KORG M3 - Manual (Page 96)

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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Step recording
Step recording is the recording method in which you
specify the duration and strength of each note, and use
the keyboard to specify the pitch of each MIDI note.
You can use the Rest button and Tie button of the
dialog box to input rests and ties.
Step recording is useful when you want to create
mechanically precise beats, or when you need to record
a phrase that would be difficult to play by hand “in
realtime,” or when you find it difficult to play
extremely complicated or rapid passages.
An example of step recording
In this example, we’ll assign a bass program to MIDI
Track 02 and step-record the following two-measure
bass phrase.
1. Specify a bass program for MIDI Track 02. Use
Track Select to select MIDI Track 02, and verify
that you hear a bass program.
2. Access the P6: Track Edit– Track Edit page.
3. Set “From Measure” to 001.
With this setting, step recording will begin from
measure 1.
4. Press the menu button, and press menu command
“MIDI Step Recording.”
A dialog box will appear.
5. In “Step Time,” use “Select” to specify the basic
timing value at which you will input notes and
rests.
Input the first C3 note as . (dotted eighth note).
Use the popup button at the left to select .
You can choose from the range (whole note)– (32nd
note).
Input a dotted note by selecting “.” with the popup
buttons at right.
You can specify “3” to input a triplet. If you want to
use the unmodified length of the note that’s selected at
the left, choose “–”.
“Note Duration” indicates the length that the note
itself will sound. Smaller values will produce a
staccato note, and larger values will produce a legato
note. For this example, leave this setting unchanged.
“Note Velocity” is the velocity (playing strength), and
larger values will produce a louder volume. Set this to
Key.
If you select Key for this parameter, the velocity with
which you actually play the keyboard will be input.
6. On the keyboard, press and then release the first
C3 note that you want to input.
The data you input will appear in the display as
numerical values. In the upper right, Measure 001 Beat
Tick 01.000 will change to Measure 001 Beat Tick
01.360. The next note you input will be placed at this
location.
7. Input the remaining notes as described in steps 5
and 6. (You’ve already input the first C3 note.)
In addition to the methods described in steps 5 and 6,
you can also use the following input methods.
• To input a rest, press the Rest button. This will
input a rest of the Step Time value.
• To modify the length of a note, you can modify the
Step Time value before you input the note.
However if you want to extend the length (tie) of
the note, press the Tie button. At this time, the
previously-input note will be extended by the Step
Time
length.
• To delete a note or rest that you input, press the
Step Back button. The previously-input note will be
deleted.
• To input a chord, simultaneously press the notes of
the desired chord. Even if you do not press them
simultaneously, notes that are pressed before you
fully remove your hand from all keys on the
keyboard will be input at the same location.
• If you want to verify the pitch of the note that you
will input next, press the PAUSE switch. In this
state, playing a key will produce a sound, but will
not input a note. Press the PAUSE switch once
again to cancel the record-pause state, and resume
inputting notes.