Korg i40M User Manual

i40M

User’s Guide

Interactive Music Module

AI2 Synthesis System

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING — When using electrical products, basic precautions should be f ollowed, including the f ollowing:

1. Read all the instructions before using the product.

2. Do not use this product near water — for example, near a bathtub , washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, or the like.

3. This product should be used only with the cart or stand that is recommended by the manufacturer.

4. This product, either alone or in combination with an ampliﬁer and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume le v el or at a level that is uncomf ortable. If you e xperience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

5. The product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.

6. The product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that produce heat.

7. The product should be connected to a power supply of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product.

8. The power-supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time.

9. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

10.The product should be serviced by qualiﬁed personnel when:

A. The power-supply cord or the plug has been

damaged; or

B. Objects have f allen, or liquid has been spilled

into the product; or C. The product has been exposed to rain; or D. The product does not appear to operate

normally or exhibits a marked change in

performance; or E. The product has been dropped, or the

enclosure damaged.

11.Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualiﬁed service personnel.

SA VE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

The lightning ﬂash with the arrowhead symbol

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE

PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO

QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS

This product must be grounded (earthed). If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with the local codes and ordinances.

DANGER – Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check with a qualiﬁed electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug pro vided with the product – if it will not ﬁt the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualiﬁed electrician.

within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR THE U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY)

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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential 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 interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CANADA

THIS APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED THE “CLASS B” LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGITAL APPARATUS SET OUT IN THE RADIO INTERFERENCE REGULATION OF THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

LE PRESENT APPAREIL NUMERIQUE N’EMET PAS DE BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES DEPASSANT LES LIMITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMERIQUES DE LA “CLASSE B” PRESCRITES DANS LE REGLEMENT SUR LE BROUILLA GE RADIOELECTRIQUE EDICTE PAR LE

CE mark for European Harmonized Standards

CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of A C mains operated apparatus until December 31, 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).

And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC), CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC).

Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

Warning-THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured

markings identifying the terminals in your plug,proceed as follows:

• the wire which is coloured green and yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or by the earth symbol ,or coloured green or green and yellow.

• the wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black.

• the wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red.

Data Handling

Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user action. Be sure to save important data to ﬂoppy disk. 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 functions and operations. All sound names, parameter names, and values are merely examples and may not always match the actual display you are working on.

Trademarks

Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this manual has been carefully revised and checked through. Due to our constant efforts to improve our products, the speciﬁcations might dif fer to those in the manual. Korg is not responsible for any eventual differences found between the speciﬁcations and the contents of the instruction manual - the speciﬁcations being subject to change without prior notice

Liability

KORG products are manufactured under strict speciﬁcations and voltages required by each country . These products are warranted by the K ORG distrib utor only in each country . An y K ORG product not sold with a warranty card or carrying a serial number disqualiﬁes the product sold from the manufacturer's/distributor's warranty and liability. This requirement is for your own protection and safety.

Service and User’s Assistance

For service, please contact your nearest Authorized K ORG Service Center. For more information on KORG products, and to ﬁnd software and accessories for your piano, please contact your local Authorized KORG distributor.

Web servers

• Home page Korg Italy: “http://www.korg.it”

• Home page Korg.net: “http://www.korg.net”

• Home page Korg USA.: “http://www.korg.com”

• Home page Korg Inc.: “http://www.korg.co.jp”

How to...

How to…

Demo

Listening ☞P. 20

MIDI

Connecting a master keyb. ☞P. 47 Connecting a sequencer ☞P. 53 Connecting a digital piano ☞P. 48 Connecting an accordion ☞P. 49 Connecting a MIDI guitar ☞P. 52 Connecting other instrum. ☞P. 54 MIDI channel programming ☞P. 109, ☞P. 137

Arrangements and automatic accompaniments

Selecting ☞P. 25 Starting & stopping ☞P. 26 Fill, intro, ending ☞P. 27 Changing the volume ☞P. 3

Loading from disk ☞P. 129 Creating new arrangements ☞P. 56

Programs (single sounds)

Selecting ☞P. 30 Assigning to the keyboard ☞P. 29 Editing (Perf. Edit) ☞P. 42, ☞P. 154

Standard MIDI Files (SMF, Songs)

Loading ☞P. 22 Saving ☞P. 35, ☞P. 124 Listening ☞P. 22 Erasing from memory ☞P. 120

Disk

Loading ﬁles ☞P. 128 Saving ﬁles ☞P. 131 Formatting a disk ☞P. 133

Summary

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

User’s guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Before you begin.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Connecting an external amplifying system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Connecting the power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Turning on the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Adjusting the general volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Adjusting the volume of the Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

The headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Connecting a MIDI controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Front and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Arrangement Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Song Play mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Song Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Disk/Global mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Display pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Recording a display page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Subpages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Programming a parameter value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Listening to the Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Backing Sequence demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Listening to the songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

What are styles and arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

How to program the MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting an arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting the accompaniment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Synchro start e stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Intro/ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

All the tracks, at once! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Fade in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Varying the tempo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The real time tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower) . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What are the real time tracks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Assigning the real time tracks to the keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Activating and deactivating the real time tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Blocking the programs of the real time tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Changing the sounds of the real time tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Selecting a Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Recording a Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The backing sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

What are the backing sequences? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Recording the Backing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving the Backing Sequences on disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Deleting the Backing Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

What are the Songs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Recording a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Saving the Song as Standard MIDI File (SMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Editing Standard MIDI Files (SMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The Vocal/Guitar section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting a microphone or a guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Vocal/Guitar section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the settings of the Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Programming the Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Editing the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The special channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Keyboard Set channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Arrangement channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

What is General MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

What are Standard MIDI Files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Connecting the i40M to a MIDI keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting the i40M to a digital piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Connecting the i40M to a MIDI accordion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Connecting the i40M to a MIDI guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Connecting the i40M to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Controlling another instrument with the i40M. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Arrangement Play mode. . . . . . . . 56

Tempo and chord scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Page 1: Performance monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Page 2: Style select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Page 3: Track settings (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Page 4: Track settings (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Page 5: Ensemble/Variation change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Page 6: Drum Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page 7: Kick & Snare Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page 8: Keyboard scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Page 9: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Page 10: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Page 11: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Page 12: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Page 13: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Page 14: Vocal/Guitar mode/ Assigned parameters . . . . . . 65

Summary

Page 15: Vocal effects (1) (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Page 16: Vocal Effects (2) (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Page 17: Mixer (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Page 18: Tone programming (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Page 19: Drive programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Page 20: FX1 programming (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Page 21: FX2 programming (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Page 15: Guitar effects (1) (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Page 16: Guitar effects (2) (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Page 17: Mixer (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Page 18: Tone programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Page 19: Drive programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Page 20: Modulation programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . .75

Page 21: Ambience programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . .77

Page 22: NR and CR programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . .78

Page 23: Rename Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Page 24: Write Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Page 25: Write Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . 81

