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About the Parameter GuideThemicroSTATIONParameterGuideisdividedintotwosections:QuickParametersandFullParameters.

Quick Parameter sectionTheparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitselfarecalledquickparameters.ThesearethemicroSTATIONsmostimportantparameters.TheQuickParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.

Full Parameter sectionFullparametersaretheparametersthatcanbeeditedfrommicroSTATIONEditorinstalledonacomputerconnectedtothemicroSTATION.Theseincludethedetailedsoundparameters,effectparameters,drumkits,anduserarpeggiopatterns.TheFullParametersectionexplainstheseparameters.

Conventions in the operation manualsAbbreviations for the manuals: OG, PGInthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsareabbreviatedasfollows.OG:OperationGuidePG:ParameterGuide

Procedure steps 1. 2. 3. Theseindicatethestepsofaprocedure.

Symbols, , , Note, TipsThesesymbolsrespectivelyindicateacaution,aMIDIrelatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.

Example screen displaysTheparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensofthismanualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmaynotnecessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheDisplayofyourinstrument.

MIDI-related explanationsCC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquarebrackets[]alwaysindicatehexadecimalnumbers.

* Apple,MacaretrademarksofAppleInc.,registeredintheUS.andothercountries.

* WindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7arearegisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheU.S.andothercounties.

* Intel,IntelCore,andPentiumaretrademarksofIntelCorporationintheU.S.andothercountries.

* Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.

Table of contentsAbout the Parameter Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Conventions in the operation manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

microSTATION Quick parameters............................................. 1

Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PROG PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PROG EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Filter/Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Filter/Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pitch EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Audition Riff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign) . 9

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ARP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

FX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Write Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

COMBI PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

COMBI EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Timb s (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Timbre 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Timbre 02....16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TFX (Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Write Combi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

An overview of Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46MFX1, MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47TFX (Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Master Vol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Song Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Grid Seq (Grid Sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Grid Sequence Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

System Exclusive events supported in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Global/Media mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Effect SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59ARP (Arpeggiator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Bank Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Initial Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Scroll Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60M.Protect (Memory Protect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62SEQ MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62ARP RTC MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63External Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65PEDAL/SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Write Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Save All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Save PCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Save SEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Save To SMF

(Save Song as Standard MIDI File) . . . . . . .69Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

microSTATION Full parameters........................................... 71

Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Quick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76OSC EG/LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79About Relative (Rel) and Absolute parameters . 79ARP/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82OSC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Half-Damper Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Program Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

OSC/Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88OSC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89PITCH EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89OSC1 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89OSC1 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91OSC2 Multisample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93OSC2 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93OSC Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Filter1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Filter1 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105Filter1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Filter2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Filter2 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Filter2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Amp1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Amp2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Amp1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Amp1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Amp2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Amp2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116OSC 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117OSC1 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118OSC1 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119OSC2 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119OSC2 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Common LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

AMS Mix/C.KeyTrk (AMS Mixer/Common Keyboard Track) . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

OSC1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121OSC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122OSC1 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122OSC 2 AMS Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Common KeyTrack (Common Keyboard Track)

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IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129OSC MFX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Program Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141Timbre Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Arpeggiator Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143Arpeggiator-A(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143Realtime Control Knob Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Timbre Param (Timbre Parameters) . . . . . . . . . 145Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149MIDI Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150MIDI Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 152Keyboard Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152Velocity Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Mode Select, BROWSER, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Track Select, Program Select, Pan, Volume . . . 163Track Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Track Param (Track Parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166MIDI/OSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Pitch/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168MIDI Filter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169MIDI Filter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Key/Vel Zone (Keyboard/Velocity Zone) . . . . . 171

IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172IFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172IFX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175MFX&TFX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Mode Select, UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Basic/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

User Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188Sample Param . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189Voice/Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Creating a drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Arpeggio Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196Fixed Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196Creating a user arpeggio pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

UTILITY Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Effect Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Editing effect parameters

on the microSTATION itself . . . . . . . . . . . .205Dynamic modulation (Dmod)

and Tempo Synchronization . . . . . . . . . .206FX Control Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207Effect I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Insert Effects (IFX1IFX5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210Controlling the Insert Effects via MIDI . . . . . . . .211

Master Effects (MFX1, 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213Controlling the Master Effects via MIDI . . . . . . .213

Total Effect (TFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214Using MIDI to control the Total Effect . . . . . . . . .214

Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Effect/Mixer Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Single size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217000: No Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217001: St.Comp (Stereo Compressor) . . . . . . . . . . .217002: Red Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217003:St. Limitr (Stereo Limiter)................................. 218004: MulLimitr (Multiband Limiter) . . . . . . . . . . .219005: St.MstLmt (Stereo Mastering Limiter) . . . .219006: St.Gate (Stereo Gate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219007: St.P4EQ (Stereo Parametric 4-Band EQ) . .220008: St.G7EQ (Stereo Graphic 7-Band EQ) . . . . .221

009: St.Excitr (Stereo Exciter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221010: St.Isolat (Stereo Isolator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222011: St. Wah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . . 222012: St.VtgWah

(Stereo Vintage/Custom Wah) . . . . . . . . 223013: VOX Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224014: St.RndFlt (Stereo Random Filter) . . . . . . . . 224015: St.MMFltr (Multi Mode Filter)........................ 225016: St.SubOsc (Stereo Sub Oscillator) . . . . . . . 226017: Talk Mod (Talking Modulator) . . . . . . . . . . . 226018: St.Decimt (Stereo Decimator) . . . . . . . . . . . 227019: St. Record (Stereo Analog Record) . . . . . . 228020: OD Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Wah) . . . . . . . 228021: St.Gt Cab (Stereo Guitar Cabinet) . . . . . . . 229022: St.Bs Cab (Stereo Bass Cabinet) . . . . . . . . . 230023: Bass Amp.............................................................. 230024: B.Amp Cab (Bass Amp Model+Cabinet) ... 231025: TrebleBST (Treble Booster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231026: Tube Pre (Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . 232027: St.TubPre

(Stereo Tube PreAmp Modeling) . . . . . . 232028: Mic Model (Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . 232029: Stereo Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233030: Small Phs (Small Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233031: OrangePhs (Orange Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . 234032: BlackPhsr (Black Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234033: U-VIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234034: St.RndPhs (Stereo Random Phaser) . . . . . 234035: St.EnvPhs (Stereo Envelope Phaser) . . . . . 235036: 2Vo.Reso (2Voice Resonator) . . . . . . . . . . . 235037: St.Tremlo (Stereo Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236038: TEX Treml (TEX Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237039: St. Env.Trm (Stereo Envelope Tremolo) .... 237040: St.AutPan (Stereo Auto Pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . 237041: St.PhsTrm (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) . . . 238042: St.Ring M (Stereo Ring Modulator) . . . . . . 239043: P4EQ - Xctr

(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Exciter) . . . . . . 240044: P4EQ - Wah (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Wah/Auto Wah) ............................................. 240045: P4EQ - Phaser

(Parametric 4-Band EQ - Phaser) . . . . . . 241046: Comp - Wah

(Compressor - Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . . . . 241047: Comp - Amp

(Compressor - Amp Simulation) . . . . . . 242048: Comp - OD

(Compressor - Overdrive/Hi.Gain) .......... 242049: Comp - P4EQ

(Compressor - Parametric 4-Band EQ) . 243050: Comp - Phsr (Compressor - Phaser)............ 243051: Lmtr - P4EQ

(Limiter - Parametric 4-Band EQ)............. 244

052: Limtr - Phsr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244053: Xctr - Comp (Exciter - Compressor) . . . . . .245054: Xctr- Lmtr ............................................................. 245055: Xctr- Phsr .............................................................. 246056: OD - Amp

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Amp Simulation) .. 246057: OD - Phsr (Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Phaser)...... 247058: Wah - Amp (Wah - Amp Simulation) . . . . .247059: Deci - Amp

(Decimator - Amp Simulation) ................. 248060: Deci - Comp (Decimator - Compressor) . .248061: Amp - Trml (Amp Simulation- Tremolo) . .248062: Organ Vib/Chorus

(Organ Vibrato/Chorus) .............................. 249063: Rotary SP (Rotary Speaker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249064: St.Chorus (Stereo Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250065: VtgChorus (Vintage Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . .251066: BlkChorus (Black Chorus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251067: St.HrmCho (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) . . . .252068: St.Bi Mod (Stereo Biphase Modulation) .... 252069: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . .253070: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253071: Poly6 Ens (Polysix Ensemble) ........................ 254072: St Flange (Stereo Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254073: VtgFlange (Vintage Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . .254074: St.RndFlg (Stereo Random Flanger) . . . . . .255075: St.EnvFlg (Stereo Envelope Flanger) . . . . .255076: St.Vibrat (Stereo Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256077: St.AF Mod

(Stereo Auto Fade Modulation) ............... 257078: Doppler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257079: Detune .................................................................. 258080: PitchSftr (Pitch Shifter) .................................... 258081: P.Sft Mod (Pitch Shift Modulation) . . . . . . .259082: P4EQ - Flng (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260083: Comp - Flng

(Compressor - Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . .260084: Lmtr - Flng (Limiter - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .261085: Xctr - Flng (Exciter - Chorus/Flanger) ......... 261086: OD - Flng

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Chorus/Flanger).... 262087: Phsr - Flng (Phaser - Chorus/Flanger) . . . .262088: GrainSftr (Grain Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263089: LCR Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263090: St.Delay (Stereo/CrossDelay) . . . . . . . . . . . .264091: St.MtpDly (Stereo Multitap Delay) .............. 264092: St.ModDly (Stereo Modulation Delay) . . . .265093: St.DynDly (Stereo Dynamic Delay).............. 266094: St.PanDly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) . .266095: Tape Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267096: Echo Plus .............................................................. 268

