Korg CR-4 manual

1 Owner’ s Manual[...]

2 Precautions Location Using the unit in the following loca tions can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunli ght • Locations of extrem e temperature or humidity • Excessively dusty or dirty locations • Locations of excessive vibratio n • Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the des ignated AC adapter to an AC outlet of[...]

3 T able of Contents Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Unpacking your CR-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 About this manual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Features of the CR-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[...]

4 Introduction ............... Unpacking your CR-4 When you first open the packing for your CR- 4, you should f ind the followin g (as well as t his manual): •T h e C R - 4 i t s e l f • An AC power adapter • Y our warranty card and other service infor- mation. Contact your KORG dealer if any of these items are missing. Save the packing in ca[...]

Introduction 5 • A void smoking, eating or drinking over the CR-4. Smoke particles, food cr umbs and spilled liquids are the enemies of fine audio gear . • Use the best possi ble new cassettes (T ype II) wherever possibl e, for high quality res u lt s. • Use shorter tapes when ever you can. A void C-90 (or longer) tapes if possible beca use t[...]

6 Finding your way around the CR-4 Use this “r oad map” as a quick guide to find important features of your CR-4. Speakers: turn these on and of f with t he rear panel switch. Y ou can also use headphones as an alterna- tive monitoring met hod. Stereo head- phones go in here Ampworks ef f ect. Use this to give y our playing a distinc- tive soun[...]

7 Setting up the CR-4 T o use the CR-4, you need to make enough room on a level firm surface for the unit itself, and also leave enough space for connec tions. There ar e two kinds of connections to make (as well as the power connection): the audio con- nections to the CR-4 and the connections from the unit. Y ou may want to look at the “road map[...]

8 Setting up the CR-4 Y ou may want to take up any slack in the tape cassette, using a pencil, before you load it into the CR-4. 1 Lift the cassette li d (use your fi ngers— there’s no eject button). 2 Mark the tape with your project (song) name and the date, and add “CR-4” so that you know in the futur e that it ’s a multi- track tape. 3[...]

9 Making your first recording For this recor ding, let’s assume that you are starting with a bass and drum part on the first two tracks and the drum sou nds will come from a r hythm (drum) machine. The bass guitar wi ll be recor ded on track 1, and the drum part on track 2. There’s also one gui- tar part (track 3) and on e vocal part (track 4).[...]

10 Making your first recording 8 When you reach the end of the r hythm track, stop the r hythm machine, pr ess the [P AUSE] button, and then pr ess the [ST OP] button. Rewind the tape to the zero posi- tion (where you started the recor ding). T urn down track 2’s [TRIM] control and disconnect the rhythm mach ine . 9 IMPOR T ANT! Press the [REC/OL[...]

Making your first recording 11 ............... Recording a guitar This is almost the same as recor ding the bass. Use track 3 for the guitar part. Un plug the bass from input 1, and connect the guitar to input 3. Adjust the [TRIM] as you did for the bass (and don’t for get to turn down the [TRIM] on tr ack 1). Y ou will probably want to choose an[...]

12 Making your first recording ............... Mixdown For mixdown, it’s a good idea to use speakers, rather than headphones, so turn the speakers back on. Unplug the headphones to achieve the best sound quality fr om the [LINE OUT]. Mixing levels When you’re mixing down, make sure that the master meter ’s [+6] indicator is only lighting in t[...]

13 More advanced techniques Here ar e a few mor e techniques that you can use to help with your recording. ............... Multi-track recording The CR-4 allows you to recor d four tracks at once. The example we gave above only recor ded one track at a time. If you are r ecording a gr oup of musicians, you ca n rec o rd mo re t ha n on e t ra c k a[...]

14 Ampworks ef fects These rotary dials allow you to choose a model to add life to your playin g, as well as allowing ............... you to select a digital effect. ............... Controls [MID-FC/GAIN] W ith the VOCAL1, VOCAL2, V AL VE, LA STUDIO and AC EQ modeling set- tings, adjusts the mid fr equency . W ith other settings, acts as a g ain co[...]

Ampworks effects 15 ............... Ef fects In addition, ther e ar e eleven digital ef fects you can apply to your playing and vocals . These are listed her e: ............... The T AP control Use the [T AP] control to match the timing of the digital effect s with your music. Use it in the following way —press the [T AP] button a number of times[...]

16 Fur ther uses for the CR-4 ............... Using the CR-4 as a guitar combo T o us e the CR-4 as a very portable guitar combo, with built-in amp modeling and built- in effects: 1 Connect your guitar to track 1. Press the [REC/OL] button and adjust the [TRIM] and fader leve ls ( → p.10). 2 Switch track 1’s [EFFECT] switch on, and select your [...]

17 Specifications ............... Cassette recorder ............... Physical specifications ............... Audio specificatio ns and perfor mance ............... Ef fects ............... Dimensional drawing Tr a c k f o r m a t 4 tracks, 4 channels Head configuration 1 x 4-track record/r eplay head (Permalloy) 1 x 4-track erase head (ferrite) Moto[...]

18 Block Diagram A/D EFF D/A EFF SW 1 EFF SW 2 EFF SW 3 EFF SW 4 MTR HEAD -PHONE METER -10dB -5dB 0dB +6dB LINE-OUT L R LEVEL REC FUNCTION TAPE OUT REC sig 4ch R ECORDER PAN L R PAN L R PAN L R PAN L R MASTER LEVEL SPEAKER SW INOUT 1 INOUT 2 INOUT 3 INOUT 4 OL OL OL OL CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 TRK1 TRK2 TRK3 TRK4 -10dBV TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM -10dBV/-50dBV -10[...]

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