Korg Liverpool Owner's Manual

PRECAUTIONS

LOCATION

Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction.

• In direct sunlight

• Locations of extreme temperature or humidity

• Excessively dusty or dirty locations

• Locations of excessive vibration

• Close to magnetic fields

POWER SUPPLY

Please connect the designated AC adapter to an AC outlet of the correct voltage. Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your unit is intended.

INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES

Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience reception interference. Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and televisions.

HANDLING

To avoid breakage, do not apply excessive force to the switches or controls.

CARE

If the exterior becomes dirty, wipe it with a clean, dry cloth. Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or thinner, or cleaning compounds or flammable polishes.

KEEP THIS MANUAL

After reading this manual, please keep it for later reference.

KEEPING FOREIGN MATTER OUT OF YOUR EQUIPMENT

Never set any container with liquid in it near this equipment. If liquid gets into the equipment, it could cause a breakdown, fire, or electrical shock.

Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equipment. If something does slip into the equipment, unplug the AC adapter from the wall outlet. Then contact your nearest Korg dealer or the store where the equipment was purchased.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR USA)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide 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.

Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL (EU ONLY)

When this “crossed-out wheeled bin” symbol is displayed on the product, owner’s manual, battery, or battery package, it signifies that when you wish to dispose of this product, manual, package or battery you must do so in an approved manner. Do not discard this product, manual, package or

battery along with ordinary household waste. Disposing in the correct manner will prevent harm to human health and potential damage to the environment. Since the correct method of disposal will depend on the applicable laws and regulations in your locality, please contact your local administrative body for details. If the battery contains heavy metals in excess of the regulated amount, a chemical symbol is displayed below the “crossed-out wheeled bin” symbol on the battery or battery package.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this product via the internet, through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale, you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside. WARN I NG: U se o f th i s pr o d uc t in any country other than that for which it is intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty. Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be disqualified from the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty.

DATA HANDLING

Data stored in memory may occasionally be lost due to incorrect user action. Be sure to save your important data to a memory card. KORG will not be responsible for damages caused by data loss.

LCD DISPLAY

Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an explanation of operation and functionality. All sound names, parameter names, and values are merely examples and may not always match the actual display that you are working on.

TRADEMARKS

Mac, the Mac logo and the Audio Units logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries.

All product names and company names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

This professional device is intended only for use with works for which you yourself own the copyright, for which you have received permission from the copyright holder to publicly perform, record, broadcast, sell, and duplicate, or in connection with activities which constitute “fair use” under copyright law. If you are not the copyright holder, have not received permission from the copyright holder, or have not engaged in fair use of the works, you may be violating copyright law, and may be liable for damages and penalties. If you are unsure about your rights to a work, please consult a copyright attorney.

KORG TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT COMMITTED THROUGH USE OF KORG PRODUCTS.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

When turning the instrument on, please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to the cen-

ter. This sets both Sequencer 1 (SEQ1) and Sequencer 2 (SEQ2) to their maximum level.

This will avoid you start a Song without hearing anything.

HOW TO…

Keyboard

…select a Sound Program 25 …select a Performance 25 …play a Sound Program across the

whole keyboard, as with a piano 24 …split the keyboard in two 24 …add sounds to the right hand 24 …mute/unmute sounds 24

Style Play mode

…select a Style 26 …start/stop the Style 27 …select a Fill or a Break 27 …select a Style Variation 27 …see the Style tracks 41 …create a new Style 52

Song Play mode

…play a Song (Standard MIDI File) 31 …see the Lyrics 74 …see the Song tracks 73 …start both Sequencers at the same time 18, 80

Backing Sequence mode

…record a new Backing Sequence (Song) 82

Song mode

…record a new Song 91 …edit a Standard MIDI File 89

In general

…turn the speakers off 126 …change the Damper polarity 127 …select the Arabic Scale 34

Introduction

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Useful links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Loading the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Reloading the Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting the AC power adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Turning the instrument on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The BALANCE slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MIDI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Damper Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The music stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Display and User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Display controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Interface structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Message windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Symbols and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Grayed-out non-available parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Basic Guide

Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playing on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Selecting, muting/unmuting and soloing a track . . . 24

Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selecting a Single Touch Setting (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing all keyboard tracks at once . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style,

Performance or Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing a Style (Automatic Accompaniment) . . . . . . 27

Playing in Realtime

(Without using Automatic Accompaniment) . . . . 28

Recording a Song (Simultaneously recording t

he Style and realtime performance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Playing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Editing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Arabic Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Midifiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The Control channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Connecting Liverpool to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . 36

Connecting the Liverpool to a MIDI accordion . . . . . 37

Connecting the Liverpool to an external sequencer .37

Playing another instrument with the Liverpool . . . . . 38

Reference Guide

Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

What’s a Style? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Styles and Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Changing and resetting the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

The DIRECT SD bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Style tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

How to select Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Page 3 - Mixer: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Page 4 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Page 5 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Page 6 - Tuning: PitchBend Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Page 7 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Page 8 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Page 9 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Page 10 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Page 11 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Page 12 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Page 13 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Page 14 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Page 15 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Page 16 - R.T. controls: Damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Page 17 - R.T. controls: Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Page 18 - R.T. controls: Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Page 19 - R.T. controls: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Page 20 - Style controls: Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Page 21 - Style controls:

Wrap Around / Keyboard Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Page 22 - Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Page 23 - Preferences: Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Page 24 - Preferences: controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Style’s structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Style Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Entering the Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Listening to the Style while in Record/Edit mode . . . 53

Exit and Save/Abort Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Fast Delete using the control panel buttons . . . . . . . . 54

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Style Tracks page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Page 1 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page 2 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page 3 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Page 4 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Page 5 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Page 6 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Page 7 - Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Page 8 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Page 9 - Style Element Controls: Programs . . . . . . . . 68

Page 10 - Style Element Controls: Expression . . . . . . 68

Page 11 - Style Element Controls: Keyboard Range . 68 Page 12 - Style Element Controls:

Chord Variation Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Page 13 - Style Controls: Mode/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Song Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . 70

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Switching between sequencers during editing . . . . . 70

Selecting a Song composing its progressive number 70

Realtime and sequencer tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Master Volume, Sequencer Volume, BALANCE . . . 71

Effects in Song Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Groove Quantize window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Tracks 1–8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Tracks 9–16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Song Select page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

The Lyrics page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Playing a Jukebox file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Page 3 - Mixer: FX send A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Page 3 - Mixer: FX send C/D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Page 4 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Page 4 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Page 5 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Page 6 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Page 5 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Page 6 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Page 7 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Page 8 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Page 9 - Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Page 10 - Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Saving a list of Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Backing Sequence operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

The Backing Sequence, Song and Song Play modes . 82

How to playback a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Realtime Recording mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chord/Acc Step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Main Page (Backing Sequence Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Load Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Realtime Recording page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chord/Acc Step Recording page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Song operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Master Volume and Sequencer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . 89

