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Korg The iS40 manual

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    The iS40 Guide[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 2 Table of Contents Product Overview 3 Features and Benefits 4 What makes the iS40 so Section Overviews: Arrangements and Styles 7 The Backing Sequencer 8 Programs and Effects 8 Song Play / Edit modes 8 Disk/Global mode 9 The Display 9 Tutorial: Listening to the Demo Songs 9 About the Accessory Disk 10 The JukeBox Function 10 Loadin[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 3 Product Overview The iS40 is a complete music production system for today’s musician. In the home studio, on a “gig”, for commercial and demo productions, from beginner to professional, the iS40 interactive music workstation gets the job done - easily! It’s a Korg Synthesizer With 14 Mbyte of PCM memory and 384 sounds onbo[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 4 iS40 Features and Benefits Feature Benefit 61-key keyboard with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch sensitivity The addition of aftertouch makes the iS40 more expressive and professional allowing you to control a sound’s vibrato or other effects directly from the keyboard. Aftertouch is also important for computer user s who wil[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 5 Feature Benefit 192 Arrangements {128 ROM/64 RAM} Arrangements assign specific sounds and effects to each part in a Style. Again, this is the largest number ever offered in a Korg i-Series instrument, and all are newly-created by professional musicians. Backing Sequencer 10 Backing Sequences 40,000 events 1 Keyboard Track 1 Chord [...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 7 • A redesigned front panel, where countless design hours spent have resulted in a logic and “friendliness” th at were sure you'll appreciate! • A powerful new 4-way speaker system with incredible low-end! • The most natural-sounding and totally musical accompaniment patterns ever, thanks to Korg’s world-wide netwo[...]