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097: Auto Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268098: SeqDlyBPM (Sequence BPM Delay) . . . . . 269099: LCR BPM (L/C/R BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269100: St.DlyBPM (Stereo BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . 270101: St.MtdBPM (Stereo BPM Multitap Delay) 270102: St.ModBPM

(Stereo BPM Modulation Delay) .............. 271103: St.ApdBPM

(Stereo BPM Auto Panning Delay) . . . . . 272104: TapeE BPM (Tape Echo BPM) ........................ 273105: Rev.Hall (Reverb Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274106: Rev.Plate (Reverb Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274107: Rev.Room1 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274108: Rev.Room2 (Reverb Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274109: R2.Spring (Reverb2 Spring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275110: R2.Hall (Reverb2 Hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275111: R2.Plate (Reverb2 Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275112: R2.Room (Reverb2 Room) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275113: Early Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275114: P4EQ - MDly (Parametric 4-Band EQ -

Multitap Delay) .............................................. 276115: Comp - MDly

(Compressor - Multitap Delay) ................. 276116: Lmtr - MDly (Limiter - Multitap Delay)....... 277117: Xctr - MDly (Exciter - Multitap Delay) ......... 277118: OD - MDly

(Overdrive/Hi.Gain - Multitap Delay) ..... 278119: Flng - Dly

(Chorus/Flanger - Multitap Delay) . . . . . 278120: Rev - Gate (Reverb - Gate) .............................. 279

Double Size effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280D00: St.MltLmt (Stereo Multiband Limiter) . . . 280D01: OD/HG Wah

(Overdrive/Hyper Gain Wah) .................... 280D02: GAmp + P4EQ (Guitar Amp Model +

Parametric 4-Band EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281D03: GAmpCLEAN

(Guitar Amp Model CLEAN) . . . . . . . . . . . 282D04: GAmpSUPER

(Guitar Amp Model SUPER) . . . . . . . . . . . 282D05: GAmpTWEED

(Guitar Amp Model TWEED) . . . . . . . . . . 282D06: GAmpUS-HG

(Guitar Amp Model US-HG) . . . . . . . . . . . 282D07: B.TubeAmp

(Bass Tube Amp Model + Cabinet) ......... 282D08: St. Mic

(Stereo Mic Modeling + PreAmp) . . . . . 283D09: Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283D10: Rotary OD (Rotary Speaker Overdrive) . . 284D11: Mtap Cho (Multitap Chorus/Delay) . . . . . 285D12: St.P.Sftr (Stereo Pitch Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . 286D13: Early Ref (Early Reflections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Alternate Modulation Source (AMS) . . . . . . . . . 287Alternate Modulation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) List . . . . . .287Alternate Modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Dynamic Modulation Source (Dmod) . . . . . . . . 292

Realtime Control Knob 14 Assign . . . . . . . . . . 294

Foot Switch Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Foot Pedal Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

MIDI transmission when the microSTATIONs controllers are used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

microSTATION and MIDI CCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Responses to standard MIDI controllers . . . . . .299Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #70-79 . . .301

MIDI applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302Settings when connected to a MIDI device

or computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302Messages transmitted and received

by the microSTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

microSTATION Quick parameters

Program mode

ToplayprogramsyoulluseProgrammode,whichletsyoudothefollowingthings. Selectandplayprograms. UsetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolaprograms

soundorarpeggiator. Editthemostimportantprogramparameters.

Page structure in Program modeThemicroSTATIONsProgrammodeisorganizedasatreestructurecontainingthefollowingpages.(p.3)Fordetailsonhowtomovebetweenpages,andhowtoselectparametersandedittheirvalues,pleaserefertothemicroSTATIONOperationGuide.

PROG PLAYInPROGPLAYyoucanselectandplayprograms.YoucanalsousetheRealtimeControlknobstocontroltheprogramssoundsandthearpeggiatorwhileyouperform.

AllMIDIdatainPROGPLAYistransmittedandreceivedontheglobalMIDIchannel.(Channel(GlobalMIDIChannel)onpage 60)

Tips: Auto Song SetupBypressingtheRECbuttoninProgramorCombinationmode,youcanusetheAutoSongSetupfunctionwhichautomaticallycopiesthecurrentsettingstoasongandputsthemicroSTATIONintherecordreadycondition.Whenyouvethoughtofaphraseoranideaforasong,thisletsyouinstantlyturnyourinspirationintoasong.(Tips:AutoSongSetuponpage 30)

Program No.&Name [001...: program name]Thisindicatestheprogram.ThemicroSTATIONspreloadprogramsareorganizedintothefollowingsevencategories.ThecategoryoftheselectedprogramisshownbytheCATEGORYindicatorlocatedattheleftofthefrontpaneldisplay.

Thepreloadprogramsincluderewritableprograms(atotalof512programs),andthenonrewritableGMbankscontainingGM2capitalprograms(128),variationprograms(129),andbankgdrums(9).Note:IfyouwanttoviewthenumberswithineachbankratherthanthenumbersshownwhenALLisselected,turnNUMLOCKon(LEDlit)andpressthe14(ENTER)button.

EXTERNAL controlInPROGPLAY,ifyoupresstheEXTERNALbuttontoturnExternalControlon,andthenoperateknobs14,thedisplaywillbrieflyshowtheMIDIchannel,MIDICCnumberandvaluethatareassignedbytheselectedexternalsetup.ExternalsetupscanbeselectedinPROGEDIT:ExternalSetup.(ExternalSetuponpage 15)

IftheMIDICCnumberforaknobisturnedOffintheselectedexternalsetup,thenthevaluewillnotappearwhenyouoperatetheknob.

PROG EDITHereyoucaneditthemicroSTATIONsprogramquickparameters.ThequickparametersaremajorparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Ifyouwanttoeditallparametersoftheprogram,youllneedtousemicroSTATIONEditoronaconnectedcomputer.

OSC CommonHereyoucanspecifyhowoscillators1and2willproducesound.

Voice Mode (Voice Assign Mode) [Poly, Mono]Selectthebasicvoiceallocationmode.Dependingonwhichoneyouselect,variousotheroptionswillappear,suchasMonoLegatoandUnison(Monomodeonly).Poly:Theprogramwillplaypolyphonically,allowingyouplaychords.Mono:Theprogramwillplaymonophonically,producingonlyonenoteatatime.

MonoLegato [Off, On]ThisisavailablewhentheVoiceModeissettoMono.Legatorefertonotesthatareplayedinawaythattheysoundsmoothandconnected;thenextnoteisplayedbeforethelastnoteisreleased.Thisistheoppositeofplayingdetached.On:Whenyouplaywithlegatophrasing,thenoteswithinalegatophrasewillsoundsmoother.WhenMonoLegatoisOn,thefirstnoteinalegatophrasewillsoundnormally,andthensubsequentnoteswillhaveasmoothersound,formoregentletransitionsbetweenthenotes.Off:Legatophrasingwillproducethesamesoundasdetachedplaying.

Category Explanation

ALL

Nocategory.Allprograms001...512:ProgramsofbanksA,B,C,D513...640:GM2capitalprograms641...768:GM2variationprograms769...777:GM2drumprograms

KEYBOARD A.Piano,SynthE.P,RealE.P,Clav/Harpsi,E.Organ,Pipe.Organ

STRINGS/BRASS/WOODWIND

Strings,Vocal,Airy,Brass,Woodwind,Reed

GUITAR A.Guitar,E.Guitar,Plucked

BASS&BASS SPLIT E.Bass,A.Bass,SynthBass

SYNTH Fast,Slow,Motion,Shortdecay

LEAD&SOLO SPLIT SynLead

DRUM/MALLET/HITS

Natural,Dance,Perc,Bell,Mallet,SFX,Hits

USER Soundssavedasausercategory(notincludedinfactorysettings)

3

Program mode

4

OSC Common (p.3)

VoiceModeMonoLegatoUnisonNumOfVoicesDetuneThicknessPtchStrtchHoldReverse

Filter/Amp (p.5)

CutoffResonanceFlt EG IntAmpVel Int

Filter/Amp EG (p.5)

Attack DecaySustainRelease

Filter EG (p.6)

AttackDecaySustainRelease

Amp EG (p.6)

AttackDecaySustainRelease

Pitch EG/LFO (p.6)

AttackDecaySustainReleaseLFO1 Int

LFO (p.6)

LF01 SpeedLFO1 Fade LFO1 DelayLFO1 StopLF02 SpeedLFO2 FadeLFO2 DelayLFO2 StopCmnLFO Spd

PROG PLAY

OSC1 (p.7)

Play/MuteVolumeTuneTransposePtchSlopePitch JS+XPitch JSXPortamentoPortaFingrPortaModePortaTimeLFO1LFO2FltLFO1toAFltLFO1toBFltLFO2toAFltLFO2toBAmpLFO1IntAmpLFO2IntP.LFO1 AMS IntP.LFO2 AMS Int

OSC2

Same as OSC1 parameters

Audition Riff (p.8)

: 000: Off Transpose

Knob Assign (p.9)

1-B2-B3-B4-B

Tempo (p.9)

Tempo

Arp Setup (p.9)

PatternOctaveResolutionGate[%]VelocitySwing[%]SortLatchKeySyncKeyboardTop KeyBottomKeyTop VelBottomVel

FX Routing (p.11)

Use Dkit SettingBusFXCtrl BusOSC1 Send1OSC1 Send2OSC2 Send1OSC2 Send2

PROG EDIT

IFX1 (p.11)

S01: St. Comp Wet/Dry :32:68 ::FXParam

On/OffChainChainToPan(CC#8)BusFX CtrlSend1Send2

IFX2 (p.12)

Same as IFX1 parameters

IFX3 (p.12)


IFX4 (p.12)


IFX5 (p.12)


On/OffPan(CC#8)BusFX CtrlSend1Send2

MFX1 (p.13)

S01: St. Comp Wet/Dry :32:68::FXParam

On/OffReturn2ChainChainLevel

MFX2 (p.13)


On/OffReturn2

TFX (p.13)


On/Off

MasterVol (p.13)

Master Vol

Command (p.14)

Copy ARPCopy IFXSwap IFXCopy MFX/TFX

Write Program (p.14)

External Setup (p.15)

001: External1. Gch/#001: 0002. Gch/#002: 0003. Gch/#003: 0004. Gch/#004: 000

Filter/Amp

Unison [On, Off]UnisoncanbeusedinMonomode.On:WhenUnisonison,theProgramusestwoormorestacked,detunedvoicestocreateathicksound.UsetheNumOfVoicesandDetuneparameterstosetthenumberofvoicesandamountofdetuning,andtheThicknessparametertocontrolthecharacterofthedetuning.Off:TheProgramplaysnormally.

