Page 2 - Table of Contents
Korg iS40 Guide 2 Table of Contents Product Overview 3 Features and Benefits 4 What makes the iS40 so Section Overviews: Arrangements and Styles 7 The Backing Sequencer 8 Programs and Effects 8 Song Play / Edit modes 8 Disk/Global mode 9 The Display 9 Tutorial: Listening to the Demo Songs 9 About th...
Page 3 - Product Overview
Korg iS40 Guide 3 Product Overview The iS40 is a complete music production system for today’s musician. In the homestudio, on a “gig”, for commercial and demo productions, from beginner to professional,the iS40 interactive music workstation gets the job done - easily! It’s a Korg Synthesizer With 14...
Page 4 - iS40 Features and Benefits; Feature; Simple sound editing; 4 MB of PCM ROM
Korg iS40 Guide 4 iS40 Features and Benefits Feature Benefit 61-key keyboard with velocity sensitivity and aftertouchsensitivity The addition of aftertouch makes the iS40more expressive and professional allowingyou to control a sound’s vibrato or othereffects directly from the keyboard. Aftertouchis...
Page 6 - Arrangements and Styles
Korg iS40 Guide 7 • A redesigned front panel, where countless design hours spent have resulted in alogic and “friendliness” th at were sure you'll appreciate! • A powerful new 4-way speaker system with incredible low-end! • The most natural-sounding and totally musical accompaniment patterns ever, t...
Page 7 - The Backing Sequencer
Korg iS40 uide 8 The Backing Sequencer When you select Backing Sequence mode, you can record or play back a song createdfrom Arrangements, and even add 8 extra tracks! The main tracks of a backing sequenceare: the Keyboard track, Control track, and Chord track. The Keyboard track recordswhatever is ...
Page 8 - Display Pages; To listen to all the demo songs:
Korg iS40 Guide 9 the functions you would expect to find in a sophisticated sequencer! You can then saveyour sequences in Standard MIDI file format. Disk/Global Mode In Disk mode, you can save and load data via the internal DOS-compatible drive. Whenyou press the DISK/GLOBAL button, the display will...
Page 9 - To listen to a single demo song:; About the Accessory Disk; About the JukeBox function:; Loading the Factory Data
Korg iS40 Guide 10 1. Press START/STOP. The demos will playback one after the other. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demos. To listen to a single demo song: 1. Select the desired demo song by pressing the ARRANGEMENT NUMBER orPROGRAM NUMBER buttons. 2. Press START/STOP to stop the demo song. 3. Pres...
Page 10 - Working With Arrangements; ProUser Tip
Korg iS40 Guide 11 6. Press the ENTER/YES button again to load all the Factory data from disk. When alldata has been loaded, the display will prompt “Completed”. Press any other MODEbutton to exit from DISK/GLOBAL mode. Working With Arrangements 1. Press ARR.PLAY to enter Arrangement Play mode. The ...
Page 11 - Working with the Tempo; The TEMPO LOCK button:
Korg iS40 Guide 12 The SYNCHRO buttons: On the iS40, the SYNCHRO START and SYNCHRO STOP buttons function in two ways:The SYNCHRO START button allows you to begin playing an arrangement when youtrigger a chord in the chord scanning area. When you activate the SYNCHRO STOPbutton, the arrangement will ...
Page 12 - The SINGLE TOUCH button:
Korg iS40 Guide 13 change to different Arrangements for each section of a song, or for a medley that keepsthe people dancing! When this button is off, the tempo which was originally written for each arrangement willbe recalled as new arrangements are selected. The SINGLE TOUCH button: Keep in mind t...
Page 13 - The VOLUME section; Let’s get an idea of how this works:
Korg iS40 Guide 14 The VOLUME section Below the Display, you’ll find a set of buttons which determine the volume and mutingstatus of each of the tracks in an arrangement. (Note that in Song Play mode, thesebuttons become Track/MIDI channel buttons 1-16, and that in Program mode, thesebuttons functio...
Page 14 - Getting the original arrangement settings back:
Korg iS40 Guide 15 Getting the original arrangement settings back: Just re-select the arrangement again, and the original settings for all tracks will berecalled. ProUser Tip If you create a mix that you like, you can quickly WRITE it to a USER bank location bypressing the REC/WRITE button. The disp...
Page 15 - Splitting the Keyboard:
Korg iS40 Guide 16 5. Press PROGRAM NUMBER buttons [51] to change the bass track to an acousticbass sound. 6. Re-select Arrangement A31 again, to recall the original setup. * Remember that you can write edited arrangements to the USER bank, and retain theoriginal arrangement in the A and B banks. Mo...
Page 16 - Changing the Split Point:
Korg iS40 Guide 17 4. Press and Hold the SPLIT POINT button, located to the left of the display in theMODE section. Look in the Display as you do this, and in the upper-right area, you’llsee “SPLIT” and “C4” below it. This is the current split point for Arrangement B66. 5. While Holding the SPLIT PO...
