Song Record Page - Korg microARRANGER Owner's Manual

92 Song operating mode
Song Record page
• To jump to the next measure, filling the remain‐
ing beats with rests, press the >> button.
5. To change the step value, use the NOTE VALUE
buttons, on the lower left area of the control panel.
6. Insert a note, rest or chord at the current position.
• To insert a single note, just play it on the key‐
board. The inserted note length will match the step
length. You may change the velocity and relative
duration of the note, by editing the V (Velocity)
and D (Duration) parameters. See "V (Velocity)"
and "D (Duration)" on page 94.
• To insert a rest, just press the REST button. Its
length will match the step value.
• To tie the note to be inserted to the previous one,
press the TIE button. A note will be inserted, tied
to the previous one, with exactly the same name.
You don't need to play it on the keyboard again.
• To insert a chord or a second voice, see "Chords
and second voices" below.
7. After inserting a new event, you may go back by
pressing the < button. This will delete the previ‐
ously inserted event, and set the step in edit again.
8. When finished recording, press SEQ1 PLAY/STOP
to turn off its LED. The Main page of the Song
Record mode appears again.
9. From the Main page of the Song Record mode,
press RECORD to exit the Record mode. While in
the Main page of the Song mode, you may press
SEQ1 PLAY/STOP to listen to the Song, or select
the Save Song command to save the Song to the
card.
Chords and second voices
With microARRANGER, you are not obliged to insert
single notes in a track. There are several ways to insert
chords and double voices. For more information, see
the "Chords and second voices in Step Record mode"
section on page 60 of the "Style Record mode" chapter.
SONG RECORD PAGE
While in the Song mode, press RECORD to enter the
Song Record mode. The Song Record page appears.
Rec (Record mode)
Set this parameter to select a recording mode.
Overdub The newly recorded events will be mixed
to any existing events.
Overwrite The newly recorded events will replace
any existing events.
Auto Punch Recording will automatically begin at the
"S" position, and stop at the "E" position
(see the following line).
Note: The Auto Punch function will not work
on an empty Song. At least one track must
already be recorded.
PedalPunch Recording will begin when pressing a
pedal set to the "Punch In/Out" function,
and will finish when pressing the same
pedal again.
Note: The Pedal Punch function will not work
on an empty Song. At least one track must
already be recorded.
StepDub Step Overdub. This recording mode lets
you enter events one at a time, adding
events to the existing events.
StepOwr Step Overwrite. This recording mode lets
you enter events one at a time, overwrit‐
ing all existing events.
Trk (Track)
Track in record.
1...16 One of the 16 tracks selected. To select a
track, go to the Track pages (see "Tracks 1–
8 page" on page 89 and "Tracks 9–16
page" on page 89).
S/E (Start/End)
These parameters appear only when the "Auto Punch"
recording mode is selected. They set the starting and
ending points of the Punch recording.
Metro (Metronome)
This is the metronome heard during recording.
Off No metronome click will be heard during
recording. A one‐bar precount will be
played before starting recording.
On1 Metronome on, with a one‐bar precount
before starting recording.
On2 Metronome on, with a two‐bar precount
before starting recording.