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About the Parameter GuideThemicroSTATIONParameterGuideisdividedintotwosections:QuickParametersandFullParameters.
Quick Parameter sectionTheparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATION
itselfare
called
quick
parameters.
These
are
the
microSTA
TIONsmostimportantparameters.TheQuickParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.
Full Parameter sectionFullparameters aretheparametersthatcanbeeditedfrommicroSTATIONEditorinstalledonacomputerconnectedtothemicroSTATION.Theseincludethedetailedsoundparameters,effectparameters,drumkits,anduserarpeggiopatterns.TheFullParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.
Conventions in theoperation manuals
Abbreviations or the manuals: OG, PGInthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsareabbreviatedasfollows.
OG:OperationGuide
PG:ParameterGuide
Procedure steps 1. 2. 3. Theseindicatethestepsofaprocedure.
Symbols, , , Note, Tips
These
symbols
respectively
indicate
a
caution,
a
MIDI
relatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.
Example screen displaysTheparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensofthismanualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmaynotnecessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheDisplayofyourinstrument.
MIDI-related explanationsCC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.
InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquarebrackets[ ]alwaysindicatehexadecimalnumbers.
* Apple,MacaretrademarksofAppleInc.,registeredintheUS.andothercountries.
* WindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7arearegisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheU.S.andothercounties.
* Intel,IntelCore,andPentiumaretrademarksofIntelCorporationintheU.S.andothercountries.
* Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespective
owners.
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Table o contentsAbout the Parameter Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Conventions in the
operation manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
microSTATION Quick parameters............................................. 1
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PROG PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PROG EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Filter/Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Filter/Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pitch EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Audition Riff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign) . 9
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Write Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
COMBI PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17COMBI EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timb s (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timbre 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Timbre 02....16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
TFX (Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Write Combi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
An overview of Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TFX (Total Eect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Song Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Grid Seq (Grid Sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Grid Sequence Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Exclusive events supported
in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Global/Media mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Eect SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Bank Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Initial Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Scroll Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
M.Protect (Memory Protect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SEQ MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
ARP RTC MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PEDAL/SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Write Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Save All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Save PCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Save SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Save To SMF
(Save Song as Standard MIDI File) . . . . . . .69
Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
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Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Quick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
OSC EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
About Relative (Rel) and Absolute parameters . 79
ARP/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
OSC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Hal-Damper Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Program Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
OSC/Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
PITCH EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
OSC1 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
OSC1 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
OSC2 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
OSC2 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Filter1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Filter1 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Filter1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Filter2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Filter2 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Filter2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
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Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Amp1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Amp2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Amp1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Amp1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Amp2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Amp2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
OSC 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
OSC1 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
OSC1 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
OSC2 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
OSC2 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Common LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
AMS Mix/C.KeyTrk (AMS Mixer/
Common Keyboard Track) . . . . . . . . . . . .121
OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
OSC1 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
OSC 2 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Common KeyTrack (Common Keyboard Track)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
OSC MFX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Program Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Timbre Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Arpeggiator Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Arpeggiator-A(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Realtime Control Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Timbre Param (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . 145
Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
MIDI Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
MIDI Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 152
Keyboard Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Velocity Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Track Select, Program Select, Pan, Volume . . . 163
Track Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Track Param (Track Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
MIDI Filter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
MIDI Filter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 171
IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Mode Select, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Basic/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
User Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Sample Param . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Voice/Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Creating a drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Arpeggio Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Fixed Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Creating a user arpeggio pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Eect Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Eects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Editing eect parameters
on the microSTATION itsel . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Dynamic modulation (Dmod)
and Tempo Synchronization . . . . . . . . . .206
FX Control Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Eect I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Insert Effects (IFX1IFX5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210Controlling the Insert Eects via MIDI . . . . . . . .211
Master Effects (MFX1, 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Controlling the Master Eects via MIDI . . . . . . .213
Total Effect (TFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214Using MIDI to control the Total Eect . . . . . . . . .214
Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Effect/Mixer Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Single size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
000: No Eect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
001: St.Comp (Stereo Compressor) . . . . . . . . . . .217
002: Red Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
003:St. Limitr (Stereo Limiter)................................. 218
004: MulLimitr (Multiband Limiter) . . . . . . . . . . .219
005: St.MstLmt (Stereo Mastering Limiter) . . . .219006: St.Gate (Stereo Gate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
007: St.P4EQ (Stereo Parametric 4-Band EQ) . .220
008: St.G7EQ (Stereo Graphic 7-Band EQ) . . . . .221
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009: St.Excitr (Stereo Exciter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
010: St.Isolat (Stereo Isolator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
011: St. Wah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . . 222
012: St.VtgWah
(Stereo Vintage/Custom Wah) . . . . . . . . 223
013: VOX Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
014: St.RndFlt (Stereo Random Filter) . . . . . . . . 224
015: St.MMFltr (Multi Mode Filter)........................ 225
016: St.SubOsc (Stereo Sub Oscillator) . . . . . . . 226
017: Talk Mod (Talking Modulator) . . . . . . . . . . . 226
018: St.Decimt (Stereo Decimator) . . . . . . . . . . . 227
019: St. Record (Stereo Analog Record) . . . . . . 228
020: OD Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Wah) . . . . . . . 228
021: St.Gt Cab (Stereo Guitar Cabinet) . . . . . . . 229
022: St.Bs Cab (Stereo Bass Cabinet) . . . . . . . . . 230
023: Bass Amp.............................................................. 230
024: B.Amp Cab (Bass Amp Model+Cabinet) ... 231025: TrebleBST (Treble Booster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
026: Tube Pre (Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . 232
027: St.TubPre
(Stereo Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . . 232
028: Mic Model (Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . 232
029: Stereo Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
