Style Record Mode; Guitar Mode Page Added; New Chord Types Added; Ntt Type - Korg PA800 Manual

Guitar Mode page added

The Guitar Mode page has been added to the Style Record mode.
It can be accessed when a Guitar track is selected (see "Guitar
Track Type" on page 4), otherwise the Guitar Mode tab will
remain grey (not selectable).
See "Guitar Mode" on page 5 for more information on Guitar
Mode.

New chord types added

Two additional chord types can be selected using the "Chord"
parameter, while in Record 1 page.
The new chord types are Flat Fifth (5b) and Diminished Seventh
(dim7).

NTT Type

The NTT Type parameter has been added to the Style Record >
Record 1 page, to let you choose between the Parallel (classic)
and Fixed (new) NTT modes.
Note: These parameters cannot be selected with Drum, Percussion
or Guitar tracks, and are therefore greyed out.
Note: NTT parameters are separately programmed for each track
of the Style Element.
KORG Pa800 – Operating System release 1.60
NTT Type/Table
NTTs (Note Transposition Tables) are the sophisticated algo-
rithms that allow Korg arrangers to convert recognized chords
into musical patterns. The Note Transposition Table (NTT)
determines how the arranger will transpose pattern notes, when
a chord is recognized that does not exactly match the original
chord of a Chord Variation. For example, if you only recorded a
Chord Variation for the CMaj chord, when a CMaj7 is recog-
nized on the keyboard the arranger must transpose some notes
to create the missing 7th.
There are two general types of NTTs:
• When Parallel types are selected, notes are transposed inside
the area set by the Wrap Around parameter. These tables are ide-
ally suited to melody parts.
as written
• When Fixed types are selected, the arranger moves as few notes
as possible, making legato lines and chord changes more natural.
They are ideally suited to chord tracks (strings, piano etc...).
as written
Note: To conform to Korg specifications, it is advisable to set the
NTT to "No Transpose" on the Intro 1 and Ending 1.
Parallel/Root The root note (in CMaj = C) is transposed to the
missing notes.
Parallel/Fifth The 5th note (in CMaj = G) is transposed to the
missing notes.
As recorded with
NTT = Root or 5th
When you play a CM7
(Key/Chord = CMaj) with NTT = Root
Parallel/i-Series
All original patterns must be programmed on the
"Maj7" or "min7" chords. When loading old
Korg i-Series Styles, this option is automatically
selected.
As recorded with
NTT = i-Series
When you play a CMaj
(Key/Chord = CM7) with NTT = i-Series
Parallel/No Transpose
The chord is not modified, and is moved to the
new key unchanged. The pattern plays exactly the
recorded notes, and is moved to the new key as is.
This is the standard setting of Intro 1 and Ending

Style Record Mode

as played back
as played back
When you play a CM7
with NTT = 5th
When you play a C7
with NTT = i-Series
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