The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . 89

Fast track deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

How to delete a whole Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Tracks 1–8 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Tracks 9–16 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Load Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Save Song page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Realtime Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Step Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Song Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Page 1 - Mixer: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Page 2 - Mixer: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Page 3 - Mixer: FX Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Page 4 - Mixer: FX Send A/B (or C/D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Page 5 - Tuning: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Page 6 - Tuning: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Page 7 - Tuning: PitchBend/Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Page 8 - FX: A/B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Page 9 - FX: C/D Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Page 10 - FX: A editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Page 11 - FX: B editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Page 12 - FX: C editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Page 13 - FX: D editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Page 14 - Track: Easy edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Page 15 - Track: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Page 16 - Track: Internal/External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Page 17 - Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Page 18 - Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Page 19 - Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Page 20 - Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Page 21 - Edit: Cut Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Page 22 - Edit: Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Page 23 - Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Page 24 - Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Page 25 - Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Event Edit procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Program operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Sound Programs and Drum Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

How to select oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Erase Program/Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

The ‘Write’ window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Page 1 - Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Page 2 - Sample (Sound Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Page 2 - DK Samples (Drum Programs) . . . . . . . . . . 109

Page 3 - Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Page 4 - Pitch LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Page 5 - Pitch LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Page 6 - Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Page 7 - Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Page 8 - Filter Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Page 9 - Filter LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Page 10 - Filter LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Page 11 - Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Page 12 - Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Page 13 - Amp Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Page 14 - Amp LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Page 15 - Amp LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Page 16 - Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Page 17 - LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Page 18 - LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 19 - Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 20 - FX1 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Page 21 - FX2 editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list . . . . . . . . . 124

Global edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

The Write window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Page 1 - General controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Page 2 - Master Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Page 3 - Assignable Pedal/Footswitch,

Assignable Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Page 4 - MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Page 5 - MIDI Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Page 6 - MIDI IN Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Page 7 - MIDI IN Controls (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Page 8 - MIDI IN Controls (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Page 9 - MIDI IN Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Page 10 - MIDI OUT Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Page 11 - MIDI OUT Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Card Edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

The WRITE/CARD IN USE LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Supported cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Loading data created with the Pa80/Pa60/Pa50 . . . 132

Card structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

File and folder size display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Page 1 - Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Page 2 - Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Page 3 - Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Page 4 - Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Page 5 - Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Page 6 - New Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Page 7 - Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Page 8 - Utilities 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Page 9 - Utilities 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Appendix

Factory Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Internal Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Programs (bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Programs (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Drum Kit instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Dynamic Modulation sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Filter/Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Pitch/Phase Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Mod./P.Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

ER/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Mono – Mono Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

List of functions assignable to the Footswitch . . . . . 227

List of functions assignable to the Pedal or Assignable

Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

List of sounds assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

List of functions assignable to the Pads . . . . . . . . . . .229

Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Error messages & Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . 237

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

INTRODUCTION

Welcome!

Useful links

1. WELCOME!

Thank you for purchasing the Korg Professional Arranger Liverpool. This instrument is an ideal keyboard for song produc-

— it lets you select a desired musical style and gen-

tion erate a high-quality band accompaniment simply by playing chords, and then you can play the melody yourself to easily create an original song.

Here are some of the features of your new instrument:

• Powerful HI (Hyper Integrated) KORG sound generation system, as seen in our best professional synthesizers.

• OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) multitasking operating system, to let you load data while playing your instrument.

• Operating System updates, to load new features from card. Don’t let your instrument get old!

• Solid State Disk (SSD), for any system update–a smart way to replace the usual ROM memory.

• SD card slot, capable of reading and writing on SD and MMC memory types.

• Directly access Styles stored in internal memory (SSD) or on an SD card.

• General MIDI Level 2 Sounds-compatible.

• More than 662 Sound Programs.

• 4 multieffect processor, each with 89 effect types.

• 160 Performances and 960 Single Touch Settings (STS), for fast setting of keyboard sounds and effects.

•240 Styles.

• XDS Double Sequencer with Crossfader.

• Style Record and Edit

•Full-featured sequencer (Song Record and Edit)

• Integrated speakers, for the most true sound reproduction.

• Wide Custom Display.

USEFUL LINKS

Your preferred KORG dealer also carries a wide range of Korg hardware and software accessories. Please ask your dealer about additional Programs, Styles, and other useful music materials.

Each KORG distributor can supply you with useful information. Just give him a call for additional services. In the English-speaking world, here are the relevant addresses:

USA KORG USA, 316 South Service Road, Mel-

ville, New York, 11747, USA Tel:1-516-333-9100, Fax:1-516-333-9108

UK KORG UK Ltd, 1 Harrison Close, Knowl-

hill, Milton Keynes, MK5, 8PA, UK Tel: 01908 304600, Fax: 01908 304699

UK Technical Support Tel: 01908 304637

E-mail: info@korg.co.uk Many KORG distributors also have their own web page on the internet, where you can find infos and software. Useful web pages in English are the following:

http://www.korg.com

A place to find operating system updates and various system files (for example, a full backup of the factory data) is at the following link:

http://www.korgpa.com/

Welcome!

About this manual

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual is divided in three sections:

•A Basic Guide, containing an overview of the

instrument, as well as a series of practical guides (named “Tutorials”).

•A Reference Guide, with each page and parame-

ter described in detail.

•An Appendix, with a list of data and useful infor-

mation for the advanced user. Within the manual, you will find the following abbreviations:

The parameter can be saved onto a Performance by pressing the WRITE button.

The parameter can be saved onto the current Style Performance by pressing the WRITE button.

The parameter can be saved onto a Single Touch Setting by pressing the WRITE button.

The parameter can be saved onto a Global setting by going to the Global environment (see “Global edit environment” on page 126) and pressing the WRITE button.

LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

Your Liverpool can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating system are released by KORG. You can download the operating system from http://

www.korgpa.com/. Please, read the Readme file

included with the operating system itself. You can see which version of the operating systems is installed in your Liverpool by keeping the SHIFT button pressed, and pressing the ENTER and EXIT buttons together. The operating system version number will appear in the display. Press EXIT to close the message window. To load a new system, follow these instructions:

1. Copy the three operating system’s files in the root of an SD card. These are the needed files:

• BLIVR.SYS

• NBLIVR.SYS

•LIVR.LZX

2. Turn the instrument off, and insert the card containing the operating system into the card slot.

3. Turn the instrument on. A message appears in the display, asking if you want to load the operating system.

4. Press ENTER to load, or EXIT to cancel the loading procedure. If you press ENTER, wait until the loading is finished.

When the operating system is finished loading, a message appears, asking you to remove the card and press any button.

Hint: When done, delete the operating system files, to avoid Liverpool starts the upgrade procedure each time it is turned on with the same card in the drive.

5. Remove the card, and press any button.

RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA

Should the internal memory content get damaged, you can reload the original Factory Data from the backup card. See “Restore Data” on page 142.

Start up

Connecting the AC power adapter

2. START UP

CONNECTING THE AC POWER ADAPTER

Connect the supplied AC power adapter to the dedicated socket on the rear of the instrument. Then, plug it into a wall socket.

Warning: Use only the supplied adapter, or an adapter suggested by Korg. Other adapters may look similar, but they may damage your instrument!

TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF

Turning the power on

• Press the power button ( ) located on the upper right side of the front panel. The startup screen will appear in the LCD, and after a time it will display the main page in Style Play mode and the unit will be ready for sound output.

Turning the power off

• Press the power button ( ) located on the upper right side of the front panel to turn off the power.

War ning:

ned in RAM (a volatile memory, used for Song editing) will be lost. On the contrary, data contained in the SSD disk (a nonvolatile memory, used for Factory and User data) will be preserved.

Note:

being read or written.

ABOUT THE AUTO POWER-OFF FUNCTION

With the factory settings, this instrument will automatically power-off when four hours have passed since you last played the keyboard or used the buttons. If desired, you can turn off (disable) this function.

The power will also turn off automatically after four hours pass with only songs or demo songs being played. To adjust power on/off settings, press the [GLOBAL] button to enter the GLOBAL page, and adjust the settings on the Page1-Gen.Controls page. (“AutoOff” on page 126)

When turning the instrument off, all data contai-

Never turn off the power while the SD card data is

CONTROLLING THE VOLUME

• Use the MASTER VOLUME slider to control the overall volume of the instrument. This slider controls the volume of the sound going to the internal speakers, the L/MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS, and the HEADPHONES connector.

Note:

Start at a moderate level, then raise the MASTER VOLUME up. Don’t keep the volume at an uncomfortable level for too long.

• Use the ACC/SEQ VOLUME slider to control the Style tracks (drums, percussion, bass…) volume. This slider also controls both of the Sequencers tracks, excluding the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

• By default, you can use the ASSIGN.SLIDER to control the keyboard tracks volume. This slider is user-assignable, but is set to the Keyboard Expression parameter by default.

THE BALANCE SLIDER

The BALANCE slider sets the relative volume of the two onboard sequencers (Sequencer1 and Sequencer 2).

• Move it fully left to set Sequencer 1 to the maximum level and Sequencer 2 to zero.

• Move it fully right to set Sequencer 1 to zero and Sequencer 2 to the maximum level.

• Move it to the center to set both Sequencers at the same level.

Note: When turning the instrument on, move this slider to the center, to avoid starting a Song at the minimum level.

HEADPHONES

You can connect a pair of headphones to the rear panel headphone jack (PHONES: stereo mini-jack). You can use headphones with an impedance of 16–200Ω (50Ω recommended). Use a headphone distributor to connect more than one pair of headphones.

Start up

Audio Outputs

AUDIO OUTPUTS

You can send the sound to an external amplification system, instead of the internal speakers. This is useful when recording, or when playing live.

Stereo. Connect two mono cables to the L/MONO & RIGHT OUTPUTS. Connect the other end of the cables to a stereo channel of your mixer, two mono channels, two powered monitors, or the TAPE/AUX input of your audio system. Don’t use the PHONO inputs of your audio system!

Mono. Connect a mono cable to the L/MONO OUTPUT. Connect the other end of the cable to a mono channel of your mixer, a powered monitor, or a channel of your TAPE/AUX input of a hi-fi system (you will hear that channel only, unless you can set the amplifier to Mono mode).

AUDIO INPUTS

You can connect the output of another electronic musical instrument, an unpowered mixer, or any audio device to the rear panel input jack (INPUT: stereo minijack). Since this is a line-level input, you'll need to use a separately sold mic preamp or mixer if you're connecting a mic.

Use the connected device’s volume control to adjust the input level. Be careful not to make it distort (or “clip”). Here is how to set the volume of the connected device:

• if the sound heard on Liverpool’s outputs is too low, you should increase the output level of the connected device.

• if it sounds fine, it’s ok.

• if it distorts, you should lower the level a little, until the sounds is fine again.

DAMPER PEDAL

Connect a Damper (Sustain) pedal to the DAMPER connector on the back panel. Use a KORG PS-1, PS-3 or DS-1H footswitch pedal, or a compatible one. To switch the Damper polarity, see “Damper Pol. (Damper Polarity)” on page 127.

DEMO

Listen to the built-in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of the Liverpool.

1. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together. Their LEDs start blinking.

At this point, if you don’t press any other button, all the Demo Songs will be played back.

2. Choose a page using the PAGE buttons.

3. Select a Demo Song by pressing the corresponding VOLUME/VALUE button around the display. The Demo will automatically start.

4. Stop the Demo by pressing START/STOP.

5. Exit the Demo mode by pressing one of the MODE buttons.

THE MUSIC STAND

A music stand comes standard with your Liverpool. Fit it into the two dedicated holes in the back panel.

MIDI CONNECTIONS

You can play the internal sounds of your Liverpool with an external controller, i.e. a master keyboard, a MIDI guitar, a wind controller, a MIDI accordion, or a digital piano.

1. Connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of your controller to the MIDI IN connector on the Liverpool.

2. Select a transmission MIDI channel on your controller. Some controllers, like the MIDI accordions, usually transmit on more than one channel (see more information in the MIDI chapter).

3. On the Liverpool, select the MIDI Setup that best fits your controllers type (see “Page 4 - MIDI Setup” on page 127).

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3. FRONT PANEL

1 Power switch ( )

This turns the Liverpool's power on or off.

2 MASTER VOLUME

This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both of the internal speakers, the L/MONO and RIGHT outputs, and the HEADPHONES output.

Warni ng: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs, Styles or Programs, the internal speakers could distort during signal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a little.

3 ACC/SEQ VOLUME

This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume (Style Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding the Realtime tracks (Song and Song Play modes). This is a relative control, where the effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME slider position.

4 ASSIGN.SLIDER

This is a freely programmable slider (see “Sld (Slider)” on page 127). By default, it acts as the Keyboard Expression control, to let you balance the relative volume of the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks.

5 MODE section

Each of these buttons recalls one of the operating modes of the instrument. Each mode excludes the others.

STYLE PLAY

Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (automatic accompaniments) and/ or play up to four Realtime tracks on the keyboard. In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half of the display. You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode, press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on, press TRACK SELECT to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.

This operating mode is automatically selected when the instrument is turned on.

SONG PLAY

This button enters Song Play mode. Here you can play back 16-track Standard MIDI Files (SMF), ".MID," or ".KAR" files from internal memory (SSD) or directly from an SD card (without loading the file into internal memory). Since the Liverpool is equipped with two sequencers, you can even play two Songs at the same time, and mix them with the BALANCE slider. In addition to the Song tracks, you can play one to four Realtime (Keyboard) tracks, along with the Song(s). In the main page, Realtime (Keyboard) tracks are shown on the right half of the display. You can reach the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play mode. If the TRACK SELECT LED is on or flashing, press TRK SELECT one or two times to turn it off and see the Realtime tracks.

B.SEQ Backing Sequence mode, where you can

record a new Song based on the Realtime and Style tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI File.

SONG Song mode, where you can play, record, or

edit a Song.

PROGRAM Program mode, to play single Sound Pro-

grams on the keyboard, or edit them. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together to select the Demo mode. This mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs, to let you hear the sonic power of the Liverpool.

