Selecting Combinations - Korg OASYS musical instruments Operation Manual

Quick Start
Program Select
Play the keyboard or strike the pads to hear the sound.
2. The large characters in the upper part of the LCD
screen will be highlighted.
These are the program number and program name
("Program Select").
In this state, you can press the
select the next or previously numbered program.
You can turn the VALUE dial to switch programs in
larger steps.
Tip: If you've pressed the LCD screen to move to
another page, pressing the EXIT switch up to four
times will return you to the state in which you can
select programs.
3. Use the BANK SELECT INT A–G and USER A–G
switches to select programs of other banks.
Selecting Programs by Category
There are other ways to select programs, but here we'll
explain how to select programs by their category, such
as keyboard, organ, bass, or drum sounds.
For other ways to select programs, see "Selecting
Programs" on page 43.
1. In the LCD screen, press the Category popup
button.
This is the rectangle located above the program name.
A menu will appear.
2. Use the tabs at the left to select a category.
The space on the right will then show all of the
Programs in that category, in all of the internal banks.
If you like, you can use sub-categories to narrow the
selection:
3. After selecting a category, you can then press one
of the inner tabs to select a sub-category.
You won't be able to select a category or sub-category
that hasn't been assigned to any program.
4. Select a program from the list.
You can either press a program within the list, or use
the / switches.
5. If not all the items in the list can be shown in the
screen, use the scroll bars to view the rest of the
list.
2
Category Popup button
/ switches to
6. When you've found a program you like, press the
OK button to close the dialog box. Then go ahead
and play the selected program!
Program Bank Contents
OASYS ships from the factory with over a thousand
Programs loaded into memory. Another 768 Program
slots are left open ("initialized") for your own
programming, or additional sound libraries. All of the
factory Programs can be over-written with your own
edits, if desired–except for the GM banks.
As shipped from the factory, the contents of the
Program Banks are as follows:
Program bank contents
Bank Contents
INT-A...D Factory Programs
Factory Programs; requires the
*1
INT-E
EXs1 ROM Expansion PCM.
INT-F Factory EX i Programs.
*2
GM (INT-G) GM2 main programs
g(1)...g(9) GM2 variation programs
g(d) GM2 drum programs
000...007: Factory Programs;
requires the EXs2 Concert
*1
USER-A Grand Piano PCM.
008, 011...127: Initialized
programs.
USER-B...E, G Initialized HD-1 Programs.
USER-F Factory EX i Programs.
1
* The factory Programs in INT-E require the EXs1
ROM Expansion PCM; similarly, the factory
Programs in USER-A require the EXs2 Concert
Grand Piano PCM. If the appropriate EXs data isn't
loaded, the Programs won't sound correctly.
The factory Combinations in INT-C also require
EXs1 to be loaded.
With the factory-installed 1GB of RAM, you can use
either EXs1 or EXs2–but not both at the same time.
As shipped from the factory, EXs1 is loaded, so the
Programs in bank INT-E will play correctly.
For details on how to load EXs data, see "Selecting
which EXs PCM data is loaded" on page 32.
2
* You can press the INT G switch repeatedly to
cycle through banks GM, g(1)...g(9), and g(d).

Selecting combinations

1. Press the MODE COMBI switch (the LED will
light) to enter Combination mode.
Once you're in Combi mode, you can select and play
Combinations in the same way as you did Programs.
For more details, see "Selecting Programs by bank and
number" on page 1 and "Selecting Programs by
Category" on page 2.
Bank Type
HD-1
EX i
GM
Bank type
can be set to
either HD-1
or EX i