User manual KORG KPR77

[. . . ] press STOP to stop Press PATTERN key Rotate DIAL to select any Pattern number (A. 01 – d. 23) press PLAY. The pattern will loop playback rotate DIAL to select and PLAY additional patterns. ! Rotate DIAL as current pattern plays to select a new pattern - when the current pattern ends, the new pattern will begin. (When you change patterns in this way, new pattern selected will playback at same tempo as previous pattern. To playback new pattern at its original tempo, STOP pattern playback, then select and PLAY new pattern. Working with Tempo: 1. Press PATTERN select any pattern press PLAY press CURSOR to Tempo (LED lights) rotate DIAL to set tempo to use TAP tempo function: As pattern plays, strike TAP key 3x to set new tempo. [. . . ] Note that Original Value LED lights when original knob/switch settings are recalled PLAY pattern, select and tweak parts. In addition to the PART COMMON parameters, a synth wave can be edited in the SYNTH FILTER area. 2. 2 EM-1 EasyStart Realtime Pattern control: ! Before you continue, turn OFF memory protect: Press GLOBAL Hold Shift Press step key 16 Press step key 16 again. Rotate DIAL to “off” Copy a preset pattern to a new location: 1. Press PATTERN rotate DIAL to select any pattern again to copy the source pattern to b. 64. press WRITE rotate DIAL to pattern b. 64 press WRITE In-store demo suggestion: Use b. 64 as the edit “target pattern” for all of your demos! Tweak the copied pattern: 1. Force pattern Playback: As pattern plays, hold down Shift and press PLAY repeatedly, to “force” pattern playback to first beat of the measure. Tweak the pattern: Strike the part keys work with the knobs and switches as pattern plays - create an edited set of part sounds using the existing pattern try striking any part key in the PART COMMON section, press Effect rotate EFFECT knob to select one of 11 effects tweak effect with Edit 1 / Edit 2 knobs. Note that you can select / edit a new effect for each part (except Accent). Try working with Pitch/Speed, EG Time, Level, Pan knobs and Roll / Amp EG switches - for different part keys, as pattern plays. Assign another waveform to a part sound: Press any part key (while pattern plays or is stopped) CURSOR to Wave (3rd row , PATTERN column) strike the part key as you rotate DIAL to audition / select new samples tweak the part key w/ new sample assigned. Tweak the pattern data itself: As pattern plays, press any Drum part key press to add/remove steps from the 16 step keys (lit/unlit) to add/remove steps from the Synth parts, press the Keyboard key so it is off (unlit). There are two accent grids: one for the synth parts and one for the drum parts press the appropriate Accent key and set new accents on the 16 step keys (use Level knob to set overall accent level). Note that green LED indicates movement through - and loops from bars 1-2. To view the synth part’s triggers, make sure that the Keyboard key is off (unlit). 3. Press the Part 5A key, so that it lights. Edit the trigger settings for Part 7: 4. Press Select < or > keys until bar 1's red LED is lit - to view the trigger settings for part 5A, bar 1. Let the pattern continue to play press the following step keys, to turn them on: 5, 13 (lit). Listen as pattern loops - when bar 1 plays again, only steps 5 and 13 will play - the rest of the data for part 5A stays the same - for bar 2 press Select > key to move to bar 2 press any desired step keys to change trigger settings for part 5A, bar 2 press the STOP key. Select pattern A. 03 PLAY pattern to hear how it sounds press STOP hold down the Shift key and press step key 3 (Swing) - a value of 50 will flash in the display rotate the DIAL to a setting of "69" press step key 3 again (flashing), to set new Swing value PLAY pattern to hear new swing setting STOP pattern hold down Shift and press step key 3. 6. Rotate DIAL to set value to "50" press step key 3 again to re-set Swing value "straight" 16-beat pattern press STOP. PLAY pattern again - to hear 4 EM-1 EasyStart Recording Patterns: 1. 2. Two ways to record patterns: Step or Realtime recording Step Record a 1-bar pattern: Select an empty pattern (try d. 24 or later) press REC press PLAY press each Drum part key, then press the desired step keys (they will light) to enter the pattern data for that part. To step-record synth parts, press on of the 2 parts turn on Keyboard key (lit) CURSOR to Step Rec. (last row under STEP EDIT) press REC input a pitch for each of the 16 steps; turn DIAL or press the Rest/Tie (TAP) key to skip steps REC light goes dark after final step, or you can press STOP at any time. Realtime Record a 1-bar pattern: Select an empty pattern turn on the Metronome: Press GLOBAL, then CURSOR or to Metronome rotate DIAL to “r – 1” (1-bar lead-in) press PATTERN press REC press PLAY strike desired part keys in realtime to record the pattern press STOP when finished. [. . . ] Realtime Record a 1-bar pattern: Select an empty pattern turn on the Metronome: Press GLOBAL, then CURSOR or to Metronome rotate DIAL to “r – 1” (1-bar lead-in) press PATTERN press REC press PLAY strike desired part keys in realtime to record the pattern press STOP when finished. When the Keyboard key is on, the keys are laid out so that #1=A, #4 and #16 are C; black keys are labeled as such. 3. ! Pattern Sets: Assign and trigger patterns with step keys (up to 64) for instant recall Work with Pattern Sets: 1. Press Pattern select any pattern press PLAY ➨ hold down Pattern Set key and press any step key to switch to a new pattern -pre-assigned to that step key. When the current pattern finishes, the new pattern will begin to play. [. . . ]