6GLOBAL

This button recalls the Global edit environment where you can select various global settings. This edit environment overlaps any operating mode, which will still remain active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.

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SINGLE TOUCH

7 SD CARD

This button recalls the Card edit environment, where you can execute various operations on files and cards (Load, Save, Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any operating mode, that still remains active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.

8 MEMORY (TIE)

This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on or off. Go to the “Page 24 - Preferences: controls” edit page (Style Play mode, see page 51) to decide if this button should be a Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory button. When it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:

O N The sound to the left of the split point, and

the chord for the automatic accompaniment, are kept in memory even when you raise your hand from the keyboard.

OFF The sound and chords are released as

soon as you raise your hand from the keyboard.

This button doubles as a TIE function for the Song

mode (see chapter 13).

9 BASS INV. (REST)

This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off. ON The lowest note of a chord played in

inverted form will always be detected as the root note of the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or “F/C”.

OFF The lowest note is scanned together with

the other chord notes, and is not always considered as the root note.

This button doubles as a REST function for the Song

mode (see chapter 13).

10 MAN. BASS

This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.

Note: When you press the MAN. BASS button, the Bass track volume is automatically set to the maximum value. The volume is automatically set back to the original value when the MAN. BASS button is deactivated.

ON The automatic accompaniment stops play-

ing (apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and you can manually play the Bass track on the Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the automatic accompaniment again by pressing one of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.

OFF The bass track is automatically played by

the Style.

11 SPLIT POINT (<)

Keep this button pressed to open the Split Point window. While this window is open, you can set the split point simply by playing the split point note on the keyboard. Then, release the SPLIT POINT button. To memorize the selected split point note, press the GLOBAL button, then press WRITE to save the Global into memory (see “The Write window” on page 126).

This button doubles as a PREVIOUS EVENT func-

tion for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

12 G.QUANTIZE (>)

Press this button to open the Groove Quantize window, where you can select a realtime groove quantization to be applied to the Song (only Sequencer 1). See “Groove Quantize window” on page 71.

This button doubles as a NEXT EVENT function for

the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

13 TEMPO (= LOCK)

This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off. ON When you select a different Style or Per-

formance, the tempo doesn’t change. You can still change it using the DIAL or the TEMPO buttons.

OFF When you select a different Style or Per-

formance, the memorized tempo value is automatically selected.

This button turns the Single Touch function on or off. ON When a different Style (or the same again)

is selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is automatically selected, meaning that the Realtime tracks and effects will change, together with the Style tracks and effects.

OFF When you select a different Style (or the

same again), the Style tracks and effects are changed, while the Realtime tracks are not changed.

15 STYLE section (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select a Style. See “Selecting a Style” on page 26. The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of Style banks. Press it until you’ve selected the row you’re looking for. (After both LEDs have turned on, press the button again to turn them off).

UPPER LED ON

Upper-row Styles selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower-row Styles selected.

A word about Style banks and names. “DIRECT SD” Styles are Styles directly accessed from the memory card (no need to load from card). See “The DIRECT SD bank” on page 40. Styles from “USER1” to “USER3” are locations where you can load new Styles from the memory card. Each of the Style bank keys has one or two pages, with up to eight Styles in each page. Browse through the Styles using the PAGE buttons.

There is a shortcut to see the original bank for a Style.

You can see the original bank where a Style is contained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and then press the lefmost button of the STYLE section. A message window will appear, showing the name of the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the window.

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There is a shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle all pages for a selected bank, press the

bank’s button until you see the page that you’re looking for.

These buttons double as a numeric keypad on certain

pages (see “Selecting a Song composing its progressive number” on page 70).

16 FADE IN/OUT

When the Style stoped, press this button to start it with a volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the maximum). When the Style is playing, press this button to stop it with a volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases). You don’t need to press START/STOP to start or stop the Style.

17 VARIATION 1–4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

Each of these buttons will select one of the four variations of the current Style. Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds.

These buttons double as a NOTE LENGTH function

for the Song mode (see chapter 13).

18 FILL 1–2 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

These two buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

They also double as a NOTE LENGTH function for

the Song mode (see chapter 13).

19 COUNT IN / BREAK

While the Style is not running, press this button, then press START/STOP. This combination triggers a onebar initial count, then the Style starts playing. While the Style is already in play, this button triggers a break (an empty measure beginning with a kick + crash shot). Press it twice to let it play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

20 ENDING 1–2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons

While the Style is running, these two buttons trigger an Ending, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the

Style will stop running with an Ending. If pressed while the Style is stopped, they act as an additional couple of Intros. Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

ENDING1 also doubles as a DOT function, and

ENDING2 doubles as a TRIPLET function, to be used in Song mode (see chapter 13).

Note: Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while Ending 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

21 INTRO 1–2 buttons

These two buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After pressing one of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin with the selected intro. The INTRO LED will automatically go off at the end of the intro. Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in a loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

Note: Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

22 START/STOP

Starts or stops the Style that’s running.

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the Liverpool and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT, by using the “Panic” key combination. Just press SHIFT + START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers.

23 SYNCHRO START / STOP (DELETE)

This button turns the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop functions on or off. Press it repeatedly to turn the functions on or off. The LEDs will cycle in this order:

START START LED ON

→ START+STOP → OFF.

When this LED is lit-up, just play a chord in the chord recognition area (usually under the split point, see “CHORD SCANNING section” on page 17) to automatically start the Style running. If you like, you can turn one of the INTROs on before starting the Style.

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START+STOP LEDs ON

When both LEDs are lit-up, raising your hand from the keyboard momentarily will stop the Style from playing. If you play a chord again, the Style starts again.

OFF All Synchro functions are turned off.

This button doubles as a DELETE function for the

Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13). It is also used to delete the selected character, during text editing.

24 TAP TEMPO/RESET (INSERT)

This is a double-function button, acting in a different way depending on the Style status (stop/play). Tap Te mp o : When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the tempo on this button. At the end, the accompaniment starts playing, using the “tapped in” tempo. Reset: When you press this button while the Style is in play, the Style pattern goes back to the previous strong beat.

This button doubles as an INSERT function for the

Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13). It is also used to insert a character at the cursor position, during text editing.

25 WRITE/CARD IN USE

In Style Play mode, this button opens the Write window, that lets you save all the tracks onto a Performance, the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks in a Single Touch Setting (STS), or the accompaniment tracks onto a Style Performance. (See “The Write window” on page 42). In the Global edit environment, press it to save Global parameters in memory. (See “The Write window” on page 126).

This button’s LED works as a CARD IN USE indica-

tor, and turns on when the card slot is in use.

See the relevant chapter devoted to each operating

mode or edit environment, to see their “maps” in detail.

29 PAGE -/+

After pressing MENU to open a menu, use these but-

tons to browse the edit pages of an operating mode or

editing environment. Press EXIT to go back from an

edit page to the main page of the current operating

mode, or to close the Global or Card Edit environment.

In addition, you can use these buttons to select a differ-

ent page in a Style Select or Program Select window.