• Saving the backing sequences before turning off. . . . . . . . .81

Page 1: Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Page 1: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Recording all the tracks in one go in real time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Recording a track at a time in real time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Page 2: Step recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Page 3: Erase Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Page 4: Copy Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Page 5: Edit 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5-1. Delete measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5-2. Insert measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5-3. Erase measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Page 6: Edit 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

6-1. Copy measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

6-2. Bounce tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

6-3. Quantize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Page 7: Shift note (Transposition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Page 8: Event edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Page 9: Extra Track settings (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Page 10: Extra Track settings (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Page 11: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 12: Effect modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 13: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 14: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 15: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 16: Next Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Page 17: Rename Backing Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Page 18: SMF converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Song Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Page 1: Performance monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Page 2: Channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Page 3: Transpose position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Page 4: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Page 5: Effect modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Page 6: Effect placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Page 7: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Page 8: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Page 9: Song Play Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Song Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

• Saving a song before turning off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Page 1: Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Page 2: Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Page 2: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Page 3: Track parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Page 4: Event edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Event types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Page 5: Shift notes (Transposition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Page 6: Erase song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Page 7: Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

7-1. Delete measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

7-2. Insert measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

7-3. Erase measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Page 8: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 9: Effect modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 10: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 11: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 12: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 13: Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Disk/Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

• “Parameter modified - Write?” message. . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Introduction to disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Write protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Inserting a disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Removing a disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Cleaning the heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Possible problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

The disk supplied with the instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Page 1: DISK functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

1. Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

1-1. Load all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

1-2. Load one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

1-3. Load global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

1-4. Load keyboard set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

2. Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

3. Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Compatibility with Korg i30 data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Page 2: Echo Back / MIDI IN Octave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Page 3: MIDI Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Page 4: Global MIDI parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Page 5: MIDI channel settings (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Page 6: MIDI channel settings (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Page 7: MIDI channel settings (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Page 8: MIDI filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Page 9: Arrangement Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Page 10: Backing Sequence Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Page 11: Song Play Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Page 12: Assignable pedal/switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Setting quarter tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Page 13: EC5 external controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Page 14: Lower memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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Summary

Page 15: Chord recognition mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Page 16: Auto chord scanning/Damper polarity. . . . . . . . . 148

Page 17: Main scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Page 18: Sub scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Page 19: User scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Page20: MIDI data dump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Page 21: Joystick settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Page 22: Write Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Page 23: Assignable pedal/footswitch calibration. . . . . . . .152

Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

How to recover lost changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Page 1: Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Performance Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Page 2: Oscillator basic/Oscillator 2 relative . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Page 3: Oscillator tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Page 4: Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Page 5: VDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Page 6: VDF EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Page 7: VDF keyboard tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Page 8: VDF velocity sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Page 9: VDA EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Page 10: VDA keyboard tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Page 11: VDF velocity sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Page 12: Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Page 13: Vibrato controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Page 14: VDF MG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Page 15: VDF MG controller/VDA level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Page 16: Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Page 17: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Page 18: Effect modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Page 19: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Page 20: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Page 21: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Page 22: Rename program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Page 23: Write program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Effect type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

“Effect select” pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

“Effect modulation” pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

“Effect placement” pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Effect 1 settings pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Effect 2 settings pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Dynamic modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Shelving equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Settings for each effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Floppy disk related problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

List of detected chords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

MIDI Implementation chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

MIDI Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Drum kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Drum samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

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GETTING STARTED

Getting Started • Introduction

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing Korg i40M, the interactive music workstation created for even the most demanding musicians! Given the legendary Korg sound and the most sophisticated automatic accompaniment functions, the i40M is the ideal instrument for those who play professionally and those who play just for pleasure.

The i40M is not only an instrument with great sound, great design and easy to use, it is also a ﬂexible instrument that allows you to read and save Standard MIDI Files, program new arrangements, and create new sounds. On the whole, it is a complete instrument which enhances the musician’s creativity!

We wish you years and years of great music with the i40M!

User’s guide

The quickest and easiest way to obtain the best from your new instrument is to read the instruction guide. This guide is divided into two parts:

Getting Started - For those who want to start playing straight away without too much theory. Follow the instructions step by step and start playing now!

Reference - This is a more detailed look at the instrument and is for those who want to exploit all its potentiality to the full and become a real music programmer.

Safety Instructions

Before turning the instrument on, read carefully the “Safety Instructions” on the inside cover. Done that? Then let’s make way for the music!

Before you begin...

Accessories

The following accessories are supplied with the instrument. Check that you have all of them and if any are missing contact your retailer.

√ User’s guide √ Floppy disk “Accessory Disk” √ Power cable

Connecting an external amplifying system

You can connect the i40M to a professional amplifying system (mixer or ampliﬁed speakers) or to a hi-ﬁ system. For more information see “Rear panel” on page 13.

Connecting the i40M to a mixer (or to two ampliﬁed diffusers)

Connect the OUTPUT jacks of the i40M to two mono inputs of the mixer (or to the speaker inputs) using two audio cables with mono jacks. To take the signal in mono, connect the LEFT/MONO output only and one channel of the mixer using an audio cable. For more information refer to the user’s guide of the mixer (or the speakers).

Getting Started • Introduction

Connecting the i40M to a hi-ﬁ system

Connect the OUTPUT jacks of the i40M to the AUX or TAPE inputs of the ampliﬁer using two audio cables with a mono jack at one end and an RCA connector at the other end (do not use the PHONE or TUNER inputs).

Connecting the power cable

●Plug the power cable into

the power socket.

Make sure that the mains voltage is suitable for the instrument (the voltage is indicated next to the AC power inlet).

Adjusting the general volume

●Use the MASTER VOLUME knob

to adjust the general volume of the internal sound generation.

Moving the knob towards “10” will increase the volume, and moving it towards the “0” will decrease the volume. In the “0” position the instrument will be mute.

If you are connected to an external amplifying system, you should at this point turn the volume of the mixer or the speakers up and then adjust both the volume of the i40M and that of the speakers.

The MASTER VOLUME knob controls the level of the internal sound generation both of the OUTPUT jacks and the headphones.

Note: This knob does not control the volume of the VOCAL/GUITAR section (input signal from the INPUTIN jack). Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the level of this section.

Warning: At the maximum volume the sound can be distorted. Should this happen, decrease the volume of the i40M.

Turning on the power

●Press the POWER

switch to turn the instrument on.

On turning on, the instrument will be in the Arrangement Play mode. If you are connected to an external amplifying system, turn the speakers on only after having switched on the i40M.

●To turn the instrument off, press the POWER

switch again.

In order to save on electricity, turn the instrument off when you are not using it. Do not turn the power off while the disk indicator is lit or while a message such as “Loading”, “Saving” or “Formatting” is shown on the LCD display.

Note: When the instrument is turned off, all the data contained in the RAM memory will be lost (e.g. backing sequence and song). On the contrary, USER styles, USER arrangements and USER programs are retained. Before turning the instrument off, save backing sequence (☞P. 33) and song (☞P. 35) on disk.