030: Small Phs (Small Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
031: OrangePhs (Orange Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
032: BlackPhsr (Black Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
033: U-VIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
034: St.RndPhs (Stereo Random Phaser) . . . . . 234
035: St.EnvPhs (Stereo Envelope Phaser) . . . . . 235
036: 2Vo.Reso (2Voice Resonator) . . . . . . . . . . . 235
037: St.Tremlo (Stereo Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
038: TEX Treml (TEX Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
039: St. Env.Trm (Stereo Envelope Tremolo) .... 237
040: St.AutPan (Stereo Auto Pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
041: St.PhsTrm (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) . . . 238
042: St.Ring M (Stereo Ring Modulator) . . . . . . 239
043: P4EQ - Xctr
(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Exciter) . . . . . . 240
044: P4EQ - Wah (Parametric 4-Band EQ -
Wah/Auto Wah)............................................. 240
045: P4EQ - Phaser
(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Phaser) . . . . . . 241
046: Comp - Wah
(Compressor - Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . 241
047: Comp - Amp
(Compressor - Amp Simulation) . . . . . . 242
048: Comp - OD
(Compressor - Overdrive/Hi.Gain) .......... 242
049: Comp - P4EQ
(Compressor - Parametric 4-Band EQ) . 243050: Comp - Phsr (Compressor - Phaser)............ 243
051: Lmtr - P4EQ
(Limiter - Parametric 4-Band EQ)............. 244
052: Limtr - Phsr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
053: Xctr - Comp (Exciter - Compressor) . . . . . .245
054: Xctr- Lmtr ............................................................. 245
055: Xctr- Phsr .............................................................. 246
056: OD - Amp
(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Amp Simulation) .. 246
057: OD - Phsr (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Phaser)...... 247
058: Wah - Amp (Wah - Amp Simulation) . . . . .247
059: Deci - Amp
(Decimator - Amp Simulation) ................. 248
060: Deci - Comp (Decimator - Compressor) . .248
061: Amp - Trml (Amp Simulation- Tremolo) . .248
062: Organ Vib/Chorus
(Organ Vibrato/Chorus).............................. 249
063: Rotary SP (Rotary Speaker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
064: St.Chorus (Stereo Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
065: VtgChorus (Vintage Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . .251066: BlkChorus (Black Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
067: St.HrmCho (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) . . . .252
068: St.Bi Mod (Stereo Biphase Modulation) .... 252
069: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . .253
070: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
071: Poly6 Ens (Polysix Ensemble)........................ 254
072: St Flange (Stereo Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
073: VtgFlange (Vintage Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
074: St.RndFlg (Stereo Random Flanger) . . . . . .255
075: St.EnvFlg (Stereo Envelope Flanger) . . . . .255
076: St.Vibrat (Stereo Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256077: St.AF Mod
(Stereo Auto Fade Modulation)............... 257
078: Doppler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
079: Detune .................................................................. 258
080: PitchStr (Pitch Shiter) .................................... 258
081: P.St Mod (Pitch Shit Modulation) . . . . . . .259
082: P4EQ - Flng (Parametric 4-Band EQ -
Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
083: Comp - Flng
(Compressor - Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . .260
084: Lmtr - Flng (Limiter - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .261085: Xctr - Flng (Exciter - Chorus/Flanger)......... 261
086: OD - Flng
(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Chorus/Flanger).... 262
087: Phsr - Flng (Phaser - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .262
088: GrainStr (Grain Shiter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
089: LCR Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
090: St.Delay (Stereo/CrossDelay) . . . . . . . . . . . .264
091: St.MtpDly (Stereo Multitap Delay) .............. 264
092: St.ModDly (Stereo Modulation Delay) . . . .265
093: St.DynDly (Stereo Dynamic Delay).............. 266
094: St.PanDly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) . .266
095: Tape Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
096: Echo Plus .............................................................. 268
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097: Auto Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
098: SeqDlyBPM (Sequence BPM Delay) . . . . . 269
099: LCR BPM (L/C/R BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
100: St.DlyBPM (Stereo BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . 270
101: St.MtdBPM (Stereo BPM Multitap Delay) 270
102: St.ModBPM(Stereo BPM Modulation Delay) .............. 271
103: St.ApdBPM
(Stereo BPM Auto Panning Delay) . . . . . 272
104: TapeE BPM (Tape Echo BPM) ........................ 273
105: Rev.Hall (Reverb Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
106: Rev.Plate (Reverb Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
107: Rev.Room1 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
108: Rev.Room2 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
109: R2.Spring (Reverb2 Spring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
110: R2.Hall (Reverb2 Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
111: R2.Plate (Reverb2 Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275112: R2.Room (Reverb2 Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
113: Early Relections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
114: P4EQ - MDly (Parametric 4-Band EQ -
Multitap Delay) .............................................. 276
115: Comp - MDly
(Compressor - Multitap Delay) ................. 276
116: Lmtr - MDly (Limiter - Multitap Delay)....... 277
117: Xctr - MDly (Exciter - Multitap Delay)......... 277
118: OD - MDly
(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Multitap Delay) ..... 278
119: Flng - Dly(Chorus/Flanger - Multitap Delay) . . . . . 278
120: Rev - Gate (Reverb - Gate) .............................. 279
Double Size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
D00: St.MltLmt (Stereo Multiband Limiter) . . . 280
D01: OD/HG Wah
(Overdrive/Hyper Gain Wah) .................... 280
D02: GAmp + P4EQ (Guitar Amp Model +
Parametric 4-Band EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
D03: GAmpCLEAN
(Guitar Amp Model CLEAN) . . . . . . . . . . . 282
D04: GAmpSUPER(Guitar Amp Model SUPER) . . . . . . . . . . . 282
D05: GAmpTWEED
(Guitar Amp Model TWEED) . . . . . . . . . . 282
D06: GAmpUS-HG
(Guitar Amp Model US-HG) . . . . . . . . . . . 282
D07: B.TubeAmp
(Bass Tube Amp Model + Cabinet) ......... 282
D08: St. Mic
(Stereo Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . . . 283
D09: Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
D10: Rotary OD (Rotary Speaker Overdrive) . . 284
D11: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . 285
D12: St.P.Str (Stereo Pitch Shiter) . . . . . . . . . . . 286
D13: Early Re (Early Relections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Alternate Modulation Source (AMS) . . . . . . . . . 287
Alternate Modulation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) List . . . . . .287
Alternate Modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Dynamic Modulation Source (Dmod) . . . . . . . . 292
Realtime Control Knob 14 Assign . . . . . . . . . . 294
Foot Switch Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Foot Pedal Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
MIDI transmission when the microSTATIONs
controllers are used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
microSTATION and MIDI CCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Responses to standard MIDI controllers . . . . . .299
Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #70-79 . . .301
MIDI applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Settings when connected to a MIDI device
or computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Messages transmitted and received
by the microSTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
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ToplayprogramsyoulluseProgrammode,whichletsyoudothefollowingthings.
Selectandplayprograms.
UsetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolaprogramssoundorarpeggiator.
Editthemostimportantprogramparameters.
Page structure in Program modeThemicroSTATIONsProgrammodeisorganizedasatreestructurecontainingthefollowingpages.(p.3)Fordetailsonhowtomovebetweenpages,andhowtoselectparametersandedittheirvalues,pleaserefertothemicroSTATIONOperationGuide.
PROG PLAYInPROGPLAYyoucanselectandplayprograms.YoucanalsousetheRealtimeControlknobstocontroltheprogramssoundsandthearpeggiatorwhileyouperform.
AllMIDIdatainPROGPLAYistransmittedandreceivedontheglobalMIDIchannel.(Channel(GlobalMIDIChannel)onpage 60)
Tips: Auto Song SetupBypressingtheRECbuttoninProgramorCombinationmode,youcanusetheAutoSongSetupfunctionwhichautomaticallycopiesthecurrentsettingstoasongandputsthemicroSTATIONintherecordreadycondition.Whenyouvethoughtofaphraseoranideaforasong,thisletsyouinstantlyturnyourinspirationintoasong.(Tips:AutoSongSetuponpage 30)
Program No.&Name [001...: program name]Thisindicatestheprogram.ThemicroSTATIONspreloadprogramsareorganizedintothefollowingsevencategories.ThecategoryoftheselectedprogramisshownbytheCATEGORYindicatorlocatedattheleftofthefrontpaneldisplay.
Thepreloadprogramsincluderewritableprograms(atotalof512programs),andthenonrewritableGMbankscontainingGM2capitalprograms(128),variationprograms
(129),and
bank
g
drums
(9).
Note:IfyouwanttoviewthenumberswithineachbankratherthanthenumbersshownwhenALLisselected,turnNUMLOCKon(LEDlit)andpressthe14(ENTER)button.
EXTERNAL controlInPROGPLAY,ifyoupresstheEXTERNALbuttontoturnExternalControlon,andthenoperateknobs14,thedisplaywillbrieflyshowtheMIDIchannel,MIDICCnumberandvaluethatareassignedbytheselectedexternalsetup.ExternalsetupscanbeselectedinPROGEDIT:ExternalSetup.(ExternalSetuponpage 15)
IftheMIDICCnumberforaknobisturnedOffintheselectedexternalsetup,thenthevaluewillnotappear
whenyouoperatetheknob.
PROG EDITHereyoucaneditthemicroSTATIONsprogramquickparameters.ThequickparametersaremajorparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Ifyouwanttoeditallparametersoftheprogram,youllneedtousemicroSTATIONEditoronaconnectedcomputer.
OSC CommonHereyoucanspecifyhowoscillators1and2willproducesound.
Voice Mode (Voice Assign Mode) [Poly, Mono]Selectthebasicvoiceallocationmode.Dependingonwhichoneyouselect,variousotheroptionswillappear,suchasMonoLegatoandUnison(Monomodeonly).
Poly:Theprogramwillplaypolyphonically,allowingyouplaychords.
Mono:Theprogramwillplaymonophonically, producingonlyonenoteatatime.
MonoLegato [O, On]ThisisavailablewhentheVoiceModeissettoMono.
Legatorefertonotesthatareplayedinawaythatthey
soundsmoothandconnected;thenextnoteisplayedbeforethelastnoteisreleased.Thisistheoppositeofplayingdetached.
On:Whenyouplaywithlegatophrasing,thenoteswithinalegatophrasewillsoundsmoother.
WhenMonoLegatoisOn,thefirstnoteinalegatophrasewillsoundnormally,andthensubsequentnoteswillhaveasmoothersound,formoregentletransitionsbetweenthenotes.
Off:Legatophrasingwillproducethesamesoundasdetachedplaying.