30 VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A–H buttons

Within this user’s manual, each button pair is marked

with an alphabetic letter (A–H). See “Display and User

Interface” on page 19 for more details.

A corresponding track name is printed over each but-

ton pair. These names show the corresponding track

the button pair affects in the main page of the Style

Play mode.

• The left half is for the main page, where you can see the Realtime tracks, and the Style tracks grouped together:

26 ENSEMBLE

This button turns the Ensemble function on or off. When on, the right-hand melody is harmonized with the left-hand chords.

Note: The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is in SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode selected.

27 RECORD

This button sets the instrument in Record mode (depending on the current operating mode).

28 MENU

This button opens the Menu page for the current operating mode or edit environment. After opening a menu, you can jump to one of the edit pages by pressing the corresponding VOLUME/VALUE buttons; or browse them using the PAGE buttons. Otherwise, go back to the main page of the current operating mode, or close the edit environment, by pressing the EXIT button.

• The right half is for the Style tracks page, where you can see each of the accompaniment tracks:

See “Symbols and Icons” on page 21. Use these buttons to perform various operations on the commands and functions appearing in the display.

SELECTING

Use each button pair to select the corresponding item in the display (i.e. a track, a parameter or a command). Use either the left or right button in a pair.

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VOLUME While you are in the main pages of any

operating mode, select a track and use these buttons to change the track’s volume. Use the left button to decrease it, or the right button to increase it.

MUTE Press both buttons in a pair to mute the

corresponding track. Press both buttons again to unmute the track.

SOLO While in the Style Play, Song Play

and Song modes, you can solo one of the tracks. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press both of the VOLUME/ VALUE buttons corresponding with the track you wish to solo.

To exit the solo mode, keep the SHIFT button pressed again, and press both the VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed track.

VALUE Use each button pair to change the corre-

sponding parameter’s value. The left button decreases the value, the right button increases it.

31 TRACK SELECT

Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between the various tracks view.

STYLE PLAY MODE

Switches between the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks.

SONG PLAY MODE

Switches between the main page (showing the Realtime/Keyboard tracks), Song tracks 1–8, and Song tracks 9–16.

SONG MODE

Switches between the main page, Song

tracks 1–8 and Song tracks 9–16. The TRACK SELECT LED shows the current page view:

Off Main page (Realtime tracks, or Song con-

trols) On 2nd page (Style tracks, or Song tracks 1–8) Flashing 3rd page (Song tracks 9–16)

32 SINGLE TOUCH SETTING

(F-1–F-4 FUNCTION KEYS) buttons

While in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence mode, these buttons select a Single Touch Setting each. Each of the Styles includes a maximum of four Single Touch Settings (STS), to automatically configure the Realtime tracks and effects at the touch of a finger. When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is lit, an STS is automatically selected when selecting a Style.

In Edit mode, these buttons double as function keys,

to select the corresponding items in the display.

33 SHIFT

With this button held down, pressing certain other buttons will access to a second function.

34 TEMPO/VALUE section

The DIAL and the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons can be used to control the Tempo, assign a different value to the selected parameter in the display or scroll a list of files in the Song Select and Card pages. The VALUE LED shows the status of this section.

DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the

value or tempo. Turn it counter-clockwise to decrease the value or tempo.

When used while pressing the SHIFT button, this control always acts as a Tempo control.

DOWN/- and UP/+

DOWN/- decreases the value or tempo; UP/+ increases the value or tempo.

Keep the SHIFT button pressed down, and press either the DOWN/- or UP/+ button to reset the Tempo to the value that’s saved onto the selected Style.

35 VALUE LED

This LED shows the status of the DIAL and DOWN/and UP/+ buttons. ON The DIAL and DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons

act as Value controls, to change the value of the selected parameter in the display.

OFF The DIAL and DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons

control the Tempo.

36 EXIT/NO

Use this button to perform various actions, leaving from the current status:

• exit a dialog box

• answer “No” to any question that appears in the display

• exit the Menu window

• go back to the main page of the current operating mode

• exit the Global or Card Edit environment, and go back to the main page of the current operating mode

• exit from a Style, Performance or Program Select window

37 ENTER/YES

Use this button to perform various actions, agreeing the current selected status:

• answer “Yes” to any question that appears in the display

• confirm a command

38 DISPLAY HOLD

This button turns the Display Hold function on or off. ON When you open a temporary window (like

the Program Select window), it remains in the display until you press EXIT/NO, or an operating mode button.

OFF Any temporary window closes after a cer-

tain time, or after selecting an item in the window.

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PERFORM.

PROGRAM

39 CHORD SCANNING section

In Style Play and Backing Sequence mode, use these buttons to define the way chords are recognized by the arranger.

LOWER Chords are detected below the split point.

The number of notes you should play to form a chord is defined by the Chord Scanning Mode parameter (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on page 51).

UPPER Chords are detected above the split point.

You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord.

FULL (both LEDs on)

Chords are detected on the full keyboard range. You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord.

OFF No chords will be detected. After pressing

START/STOP, only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment tracks can play.

40 KEYBOARD MODE section

These buttons define how the four Keyboard (or Realtime) tracks are positioned on the keyboard.

SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split

point, while the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play above it. By default, selecting this keyboard mode automatically selects the Lower chord scanning mode (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on page 51).

FULL UPPER

The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3 tracks play on the whole keyboard range. The Lower track does not play. By default, selecting this keyboard mode automatically selects the Full chord scanning mode (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on page 51).

41 STYLE CHANGE

This button turns the Style Change function on or off. ON When you select a Performance, the Style

could change, according to which Style number is memorized onto the Performance.

OFF When you select a Performance, the Style

and Style track settings remain unchanged. Only Realtime (Keyboard) tracks settings are changed.

Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section to select a Performance.

44 PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section

Use these buttons to open the Program Select or Performance Select window, and select a Program or a Performance. See “Selecting a Program” on page 25, or “Selecting a Performance” on page 25. For a list of available Programs, see “Programs (Program Change order)” on page 157. The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of Program or Performance banks. Press it until you’ve selected the row that you’re looking for. (After both LEDs have consecutively turned on, press the button again to turn them off).

UPPER LED ON

Upper row of Programs or Performances selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower row of Programs or Performances selected.

On the front panel, Program banks are identified by the instrument names, while Performance banks are identified by numbers (1–10; 0=bank 10). A note about Program banks and names. Programs from “PIANO” to “SFX” are standard Programs, the user can’t directly modify. Programs “USER1” and “USER2” are locations where you can load new Programs from the memory card. “USER DK” is where you can load new drum kits. Each Program bank contains various pages, each with up to 8 Programs. You can browse them using the PAGE buttons.

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Performance or Program. You can see the original bank where a Perfor-

mance or Program is contained. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and then press the lefmost button of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section. A message window will appear, showing the name of the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the window. Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank. To cycle all of the pages for a selected bank, press the bank’s button.

45 PADS (1–4, STOP)

These programmable pads can be used to trigger a sound effect. Use the STOP button to stop a cyclic sound. (See “List of sounds assignable to the Pads” on page 228). Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track.

