KORG ESX-1
Owner's Manual

FX EDIT1: Speed ............................................ 1...127
Specifies the sampling interval and the sampling time. The sampling interval is synchronized to the number of steps in the sequencer. When the BPM changes, the length per step will also change, so the sampling interval will change together with this. The following table shows how the sampling interval corresponds with the speed value.
SPEED 0�1 2�5 6�9 10�13 14�21 22�25 26�33 34�37 38�41 42�49 50�53 54�83 84�127 Sampling interval (number of steps) 128 32 16 12 8 6 4 3 8/3 2 4/3 1 9/10 ... 1/10 (in 21 steps)

tern/song for which you selected this effect, set the speed to 0, and wrote the settings into memory may sound differently the next time you select the pattern/song.

PHASER

(Phaser)

This effect creates a sense of modulation by cyclically varying the phase of the sound and mixing this phase-shifted sound with the original sound.

FX EDIT1: Speed ............................................ 0...127
Adjusts the speed of the phaser LFO. Turning the knob toward the right will speed up the LFO.

FX EDIT2: Depth ............................................ 0...127
Adjusts the depth of the phaser. Turning the knob toward the right will give the sound a stronger sense of modulation. If the depth setting is too high, distortion may occur for some input sounds. If you set the speed setting at 0, the LFO will stop at that position (phase). The position (phase) at which the LFO stops is not written into the pattern/song data. In addition, the state (phase) of the LFO is reset when you switch to this effect from a different effect type. This means that a pattern/song for which you selected this effect, set the speed to 0, and wrote the settings into memory may sound differently the next time you select the pattern/song.

Even if the sampling interval is in the same region, increasing the SPEED value will shorten the sampling time. If the speed is set to a low value and this effect is played back continuously for an extended time, the high-frequency portion of the playback will gradually diminish, causing the tone to become softer.

FX EDIT2: Balance ......................................... 0...127
Adjusts the balance of the effect sound and direct sound. Turning the knob toward the right will increase the effect sound and decrease the direct sound. If the speed setting is low, the sampling interval will be long, meaning that if you play the keyboard etc. manually at a moment in which sampling is not being performed, you will not hear any sound.

RING MOD

(Ring modulator)

This effect modulates the sound to give it a metallic character or turn it into a special-effect.

FX EDIT1: OSCFreq. ......................................0...127
Specifies the frequency used to apply modulation. Turning the knob toward the right raises the frequency.

CHO/FLG

(Chorus/flanger)

FX EDIT2: Balance .........................................0...127
Adjusts the balance between the effect sound and direct sound. Turning the knob toward the right increases the effect sound and decreases the direct sound.

Chorus and flanger are effects that modulate the pitch of a slightlydelayed sound and add this to the original sound to create a swirling sensation or a sense of spaciousness.

FX EDIT1: Speed ............................................ 0...127
Adjusts the speed of the chorus/flanger LFO. Turning the knob toward the right will speed up the LFO.

TALKING MOD

(Talking modulator)

This effect adds vowel formants to the input sound.

FX EDIT2: Depth ............................................ 0...127
Adjusts the depth of the chorus/flanger effect. Turning the knob toward the right will change the effect from chorus to flanger. If the depth setting is too high, distortion may occur for some input sounds. If you set the speed setting at 0, the LFO will stop at that position (phase). The position (phase) at which the LFO stops is not written into the pattern/song data. In addition, the state (phase) of the LFO is reset when you switch to this effect from a different effect type. This means that a pat-

FX EDIT1: Formant .........................................0...127
Specifies the formant. As you turn the knob clockwise from 0 to 127, the formant will change smoothly between [a]-[e]-[i]-[o]-[u].

FX EDIT2: Offset ........................................ -63...+63
Specifies the pitch of the formant frequency.

54