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Korg EX-800 Owner's Manual

Korg EX-800 Owner's Manual

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EX-800
PROGRAMMABLE
POLYPHONIC SYNTHE MODULE
OWNER' S MANUAL

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  • Page 1 EX-800 PROGRAMMABLE POLYPHONIC SYNTHE MODULE OWNER’ S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 POLYPHONIC SYNTHE MODULES Thank you and congratulations on your choice o f the KORG EX-800. This instrument has been engi­ neered fo r highest quality sounds and superb reli­ ability. To obtain optimum performance from your new KORG EX-800, please read this manual care­...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    6-4 MEMORY TRANSFER.................... 31 6-5 TYPICAL CONNECTIONS..................31 TAPE INTERFACE 7-1 Saving program and sequencer data on tape............. 34 7-2 Recorded data tones....................35 7-3 Verify........................35 7-4 Loading data into the EX-800 ................... 37 POW ER SUPPLY RACK MOUNTING SPECIFICATIONS/OPTIONS • •...
  • Page 4 FEATURES 1. Controllable through MIDI interface, the EX-800 offers easy and low cost expansion capabilities, with eight separately articulated voices and 64-program memory. 2. DCOs provide pitch stability. Double mode pairs two voices per note, for complex layered sounds. 3. Digital Access Control System gives fast pushbutton progrm and parameter selection/adjustment.

  • Page 5: Important Notes

    The specific conditions and terms CLEANING: of the warranty are listed on the enclosed warranty registration • Use only a soft dry cloth to clean the surface of the EX-800. card. NEVER use benzene, thinners or similar solvents.

  • Page 6: Front Panel Nomenclature

    FRONT PANEL"’" NOMENCLATURE Indicator Parameter Program Value Parameter index Write switch ▲ ▲ ▲ D C 9 V PHONES L/M O N O DISABLE/ENABLE DISABLE/ENABLE ‘------ OUTPUT------ ‘ PROGRAM SEQUENCER '-------------W RITE------------- ' WAVE­ OCTAVE 1 6 ' ON/OFF FO RM PARA­...

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Nomenclature

    REAR PANEL----- NOMENCLATURE © r g , r © « r O ■ a (© ) 2 © ) © ©...

  • Page 8: Basic Connections

    Use the rear panel L /M O N O jack if you want to connect the exactly the same MIDI information from the sending device EX-800 to ju st one amp or one mixer channel. Use L/M O N O at the same time.

  • Page 9: Function And Operations

    Total GRAMS and to SELECT PARAMETERS within a program. 11 ~ 18 When the EX-800 is turned on, Program Select mode is au­ 2 1 ~ 2 8 tomatically chosen (only three characters shown in the Dis­ 3 1 — 38 play).
  • Page 10 ’ i PROGRAM The dash in the right hand digit position means that the < EX-800 is waiting for you to select the second digit. (The old program will sound until the second digit is entered.) BANK HOLD NOTE: I f the first digit was selected incorrectly, just press the desired Select any program between c‘8...

  • Page 11: Sound Synthesis

    SOURCES, sound MODIFIERS, and sound CONTROLLERS. common way of creating new programs. The basic sound SOURCES used in the EX-800 are eight Di­ On the EX-800, each parameter and its value are expressed gital Controlled Oscillators (DCOs). The DCOs produce the ac­...

  • Page 12: Ex-800 Synthesizer Modules And Parameters

    Squarewave ( n ) at Value , and The basic sound sources of the EX-800 are the eight Digital­ Sawtooth ( [ \ ) at Value ly Controlled Oscillators (DCOs), which offer precise frequency tuning and stability througfrthe use of advanced integrated •...

  • Page 13: Dco 1

    The Harmonics parameters turn any combination of The DCO MODE parameter determines the basic architec­ individual squarewave harmonics on and off, regard­ ture of the EX-800: less of the Waveform Parameter Value. This allows a wide variety of different waveforms to be created. For...

  • Page 14: Dco 2

    L E V E L VALUE cial effects, either by itself or mixed with the DCOs. Unlike any other synthesizer, the EX-800 can “ envelope” or articu­ Max. late Noise SEPARATELY from the oscillators, which can be used to add small amounts of “ breath noise” to simulated Min.