46 TRANSPOSE

These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone steps (Master Transpose). The transposition value is shown (as a note name) on the top right of the display.

Press this button to use the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section to select a Program, and assign it to the selected track.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to zero.

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Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Percussion tracks). See “Page 14 - Track: Mode” on page 46, and “Page 7 - Track: Mode” on page 78.

 Lowers the Master Transpose a semitone.  Raises the Master Transpose a semitone.

47 OCTAVE

These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a whole octave (12 semitones; max ±2 octaves). The transposition value is shown (in octaves) on the top right area of the display.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to zero.

Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Percussion tracks).

– Lowers the selected track an octave. + Raises the selected track an octave.

48 BALANCE slider

In Song Play mode, this slider balances the volume of the two on-board sequencers. When fully on the left, only Sequencer 1 can be heard. When fully on the right, only Sequencer 2 can be heard. When in the middle, both sequencers will play at full volume.

49 SEQUENCER TRANSPORT CONTROLS - SEQ1

and SEQ2

The instrument is equipped with two sequencers (Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2), each with its own set of transport controls.

<< and >> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If

you use them while the Song is in play, they make it scroll back or forward. When pressed once, these buttons move the Song to the previous or following measure. When kept pressed, they make the Song scroll continuously, until you release them.

In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1), keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press these buttons to scroll to the previous or next Song in the Jukebox list (see “Page 9 Jukebox” on page 79).

PAUSE Pauses the Song at the current position.

Press PAUSE or PLAY/STOP to start the Song playing again.

PLAY/STOP Starts or stops the current Song. When

you stop the Song, the Song Position goes back to measure 1.

In Song Play mode, pressing this button while keeping SHIFT pressed, starts both sequencers at the same time.

Display and User Interface

Display controls

4. DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE

Realtime (Keyboard) tracks

Style (accompaniment/backing) tracks

Status icons area

The display shows the current status of the Liverpool and its performance and editing parameters. You can select each parameter by using the VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons on the side of the display, or each page

command appearing along the last line using the F-1– F-4 buttons. You can vary many of the parameter’s values by pressing the left (-) or right (+) button of any VOLUME/VALUE pair.

DISPLAY CONTROLS

VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons and display parameters. These buttons are used to select the correspond-

ing parameter or command in the display, to change the parameter’s value, or to change the volume of the corresponding track. While you are on the main page, these buttons can select a track, change the track’s volume, or mute/ unmute a track.

See “VOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A–H buttons” on page 15 for more information.

F-1–F-4 buttons. When in an Edit page, these buttons may be used when there are four parameters in a row, as in the following example:

First, select the line using a VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) button. Then, select a column using the F-1–F-4 function button.

In the Card Edit environment, the F-1–F-4 buttons can be used also to select one of the page commands appearing in the last line of the display.

See “SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F-1–F-4 FUNCTION KEYS) buttons” on page 16 for more information.

PAGE. The PAGE buttons select the previous or next edit page. When selecting a Style or a Program, they select a different page of Styles or Programs. See “PAGE -/+” on page 15 for more information.

MENU. The MENU button opens the current operating mode or edit environment’s Menu. When in a Menu, you can use the VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select an edit section to jump to.

TRACK SELECT. Each of the operating modes have a different number of tracks:

Style Play 4 Realtime tracks, 8 Style tracks, 4 Pads.

Display and User Interface

Interface structure

Operating modes

Main page Menu Edit pages

Song Play 4 Realtime tracks, 2 x 16 Song Tracks,

4 Pads.

Backing Sequence

4 Realtime tracks, 8 Style tracks, 4 Pads. Song 16 Song tracks. You can only see up to 8 tracks in the display. So, use the TRACK SELECT button to switch to the other (hidden) tracks. For example, when in Style Play, you can use this button to switch from the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks.

INTERFACE STRUCTURE

Thanks to its multitasking operating system, the Liverpool user interface is structured in “overlapping”, active layers. From the lower level:

• operating modes (Style Play, Backing Sequence,

Song Play, Song, Program)

• edit environments (Global, Card)

• selecting windows (Style Select, Song Select, Pro-

gram Select, Performance Select).

When opening an edit environment or a selecting page, the current operating mode is still working in the background.

Operating modes. (See diagram at the bottom of this page). At the lowest level, an operating mode is always active. The current operating mode is indicated by the lit LED on the STYLE PLAY, B.SEQ, SONG PLAY, SONG or PROGRAM button in the MODE section. The relevant icon lights up in the display. An operating mode is divided into a main page (the page where you usually play a Style, a Song or a Program), a menu, and a series of edit pages. Press MENU to access the Menu. Use the MENU and PAGE buttons to browse across the various edit pages. Press EXIT to go back to the main page.

Display and User Interface

Message windows

Text in solid black

Text in gra y

Edit environment. (See diagram at the bottom of this page). When you press GLOBAL or SD CARD, an edit environment overlaps the current operating mode. Press EXIT to go back to the current operating mode. An edit environment is made up of a menu and a series of edit pages. Use the MENU and PAGE buttons to browse across the various edit pages.

Selecting windows. When you press one of the STYLE or PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE buttons, you open a selecting window. This window closes after selecting one of the items in it, or after pressing EXIT. If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is light up, the window doesn’t close after selecting an item. Press EXIT to close the window, and go back to the underlying page.

MESSAGE WINDOWS

Sometimes, a message might appear in the display, warning about an error or an incorrect operation:

Press ENTER or EXIT to exit one of these windows. Other messages ask for an answer, as in the “Are you

sure” window below:

Press ENTER/YES for Yes, or EXIT/NO for No.

SYMBOLS AND ICONS

Many icons and symbols, on the custom display, show the status of a parameter or the display content.

Realtime/Keyboard track (Upper 1–3, Lower).

Drum track (Style track view).

Percussion track (Style track view).

Grouped Drum and Percussion tracks.

Bass track (Style track view).

Grouped accompaniment tracks. This symbol indicates the five grouped accom-

paniment tracks (Acc1–5).

Accompaniment tracks (Style track view).

Sequencer tracks.

Selected track or parameter. When this symbol appears, you can execute any available operation on the selected item.

(no icon) The track is in mute, and can’t play on the

keyboard.

GRAYED-OUT NON-AVAILABLE PARAMETERS

Currently non-available parameters are now shown in “gray” in the display, i.e. with a “ghost” texture. Here is an example of a grayed-out parameter, compared to a normal parameter:

Edit environment

Menu Edit pages

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12 3 45 6 7 8

5. REAR PANEL

1 PHONES

Use this jack to connect a pair of headphones. You can use headphones with an impedance of 16–200Ω (50Ω suggested). Use a headphone distributor to connect more than one pair of headphones.

2INPUT

Use these unbalanced connectors to input another keyboard/synthesizer, a (non-powered) mixer’s output, or a CD/tape player (line impedance). The signal is automatically routed to the speakers, the Audio Outputs and the Phones.

3OUTPUTS

Use these unbalanced connectors to send the audio signal (sound) to a mixer, a PA system, a set of powered monitors, or your hi-fi system. Set the output level with the MASTER VOLUME slider.