NumOfVoices (Number of Voices) [2...6]ThiscontrolsthenumberofdetunedvoicesthatwillbeplayedforeachnotewhenusingUnison.ItappliesonlywhenUnisonisOn.

Detune [00...99 cents]DetuneisavailablewhenUnisonisOn.ThisparametersetsthetuningspreadfortheUnisonvoices,incents(1/100ofasemitone).TheThicknessparameter,below,controlshowthevoicesaredistributedacrossthedetuneamount.WhenThicknessisOff,thevoicesaredistributedevenly,centeredaroundthebasicpitch.Detune[cents]onpage 85

Thickness [Off, 1...9]ThicknessisavailablewhenUnisonisOn.Thisparametercontrolsthecharacterofthedetuningfunctionfortheunisonvoices.Off:UnisonvoiceswillbeevenlydistributedacrosstheDetunerange,asshownabove.19:Unisonvoiceswillbedetuneinanasymmetricalway,increasingthecomplexityofthedetunefuction,andchangingthewaythatthedifferentpitchesbeatagainstoneanother.Thiscreatesaneffectsimilartovintageanalogsynthesizers,whereoscillatorswouldfrequentlydriftslightlyoutoftune.Highernumbersincreasetheeffect.

PtchStrtch [12...0...+12 (Rel)]ThisspecialcontrolincreasestheOscillatorTuneparameterwhileloweringtheTransposeparameter.Theresultisthatthepitchstaysthesame,butthemappingofthesamplestothekeyschanges.Youcanusethistocreateinterestingshiftsintimbre.

Hold [Off, On]Holdislikepermanentlypressingdownonthesustainpedal.Inotherwords,notescontinuetosoundasifyouwereholdingdownthekeyevenafteryouliftyourfingersfromthekeyboard.BeawarethatunlessyousetSustainto0forAmpEG1(andalsoAmpEG2iftheprogramusestwooscillators),thesoundwillcontinueindefinitely.On:TheHoldfunctionisenabled.

EveniftheHoldfunctionisenabled,itmightbedisabledforaspecificrangeofkeys(HoldBottomKeyonpage 83).

Off:Noteswillplaynormally.Thisisthedefaultsetting.

Reverse [PROG, Off, On (Rel)]ThisswitchesReverseon/offforallmultisamplesusedbybothoscillators.Ifthisison,thewaveformwillplaybackward.BysettingthistoPROG,youcanreturnthesettingtotheprogramsoriginalsetting.

Tone parametersParametersfromFilter/AmptotheLFOgroupallowyoutomakeoverallmodificationstotheprogramssound.(themicroSTATIONEditorallowsfullparameterediting.)WiththeexceptionofLFO1StopandLFO2Stop,theseparametersarerelativeparameters.Theyadjustthevaluerelativetothesettingspecifiedbyfullparameterediting.

SomeparametersinthisgroupareinterrelatedwithcontrolofcertainMIDICCmessages.Forthese,anindicationsuchasCC#74appearsfollowingtheparametervalue.

Filter/AmpHereyoucanadjustfilterandampsettingsforoscillators1and2.Filtersettingsletyouboostorattenuatespecificfrequencyregionsofthesound.Ampsettingscontrolthevolume.Note:RelativeparametersareindicatedbyRelfollowingtheparametervalue.AbsoluteparametersareindicatedbyAbsfollowingtheparametervalue.Formoreabouttheseparameters,pleaserefertoRelative(Rel)andAbsoluteparameters(p.66).

Cutoff (Filter Cutoff) [99...+99 (Rel, CC#74)]Thisscalesthecutofffrequencyofallofthefiltersatonce.ItaffectsbothFiltersAandB.

Resonance (Filter Resonance)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#71)]

Thisscalestheresonanceofallofthefiltersatonce.ItaffectsbothFiltersAandB.

Flt EG Int (Filter EG Intensity)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#79)]

ThisscalestheeffectoftheFilterEGonthecutofffrequency.ItaffectsFiltersAandBsimultaneously.99meansnomodulation.+99meansmaximum.Modulationisinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,astheoriginalProgram.Forinstance,iftheoriginalProgramsEGIntensitywassetto25,thensettingthisparameterto+99movestheEGIntensityto99.

AmpVel Int (Amp Velocity Intensity) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheeffectofvelocityontheAmplevel.99removesthevelocitymodulationentirely.+99meansmaximummodulationinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,astheoriginalProgram.

5

Program mode

6

Filter/Amp EGHereyoucanadjustthesettingsforthefilterEGandampEGofoscillators1and2.IntheFilter/AmpEGgroup,allfilterEGsandampEGsareadjustedsimultaneously.Incontrast,eachparameterisadjustedindependentlyintheFilterEGandAmpEGgroups.AprogramcontainsthreeEGs:pitch,filter,andamp.Theserespectivelyproducetimevaryingchangeinthepitch,tone,andvolume.

Attack (Filter/Amp EG Attack Time)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#73)]

ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs,alongwithotherrelatedparameters.Whenthevalueis+1ormore,thisalsoaffectstheAmpEGsStartandAttackLevels,StartLevelAMS,andAttackTimeAMS.Betweenvaluesof+1and+25,theStartLevel,StartLevelAMS,andAttackTimeAMSwillchangefromtheirprogrammedvaluesto0.Overthesamerange,theAttackLevelwillchangefromitsprogrammedvalueto99.(AlternateModulationonpage 91)

Decay (Filter/Amp EG Decay Time)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#75)]

ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs.

Sustain (Filter/Amp EG Sustain Level) [99...+99 (Rel, CC#70)]

ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterandAmpEGs.

Release (Filter/Amp EG Release Time)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#72)]

ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterandAmpEGs.

Filter EGHereyoucaneditthefilterEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2.

Attack (Filter EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheFilterEGs.

Decay (Filter EG Decay Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheFilterEGs.

Sustain (Filter EG Sustain Level) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheFilterEGs.

Release (Filter EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheFilterEGs.

Amp EGHereyoucanedittheampEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2.

Attack (Amp EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimesoftheAmpEGs.

Decay (Amp EG Decay Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesoftheAmpEGs.

Sustain (Amp EG Sustain Level) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthesustainlevelsoftheAmpEGs.

Release (Amp EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthereleasetimesoftheAmpEGs.

Pitch EG/LFOHereyoucaneditthepitchEGenvelopeforoscillators1and2,andspecifythedepthoftheeffectthatLFO1willhaveonthepitch.

Attack (Pitch EG Attack Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheattacktimeofthePitchEG.

Decay (Pitch EG Decay Time) [99...+99(Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.

Release (Pitch EG Release Time) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesthedecayandslopetimesofthePitchEG.

LFO1 Int (Pitch LFO1 Intensity)[99...+99 (Rel, CC#77)]

ThisscalestheeffectofLFO1onthePitch.99removestheLFOmodulationentirely.+99meansmaximummodulationinthesamedirection,positiveornegative,astheoriginalProgram.

LFOHereiswhereyoucanadjustLFOsettingsforoscillators1and2.EachoscillatorhastwoLFOs(LFO1andLFO2).TheresalsoacommonLFOthatcanbesharedbythetwooscillators.LFO1andLFO2areindependentforeachvoice,butthecommonLFOissharedbyallvoicesoftheprogram.ItsusefulwhenyouwanttoproduceauniformLFOeffectthatisthesameforallvoices.

LFO1 Speed [99...+99 (Rel, CC#76)]ThisscalesLFO1sfrequency.(Frequencyonpage 117)

LFO1 Fade [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO1sfadeintime.(Fadeonpage 118)

LFO1 Delay [99...+99 (Rel, CC#78)]ThisscalesLFO1sdelaytimethetimebetweennoteonandtheonsetoftheLFO.(Delayonpage 118)

LFO1 Stop [PROG, Off, On (Abs)]ThisAbsoluteparametercontrolswhetherLFO1isstoppedorrunning.(Stoponpage 118)ThePROGsettingrestorestheProgramsoriginalvalues.Forexample,ifyousetthistoPROGwhentheoscillator1

Level

Time

Attack TimeDecay Time Slope Time

Release Time

Attack Level

Start Level

Sustain Level

Break Levelnote-on note-off

ReleaseLevel

OSC1

LFOisstoppedandoscillator2isplaying,theoriginalsettingoftheparameterwillbeused.

