microARRANGER Quick Start Guide
Contents
1. Jazz Brush Jazzilaltzl Med Swing Jazzwaltz Slow Suira 34 Swing SuinoBallad Mood Swing 3 Press one of the A VOLUME VALUE buttons to select Jazz Brush 156 2 TK Da Hin CTC Jazz Brush l STsl m3 Jazz Brush Jazellaltz Med Swing Jazzwaltz Slow Swing 34 Swing SuinoBallad Mood Swing hi e 2 Call an Intro You can engage an Intro to be played before the Style Press INTRO1 or INTRO2 The former plays more freely without letting you decide the chords The latter lets you play a chord progression while it s playing FILL COUNT IN BREAK ENDING INTRO 04 1 20 O O1 20 O1 20 N y A 3 Start the Style Play a chord and press the START STOP button SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO INTRO START STOP START STOP RESET or 20 o O DELETE INSERT Then begin playing Usually when the SPLIT LED is on chords are recognized under the split point i e on the Lower part of the keyboard With the UPPER or FULL Chord Scanning mode you must play three or more notes to have a chord recognized KORG C pispray CHORD SCANNING KEYBOARD MODE HOLD LOWER UPPER SPLIT FULL UPPER o O o o o FULL 4 Play your chords and your melody Go on playing As you may notice the microARRANGER features a very sophisticated chord recognition engine Rec2. Jazzllaltz 1 E Jazz Brush Jazzhlaltz 1 Med Swing J Slow Swing 34 Swing Suinoballad Mood Swing 3 There are 2 pages for each bank each containing 8 Styles Select a page using the PAGE buttons 4 As you find the Style you are looking for select it using the VOLUME VALUE A H buttons Note The new Style will enter at the next strong beat 5 If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is on press EXIT to exit this window The SINGLE TOUCH button When you select a Style the Realtime Keyboard tracks can be changed e If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is on the Single Touch Set ting STS 1 is automatically selected and the Realtime tracks are changed Programs and the Keyboard Mode may change e Ifthe SINGLE TOUCH LED is off Realtime tracks don t change Basic operations 14 Selecting a Style SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING STS A Single Touch Setting STS contains Realtime Keyboard tracks settings Four STS are included in each Style and can be recalled by pressing the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING F 1 F 4 buttons under the display Note You can select a STS only when you are in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence operating mode CHANGING ALL KEYBOARD TRACKS AT ONCE Select a Performance or a Single Touch Setting F 1 F 4 buttons when you are in the Style Play main page to change keyboard Programs and effects at the touch of a button SHORTCUT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BA
3. Connector side Note Carefully read the owner s manual that came with your SD card and observe the instruc tions regarding care and handling Note Take care to insert the SD card in the cor rect direction and orientation and be sure to press it all the way into the slot Do not use excessive force 6 BASIC OPERATIONS PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD Just play on the keyboard You will hear the Realtime tracks playing There are four Realtime tracks Upper 1 3 and Lower They may play all at the same time or just one or a few of them depending on their Mute status If you cannot hear a track check the mute status of that part Tracks can be set in different ways use the KEYBOARD MODE section to select the way they are configured on the keyboard e Press FULL UPPER to play the Upper 1 3 tracks on the full range of the keyboard just as you would on a piano KEYBOARD MODE SPLIT FU ER O Press SPLIT to let the Upper 1 3 tracks play on the right of the Split Point and the Lower track on the left KEYBOARD MODE Lower s FULL UPPER INT Il fe o Split Point e Keep the SPLIT POINT ir button pressed and play a note to change cH the point where the keyboard is divided in an Upper and a Lower part LW To save the selected split point note press the GLOBAL but ton then press WRITE to save the Global in memory SELECTING MUTING UNMUTING AND SOLOING A TRACK Selecting Use the VOLUME VALU
4. and UP buttons con trol the Tempo 36 EXIT NO Use this button to perform various actions leaving the cur rent status e exit a dialog box e answer No to any question that appears in the display e exitthe Menu window e go back to the main page of the current operating mode exit the Global or Card Edit environment and go back to the main page of the current operating mode exit from a Style Performance or Program Select win dow 37 ENTER YES Use this button to perform various actions confirming the current selected status e answer Yes to any question that appears in the display e confirm a command 38 DISPLAY HOLD This button turns the Display Hold function on or off ON When you open a temporary window like the Program Select window it remains in the dis play until you press EXIT NO or an operating mode button OFF Any temporary window closes after a certain time or after selecting an item in the window 39 CHORD SCANNING section PERF STS In Style Play and Backing Sequence mode use these buttons to define the way chords are recognized by the arranger LOWER Chords are detected below the split point The number of notes you should play to form a chord is defined by the Chord Scanning Mode parameter UPPER Chords are detected above the split point You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord FULL both LEDs on Chords are detected on the full
5. can select each parameter by using the VOLUME VALUE A or right button of any VOLUME VALUE pair H buttons on the side of the display or each page command Status icons area ORD tempo e J ft m cat COMO e COMO PVOLUME VAL Rossa Pra eTa A MN A COE PER 1 DruvPerc Msettecla UD E TRA COMO B Class Pianoffic Fiano F CC Accomr 1 3fAc Piano GLC W i 13 Strings wale Meter ca 1D a HL C ORCO Style accompaniment backing tracks Realtime Keyboard tracks DISPLAY CONTROLS In the Card Edit environment the F 1 F 4 buttons can be used also to select one of the page commands appearing in VOLUME VALUE A H buttons and display parameters the last line of the display These buttons are used to select the corresponding parameter or command in the display to change the parameter s value ry or to change the volume of the corresponding track eet A While you are on the main page these buttons can select a EE eee E P track change the track s volume or mute unmute a track Lar d z Load E See VOLUME VALUE MUTE A H buttons on page 6 for Co O BEWARE SET It more information Cy LIVE SET F 1 F 4 buttons When in an Edit page these buttons may e aa E be used when there are four parameters in a row as in the fol LOAD OPEN CLOSE lowi
6. WARNING Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer s or distributor s warranty Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase other wise your product may be disqualified from the manufac turer s or distributor s warranty DATA HANDLING Data stored in memory may occasionally be lost due to incor rect user action Be sure to save your important data to a memory card KORG will not be responsible for damages caused by data loss LCD DISPLAY Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an explanation of operation and functionality All sound names parameter names and values are merely examples and may not always match the actual display that you are working on TRADEMARKS Mac the Mac logo and the Audio Units logo are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Micro soft Corporation registered in the U S and other countries All product names and company names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome 0ccoccccccco Useful links tieso About this manual 0 0 00 cee eee Start Up anar rr ewes Connecting the AC power adapter Turning the instrument on and off Controlling the Volume 005 The BALANCE slider o oo
7. above press Performance bank 1 and use the A VOL UME VALUE buttons to select Performance 1 1 17 Tutorial Playing in Realtime Without using Automatic Accompaniment 4 Unmute the Upper 2 track Press both F VOLUME VALUE buttons The Upper 2 track will be selected and 0 unmuted The Play icon will appear sur rounded by the selected track frame and accompanied by the pointing arrow You will hear the Dark Pad Program play together with the Grand Piano transpose n J TV Cod va octave ECOD ii Drom Perc Grand Piano M FingElBassi Dark Fad 0 a D Accon 1S Strinasctes Analog Sir Press the F VOLUME VALUE buttons 5 Press SPLIT on the KEYBOARD MODE section and play Now the keyboard is split in two parts the Lower part on the left and the Upper part on the right The AnalogStr Program is playing on the Lower part while the Grand Piano and the Dark Pad are playing on the Upper part KORG O DISPLAY CHORD SCANNING KEYBOARD MODE HOLD LOWER UPPER SPLIT FULL UPPER o o o o LJ C FUL 6 Set the split point Not happy with the current split point Keep the SPLIT POINT button held down and play the new split point on the keyboard You can even save this setting in memory MODE STYLE PLAY SONG PLAY B SEQ SONG PROGAM GLOBAL SDCARD o o O O o O O O OO O MHm MEMO
