Korg V2 manual

1 E Update guide[...]

i T able of Contents About this manual ............................................. iii Introduction ..................................... 1 New functions in version 2.0 .............................. 1 Sequencer mode ..................................................... 1 Disk mode .............................................................. 2 [...]

ii Loading KARMA Music Workstation or TRITON Le .PCG/.SNG files ............................................... 54 Parameters that are valid on the KARMA Music Workstation but invalid on the TRITON STUDIO ..... 54 Parameters that are valid on the TRITON Le but invalid on the TRITON STUDIO ......................................... 55 Data compatibil[...]

iii How this manual is organized This manual explains the new features and functions that have been added in the TRITON Studio operating system version 2.0, and the improvements that have been made over earlier versions of the operating system. Sequencer mode, Disk mode, Global mode, Sampling mode, Combination mode, and Program mode ar e each cover[...]

iv[...]

Introduction 1 Introduction Sequencer mode 1. HD Audio T rack function ( ☞ p.5) T wo audio tracks (1 and 2) have been added to the existing sixteen MIDI tracks and the sequencer master track. The new audio tracks can be synchronized to the MIDI tracks and master track, allowing you to recor d up to 80 minutes of external audio - such as a guitar [...]

2 Disk mode 1. “Advanced Conversion Load” for loading AKAI Programs ( ☞ p.48) In addition to previously supported keymap-r elated param- eters, version 2.0 also supports parameters such as key groups, key gr oup zones, velocity-switching, oscillators, pitch, filter , amp/pan, and EG. These parameters will be preserved when convert-loading an[...]

3 Introduction Y ou can update your TRITON STUDIO system to V ersion 2.0 via the internal floppy drive, by loading TRITON STU- DIO V ersion 2.0 operating system files from DOS-formatted floppy disks. If you are using a system is earlier than version 2.0.0 , follow the procedur e described below to install the “TRITON STU- DIO Operating System [...]

4[...]

5 Sequencer Sequencer mode About the HD Audio T rack function TRITON STUDIO System V ersion 2.0 adds two audio tracks to the sixteen MIDI tracks and master track of previous ver - sions. Y ou can use these audio tracks to record up to 80 minutes of external audio sources such as guitar or vocals in synchr oni- zation with the MIDI tracks and master[...]

6 About the audio tracks The audio tracks used by a song (Audio T rack 1, 2) are a single stereo W A VE file that is created by r ecording in synchr onization with the MIDI tracks + master track. Audio track 1 is the L channel of the stereo W A VE file, and audio track 2 is the R channel. When you recor d or edit one track (or any portion of a tr[...]

7 Sequencer 5 Y ou use the “Erase Measure” command to erase measures 1 thr ough 4 of audio tracks 1 and 2. This actually overwrites “zero” level sample data, updating the ster eo W A VE file as shown in the diagram. The space occupied by the stereo W A VE file is the same as in steps 2 , 3 , and 4 . Guitar Solo HD Audio T rack 1 HD Audio [...]

8 Recording an audio track 1. Preparing to record an audio track The audio track data that you recor d is saved on the internal hard drive as a W A VE file. Before you r ecord, you must cr eate a directory (folder) where you will save the W A VE file and song data (.SNG) that will be created when you r ecord the audio track. When song data that i[...]

9 Sequencer 6 Be sure that “W A VE File” reads No Assign . If a file name is displayed for “W A VE File,” then a W A VE file is already assigned to the audio track. In this case, press the Clear button so that “W A VE File” reads No Assign . For the audio track, you can also use a W A VE file ripped from a CD or a W A VE file create[...]

10 Then set the “BUS Select” that follows the insert effect you are using to 1/2 . A In the Sequencer P0: Play/REC, Prefer ence page, set “T rack Select” to Audio T rack 1 . B Specify the recor ding method in “Recording Setup.” “Punch In”: unchecked “Bounce”: unchecked “Source BUS”: Indiv . 1/2 In the “Name” field, spec[...]

