Parameter Guide; Timbre Parameters - Korg Microkorg XL User Manual

microKORG XL

Parameter Guide

1. Timbre parameters

NAME
The microKORG XL lets you assign a name of up to eight characters to
each program. In Play mode, the display will show the program number and
program name.
To edit the program name
1. Use knob [1] to select the NAME page.
2. Use knob [2] to move the cursor to the character that you want to change.
3. Use knob [3] to specify the desired character.
4. Repeat steps 2–3.
The edited program name will be lost if you turn off the power or
switch programs before writing. If you want to keep the edited pro-
gram name, be sure to write the program ( p. 31).
COMMON
Here you can make settings that apply to the entire program and settings
that specify how the timbres will sound. You can choose whether to use
only a single timbre (SINGLE), or how to use two timbres (LAYER, SPLIT,
MULTI). You can also specify whether the timbre selected by the TIMBRE
SELECT lever will play monophonically or polyphonically, and specify how
retriggering will occur.
If you simultaneously play more keys than the maximum number of voic-
NOTE
es that can be sounded according to these settings, the last-played keys
will take priority.
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VOIC.MODE................................................ [SINGLE, LAYER, SPLIT, MULTI]
This parameter determines how many timbres a program will use, and how
those timbres will be allocated.
SINGLE: Only one timbre will be used.
LAYER: Two timbres will be used. When you play the keyboard, both tim-
bres will sound simultaneously. You can edit each timbre individually.
SPLIT: Two timbres will be used. You can specify a range of notes for each
timbre, and play each timbre from a different area of the keyboard. Each
timbre can be edited separately.
MULTI: Two timbres will be used. This mode is mainly used when playing
the microKORG XL from an external MIDI device. Each timbre can be
edited separately.
SPLIT.KEY ............................................................................... [C-1...G9]
This parameter will appear if "VOIC.MODE" is set to "SPLIT." It specifies
the range in which each timbre will sound.
Notes below the note number you specify will be sounded by timbre 1, and
notes above (and including) that number will be sounded by timbre 2.