8. and G H Scroll Down VOLUME VALUE buttons or the TEMPO VALUE controls Press F 3 OPEN to open it Close the current folder by pressing F 4 CLOSE 5 To create a new file move the NEW_NAME MID item to the first line of the display 6 When the NEW_NAME MID item is selected press one of the A VOLUME VALUE buttons You are prompted to assign a name to the new folder E LEE BITE ee E lla Move the cursor using the DOWN and UP buttons Select a character using the DIAL Insert a character at the cursor position by pressing the INSERT button Delete a character at the cursor position by pressing the DELETE button 7 When you have finished writing a name for the new midifile press F 2 SAVE to confirm The Are you sure message will appear Press ENTER to confirm or EXIT to abort PLAYING A SONG FROM A CARD 1 Insert the card containing the Song into the card slot 2 Press the SONG PLAY button to access the Song Play mode cn Prem mm cm J gye a t Cm Si Ho sona E Si Piati O 52 Guitaral mM Lyrics Steere M LoPadi 0 3 Press the A S1 VOLUME VALUE button to open the Song Select window EDO oo aan nn n 70 Di E E Si Sond Select fs I CLUB It I BALLADS ABEL PSOH MID LES SELECT OPEN CLOSE Page commands Note You can also access the Song Select window
9. buttons together Their LEDs start blinking At this point if you don t press any other button all the Demo Songs will be played back 2 Choose a page using the PAGE buttons There are two different pages in the Demo mode 3 Selecta Demo Song by pressing the corresponding VOL UME VALUE button around the display The Demo will automatically start Stop the Demo by pressing START STOP 5 Exit the Demo mode by pressing one of the MODE buttons THE MUSIC STAND A music stand comes standard with your microARRANGER Fit it into the two dedicated holes in the front panel Front panel The music stand d 3 FRONT PANEL micro ARRANGER 27 E PAGE TEMPO VALUE KORG oS amo ji 5 VOLUME VALUE 6 7 TEES J 39 40 Waid ibe UGE Garvepun soap weta soyo Paoa cota soca ae 3 ow se Ue a B DOWN up s o o o E 3 ODODON I O 35 OSO mn ky r oe POINT TANDE To ome MUTE Hi TD CHANGE CA Eo O O O O O O A ea gt ae A O2 mal a 1 89710 11 12 13 14 Ek a 33h 36 37 gt 41443 2 PROGRAM PERFORMANCE SER 15 n aaa ones nace aa WARDI TE WEDS a o A ome o rmo er
10. by pressing the PAGE button from the main page You can exit this win dow either by pressing EXIT or PAGE 4 Press the F 1 button to select the SD card SD The card content appears 5 Use the TEMPO VALUE controls or the VOL UME VALUE E H buttons to scroll the list The E F buttons are the Scroll Up while the G H buttons are the Scroll Down Move the file you are looking for to the first line of the dis play 6 Ifthe file you are looking for is in a folder a file whose name begins with j move the folder to the first line in the display then select the F 3 OPEN command Select the F 4 CLOSE command to close a folder and go back to the upper level 7 When the file you are looking for is in the first line of the display press the F 2 SELECT but ton 8 When the Song appears in the S1 line on the main page of the Song Play mode press the left SEQ 1 PLAY STOP button to start the play back Note If the BALANCE slider is all the way to the right Sequencer 1 is at the minimum volume and can t be heard If you wish to play a different Song on Sequencer 2 at the same time press the B S2 VOLUME VALUE but ton press it twice if a Song is already selected for Sequencer 2 and repeat the above procedure to select a Song for Sequencer 2 Use the right SEQ 2 PLAY STOP button to start stop the second Song Use the BALANCE slider to mix between Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2 Stop the S
11. colorful way PRESS ENDING1 OR ENDING2 An ending is instantaneously called and will begin playing to lead the Style to a colorful end As usual ENDING is pre programmed while ENDING2 asks for your chord progres sion TATION FILL COUNT IN BREAK ENDING INTRO 03 04 O1 20 O O1 20 O1 20 DO DO Som OO J d A A ki r In Sync What if I want to avoid all that START STOP stuff I mean I pre fer to have my hands free for playing music Good point The SYNCHRO button is there right for this pur pose 1 While the Style is stopped press the SYN CHRO button The SYNCHRO START LED begins blinking The Synchro Start function is enabled INTRO O1 20 OO O 2 Play a chord on the keyboard You must play a chord for the chord recognition engine Usu ally it will be to the left of the split point but it depends on the CHORD SCANNING section see CHORD SCANNING section on page 7 The Style starts SYNCHRO A START STOP START STOP ESET O o o INSERT 3 Stop the Style using your chosen method PLAYING IN REALTIME Without using Automatic Accompaniment As soon as you turn your microARRANGER on it is in Style Play mode and you can play it in realtime Please follow me 1 Play on the keyboard When you turn the microARRANGER on Performance 1 1 is automatically selected Performance bank number cx ma Co
12. cycle all of the pages for a selected bank press the bank s button 45 PADS 1 4 STOP PERF STS These programmable pads can be used to trigger a sound effect Use the STOP button to stop a cyclic sound Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track 46 TRANSPOSE These buttons transpose the whole instru ment in semitone steps Master Transpose The transposition value is shown as a note name on the top right of the display Press both buttons together to reset the Mas ter Transpose to zero PERF STYLE transpose octave Note The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum mode and even if set in a different status on the Drum and Per cussion tracks b Lowers the Master Transpose a semitone 4 Raises the Master Transpose a semitone 47 OCTAVE PERF gt STYLE STS These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a OS 12 semitones max 2 octaves The transposition value is E shown in octaves on the top right area of the display Press both buttons together to reset the Octave Transpose to zero Note The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum mode and even if set in a different status on the Drum and Per cussion tracks Lowers the selected track an octave Raises the selected track an octave Front panel 8 The music stand 48 BALANCE slider In Song Play mode this slider balances the volume of the two on board sequencers When f
13. keyboard range You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord OFF No chords will be detected After pressing START STOP only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment tracks can play 40 KEYBOARD MODE section PERF STS These buttons define how the four Keyboard or Realtime tracks are positioned on the keyboard SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split point while the Upper 1 Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play above it By default selecting this key board mode automatically selects the Lower chord scanning mode FULL UPPER The Upper 1 Upper 2 and or Upper 3 tracks play on the whole keyboard range The Lower track does not play By default selecting this keyboard mode automatically selects the Full chord scanning mode 41 STYLE CHANGE This button turns the Style Change function on or off ON When you select a Performance the Style could change according to which Style number is memorized onto the Performance OFF When you select a Performance the Style and Style track settings remain unchanged Only Realtime Keyboard tracks settings are changed 42 daino Press this button to use the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE section to select a Performance 43 diet Press this button to use the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE section to select a Program and assign it to the selected track 44 PROGRAM PERFORMANCE section PERF STYLE STS Use these buttons to open the Program Select or Performance
14. until you ve selected the row you re look ing for After both LEDs have turned on press the button again to turn them off UPPER LED ON Upper row Styles selected LOWER LED ON Lower row Styles selected A word about Style banks and names Styles from 8 16 BEAT to WORLD 3 and from LATIN1 to TRAD are standard Styles the user can t normally overwrite with a Load operation DIRECT SD Styles are Styles directly accessed from the memory card no need to load from card Styles from USER1 to USER3 are locations where you can load new Styles from the memory card Each button Style bank contains 2 pages each with up to 8 Styles Browse through the Styles using the PAGE buttons There is a shortcut to see the original bank for a Style You can see the original bank where a Style is contained Just keep the SHIFT button pressed and then press the lefmost button of the STYLE section A message window will appear showing the name of the original bank Release the SHIFT button to exit the window There is a shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank To cycle all pages for a selected bank press the bank s button until you see the page that you re looking for These buttons double as a numeric keypad on certain pages 16 FADE IN OUT gt STYLE When the Style stopped press this button to start it with a volume fade in the volume goes from zero to the maximum When the Style is playing press t
15. Acc Ster Mode 3 Select the Realtime recording mode Simply press one of the A VOLUME VALUE buttons The Record page appears chord EN GESTO jane oor CG Lu octave backing seq Fega Hetong ll Styler Soft Best ooh Ferf d i Meteo orf Resol Hi RT Pad REC Sel Tempo CheAoc REC 4 If you think the selected Style is not what you like for your backing tracks select a different one Here is a fast reminder 1 Select one of the Style rows in the STYLE section using the leftmost button 2 Select one of the Style Banks by pressing one of the but tons of the STYLE section 3 Select one of the pages using the PAGE buttons Select a Style using the VOLUME VALUE A H but tons The Style Bank and number appear after the Style parame ter in the display 5 And what about changing the Performance or Single Touch Setting see Selecting a Performance on page 12 or Selecting a Sin gle Touch Setting STS on page 14 Here is a short recap for the Performances 1 Press the PERFORM button to set the PROGRAM PER FORMANCE section act as a Performance selector 2 Select one of the Performance Banks by pressing one of the buttons of the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE section 3 Select a Performance using the VOLUME VALUE A H buttons and for the Single Touch Settings STS e Press one of the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING but