Category Explanation
ALL
Nocategory.Allprograms001...512:ProgramsofbanksA,B,C,D513...640:GM2capitalprograms641...768:GM2variationprograms
769...777:GM2
drum
programs
KEYBOARDA.Piano,SynthE.P,RealE.P,Clav/Harpsi,E.Organ,Pipe.Organ
STRINGS/BRASS/
WOODWINDStrings,Vocal,Airy,Brass,Woodwind,Reed
GUITAR A.Guitar,E.Guitar,Plucked
BASS&BASS SPLIT E.Bass,A.Bass,SynthBass
SYNTH Fast,Slow,Motion,Shortdecay
LEAD&SOLO
SPLITSynLead
DRUM/MALLET/
HITSNatural,Dance,Perc,Bell,Mallet,SFX,Hits
USER Soundssavedasausercategory(notincludedinfactorysettings)
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Program mode
4
OSC Common (p.3)
VoiceMode
MonoLegato
Unison
NumOVoicesDetune
Thickness
PtchStrtch
Hol d
Reverse
Filter/Amp (p.5)
Cutof
Resonance
Flt EG Int
AmpVel Int
Filter/Amp EG (p.5)
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
Filter EG (p.6)
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
Amp EG (p.6)
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
Pitch EG/LFO (p.6)
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
LFO1 Int
LFO (p.6)
LF01 SpeedLFO1 Fade
LFO1 Delay
LFO1 Stop
LF02 Speed
LFO2 Fade
LFO2 Delay
LFO2 Stop
CmnLFO Spd
PROG PLAY
OSC1 (p.7)
Play/Mute
Volume
Tune
TransposePtchSlope
Pitch JS+X
Pitch JSX
Portamento
PortaFingr
PortaMode
PortaTime
LFO1
LFO2
FltLFO1toA
FltLFO1toB
FltLFO2toA
FltLFO2toB
AmpLFO1Int
AmpLFO2Int
P.LFO1 AMS Int
P.LFO2 AMS Int
OSC2
Same as OSC1 parameters
Audition Rif (p.8)
: 000: OfTranspose
Knob Assign (p.9)
1-B
2-B
3-B
4-B
Tempo (p.9)
Tempo
Arp Setup (p.9)
Pattern
Octave
Resolution
Gate[%]Velocity
Swing[%]
Sort
Latch
KeySync
Keyboard
Top Key
BottomKey
Top Vel
BottomVel
FX Routing (p.11)
Use Dkit Setting
Bus
FXCtrl Bus
OSC1 Send1
OSC1 Send2
OSC2 Send1
OSC2 Send2
PROG EDIT
IFX1 (p.11)
S01: St. Comp
Wet/Dry :32:68
:
:FXParam
On/Of
Chain
ChainTo
Pan(CC#8)
Bus
FX Ctrl
Send1
Send2
IFX2 (p.12)
Same as IFX1 parameters
IFX3 (p.12)
Same as IFX1 parameters
IFX4 (p.12)
Same as IFX1 parameters
IFX5 (
p.12)
S01: St. Comp
Wet/Dry :32:68
:
:
FXParam
On/Of
Pan(CC#8)
Bus
FX Ctrl
Send1
Send2
MFX1 (p.13)
S01: St. Comp
Wet/Dry :32:68
:
:
FXParamOn/Of
Return2
Chain
ChainLevel
MFX2 (p.13)
S01: St. Comp
Wet/Dry :32:68
:
:
FXParam
On/Of
Return2
TFX (p.13)
S01: St. Comp
Wet/Dry :32:68
:
:FXParam
On/Of
MasterVol (p.13)
Master Vol
Command (p.14)
Copy ARP
Copy IFX
Swap IFX
Copy MFX/TFX
Write Program (p.14)
External Setup (p.15)
001: External
1. Gch/#001: 000
2. Gch/#002: 000
3. Gch/#003: 000
4. Gch/#004: 000
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Filter/Amp
5
Unison [On, O]UnisoncanbeusedinMonomode.
On:WhenUnisonison,theProgramusestwoormorestacked,detunedvoicestocreateathicksound.UsetheNumOfVoices andDetuneparameterstosetthenumberofvoicesandamountofdetuning,andtheThicknessparametertocontrolthecharacterofthedetun
ing.Off:TheProgramplaysnormally.
NumOVoices (Number o Voices) [2...6]ThiscontrolsthenumberofdetunedvoicesthatwillbeplayedforeachnotewhenusingUnison.ItappliesonlywhenUnisonisOn.
Detune [00...99 cents]DetuneisavailablewhenUnisonisOn.
ThisparametersetsthetuningspreadfortheUnisonvoices,incents(1/100ofasemitone).TheThicknessparameter,
below,controlshowthevoicesaredistributedacrossthedetuneamount.WhenThicknessisOff,thevoicesare
distributed
evenly,
centered
around
the
basic
pitch.
Detune[cents]onpage 85
Thickness [O, 1...9]ThicknessisavailablewhenUnisonisOn.
Thisparametercontrolsthecharacterofthedetuningfunctionfortheunisonvoices.
Off:UnisonvoiceswillbeevenlydistributedacrosstheDetunerange,asshownabove.
19:Unisonvoiceswillbedetuneinanasymmetricalway,increasingthecomplexityofthedetunefuction,andchangingthewaythatthedifferentpitchesbeatagainstoneanother.Thiscreatesaneffectsimilartovintageanalogsynthesizers,whereoscillatorswouldfrequentlydriftslightly
outof
tune.
Higher
numbers
increase
the
effect.
PtchStrtch [12...0...+12 (Rel)]ThisspecialcontrolincreasestheOscillatorTuneparameterwhileloweringtheTransposeparameter.Theresultisthatthepitchstaysthesame,butthemappingofthesamplestothekeyschanges.Youcanusethistocreateinterestingshiftsintimbre.
Hold [O, On]Holdislikepermanentlypressingdownonthesustainpedal.Inotherwords,notescontinuetosoundasifyouwereholdingdownthekey evenafteryouliftyourfingersfromthekeyboard.
BeawarethatunlessyousetSustainto0forAmpEG1
(andalsoAmpEG2iftheprogramusestwooscillators),thesoundwillcontinueindefinitely.
On:TheHoldfunctionisenabled.
EveniftheHoldfunctionisenabled,itmightbedisabledforaspecificrangeofkeys(HoldBottomKeyonpage 83).
Off:Noteswillplaynormally.Thisisthedefaultsetting.
Reverse [PROG, O, On (Rel)]ThisswitchesReverseon/offforallmultisamplesusedby
bothoscillators.Ifthisison,thewaveformwillplaybackward.BysettingthistoPROG,youcanreturnthesettingtotheprogramsoriginalsetting.
Tone parametersParametersfromFilter/AmptotheLFOgroupallowyoutomakeoverallmodificationstotheprogramssound.(themicroSTATIONEditorallowsfullparameterediting.)WiththeexceptionofLFO1StopandLFO2Stop,theseparametersarerelativeparameters.Theyadjustthevaluerelativetothesettingspecifiedbyfullparameterediting.
SomeparametersinthisgroupareinterrelatedwithcontrolofcertainMIDICCmessages.Forthese,anindicationsuchasCC#74appearsfollowingtheparametervalue.
Filter/AmpHereyoucanadjustfilterandampsettingsforoscillators1and2.
Filtersettingsletyouboostorattenuatespecificfrequencyregionsofthesound.
Ampsettingscontrolthevolume.
Note:RelativeparametersareindicatedbyRelfollowing
theparametervalue.AbsoluteparametersareindicatedbyAbsfollowingtheparametervalue.Formoreabouttheseparameters,pleaserefertoRelative(Rel)andAbsoluteparameters(p.66).
Cuto (Filter Cuto) [99...+99 (Rel, CC#74)]Thisscalesthecutofffrequencyofallofthefiltersatonce.ItaffectsbothFiltersAandB.
Resonance (Filter Resonance)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#71)]Thisscalestheresonanceofallofthefiltersatonce.Itaffects
bothFiltersAandB.
Flt EG Int (Filter EG Intensity)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#79)]ThisscalestheeffectoftheFilterEGonthecutofffrequency.ItaffectsFiltersAandBsimultaneously.
99meansnomodulation.+99meansmaximum.Modulationisinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,astheoriginalProgram.Forinstance,iftheoriginalProgramsEGIntensitywassetto 25,thensettingthisparameterto+99movestheEGIntensityto 99.
AmpVel Int (Amp Velocity Intensity) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheeffectofvelocityontheAmplevel.
99removesthevelocitymodulationentirely.+99meansmaximummodulationinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,astheoriginalProgram.
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Filter/Amp EGHereyoucanadjustthesettingsforthefilterEGandampEGofoscillators1and2.IntheFilter/AmpEGgroup,allfilterEGsandampEGsareadjustedsimultaneously. Incontrast,eachparameterisadjustedindependentlyintheFilterEGandAmpEG
groups.AprogramcontainsthreeEGs:pitch,filter,andamp.Theserespectivelyproducetimevaryingchangeinthepitch,tone,andvolume.
Attack (Filter/Amp EG Attack Time)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#73)]ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs,alongwithotherrelatedparameters.
Whenthevalueis+1ormore,thisalsoaffectstheAmpEGsStartandAttackLevels,StartLevelAMS,andAttackTimeAMS.
