Saving The Song As Standard Midi File (Smf) - Korg iS35 User Manual

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to transmit over the channel of the track to be
recorded.
The tracks need to receive channelled information
and not over the special Global channel. Each track
of the song usually corresponds to a MIDI channel
with the same number as the track. For example,
track 1 usually corresponds to channel 1, track 2 to
channel 2 and son on.
Suggestion: if it is not possible to change the MIDI
channel used by the MIDI controller for transmis-
sion, follow this procedure:
1. Go to "Page 3: Track parameters" in the Song Edit
mode.
2. Modify the "Ch" parameter by assigning the
number of the MIDI channel used by the MIDI con-
troller for transmission.
3. Go back to the recording page and record the track.
4. Go to "Page 3: Track parameters" in the Song Edit
mode and assign the original MIDI channel to the
"Ch" parameter.
5. Select a different track and repeat the procedure,
assigning the MIDI channel used by the controller
for transmission to the track you wish to record.
6 Move the cursor to the Recording Mode param-
eter and select the recording mode.
You can select the OVRW option to delete the old
data and record the new data of the track.
Or, especially to record the percussion instruments
of the Drum and Percussion tracks one at a time,
you can select OVDB, that adds notes to the notes
already present in the track.
The more complex AUTOP and MANP modes are
described on page 126
Move the cursor to the Tempo parameter and
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program the metronome tempo.
If you select the AUT option, the tempo is the cur-
rent one indicated by TEMPO/VALUE. If you
select the TEMPO-REC option, the tempo varia-
tions during the recording are recorded.
Move the cursor to the Q parameter and select
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a quantize value.
The quantize corrects the rhythmical mistakes
made during the recording. The quantize value is
expressed in musical values. Very high values can
deeply change the recording.
9 Move the cursor to the M parameter and acti-
vate or deactivate the metronome.
OFF means that the metronome is deactivated. ON
means that it is active both during the recording
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and playback. REC means that it is active only dur-
ing the recording.
Press START/STOP to begin the recording and
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start playing.
A At the end press START/STOP to stop the record-
ing.
Repeat the procedure with the other tracks.
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Saving the Song as Standard
MIDI File (SMF)
The songs and backing sequences contained in mem-
ory will be lost when you turn the instrument off,
therefore you need to save them on disk.
Insert a new disk into the disk drive.
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The disk must be formatted, non copy-protected,
and must have space enough for the song you are
saving. To format the disk see "FORMAT (Format
disk)" on page 146.
2 If you are not already in the Song Edit mode,
press SONG EDIT.
Press repeatedly PAGE [+] to get to "Page 13:
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Save" in the Song Edit mode.
Assign a name to the song.
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Move the cursor with the CURSOR buttons and
change the character indicated by the cursor using
the TEMPO/VALUE buttons (or the DIAL).
Be careful: If you are saving a file that was previ-
ously loaded from the disk, you need to change the
name of the file to avoid overwriting the existing file
on disk. A disk cannot contain two files with the same
name (in the same directory). A message will inform
you that you are overwriting an existing file.
Press ENTER/YES twice to confirm and the name
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and save.
After pressing ENTER/YES the "Are you sure?"
will appear. Press ENTER/YES again to save the