11 Sequencer When you recor d or play back a song that contains audio tracks, there will be a lag of several seconds fr om the time you press the SEQUENCER [REC/WRITE] key or the SEQUENCER [ST AR T/STOP] key until r ecor ding or playback actually begins. A dialog box will appear during this time, and the SEQUENCER [REC/ WRITE] key or the SEQUENCER [...]

12 If “Overwrite.W A V” is checked , you won’t have to wait as long for the internal processing to be completed when recor ding begins and ends, but you will not be able to use the [COMP ARE] key to compare the new recor ding with the previous r ecording. If “Over - write.W A V” is unchecked , you’ll need to wait for somewhere between s[...]

13 Sequencer 3 Press the SEQUENCER [ST AR T/STOP] key to play back the song, and adjust the output level balance of audio tracks 1 and 2. Use AUDIO 1 “Level” and AUDIO 2 “Level” to adjust the output level of each audio track. When you have finished setting your levels, stop play- back. 4 In the Sequencer P0: Play/REC, Prefer ence page, set[...]

14 In some cases (such as the hard disk being subjected to physical shock), data saved on the hard drive may become unreadable. W e recommend that important data be saved frequently to CD-R/R W . For details on how to save the recor ded data (.SNG/.W A V), refer to “Collecting song files and W A VE files saved on differ- ent directories into a [...]

15 Sequencer 0–7: Sampling/HD Audio The 0–7: Sampling page has changed to the 0–7: Sampling/ HD Audio page (the tab has changed from Sampling to Sampling/HD Audio), and audio track playback parameters and page menu commands have been added. 0–7a: Input (COMBI, PROG, SEQ, S.PLA Y , DISK) Here you can select input sour ces such as analog/digi[...]

16 0–7: Page Menu Command In the 0–7: Sampling page, the page menu commands “Sel Dir/W A VE (Audio T rack),” “Auto Sampling/HD Audio Setup,” “Bounce All T racks T o Song,” and “Copy From Pro- gram” ( ☞ p.43) have been added. 0–7B: Sel Dir/W A VE (Audio T rack) This command lets you select a save-destination (directory) for t[...]

17 Sequencer 4 Press the Set button to assign the selected W A VE file to the audio track. Only a 48 kHz stereo W A VE file can be assigned to the audio track. If you select a 44.1 kHz W A VE file or a 48 kHz monaural W A VE file, the following dialog box will appear , allowing you to convert the file to a 48 kHz stereo WA VE file. If you wan[...]

18 2 Use “T o Song” to select the bounce-r ecording destination song. 3 Use “W A VE” to specify a name for the W A VE file that will be created by the bounce-r ecording operation. The save-destination of the W A VE file created by bounce-recor ding is specified by the page menu com- mand “Sel Dir/W A VE (Audio T rack).” ( ☞ p.16) 4[...]

19 Sequencer Indiv .1/2: Signals sent to the INDIVIDUAL 1, 2, or 1/2 buses will be recor ded. Any signals being sent to the INDIVIDUAL 1, 2, or 1/2 buses, such as external audio signals (specified in “Input” 0– 7a ☞ PG p.56) or sounds played on the TRITON STUDIO from the keyboar d or MIDI input, will be recor ded. Y ou will normally select[...]

20 Sequencer P5: T rack Edit Audio tracks can now be edited in the Sequencer P5: T rack Edit page ( ☞ PG p.68). Accordingly , an audio track display has been added, and page menu commands have been added or modified. A WA VE file cannot be edited to a length greater than 80 minutes. T rack and Map An audio track display has been added. If you s[...]

21 Sequencer If you select a W A VE file that is other than 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, an error message of “Can’t Put” will appear . Y ou cannot “put” a W A VE file that is longer than 80 minutes. 5–1S: Nor malize/Level (Nor malize/Level Adjust) This command applies the same processing as the Sampling mode Sampling P1: Sample Edit page menu [...]

