Pitch Mode And Keyboard Mode; Modulation Mode - Korg SQ-64 Owner's Manual

SQ-64 Owner's Manual

Pitch mode and keyboard mode

Press the PITCH button to enter pitch mode.
In pitch mode, you can edit the pitch(es) associated with each
step. The pitches are output from the track's CV/GATE PITCH
output jack and as along with MIDI note messages.
Note Pitch mode is only available for melody tracks A-C.
Select a Track button A-C while holding down the PITCH button to enable
keyboard mode. In keyboard mode, the top row displays the sequence,
and the lower three rows display a keyboard relevant to the selected
scale. The keyboard layouts below can be selected via global options.
PATTERN
C# D# F# G#
C D E F G
KEYS
LAYOUT :
PATTERN
c ...
A# B
F F# G G# A A# B c c#
C C# D D# E F F# G G#
LAYOUT : ISO
PATTERN
. . . . . . . . .
g g#
c c# d d# e f f#
g g# a
c c# d d# e f f#
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A
OCTAVES
LAYOUT :
A# c# d#
A B c d
g g#
d d# e f f#
A A# B c c# d d#
. .. .. .. ..
. .
a a# b c c# d d#
. . . .
a# b
c c# d d#
A# B C C# D D#
For sequences with more than 16 steps, the BAR button 1-4 can
be used to select which steps are displayed. Select one or more
steps and press the keyboard to set the pitch(es) for those steps.
Each step can hold up to 8 pitches.
Note When multiple pitches are set for a step, the lowest pitch is
saved as a root.
Note The action of each knob is the same as those in the pitch mode.
■ Parameters that can be configured in the pitch mode/keyboard mode
Operation PARAM1
option
Operation by Transposes pitches
knob for the whole
sequence (by note).
[-64...+64]
While holding Transposes pitches
down SHIFT for the whole
sequence (by
octave).
While holding Set the current steps'
down 64 pitch, according to
pads PARAM2's selection.
* In addition to being applied to the keyboard layout, pitches of the sequence
will be quantized to the selected scale.

Modulation mode

Press the MODULATION button to enter modulation mode.
In modulation mode, you can set a modulation value for each
step. The modulation value for each step is output on the track's
CV/GATE MOD output and, either as velocity for MIDI note
messages, or as MIDI control change messages (see SHIFT-
PARAM4 below).
17
PARAM2 PARAM3 PARAM4
Switches between Sets the scale.* Set GATE to ON
Poly mode and [EQUAL, MAJOR, automatically
arpeggiator mode MINOR...,MAJ. when setting a
[MONO, CHORD, PENTA] pitch on a step.
ARP]. [ON, OFF]
Sets the Sets the root note Sets the octave
arpeggiator rate of the scale. for the keyboard
[1X, 2X, 3X, 4X]. [C, C#, D,...,A#,B] [-2,-1,0,+1,+2].
Select the pitch Transpose the pitch Cycles through
that you want to of the currently various pitch
change. selected step. inversions.