KORG D1600 - Manual (Page 36)

KORG D1600 Guided Tour
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Audition a few of the 215 metronome and rhythm patterns:
1. Press the TEMPO / RHYTHM key, then press the “Rhythm:Off” button to read “Rhythm:On”. You’ll
hear the metronome, and the display will indicate the current settings. To adjust the metronome volume
level, press to highlight “Vol:070” in the display, then rotate the DIAL.
2. Press to highlight “Metro4” in the display.
3. Slowly-rotate the DIAL to the right, to audition some of the metronome and PCM rhythm patterns in
memory. Note that some of the patterns are indicated as Intro, Fill, or Ending by an I, F or E preceding
the pattern name.
4. Play your source instrument along with the rhythm patterns, and select and pay particular attention
to the rhythm pattern group named “8bt Rock 1”, as you’ll be creating a Tempo Map with these
patterns in the next exercise.
5. To set desired tempo, press to highlight “120” in the display, then rotate the DIAL. The display will
indicate the new tempo setting.
6. The time signature can be set as desired, by pressing to highlight 04/04 in the display, and then rotating
the DIAL. However, leave the time signature selection at “04/04” for now…
7. Press the “Rhythm:On” button to set “Rhythm:Off” and stop pattern playback.
Note: For time signatures 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8, all patterns can be selected. If you choose any other time
signature, only the Metro or Hihat can be selected. For this exercise, leave time signature set to
04/04.
Tip: Song tempo can be set manually, by tempo maps, or with a tempo track which can be recorded via
MIDI clock or by tap tempo. For more information, see the D1600 Owner’s Manual, page 62.
Create a new Tempo Map:
Tempo maps let you specify tempo, time signature and rhythm patterns for each measure in a song. There
are 200 tempo map events available for each song.
1. In the “Setup” tab of the TEMPO page, press the “>” popup button to the left of “MANUAL” (tempo
source), and select the “TempoMap” radio button, then press “OK”.
2. Press the “TmpMap” tab, and make sure that “Map001” is selected ( the initial song tempo).
3. Press the “Edit” button, then press the “edit cell” to the right of “Rhythm>”, and rotate the DIAL to
select pattern “I8bt Rock1”. Leave the other parameters set as follows: “Measure 001-004, Tempo
120, Beat 04/04”.
4. Press “OK”, then press the “New” button. Press “I8bt Rock1” and rotate the DIAL left to select pattern
“8bt Rock1”.
5. Press the END MEASURE “005” (above “Beat:”), and rotate the DIAL to select “019”. (Now you’ve
entered a 4-bar intro, followed by a 15-bar, 8 beat pattern. Get the idea? Now to add a fill-in pattern…
6. Press “OK”, then press the “New” button. Press “8bt Rock 1” and rotate the DIAL to select pattern
“F8bt Rock 1”.
7. Press the END MEASURE “019” and rotate the dial to select “20” (1-bar fill-in), then press “OK”.