Korg PA3 User Manual

Advanced Edit

ENGLISH OS Ver. 1.0

Table of Contents

Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Style structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Style/Pad Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Entering the Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Listening to the Style while in Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Main page - Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Main page - Record 2/Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Main page - Guitar Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Style Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Style Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Style Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Style Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Style Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Style Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Style Edit: Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Style Edit: Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Style Element Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . . 25

Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Style Element Track Controls: Noise/Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Export SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Write Style dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Copy Key/Chord dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Copy Sounds dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Copy Expression dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Copy Key Range dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copy Chord Table dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Overdub Step Recording window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Pad structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Entering the Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Listening to the Pad while in Record/Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Main page - Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Main page - Guitar Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Pad Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Pad Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Pad Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pad Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pad Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Pad Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Pad Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Pad Edit: Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Pad Edit: Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Pad Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Pad Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Export: SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Write Pad dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Sound operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

The MIDI channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

How to select oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Sounds, Drum Kits, Digital Drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Digital Drawbars page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Basic: Sound Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Basic: OSC Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Basic: Vel/Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Basic: Damper Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Basic: Damper Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Basic: EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

DrumKit: Sample Setup (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

DrumKit: EQ (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

DrumKit: Voice Mixer (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Pitch: Pitch Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Pitch: Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Filter: Filter Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Filter: Filter Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Filter: Filter LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Filter: Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Amp: Amp Level/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Amp: Amp Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Amp: Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

LFO: LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

LFO: LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Effects: “B” FX Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Effects: IFX 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Effects: Master 1 / Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Effects: Master 2 / Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Effects: Master 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Write Sound dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Copy Oscillator dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Copy Drum Kit dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Sampling operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Entering and exiting the Sampling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Record (Sampling) procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sampling: Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sampling: Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Sampling: Loop Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Sampling: Sampling Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Time Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

The Time Slice procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

The Extend procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Multisample: Edit MS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Multisample: Key Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Write Sample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Advanced

Table of Contents

Write MultiSample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Write Slice dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Delete Sample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Delete Multisample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Export Sample page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Export Multisample page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

How to merge PCM samples from various sources . . . . . . . . . 94

Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Accessing the Voice Processor edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Voice Processor Setup: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Voice Processor Setup: Mic Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Voice Processor Setup: Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Voice Processor Preset: Easy Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Voice Processor Preset: Mixer/FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Voice Processor Preset: Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Voice Processor Preset: Double . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Voice Processor Preset: Filter & Hard Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Voice Processor Preset: µMod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Voice Processor Preset: Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Voice Processor Preset: Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Dynamic Modulation sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Dynamics (Dynamic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic models (OD Amp Mic) . . 118

Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser (Cho/Fln Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.Shift) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Reverb and Early Reflections (Reverb ER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Mono-Mono Serial (Mono-Mono) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Double Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Factory data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Style and Player controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Sounds (Bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Sounds (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Drum Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

List of Assignable Footswitch / Pedal functions . . . . . . . . . . . .238

List of Assignable Slider functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

List of Assignable Switch functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

List of EC5 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

MIDI Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Style Record mode

The Style structure

Style Record mode

P op Balla d

Va ri ation 1

CV1

Dr um P erc Bass Acc1 Acc2 Acc3 Acc4 Acc5

CV2

CV3

CV4

CV5

CV6

Va ri ation 2

Va ri ation 3

Va ri ation 4

Intro1

CV1

CV2

Intro 2

Intro 3/C.In

Fill 1

Fill 2

Break

Fill 3

Fill 4

Ending 1

Ending 2

Ending 3

By entering the Style Record mode, you can create your own Styles, or edit an existing Style.

The Style structure

The term “Style” relates with music sequences automatically played by the arranger of the Pa3X. A Style consists of a predefined number of Style Elements (E) (Pa3X features fifteen different Style Elements: Variation 1-4, Intro 1-3, Fill 1-4, Break, Ending 1-3). When playing, these Style Elements can be selected directly from the control panel, using the corresponding buttons.

To explain the Style structure, we can use a tree-structure, as shown in the following diagram:

Each Style Element is made up of smaller units, called Chord Variations (CV), but not all of them have the same number of CVs. Variations 1-4 have up to 6 CVs each, while the other Style Elements have only up to 2 CVs.

When you play on the chord recognition area (Lower, Upper or Full, depending on the Chord Scanning section on the control panel), the arranger scans the keyboard and determines which chord you are playing. Then, depending on the selected Style Element, it determines which Chord Variation (CV) should be played for the scanned chord. Which Chord Variation corresponds to each scanned chord is a setting of the Style: the Chord Variation Table. Each Style Element contains a Chord Variation Table, whose prototype is the following:

Chord Chord Variations (CVs)

Variation 1-4 Intro 1-3, Fill 1-4, Break, Ending 1-3

Maj

M7b5

Sus4

Sus2

M7sus4

min

m7b5

mM7

7b5

7sus4

dim

dimM7

aug

aug7

augM7

no 3rd

no 3rd, no 5th

dim7

CV1 – CV6 CV1 – CV2

After deciding what CV to play, the arranger triggers the right sequence for each track. Since each sequence is written in a particular key (for example, CMajor, GMajor or Emin), the arranger transposes it according to the scanned chord. Notes in the sequence are carefully transposed, to make them work fine with all recognized chords.

Going deeper into the Style structure, we can see that each Chord Variation is made up of Track S e q u ences, and the Pa3X supports 8 different tracks. DRUM and PERC are used for drum and percussion sequences, BASS for bass and ACC1-5 are for accompaniment sequences (string, guitar, piano or other accompaniment instruments).

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style/Pad Import/Export

Just to summarize, when you play a chord on the chord recognition area, the arranger determines which Style Element is used, then determines which Chord Variation should be used for the played chord, then Style sequences for every track of that Chord Variation are transposed from the original chord to the recognized chord, and so on every time you play a chord.

Ordinary, Guitar and Drum tracks

There are different types of tracks (see “Track Type” on page 27), and each of them is treated in a different way by the arranger;

• Acc (Accompaniment) and Bass tracks: When a chord is recognized, the programmed chord notes are transposed to a suitable scale, according to the Note Transposition Tables ( N T T ) The NTT allows you to record just some Chord Variations, and have all the notes play in the right place, avoiding dissonances and transposing the pattern notes to the notes of the recognized chord.

• Drum & and Perc (Percussion) tracks: No transposition is applied.The original pattern plays always.

• Gtr (Guitar) tracks: When a chord is recognized, the arranger triggers single notes, strumming and arpeggios on a “virtual guitar”, keeping care of the way notes are played on the guitar keyboard. Note that inside a Guitar track you can also have some parts typical of an Acc track - a useful addition for short “free-form” passages.

• While in Style Play mode, you can assign a single Sound to the Style Settings (together with the other track parameters), that remains the same for all Style Elements.

Which Sounds are used depends on the status of the “Original Style Sounds” parameter (see page 114 of the User’s Manual).

Note: When assigning a Sound in Style Play mode, the “Original Style Sounds” is automatically turned off.

Style/Pad Import/Export

As an alternative to creating Styles on the Pa3X, you can import a Standard MIDI Files (SMF) from your computer to a Pa3X’s Style. See “Import: Import SMF” on page 28 and “Export SMF” on page 30.

Entering the Style Record mode

While in the Style Play operating mode, press the RECORD button. The following page will appear in the display:

What to record

Recording a Style is a matter of recording tracks, inside a series of Chord Variations, inside a series of Style Elements, inside the Style itself.

You don’t need to record all Chord Variations for all Style Elements. It is often only needed to record just a Chord Variation for each Style Element. Exceptions are the Intro 1 and Ending 1, where we suggest to record both a Major and minor Chord Variations.

Pattern data vs. track data

While the Style Record mode is where you can create or edit music patterns for the Style, track parameters (like Volume, Pan, Octave Transpose, FX settings…) have to be edited in Style Play mode.

• After creating or editing music patterns in Style Record mode, save them by selecting the Write Style command from the page menu of the Style Record mode (see “Write Style dialog box” on page 31 of the User’s Manual).

• After editing track parameters in Style Play mode, save them to the Style Settings by selecting the “Write Current Style Settings” command from the page menu of the Style Play mode (see “Write Style Settings dialog box” on page 139 of the User’s Manual).

Sounds

There are two ways of assigning Sounds to the Style tracks.

• While in Style Record mode you can assign different Sounds to each Style Element (see “Sounds area” on page 9 of the User’s Manual).

•Select Record/Edit Current Style to edit the current Style.

If it is a Factory Style, you may not be able to save it at the original location (depending on the status of the “Factory Style and Pad Protect” parameter, see page 236 of the User’s Manual); you will select a User Style instead.

•Select Record New Style to start from a new, empty Style. A

default Style Performance will be recalled. When finished recording, you will save the new Style onto a User Style location. (Styles can be saved onto Factory Style locations only when the “Factory Style and Pad Protect” parameter is set to Off – see page 236 of the User’s Manual).

