KORG CX-3 - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
Introduction ............................................... 1
1. About the CX-3 ............................................ 1
Main features ......................................................... 1
The modes of the CX-3 .......................................... 1
2. Controls and their functions ...................... 2
Front panel ............................................................. 2
Rear panel ............................................................. 5
Connections ........................................................... 6
1. Power cable connections ............................. 6
2. OUTPUT jack connections .......................... 6
3. Pedal connections ........................................ 6
4. MIDI connections ......................................... 6
Basic operation ......................................... 7
1. The display screen ...................................... 7
Switching the display ............................................. 7
In Normal mode ............................................... 7
In EX mode ...................................................... 7
Drawbar levels and icons ....................................... 7
Shortcut ................................................................. 7
2. About programs .......................................... 8
How a program is organized .................................. 8
Selecting a program ............................................... 8
3. Playing the CX-3 .......................................... 8
Play using the drawbars ........................................ 8
Normal mode ................................................... 8
EX mode .......................................................... 9
Play using the drawbar parameter settings of a
program ................................................................ 10
Normal mode ................................................. 10
EX mode ........................................................ 10
Dividing the keyboard into left and right .............. 11
4. Applying effects to your performance .... 11
Percussion ........................................................... 11
Normal mode ................................................. 11
EX mode ........................................................ 12
Key settings of the PERCUSSION section .... 12
Vibrato and chorus ............................................... 12
Rotary speaker .................................................... 12
Key settings of the ROTARY section ............. 13
Other effects ........................................................ 13
Overdrive ....................................................... 13
Reverb ........................................................... 13
5. Listening to the demo songs ................... 13
6. Editing a program ...................................... 14
Editing the drawbar parameters........................... 14
Copying drawbar parameters .............................. 14
Parameters unique to a combo organ ................. 15
Other editing ........................................................ 15
Writing a program ................................................ 15
Writing global settings ......................................... 16
Copying a program .............................................. 16
Returning a program to the factory settings ........ 16
Parameters ............................................... 17
1. Normal Edit mode / EX Edit mode ........... 17
2. Global mode ............................................... 22
Appendices .............................................. 27
1. How the drawbars work ............................ 27
2. MIDI applications ....................................... 27
About MIDI ........................................................... 27
Connecting an external MIDI sequencer or
computer ........................................................ 27
MIDI data dump ................................................... 28
Transmission .................................................. 28
Reception ....................................................... 29
Receiving a data dump .................................. 29
MIDI messages that the CX-3 transmits and
receives ................................................................ 29
3. Voice name list ........................................... 31
Normal mode programs ................................. 31
EX mode programs ........................................ 31
Demo song names ......................................... 31
4. Troubleshooting ........................................ 32
5. Specifications and options ...................... 33
6. MIDI implementation chart ....................... 34
Index ......................................................... 35