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RK-100S Sound Editor Owner’s Manual Mac, Mac logo and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Windows 7 and Windows 8 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
Quick start .............................6 Settings in RK-100S Sound Editor ......................6 Editing a program ..........................6 Writing a program to the RK-100S......................6 Windows and functions in RK-100S Sound Editor................7 Library window .............................7 Program edit window..........................8 Synth Edit window ..........................9 Timbre EQ Edit window........................9 Arpeggiator Edit window ........................10...
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Loading global data from a file ......................22 Preference settings..........................23 MIDI ports ............................23 Operations............................23 Background color..........................23 Other ..............................24 enus ..............................25 RK-100S Sound Editor (Mac OS X only) ...................25 File ...............................25 Edit...............................25 Communication............................26 Settings ..............................26 Window..............................26 Help (Windows only)...........................26 hortcut keys ............................27 Menu items ............................
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 3 Introduction Than k you for purchasing the Korg RK-100S KEYTAR. In order to take full advantage of your new instr ument, please read this manual and use the product as directed. at is RK-100S Sound Editor? RK-100S Sound Editor is software that takes advantage of your computer’s large screen to let you edit...
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 4 Operating requirements A computer that satisfies OS requirements and a USB cable are necessary to use the RK-100S Sound Editor. Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6 or later. Windows Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 (32bit, 64bit), Windows 8.1 (32bit, 64bit).
-100S Sound Editor installer will start up. Follow the on-screen directions to install the software. Installation for Mac OS X users Proceed as follows to install the software in Mac OS X. 1. Copy the “RK-100S Editor” folder to the “Applications” folder. KORG Inc.
RK-100S In order for the parameters that you’ve edited in the RK-100S Sound Editor to be stored into the memory f your RK-100S, you’ll need to write the edited data from the RK-100S Sound Editor into the RK-100S.
RK-100S, edit the program name or comment, and copy or rearrange programs. (→ p.16 “Program management”) Global page the Global page you can edit global data, and transmit and receive global data to or from the RK-100S. p.21 “Global data management”) (→...
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 8 Program edit window Here yo u can make settings that affect the entire program, such as the program name and the voice mode. From thi s window you can also open edit windows for Synth or Arpeggiator settings.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 9 Synth Edit window Here you can edit each timbre’s synth parameters such as oscillator, filter, and amp. [RANDOMIZE] button This sets the synth parameters to random values. Timbre EQ Edit windo Here you can edit each timbre’s equalizer.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 10 Arpeggiator Edit window Here you can select the arpeggiator’s arpeggio type, and make settings for each step. Master Effect Edit window Here you can select the effect type for the master effects, and edit the various parameters.
This window displays the times when files were saved/loaded, the history of communication with the RK-100S, the accessed content, and error information. MIDI Monitor window This window displays the MIDI messages transmitted by RK-100S Sound Editor and the MIDI messages received from the RK-100S. KORG Inc.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 12 Basic operations in the editor windows Here’s how to operate the knobs and switches shown in the edit windows, and how to edit the parameters. Knobs Move the mouse pointer to the desired knob. The operation of the knobs will depend on the System setting “Knob Operation”...
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 13 Switches and buttons Move the mouse pointer to the desired switch or button, and click. Parameters Parameters that you set by dragging Move the mouse pointer to the desired parameter. Drag upward to increase the value, or downward to decrease the value.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 14 Library management Screen items and their function [PROGRAM] button This displays the Program page. [GLOBAL] button This displays the Global page. Loading library data From the menu, choose “File”-”Open” to access the “Open” dialog box. Select the desired library data le and click the [Open] button.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 15 onto the existing version of that f ile. If the file is new, the “Save As” dia log box will appear. Specify the location in which you want to sav e the file, enter the desired file name, an d click the [Save] button to save e library data.
UTO DUMP] button his turns the Auto Dump function on/off. If the Auto Dump function is on, selecting a program in the program list will automatically transmit that program to the RK-100S. KORG Inc.
From the "Communication" menu, choose "Receive all programs" to load all programs from the RK-100S into the program list. Do not operate the RK-100S or RK-100S Sound Editor while data is being transmitted or received. With this operation, favorite program information will not be received from the RK-100S.Choose “Receive all data.”...
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RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 18 You can also move a program to a page that is not currently displayed. Drag the program to the page select tab of the desired destination page; the page will switch, and you can then drop the program o the desired location in the newly displayed page.
[Cancel] button. "Creator" and "Comment" information is not written into the RK-100S. If a program containing "Creator" and "Comment" data is written to the RK-100S and then received back into RK-100S Sound Editor, the "Creator" and "Comment" data will be lost.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 20 Restoring a program You can restore the selected program to the state in which it was prior to editing (i.e., the state saved in the file). From the "Edit" menu, choose "Revert to saved data," and the selected program will be restored to the state prior to editing.
[RECEIVE] button This loads the RK-100S's global data into RK-100S Sound Editor. Do not operate the RK-100S or RK-100S Sound Editor while data is being transmitted or received. [WRITE] button This transmits the global data from RK-100S Sound Editor to the RK-100S and writes it.
RK-100S will be received into RK-100S Sound Editor. Do not operate the RK-100S or RK-100S Sound Editor while data is being transmitted or received. Writing global data to the RK-100S When you click the [WRITE] button or choose the "Communication" menu item "Write global data," the global data in RK-100S Sound Editor will be transmitted to the RK-100S and written.
RK-100S is connected will be found and specified automatically. this is off, use the MIDI IN/OUT port settings to specify the ports to which the RK-100S is connected. IDI IN his specifies the MIDI IN port to which the RK-100S is connected.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 24 Other Receive all data at start-up If this setting is on, all data will be received from the connected RK-100S when RK -100S Sound Editor starts up. KORG Inc.
From Preset Data reates new library data using preset data for RK-100S. oads library data from a library data file saved on your computer. aves the currently edited library data to a library data file on your computer by overwriting the existing ersion of that file.
RK-100S into RK-100S Sound Editor. Send to current program Transm its the program currently selected in RK-100S Sound Editor to the RK-100S. This operation does not write the data into the RK-100S. Settings Show parameter values Shows the values of the knobs and sliders in the edit window.
RK-100S Sound Editor Owner's Manual Page 27 Shortcut keys Menu items Menu item Windows Mac OS X Ctrl + N command + N Open Ctrl + O command + O Save Ctrl + S command + S Save As Ctrl + Shift + S...
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