After editing the Style or Pad, please save it (see “Exit by saving or deleting changes” below) and exit the Style/Pad Record mode.

Then, edit the Style track settings. Go to the Style Play mode, edit the Style Settings to adjust track settings (Tempo, Volume, Pan, FX Send… see page 119 and following in the “Style Play operating mode” chapter of the User’s Manual) and save it by selecting the “Write Current Style Settings” from the page menu (see “Write Style Settings dialog box” on page 139 of the User’s Manual).

Note: After a record or edit operation, the memory is automatically reorganized. Therefore, when you press START/STOP there is a delay before you can actually listen to the Style. This delay is higher with a Style containing more MIDI events.

Style Record mode

Exit by saving or deleting changes

Note: While in Record mode, the footswitch and EC5 pedals are disabled. On the contrary, volume/expression-type pedals can be used.

Exit by saving or deleting changes

List of recorded events

The Style/Pad Record mode filters out some events that may cause wrong operation of the Style or Pad. Here are the recorded events, and the most important filtered-out events.

When finished editing, you can save your Style or Pad in memory, or abort any change.

•To save changes, select the “Write Style” command from the page menu (see “Write Style dialog box” on page 31).

• To abort all changes, select the “Exit from Record” command from the page menu, or press the RECORD button, to exit from record and return to the main page of the Style Record mode.

Hint: Save often while recording, to avoid accidentally losing your changes to the Style.

Listening to the Style while in Edit mode

While you are in Style/Pad Record mode, you can listen to the selected Chord Variation or to the whole Style or Pad, depending on the page you are in.

To select a Chord Variation, go to the Main page of the Record/ Edit mode (see “Element (Style Element)” and “Chord Var (Chord Variation)” on page 6).

• When you are in the Main, Event Edit, Quantize, Transpose, Velocity, or Delete pages, you can listen to the selected Chord Variation. Press START/STOP to check how it works. Press START/STOP again to stop the playback.

• When you are in the Sounds/Expression, Keyboard Range, Chord Table, Trigger/Tension, Delete All, Copy, Style/Pad Element Controls or Style/Pad Control pages, you can listen to the whole Style or Pad. Press START/STOP and play some chords to do your tests. Select any Style/Pad Element using the control panel buttons (VARIATION 1-4, INTRO 1-3, FILL 1-4, BREAK, ENDING 1-3). Press START/STOP again to stop the playback.

• When you are in the Guitar Mode page, you can listen to the pattern you are programming, played in the selected Key.

Note: While in Style Record mode, the Fingered 3 Chord Recognition mode is automatically selected.

Control function CC#

Allowed

Note On

RX Noise On

Pitch Bend

Channel After Touch

Modulation 1

Breath 2

Pan 10

Expression 11

CC#12 12

CC#13 13

Damper (Hold 1) 64

Filter Resonance (Harmonic Content) 71

Low Pass Filter Cutoff (Brightness) 74

CC#80 (General Purpose #5) 80

CC#81 (General Purpose #6) 81

CC#82 (General Purpose #7) 82

Note: Some Control Change messages cannot be recorded directly by using Pa3X integrated controls (like the Ribbon Controller).

All allowed controllers can be assigned to an Assignable Pedal/ Slider/Switch.

MIDI Control Change messaged inserted by using a software on an external computer are imported when using the import function (“Import: Import SMF” on page 28).

Some controllers are reset at the end of the pattern.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Main page - Record 1

Page header Page menu icon

Selected

track info

area

Key/

Chord

area

Track volume/status area

Recording

parameters

area

Page sub-header

NTT area

Operating mode

name

Master Transpose (in

semitones)

Style/Pad in record/edit Beat counter Measure number

No quantiza-

tion

1/16

1/8

Main page - Record 1

After having pressed the RECORD button, and having chosen whether you want to edit an existing Style or create a new one, the main page of the Style Record mode appears, with the tab “Record 1” selected.

Recording parameters area

Element (Style Element)

This parameter lets you select a Style Element for editing. Each Style Element corresponds to a button on the control panel carrying the same name. After selecting a Style Element, select a Chord Variation for actual editing (see below).

Var1…End3 This is the selected Style Element

Chord Var (Chord Variation)

This parameter lets you select a Chord Variation for editing, after selecting the Style Element this Chord Variation belongs to.

Note: When this parameter and the assigned value is in small letters (cv1…cv6), the Chord Variation is empty; when it is in capitals (CV1…CV6), it is already recorded.

• If the Style Element is Var1, Var2, Var 3 or Var4, you can select one of 6 Chord Variations to edit.

• If the Style Element is Intro1, Intro2, Intro3, Fill1, Fill2, Fill3, Fill4, Ending1, Ending2 or Ending3, you can select one of 2 Chord Variations to edit.

Page header

This line shows the current operating mode and transposition.

Operating mode name

Name of the current operating mode.

Master transpose

Master transpose value in semitones. This value can be changed using the TRANSPOSE buttons on the control panel.

Page menu icon

Touch this icon to open the page menu. See “Page menu” on page 31.

Page sub-header

This area shows some performing info on the Style/Pad.

Resolution

Use this parameter to set the quantization during recording. Quantization is a way of correcting timing errors; notes played too soon or too later are moved to the nearest axis of a rhythmic “grid”, set with this parameter, thus playing perfectly in time.

Note: To quantize after recording, use the Quantize function in the Edit section (see “Style Edit: Quantize” on page 19).

High No quantization applied.

(1/32)… (1/8)

Grid resolution, in musical values. For example, when you select 1/16, all notes are moved to the nearest 1/16 division. When you select 1/8, all notes are moved to the nearest 1/8 division. A ‘3’ after the quantization value means triplet.

Style in record/edit

Name of the Style currently in edit or record.

Beat counter

This indicator shows the current beat inside the current measure.

Measure number

Current measure you are recording.

Rec Length (Recording Length)

This parameter sets the recording length (in measures) of the selected track. Its value is always equal to, or a divider of, the Chord Variation Length (see next parameter).

This is not the total length of the Chord Variation, but just of the current track. For example, you may have a Chord Variation eight measures long, with a drum pattern repeating each two measures. If so, set the CV Length parameter to “8”, and the Rec Length parameter to “2” before starting recording the Drum track. When playing back the Style, saving it or executing any edit operation on the Style, the 2-measures pattern will be extended to the full 8-measures length of the Chord Variation.

Style Record mode

Main page - Record 1

Track name

Sound name

Sound bank

Program Change

Wa r n in g : If you assign CV Length a value lower than Rec Length, the value of Rec Length is not immediately updated in the display. Therefore, you are still free of changing the value of CV Length, before the measures exceeding its value are deleted (see warning in “CV Length (Chord Variation Length)” below).

However, if you press START/STOP to begin recording, the real Rec Length value is changed to the new one, even if the display still shows the old value.

For example, you may have CV Length = 4 and Rec Length = 4. If you set CV Length to 2, and press START/STOP to begin recording, Rec Length is still shown as 4, but it is in reality set to 2, and recording will cycle for just 2 measures. After you press START/ STOP to stop recording, Rec Length is updated to 2, and all measures after the second measure are deleted.

CV Length (Chord Variation Length)

This parameter sets the total length (up to 32 measures) for the selected Chord Variation. When playing a Style, this will be the length of the accompaniment pattern, when the chord corresponding to the Chord Variation is recognized on the keyboard.

Wa r n in g : If you reduce the Chord Variation Length after recording, any measure after the selected length will be deleted. Be very careful when setting the CV Length to a lower value after recording! If it happens, we suggest to exit from record without saving (see “Exit from Record” on page 31).

Selected track info area

This line lets you see the Sound assigned to the selected track.

Track name

Name of the selected track.

Drum…Acc5 Style track.

Sound name

Sound assigned to the selected track. The triangle means you can touch the name to open the Sound Select window, and select a different Sound.

Sound bank

Bank the selected Sound belongs to.

Program Change

Program Change number sequence (Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB, Program Change).

Metro (Metronome)

This is where you can set the metronome.

Off No metronome click will be heard during record-

ing. In any case, a one-bar precount will be played before starting recording.

On1 Metronome on, with a one-bar precount before

starting recording.

On2 Metronome on, with a two-bar precount before

starting recording.

Te mp o

Select this parameter to use TEMPO controls to set the tempo.

Hint: You can always change the Tempo, when other parameters are selected, by keeping the SHIFT button pressed, and rotating the DIAL.

Note: When recording Tempo, old data is always replaced by the new data.

Note: The actual Tempo of the Style will be the one shown when saving the Style Performance in Style Play mode (see “Current Tempo” on pag e 1 1 2 of the User’s Manual).

Meter

This is the meter (time signature) of the Style Element. You can edit this parameter only when the Style Element is empty, i.e. before you begin recording anything.

