Korg MICROKORGXL140210 manual

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Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight • Locations of extreme temperature or hu midity • Excessively dusty or dirty locations • Locations of excessive vibration • Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the desig nated AC adapter to an AC out- let of th[...]

Table of Contents 3 T able of Contents Introduction ........................................... 5 1. Main features ...... ................................ ............... 5 2. Front and rear panels ...... ........... ............ .......... 6 Front panel ..................................................................................... .........[...]

microKORG XL 4 4. Vocoder parameters .......... ................ ............. 55 Front panel vocoder parameters .............................................................. 55 5. Global parameters ............. ................ ............. 57 6. MIDI parameters .... ............... ................. .......... 59 7. Global utility parameters .[...]

Introduction 5 Introduction Introduc tion Thank you for purchasing the Korg microKORG XL . In order to take full advantage of your new instrument, please read this manual carefully and use the product as directed. 1. Main fea tures 1. Synthesi zer functional ity featuring MMT analog modeli ng The microKORG XL provides a broad range of oscillator al[...]

microKORG XL 6 2. Front and rear panels Fron t p an e l 12 3 45 6 78 9 1 0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1. [VOLUME] knob This adjusts the volume of the OUTPUT jacks (L/MON O, R) and head- phone jack. 2. [TEMPO] knob This adjusts the tempo (speed) of the arpeggiator , LFO, or delay ef fect. The LED above the knob will blink in synch ronization with the t[...]

Introduction 7 8. [VOCODER] (AUDIO IN THRU) button This turns the vocoder on/off ( J p. 13). (When on, the LED above the but - ton will be lit.) By holding down the [EXIT/SHIFT] button and pressing this button, you can switch the AUDIO IN THRU setting ( J p. 13). 9. [WRITE] button Press this button to save a program or global settings you’ve edit[...]

microKORG XL 8 Rear panel 6 7 8 9 1 3 4 5 2 1. [HEADPHONES] jack Y ou can connect headphones to this ja ck (stereo 1/4"). 2. OUTPUT [L/MONO], [R] jacks Y ou can connect powered monitors, a stereo amp , mixer , or multi-track recorder to these jacks. If you’re using a monaural connecti on, connect the [L/MONO] jack. 3. AUDIO IN [LINE] j ack T[...]

Preparations 9 Prepara tions 1. Connec tions MIDI IN MIDI OUT USB Mic Mic Computer connect AC adaptor (included) to electrical outlet Monitor speakers (amplified) Headphones MIDI keyboard, sound module, rhythm machine, etc. The illustration belo w shows a typi cal example of connections for the microKORG XL . Connect your equipment as appropriate f[...]

microKORG XL 10 2. T urning the pow er on Before y ou turn on the power Make sure that the power switch is off (the outward position) before you prepare the power supply . Connecting the AC adapter 1. Make sure that the microKORG XL is powered- off. 2. Conn ect the included AC adapte r to the DC9V jack located on the rear p anel. Use only the inclu[...]

Preparations 11 T urning the po w er off After completing any necessary operations such as saving your edited pro- gram, turn off the power using the following procedure. Never turn off the power while data is bein g saved (i.e., while execut - ing the Write operation). Doing so may destroy internal data. 1. Lower the volume of your power ed monito[...]

microKORG XL 12 Qu i c k s ta rt 1. Demo per formance Listening to the demo The microKORG XL contains demo songs that show off its sounds ( J p. 98 “3.Demo Song”). 1. Hold down the [ EXIT/SHIFT] bu tton and pr ess the [ARP ON] button. The demo performance will begin. 2. Y ou can use the [1] knob to switch song s during the demo. 3. Pr ess the [[...]

Quick start 13 Playing a v ocoder program A vocoder modifies the signal from an oscillator or other source (the “car- rier”) by applying the spectral characte r istics of an external input source such as a human voice (the “modulator”). The most common way to use a vocoder is to pr oduce a “talking instru- ment” effect by taking the inp[...]

microKORG XL 14 3. Modifying the sound T o make your performance more expr essive , you can modi fy the sounds of the microKORG XL by using the [1]–[3] knobs, the [PITCH] wheel, the [MOD] wheel, and by how you pla y the keyboard. T ry out various ways to play each program you select. Using the controllers Using the [PIT CH] wheel and [MOD] wheel [...]

