Midi Recording; Preparations For Recording - Korg Oasys Operation Manual

MIDI recording

• You can record up to 200,000 events (e.g., notes), up
to 200 songs, and up to 999 measures in each song.
• The maximum timing resolution is 1/192.
• There are sixteen tracks for MIDI performance data,
and a master track which controls the time
signature and tempo.
• You can perform and record using the KARMA
function.

Preparations for recording

Before you begin recording, make sure that the
memory protect setting in Global mode is turned
off. For more information, see "Memory protect" on
page 173.
Creating a Song
Before we can begin this example, we need to select an
empty song where we can record.
1. Press the MODE SEQ switch to enter Sequencer
mode.
2. Choose "Song Select" (e.g., in the P0: Play/REC–
MIDI Track Prog Select/Mixer page).
You can press the Song Select Popup button, and
choose from a list.
3. Use the numeric keys to input the number of the
new song you want to create, and press the ENTER
switch. (For example, press the 1 switch and then
the ENTER switch.) A dialog box will appear.
If you pressed the Song Select Popup to access the
Song No. dialog box, press the desired song number
to open the dialog box.
Song Select
Popup
Track Select
Category
Program Select
Play/Mute/Rec
Solo
Pan
Volume
MIDI recording
• You can perform and record using the RPPR
(Realtime Pattern Play/Recording) function.
• There are 156 built‐in preset patterns ideal for drum
tracks, and in addition you can create up to 100
user patterns for each song. These patterns can be
used as performance data for a song, or with the
RPPR function.
4. Press the OK button to create the song.
Use "Set Length" to input the desired number of
measures and press the OK button. You can change
the number of measures later if desired. For more
information, see "Set Song Length" on page 600 of
the Parameter Guide.
If you created a song by opening the Song No.
dialog box, press the OK button in the Song No.
dialog box to close it.
Track settings
Since we're going to record a new song in this example,
we will start by explaining how to assign a program to
each MIDI track, and make basic settings such as
volume.
For details on audio tracks, refer to "Audio recording"
on page 102.
1. Assign a program to each MIDI track.
Meter REC Resolution
Preparations for recording
Tempo Mode Tempo
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