KORG CX-3 - Manual (Page 16)

Basic operation
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■ How to check the “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter
1. In Normal mode, make sure that the display shows
the program name.
If the program name is not shown in the display, press
the [DISPLAY] key several times.
2. Press the [DISPLAY] key once, and check whether
the Percussion icon is shown at the right of
UPPER in the display.
The Percussion icon is displayed to indicate that the
“DB Preset’s Perc” parameter is set to Ena.
■ How to set the “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter
1. In Normal mode, press the [EDIT] key.
You will enter Normal Edit mode.
2. Press the PROGRAM [2] key, and then press the
[ ® ] key twice.
The “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter will appear.
3. Press the [–] key or [+] key to set the value to Ena.
4. Press the [EXIT] key to return to Normal mode.
EX mode
When you are playing a program, you can always
operate the keys of the PERCUSSION section to add
percussion. There is no need to check or make set-
tings.
Playing the drawbar settings
In addition to operating the keys of the front panel
PERCUSSION section, you can also use EX Percussion
(the five bars at the right of Drawbar 2).
Operations of the PERCUSSION section keys will
produce the same effects as in Normal mode.
The various EX Percussion bars will control the
percussion that is assigned to each bar. For details on
what is assigned to each bar, refer to “3. Playing the
CX-3” (p.8) and “3. Voice name list” (p.31).
Playing a program
The volume of the percussion is set by the EX Edit
mode Group 2 “EX Drawbar Type” parameter.
Key settings of the PERCUSSION section
[ON] key
This key switches the percussion on/off.
If this is off, pressing the [3rd] key, [SOFT] key, or
[FAST] key will produce no effect.
ON (LED lit) : Percussion will be on.
In Normal mode when percussion is on, there will be
no 1' sound.
[SOFT] key
This key switches the percussion volume (soft or
normal).
SOFT (LED lit) : The volume of the percussion will be
less than when Normal is selected.
The soft and normal volumes can be adjusted by the
Normal Edit mode or EX Edit mode Group 3 “Perc
Norm Level” parameter and “Perc Soft Offset”
parameter.
[FAST] key
This key switches the percussion decay speed (fast or
slow).
FAST (LED lit) : The decay will be faster than when
Slow is selected.
The fast and slow decay times can be adjusted by the
Normal Edit mode or EX Edit mode Group 3 “Perc
Fast Decay” parameter and the “Perc Slow Offset”
parameter.
[3rd] key
This key switches the percussion pitch (3rd or 2nd).
This setting is assigned to 2-2/3' of EX Percussion (the
five bars at the right of Drawbar 2) when you play
using the EX mode drawbars.
3rd (LED lit) : A pitch one octave and a fifth higher
(corresponding to 2-2/3') will be output simulta-
neously with the note you play.
2nd (LED dark)
: A pitch one octave higher (corre-
sponding to 4') will be output simultaneously with the
note you play.
Vibrato and chorus
You can apply vibrato or chorus to the sound.
1. Use the [UPPER] key and [LOWER] key to select
the tone generator (Upper tone generator, Lower
tone generator) to which you will apply vibrato or
chorus.
2. Use the [VIBRATO/CHORUS] knob to select either
vibrato or chorus.
V1–V3: Vibrato will be applied. V3 produces the
maximum effect.
C1–C3: Chorus will be applied. C3 produces the
maximum effect.
Rotary speaker
The rotary speaker effect applies modulation to the
sound.
In order to use the rotary speaker, you must set the
“Amp Type” parameter of the program (Normal Edit
mode or EX Edit mode Group 4) to Type 1 or Type 2.
For programs in which the “Amp Type” parameter is
set to Pre Amp, there will be no effect even if you
press the [ON] key in the ROTARY section. When
you press the [ON] key, the LED will blink three
times, and then go dark. However, you will still be
able to set the [STOP] key and [FAST] key, so that
you can make these settings even for a program for
which Type 1 or Type 2 is selected.