Basic functions, About the display, Switching the display – KORG BX-3 User Manual

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Basic functions

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Basic functions

1. About the display

Switching the display

Each time you press the [DISPLAY] key, the contents of
the display will change as follows.

Normal mode

When you are in the Normal mode, the display will show
the program number and program name.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key, the display will show
the settings of the “UPPER” parameters (drawbar
parameters for the upper keyboard)

specified by the

program.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display
will show the settings of the “LOWER” parameters
(drawbar parameters for the lower keyboard)

When you press the [DISPLAY] key once again, the
program number and program name

display will

reappear.

Front panel Drawbar 1 and 2 settings can be changed
not only by moving the bars manually, but also by
receiving MIDI control change messages. If MIDI
control changes are received to modify the sound,
the “LOWER” parameter display will show the
values as follows.

(Display when drawbar levels have been edited by MIDI CC#)

Program number and program name

DB Preset’s Perc settings

UPPER parameter settings

LOWER parameter settings

EX mode

When you are in the EX mode, the display will show the
program number and program name

When you press the [DISPLAY] key, the display will show
the settings of the “EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION”
parameters Drawbar 1 and EX Drawbar

that are specified

by the program.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display
will show the settings of the “EX Percussion” param-
eters

When you press the [DISPLAY] key again, the display
will show the settings of the “EX LOWER” parameters.

When you press the [DISPLAY] key yet another time, the
program number and program name

display will

reappear.

If MIDI control changes were received to change the
sound, these values will be displayed following the
“EX LOWER” parameter display, in the same way as
for Normal mode.

Program number and program name

EX Percussion settings

(Display when drawbar levels have been edited by MIDI CC#)

Drawbar 1 and EX Drawbar settings

EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION parameters

Drawbar 1 and EX Drawbar settings

EX DRAWBAR & PERCUSSION parameters

EX Percussion settings

EX LOWER settings

Drawbar levels and icons

: Drawbar levels

The above illustration shows the drawbar levels.
At a level of 8 (maximum), the display will be as
shown at the far left. At a level of 0 (minimum),
nothing will be displayed, as in the far right of the
illustration above.

: Enter icon

This will be displayed when writing or copying a
program.
When this icon is displayed, pressing the [WRITE/
ENTER] key will execute the operation.

: Speaker icon

This will be displayed when writing or copying a
program.
This icon means that you can play the keyboard to
hear the sound of the program indicated by the icon.