LFO2 Speed [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sfrequency.(Frequencyonpage 117)

LFO2 Fade [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sfadeintime.(Fadeonpage 118)

LFO2 Delay [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalesLFO2sdelaytimethetimebetweennoteonandtheonsetoftheLFO.(Delayonpage 118)

LFO2 Stop [PROG, Off, On (Abs)]ThisAbsoluteparametercontrolswhetherLFO2isstoppedorrunning.(Stoponpage 118)

CmnLFO Spd (Common LFO Speed) [99...+99 (Rel)]ThisscalestheCommonLFOsfrequency.

OSC1Hereyoucanadjustsettingsforoscillator1.

Play/Mute [Play, Mute]SetsthePlay/Muteofoscillators1.Play:Oscillator1willsound.Mute:Oscillator1willbemuted(silent).Toswitchanoscillatorsplay/mutestatus,pressthefrontpanelPLAY/MUTEbuttontoturniton(theLEDattheleftofthebuttonwilllightup),andthenusethefunction01buttontocontroltheplay/mutestatus.

Volume [000...127]AdjuststhevolumeofOscillator1.

Tune [1200...+1200]ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscillatorsTunesetting.(Tuneonpage 94)

Transpose [60...+60]ThisRelativeparameteraddstoorsubtractsfromtheOscillatorsTransposesetting.(Transposeonpage 94)

PtchSlope (Pitch Slope) [1.0...+2.0]Normally,thisshouldbesettothedefaultof+1.0.

Pitch Slope, pitch, and note

Positive(+)valuescausethepitchtoriseasyouplayhigheronthekeyboard,andnegative()valuescausethepitchtofallasyouplayhigheronthekeyboard.Whenthisissetto0,playingdifferentnotesonthekeyboardwontchangethepitchatall;itwillbeasifyoure

alwaysplayingC4.Thiscanbeusefulforspecialeffectssounds,forinstance.

Pitch JS+X [60...+12]Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowmuchthepitchwillchangewhenthejoystickismovedtotheright(orwhenapitchbendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthistoapositivevalue.Forexample,ifyousetthisto+12andmovethejoystickallthewaytotheright,thepitchwillriseoneoctaveabovetheoriginalpitch.

Pitch JSX [60...+12]Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowthepitchwillchangewhenthejoystickismovedtotheleft(orwhenapitchbendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthistoanegativevalue.Forexample,ifyousetthisto60andmovethejoystickallthewaytotheleft,thepitchwillfallfiveoctavesbelowtheoriginalpitch.Youcanusethistocreateguitarstyledownwardswoops.

Portamento (Portamento Enable) [Off, On]Portamentoletsthepitchglidesmoothlybetweennotes,insteadofchangingabruptly.On:TurnsonPortamento,sothatpitchglidessmoothlybetweennotes.Off:TurnsoffPortamento.Thisisthedefaultstate.

PortaFingr (Portamento Fingered) [Off, On]ThisparameterallowsyoutocontrolPortamentothroughyourplayingstyle.Whenitsenabled,playinglegatowillturnonPortamento,andplayingdetachedwillturnitoffagain.ThisoptionisonlyavailablewhenPortamentoEnableisturnedon.On:TurnsonFingeredPortamento.Off:TurnsoffFingeredPortamento.

PortaMode (Portamento Mode) [Rate, Time]RatemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesameamountoftimetoglideagivendistanceinpitchforinstance,onesecondperoctave.Putanotherway,glidingseveraloctaveswilltakemuchlongerthanglidingahalfstep.TimemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesameamountoftimetoglidefromonenotetoanother,regardlessofthedifferenceinpitch.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhenplayingchords,sinceitensuresthateachnoteinthechordwillenditsglideatthesametime.

PortaTime (Portamento Time) [000...127]Thiscontrolstheportamentotime.Highervaluesmeanlongertimes,forslowerchangesinpitch.ThisoptionisonlyavailablewhenPortamentoEnableisturnedon.

Assigning portamento on/off to an assignable pedal switchHereshowtoassigntheportamentoon/offfunctiontoapedalswitchconnectedtothemicroSTATIONsAssignablePEDAL/SWjack.(Sw(FootSwitchfunction)onpage 65)Adjustthesettingsasfollows.1. AccesstheGLOBAL/MEDIA:ControllersPEDAL/SW

page.2. SetTypetoSwitch,andSWtoPorta.SW.

Pitch

Note on keyboard

2oct1oct1oct

C4 C5

+2

+1

0

1

7

Program mode

8

Nowyoucanusethepedalswitchtoturnportamentoon/off.Whenyoudoso,MIDIcontrolchange(CC)#65willbetransmitted.

CC#65canbereceivedtoturnportamentoon/off.

LFO1 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]ThisselectsthebasicLFO1waveform.SeeLFOwaveformonpage 8.Mostofthewaveformsshouldbeselfexplanatory,butafewwillbenefitfrommoredetails:Guitarisintendedforguitarvibrato,anditsshapeisspecificallytunedforthispurpose.Thewaveformispositiveonly,sothatwhenusedforpitch,itwillonlybendup,andnotdown.Random1(S/H)generatestraditionalsampleandholdwaveforms,inwhichthelevelchangesrandomlyatfixedintervalsoftime.Random2(S/H)randomizesboththelevelsandthetiming.Random3(S/H)generatesapulsewavewithrandomtiming.Itstheoppositeoftraditionalsampleandhold;thetimingvaries,butthelevelsdont.Random46(Continuous)aresmoothedversionsofRandom13,withrampsinsteadofsteps.Youcanusethemtocreatemoregentlerandomvariations.

LFO2 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]ThisselectsthebasicLFO2waveform,asshowninthegraphicbelowLFOwaveformbelow

FltLFO1toA (Filter LFO1 Intensity to A) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmodulationfromLFO1.

LFO modulation of Filter Cutoff

FltLFO1toB (Filter LFO1 Intensity to B) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmodulationfromLFO1.

FltLFO2toA (Filter LFO 2 Intensity to A) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmodulationfromLFO2.FltLFO1toA(FilterLFO1IntensitytoA)onpage 8

FltLFO2toB (Filter LFO2 Intensity to B) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmodulationfromLFO2.

AmpLFO1Int (Amp LFO1 Intensity) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofAmpmodulationfromLFO1.Negative()settingswillinvertthephaseoftheLFO.

AmpLFO2Int (Amp LFO2 Intensity) [99...+99]ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofAmpmodulationfromLFO2.Negative()settingswillinvertthephaseoftheLFO.

P.LFO1 AMS Int (Pitch LFO1 AMS Intensity)[12.00...+12.00]

ThisspecifiesthedepthanddirectionofthepitchmodulationproducedbyAMS(LFO1).Withasettingof0,modulationwillnotbeapplied.Withasettingof12.00,theAMS(LFO1)willapplyamaximumof+/1octaveofpitchmodulation.

P.LFO2 AMS Int (Pitch LFO2 AMS Intensity)[12.00...+12.00]

ThisissimilartoPitchLFO1AMSIntensity,above.

OSC2Hereyoucanadjustthesettingsforoscillator2.Thesesettingsareavailableonlyforaprogramthatusestwooscillators;theycannotbeeditedotherwise.Theparametersarethesameasforoscillator1.OSC1onpage 7

Audition RiffWhenyouselectapreloadprogram,apreviouslyspecifiedauditionriff(phrase)appropriateforthatsoundcanplay.ThisiscalledtheAuditionfunction.IfyoupresstheAUDITIONbuttontoturniton(theLEDattheleftofthebuttonwilllightup),theauditionriffwillplayrepeatedly.Hereshowtoselecttheauditionriffandtransposeit.

Audition Riff [000: Off...383: name]Thisselectstheauditionriff.ThemicroSTATIONcontains383auditionriffsthataresuitableforawiderangeofinstrumentalsoundsandmusicalstyles.Ifyouchoose000:Off,noriffwillplay.

Transpose [-24...+24]Thistransposesthepitchoftheauditionriffinsemitonesteps.

Youcantchangetheplaybacktempooftheauditionriff.Norcanyousetthearpeggiatortempowhiletheauditionriffisplaying.

Thearpeggiatorwillbeoffwhiletheauditionriffisplaying.

Square

Sine

Saw

Triangle Step Tri4(Step Triangle4)

Step Saw6

Step Saw4

Step Tri6(Step Triangle6)

ExpSawDwn(ExponentialSaw Down)

ExpTri (ExponentialTriangle)

Guitar

ExpSawUp(ExponentialSaw Up)

Rnd1(S/H)(Random1-S/H)



Rnd4(Cnt)(Random4-Continuous)



LFO waveform

Low setting High setting

Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign)

Knob Assign (Realtime Control Knob B Assign)Hereyoucanselectthefunctionsthatareassignedtoknobs14whenRealtimeControlBmodeisselected.

Knob1B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]Knob2B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]Knob3B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]Knob4B [Off...MIDI CC#95, CC#102...119]Hereyoucanselectthefunctions(mainlytypesofcontrolchange)thatareassignedtoknobs14whenRealtimeControlBmodeisselected.WhentheRealTimeControlissettoBmode,thefourknobsontherightfunctionasRealtimeknobs14.Thesecanperformanumberofdifferentfunctions,suchasmodulatingsoundsoreffects,adjustingeffectssendlevels,andsoon.Thedefaultassignmentsforknobs14areKnobMod.1(CC#17),KnobMod.2(CC#19),KnobMod.3(CC#20),andKnobMod.4(CC#21),respectively.SeeRealtimeControlKnob14Assignonpage 294.)

