The iS40 Guide
Korg iS40 Guide Table of Contents Product Overview Features and Benefits 3 4 Arrangements and Styles The Backing Sequencer Programs and Effects Song Play / Edit modes Disk/Global mode The Display 7 8 8 8 9 9 Tutorial: Listening to the Demo Songs About the Accessory Disk The JukeBox Function Loading the Factory Data Working with Arrangements The SYNCHRO button The FADE IN/OUT button Working with the Tempo The TEMPO LOCK button The SINGLE TOUCH button The VOLUME section Muting the tracks The ACC1-3 MUTE
Korg iS40 Guide Product Overview The iS40 is a complete music production system for today’s musician.
Korg iS40 Guide iS40 Features and Benefits Feature 61-key keyboard with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch sensitivity 384 onboard sounds 320 ROM Programs {including full GM soundset} 64 RAM Programs 16 drumkits Benefit The addition of aftertouch makes the iS40 more expressive and professional allowing you to control a sound’s vibrato or other effects directly from the keyboard. Aftertouch is also important for computer users who will be using the iS40 as their main input keyboard.
Korg iS40 Guide Feature 192 Arrangements {128 ROM/64 RAM} Benefit Arrangements assign specific sounds and effects to each part in a Style. Again, this is the largest number ever offered in a Korg i-Series instrument, and all are newly-created by professional musicians.
Korg iS40 Guide • A redesigned front panel, where countless design hours spent have resulted in a logic and “friendliness” that were sure you'll appreciate! • A powerful new 4-way speaker system with incredible low-end! • The most natural-sounding and totally musical accompaniment patterns ever, thanks to Korg’s world-wide network of Style and Arrangement developers! Once you’ve worked with the iS40, and experienced these new improvements, you’ll see and appreciate the fact that this product is truly
Korg iS40 uide The Backing Sequencer When you select Backing Sequence mode, you can record or play back a song created from Arrangements, and even add 8 extra tracks! The main tracks of a backing sequence are: the Keyboard track, Control track, and Chord track. The Keyboard track records whatever is played freely on the keyboard, or can be left empty for live playing. The Control track records your button selections on the front panel (e.g. Fill 1, Bass Inversion, etc.
Korg iS40 Guide the functions you would expect to find in a sophisticated sequencer! You can then save your sequences in Standard MIDI file format. Disk/Global Mode In Disk mode, you can save and load data via the internal DOS-compatible drive. When you press the DISK/GLOBAL button, the display will indicate the pages within this mode, and you can press the PAGE+/- buttons to move through the pages.
Korg iS40 Guide 1. Press START/STOP. The demos will playback one after the other. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demos. To listen to a single demo song: 1. Select the desired demo song by pressing the ARRANGEMENT NUMBER or PROGRAM NUMBER buttons. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demo song. 3. Press EXIT/NO or one of the MODE buttons to exit from Demo mode.
Korg iS40 Guide 6. Press the ENTER/YES button again to load all the Factory data from disk. When all data has been loaded, the display will prompt “Completed”. Press any other MODE button to exit from DISK/GLOBAL mode. Working With Arrangements 1. Press ARR.PLAY to enter Arrangement Play mode. The LED will light. 2. Press ARRANGEMENT BANK [A], then press ARRANGEMENT NUMBER [2] twice to select Arrangement A22 Windy Beat. Notice the front panel LED indicators for a moment.
Korg iS40 Guide The SYNCHRO buttons: On the iS40, the SYNCHRO START and SYNCHRO STOP buttons function in two ways: The SYNCHRO START button allows you to begin playing an arrangement when you trigger a chord in the chord scanning area. When you activate the SYNCHRO STOP button, the arrangement will only play when you are triggering chords, and will stop when you take your hand off the keyboard.
Korg iS40 Guide change to different Arrangements for each section of a song, or for a medley that keeps the people dancing! When this button is off, the tempo which was originally written for each arrangement will be recalled as new arrangements are selected. The SINGLE TOUCH button: Keep in mind that any given arrangement includes Keyboard programs for Upper 1/2 and Lower ranges. These programs can be layered or split, and used for live playing over the backing tracks of an arrangement.
