By pressing this combination of keys, you can jump between the two takes and compare them back-to-back. If you make a mistake, it's possible to erase any single note by triggering the key in conjunction with the Enter/ Shift button and if the whole take was rubbish, it can be scrapped entirely by pressing Enter/Shift and then the Rec button. It will auto-quantise as it goes around, and responds well to changes in velocity from the keyboard. If you stop and start recording the new take will be combined with the original, allowing you to record layer upon layer. The pattern will loop round and round and is always in overdub mode. To start, hit either of the Play or Rec buttons once to put microSampler in standby and then press record once more to begin. "Īs mentioned earlier, all patterns are created in real-time. "The ROM bank is loaded up with the typical Korg Electribe stuff: some detuned saw leads, electric pianos, tablas, beatboxes etc.
Press the Sample button to access this mode, where you can decide whether to loop, reverse or add FX for each sample on the fly. The rest of the samples can be used as one shots as per their original parameters. One sample can be specified as the 'keyboard' part, which spreads it across the keyboard and allows you to play it polyphonically as a pitched instrument.
The pattern bank ties in with the sample bank enabling you to use any of the 36 individual samples from that bank in the pattern. While here, you can also set up the auto-quantise value between none, 8ths, 16ths (including triplets for both) and 32nd notes. The pattern length needs to be set up first by hitting the edit button and navigating to the pattern menu. Each one can consist of up to 16,000 note events, and a bank of 16 patterns can total 64,000 notes between them.Īll recordings are done in real-time and with the aid of a metronome. Sequence-wise, patterns can be anywhere between one and 99 measures long.
These basically do a good job of showing off the different ways a sample can be manipulated in the machine, but if you're looking for multi-sampled pianos, you'll have better luck with something like Korg's M3. So far it's all pretty straightforward, so what of the onboard sounds? The ROM bank is loaded up with the typical Korg Electribe stuff: some detuned saw leads, electric pianos, tablas, beatboxes etc. There isn't any loading time between samples, but it can take several seconds to load up a new bank. The 37th key opens the audio inputs so these can be used live or as part of a pattern too. Sample mode gives you access to all 36 of the samples as singles shots, laid out on an orderly line, one per key. Speaking of which, there are more buttons to jump between this Keyboard mode and the more enticing sounding Sample. There's a dedicated dial to choose the sample, and as it rotates the little dots light up above the keys to show the position visually. Polyphony is decent enough at 14 notes, but this drops to half when using the timestretching mode for the samples. Keyboard mode is for playing polyphonically, and maps one sample over the entire keyboard. Each bank consists of 36 individual samples, which can be played in two modes - keyboard and sample. The machine comes loaded with one bank of onboard sounds stored in ROM.
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