Key/Chord area

Key/Chord

This parameter pair allows you to define the track’s original key and chord type, for the current Chord Variation. When in Style Play mode, this chord will be played back exactly as it was recorded, without any NTT processing (see above).

To record just one Chord Variation for a Style Element, the suggested original key/chord is “maj7” (with NTT = i-Series). Be very careful to play the 7th+ note (i.e., with a “Cmaj7th” key/ chord, the B), to avoid the lack of notes, or a bad NTT conversion when playing different chords.

Note: To conform to Korg specifications, it is advisable to record both the “Major” and “minor” Chord Variations for the Intro 1 and Ending 1 Style Elements.

When you select a track, the original key/chord assigned to the selected track will be shown. All recorded tracks will play back on that key/chord. For example, if the original key/chord for the Acc1 track is A7th, when selecting the Acc1 track all the remaining tracks will play on the A7th key/chord.

In the example above, you will record the Acc1 track in the AMajor key, with notes pertaining to the A7th scale. This exact pattern will be recalled, when an A7th chord will be recognized.

Note: This does not apply to Guitar Mode, relying on a different rule. See “Main page - Guitar Mode” on page 10 for more infomation.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Main page - Record 1

as written as played back

As recorded with NTT = Root or 5t h (Key/Chord = CMaj )

When you play a CM7 with NTT = Root

When you play a CM7 with NTT = 5th

As recorded with NTT = i-Series (Key/Chord = CM7 )

When you play a CMaj with NTT = i-Series

When you play a C7 with NTT = i-Series

NTT Area

NTT Type/Table

NTTs (Note Transposition Tables) are the sophisticated algorithms that allow Korg arrangers to convert recognized chords into musical patterns. The Note Transposition Table (NTT) determines how the arranger will transpose pattern notes, when a chord is recognized that does not exactly match the original chord of a Chord Variation. For example, if you only recorded a Chord Variation for the CMaj chord, when a CMaj7 is recognized on the keyboard the arranger must transpose some notes to create the missing 7th.

Note: These parameters cannot be selected with Drum or Percussion tracks, and are therefore greyed out.

Note: NTT parameters are separately programmed for each track of the Style Element.

There are two general types of NTTs:

•When Parallel types are selected, notes are transposed inside the area set by the Wrap Around parameter. These tables are ideally suited to melody parts.

•When Fixed types are selected, the arranger moves as few notes as possible, making legato lines and chord changes more natural. They are ideally suited to chord tracks (strings, piano etc…).

Note: To conform to Korg specifications, it is advisable to set the NTT to “No Transpose” on the Intro 1 and Ending 1.

Parallel/Root The root note (in CMaj = C) is transposed to the

missing notes.

Parallel/Fifth The 5th note (in CMaj = G) is transposed to the

missing notes.

Parallel/i-Series

All original patterns must be programmed on the “Maj7” or “min7” chords. When loading old Korg i-Series Styles, this option is automatically selected.

Parallel/No Transpose

The chord is not modified, and is moved to the new key unchanged. The pattern plays exactly the recorded notes, and is moved to the new key as is. This is the standard setting of Intro 1 and Ending 1 in Korg’s original Styles (where a chord progression is usually recorded, and should remain unchanged in any key).

Fixed/Chord This table moves as few notes as possible, making

legato lines and chord changes more natural. It is ideally suited to chord tracks (strings, piano etc…). Contrary to the Parallel mode, the programmed chord is not transposed according to the Wrap Around parameter, but always stays around its original position, looking for common notes between the chords.

Fixed/No Transpose

The programmed notes can only be transposed by the Master Transpose. They are never transposed when chords are changed.

Style Record mode

Main page - Record 2/Cue

Delete Note button

PA D

Sounds area

Cue area

Octave transpose icon

Sound bank’s icon

Use this command to delete a single note or a single percussive instrument from a track. For example, to delete a snare, keep the D2 note (corresponding to the snare) pressed.

1. Select a track.

2. Touch the “Delete Note” button, and keep it pressed.

3. Press START/STOP to start the Style.

4. When you reach the passage containing the note to be

deleted, play the note on the keyboard. Keep it pressed, up to the last note to be deleted.

5. When finished, release the Delete button and the note to be

deleted, and press START/STOP again to stop the Style.

Note: If the note is at the beginning of the pattern, press the note before starting the Style.

Tracks volume/status area

Main page - Record 2/Cue

While in the main page, touch the “Record 2/Cue” tab to see this page. Most parameters in this page are the same as in “Main page

- Record 1”. In addition, here you can see and select Sounds for each Style track, and the Cue mode for the Style Element.

Virtual sliders

Each virtual slider in the display corresponds to an Assignable Slider on the control panel. Use the Assignable Sliders to change each value, provided the VOLUME LED (over the SLIDER MODE button) is turned on. This LED status depends on the last selected Performance, but can be changed anytime by using the SLIDER MODE button.

As an alternative, touch the track’s area to select a track, and use VALUE controls to change the value (or touch and drag it in the display).

Track st atus icons

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Sounds area

This area lets you see Sounds and octave transposition for the eight Style tracks.

Octave transpose icon

Non editable. This indicator shows the track’s octave transposition. Tracks will be recorded with the selected octave transposition. To change this value, use the UPPER OCTAVE buttons, or go to the “Mixer/Tuning: Tuning” edit page in the Style Play mode (see page 123 of the User’s Manual). Save this value to the Style Settings.

Sound bank’s icon

This picture illustrates the bank the current Sound belongs to. Touch an icon a first time to select the corresponding track (detailed information are shown on the Selected Track Info area, see the “Record 1” page above). Touch it a second time to open the Sound Select window.

Note: These Sounds can be replaced by Sounds selected by a Performance, provided the “Original Style Sounds” parameter is left unchecked in Style Play mode (see page 114 of the User’s Manual).

Track na mes

Under the sliders, a label for each track is shown.

Drum…Acc5 Shown Style tracks.

Record status. After starting recording, the track will receive notes from the keyboard and the MIDI IN connector.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Main page - Guitar Mode

Cue area

Cue mode for [Style element]

This parameter lets you decide how the current Style Element will enter after it has been selected. This setting is only available for the ‘Variation’ and ‘Fill’ Style Elements.

Immediate, first measure

The Style Element enters immediately, and begins from the first measure. Only available on Fills.

Immediate, current measure

The Style Element enters immediately, and begins from the current measure. Only available on Fills.

Next measure, first measure

The Style Element enters at the beginning of the next measure, and begins from the first measure of the new pattern. Available on both Fills and

Va ri at i on s .

Next measure, current measure

The Style Element enters at the beginning of the next measure, and begins from the current measure. Only available on Variations.

Main page - Guitar Mode

While in the main page, and a Guitar track has been selected, touch the “Guitar Mode” tab to see this page. This is where you can access Guitar Mode programming:

Note: To access this page, a Guitar track must first be selected (see “Track Type” on page27 of the User’s Manual). Otherwise, the Guitar Mode tab will remain grey (not selectable).

Note: When programming a Guitar track from an external sequencer, you must be sure the Guitar tracks is associated to the right channel. Go to the Global > MIDI > MIDI IN Channels page, and assign the corresponding Style track (usually Acc1 ~ Acc5) to the same channel of the Guitar track on the external sequencer. Then, go to the Style Record > Style Track Controls > Type/Tension/Trigger page, and set the track as a track of type “Gtr” (see “Track Type” on page 27 of the User’s Manual).

Guitar Mode allows to easily create realistic rhythm guitar parts, without the artificial, unmusical playing typical of MIDI programming of guitar parts. Just record a few measures, and you will end up with realistic rhythm guitar tracks, where each chord is played according to its real position on the guitar, and not generated by simply transposing a written pattern.

Recording overview

Recording a Guitar track is unlike recording the other tracks, where you play exactly all the notes of a melody line or all the chords of an accompaniment part. With Guitar tracks you can:

a) play the keys corresponding to the strumming modes,

b) play an arpeggio using the six keys corresponding to the six

guitar strings (and the special keys corresponding to the root and fifth notes),

c) play RX Noises to add realism to the pattern,

d) add regular patterns, for short melodic passages without wast-

ing an Acc track,

e) use the finest MIDI programing to select Chord Shapes, and recreate any nuance of a guitar performance.

The following sections describe the various control keys available for this guitar simulation.