Korg iS40 Guide The VOLUME section Below the Display, you’ll find a set of buttons which determine the volume and muting status of each of the tracks in an arrangement. (Note that in Song Play mode, these buttons become Track/MIDI channel buttons 1-16, and that in Program mode, these buttons function as Performance Edit buttons) When you are working with an arrangement, pressing any of these buttons will cause the Display to indicate the selected Program.
Korg iS40 Guide Getting the original arrangement settings back: Just re-select the arrangement again, and the original settings for all tracks will be recalled. ProUser Tip If you create a mix that you like, you can quickly WRITE it to a USER bank location by pressing the REC/WRITE button. The display will prompt with a USER bank location. Use the DIAL or TEMPO/VALUE buttons to view and select the desired USER bank arrangement number, then press ENTER/YES to write the new arrangement.
Korg iS40 Guide 5. Press PROGRAM NUMBER buttons [51] to change the bass track to an acoustic bass sound. 6. Re-select Arrangement A31 again, to recall the original setup. * Remember that you can write edited arrangements to the USER bank, and retain the original arrangement in the A and B banks. More on the Keyboard tracks- splits, layers etc. So far, you’ve learned quite a bit, but we’ve only just begun...sounds like a song, don’t it? (wonder what arrangement would work for that?...never mind...
Korg iS40 Guide 4. Press and Hold the SPLIT POINT button, located to the left of the display in the MODE section. Look in the Display as you do this, and in the upper-right area, you’ll see “SPLIT” and “C4” below it. This is the current split point for Arrangement B66. 5. While Holding the SPLIT POINT button, press any key on the keyboard, and the Display will indicate the new selected split point. Release the SPLIT POINT button and play the keyboard to hear the new split. 6.
Korg iS40 Guide The KEYBOARD MODE section: The KEYBOARD MODE section is used to choose the way the Upper 1,2 and Lower tracks are placed on the keyboard, and these settings are written as part of an arrangement. Also, in this section you can play manual drum sounds on the keyboard by pressing the M.DRUMS button. 1. Select Arrangement “B53 Gospel”. Note by the KEYBOARD MODE settings that this arrangement is a SPLIT. 2. Press the FULL UPPER button in the KEYBOARD MODE section. 3.
Korg iS40 Guide 2. Play the upper sound on the keyboard, then press the OCTAVE [+] button to transpose this sound up an octave. Note that you are only transposing the UPPER1 sound at this time. Press both the OCTAVE [+] and [-] buttons together to cancel the transposition. 3. Press the LOW/UPP2 button in the VOLUME section. The Display indicates “UP2: A43 Jazz Guitar”. 4. Press the OCTAVE [-] button, and as you play, notice that only the guitar sound is being transposed.
Korg iS40 Guide chord. However, this can be changed on page 11 of Global mode. For more information on chord scanning and recognition, consult the owner’s manual. The number of notes you have to play for the backing tracks to detect a chord depends on the settings in the Chord Recognition mode (page 11 of Global mode). The default setting is FINGERED2, which means that three or more notes have to be played to trigger chord scanning.
Korg iS40 Guide Warp-Speed Tour of an Arrangement Now that you’re getting to be an “expert” on the iS40, let’s work with Chord Scanning, backing tracks, styles, etc., at an accelerated pace, and completely change the way an arrangement can work: 1. Select Arrangement “A52 Underground”. 2. SYNCHRO START the arrangement. 3. Mute the accompaniment tracks with the ACC1-3 MUTE button. 4. Raise the DRUMS volume to “118”. 5. Un-mute the ACC1 track by pressing both buttons. 6.
Korg iS40 Guide Warp speed tour (cont.) 17. If you are a player - go for it! Change chords in the right hand while playing a live bass line in the left hand! If you’re not, don’t worry about it, just have FUN! 18. Press the INTRO/ENDING2 button, and stop dancin’ around...it looks ridiculous! ...hence the word “interactive”, right? ProUser Tip 1. Load ALL the Factory data into memory. 2. Study the A, B and USER Banks of Arrangements, and make a list of 8-16 favorites.
