Interactive Music Module User’ Ss O =. soIMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING — When using electrical products, basic precautions should be followed, including the following: 1. Read all the instructions before using the product, 2. Do not use this product near water — for ‘example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, ina wet basement, or near a swimming pool, or the like. 3. This product should be used only with the cart or stand that is recommended by the manufacturer. 4, This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent heating loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or ata level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. 5. The product should be located so thatits location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. 6. 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The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with the local codes and ordinances. DANGER — Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with the product — if it wll not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician,‘THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR THE U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY) ‘This equipment has been tested and found to. comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmul interference to radio communications. However, there 's no guarantee that interference will not ocour in a particular instalation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is ‘encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: + Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna, * Increase the separation between the equipment and ) pages If no arrows appear before and after the page num- ber, you are in a subpage of the Disk/Global mode, To exit press EXIT/NO (see page 19). 19 MEMORY-CHORD/TIE button Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: keeps the accompaniment chord after taking your hand off the keyboard. Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: inserts a tie (ties the last note played to the next note that is, going to be played). ‘20 MEMORY-LOW/HAR/REST button Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: if the Lower track is controlled by the Global channel, this button keeps the Lower track notes after taking, your hands off the keyboard. (See “Page 14: Lower memory” in the Disk/Global mode) Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence, Song Play ‘modes: keeps the harmonization notes coming over the Harmony channel (see page 142 and following). Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: creates a pause, 21 BASS INV./< (Bass Inversion/backwards) button Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: with this function the lowest note of a chord played in inverted form will always be detected as the main note of the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger composite chords such as Am7/G or “F/ C’. When the Chord Scanning is FULL, the bass note will not change until another bass note is played. Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: this but- ton is used to go to the previous step. 22 SPLIT POINT/> (Split Point/Forward) button Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: selects the split point (division of the keyboard). Hold down the button and play the note you wish to become the split point. This note and all the notes to the right of it are part of the Upper range, the notes to its lefts are part of the Lower range.Getting Started* Front and Rear Panels The split point can be saved in the Global in order to remain available also after you turn the instrument off and on again. (See “Page 22: Write Global” on page 152). split point is particularly use TOM is constced to 0 MIDI Keyboard. only works if the MIDI controller transmits through the special Global channel (see page 45) Backing Sequence-Event Editing mode: goes to the next step. 23 FADE IN/OUT button If the accompaniment is not playing, this button fades it in (the volume gradually increases from zero to the maximum value). If the accompaniment is playing, this button fades it out (the volume gradu- ally decreases from the maximum value to zero). You do not need to press START/STOP to start or stop the accompaniment. 24 TEMPO @ (Tempo Lock) button Led lit up: when you change the arrangement the tempo will not change. The tempo can be manually changed by using the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. 25 RESET/INS button Backing Sequence, Song Play, Song Edit modes: this bution returns the sequencer to the first mea- sure. Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: restarts the chord scanner and returns to the begin- ning of the measure. The second function of the (INS) button is to insert a Step Recording event, or an empty space where the cursor is positioned when you wish to write a name, ‘Note: In ony sitvation this button con be used as “MIDI Panic”. Press it when a note gels stuck to unblock 26 TAP TEMPO/DEL button You can set the tempo with this button. The tempo is updated in the display. The second function of the (DEL) button is to cancel the event that has been selected in Step Recording, or to cancel a letter where the cursor is positioned when you wish to write a name. (27 REC/WRITE/LYRICS (Recording/Writing/lyrics) button Backing Sequence and Song Edit modes: this but- ton enters the record mode. Arrangement Play and Program modes: this will access the Write page where you can save your mod- ified Arrangement, Keyboard Set o program. 10 Song Play mode: switches through the display modes Lyrics 1 (lyrics 1), Lyrics 2 (lyrics 2), Play (standard execution information), ‘Notet The lyrics modes are only cvailable ifthe SMF contains the lyrics, The lyrics 2 mode is only available with some SMF. Global mode: recalls the Write Global page. 28 SINGLE TOUCH button Led lit up: when an arrangement is changed, the programs of Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower tracks are recalled and saved in the new arrangement. 29 SUSTAIN button Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence, Program, Song Play modes: increases the length of the notes (by extending the program sustain. ‘30 ENSEMBLE button Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: harmonizes the melody played with your right hand with the chords played with your left hand. The Chord Scanning must be LOWER. ‘31 TRANSPOSE buttons These buttons change the transposition (in semi- tones) of the instrument. The transposition value temporarily appears on the right side of the display. In order to cancel the transposition you must press both buttons together. ‘32 OCTAVE buttons These buttons change the transposition (in octaves) of the track selected in the display. In order to cancel the transposition you must press both buttons together. ‘33 VARIATION 1, 2, 3, 4 buttons Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: these buttons select one of the four style variations. Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these but- ton are used to specify the length of the note being, input (the value of the notes is shown under the but- tons). ‘34 FILL 1/2 (Fill-in) buttons Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: pressing one of these buttons during performance will add a fill-in Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these but- tons are used to specify the length of the note being, input (the value of the notes is shown under the but= tons). 