  • Page 15: Vcf

    The Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) controls tonal quality of DCO waveform (timbre) by selectively removing and emphasizing different overtones of the DCO waveforms. The VCF used in the EX-800 Soft timbre is a LOW PASS filter: it passes over tones BELOW the Cutoff...

  • Page 16: Chorus

    EG Intensity has a range of (no sweep) to IS Half ( ! ) Cutoff changes only 1 HALF OCTAVE FOR EVERY OCTAVE change in the high­ (maximum sweep). est note played. This tends to make low­ VALUE EG INT er notes brighter (more overtones) than higher notes, since the VCF cuts out more Sweep deep...

  • Page 17: Deg

    O FF CHORUS 3.4.7 DEG_____________________________ The EX-800 has nine Digital Envelope Generators (DEGs). 8 of the DEGs (DEG 1 or DEG 1 & 2) control the volumes of the 8 individual DCOs, providing individual articulation (at­ tack, decay, etc.) for each note. The remaining DEG (DEG 3) dynamically changes the VCF Cutoff and Noise level.
  • Page 18 Slope has no effect when Break Point and Sustain DECAY (Rate) are set to the same value. Determines the rate at which the envelope contour falls from the maximum (Attack) level to the BREAK POINT level, after the ATTACK phase is completed. •...

  • Page 19: Midi

    |3~4.8 MG I ________________________________________________ NOTE: Delay also affects modulation added through the Joystick. The Modulation Generator (MG) is a low frequency control oscillator used for regular, cyclic modulation of DCO pitch and VCF cutoff frequency. The MG can be used for vibrato, growl, automatic wah-wah and other “...
  • Page 20 Selecting RCV CH-2 will allow the EX-800 to play the SEQ CLK (Sequencer Clock) POLY-800’s Sequencer note data. Selecting channels 3 thru 16 will allow the EX-800 to receive BOTH Key­ This parameter determines whether EX-800 se­ board and Sequencer note data from the POLY-800.

  • Page 21: Creating Sounds

    4. CREATING SOUNDS New sounds are created on the EX-800 by changing or EDIT­ Number Select Buttons (see section 2, Selecting Programs, if you’re not sure how to do this). ING old programs. Since the Digital Control system provides complete, detailed information about all programs in memory, C A N C E L no Manual mode (found in older synthesizers) is needed.
  • Page 22 When you select a Parameter and then change it, a small LED A horizontal line appears until you select the next digit (which means the programmer is waiting for an input). dot will turn on in the lower right corner of the VALUE Display. If the first digit selected was wrong, simply press the ‘...

  • Page 23: Writing Programs To Memory

    NOTE: ed from the EX-800. A t this point (before the second button is pressed), the “old” sound in memory is still unchanged. I f you pressed the wrong...

  • Page 24: Moving Programs

    IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO SAVE YOUR PROGRAMS • A horizontal line appears after the first digit is selected (which ON TAPE FOR FURTHER PROTECTION (see Section 7). means the programmer is waiting for an input). • If you pressed the wrong number for the first digit (AND ARE ABOUT TO ERASE THE WRONG PROGRAM): 4.4 MOVING PROGRAMS * switch the rear panel Program Write switch to the DISA­...
  • Page 25 2. Pick a Program Bank to contain the sequence of programs (for example, Bank 4). 3. Since you don’t want program '-!! in your sequence, copy it into the “ free” location (S'-!) as described above. This opens up Program Number '•!! for the first program that you DO want.

  • Page 26: Performance Features

    DCOs. If you want to include chords of up to eight notes happens during 1 “ step’s” worth of time). A sequence then set the EX-800 to the WHOLE mode before starting to pro­ made up only of 4 note chords could hold up to 64 chords gram the EX-800 sequencer.
  • Page 27 Display increases by 3 numbers) • release the ’C’ chord (the Step Number increases by Connect EX-800 MIDI IN jack to MIDI OUT jack of 1 more number, for a total length of 4 steps). keyboard that you will be using to play the notes to be memorized by the EX-800 sequencer.
  • Page 28 9. Play the chord (‘F’, ‘ A ’, ‘B’, ‘E’) again and release it, to i J > . - J> J)J> J) - J)J) enter a “ 16th chord” (S # = 021). 10. Press the STEP switch twice by itself, to insert a 8th rest 1.