16. CALS TROMBONE O o 0 UU OD 0 OOO o SAX l woonwinD SYNTH f SYNTH 2 BASS A prum amp PERC SFX f user 1 USER 2 USER ok The Program Select window appears Last selected Program Selected track En WA COED m ia mm 4 Grand FianoiT Ul E Grand Piano Ac Piano Class Piano BrishtPiano LR Fiano ElbranPliano AcPianollide Elbranidide y 5 Browse all the Programs in the selected bank using the PAGE buttons There can be various pages for each bank containing up to 8 Programs each 6 As you find the Program you are looking for select it using the VOLUME VALUE A H buttons 7 If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is on press EXIT to exit this window SELECTING A STYLE A Style is a set of rhythm and accompaniment patterns You can select a Style from the internal memory or from a mem ory card 1 Use the leftmost STYLE button to select a row of Style banks upper lower 2 Select the STYLE bank containing the Style that you re looking for En O beat O LATIN sr NA __ __ BALLAD BALLROOM DANCE ROCK sour amp WORLD1 WORLD2 WORLD 3 a 2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 o O LATIN 1 LATIN 2 LATIN DANCE JAZZ 1 JAZZ 2 TRAD DRAE USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 The Style Select window appears gt chord tempo J 30 E 1 tt pa m s 4 lt
17. CARD IN USE indicator and turns on when the card slot is in use 26 ENSEMBLE PERF STS This button turns the Ensemble function on or off When on the right hand melody is harmonized with the left hand chords Note The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is in SPLIT mode and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode selected 27 RECORD This button sets the instrument in Record mode depending on the current operating mode 28 MENU This button opens the Menu page for the current operating mode or edit environment After opening a menu you can jump to one of the edit pages by pressing the corresponding VOLUME VALUE buttons or browse them using the PAGE buttons Otherwise go back to the main page of the current operating mode or close the edit environment by pressing the EXIT button See the relevant chapter devoted to each operating mode or edit environment to see their maps in detail 29 PAGE After pressing MENU to open a menu use these buttons to browse the edit pages of an operating mode or editing envi ronment Press EXIT to go back from an edit page to the main page of the current operating mode or to close the Global or Card Edit environment In addition you can use these buttons to select a different page in a Style Select or Program Select window 30 VOLUME VALUE MUTE A H buttons PERF STYLE STS Within this user s manual each button pair is marked with an alphabetic letter A H See
18. Display and User Interface on page 9 for more details 40 E l pon uu c one aR Bossa Pro STS RE DruwPero rE Class Piano Ac Piano E Accome 1 5 Ac Piano 13 Strings RECORD am F2 3 F4 G e e n SINGLE TOUCH SETTING A corresponding track name is printed over each button pair These names show the corresponding track the button pair affects in the main page of the Style Play mode e The left half is for the main page where you can see the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks grouped together VOLUME VALUE DRUM PERC DRUM COM BASS PERC C ORO ACC BASS C ORO ACC1 MUTE fai CrunePerc Class Fiano B Acone 1 5 e The right half is for the Style tracks page where you can see each of the accompaniment tracks VOLUME VALUE DRUM PERC DRUM o E lt Standard Kit E fe Latin Perc oA Fretless o uita MUTE See Symbols and Icons on page 11 Use these buttons to perform various operations on the com mands and functions appearing in the display SELECTING Use each button pair to select the correspond ing item in the display i e a track a parameter or a command Use either the left or right but ton in a pair VOLUME While you are in the main pages of any operat ing mode select a track and use these buttons to change the track s volume Use the left but ton to decrease it or the
19. E A H buttons to select a track LOWER y UPPER RECORD n D MG aa Bossa Pro yon 2 Cc HE DruwPerc MusetteClard A Class Piano Ac Piano CE i e UPPER 3 ACC 4 D Acone 145 Ac Piano m 13 Strings LOWER ACC 5 H IO MUTE SHIFT O The selected track is shown with a solid square surrounding its status icons a Gl A as AI SINGLE TOUCH SETTING E a F i ano Selected track Basic operations 12 Playing on the keyboard If you can t see the track that you re looking for use the TRACK SELECT button to scroll up or down the tracks and find the hidden ones Mute unmute Press both VOLUME VALUE A H buttons to mute or unmute a track For example if you are on the main page that appears after turning the instru ment on and you want to mute the Upper 1 track press the E UPPER1 ACC2 buttons together The mute play status is shown by the relevant icon in the dis play TRK SELECT VOLUME VALUE UPPER 1 ACC 2 CMC M Play status the track plays on the keyboard no icon Mute status the track doesn t play on the key board Solo While in the Style Play Song Play and Song modes you can solo one of the tracks Just keep the SHIFT button pressed and press both VOLUME VALUE buttons corresponding to the track you wish to solo To exit the solo mode keep the SHIFT button pressed again and press both VOLUM
20. E VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed track SELECTING A PERFORMANCE A Performance is a set of Programs and settings for the Key board and Style tracks that makes selecting complex combi nations live fast and easy When the STYLE CHANGE LED is on a Performance can also select a different Style It is always advisable to use Performances rather than single Programs when playing even a solo sound since a Performance lets you select the right effects transposition plus many other parameters together with the Programs Data type Parameters Realtime Upper 1 Upper 2 Tracks Upper 3 Lower Master Transpose Program Vol ume Pan Octave Scale Detune Pitch Bend Poly Mono Drum Int Ext Damper Dynamic Range Joystick C amp D Effect Send level Type Parameters Program parameters Pads Style Drum Percussion Program Volume Pan Octave Tracks Bass Acc1 Acc2 Detune Pitch Bend Poly Mono Acc3 Acc4 Acc5 Drum Int Ext Wrap Around Key board Range A amp B Effect Send level Type Parameters Program parame ters Drum Mapping Kick amp Snare Assignment Other performance parameters are saved in the Global Global Chord Recognition Mode Memory Mode Velocity Trigger Lock 1 Press the PERFORM button This aE changes the PROGRAM PERFOR O MANCE section into a Performance selector 2 Use the leftmost button of the PROGRAM PERFOR MANCE section to sel
21. HAL 10 Save your track configuration in a Perfor mance That s all When you find the right sound you can press the WRITE button to save the track configuration into a Perfor mance a Single Touch Setting STS or a Style Performance The Performance is a handy way to save Realtime tracks Tutorial 18 Recording a Song Simultaneously recording the Style and realtime performance RECORDING A SONG Simultaneously recording the Style and realtime performance The Backing Sequence mode is a fast and effective way of recording a new Song making full use of the features of the Style Play mode So arm your recorder and play live with the Styles a song will be ready in seconds 1 First enter Backing Sequence mode Press B SEQ to access the Backing Sequence mode The Real time tracks on the keyboard will remain the same as you selected in the Style Play mode chord aD com com janes ii E D Lu octave Hewson y Load Sond Metros Of Save Sond Meters did Sel Teneo Teneo Auto This is the Backing Sequence Play page where you can load play or save a Song 2 Now press RECORD You are prompted to select either the Realtime recording mode or the Chord Acc Step recording mode cm cr am oo jones cor C o CL lt ED Die e e m acord H Realtime Recording Chord
22. NK FOR A STYLE PERFORMANCE OR PROGRAM You can see the original bank where your Style Performance or Program came from Just keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the lefmost button of the STYLE or PROGRAM PERFOR MANCE section A message window will appear showing the name of the original bank Release the SHIFT button to exit the window 15 Tutorial Playing a Style Automatic Accompaniment 7 TUTORIAL This chapter is fully devoted to step by step instructions that we hope may be useful to learn the basics in the field PLAYING A STYLE Automatic Accompaniment A Style will be your virtual band for your best solos Select one of the 304 Styles we fitted in this machine 1 OK select your favorite musical Style There are plenty of Styles to choose from We will go with a Jazz Style the Jazz Brush 1 Select the second row of Styles Press the leftmost STYLE button to switch the lower LED on 2 Now you are free to press button number 4 called JAZZ 1 STYLE o A 16 8 is BALLAD BALLROOM DANCE ROCK SouL amp WORLD 1 WORLD2 WORLD 3 pv4p80XYX0X0 08 0088nU 6 7 8 9 o O LATIN 1 LATIN 2 Alan DANCE JAZZ 1 JAZZ 2 TRAD PUT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 The Style Select window appears The selected Style chord tempo transpose n J M C D li Gr E i i en 4 4