22 4 Use “Sensitivity” to set the sensitivity at which noise will be detected. Higher settings will cause even slight noises to be detected. Normally you should execute the command with a setting of 1 , and increase the setting if the noise has not been removed. 5 If “Overwrite.W A V” is checked , the results of executing the command will o[...]

23 Sequencer To hear the sound of the specified region, press the SAMPLING [ST AR T/STOP] key . The region specified by “Start” and “End” will play back when you press the SAMPLING [ST AR T/STOP] key . 9 If you press the Stretch button , the T ime Stretch dialog box will appear , and you can re-do the time str etch once again. Execute T i[...]

24 Changes to the page menu commands Support for audio tracks has been added to the following page menu commands, and the dialog boxes have changed accordingly . 5–1C: Erase T rack In the page menu command “Erase T rack” ( ☞ PG p.70), the dialog box now contains “All MIDI T racks,” “Over- write.W A V ,” and “Name” items, and the[...]

25 Sequencer The way in which the Compare function operates will depend on this setting. ( ☞ p.44) 5 Press the OK button to execute the command. In the case of “Bounce T rack,” the bounce-source track data will be set to “zero”. If you decide not to execute, pr ess the Can- cel button . 5–1F: Erase Measure 5–1G: Delete Measure 5–1H:[...]

26 5–1J: Copy Measure 5–1K: Move Measure The items “All MIDI T racks,” “Overwrite.W A V ,” and “Name” have been added to the dialog box of “Copy Mea- sure” and “Move Measur e” ( ☞ PG p.72), and you can now apply these commands to the audio tracks. If executing with “T rack Select” set to a MIDI track (T rack 01–16) 1[...]

27 Sequencer 5–1Q: Set Song Length The items “Overwrite.W A V” and “Name” have been added to the page menu command “Set Song Length” ( ☞ PG p.75). If the song contains an audio track and you execute this command to shorten the length of the song (the “Length” field), the audio track will also be shortened to the same length as [...]

28 The page menu command “Auto Sampling/HD Audio Setup” has been added to the Sequencer P0: Play/REC, Sampling/HD Audio page. ( ☞ p.17) This convenient function automatically sets the relevant parameters to the ideal settings for various operations such as Sequencer mode sampling (e.g., In-T rack Sampling), recor ding using the “HD Audio T [...]

29 Sequencer If “Convert to Program” is not checked , you can listen to the sample by selecting and playing it in Sampling mode. 3. In-T rack Sampling The In-T rack Sampling function samples an external audio signal from AUDIO INPUT etc. into sample memory (RAM) in synchronization with song playback, and also automati- cally creates note data i[...]

30 4. 2ch Mix to Disk As a preparatory step to cr eating an audio CD from your completed song, you must resample your song to cr eate a two-channel stereo W A VE file on the internal hard drive. ( ☞ BG p.1 16) The “2ch Mix to Disk” radio button automatically makes the necessary settings for creating this W A VE file. ■ Setup 1 Select “A[...]

31 Sequencer ■ Recording on the audio track(s) 7 Set “Location” to the location that you want to recor d. 8 Press the SEQUENCER [REC/WRITE] key and then the SEQUENCER [ST AR T/STOP] key . (Recording will begin.) 9 Play the musical instrument etc. that is connected to the AUDIO INPUT jack(s) you selected for “Source Audio.” 0 When you have[...]

32 Automatically-set parameters and their values -: Not set automatically Settings enclosed in parentheses ( ) ar e set automatically according to the parameters in the dialog box. *1 : The specified setting for Analog, S/P DIF , or mLAN (“Input1” or “Input2”) will be made automatically . *2 : The input source setting (“Input1” or “I[...]

33 Sequencer -: Not set automatically Settings enclosed in parentheses ( ) ar e set automatically according to the parameters in the dialog box. *1 : The specified setting for Analog, S/P DIF , or mLAN (“Input1” or “Input2”) will be made automatically . *2 : The input source setting (“Input1” or “Input2”) specified in the “Sour [...]