Quick start 15 Using the [ OCTA VE] le ver to swit ch oc tav es The area of pitches assigned to the keyboar d can be changed in one- octave steps over a range of +/–3 oct aves. C6–C9 UP LED lit red C5–C8 UP LED lit orange C4–C7 UP LED lit green Lever operation Lever operation Move toward DOWN Move toward UP C3–C6 dark C2–C5 DOWN LED lit[...]

microKORG XL 16 Using the k nobs to modify the sound Performance edit parameters When the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial is set to “ASSIGN,” “FIL TER,” “AMP EG ,” “EFFECT ,” or “ARP ,” you can use knobs [1]–[3] to control the performance edit functions. Try turning each knob, and hear the sound change in realtime. Using performan[...]

0 Attack Level Time Note on Note off Level [1]: Attack Time [3]: Sustain Level [2]: Decay Time [4]: Release Time [1] [3] [4] [2] EG2 Quick start 17 P er formance editing when ASSIGN is selected If the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial is set to “ASSIGN,” the most useful parameters for the currently selected program will be assigned to the knobs. NOTE[...]

microKORG XL 18 4. Pla ying arpeggios Using the arpeggia tor The arpeggiator is a function that automatically plays a br oken chord (arpeggio) when you hold down a chord on the keyboard. The microKORG XL ’ s arpeggiator provides six arpeggio types, an d allows you to change various aspects of the arpeggio, such as the duration (gate time) of the [...]

Editing the sound 19 Editing the sound 1. Ho w a program is or ganized Before you start editing, you’ll need to understand the basics of how the sounds are created. Once you understand how the microKORG XL ’s sounds are structured, you’ll be able to freely create the sounds you want. Synthesiz er Tim bre 1 Tim bre 2 Synth Synth EQ EQ ARPEGGIA[...]

microKORG XL 20 Oscillator (OSC1, OSC2, NOISE) Oscillator 1 (OSC1) lets you choose from seven types of oscilla tor algo- rithm such as the sawtooth wave or square w ave familiar from analog syn- thesizers, as well as formant wa ve, noise, and PCM/DWGS, and also lets you select the input signal from the AUDIO IN jack. Y o u can also apply cross modu[...]

Editing the sound 21 Arpeggiator (ARPEGGIA TOR) The arpeggiator automatically generates an arpeggio (broken chord) when you hold down a chord on the keyboard. For programs t hat use two tim- bres, you can apply the arpeggiator to ei ther or both timbr es. This is a step arpeggiator with six arpeggio types. Vo c o d e r Vo co d e r Carrier Modulator[...]

microKORG XL 22 Carrier (CARRIER) The most suitable choice as a carrier is a waveform that contains large numbers of overtones, such as a sawtooth wave or pulse wave. The output of timbres 1 and 2 is mi xed and used as the carrier. Modulator (MODULA TOR) A human voice is typically used as the modulator , but you can also obtain unique results by us[...]

Editing the sound 23 3. Full E dit mode If you set the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial to “FU LL EDIT ,” all o f the parameters will be available for editing. NOTE This inc ludes the MIDI-r elated se ttings (GLOBAL). Editing in Full Edit mode 1. Select the program that you want to edit. 2. Set the [KNOB FUNCTION SEL ECT] dial to FULL EDIT . 3. Use [...]

microKORG XL 24 If the parameter value does not change when y ou turn the kno b Suppose that you’ve turned knob [1] to edit a certain parameter , and that the knob is in the position shown. Then suppose that you use the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial to switch sections and edit the parameter that’s assigned to knob [1], and that the actual value o[...]

Editing the sound 25 The LED of the selected timbre will light-up, and that timbre will be the one affected by your editing. NOTE The TIMBRE SEL ECT LED won’t light if t he COMMON page “VO - IC.MOD E” pa rameter is SINGLE . The LED of the tim bre being edited will l ight if you’ ve selected LA YER, SPLIT , or MUL TI as the voice mode ( J p.[...]

microKORG XL 26 3. Connect an audio signal from your external device to the input, and adjust the AUDIO IN [LEVEL] knob as high as possible without allowing the “C LIP” indicator to appear in the display . 4. Play th e keyboard while listening to the sound. 5. Edit th e filter , amp, EG , LFO, and effect settings to modify the sound. Pitch-rela[...]