Adjusting the volume of the Vocal/Guitar section

The VOCAL/GUITAR section takes the input signal from the INPUT-IN jack and process it with dedicated effects. The processed signal is combined with the sounds generated by the internal sound generation and comes out from the OUTPUT jacks.

●Use the VOLUME knob to adjust

the volume of the section.

Moving the knob towards “10” will increase the volume, and moving it towards the “0” will decrease the volume. In the “0” position the VOCAL/GUITAR section does not reach the OUTPUT jacks.

The VOLUME knob controls the level of the VOCAL/GUITAR section both of the OUTPUT jacks and the headphones.

Note: Use the GAIN knob located next to the INPUTIN jack to adjust the input level at best. Connect the instrument, start playing and check the color of the SIGNAL led on the control panel: if it is red, distortion is present and the gain must be decreased; if it is orange, distortion is close and the gain should be

Getting Started • Introduction

decreased slightly; if it is green, the level is correct. If the led does not light up, the input level is too low and the gain must be increased.

Suggestion: If the INPUT-IN jack is not used, set the volume on zero to avoid any interference or residual noise.

The headphones

●Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack

located on the rear panel.

Use stereo headphones with a standard jack. Adjust the volume with the MASTER VOLUME knob.

page 44. Let’s now illustrate two of the most common situations: connecting a MIDI keyboard and connecting a MIDI accordion.

Connecting a MIDI keyboard

The i40M can be controlled with any MIDI keyboard, such as a master keyboard or a synthesizer with MIDI OUT jack.

1 Connect the MIDI OUT jack of the MIDI key-

board to the MIDI IN 1 jack of the i40M using a standard MIDI cable.

2 Program the keyboard to transmit over the MIDI

1 channel.

According to the factory settings, the MIDI 1 channel is the channel used by the i40M to receive most information. For example, channel 1 corresponds to Global that allows for using all the functions related to the split point (Keyboard Mode section).

For more information on Global programming, see “MIDI” on page 44 and the “GLB (Global)” on page 139.

Connecting a MIDI controller

For live performances the i40M must be connected to a MIDI controller, such as a MIDI keyboard, a digital piano, a MIDI accordion, a guitar controller, a wind controller, a set of percussion pads or an external sequencer. For detailed information see “MIDI” on

Note: If the keyboard transmits over the MIDI channel dedicated to the i40M Global, the keyboard becomes the integrated keyboard of the i40M. The i40M becomes virtually your keyboard instrument.

Suggestion: If the keyboard does not transmit over the Global channel, see “MIDI” on page 44 for more information.

Getting Started • Introduction

Connecting a MIDI accordion

You can connect a MIDI accordion and play a track of the i40M with each section.

1 Connect the MIDI OUT jack of the MIDI accor-

dion to the MIDI IN 1 jack of the i40M using a standard MIDI cable.

2 Press DISK/GLOBAL.

3 Press the PAGE [+] button repeatedly to access

the MIDI Settings page.

MIDI SETTINGS (Yes) <PROTECT> <SETUP>

• “Accordion 1” is designed for those who have an accordion with three ﬁxed channels. This setup is also suitable for backing sequence recording.

• “Accordion 2” is designed for those who have an accordion with two channels on the right hand and do not want to play the bass of the i40M.

• “Accordion 3” is designed for those who have an accordion with two channels on the right hand, want to play the bass of the i40M and have another channel to change the Arrangements of the i40M with Program Change.

For more information on the MIDI Setups, see “MIDI” on page 44 and the “Page 3: MIDI Settings” on page 136.

6 Press ENTER/YES twice to conﬁrm the MIDI

Setup selection.

The conﬁguration of the MIDI channels and of the other parameters selected with the MIDI Setup will be retained until the conﬁguration is manually changed.

7 Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS and then ENTER/YES

twice.

The automatic settings of the MIDI Setup are saved in Global and will be available also after turning the instrument off and on again.

4 Press CURSOR [>] to select <SETUP>.

MIDI SETUP (Yes) Setting:DEFAULT

5 Press the TEMPO/VALUE [+] to select one of the

MIDI “Accordion” setups.

There are three “Accordion” setups.

Connecting other MIDI controllers

The MIDI conﬁguration may vary according to the type of controller connected to the i40M. To automatically re-conﬁgure the i40M select a MIDI Setup (see “MIDI” on page 44 and the “Page 3: MIDI Settings” on page 136).

Getting Started• Front and Rear Panels

2. Front and Rear Panels

Front Panel

IJKL MN OP

WXY

DEFGH

RST U V

1 Display

The editing pages, parameters and messages for the user will appear in this display.

2 Floppy disk drive slot

3.5 inch double-sided double density (2DD) or double-sided high density (HD) ﬂoppy disks can be inserted in this drive. You can use Korg i-series formatted ﬂoppy disks and standard Ms-Dos® formatted ﬂoppy disks.

The i40M incorporates a disk drive without auditory feedback (i.e. the “click” when the disk has been pressed all the way in).

3 Disk eject button

Press this button to remove a ﬂoppy disk from the drive. If pressing this button does not eject the disk,

do not try to force it out. Contact your dealer or nearest Korg Service Station.

4 MASTER VOLUME knob

Output level of internal sound generation (OUTPUT outlets and headphones).

This control does not adjust the level of the VOCAL/ GUITAR section (input signal through INPUT-IN).

Warning: Volume that is too high can cause serious harm to your hearing. Keep the volume at a moderate level.

Note: At higher volumes the sound can be distorted.

Getting Started • Front and Rear Panels

5 ACC.VOLUME knob (Accompaniment Volume)

Automatic accompaniment volume. In Song Play and Song Edit modes it controls the volume of all tracks, except the one selected (whose volume remains constant).

6 MODE section

The buttons in this section activate the operating modes of the instrument (see chapter “Operative modes” on page 15).

• ARR. PLAY (Arrangement Play) button

This button accesses the Arrangement Play mode. (The instrument is automatically in this mode when it is turned on). With this mode you can use the automatic accompaniments.

• B.SEQ (Backing Sequence) button

This button accesses the Backing Sequence mode. With this mode you can record or playback musical performances played with automatic accompaniments.

• SONG PLAY button

This button accesses the Song Play mode. With this mode you can directly playback musical performances in Standard MIDI File (SMF) format without loading them from disk.

You can also read the SMF lyrics in the display (Lyrics function). The display mode can be selected with the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button.

• SONG EDIT button

This button accesses the Song Edit mode. With this mode you can record, playback, edit and save a Standard MIDI File (SMF).

• DISK/GLOBAL button

This button accesses the Disk/Global mode. With this mode you can load and save data from a ﬂoppy disk, and program some of the instrument’s general settings (e.g. pedals and MIDI channels).

• PROGRAM button

This button accesses the Program mode. With this mode you can play and edit the single programs (single sounds).

PROGRAM/ARRANG to light up the ARRANG led, and press a NUMBER 1-8 button.

To select a demo from 9 to 16, press PROGRAM/ ARRANG to light up the PROGRAM led and press a NUMBER 1-8 button.

