Korg Kaossilator Pro Owner's Manual page 12

Playing a recorded phrase
Press the LOOP RECORDER BANK button
that you want to play; it will begin playing. To
stop playback, press that LOOP RECORDER
BANK button once again.
TIP: If you start playback from a state where all banks
are stopped, the phrase will start playing from its
beginning. If even one bank is already playing, the
newly triggered bank will start playing from the same
position as the bank that's currently playing ensuring
that all banks always play in synchronization.
Adjusting the phrase playback volume
1. Hold down the SHIFT button and press
one of the LOOP RECORDER BANK buttons.
The touch pad will show a bar graph for the
LOOP RECORDER BANK buttons.
2. Touch the touch pad to adjust the playback
volume of each LOOP RECORDER BANK.
3. Press the SHIFT button to return to the
program indication.
Changing the length of a phrase
You can shorten the length of a recorded
phrase to loop it, or extend the length of a
short phrase.
Change the length of a loop recorder bank
that's already been recorded, as described
in "Specifying the length of the phrase to be
recorded"
(→p.11).
If you shorten the playback length, the phrase
will play as a loop of the specified length.
If you increase the playback length, the phrase
of the specified length will play repeatedly over
the specified length. Here's an example of how
you can use this. Specify "L4" (one measure)
and record a rhythm phrase. Then set the
length of that phrase to "L16" (four measures),
and record a melody phrase.
TIP: If you've shortened the playback length, you
are still free to change it back to the original length.
However if you perform recording or erasure on the
phrase in its shortened state, the data will be record-
ed as a phrase of the shortened length, meaning that
the original phrase data will be lost, and you won't be
able to change it back to its original length.
BPM setting during loop recording
The BPM value will be used for the following
parameters during loop recording:
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• Phrase playback speed
• Phrase recording time
If you change the BPM value, the change will
affect the playback speed while recording a
phrase and will be recorded.
The maximum length of a phrase depends on
the BPM you specified. Therefore, changing
the BPM value during loop recording could
cause an overdubbed phrase to be truncated,
or a silent part to be appended to the end of
a phrase.
Also, changing the BPM value in the following
situations will affect the phrase recording:
• You changed the BPM value and recorded
BEFORE the top of the phrase was locat-
ed.
• After recording, but BEFORE the top of the
phrase was located, you changed the BPM
value.
During phrase playback, the KAOSSILATOR
PRO manages the BPM based on a playback
cycle (time duration from the beginning of the
playback until the top of the phrase is again
located).
If you do not want your recording loop to be
affected by unexpected changes in playback
speed or phrase recording time due to changes
in the BPM value, be sure to wait for playback
to return to the top of the phrase, then start re-
cording. Also, after recordings, do not change
the BPM value until the top of the phrase has
been located.
Erasing a phrase
Here's how to erase the recorded content from
the selected phrase. You can also erase while
playing back another phrase.
Erasing a phrase
Here's how you can erase an entire phrase.
You can also erase a phrase while the other
phrases play back.
1. Press the ERASE LOOP button; it will blink.
2. Press the LOOP RECORDER BANK but-
ton of the phrase that you want to erase; era-
sure will begin.