4 DAMPER

Use this to connect a Damper pedal, like the KORG PS1, PS3 or DS1H. To change its polarity, see “Damper Pol. (Damper Polarity)” on page 127.

5 ASSIGN. PDL/SW

Use this to connect a continuous or footswitch pedal, like the KORG EXP2 or XVP10. To program it, see “P/S (Pedal/Switch)” on page 127.

6 MIDI interface

The MIDI interface allows your Liverpool to be connected to an external controller (master keyboard,

MIDI guitar, wind controller, MIDI accordion…), to an expander, or to a computer running a sequencer or an editor. For more information on how to use the MIDI interface, see the MIDI chapter.

IN This connector receives MIDI data from a

computer or a controller. Connect it to an external controller’s or computer’s MIDI OUT.

OUT This connector sends MIDI data generated

by the Liverpool’s keyboard, controllers, and/or the internal sequencer. Connect it to an expander’s or computer’s MIDI IN.

7 DC 12V (AC power adapter connector)

Plug the supplied power adapter into this connector.

8 SD Card Slot

To insert an SD card (or SDHC card), push it into the slot until it clicks into place. To remove the SD card, push it in; the card will pop out slightly, allowing you to pull it out.

Note: Carefully read the owner's manual that came with your SD card, and observe the instructions regarding care and handling.

Note: Take care to insert the SD card in the correct direction and orientation, and be sure to press it all the way into the slot. Do not use excessive force.

Connector side

BASIC GUIDE

Basic operations

Playing on the keyboard

LOWER UPPER

Selected track

6. BASIC OPERATIONS

PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD

Just play on the keyboard. You will hear the Realtime tracks playing. There are four Realtime tracks: Upper 1–3 and Lower. They may play all at the same time, or just one or a few of them, depending on their Mute status. If you cannot hear a track, check the mute status of that part.

Tracks can be set in different ways: use the KEYBOARD MODE section to select the way they are configured on the keyboard.

• Press FULL UPPER to play the Upper 1–3 tracks

on the full range of the keyboard, just as you would on a piano.

Upper 1

Upper 2

Upper 3

• Press SPLIT to let the Upper 1–3 tracks play on the

right of the Split Point, and the Lower track on the left.

Upper 1

Lower

Split Point

• Keep the SPLIT POINT button pressed, and play a

note to change the point where the keyboard is divided in an Upper and a Lower part.

Upper 2

Upper 3

SELECTING, MUTING/UNMUTING AND SOLOING A TRACK

Selecting. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons to

select a track.

The selected track is shown with a solid square surrounding its status icons.

If you can’t see the track that you’re looking for, use the TRACK SELECT button to scroll up or down the tracks, and find the hidden ones.

Mute/unmute. Press both VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons to mute or unmute a track. For example, if you are on the main page that appears after turning the instrument on, and you want to mute the Upper 1 track, press the E (UPPER1/ACC2) buttons together.

To save the selected split point note, press the GLOBAL button, then press WRITE to save the Global in memory (see “The Write window” on page 126).

The mute/play status is shown by the relevant icon in the display:

Play status; the track plays on the keyboard.

(no icon) Mute status; the track doesn’t play on the

keyboard.

Solo. While in the Style Play, Song Play and Song modes, you can solo one of the tracks. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press both VOLUME/ VALUE buttons corresponding to the track you wish to solo.

To exit the solo mode, keep the SHIFT button pressed again, and press both VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed track.

Basic operations

Selecting a Performance

Last selected Performance

SELECTING A PERFORMANCE

A Performance is a set of Programs and settings for the Keyboard and Style tracks, that makes selecting complex combinations live fast and easy. When the STYLE CHANGE LED is on, a Performance can also select a different Style. It is always advisable to use Performances, rather than single Programs, when playing even a solo sound, since a Performance lets you select the right effects, transposition, plus many other parameters, together with the Programs.

Data type Parameters

Realtime Tracks

Style Tracks

Other “performance” parameters are saved in the Global.

Global Chord Recognition Mode, Memory Mode, Velocity

1. Press the PERFORM button. This changes the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section into a Performance selector.

2. Use the leftmost button of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section to select the first row of ten banks (1–10, upper LED turned on), or the second row of ten banks (11–20, lower LED turned on).

3. Press one of the 1–0 buttons to select the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE bank containing the Performance you are looking for.

Upper 1, Upper 2, Upper 3, Lower

Drum, Percussion, Bass, Acc1, Acc2, Acc3, Acc4, Acc5

Trigger, Lock

Master Transpose, Program, Volume, Pan, Octave, Scale, Detune, Pitch Bend, Poly/Mono/Drum, Int/Ext, Damper, Dynamic Range, Joystick, C&D Effect Send level, Type, Parameters, Program parameters, Pads

Program, Volume, Pan, Octave, Detune, Pitch Bend, Poly/Mono/Drum, Int/Ext, Wrap Around, Keyboard Range, A&B Effect Send level, Type, Parameters, Program parameters, Drum Mapping, Kick&Snare Assignation

The Performance Select window appears. There are 8 Performances for each bank.

4. Select a Performance using the VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons.

5. If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this window.

The STYLE CHANGE button

When you select a Performance, the Style may or may not change, depending on the status of the STYLE CHANGE button. (When you save a Performance, the current Style number is always memorized).

• If the STYLE CHANGE LED is on, the Style saved in the Performance will be selected.

• If the STYLE CHANGE LED is off, the Style doesn’t change.

SELECTING A PROGRAM

You can select a different Program (i.e., sound) to be played by a track. Before selecting a Program, you must select the track that you want to assign the Program to.

Note:

To assign different Programs to the Style tracks, press TRACK SELECT to see the Style tracks. If you select a Program while grouped tracks (Drum/Percussion or ACC) are selected, the Program will be assigned to the last selected track.

Each Style Element (Variations, Fills…) can have different Programs, so your selection might be automatically reset when selecting a different Element. To avoid this reset, see “Prog (Program)” on page 49.

1. Use the VOLUME/VALUE (E–H) buttons on the

right side of the display, to select the Realtime (Keyboard) track you wish to assign a different Program to.

2. Press the PROGRAM button. This changes the

PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section into a Program selector.

Basic operations

Selecting a Style

Last selected Program

Selected track

3. Use the leftmost PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE button to select a row of Program banks (upper, lower).

4. Select the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE bank containing the Program you are looking for (Program banks are identified by instrument names).

The Program Select window appears. See “Programs (Program Change order)” on page 157 for a list of Factory Programs.

5. Browse all the Programs in the selected bank using the PAGE buttons. There can be various pages for each bank, containing up to 8 Programs each.

6. As you find the Program you are looking for, select it using the VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons.

7. If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this window.

SELECTING A STYLE

A Style is a set of rhythm and accompaniment patterns. You can select a Style from the internal memory, or from a memory card (see “The DIRECT SD bank” on page 40).

1. Use the leftmost STYLE button to select a row of Style banks (upper, lower).

The Style Select window appears.

