KORG X50
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X50 EasyStart

Multi Mode
Multi Mode is the setup mode for using the X50 as a 16-channel, 16-part sound source in conjunction with a software or hardware sequencer. It also enables the X50 to be used as a master controller for other MIDI keyboards and sound modules.

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Press the MULTI button > Turn the VALUE WHEEL clockwise slowly, and notice that the first 16 of 128 Multis have titles: Pop/Ballade, Rock/Metal Rock, etc. > These are Style Templates, which choose the right instruments and the effects routing for the first eight of the X50�s parts, allowing for speedy setups with your external sequencer!

Tone Adjust
The Tone Adjust matrix is available both in Combination and Multi Mode. It is a list of over 30 parameters, any six of which can be applied to tweak any of the eight Timbres in a Combi, or any of the 16 Timbres in a Multi; and it can be a different set of six parameters for each part! The benefit is to be able to tweak sounds to fit a given composition without worrying about editing the original Programs.

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Once again select Combi A006, The Fire Inside > Press the MENU/OK button and use ClickPoint to navigate to Tone Adjust > Press ClickPoint down to �open� the page: you are viewing the first two of the six possible TA parameters for the first eight parts > The additional parameters, and in Multi Mode, the additional parts, are available by pressing the PAGE+ button to the TA1 tab.

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Use ClickPoint to navigate to Part 6 - the Drum part in this example with LPF Fc highlighted, and rotate the Value Wheel fully clockwise to select Reverse as the parameter to tweak > Use ClickPoint to highlight PRG: this is telling the X50 to obey the Program�s instructions on whether the drum samples play forwards or backwards > Turn the Value Wheel one clockwise notch, or press the INC button: the drum samples will now play backwards!

Tone Adjust, in conjunction with the Realtime Control knobs, affords the performer an incredible amount of sophisticated control, and allows the songwriter an easy way to tailor sounds to a project.

X50 Editor/Librarian Software
The X50 ships with a CD-ROM, containing the Korg USB MIDI Driver and a powerful and easy-to-use editor. Once the keyboard is connected to a computer via USB, the editor can run in one of two ways: 1) As a stand-alone editor for modifying the sounds in a computer environment; or 2) as a plug-in editor inside a host application. As such, it supports VST, Audio Units, and RTAS protocols. Merely assign a virtual instrument track to look at the X50 editor, and sounds can be freely edited and saved as part of your DAW song project! By the way, you�ll find an in-depth X50/microX Editor/Librarian Owner�s Manual on the CD-ROM, or as part of the Editor/Plug-in Editor Software download, available at www.korg.com\X50.

For more information, see the X50 Owner�s Manual and X50 Editor/Plug-In Editor Manual, and visit www.korg.com/x50 for more support, tips and tricks!

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