Style Record mode

Main page - Guitar Mode

Pa3X 61

Pa3X 76

Full Up

Full D own Mute

Full Up Mute

Full Down

Full Down Mute Body

Full D own Slow Mute

Full Up Slow

Full D own

Slow

Up 4-Strings

Down 4-Strings

Down Mute 4-Strings

Up Mute 4-Strings

IV String (D)

V String (A) II String (B)

Down/Up 4-Strings

Full Down/Up

All Mute

VI String (E)

III String (G)

I String (e)

Recognized

Chord Root

Recognized Chord

Fifth

Power Ch ord

Pa3X 61

Pa3X 76

RX Noises

Recording strumming types

The octave from C1 to B1 is devoted to selecting a strumming type. By pressing these keys, you play fast strumming samples:

key; with them, you can always play the lowest notes of an arpeggio. This octave also includes an ‘all mute’ key (F#):

Pa3X 76 Pa3X 61

Recording single strings

The octave from C2 to B2 is devoted to selecting a single string (or more than one) for playing arpeggios or power chords. You can either play a free arpeggio with the six guitar chords assigned to the C~A keys, or play one of the faster sampled arpeggios on the higher keys. The root note is always available on the C# key, while the fifth note is always assigned to the D#

Recording RX Noises

Further on, the upper octaves are used to trigger RX Noises:

Selecting a Capo

Together with strumming types, single strings and RX Noises, you can choose a Capo (capotasto). Note that this might prevent some single strings to sound, depending on the composed chord. You can always see with strings are playing and which are not, as described in the “Diagram” section below.

Recording a regular pattern

Together with strums and arpeggios, you can record regular patterns, exactly as if the track was of Acc type (see “Track Type” on page 27 of the User’s Manual). This will save an Accompaniment track, when all you need is just to record some short melodic passages (for example, the closing of a strumming pattern).

Advanced

Style Record mode

Main page - Guitar Mode

Pa3X 61

Pa3X 76

You can record the pattern by playing it in the range shown by the diagram.

Recording a Chord Shape

You can finely choose Chord Shapes by using MIDI messages. When you play a C0 note with the velocity value shown in the following table, a chord is played in a particular position and on a certain number of strings.

Vel. Range from Str. to Str. Position

06 Strings I VI 0

16 Strings I VI 0

26 Strings I VI 1

36 Strings I VI 2

46 Strings I VI 3

56 Strings I VI 4

66 Strings I VI 5

7 5 Strings Bass II VI 0

8 5 Strings Bass II VI 1

9 5 Strings Bass II VI 2

10 5 Strings Bass II VI 3

11 5 Strings Bass II VI 4

12 5 Strings Bass II VI 5

13 5 Strings Treble I V 0

14 5 Strings Treble I V 1

15 5 Strings Treble I V 2

16 5 Strings Treble I V 3

17 5 Strings Treble I V 4

18 5 Strings Treble I V 5

19 4 Strings Bass III VI 0

20 4 Strings Bass III VI 1

21 4 Strings Bass III VI 2

22 4 Strings Bass III VI 3

23 4 Strings Bass III VI 4

24 4 Strings Bass III VI 5

25 4 Strings Middle II V 0

26 4 Strings Middle II V 1

27 4 Strings Middle II V 2

28 4 Strings Middle II V 3

29 4 Strings Middle II V 4

30 4 Strings Middle II V 5

31 4 Strings Treble I IV 0

32 4 Strings Treble I IV 1

33 4 Strings Treble I IV 2

Vel. Range from Str. to Str. Position

34 4 Strings Treble I IV 3

35 4 Strings Treble I IV 4

36 4 Strings Treble I IV 5

37 3 Strings Bass IV VI 0

38 3 Strings Bass IV VI 1

39 3 Strings Bass IV VI 2

40 3 Strings Bass IV VI 3

41 3 Strings Bass IV VI 4

42 3 Strings Bass IV VI 5

43 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 0

44 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 1

45 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 2

46 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 3

47 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 4

48 3 Strings MiddleBas III V 5

49 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 0

50 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 1

51 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 2

52 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 3

53 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 4

54 3 Strings MiddleTreble II IV 5

55 3 Strings Treble I III 0

56 3 Strings Treble I III 1

57 3 Strings Treble I III 2

58 3 Strings Treble I III 3

59 3 Strings Treble I III 4

60 3 Strings Treble I III 5

61 2 Strings Bass V VI 0

62 2 Strings Bass V VI 1

63 2 Strings Bass V VI 2

64 2 Strings Bass V VI 3

65 2 Strings Bass V VI 4

66 2 Strings Bass V VI 5

67 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 0

68 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 1

69 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 2

70 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 3

71 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 4

72 2 Strings MiddleBas IV V 5

73 2 Strings Middle III IV 0

74 2 Strings Middle III IV 1

75 2 Strings Middle III IV 2

76 2 Strings Middle III IV 3

77 2 Strings Middle III IV 4

78 2 Strings Middle III IV 5

79 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 0

80 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 1

81 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 2

82 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 3

83 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 4

84 2 Strings MiddleTreble II III 5

85 2 Strings Treble I II 0

86 2 Strings Treble I II 1

Style Record mode

Main page - Guitar Mode

Vel. Range from Str. to Str. Position

87 2 Strings Treble I II 2

88 2 Strings Treble I II 3

89 2 Strings Treble I II 4

90 2 Strings Treble I II 5

Choosing a Key/Chord for Intro 1 and Ending 1

The pattern is recorded in the key indicated by the Key/Chord pair of parameters. However, this parameter is only used for playback by the Intro 1 and Ending 1 Style Elements. All other Style Elements will be played back according to the recognized chord.

With Intro 1 and Ending 1 (both Chord Variation 1 and 2) you can also prefer to enter a chord progression, to be played on the lowest MIDI octave (C-1 ~ B-1). Chord types are inserted by using velocity values, as shown in the following table:

Vel. Chord Type Vel. Chord Type

1 Major 2 Major 6th

3 Major 7th 4 Major 7th flatted 5th

5 Suspended 4th 6 Suspended 2nd

7 Major 7th suspended 4th 8 Minor

9 Minor 6th 10 Minor 7th

11 Minor 7th flatted 5th 12 Minor major 7th

13 Dominant 7th 14 7th flatted 5th

15 7th suspended 4th 16 Dimished

17 Diminished major 7th 18 Augmented

19 Augmented 7th 20 Augmented major 7th

21 Major w/o 3rd 22 Major w/o 3rd and 5th

23 Flatted 5th 24 Diminished 7th

Capo - Fret

A capo (from the Italian “capotasto”, “head of fingerboard”) is a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of the guitar, to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings. Its use makes the strings shorter, therefore changing the timbre and position of the chords (but not its shape).

0 Open string – no capo.

I…X Position of the capo over the fingerboard (i.e., “I”

corresponds to the first fret, “II” to the second one, and so on).

Strings - High/Low

Use this pair of parameters to choose the strings the pattern will be played on.

1…6 Position of the capo over the fingerboard (i.e., “I”

corresponds to the first fret, “II” to the second o

Diagram

The diagram shows how a chord would be composed on the fingerboard. Here is the meaning of the various symbols:

Red dot Fingered string (i.e., played note).

White dot Fifth, playing on the D#2 key.

X Non played or muted note.

Light grey bar Barré (a finger crossing all the strings, like a

mobile capo).

Dark grey bar Capo.

Playing back the pattern

When in Stye Play mode, the recorded Guitar pattern is transposed according to the chord recognized on the keyboard. The way it is transposed depends on the programmed pattern, with the chosen positions, strumming mods, etc…

Guitar mode parameters

Here is a detailed description of the parameters of the Guitar Mode page.

Key/Chord

This parameter pair allows you to define the track’s original key and chord type. This parameter works in a different way than the other tracks. While with other tracks this is always the reference key used for NTT transposition, with Guitar tracks there is a difference, whether you are recording a Chord Variation contained in an Intro 1 or Ending 1 Style Element, or any other Chord Va r ia t i on :

• With Intro 1 and Ending 1, this chord will be used as the reference key for the chord progression.

• With all the other Chord Variations, this chord will be used only for listening during recording. During playback in Style Play mode, the chord will follow chord recognition.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

There are two different methods for recording a Style: Realtime and Step.

• Realtime Recording allows you to record Style patterns in realtime.

• Step Recording allows you to create a new Style by entering single notes or chords in each track. This is very useful when transcribing an existing score, or needing a higher grade of detail, and is particularly suitable to create drum and percussion tracks.

In addition, you can program a Style on a personal computer, and then import it via the Import function (see “Import: Import SMF” on page 28).

Preparing to record

1. If you like to edit an existing Style, select that Style.

2. Press the RECORD button to enter the Style Record mode.

You are prompted to select either the Current Style, or a New Style.

Select “Record/Edit Current Style” if you want to edit the current Style, or make a new Style starting from an existing one. Select “Record New Style” if you want to start from scratch with an empty Style.

3. After you select your preferred option, the main page of the

Style Record mode will appear.

4. Select the Element (Style Element) and Chord Var (Chord

Variation) parameters, to select the Chord Variation to be recorded/edited.

Note: For more information on the Style Elements and Chord Variations, and the Style structure in general, see “The Style structure” on page 3.