Editing the sound 27 3. Use knob [3] to turn the selected step on/of f. TYPE: UP LAST STEP: 8 In the display , enabled steps are indicated as “O” (on). If you turn knob [3] to change the indication to “–” (off), that step will be a rest. NOTE The number of av ailabl e steps is spe cified by the ARP page “LAST .STEP” p arameter ( J p. [...]

microKORG XL 28 5. O ther func tions Initializing a program Here’s how to initialize the settings of the currently selected program. 1. In Full Edit mode, turn knob [1] to select “IN IT .PROG .” 2. T urn knob [2] to make the display indicate “SURE Y/N.” Here you can select either “YES” or “NO.” 3. T o initialize, select “YES” [...]

Editing the sound 29 Procedure for transmission Connect the microKORG XL ’s MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN of the device that will be receiving the MIDI data dump, and set both devices to the same MIDI channel. If you want to use a USB connection, co nnect the microKORG XL to your computer via a USB cable. NOTE For details on co nnections, ref[...]

microKORG XL 30 2. Use knob [2] to select the desired type of preload dat a. 1 PROG: Only the data for the currently selected program w ill be loaded (the parameters of the NAME–VC BANK pages and the settings of the front panel buttons and knobs) . ALL PROG: All program data will be loaded. GLOBAL: Global data will be loaded (the parameters of th[...]

Saving (Writing) 31 Sa ving ( Writing) 1. S aving the settings y ou’v e edit ed If you’ve edited a program and would like to u se that edited program again in the future, you’ll need to save (write) it. Likewise, if you’ve edited settings in the GLOBAL–USR.SCALE pages, the changes you made will be lost if you turn off the power before sav[...]

microKORG XL 32 P arameter Guide 1. Timbre parameters NAME The microKORG XL lets you assign a name of up to eight characters to each program. In Play mode, the display will show the program number an d program name. T o edit the program name 1. Use knob [1] to select the NAME page. 2. Use knob [2] to move th e cursor to the character that you want [...]

Parameter Guide 33 T2MIDI.CH (Timbre 2 MIDI channel) .................... ......... [ GLOBAL, 01…16] When the “VOIC.MODE” is set to either Layer or Multi, this parameter can be used to set the MIDI channel for timbre 2. If you choose Global, the MIDI channel of timbr e 2 will match the global MIDI channel. NOTE Timbre1 will alwa ys be set t o[...]

microKORG XL 34 KNOB Here you can assign the parameter that will be controlled by kn obs [1]–[3] when you set the [KNOB FUNCTION SELECT] dial to ASSIGN. Y ou can make assignments for knobs [1]–[3] independently for timbre 1 and timbre 2; the knobs will control t he timbre that’s selected by the [TIMBRE SELECT] lever . NOTE With the fa ctory s[...]

Parameter Guide 35 UNISON Here you can adjust settings for the Un ison function which “stacks” voices at the same pitch to create a richer sound. MODE ............ ............... ............ ............... [ OFF , 2 V OICE , 3 VOICE , 4 VO ICE] When the Unison Switch is turned on, y ou can specify the numbe r of voices that will be stacked. [...]

microKORG XL 36 TRANSPOS (Transpose) ..................... ............... ............... ....... [–48...+48] Adjusts the pitch of the oscillators in semitone steps. The range is four octaves upward or downwar d. NOTE This setting is related to the p itch of the osc illators them selves; this is n ot the same as the OCT A VE [U P], [DOWN ] butto[...]

OSC2 OSC1 Cross Mod Depth OSC2 output OSC1 output OSC1 Freq Mod OSC1–1 OSC1–2 OSC1–3 OSC1 Output Unison Detune OSC1–4 OSC1–5 Parameter Guide 37 UNISON : Unison simulates skew ing the pitc h of five stacked oscillators from within a single oscillat or , to create a richer sound. VPM (V aria ble Phase Modulation): VPM produces metallic-s ou[...]

microKORG XL 38 1. When W ave: Saw , Pulse , T riangle, Sine and OSC1 Mod: W av eform Control1: W AVEFORM ........... ............... ............ ............... ....... [000…127] This modifies the waveform. • W A VE: SA W 000 063 127 The sawtooth wave is appropriate for creating a wide range of sounds typi- cal of analog synthesizers, includi[...]

Parameter Guide 39 3. When W ave: Noise, and OSC1 Mod: Wav eform Control1: Resonanc e .................... ............... ............... .......... [000…127] This parameter adjusts the amount of re sonance of the filter provided within the noise oscillator . Higher values w ill emphasize the frequency points for the pitched component within the[...]

microKORG XL 40 Control2: L FO 1 Intensi ty ........ ............... ............ ............... .... [000…127] This parameter adjusts the depth of the additional modulation applied by LFO1 to the cross modulation effect. 7. When W ave: Saw , Pulse , T riangle, Sine and OSC1 Mod: Unis on Control1: Detune .......... ............... ............ .[...]

