Playing And Editing Combinations; Playing Combinations; Selecting A Combination - Korg microSTATION Operation Manual

Playing and editing combinations

About the microSTATION's combinations
A "combination" consists of up to sixteen programs,
which can be split or layered. This lets you create
complex sounds that would not be possible for an
individual program. You'll use Combination mode to
play or edit combinations.
This chapter explains the basics of using combinations,
such as how to use the panel buttons and perform
basic editing in Combination mode.

Playing combinations

Selecting a combination
You can select a combination 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: PG p.65
• Receive MIDI program changes: PG p.145, PG p.60,
PG p.63, PG p.305
Details are given below.
Using the CATEGORY SELECT buttons
and the  buttons
1. Press the MODE COMBI button (the LED will
light‐up).
You will enter Combination mode, and the COMBI
PLAY page will appear.
The lower line of the display shows the index
number and the name of the combination.
The " " shown at the left of the index number
indicates that you can press the  button to select
combinations within the current category. If a "–" is
shown at the left of the number, that category
contains only one combination.
If the Global/Media mode "ScrollText" setting is On,
names etc. that cannot be shown in the display
because of their length will scroll.
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2. Use the CATEGORY SELECT buttons to choose a
combination 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
BASS&BASS SPLIT Bass and bass split sounds
SYNTH Fast, slow, and motion synth sounds
LEAD&SOLO SPLIT Synth lead and solo split 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 combinations)
The front panel CATEGORY indicators show the
selected category.
The first time you select a category, combination 001
of that category will be shown.
3. Use the  buttons to select a combination.
4. Play the keyboard to hear the sound of the
selected combination.
Using the CATEGORY SELECT buttons
and the function 01–16 buttons
You can use the CATEGORY SELECT buttons and
function buttons 01–16 to select a combination in the
same way as when selecting a program.
(p. 15 "Using the CATEGORY SELECT buttons and
the function 01–16 buttons")
Overview of the combination memories
When the microSTATION is shipped from the factory,
its combination memory contains 256 preloaded
combinations organized into two banks as shown in
the table below.
In COMBI PLAY when you turn Num Lock on and
press the 14 (ENTER) button, the bank and number are
shown in the right side of the upper line of the display.
Combination memories
Bank Combi. No.
A..B 000...127 Preloaded combinations
Initialized combinations, user
C 000...127
combinations
On the microSTATION, you select combinations using
index numbers within each category. A category is pre‐
assigned to each combination, or can be specified
when you write a combination.
Explanation
Explanation