Press START/STOP to stop the demo playback. How to exit the Demo mode. To exit the Demo

mode either press EXIT/NO or the button of one of the operating modes (MODE section).

7 CHORD SCANNING section

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: this section speciﬁes which area of the keyboard will be used to detect chords for the automatic accompaniment. To activate the FULL mode it is necessary to light the leds of both LOWER and UPPER buttons.

• LOWER button

Chords will be detected in the Lower range (below the split point). The chord recognition mode is deﬁned by the “ChordRecog (Chord recognition mode)” parameter of the Disk/Global mode (see page 147).

• UPPER button

Chords will be detected in the Upper range (above and including the split point). The recognition mode is automatically set at Fingered 2 (see page 147).

• FULL (LOWER + UPPER) buttons

Chords will be detected in the entire range. The recognition mode is automatically set at Fingered 2 (see page 147).

• OFF (unlit leds)

Chords are not detected. If the leds are off, when pressing START/STOP to start the accompaniment, you can only listen to the Drum and Perc tracks. The other accompaniment tracks do not play.

8 KEYBOARD MODE section

If the i40M is connected to a keyboard through the Global channel, these buttons can be used to select the set-up of the tracks on the keyboard in the Arrangement Play e Backing Sequence modes.

• DEMO buttons

Press both ARR.PLAY and B.SEQ to access the Demo mode where you can listen to 16 demo pieces.

How to listen to all demos consecutively. To listen to all demo pieces consecutively access the Demo mode and press START/STOP. To stop the demo playback press START/STOP.

How to listen to a single demo. To listen to a single demo, access the Demo mode and select it. The demo playback starts immediately.

To select a demo use the buttons of the PROGRAM/ ARRANG section. To select a demo from 1 to 8, press

Note: This section is particularly dedicated to the connection of the i40M to a MIDI keyboard. It only works if the MIDI controller transmits over the special Global channel (see page 45).

• M.DRUM button

A different percussion sound is assigned to each note of the keyboard.

• SPLIT button

The right hand (Upper 1 and Upper 2) and the left hand (Lower) play different sounds and are separated by the split point. The Upper 2 and Lower tracks are alternative, one excludes the other on the keyboard.

Getting Started• Front and Rear Panels

• FULL UPPER button

One or two tracks (Upper 1 and/or Upper 2) play on the entire keyboard.

9 KEYBOARD ASSIGN section

These buttons select the realtime tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower) in the Arrangement Play and Back- ing Sequence modes. The Upper 2 and Lower are alternative, one excludes the other on the keyboard.

10 VOCAL/GUITAR section

The VOCAL/GUITAR section applies effects to the signal of a microphone, a guitar or a line source (mono) coming to the INPUT-IN connector. The signal is then mixed with the sound of the internal sound generation and sent to the OUTPUT outlets.

In Vocal mode it harmonizes the voice with the notes received over the MIDI channel dedicated to harmonisation. According to the factory settings, the notes are received over channel 5.

The VOCAL/GUIT AR section works in the Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence and Song Play modes. The settings are saved in the Keyboard Set. See “The Vocal/Guitar section” on page 39.

• VOLUME knob

It controls the level of the VOCAL/GUITAR section on the OUTPUT outlets.

Note: When you turn the instrument on, the VOCAL/ GUITAR section is deactivated. Select one of the Keyboard Sets to activate it. If you have connected a microphone, choose a Keyboard Set in the bank A. If you have connected a guitar, choose a Keyboard Set in the bank B (clean settings) or C (overdrive settings).

11 PROGRAM/ARRANGEMENT section

These buttons are used to select programs and arrangements.

To select a program (single sound) press PROGRAM/ARRANG to light the PROGRAM led. Press one of the BANK (A, B, C, D, E, F) buttons to choose the bank, then select a two-digit number between 11 and 88 using the NUMBER buttons to choose the program.

To select the DRUM bank press twice the F(USER/ DRUM) button until the abbreviation “Dr” shows in the display. The Drum programs range from Dr11 to Dr28.

To select an arrangement, press PROGRAM/ ARRANG to light the ARRANG led. Press one of the BANK (A, B, USER) buttons to choose the bank, then select a two-digit number between 11 and 88 using the NUMBER buttons to choose the arrangement.

• SIGNAL led

The SIGNAL led changes color according to the signal level. If it is off, there is no signal or the signal level is very low. If it is green the signal is present. If it is orange, the signal is close to saturation. If it is red, the signal is saturated.

Warning: The signal cannot be saturated. If the led is red, adjust the input gain with the GAIN knob in the control panel.

• A/B switch button

It selects the operating mode of the A/B switch between A and B.

• A/B knob

Programmable knob. It controls the value of the parameter assigned to the A or B function (see page 65). The A or B operating mode can be selected with the A/B switch button.

Note: The knob does not work until the last value of the controlled function is reached. For example, if the knob is on “0” and the current parameter value is “5”, the knob will not work until it reaches “5”.

• C button

Programmable button. It can act as “mute” for the VOCAL/GUITAR section, the effects or the harmonisation.

If the program or arrangement to be selected belongs to the same bank of the selected program or arrangement, only select the two-digit number without pressing the BANK button.

In the Arrangement Play mode you can use the Arrangement Preview and Program Preview functions to show the program or arrangement name in the display before selecting it.

Press a BANK button, if necessary press a NUMBER button to select the tens, then select the program or arrangement using the TEMPO/VALUE buttons and press ENTER/YES to conﬁrm.

12 VOLUME/PROGRAM buttons

These buttons are normally used to adjust the track volume of the tracks and to mute it. To raise the volume press the upper button, to lower it press the lower button. To mute a track press the upper and lower button together. To take off the mute, press one of the buttons brieﬂy.

Arrangement Play mode: these buttons select the tracks and change the volume. When a track has been selected you can set a different program for that track (see PROGRAM/ARRANG section).

Backing Sequence mode: these buttons select the tracks and change the volume. To select the Extra Tracks ﬁrst press the TRACK SELECT button and then the VOLUME buttons.

Song Play mode: these buttons select the MIDI channels (tracks) of the SMF and change the volume. To

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go from channels 1-8 to channels 9-16 (and vice versa) press the TRACK SELECT button.

Song Edit mode: these buttons select the tracks and change the volume. To go from tracks 1-8 to tracks 916 (and vice versa) press the TRACK SELECT button.

Program mode: these buttons modify the value of the parameters indicated under each button.

13 TRACK SELECT button

Arrangement Play mode: mutes the ACC1, ACC2, ACC3 tracks.

Backing Sequence mode: switches between the arrangement tracks and the Extra Track.

Song Play mode: switches between the channels 1-8 and the channels 9-16 of the SMF. (In Song Play mode channels and tracks are the same).

Song Edit mode: switches between tracks 1-8 and tracks 9-16.

14 CURSOR buttons

These buttons move the cursor among the parameters that appear in the display. Before modifying the value of a parameter, the cursor must be positioned on the value that needs to be modiﬁed (ﬂashing text).

