KORG Pa300 Arranger - Manual (Page 103)

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Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale
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Quarter Tone
Press the Quarter Tone button in the display to make the key-
board diagram active In the display, touch any note you want to
lower a quarter tone, making a big dot appear on the note dia-
gram. Touch the note again to make the dot disappear.
Touch one of the four SC Preset buttons to recall the corre-
sponding preset, and touch any note you want to lower a quarter
tone down, making a big dot appear on the detuned note in the
diagram. Touch the note again to make the dot disappear.
Scale alteration made in this page is momentary and is not
memorised. It is only meant to allow for fast scale alteration
while playing.
To make changes faster, you can also assign the Quarter Tone
function to the footswitch (see below “How to use the Quarter
Tone function with a footswitch” for more information).
The use of SC Presets allows for immediate recall of previously
programmed Quarter Tone scales (see below “How to use the
Quarter Tone function with the SC Presets” for more informa-
tion).
SC Preset buttons
These buttons only appear when the “Quarter Tone” parameter is
checked.
Use these buttons to recall the corresponding custom
scale presets. See “How to use the Quarter Tone function with
the SC Presets” below for information on how to use them.
Keyboard diagram
When “Quarter Tone” is checked, this diagram allows for lower-
ing each note of a quarter tone. When a User scale is selected, it
allows you to fine-tune each note’s pitch.
Scale lock icon
When locked, Scale parameters remain unchanged when select-
ing a different Performance or STS.
For more information on parameter locks, see “General Con-
trols: Lock” on page 149.
How to create a custom scale by fine-tuning
each note of the User scale
When the User scale is selected, the keyboard diagram becomes
active. You can then change each note tuning in cents of a semi-
tone (within a range of ±99 cents, referred to Equal tuning). This
way, you can create a custom scale, that you can save to a Perfor-
mance or STS.
After having selected the User scale, touch a note in the key-
board diagram, and use VALUE DIAL to adjust the selected note
tuning in cents.
Note: These settings can be saved to a Performance or STS, as
described below.
How to use the Quarter Tone function with
the SC Presets
When the “Quarter Tone” button is pressed, four “SC Preset”
buttons appear, and you can select one of four SC Presets to
recall a preset custom scale.
1. Program and save a custom scale into an SC Preset.
To do so, go to the Global mode, and reach the “Tuning:
Scale” page. When programming is done, choose the
“Write SC Preset” command from the page menu, then
select one of the preset locations where to save the current
settings (see “Write Quarter Tone SC Preset dialog box” on
page 163).
2. Return to this page, and touch the “Quarter Tone” button to
make the “SC Preset” buttons appear.
3. Touch one of the “SC Preset” buttons to recall a preset cus-
tom scale.
Each preset contains custom detuning of each note of the
scale, and memorizes the selected degree(s) of the scale.
When no preset is selected, the default scale is automati-
cally recalled. This scale assigns a -50 cent value to all
notes, and turns all scale degrees off.
You can also select an SC Preset by assigning the relevant
function to a footswitch (see “Controllers: Foot Control-
lers” on page 155).
4. Use the keyboard diagram to turn the note detuning on or
off.
Make a big dot appear to detune the corresponding note, or
make it disappear to reset tuning.
5. Reset the original scale.
Touch the “Quarter Tone button again, to deselect it and
recall the main scale.
Fine tuning values