Parameter Guide 41 RING : Oscillator 2 will be used as a ring modulator . By adjusting “SEMI- TONE” or “TUNE” you can create metallic sounds with little sense of pitch. This is useful for sound effects. Ring modulation generates the sum and difference of the oscillator 1 and 2 waveforms. For example, select a puls e wave (PULSE for oscillat[...]

microKORG XL 42 PUNCH.L VL (Punch Le ve l) .................... ............... ............... .... [000…127] Creates a more “snappy” attack by adjus ting the amount of pulse waveform that is added to the oscillator output only during the attack. Increasing this value will emphasize the attack. FIL TER1 The filter section changes the tonal c[...]

Parameter Guide 43 ROUTING .............. ............ ............... .... [SINGLE, SERIAL, P ARALLEL, INDIV ] S pecifies the routing (connection) between filter 1 and f ilter 2. EG1 INT (EG1 Intensity/Filter1) ........... ............ ............... .......... [–63...63] Time Note on Note off Cutoff Sustain Level Attack Time Decay Time Release[...]

microKORG XL 44 Increasingly negative (–) settings will allow a correspondingly greater effect in the opposite direction. KEY TRK (Keyboard T racking/Filt er1) ....... ............ ............. [–2.00...+2.00] This specifies how keyboard tra cking (the keyboard location that you play) will affect the cutoff frequency . For example if the sound[...]

Parameter Guide 45 With positive (+) settings, the volume will increase as you play above the C4 note on the keyboard, and will decrease as you play below C4. With negative (–) settings, the volume will decrease as you p lay above the C4 note on the keyboard, and will increase as you play below C4. NOTE Keyboard Track operates accor ding to t he [...]

microKORG XL 46 POSITION .......... ............... ............ ............... ........... [PRE F ILT1, PRE AMP ] S pecifies the position at which the dr ive or wave shape functions will be applied. PRE FILT1 : Drive or wave shape will be applied bef ore filter 1. PRE AMP : Drive or wave shape will be applied after the filter and before the amp. [...]

Parameter Guide 47 VEL INT ( Velocity Intensity) .................... ............... ............... . [–63...+63] This specifies how your keyboard velocity (playing streng th) will affect the amplitude of EG1. Higher settings of th is parameter will allow changes in your keyboard velocity to produce gr eater differences in EG amplitude. EG2 Her[...]

microKORG XL 48 LFO 1, LFO 2 Each timbre contains two LFOs. An LFO produces a cyclic change that can be used to modulate the pitch, tone, or volume of the sound . NOTE LFO1 and LFO2 can b e used as Virtu al Patch s ources to apply modula - tion to a variety of p aram eters. ( J p. 49 ) LFO (Low F requency Os cillator) The LFO (Low Frequency Oscilla[...]

Parameter Guide 49 ON : The LFO will be synchronized to the [TEMPO] knob or to MIDI Clock messages from an external device. NOTE If “BPM SYNC” is On, select ing LFO1FREQ or LFO2FREQ as “DEST” i n P A T CH 1–6 w ill have no ef fect. FREQ (Frequency) ................ ............... ............... ............. [0.01...100.0Hz] S pecifies [...]

microKORG XL 50 DEST (Destination) .................... ............... ............ ......... [PITCH…P .INT6] Selects the parameter (destination) that will be controlled by the modula- tion. For example if you select Tune, modulation will be applied to the over- all pitch of the timbre. INTENST Y (Pa tch Intensity) .................... .........[...]

Parameter Guide 51 EQ (Equalizer) 3dB 3dB Low EQ Frequency High EQ Frequency 0dB +Gain –Gain EQ Here you can adjust the equ alizer se ttings. The equalizer is a shelving type. L O FREQ (Low EQ Frequency) ...................... ............... ..... [0020…1000Hz] S pecifies the frequency of the low equalizer . L O GAIN (Low EQ Gain) ............[...]

microKORG XL 52 2. Arpeggio parameters Front P anel Arpeggio P arameters [TEMPO] knob S pecifies the playback tempo of the arpeggiator . NOTE The speed of mo dulation s equences and LFOs for which “BPM Sync” is On will be synchroniz ed to the tem po you sp ecify here. ARPEGGIA TOR TEMPO LED This will blink at quarter-note interv als of the temp[...]

