Parts And Their Functions - Korg Poetry Owner's Manual

Parts and their functions

(rear)
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Connecter box
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Control panel
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1. Power button: Press this button to turn on the Poetry. At
the same time, the display and sound buttons light up.
To turn off the Poetry, hold down this button for about 1
second. The Poetry will turn off when the power button
is released.
When the Poetry is turned off, all parameters re-
turn to their factory default settings. However, the
Poetry can be set to save the parameter settings (Re-
fer to "Save parameter settings" on page 16).
Auto Power Off
The Poetry can be set to automatically turn off after a set
period of time has passed with no keys being played or
with no songs being played back. To disable this feature
refer to "Auto power off" on page 16.
2. VOLUME knob: This knob adjusts the volume for the
speakers, the LINE OUT jack and the headphone jacks.
3. PIANO SONG button: This button is used to enter Piano
song mode. In that case, the button lights up. Simultane-
ously pressing this button and the TRANSPOSE button
enters the Sound demo song mode.
4. TRANSPOSE button: This button is used to adjust trans-
position. While transposing, the button lights up. Simul-
taneously pressing this button and the PIANO SONG
button enters the Sound demo song mode.
5. FUNCTION button: This button is used to enter the
Function mode, where pitch, temperament and other
settings can be specified. Hold down the button to enter
the MIDI function mode, where MIDI settings can be
specified. The button lights up when the Poetry enters
the Function mode and blinks when it enters the MIDI
function mode.
6. TOUCH button: This button lets you select the keyboard
sensitivity.
7. BRILLIANCE button: This button is used to adjust the
brightness of the tone.
8. REVERB button: This button is used to turn on/off the
reverb, which adds ambience to the sound. When this
effect is on, the button will be lit up.
9. CHORUS button: This button is used to turn on/off the
chorus, which adds richness to the sound. When this
effect is on, the button will be lit up.
10. BANK button, LEDs: This button is used to select the de-
sired sound bank. The LED for the bank that's currently
selected will light up.
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11. Sound buttons: These buttons are used to select from
30 sounds (10 × 3 banks). Two buttons can be pressed to
play two sounds simultaneously (Layer mode).
12. DISPLAY button, LEDs: This button is used to select the
content of the multidisplay. The illuminated LED indi-
cates the current content.
13. Display: The LED display shows various information
as well as the selected setting for the metronome and
Function Mode parameter.
14. +, - buttons: Use these buttons to specify a setting, value
or song.
15. METRONOME button: Use this button to start/stop the
metronome. While the metronome is being used, the
button is lit. In addition, hold down the button to enter
the Metronome settings mode, where various metro-
nome settings can be specified (see page 12).
16. Recorder buttons: Use these buttons to record ( ), play
back/pause ( ) and stop ( ) performances as well as
to select the part to be recorded/played back (PART1
and PART2).
17. MIDI (IN, OUT) jacks: These jacks allow the Poetry to in-
teract with other MIDI equipped devices—keyboards,
drum machines, synthesizers, etc.
OUT (left): Sends MIDI data OUT of the Poetry to the
MIDI IN of the other device.
IN (right): Receives MIDI data being sent from the MIDI
Out of the other device.
18. LINE OUT jack: This stereo mini phone jack is the main
audio output jack. Using this jack, the output of the Po-
etry can be connected to the input of an external ampli-
fier, powered speaker, audio interface or recorder, etc.
The VOLUME knob controls the output volume.
19. Headphone ( ) jacks (front of connector box): Two ste-
reo mini headphone jacks are located underneath the
keyboard to the left-hand side. Plugging headphones
into either of these jacks will mute the internal speakers.
20. Speaker connector: The cord from the speaker box
plugs into this connector (see "Assembling the Stand"
on page 4).
21. DC 24V jack: Connect the included AC adapter here.
22. Pedal connector: The cord from the pedal unit plugs into
this connector (see "Assembling the Stand" on page 4).
For the following terminals, use a cable of 3 m or less to
prevent malfunction.
MIDI (IN, OUT) jacks, Headphone ( ) jacks
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