User manual KORG DP2000C

[. . . ] Careless operation can damage your speaker system or other equipment, and may cause malfunctions. 2 Connect audio cables from the ESX-1’s line out jacks (L/MONO, R) to your mixer or powered monitor system (amplified speakers). If you are using a monaural connection, use the L/MONO jack. 3 4 If you are using headphones, plug them into the headphone jack. [. . . ] Sound will still be output from the line out jacks even if headphones are plugged in. Slightly turn up the ESX-1’s master volume, and touch the drum part keys to produce sound so that you can check that the connections are correct. 5 Adjust the ESX-1’s master volume, and the gain and faders of your mixer or powered monitor system to an appropriate listening level. 3 5 2 4 1 DRUM PART 2 Playing a Demo song The ESX-1 contains several demo songs. Here’s how you can listen to the demo Song (☞ Owner’s manual: p. 75) songs to get an idea of the ESX-1’s sound and potential. 1 2 3 4 Press the SONG key. Press the PLAY/PAUSE key to play back the song (the key will light). Demo Song (☞ Owner’s manual: p. 18) To pause playback Press the PLAY/PAUSE key (the key will blink). To resume playback Press the PLAY/PAUSE key once again (the key will light). To stop playback Press the STOP/CANCEL key. 3 2 1 STOP/CANCEL 4 3 Playing a pattern 1 2 3 4 Press the PATTERN key (the key will light). If you decide to cancel the procedure before you actually begin sampling, you can press the STOP/CANCEL key at this point. This jack is a stereo phone plug. Before you continue, set the Global mode AUDIO IN MODE setting to either monaural or stereo as appropriate (☞Owner’s manual p. 83). 6 7 8 Specify the sampling mode (the display indicates “SmplRec”). Turn the dial to set the sampling mode to either “Stereo”(stereo) or “Mono” (monaural) sampling. Press the PLAY/PAUSE key to start sampling at the desired moment (the REC key will blink, and the PLAY/PAUSE key will light). Sampling will end when you press the STOP/CANCEL key (the REC key and PLAY/PAUSE keys will go dark). You can press the PLAY/PAUSE key to hear the sample that you just recorded. 1 3 2 4 5 8 5 7 6 To record during playback If a musical idea strikes you while a pattern is playing, you can start recording immediately, without having to stop playback. 1 2 3 Start the pattern playing. [. . . ] You can press the PLAY/PAUSE key to hear the sample that you just recorded. 1 3 2 4 5 8 5 7 6 To record during playback If a musical idea strikes you while a pattern is playing, you can start recording immediately, without having to stop playback. 1 2 3 Start the pattern playing. If you want to record a drum part, press the drum part key for that part at the desired timing. [. . . ]