Front Panel - Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual

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Front panel

3. FRONT PANEL
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1 Power switch ( )
This turns the microARRANGERʹs power on or off.
2 MASTER VOLUME
This slider controls the overall volume of the instru‐
ment, both of the internal speakers, the L/MONO and
RIGHT outputs, and the HEADPHONES output.
Warning: At the maximum level, with rich‐sounding Songs,
Styles or Programs, the internal speakers could distort dur‐
ing signal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Vol‐
ume a little.
3 ACC/SEQ VOLUME
This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume
(Style Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding
the Realtime tracks (Song and Song Play modes). This
is a relative control, where the effective maximum
value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME slider
position.
4 ASSIGN.SLIDER
This is a freely programmable slider (see "Sld (Slider)"
on page 126). By default, it acts as the Keyboard
Expression control, to let you balance the relative vol‐
ume of the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.
5 MODE section
Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes
of the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.
STYLE PLAY
Style Play mode, where you can play
Styles (automatic accompaniments) and/
or play up to four Realtime tracks on the
keyboard.
In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks are shown on the right half of the
display. You can reach the main page by
pressing EXIT from any of the Style Play
edit pages. If you are in a different operat‐
ing mode, press STYLE PLAY to recall the
Style Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT
LED is on, press TRACK SELECT to turn
it off and see the Realtime tracks.
This operating mode is automatically
selected when the instrument is turned
on.
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SONG PLAY
Song Play mode, where you can playback
16‐track Songs in Standard Midi File
(SMF) format directly from the memory
card. You can also play ".MID" and
".KAR" files directly from the memory
card. Since the microARRANGER is
equipped with two sequencers, you can
even play two Songs at the same time, and
mix them with the BALANCE slider.
In addition to the Song tracks, you can
play one to four Realtime (Keyboard)
tracks, along with the Song(s). In the main
page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are
shown on the right half of the display. You
can reach the main page by pressing EXIT
from any of the Song Play edit pages. If
you are in a different operating mode,
press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or
flashing, press TRK SELECT one or two
times to turn it off and see the Realtime
tracks.
B.SEQ Backing Sequence mode, where you can
record a new Song based on the Realtime
and Style tracks, and save it as a new Stan‐
dard MIDI File.
SONG Song mode, where you can play, record, or
edit a Song.
PROGRAM Program mode, to play single Sound Pro‐
grams on the keyboard, or edit them.
Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY
DEMO
buttons together to select the Demo mode.
This mode lets you listen to some Demo
Songs, to let you hear the sonic power of
the microARRANGER.
6 GLOBAL
This button recalls the Global edit environment where
you can select various global settings. This edit envi‐
ronment overlaps any operating mode, which will still
remain active in the background. Press EXIT to go back
to the underlying operating mode.
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