Parameter Guide 53 TRIGGER : The notes you are holding down will be played simultaneously at the tempo and “RESOLUTN” timing. The “OCT .RANGE” setting will be ignored. NOTE If you are hol ding down more note s than the maximum polyp hony of the timbre, the low est pitches you are ho lding dow n will be playe d, up to the maximum polyphony .[...]

microKORG XL 54 ARP .STEP (Arpeggiator Step) Here you can turn each step of the arpeggio pattern on/off. This is a way to give more variety to arpeggios that might become boring. TRIGGER .............. ............ ............... ............... ............ .............. [OF F , O N ] Note status: O: Will sound --: Won’t sound S pecify the on/[...]

Parameter Guide 55 4. V ocoder paramet ers Front panel v ocoder parameters [VOCODER] button This switches the V ocoder function on/off. Off (LED unlit): V ocoder is of f. The program will not use the vocoder . On (LED lit): The vocoder is on. The pr ogram will be a vocoder prog ram, and the vocoder parameters wi ll be available for editing. If you [...]

microKORG XL 56 VC FIL T ( V ocoder Filter) Here you can adjust the settings for the car rier’s sixteen band-pass filters and modulator ’s envelope filter . Y ou’ ll be using these parameters fre- quently , since they play an important role in determining the character of the vocoder . FRMNT .SFT (Formant Shift) ..... ............... ........[...]

Parameter Guide 57 VC BAND ( V ocoder Band) These parameters specify the output level and panning (stereo position) for each of the carrier ’s sixteen band-pas s filters (the synthesis filter). LEVEL1...16 .... ............... ............... ............ ............... .............. [000...127] S pecifies the output level of each band. P AN1..[...]

microKORG XL 58 VEL.CURVE ( Velocity Curve) ..... ............ ............... .......... [1…8, CONST127] 4 5 Strength (MIDI Velocity) ppp MIN (1) Velocity MAX (127) 3 8 7 6 2 1 fff (1) (127) 1 2, 3 4 5 6 7 8 CONST127 Different velocity curve lets you t ailor the response o f the keyboard to your own playing style. Lighter curves ar e best for he[...]

Parameter Guide 59 PROTECT ................. ............... ............... ............... ............... ..... [OF F , O N ] This specifies whether internal memory will be pro tected. OFF : Y ou’ll be able to write to internal memo ry . ON : The following Write operations will be prohibited. • Writing a program • Loading the factory-set d[...]

MIDI OUT MIDI IN TG OUTPUT DUMP IN etc... KBD/KNOB OUT DUMP OUT etc... USB MIDI RX (EXT) USB MIDI TX (INT) USB MIDI TX (EXT) USB MIDI RX (INT) microKORG XL MIDI OUT microKORG XL KBD/KNOB microKORG XL MIDI IN microKORG XL SOUND microKORG XL PC USB-MIDI Port microKORG XL 60 USB: Only the USB connector will be used to transmit and receive MIDI message[...]

Parameter Guide 61 SYS EX (System Ex clusive) ....... ............... ............ .......... [DISABLE, ENABLE] Selects whether MIDI system excl usive messages will be transmitted and received. DISABLE : MIDI system exclusive messages will not be transmitted or received. ENABLE : MIDI system exclusive messages will be transmitted and received. MIDI[...]

microKORG XL 62 USR.SC ALE (User Sc ale) Here you can specify a user -defined scale. Y ou can specify a pitch adjust- ment of –63 to +63 cents for each note in the octave (C–B). KEY .................. ............ ............... ............... ............ ............... ...... [ C...B] Select the note whose pitch you want to adjust. (V al u[...]

Effect guide 63 Eff ec t guide 1. About the effects As effects, the micro KORG XL provides a two-band EQ and two master effects. Y ou can use the EQ to modi fy the sound of each timbre, and use the master effects to apply spatial-type processing to the overall sound. For each master effect you can choose one of seventeen full-digital ef fects, whic[...]

microKORG XL 64 About the delay time TM RA TIO (Time Ratio) For delay effects, the actual delay time will be the delay time multiplied by the “TM RA TIO.” For example, • If “BPM SYNC”: Off, “L DELA Y”: 0800ms, “R DELA Y”: 0400 ms, and “TM RA TIO”: 50% , then the actual delay time will be 400 ms in the left channel and 200 ms i[...]

