User manual KORG EA1MKII

[. . . ] Thank you purchasing the Korg ELECTRIBE·AmkII EA-1mkII. In order to enjoy long and troublefree use, please read this manual carefully and use the instrument correctly. E 1 Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight • Locations of extreme temperature or humidity • Excessively dusty or dirty locations • Locations of excessive vibration • Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the designated AC adapter to an AC outlet of the correct voltage. Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your unit is intended. Interference with other electrical devices Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience reception interference. [. . . ] If the gate time length of a step extends beyond the point at which the next step is sounded, the EG will not be re-triggered for the next step. • DEPTH (delay depth) Adjust the depth of the delay and the amount of feedback (the number of delay repeats). Rotating the knob toward the right will increase the level of the delayed sound and the amount of feedback. Raising the Depth excessively may cause the sound to distort. DECAY 0msec. . . 10sec 4. Pattern mode Length, Scale/Beat settings You can set the length (the length of the entire pattern) and the basic beat (time signature). The Length and Scale/Beat you specify here will affect the correspondence between step keys and note values, and the maximum number of steps as shown in the following diagram. While you hold down the SHIFT key, the step keys will light to indicate the length and beat of the current pattern. To change the Length, hold down the SHIFT key and press a Step Key 1. . . 4. To change the Beat/Scale, hold down the SHIFT key and press a Step Key 5. . . 7. It is not possible to view or change the Length or Beat/ Scale during playback or recording, or during Pattern Set Play. · If you select triplets ( 3 x 12) for Beat/Scale, step keys 13. . . 16 will have no function. Length SHIFT + Step key 1 SHIFT + Step key 2 SHIFT + Step key 3 SHIFT + Step key 4 1 2 3 4 Scale/Beat Correspondence between step keys and note values x 16 SHIFT + step key 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 x 16 SHIFT + step key 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 3 3 3 x 12 SHIFT + step key 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 What is Length? In this context, "Length" refers to the length of the rhythm pattern. The "Length" of the pattern will be either 16 steps or 12 steps, depending on the Scale and Beat settings of the pattern. A rhythm pattern in triple meter will be shown in triplets. Depending on the Length and Beat settings, a single pattern can have up to 64 steps. 26 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Swing settings By adjusting the Swing settings you can offset the note timing of the steps. For example, you can change a straight 16-beat by adding a slight "bounce" or shuffle. The Swing value can be adjusted from 50 to 75 (%), and will affect the note timing of even-numbered steps. A setting of 50 will produce a perfect 16beat, and a setting of 66 will produce a shuffle. If a pattern is playing back, press the Stop/Cancel key to stop playback. Rotate the dial to select the pattern for which you wish to make Swing settings. Hold down the SHIFT key, and press step key 8 (SWING). Once again press step key 8 to execute the Swing setting (key 8 will go dark). If you decide to cancel without making the setting, press the Stop/Cancel key. If the Length and Beat/Scale settings are set to triplets ( 3 x 12), the Swing setting has no effect. It is not possible to view or adjust the Swing parameter during playback or recording, or during Pattern Set Play. Maximum number of steps x 16 or x 16 x 16 16 32 48 64 12 24 36 48 2, 4 3 3, 5 About the Target Step Target Step 1. Turn off the Keyboard function key (the key will be dark). 1. 01. . . 4. 16 The value shown in the display when the parameter select LEDs indicate STEP REC is called the "target step. " The value shown in the display indicates the location of a certain step in the phrase pattern. [. . . ] When event-recording on a song, event data memory has filled up. If you attempt to record additional events, the "memory full" message will appear immediately. Either use Clear Event to delete unwanted events from a song, or record blank data to clear the memory. Restoring the factory set data The pattern and song data with which the EA-1mkII is shipped from the factory is referred to as the "preloaded data, " and you can restore this preloaded data back into the memory of the EA-1mkII. When you do this, the patterns you created and the songs which use these patterns will be erased, and replaced by the preloaded data. [. . . ]