17 ENTER/YES button

By pressing this button you can give a positive reply to questions that may appear in the display and to start some operations in the Disk/Global mode (Load, Save, Format, MIDI Setup…).

Song Play mode: by pressing this button when the cursor is on the name of a song, the song will be inserted in the JukeBox list and the JukeBox mode activated.

18 PAGE buttons

These buttons select the previous (-) or the next (+) page in the current mode. The page number appears on the right of the display. Two arr ows appear befor e or after the number to indicate the presence of previous (<) or next (>) pages.

If no arrows appear before and after the page number, you are in a subpage of the Disk/Global mode. To exit press EXIT/NO (see page 19).

19 MEMORY-CHORD/TIE button

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: keeps the accompaniment chord after taking your hand off the keyboard.

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: inserts a tie (ties the last note played to the next note that is going to be played).

15 TEMPO/VALUE buttons

These buttons modify the tempo or the parameter value selected in the display. The TEMPO or VALUE indicators show up in the display when they are functioning.

16 EXIT/NO button

This button is used to go back to Page 1 of the current operative mode and to return to the higher level from the subpages (pages in which the indication of previous or next page is not shown next to the number page).

The second function (NO) is to be used to give a negative reply to questions that may appear in the display.

Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence and Song Play modes: takes you back to Page 1 of the mode.

Page 1 of the Arrangement Play mode: calls up the settings of the realtime tracks saved in the Arrangement.

Song Play mode: takes you back to the previous page after pressing a VOLUME/PROGRAM button to choose a track.

Song Play-JukeBox mode: makes you exit from the JukeBox mode.

Song Edit mode: calls up Page 2 of the mode. Disk/Global mode subpages: takes you back to the

top page.

20 MEMORY-LOW/HAR/REST button

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: if the Lower track is controlled by the Global channel, this button keeps the Lower track notes after taking your hands off the keyboard. (See “Page 14: Lower memory” in the Disk/Global mode).

Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence, Song Play modes: keeps the harmonization notes coming over the Harmony channel (see page 142 and following).

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: creates a pause.

21 BASS INV./< (Bass Inversion/backwards) button

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: with this function the lowest note of a chord played in inverted form will always be detected as the main note of the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or “F/ C”. When the Chord Scanning is FULL, the bass note will not change until another bass note is played.

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: this button is used to go to the previous step.

22 SPLIT POINT/> (Split Point/Forward) button

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: selects the split point (division of the keyboard). Hold down the button and play the note you wish to become the split point. This note and all the notes to the right of it are part of the Upper range, the notes to its lefts are part of the Lower range.

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The split point can be saved in the Global in order to remain available also after you turn the instrument off and on again. (See “Page 22: Write Global” on page 152).

Note: The split point is particularly useful when the i40M is connected to a MIDI keyboard. It only works if the MIDI controller transmits through the special Global channel (see page 45).

Backing Sequence-Event Editing mode: goes to the next step.

23 FADE IN/OUT button

If the accompaniment is not playing, this button fades it in (the volume gradually increases from zero to the maximum value). If the accompaniment is playing, this button fades it out (the volume gradually decreases from the maximum value to zero). You do not need to press START/STOP to start or stop the accompaniment.

24 TEMPO (Tempo Lock) button

Led lit up: when you change the arrangement the tempo will not change. The tempo can be manually changed by using the TEMPO/VALUE buttons.

25 RESET/INS button

Backing Sequence, Song Play, Song Edit modes: this button returns the sequencer to the ﬁrst measure.

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: restarts the chord scanner and returns to the beginning of the measure.

The second function of the (INS) button is to insert a Step Recording event, or an empty space where the cursor is positioned when you wish to write a name.

Note: In any situation this button can be used as “MIDI Panic”. Press it when a note gets stuck to unblock it.

26 TAP TEMPO/DEL button

You can set the tempo with this button. The tempo is updated in the display.

The second function of the (DEL) button is to cancel the event that has been selected in Step Recording, or to cancel a letter where the cursor is positioned when you wish to write a name.

27 REC/WRITE/LYRICS

(Recording/Writing/Lyrics) button

Backing Sequence and Song Edit modes: this button enters the record mode.

Arrangement Play and Program modes: this will access the W rite page where you can save your modiﬁed Arrangement, Keyboard Set o program.

Song Play mode: switches through the display modes Lyrics 1 (lyrics 1), Lyrics 2 (lyrics 2), Play (standard execution information).

Note: The Lyrics modes are only available if the SMF contains the lyrics. The Lyrics 2 mode is only available with some SMF.

Global mode: recalls the Write Global page.

28 SINGLE TOUCH button

Led lit up: when an arrangement is changed, the programs of Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower tracks are recalled and saved in the new arrangement.

29 SUSTAIN button

Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence, Program, Song Play modes: increases the length of the notes

(by extending the program sustain).

30 ENSEMBLE button

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: harmonizes the melody played with your right hand with the chords played with your left hand. The Chord Scanning must be LOWER.

31 TRANSPOSE buttons

These buttons change the transposition (in semitones) of the instrument. The transposition value temporarily appears on the right side of the display. In order to cancel the transposition you must press both buttons together.

32 OCTAVE buttons

These buttons change the transposition (in octaves) of the track selected in the display. In order to cancel the transposition you must press both buttons together.

33 VARIATION 1, 2, 3, 4 buttons

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: these buttons select one of the four style variations.

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these button are used to specify the length of the note being input (the value of the notes is shown under the buttons).

34 FILL 1/2 (Fill-in) buttons

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: pressing one of these buttons during performance will add a ﬁll-in.

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these buttons are used to specify the length of the note being input (the value of the notes is shown under the buttons).

35 INTRO/ENDING buttons

Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: pressing one of these buttons before you begin playing will cause an introduction to be played after you press START/STOP. Pressing one of these buttons during a performance will cause an ending to be

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played, after which the performance will end automatically.

Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these buttons are used to specify the length of the note being input (the value of the notes is shown under the buttons).

36 START/STOP button

Arrangement Play, Song Play and Demo modes: this button starts or stops the automatic accompaniment or playback.

Backing Sequence and Song Edit modes: it starts or stops playback. If the REC/WRITE/LYRICS led is lit up, it starts or stops recording.

37 SYNCHRO-START and SYNCHRO STOP buttons

The SYNCHRO-START button makes the accompaniment start when you play a note or chord in the chord detection area of the keyboard, without having to press START/STOP.

The SYNCHRO-STOP button makes the accompaniment stop when the hand playing the notes in the chord detection area of the keyboard is taken off the keyboard.

select the set-up of the realtime tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower), the effects and the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section.

In Song Play mode the Keyboard Set only select the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section (and not the track set-up).

To choose a Keyboard Set you have to press once, or repeatedly BANK to choose bank A, B or C, then you must press one of the number buttons to choose the Keyboard Set.

In Arrangement Play you can save the current set- up of the realtime tracks, the effects and the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section in a Keyboard Set.

1. Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS.