TempoThisisthetempoforthecurrentProgram,whichappliestothearpeggiator,temposyncedLFOs,andtemposyncedeffects.

(Tempo) [040.00...300.00, EXT]Specifythetempo.IfRealtimeControlCmodeisselected,youcanuseknob4toadjustthetempo.EXTisdisplayediftheGlobal/MediamodeClockissettoExt.MIDIorExt.USB.ThisisalsoshowniftheClocksettingisAutoandMIDIclockdataisbeingreceivedfromanexternaldevice.IfthetemposourceisEXT,thearpeggiator,LFO,andeffectswillsynchronizetoMIDIclockdatafromanexternalMIDIdevice.

ARP SetupHereyoucanspecifythearpeggiatorsettingsusedbytheprogram.Whenswitchingprograms,youhavetheoptionofhavingthesearpeggiosettingsautomaticallyswitchtothesettingsstoredinthatprogram.(LoadARP:onpage 59)UsetheARPON/OFFbuttontoswitchthearpeggioon/off.Whenon,theLEDtoleftofthebuttonwilllightup.ThestatesoftheARPON/OFFbutton,ARPLATCHbutton,andtheRealtimeControlCmodeARPGATEknob,ARPVELOCITYknob,ARPSWINGknob,andTEMPOknobcanbesavedineachprogram.

Youcancontrolthearpeggiatorfromanexternalsequencer,orrecordnotedatageneratedbythearpeggiatorontoanexternalsequencer.(p.201)

Pattern [P0: UP...P4: RANDOM, 000...639: name]Selectsthearpeggiopattern.

Note:000...639arerewritable.Note:Youcanselectarpeggiopatterns000511byturningontheNUMLOCKkeyandusingthe01(1)10(0)buttonsand14(ENTER)buttontoselectthedesiredpattern.

Example: Preset patternThewayinwhichthepatternisplayedwilldependonsettingssuchasOctaveandSort.P0...P4inthefollowingdiagramsshowhowthearpeggiowillbeplayedwhenOctaveissetto1,andSortischecked.P4:RANDOMisonlyonepossibility.P0:UP

P1:DOWN

P2:ALT1

P3:ALT2

P4:RANDOM

Octave [1, 2, 3, 4]Specifiesthenumberofoctavesinwhichthearpeggiowillbeplayed.

Preset/User No Contents

P0:UP...P4:RANDOM Presetarpeggiopatterns

000...511 Preloadedarpeggiopatterns

512...639 Userarpeggiopatterns

UP

DOWN

ALT1

ALT2

RANDOM

Octave: 4UP

9

Program mode

10

Resolution [ , , , , , ]Specifiesthetimingresolutionofthearpeggio.Thenotesofthearpeggiowillbeplayedattheintervalyouspecify: , , , , ,or.ThespeedofthearpeggiopatternisdeterminedbyGate[%] [000...100, Step]Specifiesthelength(gatetime)ofeachnoteinthearpeggio.000...100(%):Eachnotewillbeplayedwiththespecifiedgatetime.Step:Thisisavailablewhenauserarpeggiopattern000...639isselectedforPattern.Whenthisisselected,thegatetimespecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsousetheknob1(ARPGATE)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtowardtheleftshortensthegatetime,andturningittowardtherightlengthensthegatetime.Whentheknobisinthe12oclockposition,thegatetimewillbeasspecifiedhere.

Velocity [001...127, Key, Step]Specifiesthevelocityofthenotesinthearpeggio.001...127:Eachnotewillsoundwiththespecifiedvelocityvalue.Key:Eachnotewillsoundwiththevelocityvalueatwhichitwasactuallyplayed.Step:Thisisavailablewhenanuserarpeggiopattern000...639isselectedforPattern.Whenthisisselected,thevelocityspecifiedforeachstepwillbeused.InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsousetheknob2(ARPVELOCITY)tocontrolthis.Turningtheknobtowardtheleftwilldecreasethevelocity,androtatingittowardtherightwillincreasethevelocity.Whentheknobisatthe12oclockposition,thevelocitywillbeasspecifiedhere.Whenapreloaduserarpeggiopatternisselected,settingtheGate[%]orVelocitytoStepwilladdasenseofgroovetothearpeggiopattern.

Swing[%] [100...+100]Thisparametershiftsthetimingoftheoddnumberednotesofthearpeggio.

InRealtimeControlCmode,youcanalsouseknob3(ARPSWING)tocontrolthis.

Sort [Off, On]Thisspecifiestheorderinwhichthenotesyoupresswillbearpeggiated.On:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderoftheirpitch,regardlessoftheorderinwhichyoupressedthem.Off:Noteswillbearpeggiatedintheorderinwhichyoupressedthem.

Latch [Off, On]Specifieswhetherornotthearpeggiowillcontinueplayingafteryoutakeyourhandoffofthekeyboard.On:Thearpeggiowillcontinueplayingafteryouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.Off:Thearpeggiowillstopwhenyouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.YoucanalsousethefrontpanelARPLATCHbuttontocontrolthisparameter.

KeySync [Off, On]Specifieswhetherthearpeggiopatternwillbeginwhenyoupressakey,orwhetheritwillalwaysfollowthe(Tempo).On:Thearpeggiopatternwillstartplayingfromthebeginningwhenanoteonoccursfromaconditionwherenokeysarepressed.Thissettingissuitablewhenyouareplayinginrealtimeandwantthearpeggiotoplayfromthebeginningofthemeasure.Off:Thearpeggiopatternwillalwaysplayaccordingtothe(Tempo).Keyboard [Off, On]Thisspecifieswhetherthenotesyouplayonthekeyboardwillbesoundedasusualinadditiontobeingsoundedaspartofthearpeggio.On:Thenotesyouplaywillbesoundedontheirown,inadditiontobeingsoundedaspartofthearpeggio.Forexampleifyousimultaneouslypresstwoormorenotes,theywillbesoundedasusualinadditiontobeingplayedasarpeggiatednotes.Off:Onlythearpeggiatednoteswillbeheard.Note:YoucanusethecommandCopyArpeggiatortocopyarpeggiatorsettingsfromanotherprogramorcombination.(CopyArpeggioonpage 14)

Top Key [C1...G9]BottomKey [C1...G9]Theseparametersspecifytherangeofnotes(keys)forwhichthearpeggiatorwillfunction.TopKeyistheupperlimit,andBottomKeyisthelowerlimit.Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaykeyswithinthespecifiedrange.Keysoutsideofthisrangecanbeplayedinthenormalmanner,andwillnotbeaffectedbythearpeggiatoron/off.ForexampleifyousetPatterntoP0:UP,Latchon,setTopKeytoB3,andBottomKeytoC1,playinganoteB3orlowerwilltriggerthearpeggiator.SinceLatchison,thearpeggiowillcontinueevenafteryoureleasethekeys.YoucanusetheC4andhigherkeystoplayconventionallyalongwiththearpeggiosoundedbytheB3andlowerkeys.Tochangethearpeggio,playkeysintherangeofB3andbelow.

Top Vel [001...127]Bottom Vel [001...127]Specifiestherangeofvelocitiesforwhichthearpeggiatorwillfunction.TopVelistheupperlimit,andBottomVelisthelowerlimit.

Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Swing50 25 +25 +50

When Resolution =

ON, UP

Sort

OFF, UP

SortPlaying B3 and lower keys will trigger arpeggio pattern P0: UP

You can use C4 and higher keys to perform along with the arpeggio pattern.P

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FX Routing

Thearpeggiatorwilloperatewhenyouplaynoteswithavelocity(playingstrength)thatiswithinthespecifiedrange.Notesplayedwithavelocityoutsidethisrangewillbesoundednormally,withoutregardtothearpeggiatoron/off.Note:NotenumberandvelocitycanalsobeenteredbyholdingdowntheKEYbuttonandplayinganoteonthekeyboard.

FX RoutingHereyoucanspecifyhowtheeffectswillberouted.Thisconsistsmainlyofthefollowingsettings. Inputanoscillatorsoutputtoaninserteffect. InputanoscillatorsoutputtotheFXcontrolbus. Inputanoscillatorsoutputtothemastereffect.

Use Dkit Set [Off, On]Thissettingisshowniftheprogramsoscillatorusesadrumkit.Iftheoscillatorusesamultisample,thissettingisignored.On:TheFXroutingsettingsforeachkeywillbeasspecifiedbythedrumkitusedbytheprogramsoscillator.ChoosetheOnsettingifyouwanttoapplyaninserteffecttoindividualdruminstruments.Tip:Inmostpreloadeddrumkits,thedruminstrumentshavethesameBussettingsaccordingtotheirtype,asfollows.SnaresIFX1KicksIFX2OtherIFX3Off:TheBus,FXCtrlBus,OSC1Send,OSC1Send2settingswillbeused.Alldruminstrumentswillbesenttothespecifiedbus.

Bus (Bus Select) [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Thisspecifiestheoutputbusforoscillators1and2.L/R:TheoscillatorswillbeoutputtotheL/Rbus.NormallyyouwillchooseL/R.IFX1IFX5:OutputtotheIFX15busses.Off:TheoscillatorwillnotbeoutputfromtheL/Rbus,orIFX15busses.ChoosetheOffsettingifyouwanttheprogramoscillatoroutputtobeconnectedinseriestoamastereffect.UseOSC1Send1andOSC1Send2tospecifythesendlevels.