34 Recording and playing exclusive events V ersion 2.0 allows exclusive messages to be recor ded and played back, and allows you to edit tracks that contain exclusive events. Exclusive messages (including XG or GS data) received fr om an external MIDI device, and parameter changes produced by editing track parameters ( ☞ p.35) can now be recor de[...]

35 Sequencer 2. Recording exclusive messages received from the TRITON-Rack Here’s how you can connect the TRIT ON STUDIO and a TRITON-Rack via MIDI, and use the TRIT ON STUDIO to recor d exclusive messages received fr om the TRITON-Rack. 1 Connect the TRITON-Rack’s MIDI connectors (IN/OUT) to the TRITON STUDIO’s MIDI connectors (OUT/IN). On e[...]

36 The maximum amount of exclusive message that can be r ecor ded at once is approximately 320 Kbytes. This size will decrease if other events exist within the same mea- sure. Y ou cannot simultaneously record exclusive messages received fr om an external MIDI device and parameter changes produced by editing. If you recor d a parameter assigned to [...]

37 Sequencer 3. Put Effect Setting to T rack The page menu command “Put Effect Setting to T rack” places effect settings into a track as exclusive events. As an example, we will use the preset template song “Acid Jazz” to explain how to use the “Put Effect Setting to T rack” page menu command. In this example we will switch the insert e[...]

38 2) Using the effect specified by the song itself from the beginning of the song, and inser ting the effect settings from another song at the middle of the song For the insert effect (IFX3) used by track 3, we will use 023: Stereo Phaser (specified by the template song) fr om the beginning of the song, and insert MIDI parameter change system ex[...]

39 Sequencer Sequencer P5: T rack Edit The Sequencer P5: T rack Edit page menu commands “Event Edit” ( ☞ PG p.69) and “Erase Measure” ( ☞ PG p.70) now allow you to view and edit exclusive events. If you want to edit only exclusive events in “Event Edit,” open the “Set Event Filters” dialog box and check the Exclu- sive box. T o [...]

40 Sequencer P8: Inser t Ef fect The “Put Effect Setting to T rack” page menu command has been added to Sequencer P8: Insert Effect. Added page menu command 8–1D: Put Ef fect Setting to T rack Insert effect settings can now be placed in a track as exclu- sive events. This is convenient when you want to change the effect settings during a song[...]

41 Sequencer T one Adjust pages have been added to Sequencer P5: T rack Edit ( ☞ PG p.68). 5–3: T one1.2 1–8 (T one1/2 T01–08) 5–4: T one1.2 9–16 (T one1/2 T09–16) 5–5: T one3.4 1–8 (T one3/4 T01–08) 5–6: T one3.4 9–16 (T one3/4 T09–16) 5–7: T one5.6 1–8 (T one5/6 T01–08) 5–8: T one5.6 9–16 (T one5/6 T09–16) In[...]

42 Filtr EG A (Filter EG Attack) [–99...+00...+99] Filtr EG D (Filter EG Decay) [–99...+00...+99] Filtr EG S (Filter EG Sustain) [–99...+00...+99] Filtr EG R (Filter EG Release) [–99...+00...+99] These respectively adjust only the filter EG parameters of “F/A EG A,” “F/A EG D,” “F/A EG S,” and “F/A EG R”. Amp EG A (Amp EG A[...]

43 Sequencer “Copy From Pr ogram” has been added to the page menu commands of the Sequencer P0: Play/REC page and related pages. 0–1L: Copy From Program Copies the settings from a specific pr ogram to a track or effect in the curr ently selected song. 1 Select “Copy From Pr ogram” to open the dialog box. 2 Use “Program” to select the[...]

44 This function automatically sets up a song by applying the settings from a pr ogram or combination. This provides a seamless way for you to transition from playing a pr ogram or combination into creating a song, so that if you suddenly have ideas for a phrase or song while you are playing, you can immediately turn your inspiration into a song. T[...]

45 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Disk mode The 0–6: Edit W A VE page has been added to Disk mode. Here you can edit W A VE files that are saved on the internal hard drive or other media. In pr evious operating systems, large (long) W A VE files could be edited only on a computer or other external system, but now i[...]