  • Page 29: Program Up Footswitch

    Section 6., MIDI, P. 31). In this mode, 6 M ID I clocks are equal to 1 sequencer step. Since M ID I clocks occur at a rate o f • A FOOTSWITCH (KORG PS-1, S-1 etc.) is normally con­ 24 clocks p er quarter note, each sequencer step = one 16th nected to the PROGRAM UP jack on the rear panel.

  • Page 30: Musical Instrument Digital Interface (Midi)

    Data other than the above will be ignored by the EX-800. ond) all normal functions cease, including the display. If received data is erroneous, then the EX-800 will send a data transfer error message out the MIDI OUT port. 6.2 MIDI OUT Used to transfer EX-800 memory contents to external com­...
  • Page 31 POLY-8O O and EX-800. Set POLY-800 SEQ CLK (parameter It lets you obtain different sounds from both units while 88) to value ! (internal). Set EX-800 RCV CH to 1 or 3 - 1 6 reproducing the outputs in different parts of a stereo array.
  • Page 32 M ULTI C H mode. To get out o f this m ode you can turn the Ex-800 o f f or send it a m ode message to return to its default condition.

  • Page 33: Tape Interface

    You can then LOAD either Program data, Se­ dure) to make sure that it is properly recorded on tape. quencer data, or both from the tape into the EX-800, whenever desired. The DISPLAY shows up to six different messages * CANCEL ( S' ) to keep you constantly informed of tape operations and pos­...

  • Page 34: Recorded Data Tones

    The EX-800 will now produce a “ level setting” test tone at the TO TAPE jack (a medium pitched “ooo” sound). Return the rear panel TAPE ENABLE/DISABLE switch Using this tone, adjust the Record Level (Volume) set­...
  • Page 35 TAPE CANCEL r— FROM HIGH Cassette tape recorder Start tape recorder playback. It will take about 14 seconds to Verify the data. There are three possibilities: TAPE R E C O R D E R O U T P U T JA C K H I G H / L O W 1.

  • Page 36: Loading Data Into The Ex-800

    Connect EX-800 rear panel FROM TAPE jack to the tape You may also try changing the setting of the FROM recorder output jack (EARPHONE or LINE OUT). Set TAPE “ HIGH/LOW” switch. FROM TAPE switch to HIGH (earphone) or LOW (line out), according to type of recorder output jack used.
  • Page 37 TAPE switch to the DISABLE position (and make sure all WRITE switches are also set to DISABLE). You will not be able to play the EX-800 if the TAPE switch is left in the ENABLE position. ■ TAPE ■...

  • Page 38: Power Supply

    AC Adaptor Precautions Only use the supplied AC adaptor to power the EX-800. The use of other power sources may damage the EX-800. Use the adaptor in an AC outlet of its specified voltage. Malfunctioning or damage may occur if it is plugged into a socket having too high or low a voltage.

  • Page 39: Specifications/Options

    Release time (ALL 0 - 31). DC 9V AC adapter jack (300 mA minimum; • DEG 3 (FOR Attack time, Decay time, Break Point use only recommended KORG VCF & NOISE) level, Slope time, Sustain level, adapter) Release time (ALL 0 - 31). Dimensions W: 404 mm x D: 222.5 mm x H:...

  • Page 40: Midi Implementation

    0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 FORMAT ID Separate POLY-ON or MONO-ON messages are 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 EX-800 ID ignored. ( 0 0 0 0 * * * * MSB1 RAM DATA 1 -word 0 0 0 0 * * * * ) 5.
  • Page 41 (One word of RAM data)n Least significant 8 bits "* are used for check sum. B4h, B5h, B7h, B9h, 3. Send data to EX-800 MIDI IN in the order: DATA: , 0 1 h , 0 1 h , , 3 7 FOh, 42h, 21...
  • Page 42 Program P aram eter p er ONE note PRAMETER WITH * EXCEEDS BYTE UNIT. NO SPACE BETWEEN NOTES...
  • Page 43 KORG products are manufactured under strict specifications and vol­ tages required by each country. These products are warranted by the KORG distributor only in each country. Any KORG product not sold with a warranty card or carrying a serial number disqualifies the product sold from the manufacturer’s/distributor’s warranty and liability.

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