KORG EA-1mkII - Manual (Page 12)

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3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
Conceptual diagram of the EA-1
mk
II
On the EA-1 mk II , a song consists mainly of Patterns (which consist of Parts and delay
settings) and event data (refer to p.37 "Recording knob movements or your performance
in a song (Event Recording)").
Songs: S01...S16
Pattern order
A03
B53
C07
D06
A52
B17
б
б
б
End
Event data
Part Trigger
Part Pitch
Gate Time
б
б
б
Structure of Song
Pattern data
Tempo
Length
Beat/Scale
Patterns: A01...D64
Part data
Part 1
Part 2
Part
Synthesizer
Portamento
OSC Balance
OSC1
OSC2
б
б
Fillter
AMP
Effect
Phrase pattern Motion sequence
Trigger
Pitch
Gate Time
Listening to a Song
1. Press the Song Mode key to enter Song mode (the key will light).
2. Use the cursor [ ▲][▼] keys to make the parameter select LED indicate
SONG (the top LED).
3. Rotate the dial to select the desired song (S01...S16).
4. Press the Play/Pause key to playback the song (the key will light). When
the song ends, playback will stop automatically (the key will go dark).
To pause during playback, press the Play/Pause key (the key will blink). To
resume playback, press the Play/Pause key once again (the key will light).
To stop playback, press the Stop/Cancel key.
It is not possible to change songs during playback.
What is a Song?
On the EA-1 mk II , a song is musical data consisting of Pat-
terns arranged in the desired playback order. The EA-1 mk II
lets you create and store up to sixteen songs. In each song
you can arrange up to 256 patterns, and phrase and knob
movements can also be recorded in addition to the playback.
(Refer to p.34 "Song mode.")
Stop/
Cancel key
1
2
4
3
Song
Pattern(A02) Pattern(A03) Pattern(A01) Pattern(B01)