Betweenvaluesof+1and+25,theStartLevel,StartLevelAMS,andAttackTimeAMSwillchangefromtheirprogrammedvaluesto0.Overthesamerange,theAttackLevelwillchangefromitsprogrammedvalueto99.(AlternateModulationonpage 91)
Decay (Filter/Amp EG Decay Time)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#75)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs.
Sustain (Filter/Amp EG Sustain Level)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#70)]ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterandAmpEGs.
Release (Filter/Amp EG Release Time)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#72)]ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs.
Filter EGHereyoucaneditthefilterEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2.
Attack (Filter EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterEGs.
Decay (Filter EG Decay Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterEGs.
Sustain (Filter EG Sustain Level) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterEGs.
Release (Filter EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterEGs.
Amp EGHereyoucanedittheampEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2.
Attack (Amp EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheAmpEGs.
Decay (Amp EG Decay Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheAmpEGs.
Sustain (Amp EG Sustain Level) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheAmpEGs.
Release (Amp EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheAmpEGs.
Pitch EG/LFOHereyoucaneditthepitchEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2,andspecifythedepthoftheeffectthatLFO1willhaveonthepitch.
Attack (Pitch EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimeofthePitchEG.
Decay (Pitch EG Decay Time) [99...+99(Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.
Release (Pitch EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.
LFO1 Int (Pitch LFO1 Intensity)
[99...+99 (Rel, CC#77)]ThisscalestheeffectofLFO1onthePitch.
99removestheLFOmodulationentirely.+99meansmaxi
mummodulation
in
the
same
direction,
positive
or
nega
tive,astheoriginalProgram.
LFOHereiswhereyoucanadjustLFOsettingsforoscillators1and2.
EachoscillatorhastwoLFOs(LFO1andLFO2).TheresalsoacommonLFOthatcanbesharedbythetwooscillators.LFO1andLFO2areindependentforeachvoice,butthecommonLFOissharedbyallvoicesoftheprogram.ItsusefulwhenyouwanttoproduceauniformLFOeffectthatisthesameforallvoices.
LFO1 Speed [99...+99 (Rel, CC#76)]ThisscalesLFO1sfrequency.
(Frequencyonpage 117)
LFO1 Fade [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO1sfadeintime.
(Fadeonpage 118)
LFO1 Delay [99...+99 (Rel, CC#78)]ThisscalesLFO1sdelaytime thetimebetweennoteonandtheonsetoftheLFO.
(Delayonpage 118)
LFO1 Stop [PROG, O, On (Abs)]
ThisAbsolute
parameter
controls
whether
LFO1
is
stopped
orrunning.
(Stoponpage 118)
ThePROGsettingrestorestheProgramsoriginalvalues.Forexample,ifyousetthistoPROGwhentheoscillator1
Level
Time
Attack TimeDecay Time Slope Time
Release Time
Attack Level
Start Level
Sustain Level
Break Levelnote-on note-of
ReleaseLevel
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LFOisstoppedandoscillator2isplaying,theoriginalsettingoftheparameterwillbeused.
LFO2 Speed [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sfrequency.
(Frequencyonpage 117)
LFO2 Fade [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sfadeintime.
(Fadeonpage 118)
LFO2 Delay [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sdelaytime thetimebetweennoteonandtheonsetoftheLFO.
(Delayonpage 118)
LFO2 Stop [PROG, O, On (Abs)]ThisAbsoluteparametercontrolswhetherLFO2isstoppedorrunning.
(Stoponpage 118)
CmnLFO Spd (Common LFO Speed) [99...+99 (Rel)]
ThisscalestheCommonLFOsfrequency.
OSC1Hereyoucanadjustsettingsforoscillator1.
Play/Mute [Play, Mute]SetsthePlay/Muteofoscillators1.
Play:Oscillator1willsound.
Mute:Oscillator1willbemuted(silent).
Toswitchanoscillatorsplay/mutestatus,pressthefrontpanelPLAY/MUTEbuttontoturniton(theLEDattheleftofthebuttonwilllightup),andthenusethefunction01
buttontocontroltheplay/mutestatus.
Volume [000...127]AdjuststhevolumeofOscillator1.
Tune [1200...+1200]ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscillatorsTunesetting.(Tuneonpage 94)
Transpose [60...+60]ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscillatorsTransposesetting.(Transposeonpage 94)
PtchSlope (Pitch Slope) [1.0...+2.0]Normally,thisshouldbesettothedefaultof+1.0.
Pitch Slope, pitch, and note
Positive(+)valuescausethepitchtoriseasyouplayhigheronthekeyboard,andnegative()valuescausethepitchtofallasyouplayhigheronthekeyboard.
Whenthisissetto0,playingdifferentnotesonthekeyboardwontchangethepitchatall;itwillbeasifyoure
alwaysplayingC4.Thiscanbeusefulforspecialeffectssounds,forinstance.
Pitch JS+X [60...+12]Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowmuchthepitchwillchangewhenthejoystickismovedtotheright(orwhenapitch
bendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthisto
a
positive
value.Forexample,ifyousetthisto+12andmovethejoystickallthewaytotheright,thepitchwillriseoneoctaveabovetheoriginalpitch.
Pitch JSX [60...+12]Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowthepitchwillchangewhenthejoystickismovedtotheleft(orwhenapitchbendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthistoanegativevalue.
Forexample,ifyousetthisto60andmovethejoystickallthewaytotheleft,thepitchwillfallfiveoctavesbelowtheoriginalpitch.Youcanusethistocreateguitarstyledownwardswoops.
Portamento (Portamento Enable) [O, On]Portamentoletsthepitchglidesmoothlybetweennotes,insteadofchangingabruptly.
On:TurnsonPortamento,sothatpitchglidessmoothlybetweennotes.
Off:TurnsoffPortamento.Thisisthedefaultstate.
PortaFingr (Portamento Fingered) [O, On]ThisparameterallowsyoutocontrolPortamentothroughyourplayingstyle.Whenitsenabled,playinglegatowillturnonPortamento,andplayingdetachedwillturnitoffagain.ThisoptionisonlyavailablewhenPortamentoEnableisturnedon.
On:TurnsonFingeredPortamento.Off:TurnsoffFingeredPortamento.
PortaMode (Portamento Mode) [Rate, Time]RatemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesameamountoftimetoglideagivendistanceinpitch forinstance,onesecondperoctave.Putanotherway,glidingseveraloctaveswilltakemuchlongerthanglidingahalfstep.
TimemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesameamountoftimetoglidefromonenotetoanother,regardlessofthedifferenceinpitch.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhenplayingchords,sinceitensuresthateachnoteinthechordwillenditsglideatthesametime.
PortaTime (Portamento Time) [000...127]Thiscontrolstheportamentotime.Highervaluesmeanlongertimes,forslowerchangesinpitch.
ThisoptionisonlyavailablewhenPortamentoEnableisturnedon.
Assigning portamento on/o to an assignable
pedal switchHereshowtoassigntheportamentoon/offfunctiontoapedalswitchconnectedtothemicroSTATIONsAssignablePEDAL/SWjack.(Sw(FootSwitchfunction)onpage 65)
Adjustthesettingsasfollows.
1. AccesstheGLOBAL/MEDIA:Controllers PEDAL/SWpage.
2. SetTypetoSwitch,andSWtoPorta.SW.
Pitch
Note on keyboard
2oct1oct
1oct
C4 C5
+2
+1
0
1
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Nowyoucanusethepedalswitchtoturnportamentoon/off.Whenyoudoso,MIDIcontrolchange(CC)#65willbetransmitted.
CC#65canbereceivedtoturnportamentoon/off.
LFO1 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]ThisselectsthebasicLFO1waveform.
SeeLFOwaveformonpage 8.Mostofthewaveformsshouldbeselfexplanatory,butafewwillbenefitfrommoredetails:
Guitarisintendedforguitarvibrato,anditsshapeisspecificallytunedforthispurpose.Thewaveformispositiveonly,sothatwhenusedforpitch,itwillonlybendup,andnotdown.
Random1(S/H)generatestraditionalsampleandholdwaveforms,inwhichthelevelchangesrandomlyatfixedintervalsoftime.
Random2(S/H)randomizesboththelevelsandthetiming.
Random3(S/H)generatesapulsewavewithrandomtiming.Itstheoppositeoftraditionalsampleandhold;thetim
ing
varies,
but
the
levels
dont.Random46(Continuous)aresmoothedversionsofRandom13,withrampsinsteadofsteps.Youcanusethemtocreatemoregentlerandomvariations.