35 INTRO/ENDING buttons Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes: pressing one of these buttons before you begin play- ing will cause an introduction to be played after you press START/STOP. Pressing one of these butions during a performance will cause an ending to beGetting Started * Front ond Rear Panels ee played, after which the performance will end auto- ‘matically. Backing Sequence-Step Recording mode: these but- tons are used to specify the length of the note being input (the value of the notes is shown under the but tons) 36 START/STOP button Arrangement Play, Song Play and Demo modes this button starts or stops the automatic accompani- ‘ment or playback. Backing Sequence and Song Edit modes: it starts or stops playback. If the REC/WRITE/LYRICS led is lit up, it starts or stops recording. ‘37 SYNCHRO-START and SYNCHRO STOP buttons The SYNCHRO-START button makes the accompa- niment start when you play a note or chord in the chord detection area of the keyboard, without hav- ing to press START/STOP. The SYNCHRO-STOP button makes the accompani- ment stop when the hand playing the notes in the chord detection area of the keyboard is taken off the keyboard. 38 KEYBOARD SET section By pressing only one button in Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes the Keyboard Set select the set-up of the realtime tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower, the effects and the setings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section. In Song Play mode the Keyboard Set only select the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section (and not the track set-up), To choose a Keyboard Set you have to press once, or repeatedly BANK to choose bank A, Bor C, then you must press one of the number buttons to choose the Keyboard Set In Arrangement Play you can save the current set up of the realtime tracks, the effects and the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section in a Keyboard Set. 1. Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS. 2. Press one of the buttons in the KEYBOARD SET section to recall the Write Keyboard Set page. 3. Press once, or repeatedly BANK to choose the bank (A, Bor C). 4. Press the number button which corresponds to the Keyboard Set where you wish to save the set- up. 5. Press ENTER/YES twice to confirm, nGetting Started Front and Rear Panels 12 Sala [a 10 - Mode AUTO means that the sequencer is reading the The first line of the display indicates the operative _ tempo recorded in the song. mode: ARR-PLAY, BACKING SEQ,, SONG PLAY, SONG COT Disk GUOBAVIPROGRAN EXT means that the i40M is synchronized with the metronome of an external device connected to its Tempo/Value MIDI IN. Only one of the MIDI IN connectors of the The two indicators TEMPO and VALUE show in _i0M can receive the synchronism (see page 137). alternation. They show the functioning of the x TEMPO/VALUE buttons. If these buttons act as You,can choose the Kind of synchronism you Dik? tempo controls the display shows TEMPO. If they igual ode E eeenemeeamelasirrirerat act as modifiers of the selected parameter the display ronal mo shows VALUE. 8 Chord name Split 9 Modifiable parameters Indicates that the SPLIT POINT button is currently pressed, and the note shown below in the display is the currently selected split point. Transpose/Octave The two indicators TRANSPOSE and OCTAVE show in alternation. According to which one shows, the value below indicates the transposition value by semitones or octaves. Page Indicator of the current page. If [>] shows, there are pages to follow. If [<] shows there are previous pages. Go through the pages with the PAGE [+] and. LT buttons, Tempo Current tempo. If the TEMPO indicator is showing, you can vary the tempo with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons, Tempo mode/Clock (synchronization) ‘Tempo mode and type of synchronization. Two lines of characters that show the parameters of the various edit pages. You can move through the parameters with the CURSOR buttons and modify the values with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. 10 Volume indicators ‘Track volume. The tracks that are selected are shown at the top and on the left none = accompaniment and realtime tracks shown above the PROGRAM/VOLUME buttons (Arrangement Play, Backing Sequence) ET= Extra Track (Backing Sequence) ch = channels (Song Play) 1.8 = tracks /channels 1-8 (Song Play, Song Edit) 9-16 = tracks /channels 9-16 (Song Play, Song Edit) To select the hidden tracks press TRACK SELECT. If all the indicators are off, the realtime and accompa- niment tracks indicated above the VOLUME/PRO- GRAM buttons are shown.Getting Started + Front and Reor Panels [ Rear pemel 1 2 °Q PHONES jack You can connect a stereo headphones here. OUTPUT connectors Audio outlets. You can connect an amplifier here You can connect the i40M to a mixer, two amplified speakers or the AUX/TAPE inlet of an hi-fi system, If the amplifier is mono, only connect the L/MONO connector. (eo War 1g? Volume that is too high con cause serious damage to your hearing. Keep the volume at a moder- ate level INPUT-IN connector Audio inlet for microphone, guitar or mono line sig nal. The signal goes through the effects and the har- monizer of the VOCAL /GUITAR section, and comes out from the OUTPUT outlets (together with the sounds of the internal sound generation of the id0N). Set the input level with the GAIN knob. The pres- cence of the signal lights up the green SIGNAL led. If the signal is close to saturation, the led becomes orange. If the signal is saturated, the led becomes red. MOLI Eos ‘The signal can never be saturated. If the red led lights up, adjust the GAIN knob in order to reduce the input gain. GAIN knob Adjusts the gain of the INPUT-IN inlet. Turn it towards the left to reduce the gain (e.g. when the SIGNAL led is orange or red), and towards the right to increase it, DAMPER connector You can connect a damper pedal here, such as Korg DS-1 or similar. The damper pedals can have a dif- ferent polarity; choose the polarity of your pedal on "Page 16: Auto chord scanning/Damper polarity” in the Disk/Global mode (see page 148) ASSIGNABLE PDL/SW connector You can connect an expression pedal here, such as Korg XVP-10 or EXP-2, or a PS-1 or PS-2 type foot- switch. You can program the function assigned to the pedal on “Page 12: Assignable pedal/switch” in the Disk/Global mode (see page 143). MIDI connectors You can connect other MIDI devices (keyboards or computers) here. For the connection you need the special MIDI cables which you can purchase from your Korg dealer. (See chapter “MIDI” on page 44), 13Gotting Started Front and Rear Panels Bering Store ee + MIDIIN 1 and MIDI IN 2 connectors Receive MIDI data from external devices. The two connectors are identical and can be used, for instance, to simultaneously connect a keyboard to MIDIIN 1 and an accordion to MIDI IN 2. The syn- chronism signal (MIDI Clock) can only be received by one connector at a time (see “Clock (Clock source)” on page 137). © MIDI OUT connector Transmits the MIDI data generated by the i40M to other devices. MIDI THRU connector Re-transmits the MIDI data received by the MIDI IN, and 2 ports. 14 8 ECS connector You can connect an optional Korg ECS external con- troller here. You can program the ECS on “Page 13: ECS external controller” in the Disk/Global mode, assigning a function to each of the five pedal switches. 