Chord/Acc Step Recording; Main Page (Backing Sequence Play) - Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual

Play a solo intro, or start the auto‐accompaniment
with the START/STOP button. To start with the
Style playing right from bar 1, keep the chord
pressed during the precount, and press START/
STOP before the end of the precount. Otherwise,
the Style will start playing from the next bar, fol‐
lowing the one where you pressed START/STOP.
Since you can use any Style control, you could start with
the usual combinations (INTRO, ENDING, FILL... see
"Playing a Style (Automatic Accompaniment)" on
page 27 for more information).
Note: While in Backing Sequence mode, you can't
record the SYNCHRO, FADE IN/OUT, TAP TEMPO/
RESET, ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME controls.
8. Play your music. You can even stop the Style by press‐
ing START/STOP. If you stop the Style while record‐
ing, start it again with the START/STOP button.
9. When finished recording your performance, press
the left PLAY/STOP button. The RECORD LED
will turn off, and you will go back to the Playback
page (see "How to playback a Song" before).
The recorded Song will be automatically converted
to the Standard MIDI File format.
10. At this point, you can edit the Song in Song mode
(see "Song operating mode" on page 88), or save it
to a card (see "Save Song page" on page 84).
Warning: The recorded Song is in RAM (Random
Access Memory), and will be deleted when turning the
instrument off, or entering Record again (either in
Backing Sequence or Song mode). Save the Song to the
card, if you wish to preserve it.

CHORD/ACC STEP RECORDING

While in the Backing Sequence operative mode, you
can enter the Chord/Acc Step Mode to create or edit the
Style (Chord/Acc) part of a Song. This mode lets you
enter chords even if you are not a keyboard player, or
fix any error made playing chords or selecting Style
controls, during the Realtime Recording mode.
You can edit only Songs created on the microAR‐
RANGER, Pa50, Pa60 or Pa80 (Backing Sequence mode),
provided that you have the same Styles in the same loca‐
tions. When saving a Song created in Backing Sequence
mode, all Chord/Acc data is preserved, and can be loaded
later, to be edited using the Chord/Acc Step Mode.
Here is how to enter the Chord/Acc Step Mode, and
execute your editing:
1. Press B.SEQ to enter the Backing Sequence mode.
2. Press RECORD. You will be prompted to select the
Realtime Recording mode or the Chord/Acc Step
Mode.
Backing Sequence operating mode
3. Press one of the B (Chord/Acc Step Mode) VOL‐
UME/VALUE buttons to enter the Step Mode. The
Chord/Acc Step mode page appears (see "Chord/
Acc Step Recording page" on page 85).
4. Select the M(easure) parameter, and go to a differ‐
ent position into the Song, using the TEMPO/
VALUE controls, or the A VOLUME/VALUE but‐
tons. Alternatively, you can move the locator using
the < > and << >> buttons. See "Transport controls"
on page 87.
5. Select the parameter type to insert, edit or delete at
the current position. If an arrow ( ) appears next to
a parameter, the shown event has been inserted at
the current position.
6. Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls to modify the
selected event. Delete it using the DELETE button.
When editing a parameter without the arrow ( )
next to it, a new event is inserted.
7. Exit the Chord/Acc Step Mode by pressing the
RECORD button.
8. Press START/STOP to listen to the results of your
editing. If they are fine, save the Backing Sequence
on a card.

MAIN PAGE (BACKING SEQUENCE PLAY)

This is the main page of the Backing Sequence mode.
To access this page from another operating mode, press
the B.SEQ button.
Note: When in this page, the keyboard doesn't play.
Backing Sequence icon
Backing Sequence icon
When on, this icon indicates that the instrument is in
Backing Sequence mode.
Page header
This header shows the name of the selected Song.
B (Load Song)
Use these buttons to select a Song (i.e., a Standard
MIDI File). The Song Select page opens, and you can
select a Song (see below "Load Song page").
Chord/Acc Step recording
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