LFO2 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]ThisselectsthebasicLFO2waveform,asshowninthegraphicbelow
LFOwaveformbelow
FltLFO1toA (Filter LFO1 Intensity to A) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmodulationfromLFO1.
LFO modulation o Filter Cuto
FltLFO1toB (Filter LFO1 Intensity to B) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmodulationfromLFO1.
FltLFO2toA (Filter LFO 2 Intensity to A) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmodulationfromLFO2.FltLFO1toA(FilterLFO1IntensitytoA)onpage 8
FltLFO2toB (Filter LFO2 Intensity to B) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmodulationfromLFO2.
AmpLFO1Int (Amp LFO1 Intensity) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofAmpmodulationfromLFO1.Negative()settingswillinvertthephaseoftheLFO.
AmpLFO2Int (Amp LFO2 Intensity) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofAmpmodulationfromLFO2.Negative()settingswillinvertthephaseofthe
LFO.
P.LFO1 AMS Int (Pitch LFO1 AMS Intensity)
[12.00...+12.00]ThisspecifiesthedepthanddirectionofthepitchmodulationproducedbyAMS(LFO1).
Withasettingof0,modulationwillnotbeapplied.Withasettingof12.00,theAMS(LFO1)willapplyamaximumof+/1octaveofpitchmodulation.
P.LFO2 AMS Int (Pitch LFO2 AMS Intensity)
[12.00...+12.00]ThisissimilartoPitchLFO1AMSIntensity,above.
OSC2Hereyoucanadjustthesettingsforoscillator2.Thesesettingsareavailableonlyforaprogramthatusestwooscillators;theycannotbeeditedotherwise.Theparametersarethesameasforoscillator1.
OSC1onpage 7
Audition RiWhenyouselectapreloadprogram,apreviouslyspecifiedauditionriff(phrase)appropriateforthatsoundcanplay.ThisiscalledtheAuditionfunction.
IfyoupresstheAUDITIONbuttontoturniton(theLEDat
theleftofthebuttonwilllightup),theauditionriffwillplayrepeatedly.
Hereshowtoselecttheauditionriffandtransposeit.
Audition Ri [000: O...383: name]Thisselectstheauditionriff.ThemicroSTATIONcontains383auditionriffsthataresuitableforawiderangeofinstrumentalsoundsandmusicalstyles.
Ifyouchoose000:Off,noriffwillplay.
Transpose [-24...+24]Thistransposesthepitchoftheauditionriffinsemitonesteps.
Youcantchangetheplaybacktempooftheaudition
riff.Norcanyousetthearpeggiatortempowhiletheauditionriffisplaying.
Thearpeggiatorwillbeoffwhiletheauditionriffisplaying.
Square
Sine
Saw
Triangle Step Tri4(Step Triangle4)
Step Saw6
Step Saw4
Step Tri6(Step Triangle6)
ExpSawDwn
(ExponentialSaw Down)
ExpTri(ExponentialTriangle)
Guitar
ExpSawUp(ExponentialSaw Up)
Rnd1(S/H)(Random1-S/H)
Rnd2(S/H)(Random2-S/H)
Rnd3(S/H)
(Random3-S/H)
Rnd4(Cnt)(Random4-Continuous)
Rnd6(Cnt)
(Random6-Continuous)
Rnd5(Cnt)(Random5-Continuous)
LFO waveorm
Low setting High setting
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9
Knob Assign (RealtimeControl Knob B Assign)Hereyoucanselectthefunctionsthatareassignedtoknobs14whenRealtimeControlBmodeisselected.
Knob1B [O...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]
Knob2B [O...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]
Knob3B [O...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]
Knob4B [O...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]Hereyoucanselectthefunctions(mainlytypesofcontrolchange)thatareassignedtoknobs14whenRealtimeControlBmodeisselected.
WhentheRealTimeControlissettoBmode,thefourknobsontherightfunctionasRealtimeknobs14.
Thesecanperformanumberofdifferentfunctions,suchasmodulatingsoundsoreffects,adjustingeffectssendlevels,andsoon.
Thedefaultassignmentsforknobs14areKnobMod.1(CC#17),KnobMod.2(CC#19),KnobMod.3(CC#20),and
KnobMod.4(CC#21),respectively.
SeeRealtimeControlKnob14Assignonpage 294.)
TempoThisisthetempoforthecurrentProgram,whichappliestothearpeggiator,temposyncedLFOs,andtemposyncedeffects.
(Tempo) [040.00...300.00, EXT]Specifythetempo.
IfRealtimeControlCmodeisselected,youcanuseknob4toadjustthetempo.
EXTisdisplayediftheGlobal/MediamodeClockissettoExt.MIDIorExt.USB.ThisisalsoshowniftheClocksettingisAutoandMIDIclockdataisbeingreceivedfromanexternaldevice.IfthetemposourceisEXT,thearpeggiator, LFO,andeffectswillsynchronizetoMIDIclockdatafromanexternalMIDIdevice.
ARP SetupHereyoucanspecifythearpeggiatorsettingsusedbytheprogram.
Whenswitchingprograms,youhavetheoptionofhavingthesearpeggiosettingsautomaticallyswitchtothesettings
storedin
that
program.
(Load
ARP:
on
page 59)
UsetheARPON/OFFbuttontoswitchthearpeggioon/off.Whenon,theLEDtoleftofthebuttonwilllightup.
ThestatesoftheARPON/OFFbutton,ARPLATCHbutton,andtheRealtimeControlCmodeARPGATEknob,ARPVELOCITYknob,ARPSWINGknob,andTEMPOknobcan
besavedineachprogram.
Youcancontrolthearpeggiatorfromanexternalsequencer,orrecordnotedatageneratedbythearpeggiatorontoanexternalsequencer.(p.201)
Pattern [P0: UP...P4: RANDOM, 000...639: name]Selectsthearpeggiopattern.
Note:000...639arerewritable.
Note:Youcanselectarpeggiopatterns000511byturningontheNUMLOCKkeyandusingthe01(1)10(0)buttonsand14(ENTER)buttontoselectthedesiredpattern.
Example: Preset pattern
ThewayinwhichthepatternisplayedwilldependonsettingssuchasOctaveandSort.P0...P4inthefollowingdiagramsshowhowthearpeggiowillbeplayedwhenOctaveissetto1,andSortischecked.P4:RANDOMisonlyonepossibility.P0:UP
P1:DOWN
P2:ALT1
P3:ALT2
P4:RANDOM
Octave [1, 2, 3, 4]Specifiesthenumberofoctavesinwhichthearpeggiowill
beplayed.
Preset/User No Contents
P0:UP...P4:RANDOM Presetarpeggiopatterns
000...511 Preloadedarpeggiopatterns
512...639 Userarpeggiopatterns
UP
DOWN
ALT1
ALT2
RANDOM
Octave: 4
UP
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Resolution [ , , , , , ]Specifiesthetimingresolutionofthearpeggio.Thenotesofthearpeggiowillbeplayedattheintervalyouspecify: , , ,
, ,or .Thespeedofthearpeggiopatternisdeterminedby
Gate[%] [000...100, Step]Specifiesthelength(gatetime)ofeachnoteinthearpeggio.
000...100(%):Each
note
will
be
played
with
the
specified
gatetime.
Step:Thisisavailablewhenauserarpeggiopattern000...639isselectedforPattern.Whenthisisselected,thegatetimespecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.
InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsousetheknob1(ARPGATE)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtowardtheleftshortensthegatetime,andturningittowardtherightlengthensthegatetime.Whentheknobisinthe12oclockposition,thegatetimewillbeasspecifiedhere.
Velocity [001...127, Key, Step]Specifiesthevelocityofthenotesinthearpeggio.
001...127:Eachnotewillsoundwiththespecifiedvelocity
value.Key:Eachnotewillsoundwiththevelocityvalueatwhichitwasactuallyplayed.
Step:Thisisavailablewhenanuserarpeggiopattern000...639isselectedforPattern.Whenthisisselected,thevelocityspecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.
InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsousetheknob2(ARPVELOCITY)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtowardtheleftwilldecreasethevelocity,androtatingittowardtherightwillincreasethevelocity.Whentheknobisatthe12oclockposition,thevelocitywillbeasspecifiedhere.
Whenapreloaduserarpeggiopatternisselected,settingtheGate[%]orVelocitytoStepwilladdasenseofgroovetothearpeggiopattern.
Swing[%] [100...+100]Thisparametershiftsthetimingoftheoddnumberednotesofthearpeggio.
InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsouseknob3(ARPSWING)tocontrolthis.
Sort [O, On]Thisspecifiestheorderinwhichthenotesyoupresswillbearpeggiated.
On:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderoftheirpitch,regardlessoftheorderinwhichyoupressedthem.
Off:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderinwhichyoupressedthem.
Latch [O, On]Specifieswhetherornotthearpeggiowillcontinueplayingafteryoutakeyourhandoffofthekeyboard.
On:Thearpeggiowillcontinueplayingafteryouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.
Off:Thearpeggiowillstopwhenyouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.
YoucanalsousethefrontpanelARPLATCHbuttontocontrolthisparameter.
KeySync [O, On]Specifieswhetherthearpeggiopatternwillbeginwhenyoupressakey,orwhetheritwillalwaysfollowthe(Tempo).
On:Thearpeggiopatternwillstartplayingfromthebeginningwhenanoteonoccursfromaconditionwherenokeysarepressed.Thissettingissuitablewhenyouareplayinginrealtimeandwantthearpeggiotoplayfromthebeginningofthemeasure.
Off:Thearpeggiopatternwillalwaysplayaccordingtothe(Tempo).
Keyboard [O, On]Thisspecifieswhetherthenotesyouplayonthekeyboardwillbesoundedasusualinadditiontobeingsoundedaspartofthearpeggio.
On:Thenotesyouplaywillbesoundedontheirown,inadditiontobeingsoundedaspartofthearpeggio.Forexampleifyousimultaneouslypresstwoormorenotes,theywillbesoundedasusualinadditiontobeingplayedasarpeggiatednotes.
Off:Onlythearpeggiatednoteswillbeheard.
Note:YoucanusethecommandCopyArpeggiatortocopyarpeggiatorsettingsfromanotherprogramorcombination.(CopyArpeggioonpage 14)
Top Key [C1...G9]
BottomKey [C1...G9]Theseparametersspecifytherangeofnotes(keys)forwhichthearpeggiatorwillfunction.TopKeyistheupperlimit,andBottomKeyisthelowerlimit.
Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaykeyswithinthespecifiedrange.Keysoutsideofthisrangecanbeplayedinthenormalmanner,andwillnotbeaffectedbythearpeggiatoron/off.
ForexampleifyousetPatterntoP0:UP,Latchon,setTopKeytoB3,andBottomKeytoC1,playinganoteB3orlowerwilltriggerthearpeggiator.SinceLatchison,thearpeggiowillcontinueevenafteryoureleasethekeys.You
canusetheC4andhigherkeystoplayconventionallyalongwiththearpeggiosoundedbytheB3andlowerkeys.Tochangethearpeggio,playkeysintherangeofB3andbelow.
Top Vel [001...127]
Bottom Vel [001...127]Specifiestherangeofvelocitiesforwhichthearpeggiatorwillfunction.TopVelistheupperlimit,andBottomVelisthelowerlimit.
Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Swing
50 25 +25 +50
When Resolution =
ON, UP
Sort
OFF, UP
SortPlaying B3 and lower
keys will trigger
arpeggio pattern
P0: UP
You can use C4 and higher keys
to perorm along with the
arpeggio pattern.P
UP
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Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaynoteswithavelocity(playingstrength)thatiswithinthespecifiedrange.Notesplayedwithavelocityoutsidethisrangewillbesoundednormally,withoutregardtothearpeggiatoron/off.
Note:NotenumberandvelocitycanalsobeenteredbyholdingdowntheKEYbuttonandplayinganoteonthekeyboard.
FX RoutingHereyoucanspecifyhowtheeffectswillberouted.Thisconsistsmainlyofthefollowingsettings.
Inputanoscillatorsoutputtoaninserteffect.
InputanoscillatorsoutputtotheFXcontrolbus.
Inputanoscillatorsoutputtothemastereffect.
Use Dkit Set [O, On]Thissettingisshowniftheprogramsoscillatorusesadrumkit.Iftheoscillatorusesamultisample,thissettingisignored.
On:The
FX
routing
settings
for
each
key
will
be
as
specified
bythedrumkitusedbytheprogramsoscillator.ChoosetheOnsettingifyouwanttoapplyaninserteffecttoindividualdruminstruments.
Tip:Inmostpreloadeddrumkits,thedruminstrumentshavethesameBussettingsaccordingtotheirtype,asfollows.
SnaresIFX1
KicksIFX2
OtherIFX3
Off:TheBus,FXCtrlBus,OSC1Send,OSC1Send2settingswillbeused.Alldruminstrumentswillbesenttothespecifiedbus.
Bus (Bus Select) [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, O]Thisspecifiestheoutputbusforoscillators1and2.
L/R:TheoscillatorswillbeoutputtotheL/Rbus.NormallyyouwillchooseL/R.
IFX1IFX5:OutputtotheIFX15busses.
Off:TheoscillatorwillnotbeoutputfromtheL/Rbus,orIFX15busses.ChoosetheOffsettingifyouwanttheprogramoscillatoroutputtobeconnectedinseriestoamastereffect.UseOSC1Send1andOSC1Send2tospecifythesendlevels.
FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [O, 1, 2]Sendstheoutputoftheoscillator1,2toanFXControlbus(twochannelmonoFXCtrl1or2).
UsetheFXControlbusseswhenyouwantaseparatesoundtocontroltheaudioinputofaneffect.YoucanusetwoFXControlbusses(eachisatwochannelmonobus)tocontroleffectsinvariousways.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseeFXControlBusonpage 207.
OSC1 Send1 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator1willbesenttomastereffect1.ThisappliesonlywhenBusissettoL/RorOff.
IfBusissettoIFX1IFX5,thesendlevelstomastereffects1and2aresetbySend1andSend2afterpassingthroughIFX15.
OSC1 Send2 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator1willbesenttomastereffect2.(OSC1Send1)
OSC2 Send1 [000...127]
OSC2 Send2 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofOSC2willbesenttomastereffects1and2.Theseparameterswill
bevalidwhenprogramusedtwooscillatorsandBusissettoL/RorOff.
CC#93
controls
OSC
1/2s
Send
1
level,
and
CC#91
con
trolstheSend2level.ThesearecontrolledontheglobalMIDIChannelp.60.Theactualsendlevelisdeterminedbymultiplyingthesevalueswiththesendlevelsofeachoscillator.
IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5Hereyoucanadjustsettingsfortheinserteffects.Theseconsistmainlyofthefollowing.
Selecttheeffecttypeforeachinserteffect15,andsettheeffectparameters.
Turneachinserteffect15on/off.
Specify
how
the
insert
effects
are
connected,
and
adjust
mixersettingsforthesignalsthathavepassedthroughtheinserteffects.
Fortheinserteffects,thedirect(Dry)soundwillalwaysbestereoinput/output.Theinput/outputstructureoftheeffect(Wet)soundwilldependonthetypeofeffect(p.208).
IFX1
Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffect1.
IFX Select [S00...S63, D00...D10]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect1.
S00S63aresinglesizeandD00D10aredoublesizeeffects.
Ifyouuseadoublesizeeffect,thenextinserteffectwillbeunavailable.ForexampleifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforIFX1,youwontbeabletouseIFX2.
IFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
PrincipaleffectparameterscanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Toeditallparameters,youllneedtousetheeditor.
On/O [O, On]Switchestheinserteffecton/off.
Ifthisisoff,theinputwillsimplybepassedtotheoutput.(When000:NoEffectisselected,theresnodifference
betweenOnandOff.)
Separatelyfromthissetting,youcanuseMIDICC#92(ontheglobalMIDIChannelp.60)toturnallinserteffectsoff.Avalueof0turnsthemoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.
Chain [O, On]Thisconnectsinserteffectsinseries.IfChainisOn,thisinserteffectwillbeconnectedinserieswiththeinserteffectselectedbyChainTo.
WiththeOnsetting,theupperlineofthedisplayshowstheinserteffectconnectionstatus.
Screen when insert eects 15 are all connected
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Example: IFX1ChainTo:IFX2IFX1Chain:On
Inserteffects1and2willbeconnectedinseries.IfBusissettoIFX1,theoscillatorsoutputwillbesentinseriesthroughIFX1IFX2.Youcanconnectuptofiveinserteffects(IFX1IFX5)inseries.Inthiscase,thePan(CC#8),Bus,FxCtrlBus,Send1,andSend2settingsfollow
ingthe
last
insert
effect
will
be
used.
ChainTo [IFX2...IFX5]Thisselectstheconnectiondestinationinserteffect.