23. RY BASS INV MAN BASS G QUANTIZE TEMPO A o o o O O OOI O ou TIE REST gt 7 Mute unmute various tracks Press both H VOLUME VALUE buttons You will mute the Lower track tempo n CoG i DrumePerc Grand Piano M FirnElBses Dark Pad E D Accore 1 5 _Steipgskrc Analog Str Press the H VOLUME VALUE buttons Press them again to unmute the Lower track Try also with the Upper tracks using the E F and G VOL UME VALUE buttons You will notice the sound becomes more or less fuller sounding depending on the number of tracks muted or unmuted CG chord f tempo transpose m t i DeumPerc Grand Piano M Finrg lEass4 Dark Pad M D Accore 1 5 StrinasEnez Analog Stri m Press the E G VOLUME VALUE buttons 8 Set the relative volume of the Realtime tracks Use each E H VOLUME VALUE button pair to set the vol ume of the Realtime tracks Press one of the VOLUME VALUE button to select a track Then press the right one to increase the volume the left one to lower it Press the left one to lower co and the right one to raise 9 Press FULL UPPER on the KEYBOARD MODE section and play Again the Upper tracks can play across the full keyboard range KORG pispray CHORD SCANNING KEYBOARD MODE HOLD LOWER UPPER SPLIT E UPPER o 0 O o ODO
24. Select window and select a Program or a Performance See Selecting a Program on page 13 or Selecting a Perfor mance on page 12 The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of Pro gram or Performance banks Press it until you ve selected the row that you re looking for After both LEDs have consecu tively turned on press the button again to turn them off UPPER LED ON Upper row of Programs or Performances selected LOWER LED ON Lower row of Programs or Performances selected On the front panel Program banks are identified by the instrument names while Performance banks are identified by numbers 1 10 0 bank 10 A note about Program banks and names Programs from PIANO to SFX are standard Programs the user can t directly modify Programs USER1 and USER2 are locations where you can load new Programs from the memory card USER DK is where you can load new drum kits Each Program bank contains various pages each with up to 8 Programs You can browse them using the PAGE buttons Shortcut to see the original bank for a Performance or Pro gram You can see the original bank where a Performance or Program is contained Just keep the SHIFT button pressed and then press the lefmost button of the PROGRAM PER FORMANCE section A message window will appear show ing the name of the original bank Release the SHIFT button to exit the window Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank To
25. Styles includes a maximum of four Single Touch Set tings STS to automatically configure the Realtime tracks and effects at the touch of a finger When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is lit an STS is automatically selected when selecting a Style In Edit mode these buttons double as function keys to select the corresponding items in the display 33 SHIFT With this button held down pressing certain other buttons will access a second function 34 TEMPO VALUE section The DIAL and the DOWN and UP buttons can be used to control the Tempo assign a different value to the selected parameter in the display or scroll a list of files in the Song Select and Card pages The VALUE LED shows the status of this section DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value or tempo Turn it counter clockwise to decrease the value or tempo SHIFT When used while pressing the SHIFT button this control always acts as a Tempo control DOWN and UP DOWN decreases the value or tempo UP increases the value or tempo SHIFT Keep the SHIFT button pressed down and press either the DOWN or UP button to reset the Tempo to the value that s saved onto the selected Style 7 Front panel The music stand 35 VALUE LED This LED shows the status of the DIAL and DOWN and UP buttons ON The DIAL and DOWN and UP buttons act as Value controls to change the value of the selected parameter in the display OFF The DIAL and DOWN
26. VOLUME slider to control the Style tracks drums percussion bass volume This slider also controls both of the Sequencers tracks excluding the Realtime Keyboard tracks e By default you can use the ASSIGN SLIDER to control the keyboard tracks volume This slider is user assign able but is set to the Keyboard Expression parameter by default THE BALANCE SLIDER The BALANCE slider sets the relative volume of the two onboard sequencers Sequencerl and Sequencer 2 o Otto o o o e Move it fully left to set Sequencer 1 to the maximum level and Sequencer 2 to zero e Move it fully right to set Sequencer 1 to zero and Sequencer 2 to the maximum level e Move it to the center to set both Sequencers at the same level Note When turning the instrument on move this slider to the cen ter to avoid starting a Song at the minimum level HEADPHONES You can connect a pair of headphones to the rear panel head phone jack PHONES stereo mini jack You can use head phones with an impedance of 16 2000 50Q recommended AUDIO OUTPUTS You can send the sound to an external amplification system instead of the internal speakers This is useful when record ing or when playing live AUDIO INPUTS You can connect the output of another electronic musical instrument an unpowered mixer or any audio device to the rear panel input jack INPUT stereo mini jack Since t
27. anced connectors to input another keyboard synthesizer a non powered mixer s output or a CD tape player line impedance The signal is automatically routed to the speakers the Audio Outputs and the Phones 3 OUTPUTS Use these unbalanced connectors to send the audio signal sound to a mixer a PA system a set of powered monitors or your hi fi system Set the output level with the MASTER VOLUME slider 4 DAMPER Use this to connect a Damper pedal like the KORG PS1 PS3 or DS1H 5 ASSIGN PDL SW Use this to connect a continuous or footswitch pedal like the KORG EXP2 or XVP10 6 MIDI interface The MIDI interface allows your microARRANGER to be con nected to an external controller master keyboard MIDI gui tar wind controller MIDI accordion to an expander or to a computer running a sequencer or an editor IN This connector receives MIDI data from a com puter or a controller Connect it to an external controller s or computer s MIDI OUT OUT This connector sends MIDI data generated by the microARRANGER s keyboard controllers and or the internal sequencer Connect it to an expander s or computer s MIDI IN 7 DC 12V AC power adapter connector Plug the supplied power adapter into this connector 8 SD Card Slot To insert an SD card or SDHC card push it into the slot until it clicks into place To remove the SD card push it in the card will pop out slightly allowing you to pull it out gt
28. can play Styles automatic accompaniments and or play up to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard In the main page Realtime Keyboard tracks are shown on the right half of the display You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style Play edit pages If you are ina different operating mode press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode If the TRACK SELECT LED is on press TRACK SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks This operating mode is automatically selected when the instrument is turned on SONG PLAY Song Play mode where you can playback 16 track Songs in Standard Midi File SMF format directly from the memory card You can also play MID and KAR files directly from the memory card Since the microARRANGER is equipped with two sequencers you can even play two Songs at the same time and mix them with the BALANCE slider In addition to the Song tracks you can play one to four Realtime Keyboard tracks along with the Song s In the main page Realtime Keyboard tracks are shown on the right half of the display You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit pages If you are in a different operating mode press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play mode If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or flashing press TRK SELECT one or two times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks B SEQ Backing Sequence mode where you can record a new Song based on the Realt
29. dit environment an an nt i it Card Load TC E MENRE SET It I LIVE SET I ETHNICA SET I 5 LOAD OPEN CLOSE page Load Save Cory Erase Format Hew Dir Rename Utilities T Menu Edit pages PAGE C E Selecting windows When you press one of the STYLE or PROGRAM PERFORMANCE buttons you open a selecting window This window closes after selecting one of the items in it or after pressing EXIT If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is light up the window doesn t close after selecting an item Press EXIT to close the window and go back to the underlying page cma ni I J J a ni I RNY Bossaowa ETS E Stule Play Menu I Mixers Volume RE DruwPerc Piano l MO Bassi Gaitari O a Acc 1 5 StrraErez M UowPadh m Mixer Tunina Effects Main page Menu EXIT NO CO RT Ctrls Sty Ctrls Trent Pad Track Edit Preferences Wie me SP Gr A 4 mma 188 mmm G32 mi O miinaa au 110 Edit pages PAGE 11 Rear panel Message windows MESSAGE WINDOWS Sometimes a message might appear in the display warning about an error or an incorrect operation Hot a Standard MIDI File Press ENTER or EXIT to exit one of these windows Other messages ask for an answer as in the Are you sure w