3. Each bank has one or two pages, each page containing up to eight Styles. Select a page using the PAGE buttons.

4. As you find the Style you are looking for, select it using the VOLUME/VALUE (A–H) buttons.

Note: The new Style will enter at the next strong beat.

5. If the DISPLAY HOLD LED is on, press EXIT to exit this window.

The SINGLE TOUCH button

When you select a Style, the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks can be changed.

• If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is on, the Single Touch Setting (STS) #1 is automatically selected, and the Realtime tracks are changed. Programs, and the Keyboard Mode, may change.

• If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is off, Realtime tracks don’t change.

SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (STS)

A Single Touch Setting (STS) contains Realtime (Keyboard) tracks’ settings. Four STS are included in each Style, and can be recalled by pressing the SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F-1–F-4) buttons under the display.

Note: You can select a STS only when you are in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence operating mode.

CHANGING ALL KEYBOARD TRACKS AT ONCE

Select a Performance or a Single Touch Setting (F-1–F-4 buttons, when you are in the Style Play main page) to change keyboard Programs and effects at the touch of a button.

2. Select the STYLE bank containing the Style that you’re looking for.

SHORTCUT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BANK FOR A STYLE, PERFORMANCE OR PROGRAM

You can see the original bank where your Style, Performance or Program came from. Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the lefmost button of the STYLE or PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE section. A message window will appear, showing the name of the original bank.

Release the SHIFT button to exit the window.

Tutorial

Playing a Style (Automatic Accompaniment)

7. TUTORIAL

The selected Style

This chapter is fully devoted to step-by-step instructions, that we hope may be useful to learn the basics— in the field.

PLAYING A STYLE (Automatic Accompaniment)

A Style will be your virtual band for your best solos. Select one of the 240 Styles we fitted in this machine…

1 OK, select your favorite musical Style.

There are plenty of Styles to choose from. We will go with a

1. Select the second row of Styles. Press the leftmost

2. Now, you are free to press button number 3, called

LIVERPOOL STYLES—the “HalloGoodby”.

STYLE button to switch the lower LED on.

“G - H”.

2 Call an Intro.

You can engage an Intro to be played before the Style. Press INTRO1 or INTRO2. The former plays more freely, without letting you decide the chords. The latter lets you play a chord progression while it’s playing.

3 Start the Style!

Play a chord, and press the START/STOP button.

Then begin playing. Usually (when the SPLIT LED is on) chords are recognized under the split point, i.e. on the Lower part of the keyboard. With the UPPER or FULL Chord Scanning mode, you must play three or more notes to have a chord recognized.

The Style Select window appears.

3. Press one of the D VOLUME/VALUE buttons to select “HalloGoodby”.

4 Play your chords and your melody.

Go on playing. As you may notice, the Liverpool features a very sophisticate chord recognition engine. Recognized chords are shown in the display.

5 Make a break—or should we say “a fill”?

During your playing, you are free to call a one-bar break. Try it:

PRESS BREAK

Do you see? Music stopped for one bar. Then, it is back again. After a while, let’s go for something different…

PRESS FILL1 OR FILL2

No silence, this time. Liverpool plays a complex passage to let you take a breath. FILL1 is the simpler one, where FILL2 is more sophisticated. Usually, you will use FILL1 when playing with Variations 1 and 2 (the most easy), FILL2 when working with Variations 3 and 4 (more complex ones).

6 Select other Variations.

There are four VARIATION buttons. These are four different versions of the same Style. Try them all!

You can go to a Variation after a Fill. Just press a FILL button, then, immediately after press a VARIATION button.

Tutorial

Playing in Realtime (Without using Automatic Accompaniment)

Performance bank-number

Select a Performance with the VOLUME/VALUE buttons

7Stop it!

OK, you could say: “Oh, that’s easy, I know how to do it, I can just press that big red START/STOP button again”. Yes, you are perfectly right. But that’s the easy way. Let us suggest a more colorful way:

PRESS ENDING1 OR ENDING2

An ending is instantaneously called, and will begin playing, to lead the Style to a colorful end. As usual, ENDING1 is pre-programmed, while ENDING2 asks for your chord progression.

In Sync

“What if I want to avoid all that START/STOP stuff? I mean, I prefer to have my hands free for playing music!” Good point. The SYNCHRO button is there right for this purpose.

1 While the Style is stopped, press the SYN-

CHRO button.

The SYNCHRO-START LED begins blinking. The Synchro Start function is enabled.

2 Play a chord on the keyboard.

You must play a chord for the chord recognition engine. Usually, it will be to the left of the split point, but it depends on the CHORD SCANNING section (see “CHORD SCANNING section” on page 17). The Style starts.

3 Stop the Style using your chosen method.

PLAYING IN REALTIME (Without using Automatic Accompaniment)

As soon as you turn your Liverpool on, it is in Style Play mode, and you can play it in realtime. Please follow me…

1 Play on the keyboard.

When you turn the Liverpool on, Performance 1-1 is automatically selected.

This sets the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks for you. In this case you get the Upper 1 track playing on the full keyboard range, with the Grand Piano Program selected.

As you may know, there are four available Realtime tracks: Upper 1–3 and Lower. Upper Realtime tracks may play on the full range of the keyboard (the selected KEYBOARD MODE shall be FULL UPPER). Otherwise, the Lower track plays on the left of the Split Point, and the Upper tracks on the right (KEYBOARD MODE shall be SPLIT). If you are not satisfied with this setting at startup, you can simply select another Performance. Or change the track’s settings—as you will see in this tutorial—and save them into Performance 1-1. You’ll soon see how to do it.

2 Select a different Performance.

Is the PERFORM. LED on?

Need more information?

Go to “Style Play operating mode” on page 40. The Reference Guide includes all the information you need.

If so, press one of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE buttons, and select a Performance with the VOLUME/ VALUE buttons (on the side of the display).

Go ahead and try out the different Performances. We provided 160 of them for you.

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Korg Liverpool Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Useful links

1. WELCOME!

About this manual

LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA

Connecting the AC power adapter

2. START UP

TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF

CONTROLLING THE VOLUME

THE BALANCE SLIDER

HEADPHONES

Audio Outputs

AUDIO INPUTS

DAMPER PEDAL

DEMO

THE MUSIC STAND

MIDI CONNECTIONS

3. FRONT PANEL

Display controls

4. DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE

Interface structure

Message windows

SYMBOLS AND ICONS

GRAYED-OUT NON-AVAILABLE PARAMETERS

5. REAR PANEL

BASIC GUIDE

Playing on the keyboard

6. BASIC OPERATIONS

SELECTING, MUTING/UNMUTING AND SOLOING A TRACK

Selecting a Performance

SELECTING A PROGRAM

Selecting a Style

SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (STS)

CHANGING ALL KEYBOARD TRACKS AT ONCE

SHORTCUT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BANK FOR A STYLE, PERFORMANCE OR PROGRAM

Playing a Style (Automatic Accompaniment)

7. TUTORIAL

Playing in Realtime (Without using Automatic Accompaniment)