2. Press one of the buttons in the KEYBOARD SET section to recall the Write Keyboard Set page.

3. Press once, or repeatedly BANK to choose the bank (A, B or C).

4. Press the number button which corresponds to the Keyboard Set where you wish to save the setup.

38 KEYBOARD SET section

By pressing only one button in Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes the Keyboard Set

5. Press ENTER/YES twice to conﬁrm.

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Display

6 2 7

1 Mode

The ﬁrst line of the display indicates the operative mode: ARR.PLAY, BACKING SEQ., SONG PLAY, SONG EDIT, DISK/GLOBAL, PROGRAM.

2 Tempo/Value

The two indicators TEMPO and VALUE show in alternation. They show the functioning of the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. If these buttons act as tempo controls the display shows TEMPO. If they act as modiﬁers of the selected parameter the display shows VALUE.

3 Split

Indicates that the SPLIT POINT button is currently pressed, and the note shown below in the display is the currently selected split point.

4 Transpose/Octave

The two indicators TRANSPOSE and OCT AVE show in alternation. According to which one shows, the value below indicates the transposition value by semitones or octaves.

5 Page

Indicator of the current page. If [>] shows, there are pages to follow. If [<] shows there are previous pages. Go through the pages with the PAGE [+] and [-] buttons.

6 Tempo

Current tempo. If the TEMPO indicator is showing, you can vary the tempo with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons.

7 Tempo mode/Clock (synchronization)

Tempo mode and type of synchronization.

AUTO means that the sequencer is reading the tempo recorded in the song.

EXT means that the i40M is synchronized with the metronome of an external device connected to its MIDI IN. Only one of the MIDI IN connectors of the i40M can receive the synchronism (see page 137).

You can choose the kind of synchronism you require on “Page 4: Global MIDI parameters” of the Disk/ Global mode.

8 Chord name 9 Modiﬁable parameters

Two lines of characters that show the parameters of the various edit pages. You can move through the parameters with the CURSOR buttons and modify the values with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons.

10 Volume indicators

Track volume. The tracks that are selected are shown at the top and on the left:

none = accompaniment and realtime tracks shown

above the PROGRAM/VOLUME buttons (Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence)

ET = Extra Track (Backing Sequence) ch = channels (Song Play) 1-8 = tracks/channels 1-8 (Song Play, Song Edit) 9-16 = tracks/channels 9-16 (Song Play, Song Edit)

To select the hidden tracks press TRACK SELECT. If all the indicators are off, the realtime and accompaniment tracks indicated above the VOLUME/PROGRAM buttons are shown.

Rear panel

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1 2 3456

1 PHONES jack

You can connect a stereo headphones here.

2 OUTPUT connectors

Audio outlets. You can connect an ampliﬁer here. You can connect the i40M to a mixer, two ampliﬁed speakers or the AUX/TAPE inlet of an hi-ﬁ system. If the ampliﬁer is mono, only connect the L/MONO connector.

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

The signal can never be saturated. If the red led lights up, adjust the GAIN knob in order to reduce the input gain.

4 GAIN knob

Adjusts the gain of the INPUT-IN inlet. Turn it towards the left to reduce the gain (e.g. when the SIGNAL led is orange or red), and towards the right to increase it.

EC5

Warning: Volume that is too high can cause serious damage to your hearing. Keep the volume at a moderate level.

3 INPUT-IN connector

Audio inlet for microphone, guitar or mono line signal. The signal goes through the effects and the harmonizer of the VOCAL/GUIT AR section, and comes out from the OUTPUT outlets (together with the sounds of the internal sound generation of the i40M).

Set the input level with the GAIN knob. The presence of the signal lights up the green SIGNAL led. If the signal is close to saturation, the led becomes orange. If the signal is saturated, the led becomes red.

5 DAMPER connector

You can connect a damper pedal here, such as Korg DS-1 or similar. The damper pedals can have a different polarity; choose the polarity of your pedal on “Page 16: Auto chord scanning/Damper polarity” in the Disk/Global mode (see page 148).

6 ASSIGNABLE PDL/SW connector

You can connect an expression pedal here, such as Korg XVP-10 or EXP-2, or a PS-1 or PS-2 type footswitch. You can program the function assigned to the pedal on “Page 12: Assignable pedal/switch” in the Disk/Global mode (see page 143).

7 MIDI connectors

You can connect other MIDI devices (keyboards or computers) here. For the connection you need the special MIDI cables which you can purchase from your Korg dealer. (See chapter “MIDI” on page 44).

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• MIDI IN 1 and MIDI IN 2 connectors

Receive MIDI data from external devices. The two connectors are identical and can be used, for instance, to simultaneously connect a keyboard to MIDI IN 1 and an accordion to MIDI IN 2. The synchronism signal (MIDI Clock) can only be received by one connector at a time (see “Clock (Clock source)” on page 137).

• MIDI OUT connector

Transmits the MIDI data generated by the i40M to other devices.

• MIDI THRU connector

Re-transmits the MIDI data received by the MIDI IN 1 and 2 ports.

8 EC5 connector

You can connect an optional Korg EC5 external controller here. You can program the EC5 on “Page 13: EC5 external controller” in the Disk/Global mode, assigning a function to each of the ﬁve pedal switches.

9 POWER switch

On/off switch.

10 Power supply connector

Plug the power cable supplied with the instrument here.

Warning: Always connect the instrument to a power socket with ground.

3. Operative modes

Getting Started • Operative modes

The instrument can function in different “modes”, each of which groups together functions that are for its

Arrangement Play mode

Arrangement Play is the main operative mode. When the instrument is turned on, it is always in this mode, where you can select the arrangements and the Keyboard Set you wish to use.

There are 192 arrangements in total, organized as 64 arrangements in each of the three banks A, B, and USER. The arrangements in the USER bank are freely modiﬁable and can be used to load new data from a disk.

The 15 Keyboard Set are all freely modiﬁable and divided in three banks with 5 Keyboard Set each. The Keyboard Set are designed to immediately change the programs of the real time tracks and the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section.

Each arrangement is composed of a style and three real time tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, and Lower). The real time tracks can be played “live” with the accompaniment of the style tracks.

The way in which the real time tracks are arranged on a MIDI keyboard and their activation/deactivation state are set in the KEYBOARD MODE and KEYBOARD ASSIGN sections.

The styles are made up of patterns (musical structures) used to create the automatic accompaniments. Each style contains four variations, two intros (introductions), two endings and two ﬁll-ins (passages).

The style selected by the arrangement detects the type of chord played in a section known as “chord detection section” and adapts its pattern to that chord. For example, if the pattern is in C major, playing a F major

own particular use. In order to choose a mode you need to press a button in the MODE section.

chord in the chord detection section will cause the pattern transposition to F major.

The way in which patterns are affected by chords is of course more complex than what indicated above. Korg instruments are renowned for their reﬁnement in detecting the chords.

The styles consist of six tracks: drums, percussion, bass, accompaniment tracks ACC1, ACC2 and ACC3. These six tracks are referred to as the Backing Tracks, since they provide the rhythmical and harmonic backing of the song.