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    Korg iS40 uide 8 The Backing Sequencer When you select Backing Sequence mode, you can record or play back a song created from Arrangements, and even add 8 extra tracks! The main tracks of a backing sequence are: the Keyboard track, Control track, and Chord track. The Keyboard track records whatever is played freely on the keyboard, or can be left e[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 9 the functions you would expect to find in a sophisticated sequencer! You can then save your sequences in Standard MIDI file format. Disk/Global Mode In Disk mode, you can save and load data via the internal DOS-compatible drive. When you press the DISK/GLOBAL button, the display will indicate the pages within this mode, and you ca[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 10 1. Press START/STOP. The demos will playback one after the other. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demos. To listen to a single demo song: 1. Select the desired demo song by pressing the ARRANGEMENT NUMBER or PROGRAM NUMBER buttons. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demo song. 3. Press EXIT/NO or one of the MODE buttons to exit from[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 11 6. Press the ENTER/YES button again to load all the Factory data from disk. When all data has been loaded, the display will prompt “Completed”. Press any other MODE button to exit from DISK/GLOBAL mode. Working With Arrangements 1. Press ARR.PLAY to enter Arrangement Play mode. The LED will light. 2. Press ARRANGEMENT BANK [A[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 12 The SYNCHRO buttons: On the iS40, the SYNCHRO START and SYNCHRO STOP buttons function in two ways: The SYNCHRO START button allows you to begin playing an arrangement when you trigger a chord in the chord scanning area. When you activate the SYNCHRO STOP button, the arrangement will only play when you are triggering chords, and w[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 13 change to different Arrangements for each section of a song, or for a medley that keeps the people dancing! When this button is off, the tempo which was originally written for each arrangement will be recalled as new arrangements are selected. The SINGLE TOUCH button: Keep in mind that any given arrangement includes Keyboard prog[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 14 The VOLUME section Below the Display, you’ll find a set of buttons which determine the volume and muting status of each of the tracks in an arrangement. (Note that in Song Play mode, these buttons become Track/MIDI channel buttons 1-16, and that in Program mode, these buttons function as Performance Edit buttons) When you are w[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 15 Getting the original arrangement settings back: Just re-select the arrangement again, and the original settings for all tracks will be recalled. ProUser Tip If you create a mix that you like, you can quickly WRITE it to a USER bank location by pressing the REC/WRITE button. The display will prompt with a USER bank location. Use t[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 16 5. Press PROGRAM NUMBER buttons [51] to change the bass track to an acoustic bass sound. 6. Re-select Arrangement A31 again, to recall the original setup. * Remember that you can write edited arrangements to the USER bank, and retain the original arrangement in the A and B banks. More on the Keyboard tracks- splits, layers etc. S[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 17 4. Press and Hold the SPLIT POINT button, located to the left of the display in the MODE section. Look in the Display as you do this, and in the upper-right area, you’ll see “SPLIT” and “C4” below it. This is the current split point for Arrangement B66. 5. While Holding the SPLIT POINT button, press any key on the keybo[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 18 The KEYBOARD MODE section: The KEYBOARD MODE section is used to choose the way the Upper 1,2 and Lower tracks are placed on the keyboard, and these settings are written as part of an arrangement. Also, in this section you can play manual drum sounds on the keyboard by pressing the M.DRUMS button. 1. Select Arrangement “B53 Gosp[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 19 2. Play the upper sound on the keyboard, then press the OCTAVE [+] button to transpose this sound up an octave. Note that you are only transposing the UPPER1 sound at this time. Press both the OCTAVE [+] and [-] buttons together to cancel the transposition. 3. Press the LOW/UPP2 button in the VOLUME section. The Display indicates[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 20 chord. However, this can be changed on page 11 of Global mode. For more information on chord scanning and recognition, consult the owner’s manual. The number of notes you have to play for the backing tracks to detect a chord depends on the settings in the Chord Recognition mode (page 11 of Global mode). The default setting is F[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 21 Warp-Speed Tour of an Arrangement Now that you’re getting to be an “expert” on the iS40, let’s work with Chord Scanning, backing tracks, styles, etc., at an accelerated pace, and completely change the way an arrangement can work: 1. Select Arrangement “A52 Underground”. 2. SYNCHRO START the arrangement. 3. Mute the ac[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 22 Warp speed tour (cont.) 17. If you are a player - go for it! Change chords in the right hand while playing a live bass line in the left hand! If you’re not, don’t worry about it, just have FUN! 18. Press the INTRO/ENDING2 button, and stop dancin’ around...it looks ridiculous! ...hence the word “interactive”, right? ProU[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 23 Selecting Keyboard Sets: 1. Repeatedly press the BANK button in the KEYBOARD SET section, until you see the A-bank LED light. 2. Now press KEYBOARD SET NUMBER button 1. Play the keyboard to hear the selected set. Storing a new Keyboard Set: 1. Select Arrangement “A13 L.A. R&B”. 2. Press the LOWER button in the KEYBOARD AS[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 24 arrangement, you can quickly select Keyboard Set B5 and access the Piano/Bass split as the live keyboard track! ProUser Tip: You can also write the selected Keyboard set as the new keyboard tracks in a desired arrangement, so that the set is automatically selected when you pick an arrangement. Simply select the arrangement, then [...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 25 2. Press START/STOP. The demo will start. Listen, and watch the Display and front panel as it plays - note the chord and control changes. The demo is only 28 measures in length - very effective as an initial “look” at the Backing Sequencer. Record your own Backing Sequence... 1. Press the CURSOR> button once. “BSQ0” wi[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 26 Let’s review the Backing Sequencer: 1. Play the Factory Backing Sequence Demo. Notice the Display and front panel changes that are occuring! 2. Record a new Backing Sequence. - Cursor and select “BSQ1”, then select the type of arrangement you like. - Select an Intro and... - Record the Backing Sequence, including keyboard, [...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 27 To playback SMF files: 1. Insert the Accessory Disk (FDD-1004) or any SMF disk into the disk drive. 2. Press the SONG PLAY button in the MODE section and press START/STOP. The iS40 will play through all the SMF’s on the disk. To play a particular song from the disk, use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons to select the SMF you want and pre[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 28 Program Mode There are 384 onboard sounds in the iS40. They are located in the PROGRAM section, and are organized into six banks (A-F) plus a drum bank. Banks A-E include 320 ROM programs (A&B are GM). Bank F/USER contains 64 RAM programs. Pressing Bank button F repeatedly toggles between the F and DRUM bank. There are 16 Dru[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 29 Program Editing: All of the parameters used to create the programs and effects are easily accessible by pressing the PAGE +/- buttons, or by direct page selecting. To go to a specific edit page, hold the PROGRAM button, then press ARRANGEMENT NUMBER BUTTONS 1-8 or PROGRAM NUMBER buttons 1-8. More detailed information on program e[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 30 ENSEMBLE button: In Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes, pressing the ENSEMBLE button harmonizes the right hand melody based on the chords played in the left hand. This only works when chord scanning is set to LOWER. There are ten available types of Ensemble settings, located on page 5 of Arrangement Play mode. For more i[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 31 people who put the owner’s manual together did an incredible job! Take a look at it...go on...get it out and read it! We think you will agree - this is one of the best-written product manuals available! What are the main differences between the iS40 and iS50? iS40 ($1695) iS50 ($1450) Aftertouch NO 14 Mbyte PCM 12 Mbyte PCM 15 [...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 32 Arrangement and Program Listings: iS40/50 Arrangements You can select the arrangements via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS) and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages through the ARNG channel. The Bank Select MSB is always = 00. BS PC # BS PC # BS PC # BS PC # 8 Beat 16 Beat Ballroom D[...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 33 Programs You can select the programs via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS) and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages, through the MIDI channel you wish to change the program to. The Bank Select MSB is always = 00. BS PC # BS PC # BS PC # BS PC # Piano Chromatic percussion Organ Guitar [...]

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    Korg iS40 Guide 34 037 C56 DynaSlap 045 C66 OctavePizz. 053 C76 AirVoxDbl 061 C86 Brass Band 038 C57 Dance Bass 046 C67 My dream 054 C77 Glassglide 062 C87 Syn.Brass3 Reed Pipe Synth lead Synth pad 001 000 D11 AltoBreath 001 008 D21 Synth Fife 001 016 D31 Soft Solo 001 024 D41 Thick Pad 001 D12 Folk Sax 009 D22 BreathFlute 017 D32 Big Lead 025 D42 [...]