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]Sendstheoutputoftheoscillator1,2toanFXControlbus(twochannelmonoFXCtrl1or2).UsetheFXControlbusseswhenyouwantaseparatesoundtocontroltheaudioinputofaneffect.YoucanusetwoFXControlbusses(eachisatwochannelmonobus)tocontroleffectsinvariousways.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeFXControlBusonpage 207.

OSC1 Send1 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator1willbesenttomastereffect1.ThisappliesonlywhenBusissettoL/RorOff.IfBusissettoIFX1IFX5,thesendlevelstomastereffects1and2aresetbySend1andSend2afterpassingthroughIFX15.

OSC1 Send2 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofoscillator1willbesenttomastereffect2.(OSC1Send1)

OSC2 Send1 [000...127]OSC2 Send2 [000...127]Setsthevolume(sendlevel)atwhichtheoutputofOSC2willbesenttomastereffects1and2.TheseparameterswillbevalidwhenprogramusedtwooscillatorsandBusissettoL/RorOff.

CC#93controlsOSC1/2sSend1level,andCC#91controlstheSend2level.ThesearecontrolledontheglobalMIDIChannelp.60.Theactualsendlevelisdeterminedbymultiplyingthesevalueswiththesendlevelsofeachoscillator.

IFX1, IFX2, IFX3, IFX4, IFX5Hereyoucanadjustsettingsfortheinserteffects.Theseconsistmainlyofthefollowing. Selecttheeffecttypeforeachinserteffect15,andsetthe

effectparameters. Turneachinserteffect15on/off. Specifyhowtheinserteffectsareconnected,andadjust

mixersettingsforthesignalsthathavepassedthroughtheinserteffects.

Fortheinserteffects,thedirect(Dry)soundwillalwaysbestereoinput/output.Theinput/outputstructureoftheeffect(Wet)soundwilldependonthetypeofeffect(p.208).

IFX1Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffect1.

IFX Select [S00...S63, D00...D10]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect1.S00S63aresinglesizeandD00D10aredoublesizeeffects.

Ifyouuseadoublesizeeffect,thenextinserteffectwillbeunavailable.ForexampleifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforIFX1,youwontbeabletouseIFX2.

IFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).PrincipaleffectparameterscanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Toeditallparameters,youllneedtousetheeditor.

On/Off [Off, On]Switchestheinserteffecton/off.Ifthisisoff,theinputwillsimplybepassedtotheoutput.(When000:NoEffectisselected,theresnodifferencebetweenOnandOff.)

Separatelyfromthissetting,youcanuseMIDICC#92(ontheglobalMIDIChannelp.60)toturnallinserteffectsoff.Avalueof0turnsthemoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.

Chain [Off, On]Thisconnectsinserteffectsinseries.IfChainisOn,thisinserteffectwillbeconnectedinserieswiththeinserteffectselectedbyChainTo.WiththeOnsetting,theupperlineofthedisplayshowstheinserteffectconnectionstatus.

Screen when insert effects 15 are all connected

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Example: IFX1ChainTo:IFX2IFX1Chain:On

Inserteffects1and2willbeconnectedinseries.IfBusissettoIFX1,theoscillatorsoutputwillbesentinseriesthroughIFX1IFX2.Youcanconnectuptofiveinserteffects(IFX1IFX5)inseries.Inthiscase,thePan(CC#8),Bus,FxCtrlBus,Send1,andSend2settingsfollowingthelastinserteffectwillbeused.

ChainTo [IFX2...IFX5]Thisselectstheconnectiondestinationinserteffect.

Ifyouveselectedadoublesizeeffect,youmustusecautionwhenspecifyingtheconnectiondestination.ForexampleifyouvechainedIFX1IFX2,theconnectionwillbecancelledifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforIFX1.UseChainTotospecifyaconnectiontothefollowingeffect.

Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]Specifiesthepanningimmediatelyaftertheinserteffect.

YoucanuseCC#8tocontrolthis.

Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]Specifiesthebuswherethesignalwillbesentimmediatelyaftertheinserteffect.L/R:ThesignalwillbesenttotheL/Rbus,whichpassesthroughTFXandthengoestotheOUTPUTL/Routputs.Thisisthedefaultsetting.Off:ThesignalwillnotbesentdirectlytotheL/Routputs.Thissettingisusefulifyouwantto:UseSend1or2toroutethesignalentirelythroughthemastereffects,withoutsendingthedrysignaltotheoutputs.UsetheFXControlBustoroutethesignaltoaneffectssidechain,suchasagateorvocoder,withoutbeinghearddirectlyattheoutputs.

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]SendsthepostIFXsignaltotheFXControlbusses.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeFXControlBusonpage 207.

IfyoureusingCtrl(FXControlBus)asaninputsignalfordoublesizeeffectD9:Vocoderetc.,afeedbackloopwilloccurifyououtputtothesamebusasspecifiedhere,andoscillationwilloccur.Setthiswithcaretoavoidcreatingaloop.

Send1 [000...127]Send2 [000...127]TheseadjustthelevelatwhichthepostIFXsignalissenttomastereffects1and2.ThisisvalidifBusissettoL/RorOff.

YoucanuseCC#93tocontroltheSend1level,andCC#91tocontroltheSend2level.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthesemessages.

IFX2, IFX3, IFX4Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffects2,3,and4.

IFX Select [S00...S61, D00...D09]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.S00S61aresinglesizeandD00D09aredoublesizeeffects.

IFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.SeeOn/Offonpage 11.

ChainTo [IFX3...IFX5]Thisselectstheconnectiondestinationinserteffect.Inserteffect2canbeconnectedtoIFX3IFX5.Inserteffect3canbeconnectedtoIFX4IFX5.Inserteffect4doesnotprovideaChainTosetting.Itcanbeconnectedonlytoinserteffect5.SeeChainToonpage 12.

Chain [Off, On]Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]Send1 [000...127]Send2 [000...127]SeeIFX1onpage 11.

IFX5Hereyoucanedittheeffectparametersforinserteffect5.

Youcantconnectfrominserteffect5toanotherinserteffect.

IFX Select [S00...S61]Thisselectstheeffecttypeforinserteffect.IFX5cannotusedoublesizeeffects(154170).

IFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyIFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]Thisturnstheinserteffectonandoff.SeeOn/Offonpage 11.

Pan (CC#8) (Post IFX PanCC#8)

[L000...C064...R127]Bus (Bus Select) [Off, L/R]FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]Send1 [000...127]Send2 [000...127]SeeIFX1onpage 11.

MFX1, MFX2

MFX1, MFX2Hereyoucanadjustsettingsforthemastereffects.Theseconsistmainlyofthefollowing. Selecttheeffecttypeforeachmastereffect,andsetthe

effectparameters. Turneachmastereffecton/off. Specifyhowthemastereffectsareconnected,andspecify

thelevelatwhichthesignalfromtheeffectsarereturnedtotheL/Rbus.

Themastereffectsdonotoutputdirect(Dry)sound.ThereturnlevelsReturn1andReturn2returntheeffect(Wet)soundtotheL/RbusandmixthesignalintotheL/Rbus.Althoughthemastereffectinput/outputsarestereoin/stereoout,buttheoutputmaybemonauraldependingonthetypeofeffectthatisselected.(In/Outonpage 208)

MFX1

MFX Select [S00...S87, D00...D13]Thisselectstheeffecttypeformastereffect1.S00S87aresinglesizeandD00D13aredoublesizeeffects.IfyouchooseS00:NoEffect,theoutputfromthemastereffectwillbemuted.

MFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyMFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]Switchesthemastereffect1on/off.Whenoff,theoutputwillbemuted.

Separatelyfromthesettingshere,youcanusecontrolchange#94toturnmastereffects1and2off.Avalueof0turnsthemoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthismessage.

Return 1 [000...127]ThisspecifiesthereturnlevelfromthemastereffecttotheL/Rbus(afterwhichitpassesthroughTFX,andissentfromOUTPUTL/MONOandR).

Chain [Off, On]On:Mastereffects1and2willbeconnectedinseries,intheorderofmastereffect1mastereffect2.

ChainLevel [000...127]WhenChainOn/OffisOn,thisspecifiesthelevelofthesignalsentfrommastereffect1tomastereffect2.

Ifyoureusingadoublesizeeffect,theChainsettingswillbeunavailable.

MFX2

MFX Select [000...120]Thisselectstheeffecttypeformastereffect2.Formastereffect2,only000120singlesizeeffectscanbeselected.

MFX2cannotusedoublesizeeffects.Additionally,ifyouselectadoublesizeeffectforMFX1,youwontbeabletouseMFX2.

IfyouchooseS00:NoEffect,theoutputfromthemastereffectwillbemuted.

MFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyMFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]Switchesthemastereffect2on/off.Whenoff,theoutputwillbemuted.Return 2 [000...127]Theseparametersspecifytheeffecttypeformastereffect2,itson/offstatus,andthereturnlevelfrommastereffect2totheL/Rbus.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeReturn1.

TFXHereyoucanadjustsettingsforthetotaleffect,whichislocatedatthefinalstageoftheL/Rbus.Theseconsistmainlyofthefollowing. Selecttheeffecttypeforthetotaleffect,andsettheeffect

parameters. Turnthetotaleffecton/off.Forthetotaleffect,thedirect(Dry)soundwillalwaysbestereoin/stereoout.Theinput/outputconfigurationoftheeffect(Wet)soundwilldependontheeffecttype.Althoughthetotaleffectsinput/outputisstereoin/stereoout,theoutputmaybemonauraldependingonthetypeofeffectthatisselected.(In/Outonpage 208)Afterthesignalhaspassedthroughthetotaleffect,itisoutputfromOUTPUTL/MONOandR.

