Table Of Contents - Korg microSTATION Operation Manual

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction to
the microSTATION . . . . . . . . . 1
Main features of the microSTATION . . . . . . . . . 1
Front and rear panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the microSTATION's modes . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Basic operating methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning the power on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning the power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting audio equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a damper pedal, foot pedal, or foot
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the microSTATION to
a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing and editing programs . . 15
Playing programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Performing with the arpeggiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Editing a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Easy editing using the buttons and knobs . . . . . 17
Restoring settings you've edited . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editing a program in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Before you start editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Summary of the edit pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic oscillator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Adjusting the filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table of Contents

Adjusting the amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Arpeggiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Assigning functions to knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Automatically importing a program into
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Playing and
editing combinations . . . . . . 24
Playing combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting a combination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Performing with the arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using controllers to modify the sound . . . . . . . .25
Easy combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Simple editing using the knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Saving a Combination you've edited . . . . . . . . .25
Editing a combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A suggested approach for editing . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Changing the program assigned to
each timbre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . .27
Editing parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
MIDI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Altering Programs to
fit within a Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Reverting the edited settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Automatically importing a combination into
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Creating songs
(Sequencer mode) . . . . . . . . . 31
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
About the microSTATION's Sequencer . . . . . . .31
Sequencer mode structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
What each button does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Performing in Sequencer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Switching MIDI tracks during playback. . . . . . .33
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Let's try recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Recording with the Loop function. . . . . . . . . . . .35
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