Song Play Operating Mode; The Songs And The Standard Midi File Format; Transport Controls; Midi Clock - Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual

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Song Play operating mode

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format

11. SONG PLAY OPERATING MODE
The Song Play operating mode is where you can listen
to Songs (played directly from the card), and play along
with the Song on the four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks
(Upper 1–3, Lower). Since the microARRANGER is
equipped with two onboard sequencers, you can play
two Songs at the same time. This is very useful to mix
between two Songs during a live performance.
THE SONGS AND THE STANDARD MIDI FILE
FORMAT
The native Song file format of the microARRANGER is
the Standard MIDI File (SMF), an universal standard
set by all manufacturers. You can read these files with
any musical instrument or computer.
A difference could be in the sound played by each
track. If you recorded a Song with the microAR‐
RANGER (Song mode), using only General MIDI pro‐
grams, you can play the same Song on virtually any
other musical instrument or computer. If you used
KORG native programs, you cannot reproduce the
same sounds on instruments from other brands.
When you read SMFs in Song Play mode, there is no
problem reading files made using only General MIDI
sounds. Sounds could be different when playing a
Song made on a different instrument: despite the wide
compatibility of microARRANGER with other, non‐
standard formats, differences may arise.
If so, go to the Song operating mode and load the SMF.
Then, manually reassign the non‐matching Programs,
replacing them with similar Programs on the microAR‐
RANGER. Then, save the SMF again, and you will be
able to play it in Song Play mode with the correct Pro‐
grams.

TRANSPORT CONTROLS

You can use the separate transport controls for each of
the two onboard sequencers. Use the SEQ1 controls for
Sequencer 1, and SEQ2 controls for Sequencer 2. See
"SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS ‐ SEQ1 and
SEQ2" on page 18 for more information).

MIDI CLOCK

In Song Play mode the MIDI Clock is always generated
by the internal sequencer, even if the Clock parameter
is set to External (see "Clock" on page 127). microAR‐
RANGER transmits only the MIDI Clock message gen‐
erated by Sequencer 1.
SWITCHING BETWEEN SEQUENCERS
DURING EDITING
When you enter Edit mode, you can edit the selected
sequencer's parameters. Go to the main page of Song
Play mode, and select the S1 (A buttons) or S2 (B but‐
tons) to select the sequencer you wish to edit (see
"Main page" on page 73).
SELECTING A SONG COMPOSING ITS
PROGRESSIVE NUMBER
Each Song on a card (up to 9,999) has a progressive
number assigned. You can see this number before the
Song's name in the Song Select page.
While in the Main, Song Select, or Lyrics page, the
STYLE section doubles as a numeric keypad. You can
use it for composing the 4‐digit number corresponding
to the Song you wish to select; the folder selected in the
Song Select page will become the current folder. This
way, you can speed up the Song retrieval.
Selecting a Song in the Song Select page
1. Open the Song Select page.
2. Select the card and open the folder containing the
Song to be selected. This folder will be used also in
the Main and Lyrics page.
3. Compose the 4‐digit number corresponding to the
Song you wish to select (for example: if the Song is
number "1043", dial 1, 0, 4, 3).
After the fourth digit has been inserted, the window
automatically disappears, and the Song is selected.
• If the Song number is just 1, 2 or 3‐digit long, dial the
number, then press ENTER to confirm (for example:
if the Song is number "52", dial 5, 2, ENTER).
Note: If no Song corresponds to the dialed number, the
"Song not available" message appears. Press any button
to make it disappear.
Selecting a Song in the Main page
While the S1 or S2 field is selected, compose the number
corresponding to the Song you wish to select. The cur‐
rent folder is the one selected in the Song Select page.
Selecting a Song in the Lyrics page
Compose the number corresponding to the Song
you wish to select. The current folder is the one
selected in the Song Select page.

REALTIME AND SEQUENCER TRACKS

The microARRANGER is equipped with a double
sequencer. Each Song can play a maximum of 16 tracks,
for a total of 32 sequencer tracks.
In addition, you can play on the keyboard with four
additional Realtime tracks (Upper 1–3 and Lower). You
can edit the Volume, Mute status, and Program selection
for these tracks on the main page of the Song Play mode.