30. e sound to be played by a track Before selecting a Program you must select the track that you want to assign the Program to Note To assign different Programs to the Style tracks press TRACK SELECT to see the Style tracks If you select a Program while grouped tracks Drum Percussion or ACC are selected the Program will be assigned to the last selected track Each Style Element Variations Fills can have different Programs so your selection might be automatically reset when selecting a different Element 1 Use the VOLUME VALUE E H buttons on the right side of the display to select the Realtime Keyboard track you wish to assign a different Program to RECORD MENU E PAGE a e VOLUME VALUE UPPER 1 ACC 2 T T a g Class Piano Ac Piano S Acone 1 5 Ac Piano COE i3 Stas 4 LOWER ACC 5 13 Strings HA J MUTE SHIFT O O 2 Press the PROGRAM button This changes the PROGRAM PERFOR MANCE section into a Program selec tor 3 Use the leftmost PROGRAM PERFOR o Pani MANCE button to select a row of Pro gram banks upper lower Cc E 4 Select the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE serue SAX bank containing the Program you are looking for Program banks are identified by instrument names PERFORM PROSRAM Ot PROGRAM PERFORMANCE O PIANO E PIANO MALLET amp ACCORDION ORGAN1 ORGAN2 GUITAR STRINGS amp TRUMPET amp BRASS BELL VO
31. e is structured in overlapping active layers From the lower level e operating modes Style Play Backing Sequence Song Play Song Program e edit environments Global Card e selecting windows Style Select Song Select Program Select Performance Select When opening an edit environment or a selecting page the current operating mode is still working in the background SALT nY NUSONs Edit environments Operating modes Operating modes See diagram at the bottom of this page At the lowest level an operating mode is always active The current operating mode is indicated by the lit LED on the STYLE PLAY B SEQ SONG PLAY SONG or PROGRAM but ton in the MODE section The relevant icon lights up in the display An operating mode is divided into a main page the page where you usually play a Style a Song or a Program a menu and a series of edit pages Press MENU to access the Menu Use the MENU and PAGE buttons to browse across the various edit pages Press EXIT to go back to the main page Operating modes Display and User Interface 10 Interface structure Edit environment See diagram at the bottom When you press GLOBAL or SD CARD an edit environment overlaps the current operating mode Press EXIT to go back to the cur rent operating mode An edit environment is made up of a menu and a series of edit pages Use the MENU and PAGE buttons to browse across the various edit pages E
32. ecognition area to automatically start the Style running If you like you can turn one of the INTROs on before starting the Style START STOP LEDs ON When both LEDs are lit up raising your hand from the keyboard momentarily will stop the Style from playing If you play a chord again the Style starts again OFF All Synchro functions are turned off This button doubles as a DELETE function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes It is also used to delete the selected character during text editing 24 TAP TEMPO RESET INSERT This is a double function button acting in a different way depending on the Style status stop play Tap Tempo When the Style is not playing you can beat the tempo on this button At the end the accompaniment starts playing using the tapped in tempo Reset When you press this button while the Style is in play the Style pattern goes back to the previous strong beat This button doubles as an INSERT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes It is also used to insert a character at the cursor position dur ing text editing 25 WRITE CARD IN USE In Style Play mode this button opens the Write window that lets you save all the tracks onto a Performance the Realtime Keyboard tracks in a Single Touch Setting STS or the accompaniment tracks onto a Style Performance In the Global edit environment press it to save Global param eters in memory This button s LED works as a
33. ect the first row of ten banks 1 10 upper LED turned on or the second row of ten banks 11 20 lower LED turned on 13 Basic operations Selecting a Program 3 Press one of the 1 0 buttons to select the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE bank containing the Performance you are looking for PROGRAM PERFORMANCE O PIANO E PIANO MALET amp ACCORDION ORGAN1 ORGAN2 GUITAR STRINGS k TRUNET amp BRASS uv a OU 0 o O O O 00 L o SAX wooowin SYNTH H SYNTH BASS A irum amp PERC SFX i USER Ad USER 2 USER oK The Performance Select window appears There are 8 Performances for each bank Last selected Performance Pe s chora tempo transpose I dz mi Lesi tt CL sjam j ai n Lees ara StereoGrand StrinaFiano Pianc ctrs Thin Stage Duly Fiano Midi Elect Fiano DistElFiano 4 Select a Performance using the VOLUME VALUE A H buttons 5 Ifthe DISPLAY HOLD LED is on press EXIT to exit this window The STYLE CHANGE button When you select a Performance the Style may or may not change depending on the status of the STYLE CHANGE but ton When you save a Performance the current Style number is always memorized e If the STYLE CHANGE LED is on the Style saved in the Performance will be selected e If the STYLE CHANGE LED is off the Style doesn t change SELECTING A PROGRAM You can select a different Program i
34. g i octavo Ri DrumPerc Grand Piano 40 FingElBass Dark Pad S Accor 1S StrinasEn sz Analog Ste M This sets the Realtime Keyboard tracks for you In this case you get the Upper 1 track playing on the full keyboard range with the Grand Piano Program selected As you may know there are four available Realtime tracks Upper 1 3 and Lower Upper Realtime tracks may play on the full range of the keyboard the selected KEYBOARD MODE shall be FULL UPPER Otherwise the Lower track plays on the left of the Split Point and the Upper tracks on the right KEYBOARD MODE shall be SPLIT If you are not satisfied with this setting at startup you can simply select another Performance Or change the track s set tings as you will see in this tutorial and save them into Performance 1 1 You ll soon see how to do it 2 Select a different Performance Is the PERFORM LED on PERFORM O O If so press one of the PROGRAM PERFORMANCE buttons and select a Performance with the VOLUME VALUE buttons on the side of the display 5 aD ni ES al Cd EO l ie A fee oy ea a Er SLereoBrand StringPiar Piano ctra Thin Stage Bully Fiano Midi ect Piano Dist eae Select a Performance with the VOLUME VALUE buttons Go ahead and try out the different Performances We pro vided 160 of them for you 3 Select Performance 1 1 Grand Piano again As
35. h the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV techni cian for help Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user s authority to operate this equipment NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL EU ONLY When this crossed out wheeled bin symbol is displayed on the product owner s manual bat tery or battery package it signifies that when you wish to dispose of this product manual package or battery you must do so in an approved manner Do not discard this product manual package or battery along with ordinary household waste Disposing in the correct manner will prevent harm to human health and potential damage to the environment Since the correct method of disposal will depend on the applicable laws and regulations in your locality please con tact your local administrative body for details If the battery contains heavy metals in excess of the regulated amount a chemical symbol is displayed below the crossed out wheeled bin symbol on the battery or battery package IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used If you have purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside
36. his button to stop it with a volume fade out the volume gradually decreases You don t need to press START STOP to start or stop the Style 17 VARIATION 1 4 NOTE LENGTH buttons PERF STYLE Each of these buttons will select one of the four variations of the current Style Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds These buttons double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the Song mode 18 FILL 1 2 NOTE LENGTH buttons PERF gt STYLE These two buttons trigger a fill in Press them twice LED blink ing to let them play in loop and select any other Style element Fill Intro Variation to exit the loop They also double as a NOTE LENGTH function for the Song mode 5 Front panel The music stand 19 COUNT IN BREAK PERF gt STYLE While the Style is not running press this button then press START STOP This combination triggers a one bar initial count then the Style starts playing While the Style is already in play this button triggers a break an empty measure beginning with a kick crash shot Press it twice to let it play in loop and select any other Style ele ment Fill Intro Variation to exit the loop 20 ENDING 1 2 DOT TRIPLET buttons PERF STYLE While the Style is running these two buttons trigger an End ing and stop the Style Press one of them and the Style will stop running with an Ending If pressed while the Style is stopped they act as an additional couple of Intros Pre