Whilst playing you can modify several arrangement parameters (e.g. the volume of the instrumental parts), however if you stop the accompaniment, or decide to select a different arrangement, your edits will be lost.

To save the changes in the USER bank use the Write Arrangement of the “Page 24: Write Arrangement” (see page 79).

To save the changes in the Keyboard Set use the Write Keyboard Set function of the “Page 25: Write Keyboard Set” (see page 80).

The following scheme shows the parameters that are automatically changed when selecting an arrangement or Keyboard Set:

• if the SINGLE TOUCH led is on, the arrangement can also change the parameters of the real time tracks;

• if the SINGLE TOUCH led is off, the arrangement can only change the parameters of the accompaniment tracks.

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SINGLE

TOUCH

Style Acc. tracks (prog, vol,

pan, fx send, octave) Outputs Wrap around Drum map Snare/kick designation Ensemble Fill mode Tempo

Arrangement

Keyboard assign Keyboard mode Chord scanning Keyboard scale Master fx

Upper 1 (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave) Upper 2 (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave) Lower (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave)

Vocal/Guitar

Keyboard Set

SINGLE

TOUCH

OFF

Style Acc. tracks (prog, vol,

pan, fx send, octave) Outputs Wrap around Drum map Snare/kick designation Ensemble Fill mode Tempo

Arrangement

Keyboard assign Keyboard mode Chord scanning Keyboard scale Master fx

Upper 1 (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave) Upper 2 (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave) Lower (prog, vol, pan, fx send, octave)

Vocal/Guitar

Backing Sequence mode

The Backing Sequence mode allows you to create a song in a simple way, by recording it in real time with the arrangements. You can playback the song in this way or convert it in SMF and playback it in Song Play or Song Edit mode.

The main parts of a backing sequence are the three arrangement tracks (keyboard track, controls track and chord track). The controls track records the button

Keyboard Set

selections of the front panel; the chord track records the sequence of the chords; the keyboard track records whatever is played in real time. Of course, you can leave the keyboard track empty and play it live.

In addition to the arrangement tracks, there are eight tracks referred to as Extra Tracks that can be used to record other free parts for a customized arrangement.

Program mode

Getting Started • Operative modes

The individual sounds played on the i40M are called programs. The instrument has a total of 384 programs, organized into six banks (A, B, C, D, E, F-USER) with 64 programs each, plus a DRUM bank which contains 16 Drum programs (14 ROM + 2 USER).

The programs are based on a multisample and are pr ocessed with an envelope (EG) and a digital ﬁltering (VDF) stage.

Song Play mode

The Song Play mode allows you to listen to songs in Standard MIDI File format (SMF), by directly reading them from disk, with no waiting time for loading.

The Song Play mode allows you to listen to songs made up of 16 MID channels and is perfectly compatible with the General MIDI (GM).

This operative mode allows you to listen to new songs, not to record them. You can change the program of the MIDI channels, and adjust the volume, pan, effects,

In the Program mode you can edit previously recor ded programs in order to create new programs and save them in the USER locations. You can then use the new programs in the arrangements, songs and backing sequences.

In the Program mode only the special Global channel is enabled to receive messages from an external MIDI controller.

effect send, tempo and transpose settings. However, the changes are not saved in memory or on disk.

In this operative mode you can read the lyrics of the SMF in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), Tune1000 and compatible (Roland Edirol, GEM GMX, KAR, HitBit, and Yamaha XF) format on the display. You can also read the chord abbreviations of the SMF in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), and GEM GMX format.

Song Edit mode

This operative mode allows you to record a new song with the typical functions of a sophisticated sequencer. The Song Edit mode is basically a sequence with 16 tracks. The produced SMF can be compatible with the General MIDI (GM).

The new song can be saved on disk in Standard MIDI File (SMF) in format 0. You can use this operative

mode to convert an SMF in format 1 into an SMF in format 0 (that is faster to load in Song Play mode).

In addition, the Song Edit mode allows you to load into memory, modify and save any existing SMF.

When you turn the instrument off, the song will be canceled from memory. Therefore, before turning off you need to save any modiﬁcations on disk (see page 124).

Getting Started • Operative modes

Disk/Global mode

The Disk/Global mode allows you to load or save data, and modify the parameters which affect the operation of the instrument. The operations you can carry out are:

• Save on disk data contained in memory and load into memory data from disk

• Tune the keyboard

• Modify MIDI settings

• Program pedals and external controllers

• Program Lower Memory

• Select a Scale (temperament)

• Control transmission/reception of MIDI messages (data ﬁltering)

Display pages

The parameters and functions of the various operative modes are grouped into several pages, which appear on the display. The page number is always indicated on the right-hand side of the display. To move through the display pages use the PAGE [+] and [–] buttons.

• Calibrate the pedal/footswitch

• Program the MIDI channels of the VOCAL section. Apart from the Local Control and Clock Source

parameters, all the settings (including the split point) can be saved in Global (with the W rite Global function, see page 152) and will be retained when the instrument is turned off.

Global can be saved on disk and will be saved with each Save All and Save Global operation. The split point is not saved or loaded.

Note: The i40M can read disks from other Korg i-Series instruments, of which it can re-use the data (see page 133).

BER button combination from number [1] to number [8]. To record these pages under different numbers, use the following procedure.

1 Access the display page that you wish to record.

If you wish to go directly to a page number you know, hold down the operative mode button the page which you wish to go to belongs to and enter the number using the buttons of the PROGRAM/ARRANG. section.

To go directly to a page from 1 to 8, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led and then press a NUMBER button from number [1] to number [8].

To go directly to a page from 9 to 16, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PROGRAM led and then press a NUMBER button from number [1] to number [8].

Recording a display page

When the instrument is new, pages from 1 to 8 are assigned to the ARRANG + NUMBER button combination from number [1] to number [8], and the pages from 9 to 16 are assigned to the PROGRAM + NUM-

2 Hold down the current operative mode button

and press the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button.

3 Release the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button (continue

pressing the operative mode button).

4 Press in sequence the button combination where

you want to record the current display page.

Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PROGRAM or ARRANG led and then a NUMBER button from [1] to [8].

5 Release the operative mode button and the but-

ton that you have recorded.

You may ﬁnd it convenient to record the same type of page in the various operative modes to the same button. For example, the effect selection page could be found under the PROGRAM + NUMBER button number [7] both in the Song Play and Arrangement Play mode.

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Subpages

Some of the display pages allow you to select secondary pages, referred to as “subpages”. The subpages are indicated by two round brackets ( ) which contain the option. In the display shown below, the (LOAD), (SAVE) and (UTIL) items access the relative subpages.

Use the CURSOR buttons to place the cursor on the name of the desired page and press the ENTER/YES button to access the selected subpage. To return from a subpage to the higher page press the EXIT/NO button.

Programming a parameter value

In order to modify the value of a parameter that appears on the display, ﬁrst of all you need to select the value with the cursor. The cursor is indicated by the ﬂashing of the value or the text line selected. Move the cursor in the display with the CURSOR buttons and modify the value with the TEMPO/VALUE. buttons.