46 address will move by one pixel.) In the vertical axis, you can zoom-in through a range of 1x (full range display) to 512x (in the case of stereo, 1024x). Zoom-in/out will start at the most recent addr ess selected for “Edit Range Start,” “Edit Range End,” “LoopS,” or “End” point. If after zooming-in/out you reselect the “Edit R[...]

47 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality 0–6D: Clear This command sets all data to zero in the “Edit Range Start” – “Edit Range End” region (0–6a). Data pr eceding or follow- ing the region will be unchanged. This is the same function as the Sampling mode, Sampling P1: Sample Edit page menu command “Clear”; [...]

48 time signature, “T empo” specifies the destination tempo, and “Program” specifies the program number that will be automatically created. 0–6O: Mono to Stereo This is the same function as the Sampling mode, Sampling P0: Recording page menu command “Sample Mono T o Ste- reo”; her e performed on a W A VE file. (For details on the f[...]

49 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality 29) Load AKAI V olume: This command loads the Program files and Sample files from a volume of an AKAI S1000/3000 format sample CD. 1 In the 0–1: Load page, use “Drive Select” to select the AKAI S1000/S3000 format media. 2 In the directory window , select the desired AKAI S1000/[...]

50 .KSC files with a name identical to the .PCG file will always be loaded together with the .PCG file. If this file is not found in the current dir ectory or below it, load the file as described in “If a file to be loaded cannot be found, or when loading a file that was saved across media” ( ☞ PG p.157). Content that will be loaded fr[...]

51 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality In the 0–2: Save page menu command “Save to Std MIDI File (Save Song as Standard MIDI File),” an “Exclusive” check box has been added to the dialog box. This allows you to save system exclusive events and universal exclusive events included in the song data. Exclusive [Of f, [...]

52 “Collect Audio T rack file” has been added to the 0–3: Utility page menu commands. 0–3K: Collect Audio T rack file This command copies/moves the W A VE file created by the HD Audio T rack function into the same directory as the .SNG file (song file) or a directory inside that file. It also con- verts the W A VE file assignment wit[...]

53 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality 4 Select the page menu command “Collect Audio T rack file” to open the dialog box. 5 Press the Create Directory button and cr eate an appro- priately-named directory (e.g., AUDIO). 6 Select the “AUDIO” directory you cr eated in step 5 , and press the Open button . Selecting th[...]

54 A function that converts a 44.1 kHz W A VE file to a 48 kHz WA VE file has been added to the 0–3: Utility page menu command “Rate Convert” (0–3H ☞ PG p.171). Select a 44.1 kHz W A VE file in the directory window , and access the “Rate Convert” page menu command dialog box. The rest of the pr ocedure is the same as on pr evious v[...]

55 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality 3. Sequencer mode parameters • The KARMA system version 2.0 “Tone Adjust” setting will be loaded correctly. If a KARMA system version 1.0 file is loaded, this parameter will be set to the default value. • The TRITON STUDIO version 2.0 Audio Track 1, 2 setting will be set to the[...]

56 Global mode “SCSI Mode” and “SCSI ID” parameters have been added to the Global P0: Basic Setup, System Prefer ence page ( ☞ PG p.137). These parameters allow the TRITON STUDIO’s internal hard drive to be detected by a connected computer as an external SCSI disk. This allows you to transfer data between the TRITON STUDIO and your comp[...]

57 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality 3 In the Global P0: Basic Setup, System Prefer ence page, set “SCSI Mode” to T arget . A dialog box will inform you that you must restart the system in order for the change to take ef fect. 4 Press the OK button . When you change the “SCSI Mode” setting, a dialog box will infor[...]

58 Sampling mode An “Auto Sampling Setup” page menu command has been added to the Sampling P0: Recording page and P4: Selector Setup page. 0–1O: Auto Sampling Setup This command automatically sets sampling-related parame- ters to the optimal settings for specific Sampling mode oper- ations. (For the automatically-set parameters and their val[...]