5. Use the Rec Length (Recording Length) parameter to set

the length (in measures) of the pattern to record.

6. Use the Meter parameter to set the Style Element’s meter

(time signature).

Note: You can edit this parameter only if you selected the “Record New Style” option when entering the Record mode, or when editing an empty Style Element.

7. Select the Tempo parameter and set the tempo.

8. Touch the Record 2 tab to see the Sounds area. Here you

can assign the right Sound to each Style track. You cannot select Digital Drawbars Sounds. (For more details, see “Sounds area” on page 9).

9. If needed, set the Octave Transpose for each track. Note:

The Octave Transpose will affect only the notes coming from the keyboard, and not from the arranger.

10. At this point, if you want to do a Realtime Recording go on

reading “Realtime Record procedure” below. Otherwise, if you prefer to do a Step Record, jump to “Step Record procedure” on page 15.

Realtime Record procedure

1. Select the track to record. Its status icon will turn to

‘Record’. (For more details, see “Tracks volume/status area” on page 9).

Note: When entering the Record mode, a track is already in Record status. When you press START/STOP after entering the Record mode, you can immediately start recording.

If you like, you can try your part before recording:

•Mute the track, by repeatedly touching its icon status,

until the (Mute) status icon appears.

• Press START/STOP to let any recorded track play back, and practice on the keyboard.

• When you have finished practicing, press START/STOP to stop the arranger, and unmute the track by repeatedly

touching its icon status, until the (Record) status icon appears again.

2. While the shown status icon is Record, press START/STOP

to begin recording. Depending on the “Metro” (metronome) option you selected, a 1- or 2-bars precount may play before the recording actually begins. When it begins, play freely. The pattern will last for some measures, according to the Rec Length value, then restart.

Since the recording will happen in overdub, you can add notes on any following passage. This is very useful to record different percussive instruments at any cycle on a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: While recording, track’s Keyboard Range (see page 26) is ignored, and the track can play over the whole keyboard range. The Local parameter (see “Local Control On” on page 209 of the User’s Manual) is also automatically set to On, to allow playing on the keyboard.

3. When finished recording, press START/STOP to stop the

arranger. Select a different track, and go on recording the full Chord Variation.

Note: You can select a different track only when the arranger is not running.

4. When finished recording the Chord Variation, select a dif-

ferent Chord Variation or Style Element to go on recording the full Style.

5. When finished recording the new Style, select the “Write

Style” command from the page menu, to open the Write Style dialog box (see “Write Style dialog box” on page 31) and save it to memory.

To exit the Style Record mode without saving any change, select the “Exit from Record” command from the page menu, or press the RECORD button.

Style Record mode

Style Record procedure

Step Record procedure

1. While in the main page of the Style Record mode, select the

“Overdub Step Recording” command from the page menu, to enter the Overdub Step Record mode.

2. The “Pos” parameter shows the current position.

• If you do not want to insert a note or chord at the current position, insert a rest instead, as shown in step 4.

• To jump to the next measure, filling the remaining beats with rests, touch the Next M. button in the display.

3. To change the step value, use the “Step Time values” area in

the display.

4. Insert a note, rest or chord at the current position.

• To insert a single note, just play it on the keyboard. The inserted note length will match the step length. You may change the velocity and relative duration of the note, by editing the “Duration” and “Velocity” parameters (see page 34).

• To insert a rest, just touch the Rest button in the display. Its length will match the step value.

• To tie the note to be inserted to the previous one, touch the Tie button in the display. A note will be inserted, tied to the previous one, with exactly the same name. You don’t need to play it on the keyboard again.

• To insert a chord or a second voice, see “Chords and second voices in Step Record mode” on page 180 of the User’s Manual.

5. After inserting a new event, you may go back by touching

the Back button in the display. This will delete the previously inserted event, and set the step in edit again.

6. When the end of the pattern is reached, the “End of Loop”

event is shown, and the recording restarts from the “001.01.000” position. Any note exceeding the pattern length, inserted at its end, will be reduced to fit the total length of the pattern.

At this point, you may go on, inserting new events in overdub mode (the previously inserted events will not be deleted). This is very useful when recording a drum or percussion track, where you may want to record the bass drum on a first cycle, the snare drum on the second cycle, and the hi-hat and cymbals during the following cycles.

7. When finished recording, touch the Done button in the

display to exit the Step Record mode.

A dialog box appears, asking you to either cancel, discard or save the changes.

8. When back to the main page of the Style Record mode, you

may turn all tracks to the play status, then press START/ STOP to listen to the Style. Press START/STOP again to stop the playback.

9. From the main page of the Style Record mode, select either

the “Write Style” or the “Exit from Record” command to exit from the Style record mode, respectively by saving the Style to memory (see “Write Style dialog box” on page 31), or by canceling any change.

Chords and second voices

With Pa3X, you are not limited to inserting single notes in a track. There are several ways to also insert chords and double voices. For more information, see “Chords and second voices in Step Record mode” on page 180 of the User’s Manual.

If you touch Cancel, exit is canceled, and you can continue editing. If you choose No, changes are not saved, and the Step Record window is closed. If you choose Yes, changes are saved, and the Step Record window is closed.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Edit menu

Operating mode Edit section

Selected track info

Page menu icon

Parameters area

Tab s

Selected Style Element

Chord

Operating mode Edit section

Page menu icon

Parameters area

Tab s

Track status

Chord

Edit menu

From any page (apart for Step Record), press the MENU button to open the Style Record edit menu. This menu gives access to the various Style Record edit sections.

When in the menu, select an edit section, or press EXIT to exit the menu and return to the main page. To return to the main page, you can also select the Main Page menu item.

When in an edit page, press the EXIT button to return to the main page of the Style Record mode.

Other pages have a slightly different structure.

Operating mode

This indicates that the instrument is in Style Record mode.

Edit section

This identifies the current edit section, corresponding to one of the items of the edit menu (see “Edit menu” on page 16).

Note: While the Style is in play, you cannot access the Edit section pages from the main page (see page 6 of the User’s Manual). Stop the playback before pressing MENU.

Note: When switching from the Edit section pages (Quantize, Transpose, Velocity, Delete) to the other pages, or vice-versa, the Style (if in play) is automatically stopped.

Edit page structure

Most edit pages share some basic elements.

Chord

Chord in edit.

Selected Style Element

In Style Record mode, edits always happen on the selected Style Element.

Page menu icon

Touch this icon to open the page menu (see “Page menu” on page 31).

Parameters area

Each page contains various parameters. Use the tabs to select one of the available pages. For detailed information on the various types of parameters, see sections starting from page 17.

Track status

Use these buttons to mute/unmute tracks while editing.

Tab s

Use tabs to select one of the edit pages of the current edit section.

Style Record mode

Event Edit: Event Edit

Page header Page menu icon

Track pop-

up menu

Tab s

Event list

Page s ub-header

Scrollbar

Chord

Selected track Selected Style Ele-

ment

Selected Chord Variation

The Event Edit is the page where you can edit each single MIDI event of the selected Chord Variation. You can, for example, replace a note with a different one, or change its playing strength (i.e., velocity value). See “Event Edit procedure” on page 18 for more information on the event editing procedure.

Page header

See “Page header” on page 6.

Page menu icon

Touch this icon to open the page menu. See “Page menu” on page 31.

Page sub-header

This area shows some performing info on the Song.

Position

Position of the event, expressed in the form ‘aaa.bb.ccc’:

• ‘aaa’ is the measure

•‘bb’ is the beat

• ‘ccc’ is the tick (each quarter beat = 384 ticks)

You can edit this parameter to move the event to a different position. You can edit a position in either of the following ways:

(a) select the parameter, and use the VALUE controls to change

the value, or

(b) select the parameter, then touch it again; the numeric key-

pad will appear. Enter the new position by dialing in the three parts of the number, separated by a dot. Zeroes at the beginning can be omitted, as well as the least important parts of the number. For example, to enter position

002.02.193, dial “2.2.193”; to enter position 002.04.000 dial “2.4”; to enter position 002.01.000, simply dial “2”.

Type, Value 1, Value 2

Type and values of the event shown in the display. Depending on the selected event, the value may change. This parameter also shows the (greyed-out, so non editable) “CC#11” (Expression) event at the beginning of the pattern, and the “End Of Loop” marking, when the end of a track is reached.

To change the event type, select the Type parameter, then use the VALUE controls to select a different event type. A set of default values will be automatically assigned to the event.

To select and edit the event’s value, select the corresponding parameter, and use VALUE controls.

Length

Length of the selected Note event. The value format is the same as the Position value. This is only available for Note events.

Note: If you change a length of “000.00.000” to a different value, you can’t go back to the original value. This rather uncommon zero-length value may be found in some drum or percussion tracks.