9 POWER switch On/off switch. 10 Power supply connector Plug the power cable supplied with the instrument here, ming? Always conne socket with ground.Getting Started + Operative modes 3. Operative modes The instrument can function in different “modes", each of which groups together functions that are for its | Amengement yyimeds Arrangement Play is the main operative mode. When the instrument is turned on, it is always in this mode, where you can select the arrangements and the Key- board Set you wish to use. ‘There are 192 arrangements in total, organized as 64 arrangements in each of the three banks A, B, and USER. The arrangements in the USER bank are freely modifiable and can be used to load new data from a disk. The 15 Keyboard Set are all freely modifiable and divided in three banks with 5 Keyboard Set each. The Keyboard Set are designed to immediately change the [programs of the real time tracks and the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR section. Each arrangement is composed of a style and three real time tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, and Lower). The real time tracks can be played “live” with the accom- paniment of the style tracks. The way in which the real time tracks are arranged on a MIDI keyboard and their activation/ deactivation state are set in the KEYBOARD MODE and KEY- BOARD ASSIGN sections. The styles are made up of patterns (musical structures) used to create the automatic accompaniments. Each style contains four variations, two intros (introduc- tions), two endings and two fil-ins (passages) ‘The style selected by the arrangement detects the type of chord played ina section known as “chord detec- tion section” and adapts its pattern to that chord. For example, if the pattern is in C major, playing a F major own particular use. In order to choose a mode you need to press a button in the MODE section. \ chord in the chord detection section will cause the pat- ter transposition to F major. ‘The way in which patterns are affected by chords is of course more complex than what indicated above. Korg instruments are renowned for their refinement in detecting the chords. The styles consist of six tracks: drums, percussion, bass, accompaniment tracks ACC1, ACC2 and ACC3. These six tracks are referred to as the Backing Tracks, since they provide the rhythmical and harmonic back- ing of the song. Whilst playing you can modify several arrangement parameters (e.g, the volume of the instrumental parts), however if you stop the accompaniment, or decide to select a different arrangement, your edits will be lost. To save the changes in the USER bank use the Write Arrangement of the “Page 24: Write Arrangement” (see page 79). To save the changes in the Keyboard Set use the Write Keyboard Set function of the “Page 25: Write Key- board Set” (see page 80). The following scheme shows the parameters that are automatically changed when selecting an arrangement or Keyboard Set: * if the SINGLE TOUCH led is on, the arrangement can also change the parameters of the real time tracks; * if the SINGLE TOUCH led is off, the arrangement can only change the parameters of the accompani- ment tracks. 15Getting Started + Operative modes The Backing Sequence mode allows you to create a song in a simple way, by recording it in real time with the arrangements. You can playback the song in this way or convert it in SMF and playback it in Song Play or Song Edit mode. | Baling ‘The main parts of a backing sequence are the three arrangement tracks (keyboard track, controls track and chord track). The controls track records the button 16 SINGLE ‘rangement TOUCH ON i t fe Kopeard gn veer bs Kejooerd mode ie fqemmroas | | Geeecian sane | ieee Bana rn ier pan we pn son a ee eso Ber eR a ac ee ayo St SINGLE ranger TOUCH OFF - 7 ‘oer me cI rye € ypoard sion VocalGultar menaapae | | Secrons feznd’cdi) || Read se is tien i ours eee ae 7 Bae pan sa col Sharaluck cesignaion | | UBper peg, va pa, Sond Sate ernse CB ER a sonns rout EEE selections of the front panel; the chord track records the sequence of the chords; the keyboard track records whatever is played in real time. Of course, you can leave the keyboard track empty and play it live. In addition to the arrangement tracks, there are eight tracks referred to as Extra Tracks that can be used to record other free parts for a customized arrangement,Getting Started * Operative modes The individual sounds played on the i40M are called programs. The instrument has a total of 384 programs, organized into six banks (A, B, C, D, E, F-USER) with 64 programs each, plus a DRUM bank which contains 16 Drum programs (14 ROM + 2 USER). ‘The programs are based on a multisample and are pro- cessed with an envelope (EG) and a digital filtering (VDF) stage | Seing Play imeels In the Program mode you can edit previously recorded programs in order to create new programs and save them in the USER locations. You can then use the new programs in the arrangements, songs and backing sequences, In the Program mode only the special Global channel is enabled to receive messages from an external MIDI controller. The Song Play mode allows you to listen to songs in Standard MIDI File format (SMF), by directly reading them from disk, with no waiting time for loading, The Song Play mode allows you to listen to songs made up of 16 MID channels and is perfectly compati- ble with the General MIDI (GM). This operative mode allows you to listen to new songs, not to record them. You can change the program of the MIDI channels, and adjust the volume, pan, effects, This operative mode allows you to record a new song with the typical functions of a sophisticated sequencer. The Song Edit mode is basically a sequence with 16 tracks. The produced SMF can be compatible with the General MIDI (GM), The new song can be saved on disk in Standard MIDI File (SMF) in format 0. You can use this operative effect send, tempo and transpose settings. However, the changes are not saved in memory or on disk In this operative mode you can read the lyrics of the SMF in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), Tune1000 and com- patible (Roland Edirol, GEM GMX, KAR, HitBit, and Yamaha XF) format on the display. You can also read the chord abbreviations of the SMF in Solton, Mc-live (Midisoft), and GEM GMX format. mode to convert an SMF in format 1 into an SMF in format 0 (that is faster to load in Song Play mode). In addition, the Song Edit mode allows you to load into memory, modify and save any existing SMF. When you turn the instrument off, the song will be canceled from memory. Therefore, before turning off you need to save any modifications on disk (see page 124) 7Getting Started * Operative modes The Disk/Global mode allows you to load or save data, and modify the parameters which affect the operation of the instrument. The operations you can carry out are: * Save on disk data contained in memory and load into memory data from disk * Tune the keyboard ‘+ Modify MIDI settings + Program pedals and external controllers ‘+ Program Lower Memory + Select a Scale (temperament) ‘© Control transmission/reception of MIDI messages (data filtering) | Display pages ‘The parameters and functions of the various operative modes are grouped into several pages, which appear on the display. The page number is always