Effect guide 65 2. Effec t P arameters • [Parameter name] : These are the parameters that can be assigned to [CTRL-1] or [CTRL-2]. ( J p. 63 “Effect knob assignments” ) 1. COMPRESR (Stereo Compressor) Left Right Dry / Wet Dry / Wet Stereo In - Stereo Out Compressor Compressor Output Level Output Level Envelope - Control Envelope - Control Thi[...]

microKORG XL 66 FL T T Y PE (Filter T ype) .............. ............... ............ ............... ............ ......... [LPF24 (–24dB/oct), LPF18 (–18dB/ oc t), LPF12 (–12dB/oct), HPF12 (–12dB/oct), BPF12 (–12dB/oc t)] Selects the filter type. J p. 42 “TYPE BAL (Filter1 Balance)” CUT OFF ........... ............... ............ [...]

Effect guide 67 KEY SYNC (LFO KeySync) ................ ............... ............ ............... .. [O F F, ON ] S pecifies how the LFO will be reset at note-on. NOTE This pa rameter will b e displayed an d can be set if “M OD SRC ” is LFO. Note on Note on Note on Note all off With OFF , the LFO phase will not be reset when note-on occurs. [...]

microKORG XL 68 B1 T YPE ..................... ............ ............... ............ ...... [P EAKING , SHELV L O] Selects the EQ type of Band 1. B1 FREQ (B1 Frequenc y) ................ ............ ............... .... [20Hz…20.0kHz] Sets the center frequency of Band 1. B1 Q ........... ............... ............ ............... .........[...]

Effect guide 69 B1 FREQ (B1 Frequenc y) ................ ............ ............... ....... [20Hz…20kHz] Sets the center frequency of Band 1. B1 Q ........... ............... ............ ............... ............ ............... .. [00.5…10.0] Sets the bandwidth of Band 1. B1 GAIN .......... ............... ............ ............... ..[...]

microKORG XL 70 FS.MOD .INT (Fs Modula tion Intensity) ....... ............... ......... [–63…+63] Sets the depth of sampling frequency LFO modulation. LFO SYNC (LFO T empo Sync) ........ ............ ............... ............ ........ [O F F, ON ] S pecifies whether the LFO cycle will synchronize to the tempo specified by the [TEMPO] knob o[...]

Effect guide 71 FEEDBACK ................... ............ ............... ............... .......... [000…127] Sets the amount of feedback for the left and right channels. The amount of feedback for the right cha nnel is linke d with the proportion of the left and right delay times so that the decay times of the left and right channels will stay [...]

Left Right Dry / Wet Dry / Wet Stereo In - Stereo Out LFO Spread LFO Shape Pan Pan LFO MOD Depth Delay Delay High Damp High Damp Feedback Trim Trim microKORG XL 72 DRY/WET .......... ............... ............ ............... .. ["DRY " , 99:1…1:99, "W ET"] Sets the balance between the effect and dry sounds. BPM SYNC (Dela y[...]

Effect guide 73 9. MOD .DEL AY (Stereo Modula tion Delay) Left Right Feedback LFO Spread Dry / Wet Dry / Wet Stereo In - Stereo Out Delay Delay LFO This is a stereo modulation delay . DRY/WET .......... ............... ............ ............... .. ["DRY " , 99:1…1:99, "W ET"] Sets the balance between the effect and dry soun[...]

microKORG XL 74 LO DA M P ........... ............ ............... ............ ............... .......... [000…100%] Sets the damping amount in the low range. TRIM .......... ............... ............ ............... ............ ............... .... [000…127] Sets the input level. SA TURA TN (T ape Saturation) ........... ............ ....[...]

Effect guide 75 DELAY ............. ............ ............... ............ ............... ... [00.0…30.0ms] Sets the delay time in millisecond steps. MOD .DEPTH (Modulati on Depth) .............. ............ ............. [000…127] Sets the depth of LFO modulation. FEEDBACK ................... ............ ............... ............... .[...]

microKORG XL 76 SYNC.NOTE (LFO Sync Note) ............. ............ ............... ...... [8/1…1/64] Sets the LFO frequency as a proportion of the tempo set by the [T EMPO] knob. NOTE This pa rameter will b e displayed an d can be set if “LF O SYN C” is ON. J p. 66 “SYNC.NOTE (LFO Sync Note)” LFO WA VE (LFO Wa veform) ............ ... [[...]

Effect guide 77 KEY SYNC (LFO KeySync) ................ ............... ............ ............... .. [O F F, ON ] S pecifies whether the LFO will be reset by note-on. J p. 67 “KEY SYNC (LFO KeySync)” INI.PHASE (LFO Init Phase) .................. ............... ............ ...... [000…180°] Sets the starting location of the waveform. NOT[...]