37. his is a line level input you ll need to use a separately sold mic pre amp or mixer if you re connecting a mic Start up 2 Controlling the Volume Use the connected device s volume control to adjust the input level Be careful not to make it distort or clip Here is how to set the volume of the connected device e if the sound heard on microARRANGER s outputs is too low you should increase the output level of the con nected device if it sounds fine it s ok if it distorts you should lower the level a little until the sounds is fine again MIDI CONNECTIONS You can play the internal sounds of your microARRANGER with an external controller i e a master keyboard a MIDI guitar a wind controller a MIDI accordion or a digital piano 1 Connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of your controller to the MIDI IN connector on the micro ARRANGER 2 Select a transmission MIDI channel on your controller Some controllers like the MIDI accordions usually transmit on more than one channel 3 On the microARRANGER select the MIDI Setup that best fits your controller s type DAMPER PEDAL Connect a Damper Sustain pedal to the DAMPER connector on the back panel Use a KORG PS 1 PS 3 or DS1H foot switch pedal or a compatible one DEMO Listen to the built in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of the microARRANGER There are 16 Demo Songs to choose from 1 Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY
38. igBnd GermWaltz 2 Polka 3 Bajon J Pop Miss Bossa Habanera2 Merengue 1 JazzWaltz 1 BigBnd Fox4 Laendler It Valzer2 Ipanema HipHopFunk2 Lite Bossa Mambo 1 Merengue 2 JazzWaltz 2 Dixieland WalzMusette Slow Waltz3 SanbaDeSol Schuffle GrooveBossa Mambo 2 Cumbia 5 4 Swing Hollywood ViennaWaltz Trad Bolero Ricky Jazz Funk 2 DiscoChaCha Salsa 1 Latin Dance Mood Swing Broadway Viennese NewBeguine Mambo 99 Blues Cha Cha Cha Salsa 2 Batucada Be Bop Acid Jazz Mazurka 1 SchlagerMx1 PopShuffle2 6 8 Swing Sabor Mariachi Rumba Unpl Swingi New Jazz Mazurka 2 SchlagerMx2 Front Beat The Avalon ChaCha Funk Reggae 1 Gipsy Unpl Swing2 Latin Jazz Polka 1 Dance Mix Long Train 6 8 R amp B Latin Rock Reggae 2 Rumba Pop B BndBallad Fusion Polka 2 Soca Dance 2000 Hits Groovin UnplugLatin Reggae 3 Calypso BigBandMed Ragtime Pno Germ Polka 60 s Dance Questions 90 s Funk Beguine 1 Pasodoble 1 Lambada Big Band 1 Shuffle Pno Trad Polka 70 s Disco 8BeatRock4 Party Funk Beguine 2 PasDobBanda Meneito BigBand40 s Boogie Pno Marsch Motown 2 8BeatRock2 6 8 Blues Slow Bolero Pasodoble2 Macarena Big Band 2 Bossa Pno FrenchMarsc Dance 80 LA R8B Fusion Funk S a KORG INC KO R 4015 2 Yanokuchi Inagi city Tokyo 206 0812 Japan M 2011 KORG INC
39. ime and Style tracks and save it as anew Standard MIDI File SONG Song mode where you can play record or edit a Song PROGRAM Program mode to play single Sound Programs on the keyboard or edit them Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY but tons together to select the Demo mode This mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs to let you hear the sonic power of the microAR RANGER 6 GLOBAL This button recalls the Global edit environment where you can select various global settings This edit environment over laps any operating mode which will still remain active in the background Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operat ing mode 7 SD CARD This button recalls the Card edit environment where you can execute various operations on files and cards Load Save For mat etc This edit environment overlaps the current oper ating mode which will still remain active in the background Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode DEMO 8 MEMORY TIE This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on or off Go to the Page 24 Preferences controls edit page to decide if this button should be a Chord Memory only or a Lower Chord Memory button When it works as a Lower Chord Memory ON The sound to the left of the split point and the chord for the automatic accompaniment are kept in memory even when you raise your hand from the keyboard OFF The sound and chords are released a
40. indow below Are you sure EMTER 0k EXT T Cance Press ENTER YES for Yes or EXIT NO for No SYMBOLS AND ICONS Many icons and symbols on the custom display show the status of a parameter or the display content M Realtime Keyboard track Upper 1 3 Lower iet Drum track Style track view O jg Percussion track Style track view o jas It Grouped Drum and Percussion tracks E Bass track Style track view acc Grouped accompaniment tracks This symbol indicates the five grouped accompaniment tracks Accl1 5 actjac5 Accompaniment tracks Style track view Sequencer tracks Selected track or parameter When this symbol appears you can execute any available opera tion on the selected item no icon The track is in mute and can t play on the key board GRAYED OUT NON AVAILABLE PARAMETERS Currently non available parameters are now shown in gray in the display i e with a ghost texture Here is an example of a grayed out parameter compared to a normal parameter Text in gray 5 REAR PANEL micro ARRANGER IN ureur ASS PHONES INPUT L MONO DAMPER PDL SW IN MIDI 0UT 12 3 45 6 040000 1 PHONES Use this jack to connect a pair of headphones You can use headphones with an impedance of 16 2000 500 suggested Use a headphone distributor to connect more than one pair of headphones 2 INPUT Use these unbal
41. k you for purchasing the Korg Professional Arranger microARRANGER This instrument is an ideal keyboard for song production it lets you select a desired musical style and generate a high quality band accompaniment simply by playing chords and then you can play the melody yourself to easily create an original song USEFUL LINKS Your preferred KORG dealer also carries a wide range of Korg hardware and software accessories Please ask your dealer about additional Programs Styles and other useful music materials Each KORG distributor can supply you with useful informa tion In the English speaking world here are the relevant addresses USA KORG USA 316 South Service Road Melville New York 11747 USA Tel 1 516 333 9100 Fax 1 516 333 9108 UK KORG UK Ltd 1 Harrison Close Knowlhill Milton Keynes MK5 8PA UK Tel 01908 304600 Fax 01908 304699 UK Technical Support Tel 01908 304637 E mail info korg co uk Many KORG distributors also have their own web page on the internet where you can find information and software Useful web pages in English are the following http www korg com http www korg co uk A place to find operating system updates and various system files for example a full backup of the factory data is at the following link http www korgpa com ABOUT THIS MANUAL The documentation for this instrument consists of the Quick Start Guide the document you re reading and a more de
42. le Play mode and the unit will be ready for sound output Turning the power off e Press the power button located on the upper right side of the front panel to turn off the power Warning When turning the instrument off all data con tained in RAM a volatile memory used for Song editing will be lost On the contrary data contained in the SSD disk a non volatile memory used for Factory and User data will be preserved Note Never turn off the power while the SD card data is being read or written ABOUT THE AUTO POWER OFF FUNCTION With the factory settings this instrument will automatically power off when four hours have passed since you last played the keyboard or used the buttons If desired you can turn off disable this function The power will also turn off automatically after four hours pass with only songs or demo songs being played To adjust power on off settings press the GLOBAL button to enter the GLOBAL page and adjust the settings on the Page1 Gen Controls page CONTROLLING THE VOLUME Use the MASTER VOLUME MASTER ACC SEQ ASSIGN slider to control the overall VOLUME VOLUME SLIDER volume of the instrument This slider controls the vol ume of the sound going to the internal speakers the L MONO amp RIGHT OUTPUTS and the HEAD PHONES connector Note Start at a moderate level then raise the MASTER VOLUME up Don t keep the volume at an uncomfortable level for too long e Use the ACC SEQ
43. micro ARRANGER professional arranger Quick Start Guide KORG o PRECAUTIONS LOCATION Using the unit in the following locations can result in a mal function e In direct sunlight e Locations of extreme temperature or humidity e Excessively dusty or dirty locations e Locations of excessive vibration e Close to magnetic fields POWER SUPPLY Please connect the designated AC adapter to an AC outlet of the correct voltage Do not connect it to an AC outlet of volt age other than that for which your unit is intended INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience recep tion interference Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and televisions HANDLING To avoid breakage do not apply excessive force to the switches or controls CARE If the exterior becomes dirty wipe it with a clean dry cloth Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or thinner or cleaning compounds or flammable polishes KEEP THIS MANUAL After reading this manual please keep it for later