indicated on the right-hand side of the display. To move through the display pages use the PAGE [+] and [-] buttons. If you wish to go directly to a page number you know, hold down the operative mode button the page which you wish to go to belongs to and enter the number using the buttons of the PROGRAM/ARRANG. sec- tion. To go directly to a page from 1 to 8, press the PRO- GRAM/ARRANG bution to light up the ARRANG led and then press a NUMBER button from number [1] to number [8] ‘To go directly to a page from 9 to 16, press the PRO- GRAM/ARRANG bution to light up the PROGRAM, led and then press a NUMBER button from number [1] to number [8). Recording a display page When the instrument is new, pages from 1 to 8 are assigned to the ARRANG + NUMBER button combi- nation from number [1] to number [8], and the pages from 9 to 16 are assigned to the PROGRAM + NUM- 18 * Calibrate the pedal /footswitch ‘© Program the MIDI channels of the VOCAL section. Apart from the Local Control and Clock Source parameters, all the settings (including the split point) can be saved in Global (with the Write Global function, see page 152) and will be retained when the instru- ment is turned of. Global can be saved on disk and will be saved with each Save All and Save Global operation. The split point is not saved or loaded. other Korg iSeries, instruments, of which it con reuse the data (see page 133), BER button combination from number [1] to number {8}. To record these pages under different numbers, use the following procedure. @ Access the display page that you wish to record, @ Hold down the current operative mode button ‘and press the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button. @ Release the REC/WRITE/LYRICS button (continue pressing the operative mode button). @ Press in sequence the button combination where you want to record the current display page. Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PROGRAM or ARRANG led and then a NUM- BER button from [1] to [8] @ Release the operative mode button and the but- ton that you have recorded. You may find it convenient to record the same type of page in the various operative modes to the same button. For example, the effect selection page could bbe found under the PROGRAM + NUMBER button number [7] both in the Song Play and Arrangement Play mode,Subpages Some of the display pages allow you to select second- ary pages, referred to as “subpages”. The subpages are indicated by two round brackets () which contain the option. In the display shown below, the (LOAD), (SAVE) and (UTIL) items access the relative subpages. Use the CURSOR buttons to place the cursor on the name of the desired page and press the ENTER/YES button to access the selected subpage. To return from a subpage to the higher page press the EXIT/NO but- ton. Getting Started * Operative modes Programming a parameter value In order to modify the value of a parameter that appears on the display, first of all you need to select the value with the cursor. The cursor is indicated by the flashing of the value or the text line selected. Move the cursor in the display with the CURSOR buttons and modify the value with the TEMPO/VALUE. but- tons. 19Getting Started + Tutoril This chapter is a practical guide to the use of the i40M that illustrates some real examples. All you need to do is follow these simple “lessons” and you will master the main functions of the instrument in a very short time. Whilst using the instrument you may find yourselves in trouble, without knowing how to get out of a partic- ular situation or edit page you have accessed by mis- take. Remember that: ‘+ EXIT/NO returns to the main pages of the vari- ous operative modes; | Dame Listening to the Demo The Demo is a selection of demonstrative songs con- tained in memory that cannot be erased (ROM). Let's listen to them to get an idea of the sound capabilities of the instrument. Entering the Demo mode @ Press the ARR.PLAY and B.SEQ (DEMO) buttons together The “Demo” page will appear. + START/STOP stops the accompaniments; + RESET interrupts all the notes you are playing ‘+ turn the instrument off and on again to return to the initial situation (songs and backing, sequences in memory are lost) The names of the programs, styles and arrangements that appear in the next pages may be slightly different from those of the actual instrament—Don’t worry, they are only examples! @ Press START/STOP again to stop the demo. To listen to a single demo @ Select the demo with the buttons of the PRO- GRAM/ARRANG section. If you wish to select a demo from number 1 to 8, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led and then a button (1}-[8] of the NUMBER section. If you wish to select a demo from number 9 to number 16 press the PRO- GRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PRO- GRAM Jed and then a button [1]+{8] of the NUMBER section. a — maT [Pa ee gren aarcee u 1 | SynWord 1 | Classe Pino ONE } ARR1-B-PRGL = | | 2 | Jazz 2 | Contemp. Piano 3 | tate 3 | Bato | Rox 4 | Dance . ma 5 | Gospel 5 | wae To listen to all the demo eR (Gicoms 3 | Guage @ Press START/STOP. 7 | German Poka 7 | Progressive The demo songs will playback one after the other. @ | vazer 8 | Modern Beat 20 @ Press START/STOP again to stop the demo.Getting Started* Tutorial To exit the Demo mode @ Press EXIT/NO or one of the buttons of the MODE section. By pressing EXIT/NO you go back to the Arrange- ment Play mode, by pressing a button of the MODE section you go to the selected mode. The Backing Sequence demo The Accessory Disk supplied with the instrument con- tains the demonstration backing sequences. Reading them on disk will help us understand how the backing sequences work. @ Insert the Accessory Disk into the disk drive. @Press DISK/GLOBAL to enter the Disk/Global mode The DISK/GLOBAL led will light up. The DISK/ GLOBAL indicator will appear on the display. © While the cursor is on (LOAD), press ENTER/YES to enter the “Load” subpage. @ Move to cursor on (ONE), and press ENTER/YES to enter the “Load One” subpage. @ Move the cursor on (BSQ), and press ENTER/ YES view the files contained in the disk. lence Bocking sequencein Memory loca fe he fle ‘ion The display shows the name of the file which con- tains the backing sequence to be loaded, the back- ing sequence number and the location number in the memory where to load it. @ Use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons to select the file you wish to load. @ Select the backing sequence you wish to load and the memory location where to load it. In the figure the backing sequence 00 will be loaded in location 00. Each file can contain up to ten back- ing sequences and there are ten backing sequence locations in the memory, numbered from 00 to 09, To select a different backing sequence or load it in a different location, move the cursor to the “BSO0" parameters and select different numbers and loca- tions. We do not need to make any change in the exam- ple, since we want to load the backing sequence 00 in location 00. @ Press ENTER/YES to load the selected backing sequence. @When “Completed” appeors on the display, press B.SEQ to enter the Backing Sequence mode. ‘The BSEQ button led will light up. The BACKING SEQUENCE indicator will appear on the display. @ Use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor to the back sequence name. Use the TEMPO/ VALUE buttons to select the backing sequence you wish to listen to. We do not need to make any change in the exam- ple, since the backing sequence 00 is already selected when switching to the Backing Sequence mode, @ Press START/STOP to start the playback. 