TFX

TFX Select [S00...S61]Thisselectstheeffecttypefortotaleffect.

TFXcannotusedoublesizeeffects.

TFX ParametersHereyoucansettheparametersfortheeffectthatsselectedbyTFXSelect.Fordetailsontheeffectparameters,pleaserefertoEffectGuide(p.217).

On/Off [Off, On]Thisturnstotaleffecton/off.Ifthisisoff,theinputwillbepasseddirectlythrough.

Alternatively,youcansendcontrolchange#95toturnthetotaleffectoff.Avalueof0turnsthetotaleffectoff,andvaluesof1127restoretheoriginalsetting.TheglobalMIDIchannelspecifiedbyMIDIChannel(p.60)isusedforthismessage.

Master VolMaster Vol (Master Volume) [000...127]Thisspecifiesthefinalleveloftheaudiooutputthathaspassedthroughtotaleffect,andoutputfromOUTPUTL/MONOandR.

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14

CommandThesecommandsallowyoutodothingssuchascopyingarpeggiatororeffectsettings.Specifythecopysourceandcopydestination,gettheOK?prompt,andthenpressthebuttontobegin.Forcopyrelatedcommands,pleasenotethefollowingpointswhenusingFromandSrctospecifythecopysource. IfyouspecifyProgramorCombiinFrom,theSrc

fieldwillshowabanknumbersuchasA000.ThisindicationmatchesthebanknumbershownintheupperrightofthedisplaywhenyouturnNUMLOCKoninPROGPLAYorCOMBIPLAYandpressthefunction14(ENTER)button.

IfyouspecifySonginFrom,theSrcfieldwillshowasongnumber.Inthiscase,youcanchooseonlysongnumbersthatareloadedintothemicroSTATIONorthatyoucreatedonthemicroSTATION.

Copy ArpeggioThiscommandcopiesarpeggiosettings.

From [Program, Combi, Song]Selectthecopysourcemode.

Src (Source) [A000: name...,000: name...]

Selectthecopysource.

Srcs [A, B, A&B]Ifyouselectacombinationorsongasthecopysource,thisspecifieswhetheryoullbecopyingthesettingsofarpeggiatorAorB.

To [A, B]Specifythecopydestinationarpeggiator.ThisisnotshownifSrcsissettoA&B.

Copy IFXThiscommandcopiestheinserteffectsettingsofadesiredprogram,combination,orsong.Thefollowingsettingswillbecopied. Allsettingsoftheinserteffect(thecontentsoftheIFX

pageandtheeffectparameters,exceptforCtrlCh). ThePan(CC#8),Bus,FXCtrl,Send1,and

Send2settingsthatfollowtheinserteffect.




Srcs [All IFXs, IFX1...IFX5]Selecttheeffectthatyouwanttocopy.IfyouselectAllIFXs,thesettingsofallinserteffectswillbecopied.

To [IFX1...IFX5]Specifythecopydestinationinserteffect.ThisisnotshownifSrcsissettoAllIFXs.

Swap IFXThiscommandexchangesthesettingsoftwoinserteffects.

Source1 [IFX1...IFX5]

Source2 [IFX1...IFX5]Selectthetwoinserteffectswhosesettingswillbeexchanged.

Copy MFX/TFXThiscommandcopieseffectsettingsfromaspecifiedprogram,combination,orsongtoamastereffectortothetotaleffect.

MasterVolumesettingswillnotbecopied.




Srcs [M1,2&TFX, IFX1...IFX5, MFX1, MFX2, TFX]Selecttheeffectthatyouwanttocopy.IfyouselectIFX1IFX5,settingswillbecopiedfromthecorrespondinginserteffect.Whencopyingfromaninserteffect,theresultwillnotbecompletelyidenticalbecauseofdifferencesintheroutingandthelevelsettings.IfyouselectMFX1orMFX2,theReturn(returnlevel)settingwillalsobecopied.

To [IFX1...IFX5, MFX1, MFX2, TFX]Specifythecopydestinationmastereffectortotaleffect.ThisisnotshownifSrcsissettoM1,2&TFX.

Write ProgramThissavestheeditedprogramtothemicroSTATIONsmemory.Youcanusethistodothefollowing. Savetheeditedcontent. Renameaprogram. Specifytheprogramscategory. Copyaprogramtoadifferentbankorprogramnumber.

Besuretosaveimportantprograms.Aneditedprogramcannotberecoveredifyouturnoffthepowerorselectadifferentprogrambeforeyouvesavedit.

Beforeyoucanwrite,youmustturnoffmemoryprotectinGlobalmode.

Name [space, !...~]Specifytheprogramname.Usethebuttonstoselectacharacter,andusethebuttonstochangethecharacter.Youcanenteruptotwentyfourcharacters.

Cat (Category) [KEYBOARD...USER]Selectthecategoryfortheprogramyouresaving.ThecategoryyouspecifyherecanbeusedwhenselectingprogramsbycategoryinProgram,Combination,orSequencermodes.

To [A000...D127: name]Specifythesavedestinationfortheprogram.ThemicroSTATIONallowsyoutosave512programs.Thesavedestinationisindicatedbybanknumber.Thisbanknumbermatchesthebanknumbershownintheupper

External Setup

rightofthedisplaywhenyouturnNUMLOCKoninPROGPLAYandpressthefunction14(ENTER)button.YoucanspecifyA000D127;theGM2bankisnotavailableforsaving.Note:ProgramsonthemicroSTATIONareinternallymanagedbybankandnumber.ThesavedprogramwillbewrittentoabanknumberA000D127.

OK?Pressthebuttontosavethedata.Note:YoucanalsosavetheprogrambypressingtheWRITEbutton.WhenyoupresstheWRITEbutton,aconfirmationscreenofOKwillappear.Whenyoudothis,theprogramwillbesavedbyoverwritingthecurrentlyselectedprogram.

External SetupYoucanusethemicroSTATIONsexternalcontrolfunctionalitytocontrolanexternalMIDIdevice;presstheEXTERNALbuttonanduseknobs14totransmitMIDIcontrolchangemessagesonthespecifiedMIDIchannel.

Setup Select [000...127: name]Thisselectsthesetupthatwillbeusedforexternalcontrol.Youcanchoosefrom128setups.PreloadsetupdataisloadedwhenthemicroSTATIONisshippedfromthefactory.Forexample,thesesetupsincludeasetupthatletyoucontroltheKorgLegacyCollectionofsoftwaresynthesizers,andasetupthatletsyoucontrolDAWsoftware.(microSTATIONExternalSetup(PDF))YoucanuseGlobal/Media:MIDIExternalSetuptoassignthefunctionofeachknobinanexternalsetup(ExternalSetuponpage 64).

1 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]2 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]3 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]4 [MIDI Ch/MIDI CC#: Knob value]Theseindicatetheassignmentsforknobs14intheselectedexternalsetup.Fromtheleft,thesearetheMIDIchannel/MIDIcontrolchange/currentknobvalue.Theknobvaluecanbeedited.

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Combination mode

YoulluseCombinationmodetoplaycombinations.Thismodeletsyoudothefollowingthings. Selectandplaycombinations. Selecteachtimbresprogram,andedititsvolumeand

otherparameters. UsetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolthecombi

nationssoundsandarpeggiator.

Page structure in Combination modeThemicroSTATIONsCombinationmodeisorganizedasatreestructurecontainingthefollowingpages.(p.18)Fordetailsonhowtomovebetweenpages,andhowtoselectparametersandedittheirvalues,pleaserefertothemicroSTATIONOperationGuide.

COMBI PLAYInCOMBIPLAYyoucanselectandplaycombinations.YoucanalsousetheRealtimeControlknobstocontrolthecombinationssoundsandarpeggiatorwhileyouperform.

Tips: Auto Song SetupTheAutoSongSetupfunctionautomaticallyconvertsthesettingsofaprogramorcombinationintoasong,andputsthemicroSTATIONinrecordreadycondition.Thisfunctionseamlesslyunifiesprogramorcombinationperformancewithsongproduction;ifyougetanideaforaphraseorsongwhileplayingthearpeggiator,youcaninstantlyturnyourideaintoasong.

Combination No.&Name[001..: combination name]

Thisindicatesthecombinationthatscurrentlyselected.InthemicroSTATIONsCombinationmode,the256preloadcombinationsareorganizedintothefollowingsevencategories.

Note:InCOMBIPLAYifyouturnNUMLOCKon(LEDlit)andpressthefunction14(ENTER)button,thebankandnumberwillbeshownintherightsideofthedisplaysupperline.ForexamplewhenyouvesetthecategorytoALL,thisindicationletsyouviewthecombinationsbybanknumberratherthanbynumberwithinacategory.

EXTERNAL controlInCOMBIPLAY,ifyoupresstheEXTERNALbuttontoturnExternalControlon,andthenoperateknobs14,thedisplaywillbrieflyshowtheMIDIchannel,MIDICCnumberandvaluethatareassignedbytheselectedexternalsetup.ExternalsetupscanbeselectedinCOMBIEDIT:ExternalSetup.(ExternalSetuponpage 28)

IftheMIDICCnumberforaknobisturnedOffintheselectedexternalsetup,thenthevaluewillnotappearwhenyouoperatetheknob.