44. mo A vion anaana onean carat aer ger ass on oog Gl gt DO 1 C J Ot J49 o g C O 0O 0O 0O 0 0 u ag O mmni amna wont vce mma mw MAE USERI user2 users 48 TD TAF TEMPO O sax WOODWIND SYNTHi SYNTH2 BASS DRUM amp PERC SFK _USER1 USER2 gt USER DK OOOO OOO OU OO O O OOO Ooo a DD DIOG 16 q 48 19 99 21 22 23 24 25 26 45 46 47 1 Power switch 4 This turns the microARRANGER s power on or off 2 MASTER VOLUME This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument both of the internal speakers the L MONO and RIGHT out puts and the HEADPHONES output Warning At the maximum level with rich sounding Songs Styles or Programs the internal speakers could distort during signal peaks Should this happen lower the Master Volume a little 3 ACC SEQ VOLUME This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume Style Play mode or the Song tracks volume excluding the Real time tracks Song and Song Play modes This is a relative control where the effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME slider position 4 ASSIGN SLIDER This is a freely programmable slider By default it acts as the Keyboard Expression control to let you balance the relative volume of the Realtime Keyboard tracks 5 MODE section Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of the instrument Each mode excludes the others STYLE PLAY Style Play mode where you
45. ng example FE F2 3 14 COMO chord Ea Jn i SINGLE TOUCH SETTING u See SINGLE TOUCH SETTING F 1 F 4 FUNCTION KEYS buttons on page 6 for more information PAGE The PAGE buttons select the previous or next edit page When selecting a Style or a Program they select a dif ferent page of Styles or Programs See PAGE on page 5 for more information E E Ll 3 q veel MENU The MENU button opens the current operating mode or edit environment s Menu When in a Menu you can use the VOLUME VALUE buttons to select an edit section to jump to TRACK SELECT Each of the operating modes have a differ First select the line using a VOLUME VALUE A H button ent number of tracks Then select a column using the F 1 F 4 function button Style Play 4 Realtime tracks 8 Style tracks 4 Pads Song Play 4 Realtime tracks 2 x 16 Song Tracks 4 Pads SINGLE TOUCH SETTING Backing Sequence 4 Realtime tracks 8 Style tracks 4 Pads Song 16 Song tracks You can only see up to 8 tracks in the display So use the TRACK SELECT button to switch to the other hidden tracks For example when in Style Play you can use this but ton to switch from the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks INTERFACE STRUCTURE Thanks to its multitasking operating system the microAR RANGER user interfac
46. ognized chords are shown in the display 5 Make a break or should we say a fill During your playing you are free to call a one bar break Try it PRESS BREAK Do you see Music stopped for one bar Then it is back again After a while let s go for something different PRESS FILL1 OR FILL2 No silence this time microARRANGER plays a complex pas sage to let you take a breath FILL1 is the simpler one where FILL2 is more sophisticated Usually you will use FILL1 when playing with Variations 1 and 2 the most easy FILL2 when working with Variations 3 and 4 more complex ones RIATION 03 JJOO J gt FILL COUNT IN BREA 20 o o1 C l ENDING O1 20 6 Select other Variations There are four VARIATION buttons These are four different versions of the same Style Try them all VARIATION ol 02 03 04 FILL COUNT IN BREAK ENDING 20 o ol 20 LJ CJ l O E A A s E You can go to a Variation after a Fill Just press a FILL button then immediately after press a VARIATION button Tutorial 16 Playing in Realtime Without using Automatic Accompaniment 7 Stop it OK you could say Oh that s easy I know how to do it I can just press that big red START STOP button again Yes you are perfectly right But that s the easy way Let us suggest a more
47. ong s using the PLAY STOP button for the corre sponding Sequencer Specifications 20 Playing a Song from a card 8 Specifications Operating conditions 0 40 C no condensation Keyboard 61 keys C2 C7 natural touch mini keyboard with velocity Power AC adapter DC 12V included Dimensions W x D x H 873 x 277 x 91 mm 34 37 x 10 91 x 3 58 Weight 4 2 kg 9 26 Ibs Power consumption 9W Included items AC adapter DC12V Se Quick Start Guide Music stand Accessory Disc Options XVP 10 expression volume pedal EXP 2 foot controller DS 1H damper pedal PS 1 or PS 3 pedal switch Styles O gt y y gt Z A 2 y 8 16 Beat1 8 16 Beat2 Ballad Ballroom Dance Rock Soul amp Funk World 1 World 2 World 3 Soft Beat Guitar Bld1 Groove Bld Slow Pop HouseGarage Open Rock1 Rubber Funk OberkrWaltz Bluegrass Hora Pop Beat Guitar Bld2 Diva Slow Rock 1 House Open Rock2 Groove Funk OberkrPolka Country 8Bt Sevillana 1 Stndrd8Beat 8BtAnalog1 RockBallad1 Slow Rock2 Dream Pop Rock Acid Jazz Bavar Pop 1 Country16Bt Sevillana 2 Unplug8Bt1 Analogyst Folk Ballad Unpl SIRock Techno Fire Rock Double Beat Bavar Pop2 CountryBeat Jota Love 8 Beat 8Bt Analog PopBallad2 BigBnd Fox Underground Hard Rock Groove Party Polka Mod Country Copla Half Beat Trendy Beat HalfTimeBld Slow Waltz Progressive Heavy Rock Jazz Funk Pop Polka CntryBoogie Classic 3 4 UK 8 Beat Slow Ballad Coun
48. ooooooooooo Headphones i ccc sci keene keeles eee Audio Outputs 6 66 cee eens Audio PUS seieren ate vor lain an ele tae MIDI connections 0 00 cee eens Damper Pedal iiicccctccivacsiwevsiwar es waves Dem omar The music stand 0 0 cece eee ees Front panel ooo Display and User Interface Display controls oooooooooocccconrnroromo Interface structure oooooooooroccoccorooooco Message WindowS 0oooccoccoocccocncroranco Symbols and Icons ooooooooocccocncoooomm Grayed out non available parameters Rear panel o o ooooooooooo o Basic operations Playing on the keyboard ooooooommmo o Selecting muting unmuting and soloing a track Selecting a Performance 00005 Selecting a Program 6 eee eee Selecting a Style ocuins comes eee nee Selecting a Single Touch Setting STS Changing all keyboard tracks at once Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style Performance or Program Tutorial 4 362453 okdaceeseedewk sae Playing a Style Automatic Accompaniment Playing in Realtime Without using Automatic Accompaniment Recording a Song Simultaneously recording the Style and realtime performance Playing a Song from a card 04 Specifications 4 Start up Useful links 1 WELCOME Than
49. rd again That s easy 1 Press RECORD to enter Record mode ca uu E Fac Henson Style Soft Beat EE Ferfar d i Meteo Ort kesol Hi RT Pad REC Sel Tempo CheAoct REC Set the track to delete and set the REC status to record Set the track you want to listen to during recording to PLAY status If you don t want to delete it but you don t want to listen to it set the track to MUTE status 4 Start recording again If you are recording the RT track you can t use the Style controls 5 Press PLAY STOP SEQ1 to finish the Song and exit Recording mode 12 Time to save your Song If you don t save your Song it will be lost when you turn the instrument off or switch to the Song Play mode You must save to a card any Song you wish to preserve 1 Insert your SD card into the card slot 2 In the Backing Sequence Play page select the Save Song parameter un measure Jana tot cE D ALLI octave Meio E Load Sond Metros ty Save Sond Meher ded Sel Teneo Tenra Aube 3 Press the F 1 button to select the SD card SD NS an am com j ones i E o icy nome Save Song ma COO HELHRE HID It CMY SONGS HSO MID ra SD SAVE OPEN CLOSE 4 Move the folder where you wish to save your Song to the first line of the display using the E F Scroll Up
50. reference KEEPING FOREIGN MATTER OUT OF YOUR EQUIPMENT Never set any container with liquid in it near this equipment If liquid gets into the equipment it could cause a breakdown fire or electrical shock Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equipment If something does slip into the equipment unplug the AC adapter from the wall outlet Then contact your nearest Korg dealer or the store where the equipment was purchased THE FCC REGULATION WARNING FOR USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide rea sonable protection against harmful interference in a resi dential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differ ent from that to whic
51. right button to increase it MUTE Press both buttons in a pair to mute the corre sponding track Press both buttons again to unmute the track While in the Style Play Song Play and Song modes you can solo one of the tracks Just keep the SHIFT button pressed and press both of the VOLUME VALUE buttons corre sponding with the track you wish to solo To exit the solo mode keep the SHIFT button pressed again and press both the VOLUME VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed track SOLO Front panel 6 The music stand VALUE Use each button pair to change the correspond ing parameter s value The left button decreases the value the right button increases it 31 TRACK SELECT Depending on the operating mode this button switches between the various tracks view STYLE PLAY MODE Switches between the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks SONG PLAY MODE Switches between the main page showing the Realtime Keyboard tracks Song tracks 1 8 and Song tracks 9 16 SONG MODE Switches between the main page Song tracks 128 and Song tracks 9 16 The TRACK SELECT LED shows the current page view Off Main page Realtime tracks or Song controls On 2nd page Style tracks or Song tracks 1 8 Flashing 3rd page Song tracks 9 16 32 SINGLE TOUCH SETTING F 1 F 4 FUNCTION KEYS buttons While in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence mode these buttons select a Single Touch Setting each Each of the