21Getting Started * Tutorial @ Press START/STOP again to stop the playback. instrument is turned off the backing sequences in memory will be canceled. Listening to the songs ‘The songs are musical pieces with sixteen tracks avail- able in the form of Standard MIDI Files (SMF). The 40M is able to playback SMF format 0 without having to load them in memory, and SMF format 1 after a short loading. If the SMF is in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format and contains lyries, the lyrics are viewed in time with the route If the SMF is in Solton, M-live (Midisoft), or GMX for- mat and contains chord abbreviations, the abbrevia- tions are viewed in time with the music. You can playback a single song, or create a list to play back with just one command (for example with the JukeBox function). To listen to a song @ insert the disk containing the song into the disk drive. @ Press SONG PLAY to enter the Song Play mode (lyrics 1 mode). ‘The SONG PLAY led and the REC/WRITE/LYR- ICS ted will ight up. @g_a@_ eos SSS SSS SS = ere) et gt et re Song Play {CS led will automatically ight up to indicate that you are in the lyrics | mode and that the lyrics ofthe song can be viewed. if he led is off, you are in Play mode (standard executive informa @ Select the song with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. You can also select the song by entering its position number on the disk. 2 If the file has a number between 1 and 8, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [A] button and a NUMBER button from {1} to [8]. If the file has a number between 9 and 16, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [B] button and a NUMBER button from [1] to [8]. If the file has a number between 17 and 24, press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then press the BANK [USER] button. and a NUMBER button from [1] to (8). @ After selecting the song, press START/STOP. If the selected song is in M-live (MidiSoft), Solton, or Tane1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format and contains lyrics, the lyrics appear on the display in time with the music. If not, the display shows the standard information. If the song is format 1, the red START/STOP led will flash for a few seconds, while the data is being loaded from the disk. When loading ends, playback will begin. If some backing sequences or songs are already loaded in the Song Edit mode, a message will appear asking you if it is OK to erase this data. If you don’t mind losing the data in the memory, press ENTER/YES to start playback. If you wish to retain the data, press EXIT/NO to cancel loading. Switch to the Disk/Global mode and save the song and backing sequences on another disk (see page 131). Then go back to the Song Play mode and repeat the operation. © 1f the song is in Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format, press REC/ WRITE/LYRICS to switch to the Lyrics 2 mode. If the song is in a different format, pressing REC/ WRITE/LYRICS will display the executive infor- mation page (Play mode). With the Tune1000 and compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format there are two ways to view the lyrics: * Lyrics 1 (the whole line will appear at once on the display); * Lyrics 2 (the words appear one at a time, in time with the music). Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to switch to the Lyrics 2 mode. @ Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to change the viewing mode from the lyrics (Lyrics modes) to the stan- dard executive information (Play mode. The REC/WRITE/LYRICS led will go off. @ Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS again to view the lyr- ics (lyries 1 mode).Getting Started Tutorial ‘The REC/WRITE/LYRICS led will light up. To stop the song, press START/STOP. Listening to all the song on a disk @ Insert the disk containing the songs in SMF for- mat 0 or 1. @ Press SONG PLAY to enter the Song Play mode. ‘The SONG PLAY and REC/WRITE/LYRICS leds will light up. i 7" [Sa_@__s8 __o—s—e_a—a_ SSS "1 Ze eet et If the name of a song appears on the display, press EXIT/NO to display “ALL SONGS”. Now ali the songs contained in the disk are selected. Press EXIT/NO to go back to ALL SONG after selecting a single song, @ Press START/STOP to start the playback of all songs. ‘The songs in SMF format 0 are played back at once. If the song is in M-live (MidiSoft), Solton, or Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XP) format and contains lyrics, the lyrics appear on the display in time with the music. If not, the dis- play shows the standard information. If the song is in M-live (MidiSoft), Solton, or GMX format and contains chord abbreviations, the abbreviations appear on the display in time with the music, ‘The songs in SMF format 1 must be loaded in mem- ory first, then after a few seconds wait they are played back. If some backing sequences or songs are already loaded in the Song Edit mode, a mes- sage will appear asking you if it is OK to erase this, data. If you don’t mind losing the data in memory, press ENTER/YES to start playback. If you wish to retain the data, press EXIT/NO to cancel loading. Switch to the Disk/Global mode and save the song and backing sequences in another disk. Then go back to the Song Play mode and repeat the operation. @ If the played song is in Tune1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XF) format, press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to switch to the Lyrics 2 mode. @ Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS to change the viewing mode from the lyries (Lyrics modes) to the stan- dard executive information (Play mode] @ Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS again fo view the lyr- (lyrics 1 mode). © Press START/STOP to stop the playback. JukeBox The JukeBox allows you to create a list of songs to be played back with just one command, choosing, among the songs contained on the disk. @ Insert the disk containing the songs in SMF for- mat 0 or 1 into the disk drive, @ Press SONG PLAY to enter the Song Play mode. The SONG PLAY led will light up. = =| 7 ai u ALL SONGS Meat imei —a_o—s—s a | SSeS >— erg ee) eet er © Choose the first song with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. @ Press ENTER/YES to insert the song in the list. ‘The name of the song, alongside its position num- ber on the list, will appear on the display. Number 1 will appear after you have inserted the first song, Position onthe list 2 23Getting Started » Tutorial © Choose the second song to be added in the list with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. @ Press ENTER/YES to confirm the second song on the list. @ Add other songs to the list by following steps 5- 6 © Once the list is complete, press START/STOP to play back all the selected songs. ‘The songs in SMF format 0 are played back at once. If the song is in Mclive (MidiSoft), Solton, or ‘Tane1000 or compatible (Edirol, GMX, KAR, HitBit, XB format and contains lyrics, the lyrics appear on the display in time with the music. If not, the dis- play shows the standard information. If the song is in M-live (MidiSoft), Solton, or GMX format and contains chord abbreviations, the abbreviations appear on the display in time with