Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual page 35

4 Listen to the Song.
After loading you are back to the main page of the
Song mode.
Press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1) to listen to the Song. The
LED on the button turns on.
Does it sound good? If it is a General MIDI‐compatible
midifile, there is a good chance it does. But we can fur‐
ther improve on it.
5 Stop the Song.
This one is easy: press PLAY/STOP (SEQ1). The LED on
the PLAY/STOP button turns off.
Please, always remember: make any changes to the
Song when the sequencer is not playing. Otherwise, a
Stop command will reset all your changes.
(Not funny, huh?)
6 Select different Programs.
You can replace General MIDI Programs with KORG
Programs. It will sound more rich, more lively.
1. Press TRACK SELECT to see tracks 1–8. The LED
turns on.
You are watching at tracks 1–8. You can switch to
tracks 9–16 by pressing the TRACK SELECT but‐
ton again.
If you press TRACK SELECT again, you are back
to the main page. Press TRACK SELECT AGAIN
to go to tracks 1–8...
2. Select the track you wish to assign a different Pro‐
gram using the VOLUME/VALUE buttons. Press
one of the buttons corresponding to the track to
select. For example, one of the A buttons to select
track 1:
3. Select a Program. You should know how to do. If
not, what about going back for a little to the "Basic
operations" chapter, "Selecting a Program" sec‐
tion, page 25? It will be of a great help in the
future...
Which Programs to choose? With >662 Programs,
you will for sure find your preferred sound. Just
browse any Program bank, and listen to them.
Turn on the DISPLAY HOLD LED, to stay in the
Selecting Window until you have found the right
Program. (Then, press EXIT or DISPLAY HOLD to
exit the window.)
4. Execute as many changes as you like to the other
tracks.
7 Change the volume.
Yes, this is another obvious change. Press MENU to
open the edit menu.
Press one of the A VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to select
the Mixer/Tuning item. Suddenly, a Volume edit page
appears...
Select a track, and use the DIAL or the UP and DOWN
buttons, or the VOLUME/VALUE buttons, to change
the track's volume.
Modify all tracks you think need to be modified.
8 Save the Song.
Your changes will be lost when you load a new Song,
switch to the Song Play mode, or turn the instrument
Tutorial 33
Editing a Song