Kenton PS-3300 Korg - Manual

User instructions for Kenton MIDI retrofit for
KORG PS-3100 / PS-3200 / PS-3300
These instructions are only for Korg PS3x MIDI retrofit kits produced after 21
st
December 2006
Firmware PS3x5100 or later.
N.B. Different instructions apply to earlier Kenton PS3x MIDI retrofit kits.
USING THE MIDI INTERFACE
When you turn on the synthesizer for the first time after installation, you will be in omni-off mode channel 1 for MIDI
receive. See the following pages for other factory default settings. When you select a receive channel, this will be
stored in memory and will be remembered for when you subsequently turn on the synth - all parameters listed on
the next page are stored.
If you want to put the machine back to the factory default settings at any time, switch the synth on whilst holding the
red push button pressed - hold for a couple of seconds then release.
MIDI Note messages received, will be played by the synth as if played on its own keyboard, notes are internally
hard-wired. Other MIDI commands such as pitchbend and modulation are routed to jack sockets mounted in a box
on the back of the synth. These can be patched as required to the various inputs on the front of the synth. You need
3.5mm to 3.5mm mono jack cables for this purpose.
RED PUSH BUTTON
Two modes are available by pushing the red push button during normal playing mode. Before you press the red
button however, make sure that no keys are pressed on the remote MIDI keyboard otherwise the results may be
unpredictable. The key presses detailed below should be entered on a remote MIDI keyboard connected directly to
the MIDI IN socket of the Korg PS3x (not via a computer or patch bay).
1) SET-UP MODE
For setting MIDI channels and assignments. Give the red push button two short presses (half a second each) - then
release. Follow this with a key or sequence of keys as detailed on page 2. After making a MIDI channel assignment,
you will be automatically returned to playing mode but after making other assignments you will need to press the
ENTER key (Top C) to return to playing mode. This is to enable you to make the multiple key presses required
when re-assigning Sources to Destinations. (N.B. all set-ups are stored in non volatile memory).
2) TRANSPOSE MODE Press and hold the red push button for about four seconds - then release. Middle C will
sound on the synth and continue to sound until you press a key. The key that you press on the remote keyboard will
be the new middle C for MIDI IN. You can set any value up to two octaves up or down - settings outside this range
will be ignored (where middle C = no transposition) . Note that transpose mode cannot be entered from set-up
mode. (N.B. the transposition will be stored in non volatile memory).
The bottom four octaves on a 61 note remote keyboard are used to set "transpose" - with middle C being the
transpose OFF point.