the music. ‘The songs in SMF format 1 must be loaded in mem- ory first, then after a few seconds wait they are played back. If some backing sequences or a song are already contained in the Song Edit mode, a ‘message will appear asking you if it is OK to erase this data. If you don’t mind losing the data in mem- ory, press ENTER/ YES to start playback. If you wish to retain the data, press EXIT/NO to cancel loading. Switch to the Disk/Global mode and save the song and backing sequences on another disk. Then go back to the Song Play mode and repeat the operation. @ Press START/STOP to stop playback. @ Press START/STOP again to re-start playback. @ Press EXIT/NO to exit the JukeBox mode.Getting Started* Turoriol [ithe exremgemnentis What are styles and arrangements The i40M features an automatic accompaniment sys- tem based on styles and arrangements. Playing with this system is just as if you had a real band backing you with six instruments: three harmonic instruments, bass, drums and a percussion set. The styles provide the musical structure of the accom- paniment, while the arrangements provide the sounds, effect and some general parameters. Generally speaking, the style is the “music style’, while the arrangement is its “instrumentation”. During the playback you can select the arrangements and play live with the three real time tracks Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower (two tracks at a time: Upper 2 and Lower exclude one other). How to program the MIDI ‘The i40M need to receive the chords from a controller (MIDI keyboard, digital piano, MIDI accordion, MIDI guitar etc). Then the arranger will transform the chords in accompaniment patterns according to the selected arrangement and style. The chords must get at least to one of these special ‘MIDI channels: Global, Chord 1, and Chord 2. For information on the connection of the MIDI controller see the detailed description contained in “MIDI” on page 44. ‘The KEYBOARD MODE section of the control panel ‘works only if the controller is connected through the Global channel. This channel is generally used when connecting a master keyboard. For more information on the Global channel see “The Global channel” on page 45. Selecting an arrangement The i40M includes 192 arrangements divided into ree banks of 64 each (64 in bank A, 64 in bank B, and 64 programmable in bank USER). ‘The arrangement families are listed in the top section of the control panel. The complete list of the arrange- ments is contained at the end of this guide (see page 208). @ Press ARR. PLAY to enter the Arrangement Play mode. ‘The ARRPLAY led will light up. The ARR.PLAY indicator will appear on the display. @Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led. @ Press one of the BANK [Al, [B] or [USER] but- tons. @ Enter a two-digit number between 11 and 88 using the buttons of the NUMBER section, If the arrangement is contained in the same bank as the selected arrangement, you only need to enter a two-digit number, without pressing a BANK but- ton. Arrangement Preview. In the Arrangement Play mode the Arrangement Preview function allows you to view the arrangement name on the display before selecting it Press a BANK button, use a NUMBER button to select the tens - if necessary - then select the arrangement with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons and confirm with ENTER/YES. Once the selection has been completed, the name of the selected arrangement will appear on the dis- Play: Tempo of selected orcongement derground i Piano 1 wet] et gt et gl et Selected errangement The style (and the accompaniment patterns) changes and: * if the SINGLE TOUCH led is on, also the real time programs (Upper 1, Upper 2, and Lower tracks) change; * if the TEMPO led is off, also the metronome time changes. @ 25Getting Started + Tutorial Note: The arrangement can memorize the status of the control buttons. Therefore when changing the arrangement, you can also select one of the two fils, one of the two intros or one of he four variations Starting the accompaniment After selecting an arrangement, you can start the auto- matic accompaniment. @ Press RESET/INS to reset the values. RESET erases the chords that are still in memory. @ Press START/STOP. Rhythm play will start. The START/STOP red led will light up on the first beat, the green led on the other beats, according to the time signature of the style, © Play a progression of chords. The keyboard area and the way in which chords are detected will depend on the type of connection, on the split point, on the status of the CHORD SCAN- NING section, and on the “ChordRecog (Chord recognition mode)” parameter of the Disk/Global mode (see page 147). When the i40M is connected with a MIDI key- board through the special Global channel, * if the CHORD SCANNING is LOWER, the chords played with the left hand below the split point will be detected; * if the CHORD SCANNING is UPPER or FULL, the chords played above the split point or with two hands on the entire keyboard will be detected jate: I the option “assign fecog (Chord recognition mode)” parameter is “Fingered 1%, you only need to play a note to detect a mojor chord. When the i40M is connected with a MIDI controller through channels other than Global (for example, when a MIDI accordion is connected), chords must come through the Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels with no extension limits. The MIDI Setup (see page 136) selected when con- necting the controller will always create the suit- able condition to send the chords in the correct way through the appropriate channels. 26 Once the chord has been detected, the rhythm will be joined by the bass and the other accompaniment tracks that play following the detected chords. If the MEMORY-CHORD button led is on, the chords will remain in memory also after releasing, the notes. The chord name is shown on the display: Recognized chord aa & Tenor ee) eee @ Continve playing the chords and play the mel- ody. @ Press START/STOP to stop the accompaniment. Synchro start e stop You can make the accompaniment start or stop with- out pressing START/STOP. © With the accompaniment stopped, light up the ‘SYNCHRO-START led. ‘The Synchro Start makes the accompaniment start when the notes for the chord recognition chords are played, @ Play a chord in the chord recognition area to start the accompaniment. @ light up the SYNCHRO-STOP led. ‘The Synchro Start makes the accompaniment stop when the notes for the chord recognition chords are released. @ Release the chord recognition notes to stop the ‘accompaniment. The accompaniment stops at once, @Play a chord again in the chord recognition area to restart the accompaniment. @ Turn off the SYNCHRO-STOP led. If the SYNCHRO-STOP led is off and the MEM- ORY-CHORD led is on, the accompaniment will continue playing also when the chord recognition notes are released,Getting Started* Tuioriol @Continve playing, then press START/STOP to stop the accompaniment. Fill The fill is an interlude that breaks the rhythm conti- nuity. Each style of the i40M has two different fill- ins, @Stort the automatic accompaniment (with START/STOP or SYNCHRO-START + played notes). @ Whilst playing press one of the FILL [1] or [2] keys. A fill-in will be played. When the fill finishes, a dif- ferent variation may be selected (see “Page 5: Ensemble/Variation change” in the Arrangement Play mode). © Press START/STOP to stop