52. s soon as you raise your hand from the keyboard This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song mode 9 BASS INV REST This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off ON The lowest note of a chord played in inverted form will always be detected as the root note of the chord Thus you can specify to the arranger composite chords such as Am7 G or F C OFF The lowest note is scanned together with the other chord notes and is not always consid ered as the root note This button doubles as a REST function for the Song mode 10 MAN BASS This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off Note When you press the MAN BASS button the Bass track vol ume is automatically set to the maximum value The volume is automatically set back to the original value when the MAN BASS button is deactivated ON The automatic accompaniment stops playing apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks and you can manually play the Bass track on the Lower part of the keyboard You can start the automatic accompaniment again by press ing one of the CHORD SCANNING buttons OFF The bass track is automatically played by the Style 11 SPLIT POINT lt gt GBL Keep this button pressed to open the Split Point window While this window is open you can set the split point simply by playing the split point note on the keyboard Then release the SPLIT POINT button To memorize the selected split point note press the GLOBAL b
53. ss them twice LED blinking to let them play in loop and select any other Style element Fill Intro Variation to exit the loop ENDINGI also doubles as a DOT function and ENDING2 doubles as a TRIPLET function to be used in Song mode Note Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords while Ending 2 plays on the last recognized chord 21 INTRO 1 2 buttons PERF gt STYLE These two buttons set the arranger in Intro mode After press ing one of these buttons start the Style and it will begin with the selected intro The INTRO LED will automatically go off at the end of the intro Press them twice LED blinking to let them play in a loop and select any other Style element Fill Intro Variation to exit the loop Note Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords while Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord 22 START STOP Starts or stops the Style that s ruming You can reset all frozen notes and controllers on the microARRANGER and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT by using the Panic key combination Just press SHIFT START STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers 23 SYNCHRO START STOP DELETE This button turns the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func tions on or off Press it repeatedly to turn the functions on or off The LEDs will cycle in this order START gt START STOP OFF START LED ON When this LED is lit up just play a chord in the chord r
54. tailed PDF owner s manual provided on the accessory disc The PDF owner s manual is divided into the following three sections e A Basic Guide containing an overview of the instru ment as well as a series of practical guides named Tutorials e A Reference Guide with each page and parameter described in detail e An Appendix with a list of data and useful information for the advanced user The quick start guide and PDF owner s manual use the fol lowing abbreviations gt PERF The parameter can be saved onto a Perfor mance by pressing the WRITE button STYLE The parameter can be saved onto the current Style Performance by pressing the WRITE but ton STS The parameter can be saved onto a Single Touch Setting by pressing the WRITE button GBL The parameter can be saved onto a Global set ting by going to the Global environment and pressing the WRITE button 2 START UP CONNECTING THE AC POWER ADAPTER Connect the supplied AC power adapter to the dedicated socket on the rear of the instrument Then plug it into a wall socket Warning Use only the supplied adapter or an adapter sug gested by Korg Other adapters may look similar but they may damage your instrument TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF Turning the power on e Press the power button located on the upper right side of the front panel The startup screen will appear in the LCD and after a time it will display the main page in Sty
55. tons 6 Ok now we can go As you see both the RT track and the Ch Acc track are in RECord mode This means you can start recording every thing you play in a realtime performance with the Styles PRESS START STOP WAIT FOR THE PRECOUNT TO REACH BAR 1 AND BEGIN PLAYING 7 Play as if you were playing live You can do exactly what you do when playing with the Styles select a different Style Performance STS different Variation a Fill and Ending You can even start your recording with an Intro just press one of the INTRO buttons before pressing START STOP to start recording 8 Stop the Song To stop the Song press either START STOP or one of the ENDING buttons The Song will stop but the Recording will still be on So you can start with another Song to be recorded in the same session go back to step 6 if you like Otherwise finish the Recording Now forgoing to the next step 9 Finish the recording PRESS PLAY STOP SEQ1 and the Recording status will be gone Both Backing Sequence tracks RT and Ch Acc will be set to the PLAY status 19 Tutorial Playing a Song from a card 10 Listen to the Song When back in the Backing Sequence Play page press PLAY STOP SEQ1 to listen to the new Song How smart were you If the Song is fine you can switch to the Song mode and do some editing Or you can save it as seen below and play it in Song Play mode 11 Deleting one of the tracks or the whole Song and reco
56. tryBld1 Slow Waltz Jungle RockShuffle Al Swing Flipper 6 8 CountryShf1 Bolero 8BeatGroove 6Strings Bt 4 4 Ballad Foxtrot 1 Rap Rock Ballad HipHop Funk Flipper 4 4 CountryShf2 Minuetto O UK RnB Std 16Beat1 Love Ballad BigBnd Fox2 Hip Hop Half Time HipHop Soul Schlager 1 CountryBld2 Baroque Cc PopBallad 1 Std 16Beat2 NaturalBeat Slow Fox Disco 70 Rock 6 8 MotownShufl Schlager 2 Country 3 4 New Age o HipHop Beat Unpl 16Beat Celtic Bld Foxtrot 2 80 s Dance Abbey Road PopBallad4 Schlager 3 Orleans Tarantella x LightRock 1 Pop 16Beatt 16BtAnalog1 Operetta Love Disco Surf Rock RhythmBlues Schlager 4 Jig Raspa LightRock 2 Pop 16Beat2 Color Beat BigBnd Fox3 Disco Party Pop Shuffle Soul PopSchlager CelticDream Vahde e Miami Beat Cinema Bld PopBallad 3 Charleston Disco Funky BluesShuffl Memphis Trucker Norteno Oriental Dd ClassicBeat Windy Beat 8BtAnalog3 Quick Step Disco Gully 60 s Rock Motown Cajun Quebradita Roman Unplug8Bt2 Home Beat 16BtAnalog2 New Jive Twist Rock amp Roll Gospel Zydeco Tejano Ciftetelli O gt o Latin 1 Latin 2 Latin Dance Jazz 1 Jazz 2 Trad Direct SD User 1 User 2 User 3 O UnplugBossa Engl Tango Samba Jazz Brush Big Band 3 Ital Valzer sz Foxtrot 3 16Beat John Soul 2 Basic Bossa Orch Tango Sambalegre Med Swing Sw Shuffle Valzer a Hully Gully 8 Beat John Boston Boy L A Bossa Tango it Disco Samba Slow Swing FastBigBand GermWaltz 1 Mazurka 3 2Bt Country 6 8 JazzPop New Bossa Habanera 1 Samba Funk SwingBallad LatinB
57. ully on the left only Sequencer 1 can be heard When fully on the right only Sequencer 2 can be heard When in the middle both sequencers will play at full volume 49 SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS SEQ1 and SEQ2 The instrument is equipped with two sequencers Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2 each with its own set of transport con trols lt lt and gt gt Rewind and Fast Forward commands If you use them while the Song is in play they make it scroll back or forward When pressed once these buttons move the Song to the previous or following measure When kept pressed they make the Song scroll continuously until you release them SHIFT In Jukebox mode Sequencer 1 keep the SHIFT button pressed and press these but tons to scroll to the previous or next Song in the Jukebox list Pauses the Song at the current position Press PAUSE or PLAY STOP to start the Song play ing again PLAY STOP Starts or stops the current Song When you stop the Song the Song Position goes back to measure 1 SHIFT In Song Play mode pressing this button while keeping SHIFT pressed starts both sequencers at the same time PAUSE 9 Display and User Interface Display controls 4 DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE The display shows the current status of the microAR appearing along the last line using the F 1 F 4 buttons You RANGER and its performance and editing parameters You can vary many of the parameter s values by pressing the left
58. ut ton then press WRITE to save the Global settings into memory This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes 12 G QUANTIZE gt Press this button to open the Groove Quantize window where you can select a realtime groove quantization to be applied to the Song only Sequencer 1 This button doubles as a NEXT EVENT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes 13 TEMPO m LOCK This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off ON When you select a different Style or Perfor mance the tempo doesn t change You can still change it using the DIAL or the TEMPO buttons OFF When you select a different Style or Perfor mance the memorized tempo value is auto matically selected Front panel 4 The music stand 14 RIDemo toi This button turns the Single Touch function on or off ON When a different Style or the same again is selected a Single Touch Setting STS1 is auto matically selected meaning that the Realtime tracks and effects will change together with the Style tracks and effects OFF When you select a different Style or the same again the Style tracks and effects are changed while the Realtime tracks are not changed 15 STYLE section NUMERIC KEYPAD Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select a Style See Selecting a Style on page 14 The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of Style banks Press it
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search