Using The Drawbar 1 And 2 Settings; Ex Mode; Selecting A Program; Playing - Korg BX-3 Owner's Manual

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Using the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings

1. Make sure that you are in Normal mode.
2. In the DRAWBAR SELECT section located at the
left of the upper keyboard, press the [DRAWBAR 2]
key.
The key LED will light.
Now you can use the front panel Drawbar 2 section to
adjust the tone of the upper keyboard.
3. While playing the upper keyboard, pull out the
front panel Drawbar 2 bars to create the sound.
When you pull out each bar of Drawbar 2, the pitch
(footage) printed on that bar will be added to the
sound produced by the key. The volume of that pitch
will depend on how far the bar is pulled out. In this
way, the overall tone is determined by the combina-
tion of bars that are pulled out.
For details on the pitches that are assigned to the bars,
refer to "1. How the drawbars work" (p.36).
4. In the DRAWBAR SELECT section located at the
left of the lower keyboard, press the [DRAWBAR 1]
key.
The key LED will light.
Now you can use the front panel Drawbar 1 section to
adjust the tone of the lower keyboard.
5. While playing the lower keyboard, pull out the
front panel Drawbar 1 bars to create the sound.
When you pull out each bar of Drawbar 1, the pitch
(footage) printed on that bar will be added to the
sound produced by the key. The volume of that pitch
will depend on how far the bar is pulled out. In this
way, the overall tone is determined by the combina-
tion of bars that are pulled out.
For details on the pitches that are assigned to the bars,
refer to "1. How the drawbars work" (p.36).
6. Let's try selecting a program .
Use the [-] [+] keys to select the bank, and PROGRAM
[1]–[8] keys to select the number.
When you select a different program, the settings
saved with the program (other than the drawbar
parameters) will be recalled. In other words, the
Drawbar 1 and 2 settings will remain in effect, and the
other settings (for example, wheel type, percussion
volume, reverb time, rotary speaker horn and rotor
speed, etc.) of the selected program will be applied.
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3. EX mode

Selecting a program

Here's how you can select and play program B-3 (number
3 of bank B).
1. From Normal mode, press the [EX MODE] key.
The [EX MODE] key LED will light, indicating you are
in the EX mode.
The display will show an "E" at the left, and the
program number.
If an LED is lit for a mode other than EX mode (i.e., if
the [EDIT] key or [GLOBAL] key LED is lit), press the
lit key once, or press the [EXIT] key and then press the
[EX MODE] key.
2. Use the [-] [+] keys to select bank B, and press the
PROGRAM [3] key.
Program B-3 will be selected, and the display will
show the program number and program name.

Playing

Playing Using the Program's drawbar
settings
Here's how to play the drawbar settings saved with the
program, instead of using the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings of
the front panel.
1. In EX mode, select a program.
Use the [-] [+] keys to select a bank, and PROGRAM
[1]–[8] keys to select a number.
2. In the DRAWBAR SELECT section located at the
left of the upper keyboard, press the [DRAWBAR
PRESET] key to make the key LED light.
In the DRAWBAR SELECT section located at the left
of the lower keyboard, the [DRAWBAR PRESET] key
will be selected automatically. (The other two keys
cannot be selected in the EX mode.)
3. Play the keyboard.
The upper keyboard will use the Drawbar 1 and EX
Drawbar settings of the "EX DRAWBAR & PERCUS-
SION" parameters, and the lower keyboard will use
the settings of the "EX LOWER" parameters.

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