the accompaniment. Intro/ending “Intro” means introduction, “ending” means end. Each style has two intros and two endings, which are selected by one of the two buttons in the INTRO/ ENDING section. @ With the accompaniment stopped, press one of the INTRO/ENDING [1] or [2] buttons. @ Start the automatic accompaniment with START/ STOP (or SYNCHRO-START + played notes). The introduction will be played, then the normal accompaniment pattern will begin (“Variation”), @ Play normally, then press one of the INTRO/ ENDING [1] or [2] buttons. The ending will be played and the accompaniment will stop. Note: the Ending 1 con ae different chords, while the Encing 2 only plays with he recognized chord Variations Variations are different versions of the same style Each style has four variations. @Start the accompaniment (with START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING + START/STOP, or SYNCHRO- START + played notes). @ Press one button in the VARIATION section. The led of the selected variation will start flashing. ‘At the end of the measure the pattern will change. The led of the new variation will stay lit @ Press one of the FILL buttons and straight away afterwards one button in the VARIATION sec- tion. The fill-in will play. The led of the variation that is going to play at the end of the fill-in will flash. At the end of the fill-in the new variation will play. @ Press START/STOP or INTRO/ENDING to stop the accompaniment. 196 the Arrangement Play mode, you can connect each FILL button to a variation that will be selected automat- ically after the filn has finished All the tracks, at once! @ With the SYNCHRO-START led off, play a chord in the chord recognition area. @Press_ START/STOP [or INTRO/ENDING + START/STOP) to start the accompaniment. The accompaniment tracks (Drum, Percussion, Bass, Accel, Acc2, Acc3) will start playing. © Press START/STOP or INTRO/ENDING to stop the accompaniment. Fade in/out @ With the accompaniment stopped, play a chord in the chord recognition area, then press FADE IN/OUT to start the accompaniment. The accompaniment will start. The volume of the accompaniment tracks and the real time tracks will be set at zero, and will gradually increase to full @While the accompaniment is playing, press FADE IN/OUT to stop the accompaniment. The volume of the accompaniment tracks and the real time tracks will gradually decrease to zero. At the end, the accompaniment will stop and the vol- ‘ume will come back to full. 27Getting Started Tutorial Varying the tempo @ With the accompaniment stopped, use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons to vary the tempo. In order for these controls to work as tempo con- trols, the TEMPO indication must appear on the left-hand side of the display. ‘There is an easier way to vary the tempo, which is, as follows: 28 @ Set (beat) the tempo on the TAP TEMPO button. The tempo shown on the display will change according to the tempo beaten. @ Start the accompaniment. © Vary the tempo with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. Stop the accompaniment with START/STOP or INTRO/ENDING.Getting Started Tutorial | the real time ( What are the real time tracks? ‘The real time tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2 e Lower) can be used to play “live” over the automatic accompaniment tracks. You can have two tracks at the same time, since Upper 2 and Lower exclude one other. If the real time tracks are managed through the special Global channel, the split point ~ and the KEYBOARD MODE section in general ~ are taken into consider- ation. In this case: * ifthe Keyboard Mode is SPLIT, the Upper tracks can play above the split point and the Lower track below the split point; * if the Keyboard Mode is FULL UPPER, the Upper tracks can play on the entire extension. Note: If noies are received from channels other than Global, the tracks will ignore the split point, IF the chonnel assigned fo the track coincides with Global, Global has the priority and the split point is taken into consideration. For the assignation of the MIDI chan- nels to the tracks and Global, see 139. Assigning the real time tracks to the keyboard If the i40M is connected to a MIDI keyboard through the special Global channel (see pages 45 and 47), you can assign the real time tracks to the keyboard areas with the buttons in the KEYBOARD MODE section. @ Press M.DRUM to play the drum kit on the key- board. @ Press SPLIT to split the keyboard in two parts. ‘The Upper 1 and/or Upper 2 tracks can play on the right-hand side of the split point, while the Lower track can play on its left-hand side. Use the buttons in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN sec- tion to activate or deactivate the tracks ides (Upper 1, Upge ®, lower) © Press FULL UPPER to play the Upper 1 and/or Upper 2 tracks on the entire keyboard. Use the buttons in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN sec- tion to activate or deactivate the tracks, @ Press SPLIT fo split the keyboard in two parts again. Activating and deactivating the real time tracks The real time tracks can be activated or deactivated in two ways: ‘using the buttons in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN section (the led lights up when the track is play- ing); ‘+ using the UPI and UP2/LOW buttons in the PROGRAM/VOLUME section (press two but- tons together to mute the track; press one button to activate it again) Note: The Upper 2 ond Lower tracks exclude one other. When UPPER 2 is selected, LOWER is automatically deac- tivated, ond vice versa @light up the UPPER 1 led (KEYBOARD ASSIGN section) to activate the Upper 1 track. Press the button to select the Upper 1 track. light up the UPPER 2 led (KEYBOARD ASSIGN section) to activate the Upper 2 track. Press the button to select the Upper 2 track. The Lower track is deactivated. @ light up the SPLIT led (KEYBOARD MODE sec- tion) to split the keyboard, then light up the LOWER led (KEYBOARD ASSIGN section) to acti- vate the Lower track. Press the button to select the Lower track. The Upper 2 track is deactivated. Note: The Lower track can only be acliveted when the KEYBOARD MODE is SPLIT.Getting Started + Tutorial Blocking the programs of the real time trac When you change an arrangement, you usually change also the programs assigned to the real time tracks. If you wish to change the accompaniment, but not the programs of the real time tracks, turn off the SINGLE TOUCH button led. With the SINGLE TOUCH led on, the arrangement will also change the programs and the volume of the real time tracks. Changing the sounds of the real time tracks You can assign one of the i40M programs to each real time track. @ If the i40M is connected to a keyboard, press the SPLIT button to split the keyboard in two parts. @ Select the Upper 1 track by pressing one of the UPP1 buttons in the PROGRAM/VOLUME sec- tion, The abbreviation “UPI” will appear on the second text line of the display, followed by the bank num- ber, name and number of the program assigned to the Upper 1 track. @ Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the PROGRAM led. @Press one of the BANK [Al, [B], [Cl], (D1, [6], [F{USER/DRUM)] buttons. ‘The A and B banks contain the 128 programs of the General MIDI standard. The A bank contains the first 64 programs, the B bank contains the other 64 programs. The C and D banks contain programs that are more or less organized as in the General