Left Right Dry / Wet Dry / Wet Stereo In - Stereo Out Pre LPF Ring Modulator Pre LPF Ring Modulator Note No. OSC Mode Fixed Note (Key Follow) Fixed Frequency Pitch Note Offset, Fine Oscillator LFO microKORG XL 78 DRY/WET .......... ............... ............ ............... .. ["DRY " , 99:1…1:99, "W ET"] Sets the balance be[...]

Effect guide 79 17. GRAIN.SFT ( Grain Shifter) + Left Right Sample Cycle Dry / Wet Dry / Wet Wet: Mono In - Mono Out / Dry: Stereo In - Stereo Out LFO Grain Shifter This effect samples extremely brief fragments of the sound at a specified interval, and plays them as a loop. Th is is effective when used on external input sounds that are constantly c[...]

microKORG XL 80 MIDI 1. Using the microK ORG XL with other MIDI devices (MIDI) Here you can adjust MIDI-related settings for the microKORG XL . MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a world-wide standard for exchanging various types of musical data between electronic musical instruments and computers. When MIDI cables are use[...]

MIDI 81 Connecting an external MID I sequencer or computer etc. If you want to record your performance on the microKORG XL ’s keyboard into your external MIDI sequencer/com puter (via a MIDI interface), or use the microKORG XL as a combination of controller keyboard and MIDI sound module, or use the Editor/Librarian software included with the mic[...]

microKORG XL 82 • Normally when controlling the microKORG XL ’ s tone generator from an external MIDI device, you will set “POSIT ION” to PRE TG . The various set - tings listed above will affect the MIDI data that is received. The transmitted data will be processed as “TRANSPOS”: 0 and “VEL.CURVE ”: 4. “MIDI FIL TER ” settings [...]

MIDI 83 Using the external MIDI device as master and the microKORG XL as slave Connect the microKORG XL ’s MIDI IN connector to your external MIDI device’s MIDI OUT connector . Use knob [1] to select the MIDI page, use knob [2] to select “CLOCK,” and use knob [3] to select “EXT MIDI”; the microKORG XL will be the slave. Set your externa[...]

microKORG XL 84 Program change, Bank select Program change [ Cn, pp] (n: channel, pp: program number ) When you switch programs, a program chan ge message with a program number for the corresponding program 1 –128 (A1 1 –B88) will be transmit- ted. If you want program changes to be transmitted and received, set the MIDI FL T page “PROG CHG”[...]

MIDI 85 •E x p r e s s i o n ( C C # 1 1 ) [Bn, 0B, vv] When expression messages are received, the volume of a t imbre will be controlled. The volume will be at maximum if the maximum value (127) is received, and at zero if the minimum value (0) is received. • Damper pedal (CC#64) [Bn, 40, vv] Incoming damper pedal messages will tu rn the timbr[...]

microKORG XL 86 3. P arameters transmitted and receiv ed via NRPN Front panel knobs and buttons other than the controls listed above are assigned NRPN (Non Registered Parameter No.). NRPN messages can be used freely by any musical inst rument manufacturer or model. NRPN editing is performed usi ng the following pr ocedure. 1. Use NRPN MSB (CC#99) [[...]

MIDI 87 GA TE values Va l u e (transmitte d, r eceived) Gate Ti me [%] Va l u e (transm itted, r eceived) Gate Ti me [%] Va l u e (transmitted, re ceived) Gate Ti m e [%] Va l u e (transmitted, re ceived) Gate Ti me [%] For example if you want to switch the arpeggiator on/off from an external MIDI sequencer , make the following settings. Off: CC#99[...]

microKORG XL 88 Con tro ll in g t he Vi r t ua l Patc h1 …Patc h6 De st in ati on • Dest1…Dest6: [Bn, 63, 04, Bn, 62, 08…0D, Bn, 06, mm] (n: channel, mm: parameter value) Controlling the v ocoder parameters These messages are transmitted and received on the Global MIDI channel. F c Modulation Source FC.MOD.SRC (Fc Modulation Source): [Bn, 6[...]

