Changing The Tempo; Selecting A Sample On A Part; Working With The Part Common, Modulation And Filter Sections; Working With The Arpeggiator, Motion Sequences - Korg ESX-1 Easy Start

Changing Tempo
1. To change the tempo of a pattern, press the
use the Value Dial to change the tempo value.

Selecting a Sample on a Part

1. Press the PART EDIT key to enter the PART EDIT mode.
2. Press the PART key that you would like to select a sample on.
3. Use the Value dial to change the number of the sample that is displayed in the LCD screen.
4. Sample names that are followed by a musical note or left/right arrows are sliced; you can select which slice is assigned to
the part by using the

Working with the PART COMMON, MODULATION and FILTER sections

1. Press the PART key that you would like to adjust settings in any of these sections.
2. Turn any knob in those sections to adjust parameters, the LED screen will indicate which parameter you are adjusting and
its value.
3. To select any parameters that are assigned to keys, press the corresponding key for that parameter (i.e. AMP EG, lfo
TYPE, DEST. FX SELECT, filter TYPE).
Working with the ARPEGGIATOR
1. Select a part that you would like to arpeggiate by pressing its PART key.
2. Press the RIBBON to play a part and change its note duration (length of the note) or note division (note type i.e. half, 4
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the RIBBON, Keyboard parts will have note duration assigned).
3. If the part selected is a KEYBOARD part, then you can move the SLIDER up and down to select different notes.
4. To assign a scale type to the SLIDER, select the ARPEGGIO SCALE page in the PATTERN mode using the PATTERN
and keys, and then turn the VALUE dial to select the desired scale type. Remember that the scale type will be based
on the root note(s) that you play on the 16 STEP KEYS/KEYBOARD.
Working with MOTION SEQUENCES
1. Press the PART key of the part that you would like to record MOTION SEQUENCE on.
2. Press the MOTION SEQUENCE key in the PART COMMON section so that the LED next to either SMOOTH or TRIG
HOLD is illuminated.
3. Press REC ( ) and then press PLAY ( ) to start playback and enable recording of MOTION SEQUENCE.
4. Turn any knob(s) or press any keys and MOTION SEQUENCE will record them.
key once so that the LCD screen shows Tempo and its value, and then
key to select the SLICE NO. page and then use the value dial to select the slice.
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