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Contents
GETTING
STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Before you begin.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2. Front and Rear Panels . . . . . . . .10
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Arrangement Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Song Play mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Song Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Disk/Global mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Display pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4. Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording new songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Standard MIDI Files (SMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5. MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the iS40/iS50 with an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . 38
Controlling the iS40/iS50 with a master keyboard . . . . . . . . 40
Controlling another instrument with the iS40/iS50. . . . . . . . . 40
What is General MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
What are Standard MIDI Files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6. Connecting to a computer (iS40) 42
Installing and setting up the “Korg MIDI Driver” software. . . . .44
Reading Standard MIDI Files with Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
REFERENCE
GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . .53
7. Arrangement Play mode. . . . . . 54
Functions of Arrangement Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Tempo and chord scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Page 1: Performance monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Page 2: Style select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Page 3: Track settings (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Page 4: Track settings (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Page 5: Ensemble/Variation change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Page 6: Keyboard scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Page 7: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Page 8: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Page 9: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Page 10: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Page 11: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Page 12: Rename Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Page 13: Write Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Page 14: Write Keyboard Set (only the iS40) . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
8. Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . 65
Functions in Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Page 1: Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Page 1: Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Page 2: Step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Page 3: Erase Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Page 4: Copy Backing Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Page 5: Edit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Page 6: Edit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Page 7: Shift note (Transposition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Page 8: Event edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Page 9: Extra Track settings (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Page 10: Extra Track settings (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Page 11: Effect select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Page 12: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Page 13: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Page 14: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Page 15: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Page 16: Next Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
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