Selected track

Name of the track in edit. Use the Track pop-up menu to select one of the Style tracks.

SE/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Selected Style Element and Chord Variation. This parameter cannot be edited. To select a different Style Element and Chord Variation, press EXIT to go back to the main page of the Style Record mode (see “Main page - Record 1” on page 6).

Event list

Use the Event list to see all events contained in the selected track in the selected Style Element.

Use the scrollbar to browse through the events. You can also scroll by using the SHIFT + DIAL combination.

Touch the event to be selected. Selected events are highlighted and can be heard.

Scrollbar

Use the scrollbar to browse the event through the list. (As an alternative, use Shift + Dial).

Other elements

Track pop-u p menu

Use this pop-up menu to select the track to edit, inside the current Chord Variation.

Drum…Acc5 Style track.

Go Meas.

While the Style is not running, touch this button to open the Go to Measure dialog box:

Advanced

Style Record mode

Event Edit: Event Edit

When in this dialog box, select a target measure, and touch OK. The first event available in the target measure will be selected.

Insert

Touch the Insert button in the display to insert a new event at the current shown Position. The default values are Type = Note, Pitch = C4, Velocity = 100, Length = 192.

Delete

Touch the Delete button in the display to delete the event selected in the display.

Event Edit procedure

Here is the general procedure to follow for the event editing.

1. Select the Style to edit, and press the RECORD button.

Select the “Current Style” option to enter recording. The main page of the Style Record mode will appear.

2. Select the “Element (Style Element)” and “Chord Var

(Chord Variation)” parameters.

Note: For more information on the Style Elements and Chord Variations, and the Style structure in general, see “The Style structure” on page 3.

3. Press MENU, and select the Event Edit section. The Event

Edit page appears (see “Event Edit: Event Edit” on page 17 for more information).

4. Press START/STOP to listen to the selected Chord Varia-

tion. Press START/STOP to stop it. Chord Scanning does not work, so you will listen the pattern at the original Key/ Chord.

5. Touch the Filter tab to select the Filter page, and uncheck

the filters for the event types you wish to see in the display (see “Event Edit: Filter” on page 19 for more information).

6. Touch the Event Edit tab to go back to the Event Edit page.

7. Use the Track pop-up menu to select the track to edit (see

“Track pop-up menu” on page 17).

8. The list of events contained in the selected track (inside the

Chord Variation selected on step 2) will appear in the display. Some events on the beginning of the Chord Variations, as well as the “EndOfTrk” event (marking its ending point) cannot be edited, therefore appearing in grey.

9. Scroll though the various events by using the scrollbar.

10. Select an event to be edited by touching it in the display.

This is usually a note, that you can edit.

For more information on the event types and their values, see “Event Edit: Event Edit” on page 17.

11. Edit the event.

• Select the “M” parameter. Use VALUE controls to change the event’s position.

• Select the Type parameter. You may use VALUE controls to change the event type, as well as its Value 1 and Value 2.

• If a Note event is selected, select the Length parameter, and use VALUE controls to change the event’s length.

12. You may use the Go Meas. command to go to a different

measure (see “Go Meas.” on page 17)

13. As described in step 4, you may press START/STOP to lis-

ten how the pattern sounds after your changes. Press START/STOP again to stop the pattern running.

14. Touch the Insert button in the display to insert an event at

the Position shown in the display (a Note event with default values will be inserted). Touch the Delete button in the display to delete the selected event.

15. When editing is complete, you may select a different track

to edit (go to step 7).

16. When finished editing the selected Chord Variation, press

EXIT to go back to the main page of the Style Record mode, then go to step 2 to select and edit a different Chord Va ri a t io n .

17. When finished editing the whole Style, select the “Write

Style” command from the page menu to open the Write Style dialog box (see “Write Style dialog box” on page 31), or select the “Exit from Record” command to cancel all changes.

• Touch the (Text Edit) button to enter the Text Edit dialog box. Enter a name and confirm by selecting OK.

• Select a target memory location where to save the Style. The name of the Style already existing at the selected location is shown after the Style Bank-Location number.

Wa rn i n g : If you select an existing Style and confirm writing, the older Style is deleted and replaced by the new one. Save the Styles you don’t want to lose to a storage device, before overwriting them.

18. Touch OK to save the Style to the internal memory, or Can-

cel to delete any changes made in Style Record mode. When the “Are you sure?” message appears, touch OK to confirm, or Cancel to go back to the “Write Style” dialog box.

Style Record mode

Event Edit: Filter

No quantiza-

tion

1/8

1/4

Event Edit: Filter

This page is where you can select the event types to be shown in the Event Edit page.

Turn On the filter for all event types you do not wish to see in the Event Edit page.

Note: Some of the events are “ghosted”, and non editable, since the corresponding events are not editable in a Style.

Note/RX Noise

Notes and RX Noises.

Control Control Change events. Only the following Con-

trol Change numbers are allowed with Styles.

Control function CC# (Control Change Number)

Modulation 1 1

Modulation 2 2

Pan 10

Expression

CC#12 12

CC#13 13

Ribbon 16

Damper 64

Filter Resonance 71

Low Pass Filter Cutoff 74

CC#80 80

CC#81 81

CC#82 82

(a). Expression events cannot be inserted at the starting Position (001.01.000). An Expression value is already among the default “header” parameters of the Style Element.

(a)

Tempo/Meter Tempo and Meter (time signature) changes (Mas-

ter Track only).

Pitch Bend Pitch Bend events.

Style Edit: Quantize

The quantize function may be used to correct any timing mistake after recording, or to give the pattern a “groovy” feeling.

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

Tra ck

Use this parameter to select a track.

All All tracks selected.

Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for e d i t i n g .

Resolution

This parameter sets the quantization after recording. For example, when you select 1/8, all notes are moved to the nearest 1/8 division. When you select 1/4, all notes are moved to the nearest 1/4 division.

(1/32)… (1/4)

Grid resolution, in musical values. A “b…f ” character added after the value means swing-quantization. A “3” means triplet.

Start / End Tick

Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to quantize.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top Note

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to quantize. If you select the same note as the Bottom and

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style Edit: Transpose

Top parameters, you can select a single percussive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: These parameters are available only when a Drum or Percussion track is selected.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

Style Edit: Transpose

In this page you can transpose the selected track(s).

Note: After transposing, please don’t forget to readjust the “Key/ Chord” parameter in the main page of the Style Record mode (see page 7).

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top Note

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to be transposed. If you select the same note as the Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single percussive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track. Since in a Drum Kit each instrument is assigned to a different note of the scale, transposing a percussive instrument means assigning the part to a different instrument.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for editing.

Tra ck

Use this parameter to select a track.

All All tracks selected, apart for tracks set in Drum

mode (like the Drum and Percussion tracks). The whole selected Chord Variation will be transposed.

Drum…Acc5 Single selected track.

Value

Transpose value (±127 semitones).

Start / End Tick

Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to be transposed.

Style Edit: Velocity

In this page you can change the velocity (dynamics) value of notes in the selected track. An Advanced mode is available, allowing you to select a velocity curve for the selected range. This is useful to create fade-ins or fade-outs.

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

Note: When an RX Sound is assigned to the track being edited, the resulting sound may change, since this kind of Sounds is made of several different layers triggered by different velocity values.

Also, a fade-out may result in the level “jumping” up next to the zero, since a higher-level layer may be selected by low velocity values.

Tra ck

Use this parameter to select a track.

All All tracks selected. The velocity for all notes of

the whole selected Chord Variation will be changed.

Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

Style Record mode

Style Edit: Cut

Start Value

Curve 1

Velocity

Start Value = 0%, End Value = 100%

127

End Value

Start Value

Curve 2

Velocity

127

End Value

Start Value

Curve 3

Velocity

127

End Value

Start Value

Curve 4

Velocity

127

End Value

Start Value

Curve 5

Velocity

127

End Value

Start Value

Curve 6

Velocity

RANDOM

127

End Value

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for e d i t i n g .

Value

Velocity change value (±127).

Start / End Tick

Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to be modified.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top Note

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to be modified. If you select the same note as the Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single percussive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Advanced

When this checkbox is checked, the “Intensity”, “Curve”, “Start Velocity Value” and “End Vel o ci t y Va lue” p a r a m e t e r s can b e edited.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

Style Edit: Cut

This function lets you quickly delete a selected measure (or a series of measures) from the selected Chord Variation. All following events are moved back, to replace the cut measure(s).

Intensity

(Only available in Advanced mode). Use this parameter to specify the degree to which the velocity data will be adjusted toward the curve you specify in “Curve”.

0…100% Intensity value. With a setting of 0 [%], the veloc-

ity will not change. With a setting of 100 [%], the velocity will be changed the most.

Curve

(Only available in Advanced mode). Use this parameter to select one of the six curves, and to specify how the velocity will change over time.

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for e d i t i n g .

