Correcting The Timing Of Musical Data You Record - Korg CONCERT C-550 Owner's Manual

Muting parts
By muting (temporarily silencing) one Part of a
previously-recorded performance, you can then play
or sing along to add the missing part.
mutes the sound only temporarily , and does not cause
data to be permanently erased (as is done by "Erasing
a Part," discussed on page 20). It is also possible to
use the procedure "Adjusting the volume of each Part"
to set the volume to 0, but in this case playing the
keyboard will produce no sound since the volume has
been set to 0.
1.Press the [PART] switch.
The indicator at the [PART] switch will light, and the
LED display will show the current Part number (01 ~
16). The status (see p.17) of the selected Part will be
shown at the left of the number.
2.Press the [+/UP] or [–/DOWN] switch to
select the Part that you wish to mute.
3.Simultaneously press the [+/UP] and
[–/DOWN] switches to mute the Part.
The LED display will change as shown below, and
when the musical data is played back, this Part will
not play.
4.Simultaneously press the [+/UP] and
[–/DOWN] switches once again, and muting
will be canceled.
The LED display and the volume will return to the
un-muted status.
Muted
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4.Correcting the timing of
musical data you record
You can automatically correct the timing of
your playing as you record. This is called the
This procedure
(realtime) Quantize function. Suppose that you
are playing along with the metronome and
attempting to record the notes just as they are
printed in the musical score. If your timing is
slightly off, this function can automatically
correct your timing. The notes will be mo ved
to the nearest location of the timing interval
you specify. In the e xample belo w, all the
notes are eighth notes, so you would use the
following procedure to set Quantize to "2"=
1.Follow the procedure "1. Recording your
2.On the C-550 hold down the [MIDI] switch
3.Press the [+/UP] or [–/DOWN] switch to
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4.Use steps "5" and following of "1. Record-
Record and playback your performance
Musical
data
Set Quantize to "2"
performance" (p.15) through step "4".
and press the [BASS] switch.
The indicator at the [MIDI] switch will light, and the
indicator at the [BASS] switch will blink. The LED
display will show the quantize resolution.
select the timing resolution to which the
notes will be corrected.
With a setting of "96" the timing will not be corrected,
and your performance will be recorded just as you
play it. With a setting of "12" ~ "1" the timing of your
playing will be corrected to the nearest specified
interval. "12"= , "8"= , "6"=
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"2"= , and "1"= .
Example : With a setting of "12" the timing will be
adjusted to the nearest thirtysecond note
triplet. With a setting of "1" the timing will
be adjusted to the nearest quarter note.
Depending on the selected Quantize resolution,
your performance may change dramatically.
Select an appropriate Quantize setting.
ing your performance" to begin recording.
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The timing is quantized according to the time
signature and tempo of the metronome. Press the
[METRONOME] switch to turn on the metro-
nome before you start recording.
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, "4"= , "3"= ,
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