Tuning: Scale - Korg PA600 Reference Manual

Global mode
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Tuning: Scale

Position
Scale and Transpose position
The Scale and Transpose Position allows you to define the rela-
tion between the Scale and the Master Transpose.
Post-KB/Pre-Scale
When this option is selected, notes will be trans-
posed immediately after they leave the keyboard.
The Scale will be applied to the transposed notes.
For example, if you altered an E, and then set the
Master Transpose to +1, the E key will play F, and
the altered key will be E
altered E).
Post-KB & Scale
When this option is selected, all notes are trans-
posed immediately before they enter the internal
tone generator, or are sent to the MIDI OUT, but
after the Scale. For example, if you altered an E,
and set the Master Transpose to +1, the altered
key will still be E (that will play an altered F).
Standard MIDI File and chord transpose
When changing the Master Transpose, chord abbreviations con-
tained in a Standard MIDI File are transposed and correctly
shown in the display. Master Transpose must be activated on the
Player, but not on the Keyboard.
Note: Chords contained in a linked TXT file or shown when load-
ing a CDG file are not transposed.
Drum Kits and transpose
Drum Kits are never transposed. If you want that any Sound is
not transposed as well, assign them to a track set to the Drum
mode in Style Play/Song Play > Track Control > Mode (see
"Type" on page 26).
(that will play an
Tone
Transpose Scale
generator
Tone
Scale Transpose
generator
Tuning: Scale
This page lets you select the main scale of the instrument.
Main Scale
Main Scale
This parameter lets you set the main scale for the whole instru-
ment, apart for those tracks where a different sub-scale has been
selected by a Performance or STS (see "Scale" on page 22, Style
Play mode).
See "Scales" on page 242 for a list of the available scales.
Note: You cannot select a User scale in Global mode.
Key
This parameter is needed by some scales to set the preferred key.
User Quarter Tone SubScale
This section is where you can program the Quarter Tone scale,
and save up to four Quarter Tone Scale (SC) Presets.
Pa600 Quarter Tone only: This section corresponds to the QUAR-
TER TONE section on the control panel.
SC Preset buttons
Touch these buttons to recall the corresponding presets. Each pre-
set contains a custom detuning of each note of the scale (shown in
the upper scale diagram). It also memorizes the selected degree(s)
of the scale (shown in the lower scale diagram).
When no preset is selected, the default scale is automatically
recalled. This scale assigns a -50 cent value to all notes, and turns
all scale degrees off.
You can also select an SC Preset by assigning the relevant func-
tion to an Assignable Switch or Assignable Footswitch.
To save the current scale programming to a preset, while in this
page choose the "Write Quarter Tone SC Preset" command from
the page menu, then select one of the preset locations where to
save the current settings (see "Write Quarter Tone SC Preset" on
page 154). Pa600 Quarter Tone: As an alternative, keep the corre-
sponding SC button pressed for a couple seconds.
Upper scale diagram
Use this diagram to set the detuning of each note of the scale.
-99...0...+99 Note detuning in cents. Zero is no detuning, ±50
is a full quarter tone up or down, ±99 is nearly
one whole semitone up or down.