto Power Off feature that
can automatically turn the prologue off after 4 hours
have elapsed with no operation of the knobs, switches,
buttons, or keyboard of the prologue. By default, the
factory setting for the Auto Power Off is enabled.
The Auto Power Off can be disabled using the steps
below.
1.
Press the EDIT MODE button.
2.
Turn the PROGRAM/VALUE knob, and select
GLOBAL EDIT.
GLOBAL EDIT can also be selected by pressing
TIP
the EDIT MODE button.
3.
Press button 8 several times to access the "Auto
Power Off" setting screen.
4.
Turn the PROGRAM/VALUE knob, and select "Off".
5.
Press the EXIT button.
The prologue will enter the Play mode, and the dis-
play will indicate the current Program.
Settings in GLOBAL EDIT are saved automatically.
TIP
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Playing Programs and Arpeggiator

Playing a Program
The prologue has 500 program locations of which 200
or more are preloaded with factory presets. The preset
programs are assigned to the first 200 or so locations
and are organized into sound categories for easy selec-
tion. The remaining locations contain the initialization
program that can be used as a starting point when
creating user programs.
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Make sure the button is unlit.
1.
Check that the prologue is in Play mode.
In Play mode, verify that the EDIT MODE button on
the front panel are unlit. If the EDIT MODE button is
lit, press the EXIT button.
2.
Turn the PROGRAM/VALUE knob to select a Pro-
gram.
Pressing the PROGRAM SORT/EDIT PAGE 1–8
TIP
buttons, the sorting order of the programs can be
changed.
Button 1: program number
Button 2: categories
Button 3: alphabetical
Button 4: "LIKE" tags
Button 5: most used
Button 6: envelope shape
Button 7: random
Button 8: LIVE SET
Long pressing button 8 will add the current pro-
gram to the LIVE SET list.
3.
Play the keyboard to hear the sound.
Playing the Arpeggiator
The arpeggiator can be configured to play notes auto-
matically.
1.
Press the ON/LATCH button to activate the arpeg-
giator.
This button can be used to turn it on and off.
Long pressing the ON/LATCH button will select
TIP
the latch mode.
2.
While the arpeggiator is active, press the TEMPO,
RANGE and TYPE buttons and try multiple setting
combinations.
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