Ifyouveselectedadoublesizeeffect,youmustusecautionwhenspecifyingtheconnectiondestination.ForexampleifyouvechainedIFX1IFX2,theconnectionwillbecancelledifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforIFX1.UseChainTotospecifyaconnectiontothefollowingeffect.
Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)
[L000...C064...R127]Specifiesthepanningimmediatelyaftertheinserteffect.
YoucanuseCC#8tocontrolthis.
Bus (Bus Select) [O, L/R]Specifiesthebuswherethesignalwillbesentimmediatelyaftertheinserteffect.
L/R:ThesignalwillbesenttotheL/Rbus,whichpassesthroughTFXandthengoestotheOUTPUTL/Routputs.Thisisthedefaultsetting.
Off:ThesignalwillnotbesentdirectlytotheL/Routputs.Thissettingisusefulifyouwantto:
UseSend1or2toroutethesignalentirelythroughthemastereffects,withoutsendingthedrysignaltotheoutputs.
UsetheFXControlBustoroutethesignaltoaneffectssidechain,suchasagateorvocoder,withoutbeinghearddirectlyattheoutputs.
FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [O, 1, 2]SendsthepostIFXsignaltotheFXControlbusses.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseeFXControlBusonpage 207.
IfyoureusingCtrl(FXControlBus)asaninputsignalfordoublesizeeffectD9:Vocoderetc.,afeedbackloopwilloccurifyououtputtothesamebusasspecifiedhere,andoscillationwilloccur.Setthiswithcaretoavoidcreatingaloop.
Send1 [000...127]
Send2 [000...127]TheseadjustthelevelatwhichthepostIFXsignalissenttomastereffects1and2.ThisisvalidifBusissettoL/RorOff.
YoucanuseCC#93tocontroltheSend1level,andCC#91tocontroltheSend2level.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthesemessages.
IFX2, IFX3, IFX4
Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffects2,3,and4.
IFX Select [S00...S61, D00...D09]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.
S00S61aresinglesizeandD00D09aredoublesizeeffects.
IFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
On/O [O, On]Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.
SeeOn/Offonpage 11.
ChainTo [IFX3...IFX5]Thisselectstheconnectiondestinationinserteffect.Inserteffect2canbeconnectedtoIFX3IFX5.Inserteffect3canbeconnectedtoIFX4IFX5.
Inserteffect4doesnotprovideaChainTosetting.Itcanbeconnectedonlytoinserteffect5.
SeeChainToonpage 12.
Chain [O, On]
Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)
[L000...C064...R127]
Bus (Bus Select) [O, L/R]
FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [O, 1, 2]
Send1 [000...127]
Send2 [000...127]SeeIFX1onpage 11.
IFX5
Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffect5.
Youcantconnectfrominserteffect5toanotherinserteffect.
IFX Select [S00...S61]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.
IFX5cannotusedoublesizeeffects(154170).
IFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
On/O [O, On]Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.
SeeOn/Offonpage 11.
Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)
[L000...C064...R127]
Bus (Bus Select) [O, L/R]
FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [O, 1, 2]
Send1 [000...127]
Send2 [000...127]SeeIFX1onpage 11.
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MFX1, MFX2Hereyoucanadjustsettingsforthemastereffects.Theseconsistmainlyofthefollowing.
Selecttheeffecttypeforeachmastereffect,andsettheeffectparameters.
Turneachmastereffecton/off.
Specifyhowthemastereffectsareconnected,andspecifythelevelatwhichthesignalfromtheeffectsarereturnedtotheL/Rbus.
Themastereffectsdonotoutputdirect(Dry)sound.ThereturnlevelsReturn1andReturn2returntheeffect(Wet)soundtotheL/RbusandmixthesignalintotheL/R
bus.
Althoughthemastereffectinput/outputsarestereoin/stereoout,buttheoutputmaybemonauraldependingonthetypeofeffectthatisselected.(In/Outonpage 208)
MFX1
MFX Select [S00...S87, D00...D13]Thisselectstheeffecttypeformastereffect1.
S00S87aresinglesizeandD00D13aredoublesizeeffects.
IfyouchooseS00:NoEffect,theoutputfromthemastereffectwillbemuted.
MFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyMFXSelect.
Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
On/O [O, On]Switchesthemastereffect1on/off.Whenoff,theoutput
willbemuted.
Separatelyfromthesettingshere,youcanusecontrolchange#94toturnmastereffects1and2off.Avalueof0turnsthemoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthismessage.
Return 1 [000...127]ThisspecifiesthereturnlevelfromthemastereffecttotheL/Rbus(afterwhichitpassesthroughTFX,andissentfromOUTPUTL/MONOandR).
Chain [O, On]On:Mastereffects1and2willbeconnectedinseries,intheorderofmastereffect1mastereffect2.
ChainLevel [000...127]WhenChainOn/OffisOn,thisspecifiesthelevelofthesignalsentfrommastereffect1tomastereffect2.
Ifyoureusingadoublesizeeffect,theChainsettingswillbeunavailable.
MFX2
MFX Select [000...120]Thisselectstheeffecttypeformastereffect2.
Formastereffect2,only000120singlesizeeffectscanbe
selected.MFX2cannotusedoublesizeeffects.Additionally,ifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforMFX1,youwontbeabletouseMFX2.
IfyouchooseS00:NoEffect,theoutputfromthemastereffectwillbemuted.
MFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyMFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
On/O [O, On]Switchesthemastereffect2on/off.Whenoff,theoutputwillbemuted.
Return 2 [000...127]Theseparametersspecifytheeffecttypeformastereffect2,itson/offstatus,andthereturnlevelfrommastereffect2totheL/Rbus.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseeReturn1.
TFXHereyoucanadjustsettingsforthetotaleffect,whichislocatedatthefinalstageoftheL/Rbus.Theseconsist
mainlyofthefollowing. Selecttheeffecttypeforthetotaleffect,andsettheeffect
parameters.
Turnthetotaleffecton/off.
Forthetotaleffect,thedirect(Dry)soundwillalwaysbestereoin/stereoout.Theinput/outputconfigurationoftheeffect(Wet)soundwilldependontheeffecttype.
Althoughthetotaleffectsinput/outputisstereoin/stereoout,theoutputmaybemonauraldependingonthetypeofeffectthatisselected.(In/Outonpage 208)
Afterthesignalhaspassedthroughthetotaleffect,itisoutputfromOUTPUTL/MONOandR.
TFX
TFX Select [S00...S61]Thisselectstheeffecttypefortotaleffect.
TFXcannotusedoublesizeeffects.
TFX Parameters
HereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyTFXSelect.
Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).
On/O [O, On]Thisturnstotaleffecton/off.Ifthisisoff,theinputwillbepasseddirectlythrough.
Alternatively,youcansendcontrolchange#95toturnthetotaleffectoff.Avalueof0turnsthetotaleffectoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthismessage.
Master Vol
Master Vol (Master Volume) [000...127]Thisspecifiesthefinalleveloftheaudiooutputthathaspassedthroughtotaleffect,andoutputfromOUTPUTL/
MONOandR.
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CommandThesecommandsallowyoutodothingssuchascopyingarpeggiatororeffectsettings.Specifythecopysourceandcopydestination,gettheOK?prompt,andthenpressthebuttontobegin.
Forcopyrelatedcommands,pleasenotethefollowing
pointswhen
using
From
and
Src
to
specify
the
copy
source.
IfyouspecifyProgramorCombiinFrom,theSrcfieldwillshowabanknumbersuchasA000.ThisindicationmatchesthebanknumbershownintheupperrightofthedisplaywhenyouturnNUMLOCKoninPROGPLAYorCOMBIPLAYandpressthefunction14(ENTER)button.
IfyouspecifySonginFrom,theSrcfieldwillshowasongnumber.Inthiscase,youcanchooseonlysongnumbersthatareloadedintothemicroSTATIONorthatyoucreatedonthemicroSTATION.
Copy ArpeggioThiscommandcopiesarpeggiosettings.
From [Program, Combi, Song]Selectthecopysourcemode.
Src (Source) [A000: name...,000: name...]
Selectthecopysource.
Srcs [A, B, A&B]Ifyouselectacombinationorsongasthecopysource,thisspecifieswhetheryoullbecopyingthesettingsofarpeggiatorAorB.
To [A, B]Specifythecopydestinationarpeggiator. ThisisnotshownifSrcsissettoA&B.
Copy IFX
Thiscommandcopiestheinserteffectsettingsofadesiredprogram,combination,orsong.Thefollowingsettingswill
becopied.