Page 17 - The KEYBOARD MODE section:; Transposing in Arrangement mode:
Korg iS40 Guide 18 The KEYBOARD MODE section: The KEYBOARD MODE section is used to choose the way the Upper 1,2 and Lowertracks are placed on the keyboard, and these settings are written as part of anarrangement. Also, in this section you can play manual drum sounds on the keyboard bypressing the M....
Page 18 - Chord Scanning and Recognition
Korg iS40 Guide 19 2. Play the upper sound on the keyboard, then press the OCTAVE [+] button totranspose this sound up an octave. Note that you are only transposing the UPPER1sound at this time. Press both the OCTAVE [+] and [-] buttons together to cancel thetransposition. 3. Press the LOW/UPP2 butt...
Page 20 - Warp-Speed Tour of an Arrangement
Korg iS40 Guide 21 Warp-Speed Tour of an Arrangement Now that you’re getting to be an “expert” on the iS40, let’s work with Chord Scanning,backing tracks, styles, etc., at an accelerated pace, and completely change the way anarrangement can work: 1. Select Arrangement “A52 Underground”. 2. SYNCHRO S...
Page 21 - Keyboard Sets
Korg iS40 Guide 22 Warp speed tour (cont.) 17. If you are a player - go for it! Change chords in the right hand while playing a live bass line in the left hand! If you’re not, don’t worry about it, just have FUN! 18. Press the INTRO/ENDING2 button, and stop dancin’ around...it looks ridiculous! ...h...
Page 22 - Selecting Keyboard Sets:; Now to write the new Keyboard set:
Korg iS40 Guide 23 Selecting Keyboard Sets: 1. Repeatedly press the BANK button in the KEYBOARD SET section, until you see theA-bank LED light. 2. Now press KEYBOARD SET NUMBER button 1. Play the keyboard to hear theselected set. Storing a new Keyboard Set: 1. Select Arrangement “A13 L.A. R&B”. ...
Page 23 - Working With The Backing Sequencer; The Backing Sequencer Demo
Korg iS40 Guide 24 arrangement, you can quickly select Keyboard Set B5 and access the Piano/Basssplit as the live keyboard track! ProUser Tip: You can also write the selected Keyboard set as the new keyboard tracks in a desiredarrangement, so that the set is automatically selected when you pick an a...
Page 25 - Let’s review the Backing Sequencer:; Working with Standard MIDI Files
Korg iS40 Guide 26 Let’s review the Backing Sequencer: 1. Play the Factory Backing Sequence Demo. Notice the Display and front panel changes that are occuring! 2. Record a new Backing Sequence. - Cursor and select “BSQ1”, then select the type of arrangement you like. - Select an Intro and... - Recor...
Page 26 - To playback SMF files:; Editing Standard MIDI files - Song Edit mode:
Korg iS40 Guide 27 To playback SMF files: 1. Insert the Accessory Disk (FDD-1004) or any SMF disk into the disk drive. 2. Press the SONG PLAY button in the MODE section and press START/STOP. TheiS40 will play through all the SMF’s on the disk. To play a particular song from the disk, use the TEMPO/V...
Page 27 - Program Mode
Korg iS40 Guide 28 Program Mode There are 384 onboard sounds in the iS40. They are located in the PROGRAM section,and are organized into six banks (A-F) plus a drum bank. Banks A-E include 320 ROMprograms (A&B are GM). Bank F/USER contains 64 RAM programs. Pressing Bankbutton F repeatedly toggle...
Page 28 - Additional Features
Korg iS40 Guide 29 Program Editing: All of the parameters used to create the programs and effects are easily accessible bypressing the PAGE +/- buttons, or by direct page selecting. To go to a specific edit page,hold the PROGRAM button, then press ARRANGEMENT NUMBER BUTTONS 1-8 orPROGRAM NUMBER butt...
Page 29 - About the Owner’s Manual:
Korg iS40 Guide 30 ENSEMBLE button: In Arrangement Play and Backing Sequence modes, pressing the ENSEMBLE buttonharmonizes the right hand melody based on the chords played in the left hand. This onlyworks when chord scanning is set to LOWER. There are ten available types ofEnsemble settings, located...
Page 30 - What are the main differences between the iS40 and iS50?
Korg iS40 Guide 31 people who put the owner’s manual together did an incredible job! Take a look at it...goon...get it out and read it! We think you will agree - this is one of thebest-written product manuals available! What are the main differences between the iS40 and iS50? iS40 ($1695) iS50 ($145...
Page 31 - Arrangement and Program Listings:
Korg iS40 Guide 32 Arrangement and Program Listings: iS40/50 Arrangements You can select the arrangements via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS)and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages through the ARNG channel. The Bank Select MSB isalways = 00. BS PC # B...
Page 32 - Programs
Korg iS40 Guide 33 Programs You can select the programs via MIDI, sending Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB (shown in table as BS)and Program Change (shown in table as PC) messages, through the MIDI channel you wish to change theprogram to. The Bank Select MSB is always = 00. BS PC # BS PC # BS PC # ...