MODE

VALUE

Cursor

DISK/GLOBAL

PAGE

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4. Tutorial

This chapter is a practical guide to the use of the i40M that illustrates some real examples. All you need to do is follow these simple “lessons” and you will master the main functions of the instrument in a very short time.

Whilst using the instrument you may ﬁnd yourselves in trouble, without knowing how to get out of a particular situation or edit page you have accessed by mistake. Remember that:

• EXIT/NO returns to the main pages of the vari-

ous operative modes;

Demo

Listening to the Demo

The Demo is a selection of demonstrative songs contained in memory that cannot be erased (ROM). Let’s listen to them to get an idea of the sound capabilities of the instrument.

• START/STOP stops the accompaniments;

• RESET interrupts all the notes you are playing;

• turn the instrument off and on again to return to the initial situation (songs and backing sequences in memory are lost).

The names of the programs, styles and arrangements that appear in the next pages may be slightly different from those of the actual instrument—Don’t worry, they are only examples!

2 Press START/STOP again to stop the demo.

To listen to a single demo

1 Select the demo with the buttons of the PRO-

GRAM/ARRANG section.

Entering the Demo mode

●Press the ARR.PLAY and B.SEQ (DEMO) buttons

together

The “Demo” page will appear.

To listen to all the demo

1 Press START/STOP.

The demo songs will playback one after the other.

If you wish to select a demo from number 1 to 8, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led and then a button [1]–[8] of the NUMBER section. If you wish to select a demo from number 9 to number 16 press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PROGRAM led and then a button [1]–[8] of the NUMBER section.

ARRANGEMENT NO. PROGRAM NO. 1 Synth World 1 Classic Piano 2 Jazz 2 Contemp. Piano 3 Latin 3 Bolero 4 Rock 4 Dance 5 Gospel 5 Jungle 6 Quick Step 6 Garage 7 German Polka 7 Progressive 8 Valzer 8 Modern Beat

2 Press START/STOP again to stop the demo.

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To exit the Demo mode

●Press EXIT/NO or one of the buttons of the

MODE section.

By pressing EXIT/NO you go back to the Arrangement Play mode. by pressing a button of the MODE section you go to the selected mode.

The Backing Sequence demo

The Accessory Disk supplied with the instrument contains the demonstration backing sequences. Reading them on disk will help us understand how the backing sequences work.

1 Insert the Accessory Disk into the disk drive. 2 Press DISK/GLOBAL to enter the Disk/Global

mode.

The DISK/GLOBAL led will light up. The DISK/ GLOBAL indicator will appear on the display.

5 Move the cursor on (BSQ), and press ENTER/

YES view the ﬁles contained in the disk.

Filename

The display shows the name of the ﬁle which contains the backing sequence to be loaded, the backing sequence number and the location number in the memory where to load it.

Backing sequence in

the ﬁle

Memory loca-

tion

6 Use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons to select the ﬁle

you wish to load.

7 Select the backing sequence you wish to load

and the memory location where to load it.

3 While the cursor is on (LOAD), press ENTER/YES

to enter the “Load” subpage.

Load (KBSET) (ALL) (ONE) (GLOBAL)

4 Move to cursor on (ONE), and press ENTER/YES

to enter the “Load One” subpage.

In the ﬁgure the backing sequence 00 will be loaded in location 00. Each ﬁle can contain up to ten backing sequences and there are ten backing sequence locations in the memory, numbered from 00 to 09.

To select a different backing sequence or load it in a different location, move the cursor to the “BS00” parameters and select different numbers and locations.

We do not need to make any change in the example, since we want to load the backing sequence 00 in location 00.

8 Press ENTER/YES to load the selected backing

sequence.

9 When “Completed” appears on the display,

press B.SEQ to enter the Backing Sequence mode.

The B.SEQ button led will light up. The BACKING SEQUENCE indicator will appear on the display.

0 Use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor to

the back sequence name. Use the TEMPO/ VALUE buttons to select the backing sequence you wish to listen to.

We do not need to make any change in the example, since the backing sequence 00 is already selected when switching to the Backing Sequence mode.

1 Press START/STOP to start the playback.

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0 Press START/STOP again to stop the playback.

Note: When the instrument is turned off, the backing sequences in memory will be canceled.

Listening to the songs

The songs are musical pieces with sixteen tracks available in the form of Standard MIDI Files (SMF). The i40M is able to playback SMF format 0 without having to load them in memory, and SMF format 1 after a short loading.

If the SMF is in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format and contains lyrics, the lyrics are viewed in time with the music.

If the SMF is in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), or GMX format and contains chord abbreviations, the abbreviations are viewed in time with the music.

You can playback a single song, or create a list to playback with just one command (for example with the JukeBox function).

To listen to a song

1 Inser t the disk containing the song into the disk

drive.

2 Press SONG PLAY to enter the Song Play mode

(Lyrics 1 mode).

The SONG PLAY led and the REC/WRITE/LYRICS led will light up.

If the ﬁle has a number between 1 and 8, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [A] button and a NUMBER button from [1] to [8].

If the ﬁle has a number between 9 and 16, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [B] button and a NUMBER button from [1] to [8].

If the ﬁle has a number between 17 and 24, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [USER] button and a NUMBER button from [1] to [8].

4 After selecting the song, press START/STOP.

If the selected song is in M-live (MidiSoft), Solton, or Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format and contains lyrics, the lyrics appear on the display in time with the music. If not, the display shows the standard information.

If the song is format 1, the red START/STOP led will ﬂash for a few seconds, while the data is being loaded from the disk. When loading ends, playback will begin. If some backing sequences or songs are already loaded in the Song Edit mode, a message will appear asking you if it is OK to erase this data. If you don’t mind losing the data in the memory, press ENTER/YES to start playback.

If you wish to retain the data, press EXIT/NO to cancel loading. Switch to the Disk/Global mode and save the song and backing sequences on another disk (see page 131). Then go back to the Song Play mode and repeat the operation.

●If the song is in Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol,

GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format, press REC/ WRITE/LYRICS to switch to the Lyrics 2 mode.

Note: In the Song Play mode the REC/WRITE/LYRICS led will automatically light up to indicate that you are in the Lyrics 1 mode and that the lyrics of the song can be viewed. If the led is off, you are in Play mode (standard executive information).

3 Select the song with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons.

You can also select the song by entering its position number on the disk.

If the song is in a different format, pressing REC/ WRITE/LYRICS will display the executive information page (Play mode).

With the Tune1000 and compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format there are two ways to view the lyrics:

• Lyrics 1 (the whole line will appear at once on the display);

• Lyrics 2 (the words appear one at a time, in time with the music). Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to switch to the Lyrics 2 mode.

●Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to change the viewing

mode from the lyrics (Lyrics modes) to the standard executive information (Play mode).

The REC/WRITE/LYRICS led will go off.

●Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS again to view the lyr-

ics (Lyrics 1 mode).

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