Allsettingsoftheinserteffect(thecontentsoftheIFXpageandtheeffectparameters,exceptforCtrlCh).
ThePan(CC#8),Bus,FXCtrl,Send1,andSend2settingsthatfollowtheinserteffect.
From [Program, Combi, Song]Selectthecopysourcemode.
Src (Source) [A000: name...,000: name...]
Selectthecopysource.
Srcs [All IFXs, IFX1...IFX5]Selecttheeffectthatyouwanttocopy.IfyouselectAllIFXs,thesettingsofallinserteffectswillbecopied.
To [IFX1...IFX5]Specifythecopydestinationinserteffect.
This
is
not
shown
if
Srcs
is
set
to
All
IFXs.
Swap IFX
Thiscommandexchangesthesettingsoftwoinserteffects.
Source1 [IFX1...IFX5]
Source2 [IFX1...IFX5]Selectthetwoinserteffectswhosesettingswillbeexchanged.
Copy MFX/TFX
Thiscommandcopieseffectsettingsfromaspecifiedprogram,combination,orsongtoamastereffectortothetotaleffect.
MasterVolumesettingswillnotbecopied.
From [Program, Combi, Song]Selectthecopysourcemode.
Src (Source) [A000: name...,
000: name...]Selectthecopysource.
Srcs [M1,2&TFX, IFX1...IFX5, MFX1, MFX2, TFX]Selecttheeffectthatyouwanttocopy.
IfyouselectIFX1IFX5,settingswillbecopiedfromthecorrespondinginserteffect.Whencopyingfromaninserteffect,theresultwillnotbecompletelyidenticalbecauseofdifferencesintheroutingandthelevelsettings.
IfyouselectMFX1orMFX2,theReturn(returnlevel)settingwillalsobecopied.
To [IFX1...IFX5, MFX1, MFX2, TFX]Specifythecopydestinationmastereffectortotaleffect.
ThisisnotshownifSrcsissettoM1,2&TFX.
Write ProgramThissavestheeditedprogramtothemicroSTATIONsmemory.Youcanusethistodothefollowing.
Savetheeditedcontent.
Renameaprogram.
Specifytheprogramscategory.
Copyaprogramtoadifferentbankorprogramnumber.
Besuretosaveimportantprograms.Aneditedprogramcannotberecoveredifyouturnoffthepowerorselectadifferentprogrambeforeyouvesavedit.
Beforeyoucanwrite,youmustturnoffmemoryprotectinGlobalmode.
Name [space, !...~]Specifytheprogramname.Usethebuttonstoselectacharacter,andusethebuttonstochangethecharacter.Youcanenteruptotwentyfourcharacters.
Cat (Category) [KEYBOARD...USER]Selectthecategoryfortheprogramyouresaving.
ThecategoryyouspecifyherecanbeusedwhenselectingprogramsbycategoryinProgram,Combination,orSequencermodes.
To [A000...D127: name]Specifythesavedestinationfortheprogram.ThemicroSTATIONallowsyoutosave512programs.
Thesavedestinationisindicatedbybanknumber.Thisbanknumbermatchesthebanknumbershownintheupper
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rightofthedisplaywhenyouturnNUMLOCKoninPROGPLAYandpressthefunction14(ENTER)button.YoucanspecifyA000D127;theGM2bankisnotavailableforsaving.
Note:ProgramsonthemicroSTATIONareinternallymanagedbybankandnumber.ThesavedprogramwillbewrittentoabanknumberA000D127.
OK?
Pressthebuttontosavethedata.
Note:YoucanalsosavetheprogrambypressingtheWRITEbutton.WhenyoupresstheWRITEbutton,aconfirmationscreenofOKwillappear.Whenyoudothis,theprogramwillbesavedbyoverwritingthecurrentlyselectedprogram.
External SetupYoucanusethemicroSTATIONsexternalcontrolfunctionalitytocontrolanexternalMIDIdevice;presstheEXTERNALbuttonanduseknobs14totransmitMIDIcontrolchangemessagesonthespecifiedMIDIchannel.
Setup Select [000...127: name]Thisselectsthesetupthatwillbeusedforexternalcontrol.Youcanchoosefrom128setups.
PreloadsetupdataisloadedwhenthemicroSTATIONisshippedfromthefactory.Forexample,thesesetupsincludeasetupthatletyoucontroltheKorgLegacyCollectionofsoftwaresynthesizers,andasetupthatletsyoucontrolDAWsoftware.(microSTATIONExternalSetup(PDF))
YoucanuseGlobal/Media:MIDI ExternalSetuptoassignthefunctionofeachknobinanexternalsetup(ExternalSetuponpage 64).
1 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]2 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]
3 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]
4 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]Theseindicatetheassignmentsforknobs14intheselectedexternalsetup.Fromtheleft,thesearetheMIDIchannel/MIDIcontrolchange/currentknobvalue.Theknobvaluecanbeedited.
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Combination mode
YoulluseCombinationmodetoplaycombinations.Thismodeletsyoudothefollowingthings.
Selectandplaycombinations.
Selecteachtimbresprogram,andedititsvolumeandotherparameters.
UsetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolthecombinationssoundsandarpeggiator.
Page structure in Combination modeThemicroSTATIONsCombinationmodeisorganizedasatreestructurecontainingthefollowingpages.(p.18)
Fordetailsonhowtomovebetweenpages,andhowtoselectparametersandedittheirvalues,pleaserefertothemicroSTATIONOperationGuide.
COMBI PLAYInCOMBIPLAYyoucanselectandplaycombinations.YoucanalsousetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolthecombinationssoundsandarpeggiatorwhileyouperform.
Tips: Auto Song SetupTheAutoSongSetupfunctionautomaticallyconvertsthesettingsofaprogramorcombinationintoasong,andputsthemicroSTATIONinrecordreadycondition.Thisfunctionseamlesslyunifiesprogramorcombinationperformancewithsongproduction;ifyougetanideaforaphraseorsongwhileplayingthearpeggiator,youcaninstantlyturnyourideaintoasong.
Combination No.&Name[001..: combination name]
Thisindicatesthecombinationthatscurrentlyselected.
InthemicroSTATIONsCombinationmode,the256preloadcombinationsareorganizedintothefollowingsevencategories.
Note:InCOMBIPLAYifyouturnNUMLOCKon(LEDlit)
andpress
the
function
14
(ENTER)
button,
the
bank
and
numberwillbeshownintherightsideofthedisplaysupperline.ForexamplewhenyouvesetthecategorytoALL,thisindicationletsyouviewthecombinationsbybanknumberratherthanbynumberwithinacategory.
EXTERNAL control
InCOMBIPLAY,ifyoupresstheEXTERNALbuttontoturnExternalControlon,andthenoperateknobs14,thedis
playwillbrieflyshowtheMIDIchannel,MIDICCnumberandvaluethatareassignedbytheselectedexternalsetup.ExternalsetupscanbeselectedinCOMBIEDIT:ExternalSetup.(ExternalSetuponpage 28)
IftheMIDICCnumberforaknobisturnedOffintheselectedexternalsetup,thenthevaluewillnotappearwhenyouoperatetheknob.
COMBI EDITHereyoucaneditthemicroSTATIONscombinationquickparameters.Thequickparametersareparametersthatcan
beeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Theseconsistof
thefollowing.
Volume,pitch,andnoterangesettingsforeachtimbre.
Adjustmentstothesoundoftheprogramusedbyeachtimbre.
MIDIfilterandcontrollersettings.
Arpeggiatorsettingsusedbythecombination.
Eachtimbresrouting,andsettingsfortheinserteffects,mastereffects,andtotaleffect.
Ifyouwanttoeditallparametersofthecombination,youllneedtousemicroSTATIONEditor/PlugInEditoronaconnectedcomputer.
Timb s(Timbre Parameters)Herearethesettingsforthetimbresofthecombination.
Timbre 01
Program Select [001...: program name]Selecttheprogramusedbythetimbre.
Thenumberandprogramnameareshown.ThecategoryisshownbytheCATEGORYindicatorlocatedattheleftofthedisplay.
Note:WhenthefrontpanelTIMBRE/TRACKLEDislit,youcanpressafunctionbutton0116intheCOMBIPLAYscreentoaccesstheProgramSelectdisplayforthetimbreofthecorrespondingnumber.
Switching a timbres program
UsetheCATEGORYSELECTbuttonstoselectacategory,andthebuttonstoselectaprogram.
UsetheCATEGORYSELECTbuttonstoselectacategory,presstheNUMLOCKbutt
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