KORG Speaker System - Manual (Page 59)

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Basic functions
P2: Edit-Trk Param
Settings for status, MIDI channel,
and playing mode
MIDI Channel tab
Status
Select a “Status” of INT for all timbres that you wish to
use. Select Off for unused timbres.
Timbres that are set to INT will sound the TRITON’s
internal tone generator. Timbres set to Off, EXT, or EX2
will not sound. Timbres set to EXT or EX2 can control
an external tone generator connected via MIDI.
MIDI Channel
Timbres that you wish to play from the TRITON’s key-
board must be set to the global MIDI channel. Your
playing on the keyboard is transmitted on the global
MIDI channel, and will sound any timbre that matches
this channel. Normally you will set this to Gch. When
this is set to Gch, the MIDI channel of the timbre will
always match the global MIDI channel, even if you
change the global MIDI channel.
On some preset combinations that use the arpeg-
giator, timbres assigned to the arpeggiator may
not have a “Status” of INT and “MIDI Channel” of
Gch
.
The reason for this is that these settings are for tim-
bres that sound only when the arpeggiator is on.
This is a very useful technique for creating combi-
nations that use the arpeggiator. Refer to “Dual
arpeggiator editing” (
☞ p.104) and to “7–1b”
( ☞ p.39) in the Parameter Guide, and study the rela-
tionship between arpeggiator assignments, “Sta-
tus,” and “MIDI Channel.”
Bank Select (when Status = EX2)
This setting is valid when “Status” is set to EX2. It
specifies the Bank Select message that will be transmit-
ted from the TRITON.
OSC tab
Force OSC Mode
Normally you will set this to PRG.
If you wish to force a polyphonic program to sound
monophonically, set this either to MN (Mono) or LGT
(Legato)
. Conversely, set this to Poly if you wish to
force a monophonic program to play polyphonically
(
☞ p.33 in the Parameter Guide).
OSC Select
Normally you will set this to BTH (Both).
If the timbre is using a program whose “OSC Mode” is
Double
, and you want only OSC1 or OSC2 (not both)
to sound, set this to OS1 (only OSC1 will sound) or
OS2
(only OSC2 will sound).
Portamento
Normally you will set this to PRG.
If you want the portamento setting specified for the
program of the timbre to be forced off, set this parame-
ter to Off. Conversely, if you want to forcibly turn the
portamento on, or to change the portamento time, set
this to a value of 001–127 to specify the portamento
time.
Pitch tab
Transpose, Detune
These parameters adjust the pitch of the timbre.
• In a layer-type combination, you can set two or
more timbres to the same program, and create a
richer sound by using “Transpose” to shift their
pitch apart by an octave or by using “Detune” to
create a slight difference in pitch between the two.
• In a split-type combination, you can use
“Transpose” to change the pitch of the program in
each key zone in steps of an octave.
• If you wish to change the playback pitch of a drum
program, use “Detune.” If you change the
“Transpose” setting, the correspondence between
notes and drum sounds will change.
Combination mode