MIDI banks, however there are some differences. The E bank contains layered programs and fantasia sounds, while the FUSER) bank contains programs loaded from disk or directly programmed by the user. @ Using the buttons of the NUMBER section select a two-digit number between 11 and 88. To select a drum kit, press the [F/USER/DRUMI button twice, until the abbreviation “Dr” appears on the display. If the program you wish to select is in the same bank as the selected program, you only need to select the two-digit number, without pressing a BANK button. After selecting the bank and indicating a two-digit number, the program will be selected and assigned to the Upper I track. Program Preview. In the Arrangement Play mode you can use the Program Preview function to view the name of the program on the display before selecting it Press a BANK button, use a NUMBER button to select the tens — if necessary ~ then select the pro- gram with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons and con- firm with ENTER/YES, @ Sclect the Upper 2 track by pressing one of the LOW/UPP2 buttons in the PROGRAM/VOLUME section and activating UPPER 2 in the KEY- BOARD ASSIGN section. If active, the Lower track will be deactivated. The abbreviation “UP2” will appear on the display, fol- lowed by the bank number, name and number of the program assigned to the Upper 2 track @ Select a program with the procedure illustrated for the Upper | track. @ Select the Lower track, by pressing one of the LOW/UPP2 buttons in the PROGRAM/VOLUME section and activating LOWER in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN section. Ifactive, the Upper 2 track will be deactivated. The abbreviation “LOW” will appear on the display, followed by the bank number, name and number of the program assigned to the Lower 2 track. @ Select a program with the procedure illustrated for the Upper 1 track. @ Select the Upper 1 track again (press one of the UPP1 buttons in the VOLUME section). ‘The abbreviation “UP1” will appear on the display. All the next selections of programs will be assigned to the Upper 1 track.Getting Started Tutorial Transposition You can change the pitch of the real time tracks with the semitone transposition. accompaniment is playing during the modi cation, the transposition will enter at the beginning ofthe next measure. @ To lower the real time track pitch by one or more semitones press the TRANSPOSE [,] button once or more. The sound pitch will be lowered by a semitone each time the button is pressed. @ To raise the real fime track pitch by one or more semitones press the TRANSPOSE [?] button ‘once ore more. The sound pitch will be raised by a semitone each time the button is pressed. @ To cancel the transposition press both TRANS- POSE buttons together. Selecting a Keyboard Set By selecting a Keyboard Set in the Arrangement Play mode, you can select the programs of the real time tracks, the Keyboard Mode, the Keyboard Assign, the Chord Scanning, the effects, as well as other character- istics that would otherwise have to be programmed one at a time. In Arrangement Play and Song Play, the Keyboard Sets also recail the settings of the VOCAL/GUITAR sec- tion. There are three banks (A, B, C) with five Keyboard Sets cach (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Let's try to select Keyboard Set 1 of the C bank. @ Press the BANK button in the KEYBOARD SET section a few times, to turn on the C bank led. Each time you press the BANK button, one of the banks is selected in cyclic mode: A=>B=2C>A. @ Press button | of the KEYBOARD SET section. Keyboard Set 1 of the C bank will be selected. The programs of the real time tracks will change and the status of Chord Scanning, Keyboard Assign, Keyboard Mode, the effects, etc. could change, too (depending on the data saved in the Keyboard Set). Recording a Keyboard Set It is possible to record the status of the real time tracks, the effect and the VOCAL/GUITAR section in a Key- ‘board Set. Let's try to record the current status in Key- board Set 5 of the B bank. @ Press REC/WRITE/LYRICS and press one of the buttons in the KEYBOARD SET section. ‘The Write Keyboard Set page will appear, @ Press a few times the BANK button in the KEY- BOARD SET section to light up the B led. @ Press button 5 in the KEYBOARD SET section. @ Press ENTER/YES twice to save (or EXIT/NO to cancel). The status of the real time tracks, the effects and the VOCAL/GUITAR section is saved in Keyboard Set 5 of the B bank. You can save the Keyboard Sets with the Save functions in the Disk/Global mode Gee page 131). 2 To retrieve the original Keyboord Se's, load the Keyboard Set contained in the Accessory Disk sup. plied 31Getting Started + Tutorol What are the backing sequences? The backing sequences are musical pieces created by playing the real time tracks and the arrangement accompaniment. The creation of a new song in the Backing Sequence mode consists in recording a standard playing with the arrangements, just like if you were playing nor- mally in the Arrangement Play mode. Apart from the tracks available in the Arrangement Play mode, the Backing Sequence mode contains other ‘eight tracks (Extra Tracks) where you can record freely. The backing sequences can be saved on disk as back- ing sequences or Standard MIDI File (see “Page 18 SMF converter” on page 105). Recording the Backing Sequences With the i40M you can create new songs exploiting the wealth of material in the automatic accompaniment. This type of songs is known as Backing Sequence. Note: While recording, you cannot select some of the the rd Sets, @ If the 140M is connected to a MIDI accordion, switch to the Disk/Global mode and select the MIDI Setup “Accordion 1”. See “Connecting the i40M to a MIDI accordion” on page 49. “Accordion 1” allows you to transmit the right hand over the special Global channel and the chords over the Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels. lote: The backing sequence must receive time tracks over the Global channel and the chords over the Global and/or the Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels 32 @If the i40M is connected to a keyboard or to another controller, program it to transmit over the special Global channel. sequence must receive the real time tracks over the Global channel and the chords over the Global and/or the Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels. @ Press B.SEQ to enter the Backing Sequence mode. The BSEQ led will light up. The following display will appear. Tempo ‘Measure number Bocking Sequence rome @ Select the backing sequence you wish to record with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons. For this example, let's select BSQ3. (If BSQB is recorded, select another backing sequence). the buttons of the @ Select an arrangement PROGRAM/ARRANG section. Press the PROGRAM/ARRANG button to light up the ARRANG led, then one of the BANK [A], [B] or [USER] buttons to select the bank. Finally, press two NUMBER button in sequence to choose a two- digit number between 11 and 88. @ If necessary, change the split point, the Key- board Mode, the Keyboard Assign ond the Chord Scanning. Split point: hold down SPLIT POINT and play the note that you wish to be the new split point. Key- board Mode: use the buttons in the KEYBOARD MODE section. Keyboard Assign: use the buttons of the KEYBOARD ASSIGN section. Chord Scan- ning: use the buttons of the CHORD SCANNING section.