Start

First measure to be cut.

Length

Number of measures to be cut.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Start / End Vel. Value

(Only available in Advanced mode). Velocity change at the starting and ending ticks of the selected range.

0…100 Velocity change in percentage.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style Edit: Delete

Note: Some CC data are automatically removed during recording. See the table on page 5 for more information on the allowed data.

This page is where you can delete MIDI events out of the Style. This function does not remove measures from the pattern. To remove whole measure, use the Cut function (see “Style Edit: Cut” on page 21)

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for editing.

Tra ck

Use this parameter to select a track.

All All tracks selected. After deletion, the selected

Chord Variation will remain empty.

Drum…Acc5 Selected track.

Event

Type of MIDI event to delete.

All All events. The measures are not removed from

the Chord Variation.

Note All notes in the selected range.

Dup.Note All duplicate notes. When two notes with the

same pitch are encountered on the same tick, the one with the lowest velocity is deleted.

After Touch After Touch events.

Note: This kind of data is automatically removed during recording.

Pitch Bend Pitch Bend events.

Prog.Change Program Change events, excluding the bundled

Control Change #00 (Bank Select MSB) and #32 (Bank Select LSB).

Note: This kind of data is automatically removed during recording.

Ctl.Change All Control Change events, for example Bank

Select, Modulation, Damper, Soft Pedal…

CC00/32…CC127

Single Control Change events. Double Control Change numbers (like 00/32) are MSB/LSB bundles.

Start / End Tick

Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to delete.

If a Chord Variation is four measures long, and you want to select it all, the Start will be positioned at 1.01.000, and the End at 5.01.000.

Bottom / Top Note

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to delete. If you select the same note as the Bottom and Top parameters, you can select a single percussive instrument in a Drum or Percussion track.

Note: These parameters are available only when the All or Note option is selected.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

Style Edit: Delete All

This function lets you quickly delete a selected Style Element or Chord Variation, or the whole Style.

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

Tra ck

All All tracks of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Drum-Acc5 Single track of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Style Record mode

Style Edit: Copy from Style

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E / CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the Style Element and Chord Variation for e d i t i n g .

All All Style Elements, i.e. the whole Style. When E/

Track=All and CV=All, the whole Style is deleted, and all parameters are set to the default status.

Va r 1… C o u nt I n

Single Style Element.

V1-CV1…CI-CV2

Single Chord Variation.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track st atus icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track na mes

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

From… To E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use these parameters to select the source and target Style Elements or Chord Variations.

Note: You can’t copy from a Variation to a different Style Element (or vice-versa), because of their different structure.

All All Style Elements, i.e. the whole Style. You can’t

change the target, that is automatically set to All.

Var1…End2 Single Style Element.

V1-CV1…E2-CV2

Single Chord Variation.

From… To Track

Use this parameter to select the source and target track to copy. You can double a track, to strengthen a pattern.

All All tracks of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Drum-Acc5 Single track of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Track status icon

Status of tracks. Touch this icon to change the status.

Style Edit: Copy from Style

Here you can copy a track, Chord Variation or Style Element inside the same Style, or from a different one. Furthermore, you can copy a whole Style.

Wa r n in g : The Copy operation deletes all data at the target location (overwrite).

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

Note: If you copy too many events on the same “tick”, the “Too many events!” message appears, and the copy operation is aborted.

Note: When you copy over an existing Chord Variation, Program Change data is not copied, to leave the original Sounds unchanged for that Chord Variation.

From Style

Choose this option to select the source Style to copy the track, Chord Variation or Style Element from. Touch the Select button to open the Style Select window and select the source Style.

Play status. The track can be heard.

Mute status. The track cannot be heard.

Track names

Under the buttons, a label for each track is shown.

Copying to a Chord Variation of a different length

You can copy a Chord Variation to a different one of a different length. Just keep in mind the following:

• If the source length is a divider of the target length, the source Chord Variation will be multiplied to fit the target Chord Variation. For example, if the source is 4-measures long, and the target 8-measures, the source will be copied two times.

• If the source length is not a divider of the target length, the source Chord Variation will be copied for as many measures as can fit the target Chord Variation. For example, if the source is 6-measures long, and the target 8-measures,

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style Edit: Copy from Pad

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2

5 6

the source will be copied once, then the first 2 measures will be copied to fit the remaining 2 measures.

Note: Avoid copying to a Chord Variation with a different meter (time signature), for example a 4/4 Chord Variation onto a 3/4 one.

Style Edit: Copy from Pad

Here you can copy a Chord Variation from a Pad. Furthermore, you can copy a whole Pad.

Wa r ni n g : The Copy operation deletes all data at the target location (overwrite).

After setting the various parameters, touch Execute.

Note: If you copy too many events on the same “tick”, the “Too many events!” message appears, and the copy operation is aborted.

Note: When you copy over an existing Chord Variation, Program Change data is not copied, to leave the original Sounds unchanged for that Chord Variation.

From Pad

Choose this option to select the source Pad to copy the Chord Variation from . To u c h t h e Select button to open the Pad Select window and select the source Pad.

From CV (Chord Variation)

Use this parameter to select the source Chord Variation.

All All Chord Variations, i.e. the whole Pad. You can’t

change the target, that is automatically set to All.

CV1…CV6 Single Chord Variation.

To CV (Chord Variation)

Use this parameter to select a target Chord Variation inside the current Style.

CV1…CV6 Target Chord Variation. Automatically set to All

if the “From CV” parameter is also set to All.

To Trac k

Use this parameter to select the target track to copy.

All All tracks of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Drum-Acc5 Single track of the selected Style, Style Element or

Chord Variation.

Execute

Touch this button to execute the operation set in this page.

Style Record mode

Style Element Track Controls: Sound/Expression

Style Element Track Controls: Sound/

Selected Style E lement

Expression level

Expression

In this page you can assign a different Sound to each track of the selected Style Element. Each Style Element can have different Sound; after saving the new Style, please don’t forget to check the “Original Style Sounds” parameter in the Style Play mode (see page 114), to let the Style select the Sound bypassing the Style Performance settings.

In this page you can also check and modify the Expression (CC#11) value for each of the Style Element tracks. This lets you reduce the relative level of a track in a single Style Element, without reducing the overall Volume of the Style. This is a very useful control, when you have different Sounds assigned to the same track in different Style Elements, and the internal level of these Sounds must be different.

Expression

Use these knobs to set the Expression (CC#11) value for the corresponding track. This value can be seen at the beginning of the Event Edit list (see “Event Edit: Event Edit” on page 17).

Different Expression values can be defined for each Style Element. This way, you can set a different volume in each Style Element, relative to the general Volume value set in the Style Header.

Expression leveling

You can quickly and easily adjust the Expression level of all tracks in a Style Element (Variation, Intro…). This allows for a more precise control over the volume level of all Style Element.

1. While in this page, select one of the Style Elements by

pressing its button in the control panel.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 … ENDING3).

To copy the settings of this page to another Style Element, use the “Copy Sound” and “Copy Expression” commands from the page menu (see “Copy Sounds dialog box” and “Copy Expression dialog box” starting from page 32).

Selected Track Info area

See “Selected track info area” on page 7 for detailed information.

Sounds area

See “Sounds area” on page 9 for detailed information.

Expression area

Expression Monitor

You can use these indicators to check if CC#11 (Expression) messages are contained in a track. Expression messages contained in a track can vary the volume of the track. It is very difficult to catch them out – unless you carefully read all the events in the Event Edit page.

This monitor should help you keeping track of them, and let you access Event Edit only on the tracks containing the messages. Press the START/STOP button to start playback, and look at the indicators. When one of them lights up, you can enter Event Edit on the corresponding track, and edit or remove the Expression messages.

2. Keep the SHIFT button pressed, and move any Assignable

Slider to proportionally change the Expression value of all Style Variation tracks.

3. Release the SHIFT button.

4. Repeat the above operation with all the desired Style Ele-

ments.

Note: A track’s volume may be changed by an Expression event contained in a track. To check if any of these events exist in a track, let the Style Element play and look at the Expression Monitor in this same page. If one or more Expression events are found, go to the Event Edit page and delete it (or them)

Volume area

Use these controls to set the volume and status of each track. See page 9 for more information.

The Volume value is the same for the whole Style. Use the Expression controls to adjust the relative balance between tracks in each Style Element.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range

The Keyboard Range automatically transposes any pattern note that would otherwise play too high or too low in pitch, compared to the original acoustic instrument, when transposed by the arranger. This will result in a more natural sound for each accompaniment instrument.

For example, the lower limit for a guitar is E2. If you play a chord under the E2, the transposed pattern could exceed this limit, and sound unnatural. A Bottom limit set to E2 for the guitar track will solve the problem.

Different Keyboard Range values can be set for each Style Element.

