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- Page 1 Quick Start Guide...
- Page 2 Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equipment. If something does slip into the equipment, unplug the AC adapter from the wall outlet. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Then contact your nearest Korg dealer or the store where the This product has been manufactured according to strict equipment was purchased. specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this product via the...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome! ......1 rect user action. Be sure to save your important data to a memory card. KORG will not be responsible for damages Useful links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 caused by data loss. -
Page 4: Welcome
USEFUL LINKS described in detail. • An Appendix, with a list of data and useful information Your preferred KORG dealer also carries a wide range of for the advanced user. Korg hardware and software accessories. Please ask your dealer about additional Programs, Styles, and other useful The quick start guide and PDF ownerʹs manual use the fol‐... -
Page 5: Controlling The Volume
Use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME slider to control the Style tracks (drums, percussion, bass…) volume. This slider Connect a Damper (Sustain) pedal to the DAMPER connector also controls both of the Sequencers tracks, excluding on the back panel. Use a KORG PS‐1, PS‐3 or DS1H foot‐ the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks. switch pedal, or a compatible one. •... -
Page 6: Front Panel
Front panel The music stand 3. FRONT PANEL 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Power switch ( ) SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can playback 16‐ track Songs in Standard Midi File (SMF) format This turns the microARRANGERʹs power on or off. directly from the memory card. You can also MASTER VOLUME play “.MID” and “.KAR” files directly from the This ... - Page 7 Front panel The music stand MEMORY (TIE) SINGLE TOUCH This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on This button turns the Single Touch function on or off. or off. Go to the “Page 24 ‐ Preferences: controls” edit page to When a different Style (or the same again) is decide if this button should be a Chord Memory only, or a selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto‐ Lower/Chord Memory button. When it works as a Lower/ matically ...
- Page 8 Front panel The music stand 24 TAP TEMPO/RESET (INSERT) 19 COUNT IN / BREAK This is a double‐function button, acting in a different way While the Style is not running, press this button, then press depending on the Style status (stop/play). START/STOP. This combination triggers a one‐bar initial count, then the Style starts playing. Tap Tempo: When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the tempo on this button. At the end, the accompaniment starts While the Style is already in play, this button triggers a break playing, using the “tapped in” tempo. (an empty measure beginning with a kick + crash shot). Press it ...
- Page 9 Front panel The music stand 30 VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A–H buttons VALUE Use each button pair to change the correspond‐ ing parameter’s value. The left button decreases the value, the right button increases it. Within this user’s manual, each button pair is marked with an 31 TRACK SELECT alphabetic letter (A–H). See “Display and User Interface” on page 9 for more details. Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between the various tracks view. STYLE PLAY MODE Switches between the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks. SONG PLAY MODE Switches between the main page (showing the Realtime/Keyboard ...
- Page 10 Front panel The music stand 35 VALUE LED 40 KEYBOARD MODE section This LED shows the status of the DIAL and DOWN/‐ and UP/ These buttons define how the four Keyboard (or Realtime) + buttons. tracks are positioned on the keyboard. The DIAL and DOWN/‐ and UP/+ buttons act SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split point, as Value controls, to change the value of the while the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks selected parameter in the display.
- Page 11 Front panel The music stand 48 BALANCE slider Shortcut to see the original bank for a Performance or Pro‐ gram. You can see the original bank where a Performance or In Song Play mode, this slider balances the volume of the two Program is contained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, on‐board sequencers. When fully on the left, only Sequencer and then press the lefmost button of the PROGRAM/PER‐ 1 can be heard. When fully on the right, only Sequencer 2 can FORMANCE section. A message window will appear, show‐ be heard. When in the middle, both sequencers will play at ing the name of the original bank. Release the SHIFT button full volume.