COMBI EDITHereyoucaneditthemicroSTATIONscombinationquickparameters.ThequickparametersareparametersthatcanbeeditedfromthemicroSTATIONitself.Theseconsistofthefollowing. Volume,pitch,andnoterangesettingsforeachtimbre. Adjustmentstothesoundoftheprogramusedbyeach

timbre. MIDIfilterandcontrollersettings. Arpeggiatorsettingsusedbythecombination. Eachtimbresrouting,andsettingsfortheinserteffects,

mastereffects,andtotaleffect.Ifyouwanttoeditallparametersofthecombination,youllneedtousemicroSTATIONEditor/PlugInEditoronaconnectedcomputer.

Timb s (Timbre Parameters)Herearethesettingsforthetimbresofthecombination.

Timbre 01Program Select [001...: program name]Selecttheprogramusedbythetimbre.Thenumberandprogramnameareshown.ThecategoryisshownbytheCATEGORYindicatorlocatedattheleftofthedisplay.Note:WhenthefrontpanelTIMBRE/TRACKLEDislit,youcanpressafunctionbutton0116intheCOMBIPLAYscreentoaccesstheProgramSelectdisplayforthetimbreofthecorrespondingnumber.

Switching a timbres program UsetheCATEGORYSELECTbuttonstoselecta

category,andthebuttonstoselectaprogram. UsetheCATEGORYSELECTbuttonstoselecta

category,presstheNUMLOCKbutton(makingitlight)toselectthenumlockstate,usefunctionbuttons0110toenteraprogramnumber,andpressthe14(ENTER)button.

TransmitaMIDIprogramchangefromaconnectedexternalMIDIdevice.SeeProgramSelectonpage 141.

Category Explanation

All

Nocategory.All383combinationscanbeselected.001...128:A000...A127129...256:B000...B127257...384:C000...C127

KEYBOARD A.Piano,SynthE.P,RealE.P,Clav/Harpsi,E.Organ,Pipe.Organ

STRINGS/BRASS/WOODWIND

Orchestral,World,Strings,Vocal,Airy,Brass,Woodwind,Reed

GUITAR A.Guitar,E.Guitar,Plucked

BASS&BASS SPLIT BassSplit,Bass

SYNTH Fast,Slow,Motion,Shortdecay

LEAD&SOLO SPLIT SoloSplit,SynLead

DRUM/MALLET/HITS

Natural,Dance,Perc,Bell,Mallet,SFX,Hits

USER Soundssavedasausercategory(noneinfactorysettings)

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Timbres

Timbre 01 ( p.17)

Program SelectVolumePanMute/PlaySoloBusDrumkit IFX Patch

IFX1IFX2IFX3IFX4IFX5

FXCtrlBusARP AssignStatusMIDI Ch.OSC ModePortamntoTransposeDetuneBend Range

Filter/Amp ( p.21) CutoffResonanceFlt EG IntAmpVel Int

Filter/Amp EG ( p.21) AttackDecaySustainRelease

Key Zone ( p.21) TopTop SlopeBtm SlopeBottom

Vel Zone ( p.22) TopTop SlopeBtm SlopeBottom

MIDI Filter ( p.22) Prog ChgDamperJS X as AMSJS+YJS-YKnob 1-AKnob 2-AKnob 3-AKnob 4-AKnob 1-BKnob 2-BKnob 3-BKnob 4-BFootSwitchFootPedal

Timbre02Same as Timbre01 parameters

Timbre16

Same as Timbre01 parameters

COMBI PLAY

Knob Assign ( p.23)

Knob 1BKnob 2BKnob 3BKnob 4B

Tempo ( p.23)

TempoARP ( p.23)

ARP-A Setup ( p.23)

RunPatternOctaveResolutionGate[%]VelocitySwing[%]SortLatchKeySyncKeyboardTop KeyBottomKeyTop VelBottomVel

ARP-B Setup

Same as ARP A paramtersIFX1 (p.25)


On/OffChainChainToPan(CC#8)BusFX CtrlSend1Send2

IFX2 (p.25)

Same as IFX1 parametersIFX3 (p.25)




On/OffPan(CC#8)BusFX CtrlSend1Send2

MFX1 (p.26)


On/OffCtrl ChReturn1Chain Chain Level

MFX2 (p.26)


On/OffCtrl ChReturn2

TFX (p.26)


On/OffMasterVol (p.26)

Master VolCommand ( p.27)

Copy ARPCopy IFXSwap IFXCopy MFX/TFXInitializeCopy Prog

Write Combi ( p.28)

External Setup (p.28)

001: External1. Gch/#001: 0002. Gch/#002: 0003. Gch/#003: 0004. Gch/#004: 000

COMBI EDIT

Timb s (Timbre Parameters) Timbre 01

Volume [000...127]Adjuststhevolumeofeachtimbres.(Volumeonpage 142)Tips:WhenthefrontpanelTIMBRE/TRACKLEDislit,youcanpressafunctionbutton0116toviewandedittheparametersofthecorrespondinglynumberedtimbreinthedisplay.

Pan [RND, L001...C064...R127]Thisspecifiesthepanofeachtimbre.L001C064R127:AsettingofL001isfarleftandR127isfarright.AsettingofC064willreproducethepansettingoftheProgrammode.(Panonpage 141)

Play/Mute [Play, Mute]Thissettingmutesatimbre.Play:Thetimbrewillproducesound.Mute:Thetimbrewillbemuted(silent).

Bus (Bus Select) [DKit, L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]L/R:OutputtotheL/Rbus.IFX1IFX5:OutputtotheIFX1IFX5buses.Off:ThetimbrewillnotbeoutputfromtheL/Rbus,orIFX1IF5buses.ChoosetheOffsettingifyouwanttheprogramoscillatoroutputofthetimbretobeconnectedinseriestoamastereffect.UseOSC1Send1,OSC1Send2,OSC2Send1,andOSC2Send2tospecifythesendlevels.DKit:Thiscanbeselectedonlyifthetimbresprogramisadrumprogram.TheBus,FXCtrlBus,Send1,andSend2settingsforeachkeyoftheselectedDkitwillbeused.Selectthissettingifyouwanttoapplyanindividualinserteffecttoeachdruminstrument.Note:Inmostpreloadeddrumkits,thedruminstrumentshavethesameBus(IFX/Output)Selectsettingsaccordingtotheirtype,asfollows.SnaresIFX1KicksIFX2OtherIFX3Ifyouwanttoedittheseroutings,usetheDKitPatch.

DrumKit PatchThisletsyoupatchthebusselectsettingforeachkeyofadrumkit,temporarilychangingtheconnectiondestinationstotheinserteffects.ThesesettingsareavailableiftheprogramusedbythetimbreisadrumprogramandBus(p.19)issettoDKit.

ThesesettingsareavailableifthebusselectsettingofadrumkitissettoanyinserteffectIFX1IFX5.

Bus IFX1 [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Bus IFX2 [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Bus IFX3 [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Bus IFX4 [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Bus IFX5 [L/R, IFX1...IFX5, Off]Chooseinserteffect15,L/R,orOffasthepatchdestinationoftheinserteffect.Ifyouwanttoreturntothesettingsofthedrumkit,settheseparameterstoIFX1:IFX1,IFX2:IFX2,IFX3:IFX3,IFX4:IFX4,andIFX5:IFX5.

FXCtrl Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]SendstheoutputofthetimbretoanFXControlbus(twochannelmonoFXCtrl1or2).UsetheFXControlbuseswhenyouwantaseparatesoundtocontroltheaudioinputofaneffect.YoucanusetwoFX

Controlbuses(eachisatwochannelmonobus)tocontroleffectsinvariousways.(FXControlBusonpage 207)

Send1 [000...127]Send2 [000...127]Foreachtimbre,theseparameterssetthesendleveltomastereffects1and2.ThesesettingsarevalidwhenBusissettoL/RorOff.InthecaseofIFX1IFX5,theIFX15pagesettingsSend1andSend2afterthesignalhaspassedthroughIFX1IFX5willspecifythesendlevelstomastereffects1and2.

ControlchangeCC#93canbeusedtocontroltheSend1level,andCC#91tocontroltheSend2,andmodifytheirrespectivesettings.ThesemessageswillbereceivedontheMIDIchannel(p.20)specifiedforeachtimbre.TheactualsendlevelsaredeterminedbymultiplyingthisvaluewiththesendlevelSend1andSend2(p.11)foreachoscillatoroftheprogramselectedforthetimbre.

ARP Assign [Off, A, B]AssignsarpeggiatorAorBtoeachtimbres.WhentheARPON/OFFbuttonison,thearpeggiatorspecifiedforeachtimbrewilloperateaccordingtoArpeggiatorRunA,Bandthesesettings.Off:Thearpeggiatorwillnotoperate.A:ArpeggiatorAwilloperate.UsethesettingsintheArpASetuppagetoselectthearpeggiopatternandtosetparameters.B:ArpeggiatorBwilloperate.UsethesettingsintheArpBSetuppagetoselectthearpeggiopatternandtosetparameters.

IftheStatus(p.20)ofthetimbreisINT,eachtimbre116willbesoundedbythenotedatageneratedbytheassignedarpeggiator,regardlessoftheMIDIChannel(p.20)settingofthetimbre.IfatimbreissettoEXTorEX2,MIDInotedatawillbetransmittedontheMIDICh.ofthattimbre.Inthiscase,arpeggiatorA(orB)willbetriggered(operated)byallMIDIchannelsspecifiedfortheMIDIChannelparameterofanytimbre116assignedtoarpeggiatorAorB.

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