Korg iS40 Guide Selecting Keyboard Sets: 1. Repeatedly press the BANK button in the KEYBOARD SET section, until you see the A-bank LED light. 2. Now press KEYBOARD SET NUMBER button 1. Play the keyboard to hear the selected set. Storing a new Keyboard Set: 1. Select Arrangement “A13 L.A. R&B”. 2. Press the LOWER button in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN section. 3. Press the LOW/UPP2 button in the VOLUME section. 4.
Korg iS40 Guide arrangement, you can quickly select Keyboard Set B5 and access the Piano/Bass split as the live keyboard track! ProUser Tip: You can also write the selected Keyboard set as the new keyboard tracks in a desired arrangement, so that the set is automatically selected when you pick an arrangement. Simply select the arrangement, then the keyboard set, then press the REC/WRITE button and write the new arrangement into a USER bank location.
Korg iS40 Guide 2. Press START/STOP. The demo will start. Listen, and watch the Display and front panel as it plays - note the chord and control changes. The demo is only 28 measures in length - very effective as an initial “look” at the Backing Sequencer. Record your own Backing Sequence... 1. Press the CURSOR> button once. “BSQ0” will flash in the Display. 2. Press the UP/+ button, or rotate the DIAL until “BSQ1” flashes in the Display, indicating that you’ve selected a new Backing Sequence. 3.
Korg iS40 Guide Let’s review the Backing Sequencer: 1. Play the Factory Backing Sequence Demo. Notice the Display and front panel changes that are occuring! 2. Record a new Backing Sequence. - Cursor and select “BSQ1”, then select the type of arrangement you like. -Select an Intro and... - Record the Backing Sequence, including keyboard, control and chord data. - Playback the new Backing Sequence.
Korg iS40 Guide To playback SMF files: 1. Insert the Accessory Disk (FDD-1004) or any SMF disk into the disk drive. 2. Press the SONG PLAY button in the MODE section and press START/STOP. The iS40 will play through all the SMF’s on the disk. To play a particular song from the disk, use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons to select the SMF you want and press START/STOP. You can even do this while an SMF is playing. * Note that these files are in Format 0 SMF, so they will playback immediately.
Korg iS40 Guide Program Mode There are 384 onboard sounds in the iS40. They are located in the PROGRAM section, and are organized into six banks (A-F) plus a drum bank. Banks A-E include 320 ROM programs (A&B are GM). Bank F/USER contains 64 RAM programs. Pressing Bank button F repeatedly toggles between the F and DRUM bank. There are 16 Drumkits in the DRUM bank.
Korg iS40 Guide Program Editing: All of the parameters used to create the programs and effects are easily accessible by pressing the PAGE +/- buttons, or by direct page selecting. To go to a specific edit page, hold the PROGRAM button, then press ARRANGEMENT NUMBER BUTTONS 1-8 or PROGRAM NUMBER buttons 1-8. More detailed information on program editing is available in the owner’s manual pgs. 143-169. Additional Features This tutorial has provided you with a basic understanding of the iS40.
Korg iS40 Guide ENSEMBLE button: In Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes, pressing the ENSEMBLE button harmonizes the right hand melody based on the chords played in the left hand. This only works when chord scanning is set to LOWER. There are ten available types of Ensemble settings, located on page 5 of Arrangement Play mode. For more information on the various Ensemble types, see pg. 60 in the owner’s manual.
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Korg iS40 Guide Arrangement and Program Listings: iS40/50 Arrangements You can select the arrangements via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS) and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages through the ARNG channel. The Bank Select MSB is always = 00.
Korg iS40 Guide Programs You can select the programs via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS) and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages, through the MIDI channel you wish to change the program to. The Bank Select MSB is always = 00.
Korg iS40 Guide 037 038 001 001 002 002 004 C56 DynaSlap 045 C57 Dance Bass 046 Reed 000 D11 AltoBreath 001 008 001 D12 Folk Sax 009 002 D13 SoftTenor 010 003 D14 PerkySaxes 011 004 D15 Oboe 2 012 005 D16 Woodwinds 013 006 D17 Small^Orch 014 007 D18 Clarn. Ens.