Note: The Keyboard Range is ignored while recording. The selected track can play on the full range of the keyboard.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 … ENDING3).

To copy the settings of this page to another Style Element, use the “Copy Keyboard Range” command from the page menu (see “Copy Key Range dialog box” on page 33).

Style Element Track Controls: Noise/Guitar

The Noise/Guitar page is where you can set the RX Noise level and the ‘human feel’ of Guitar tracks.

RX Noise

Use these controls to adjust the volume of RX Noises in the corresponding tracks. This control applies to all types of tracks (provided the Sound includes RX Noises).

Humanize GTR

Use these controls to apply a random value to the position, velocity and length of notes of Guitar tracks (see “Track Type” on page 27). This control has no effect on other types of track.

Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table

This is the page where you can assign a Chord Variation to each of the most important recognized chord. When a chord is recognized, the assigned Chord Variation will be automatically selected by the arranger to play the accompaniment.

To p/ B ot t om

Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range for the corresponding track of the current Style Element.

Volume area

Use these controls to set the volume and status of each track. See page 9 for more information.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 … ENDING3).

Chord / Chord Variation

Use these parameters to assign a Chord Variation to each of the most important chords.

Style Record mode

Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension

In this page you can set the Mode, Retrigger mode for the Style tracks, and activate/deactivate the Tension for the Accompaniment tracks.

When in this page, press the corresponding button on the control panel to select a Style Element (VARIATION1 … ENDING3).

Te ns i on

Tension adds notes (a 9th, 11th and/or 13th) that have actually been played to the accompaniment, even if they haven't been written in the Style pattern. This parameter specifies whether or not the Tension included in the recognized chord will be added to the Acc-type tracks.

On The Tension will be added.

Off No Tension will be added.

Import: Import Groove

The Import Groove function allows the loading of MIDI Grooves (“.GRV” files) generated by the Slice function (in the “Time Slice” page of the Sampling modem see page 85). By importing these data to a track, and assigning the Sound based on the sliced samples to the same track, you can play the original audio groove, and freely change its tempo.

Track Type

Use this parameter to set the type of the corresponding track.

Drum Drum track. This type of track is not transposed

by the arranger, and is used for Drum Kits made of Drum sounds. It can be affected by the Drum Mapping of the Style Play mode (see “Drum Mapping (Var.1…Var.4)” on page 134).

Perc Percussion track. This type of track cannot be

transposed, and is used for Drum Kit made of Percussion sounds. It is NOT affected by the Drum Mapping.

Bass Bass track. This type of track always plays the

root when changing chord.

Acc Accompaniment track. This type of track can be

used freely, for melodic or harmonic accompaniment patterns.

Gtr Guitar track. This type of track uses Guitar Mode

to create guitar strumming (see “Main page Guitar Mode” on page 10). When this type is selected, the “Tension” parameter can no longer be edited.

Trigg er Mode

This setting lets you define how Bass and Acc-type tracks are retriggered when the chord is changed.

Off Each time you play a new chord, current notes

will be stopped. The track will remain silent until a new note will be encountered in the pattern.

Rt (Retrigger) The sound will be stopped, and new

notes matching the recognized chord will be played back.

Rp (Repitch) New notes matching the recognized

chord will be played back, by repitching notes already playing. There will be no break in the sound. This is very useful on Guitar and Bass tracks.

Note: After importing a groove generated by a melody line (not by a percussive groove), the imported groove and samples will not be transposed together with the other Style tracks. Audio data cannot be transposed by the arranger.

Note: Please execute the Import Groove operation before turning the instrument off. All “.GRV” files generated by a Time Slice operation are deleted when turning the instrument off.

From

Use this parameter to select one of the MIDI Groove patterns (“.GRV” files) generated when saving data after a Time Slice operation.

To E/CV (Style Element/Chord Variation)

Use this parameter to select the target Style Element and Chord Va r ia t i on .

To Trac k

Use this parameter to select the target track inside the selected Chord Variation. The Percussion track is usually suggested, since the Drum track is still suitable for standard Drum Kit sounds (count-in, break etc.). After importing the MIDI Groove pattern, assign the Sound, to which the sliced samples are assigned, to the track playing the MIDI Groove pattern.

Advanced

Style Record mode

Import: Import SMF

The Import SMF function allows you to import MIDI data from a Standard MIDI File (SMF) created on your preferred external sequencer, and transform them in a Chord Variation.

Note: You cannot use this function to import data from any generic Song. The Standard MIDI File to be imported must be programmed as if it was one of Pa3X’s Chord Variations.

When importing an SMF, parameters like CV Length, Meter, Tempo Changes, Program Changes and Expression are recognized. These parameters will be imported as the header of the Style Element containing the Chord Variation, provided the “Initialize” parameter is checked, or the Style Element is empty.

Hint: It is a good idea to check the “Initialize” parameter when importing the first Chord Variation of a Style Element, and uncheck it when importing the following Chord Variations.

• Sounds assigned to each track can be imported, provided the Program Change, Bank Select MSB and LSB events are on the first ‘tick’ of the SMF. These data are loaded in the Style Element’s header, and not as Sounds assigned to the Style Performance.

Note: Sounds in the Style Element header can be overridden by Sounds assigned to the Style Performance, by checking the “Original Style Sound” parameter in the main page of the Style Play mode (Style Track view).

• If the above data was not found on the first ‘tick’ of the imported SMF, Sounds must be manually assigned to each track. You can do this in the “Record 1” or “Record 2”, or the “Sound/ Expression” page of the Style Record mode,.

• Key/Chord, Chord Table, Expression, and any other Style Variation parameter, must be manually programmed in the relevant Style Record pages.

• The starting Tempo, and each track’s Volume, must be programmed as Style Performance data, and then saved in the Style Performance.

• Meter (time signature) Change is not allowed, therefore not recognized.

• The Chord Variation length is the same as the imported SMF. You can change length by changing the value of the CV Length parameter, on the main page of the Style Record mode.

Hint: If a note extends beyond the last measure of the Chord Variation, an additional measure is appended (for example, if a note extends after the end of the fourth measure in a 4-measure pattern, a 5-measure Chord Variation will be generated). If so, change

the CV Length value to reset the Chord Variation length. The exceeding note will be cut, to fit the new pattern length.

When programming a Chord Variation on an external sequencer, please assign each Style track to the correct MIDI channel, according to the following table.

Style Track MIDI Channel

Bass 09

Drum 10

Percu ssion 11

Accompaniment 1 12

Accompaniment 2 13

Accompaniment 3 14

Accompaniment 4 15

Accompaniment 5 16

Note: Only SMF in format 0 can be loaded.

From Song

This is the name of the Standard MIDI File to be loaded. Touch the Select button to open the file selector, and select an “.SMF” file.

Select

Touch this button to open the file selector and load the SMF.

Initialize

Check this parameter if you want all settings of the target Style Element (i.e., Key/Chord, Chord Table, Sounds…) are reset when loading the SMF.

Hint: It is a good idea to check the “Initialize” parameter when importing the first Chord Variation of a Style Element, and uncheck it when importing the following Chord Variations.

To E/ CV

Use this parameter to select a target Chord Variation.

Execute

After setting all parameters in this page, touch this button to import the Standard MIDI File into the target Chord Variation.

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Table of Contents

Style Record mode

The Style structure

Style/Pad Import/Export

Ordinary, Guitar and Drum tracks

Entering the Style Record mode

What to record

Pattern data vs. track data

Sounds

Exit by saving or deleting changes

List of recorded events

Listening to the Style while in Edit mode

Main page - Record 1

Page sub-header

Recording parameters area

Page header

Page menu icon

Selected track info area

Key/Chord area

NTT Area

Main page - Record 2/Cue

Delete Note button

Sounds area

Tracks volume/status area

Main page - Guitar Mode

Cue area

Recording overview

Recording strumming types

Recording single strings

Recording RX Noises

Selecting a Capo

Recording a regular pattern

Recording a Chord Shape

Choosing a Key/Chord for Intro 1 and Ending 1

Playing back the pattern

Guitar mode parameters

Style Record procedure

Preparing to record

Realtime Record procedure

Step Record procedure

Chords and second voices

Edit menu

Edit page structure

Event Edit: Event Edit

Event list

Page s ub-header

Page header

Page menu icon

Other elements

Event Edit procedure

Event Edit: Filter

Style Edit: Quantize

Style Edit: Transpose

Style Edit: Velocity

Style Edit: Cut

Style Edit: Delete

Style Edit: Delete All

Style Edit: Copy from Style

Copying to a Chord Variation of a different length

Style Edit: Copy from Pad

Style Element Track Controls: Sound/Expression

Expression leveling

Selected Track Info area

Sounds area

Expression area

Volume area

Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range

Style Element Track Controls: Noise/Guitar

Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table

Volume area

Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension

Import: Import Groove

Import: Import SMF