Playing And Editing Programs; Playing Programs; Selecting A Program - Korg microSTATION Operation Manual

Playing and editing programs

About the microSTATION's programs
On the microSTATION, a "program" is the basic
sound. You'll use Program mode to play programs.
Programs are also used outside of Program mode.
In Combination mode you can combine multiple
programs to create complex sounds.
In Sequencer mode you can assign a program to each
MIDI track of the internal sequencer, or use the
microSTATION as a sound module that's played from
an external 16‐channel MIDI sequencer.
In this section we'll explain basic ways to use
programs, such as using the panel buttons in Program
mode and basic editing.

Playing programs

Selecting a program
You can select a program in any of the following ways.
• Use the CATEGORY SELECT buttons and the 
buttons or the function 01–16 buttons
• Use a connected foot switch to select programs: PG
p.65
• Receive MIDI program changes to select programs:
PG p.60, PG p.63, PG p.305
For details, refer to the explanations below.
Using the CATEGORY SELECT buttons
and the  buttons
1. Press the MODE PROG button (the LED will light).
You will enter Program mode, and the PROG PLAY
page will appear.
The lower line of the display shows the index
number and the name of the program.
The " " shown at the left of the index number
indicates that you can press the  button to select
programs within the current category. If a "‐" is
shown at the left of the number, that category
contains only one program.
Note: If the Global/Media mode "ScrollText" setting
is On, names etc. that cannot be shown in the
display because of their length will scroll.
2. Use the CATEGORY SELECT
buttons to choose a program
category.
You can choose from the following nine categories.
Category
ALL All categories
Acoustic piano, electric piano, clavi/
KEYBOARD
harpsichord, and organ sounds
STRINGS/BRASS/ String, vocal, brass, woodwind, and
WOODWIND reed sounds
GUITAR Acoustic and electric guitar sounds
Electric, acoustic, and synth bass
BASS&BASS SPLIT
sounds
SYNTH Fast, slow, and motion synth sounds
LEAD&SOLO SPLIT Synth lead sounds
DRUM/MALLET/ Drum and percussion, bell, mallet, and
HITS sound effects
Sounds saved as the user category
USER (when shipped from the factory,
contains initialized programs)
The front panel CATEGORY indicators show the
selected category.
The first time you select a category, program 001 of
that category will be shown.
3. Use the  buttons to select
a program.
4. Play the keyboard to hear the
sound of the selected
program.
Using the CATEGORY SELECT buttons
and the function 01–16 buttons
Selecting a program by entering a numerical
value
1. Use the CATEGORY SELECT buttons to choose
the desired program category.
2. Press the front panel NUM
LOCK button to turn Num
Lock on (LED lit‐up).
3. Use function buttons 01 (1)–10
(0) to enter a numerical value, and then press the
14 (ENTER) button. You'll switch to the program
of the index number you specified.
Selecting programs in groups of 16
1. Use the CATEGORY SELECT buttons to choose
the desired program category.
2. Turn the front panel PLAY/MUTE, NUM LOCK,
and GRID SEQ buttons all off (LED unlit).
Explanation
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