MIDI 89 Vocoder Switch V ocoder switch: [Bn, 63, 05, Bn, 62, 04, Bn, 06, mm] (n: channel, mm: parameter value) Ot her controls These messages are transmitted and re ceived on the Global MIDI channel. V oice Mode (C OMMON page “VOIC.MODE”) V oice Mode (“VOIC.MOD E”): [Bn, 63, 05, Bn, 62, 00, Bn, 06, mm] (n: channel, mm: parameter value) Syst[...]

microKORG XL 90 4. Front panel knob/butt on control change assignments Control changes can be assigned to each front panel knob/button of the microKORG XL so that the changes in sound as controlled by knob/button operations can be transmitted as perfor mance data. NOTE For details on assigning control cha nges to the microKORG XL ’s knobs and but[...]

MIDI 91 FIL TE R2 CUTOFF CC#30 0...127 0...127 RESO CC#68 0...127 0...127 TYPE CC#29 0...42: LPF , 43...83: HPF , 85...127: BPF 0...42: LPF , 43...83: HPF , 85...127: BPF EG1 INT CC#69 0/1: –63, 2: –62...63: –1, 64: 0, 65: +1...127: +63 0/1: –63, 2: –62... 63: –1, 64: 0, 65: +1...12 7: +63 KEY TRK CC#82 0/1: –2... 64: 0...127: +2 0/1:[...]

microKORG XL 92 OSC 2 “SEMITONE” v alues The following table shows how the control change values transmitted/ received by the OSC2 page “SEMITONE” setting correspond to the value of the parameter . “ T YPE BAL ” values The following table shows how the control change values transmitte d/ received by the FIL T1 page “TYPE BAL” sett i[...]

MIDI 93 “SYNC.NOTE” value when LFO 1/ 2 or DELAY “BPM SYNC” = ON If BPM SYNC is on, the “FREQ” parameter of LFO 1/2 and the delay parameter of the master effect s will change to “SYNC.NOTE.” In conjunc- tion with this, the correspondence between the parameter va lue and the control change value transmitted/rece ived when you operate[...]

microKORG XL 94 Appendices 1. T rouble shooting Before you suspect a malfunction, please check the following points. P owe r does not turn on  Is the AC adapter connected to an AC outlet? J p. 9  Is the POWER switch turned on (pressed inward)? J p. 10 No sound  Is your powered monitor system or headphones connected to the cor - rect jack(s[...]

Appendices 95 Can't write programs or global settings  Is the GLOBAL page PROTECT setting OFF?  If the edited program or global setting did not remain, did you use knob [1] to specify the data to be saved when you execute d the Write opera - tion? Arpeggiator will not star t  Is the arpeggiator on ([ARP ON] key lit)?  Is the arpegg[...]

microKORG XL 96 2. Program List No. Program Name Genre Category V oice Mode Arpegg io A1 1 SYNBRASS VINT AGE POL Y SYNTH Single Of f A12 MG BASS VINT AGE BASS Single Off A13 ROBOSYNC VINT AGE LEAD Single Off A14 TIMELINE V INT AGE ARP/MOTION Sin gle On A15 P WM STR VINT AGE P AD/STRINGS Single Off A16 ROSE EP VINT AGE KEYBOARD/BELL Single Off A17 K[...]

Appendices 97 NOTE The sounds A18, A28, A48, A58, A68, A78 , A88, B1 8, B28, B48, B58, B68, B78, and B88 are pr ograms that u se the mic i nput (au dio input) . In order to pl ay these soun ds, you must connect a mic or exte rnal audio d e - vice to the microKORG X L and play t he keyboard whi le sound i s being input. NOTE With the fac tory settin[...]

microKORG XL 98 3. Demo Song No. Song Name A uthor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All Demo Songs: ©2008 KORG Inc. —All rights reserved. RADIOTEK KORG CLUBST AR Henning V erlage SNOW KORG BADGIRLZ KORG TRANCER Henning V erlage EVOL TION Hennin g V erlage TLKBOXER KOR G DEEPSEA KORG PUZZLES KORG PREVIEW H.V . x KORG[...]

Appendices 99 4. Specific ations and options Sound generation system MMT (Multiple Modeling T echnology) Programs Number of timbres Maximum 2 (when using Layer , S plit, or Multi) Polyphony 8 voices (up to 4 when the vocoder is selected) Synth 2 oscillator + noise generator Oscillator 1 W aveform SA W , PULSE, TRIANGLE, SINE, FORMANT , NOISE, PCM/D[...]

microKORG XL 100 5. Index A AC adapter ............................................ 10 ADSR ....................................................... 46 Amp (AMP)..................................... 19, 20 ARPEGGIATOR ....................... 21, 26, 82 Arpeggio parameter.......................... 52 ASSIGN ...........................................[...]

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