59 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality If “Save to” is set to DISK , you can use the page menu command “Select Directory” (0–1N ☞ PG p.96) to spec- ify the save-destination for the W A VE file that will be created by sampling. ■ Sampling 8 Press the SAMPLING [REC] key and then the SAM- PLING [ST AR T/STOP] ke[...]

60 Automatically-set parameters and their values - : Not set automatically V alues enclosed in parentheses ( ) are automatically set accor ding to the settings you make in the dialog box. *1 : Settings for analog, S/P DIF , and mLAN (“Input 1” and “Input 2”) are made automatically . *2 : The input source setting (“Input 1” and “Input [...]

61 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Y ou can now use the “Insert,” “Mix,” and “Paste” page menu commands of the Sampling P1: Sample Edit page ( ☞ PG p.102–103) to insert/mix/paste data fr om a W A VE file stored on the har d drive into a sample in sample memory (RAM). A “From” field has been added t[...]

62 If the insert-source is a ster eo W A VE file, use “Save to No. (L)” and “(R)” to specify the save-destinations of the L and R channels. C Press the OK button to execute the Insert command. If you decide to cancel, press the Cancel button . If the data copied into the buffer by “Copy” is empty , a message of “Source sample is empt[...]

63 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Combination mode An “Auto Sampling Setup” page menu command has been added to the Combination P0: Sampling page. 0–5E: Auto Sampling Setup This convenient command automatically sets sampling- related parameters of Combination mode to the optimal set- tings for specific operation[...]

64 ■ Check the resampled data • If you selected “Save to: RAM” (Convert to Program) , move to Program mode, select the newly created program, and play the C2 on the keyboard to hear the resampled result. • If you selected “Save to: DISK,” use the page menu command “Select Directory” to hear the results. ( ☞ PG p.7) If you want t[...]

65 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Automatically-set parameters and their values - : Not set automatically V alues enclosed in parentheses ( ) are automatically set accor ding to the settings you make in the dialog box. *1 : Settings for analog, S/P DIF , and mLAN (“Input 1” and “Input 2”) are made automatically[...]

66 “Copy From Pr ogram” has been added to the page menu commands of pages such as Combination P0 (0–1 ☞ PG p.33). 0–1C: Copy From Program This command copies the settings of the specified program to a timbre of the curr ently selected combination. The effect settings and arpeggiator settings of the specified program can be copied as wel[...]

67 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Program mode An “Auto Sampling Setup” page menu command has been added to the Program P0: Sampling page. 0–3E: Auto Sampling Setup This convenient command automatically sets sampling- r elated parameters of Pr ogram mode to the optimal settings for specific operations. (For the [...]

68 ■ Check the resampled data • If you selected “Save to: RAM” (Convert to Program) , select the newly created program, and play the C2 note of the keyboard to hear the resampled result. • If you selected “Save to: DISK,” use the page menu command “Select Directory” to hear the results. ( ☞ PG p.7) If you also want to simultaneo[...]

69 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Automatically-set parameters and their values - : Not set automatically V alues enclosed in parentheses ( ) are automatically set accor ding to the settings you make in the dialog box. *1 : Settings for Analog, S/P DIF , and mLAN (“Input 1” and “Input 2”) are made automatically[...]

70 Other functionality A tap tempo control function has been added to Program, Combination, Sequencer , and Song Play modes. While SMF data is playing in these modes, you can control the playback tempo in realtime just by lightly pr essing the [ENTER] key several times at the beat of the desired tempo. This function is a convenient way to set the t[...]

71 Disk Global Sampling Combination Program Other functionality Added messages The following messages have been added. Audio T rack size over limit Can’t record Audio T rack Change MIDI Clock to Inter nal Exceeded 8 Programs File/path not found Source file is not 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz Can’t put Source file is not 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz Can’t s[...]

K ORG INC. 15 - 12, Shimotakaido 1 - chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan.  2003 KORG INC. 1505 CGH Printed in Japan 1 E[...]