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Page 12: Display And User Interface
Display and User Interface Display controls 4. DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE The display shows the current status of the microAR‐ appearing along the last line using the F‐1–F‐4 buttons. You RANGER and its performance and editing parameters. You can vary many of the parameter’s values by pressing the left can select each parameter by using the VOLUME/VALUE (A– (‐) or right (+) button of any VOLUME/VALUE pair. H) buttons on the side of the display, or each page command Status icons area Style (accompaniment/backing) tracks Realtime (Keyboard) tracks DISPLAY CONTROLS In ... -
Page 13: Interface Structure
Display and User Interface Interface structure INTERFACE STRUCTURE Edit environment. (See diagram at the bottom). When you press GLOBAL or SD CARD, an edit environment overlaps Thanks to its multitasking operating system, the microAR‐ the current operating mode. Press EXIT to go back to the cur‐ RANGER user interface is structured in “overlapping”, active rent operating mode. layers. From the lower level: An edit environment is made up of a menu and a series of •... -
Page 14: Message Windows
Use these unbalanced connectors to send the audio signal (sound) to a mixer, a PA system, a set of powered monitors, Percussion track (Style track view). or your hi‐fi system. Set the output level with the MASTER VOLUME slider. Grouped Drum and Percussion tracks. DAMPER Use this to connect a Damper pedal, like the KORG PS1, PS3 Bass track (Style track view). or DS1H. Grouped accompaniment tracks. This symbol ASSIGN. PDL/SW indicates the five grouped accompaniment Use this to connect a continuous or footswitch pedal, like the tracks (Acc1–5). -
Page 15: Basic Operations
Basic operations Playing on the keyboard 6. BASIC OPERATIONS If you can’t see the track that you’re looking for, use the TRACK SELECT button to scroll up or down the tracks, and find PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD the hidden ones. Mute/unmute. Just play on the keyboard. You will hear the Realtime tracks playing. ... -
Page 16: Selecting A Program
Basic operations Selecting a Program SELECTING A PROGRAM Press one of the 1–0 buttons to select the PROGRAM/ PERFORMANCE bank containing the Performance you You can select a different Program (i.e., sound) to be played by are looking for. a track. Before selecting a Program, you must select the track that you want to assign the Program to. Note: To assign different Programs to the Style tracks, press TRACK SELECT to see the Style tracks. If you select a Program The ... -
Page 17: Selecting A Style
Basic operations Selecting a Style SELECTING A STYLE SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (STS) A Style is a set of rhythm and accompaniment patterns. You A Single Touch Setting (STS) contains Realtime (Keyboard) can select a Style from the internal memory, or from a mem‐ tracks’ settings. Four STS are included in each Style, and can ory card. be recalled by pressing the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F‐1– F‐4) buttons under the display. Use the leftmost STYLE button to select a row of Style banks (upper, lower). Note: You can select a STS only when you are in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence operating mode. Select the STYLE bank containing the Style that you’re looking for. -
Page 18: Tutorial
Tutorial Playing a Style (Automatic Accompaniment) 7. TUTORIAL Call an Intro. You can engage an Intro to be played before the Style. Press INTRO1 or INTRO2. The former plays more freely, without This chapter is fully devoted to step‐by‐step instructions, that letting you decide the chords. The latter lets you play a chord we hope may be useful to learn the basics—in the field. progression while it’s playing. PLAYING A STYLE (Automatic Accompaniment) A Style will be your virtual band for your best solos. Select Start the Style! one of the 304 Styles we fitted in this machine…... -
Page 19: Playing In Realtime (Without Using Automatic Accompaniment)
Tutorial Playing in Realtime (Without using Automatic Accompaniment) PLAYING IN REALTIME Stop it! OK, you could say: “Oh, that’s easy, I know how to do it, I can (Without using Automatic Accompaniment) just press that big red START/STOP button again”. Yes, you are perfectly right. But that’s the easy way. Let us As soon as you turn your microARRANGER on, it is in Style suggest a more colorful way: Play mode, and you can play it in realtime. Please follow PRESS ENDING1 OR ENDING2 me…... - Page 20 Tutorial Playing in Realtime (Without using Automatic Accompaniment) Unmute the Upper 2 track. Press them again to unmute the Lower track. Try also with the Upper tracks, using the E, F and G VOL‐ Press both F VOLUME/VALUE buttons. UME/VALUE buttons. You will notice the sound becomes The ...
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Page 21: Recording A Song (Simultaneously Recording The Style And Realtime Performance)
Tutorial Recording a Song (Simultaneously recording the Style and realtime performance) RECORDING A SONG If you think the selected Style is not what you like for your backing tracks, select a different (Simultaneously recording the Style and one. realtime performance) Here is a fast reminder: Select one of the Style rows in the STYLE section, using The ... -
Page 22: Playing A Song From A Card
Tutorial Playing a Song from a card 10 Listen to the Song. Move the folder where you wish to save your Song to the first line of the display, using the E–F (Scroll Up) and When back in the Backing Sequence Play page, press PLAY/ G–H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE buttons, or the STOP (SEQ1) to listen to the new Song. How smart were you? TEMPO/VALUE controls. Press F‐3 (OPEN) to open it. If the Song is fine, you can switch to the Song mode and do Close the current folder by pressing F‐4 (CLOSE). -
Page 23: Specifications
Specifications Playing a Song from a card 8. Specifications Use the TEMPO/VALUE controls, or the VOL- UME/VALUE (E–H) buttons to scroll the list. The E–F buttons are the Scroll Up ( ), while the Operating conditions G–H buttons are the Scroll Down ( ). 0–+40°C (no condensation) Move the file you are looking for to the first line of the dis‐... - Page 24 PasDobBanda Meneito BigBand40's Boogie Pno Marsch Motown 2 8BeatRock2 6/8 Blues Big Band 2 Bossa Pno FrenchMarsc Dance 80 L.A. R & B Slow Bolero Pasodoble 2 Macarena Fusion Funk 4015-2 Yanokuchi, Inagi-city, Tokyo 206-0812 Japan © 2011 KORG INC.