Korg iPOLYSIX, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...g your sounds 10 Creating a song 11 Saving your song 13 Navigation bar 14 SYNTH 16 Sub bar 16 SYN 1 SYN 2 Synthesizer 1 2 17 Controller 25 SEQ 1 SEQ 2 Sequencer 1 2 29 DRUMS 31 Sub bar 31 STEP 32 EDIT...

Page 3: ...s Apple iPad iPhone iPod touch and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries All product names and company names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their...

Page 4: ...into the ultimate analog synth studio Pack an amazing set of early 80s analog equipment into your iPad and time travel back to the dawn of polyphonic synthesizers Main Features The world wide best se...

Page 5: ...ad range of music production possibilities This section explains the basic knowledge that you ll need to use the KORG iPolysix Forgeneralinformationaboutsynthesizers sequencers and music please refer...

Page 6: ...pitch or tone For example you could make the pitch fall when the note begins or make the tone brighten gradually In a similar way you can use the MG Modulation Generator to apply cyclical change to th...

Page 7: ...called patterns as its smallest playback unit Each pattern lets you simultaneously use the following components synthesizer drum machine etc Synthesizer 2 unit Sequencer 2 unit Drum machine 1 unit 6...

Page 8: ...ration Knobs You can choose one of the following two operating modes Select this choice in the Settings Use your finger to move the knob up down Move your finger as though turning the knob You can als...

Page 9: ...nd the Kaoss pads use the KAOSS PAD KEYBOARD button located to the upper left of the keyboard or the Kaoss pads For the Kaoss pads tap the right pad to perform 5 The KORG iPolysix provides various sou...

Page 10: ...en for editing the drum machine s sounds will appear 3 The drum machine uses the Polysix s sounds You can edit the sound in the same way as for the synthesizer If you want to switch sounds tap the sou...

Page 11: ...se the six part drum machine to add a drum pattern to the pattern that you selected 1 In the navigation bar tap DRUMS 2 In the navigation bar tap the sub bar switch and then choose STEPS from the sub...

Page 12: ...a basic explanation of using the sequencer refer to Polyphonic step sequencer For details on using the sequencer refer to SEQ 1 SEQ 2 Sequencer 1 2 For details on using the keyboard refer to Keyboard...

Page 13: ...point where you want the song to stop leave the pattern step unassigned without a pattern If a pattern is assigned to that step tap that pattern 5 Make sure that the play mode at the top of the scree...

Page 14: ...REC PLAY MODE HELP Settings Imformation SYNTH Shows the synth screen DRUMS Shows the drum screen MIXER Shows the mixer screen Sub bar switch Shows the sub bar in the synth screen or drum screen File S...

Page 15: ...tops the sequencer song or pattern REC Records a sequence or drum pattern You can also record movements of the knobs and controllers for the synthesizer drum machine and mixer Play mode Switches betwe...

Page 16: ...sizere 2 screen SEQ 2 Shows the sequencer 2 screen Sequencer 2 is the sequencer for synth 2 Sound Shows the sound name Tap this to see the sound list Refer to Sound list Save button Saves the edited p...

Page 17: ...17 SYNTH SYN 1 SYN 2 Synthesizer 1 2 The synthesizer screen will appear when you select SYN 1 or SYN 2 in the sub bar In these screens you can control all of the synth related parameters...

Page 18: ...sub oscillator VCF CUTOFF 0 00 10 00 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter RESONANCE 0 00 10 00 Boosts the region near the cutoff frequency When this knob is at or near the maximum setting the f...

Page 19: ...will synchronize to the tempo of the sequencer FREQUENCY 0 00 10 00 8 1 1 64 If TEMPO SYNC is off this specifies the frequency of the modulation generator If TEMPO SYNC is on this specifies the rate o...

Page 20: ...el to change from the attack level to the sustain level SUSTAIN 0 00 10 00 Adjusts the sustain level RELEASE 0 00 10 00 Adjusts the time that it will take for the level to fall from the sustain level...

Page 21: ...ch the arpeggiator will play the pattern MODE UP DOWN UP DOWN Selects the pattern that the arpeggiator will play LATCH ON OFF Specifies whether the arpeggiator will continue playing even after note of...

Page 22: ...single voice UNISON SPREAD 0 00 10 00 Spreads the voices between the left and right channels when you use UNISON to play multiple voices in unison If the UNISON VOICES setting is odd numbered only on...

Page 23: ...tern plays Here s an example of recording and editing the movement of a knob Recording knob movements 1 In the synth screen tap the REC button and then the PLAY button to start recording 2 Use the des...

Page 24: ...ard This screen shows a 37 note keyboard For performance use the Keyboard that appears when you tap the controller switch located to the lower left Pitch bend wheel Controls the pitch of the synthesiz...

Page 25: ...idth or the range that is shown KAOSS PAD KEYBOARD KEYBOARD POSITION Keyboard Modulation wheel Pitch bend wheel KEYBOARD WIDTH KAOSS PAD KEYBOARD Switches between the Kaoss pads and the keyboard KEYBO...

Page 26: ...l 26 This setting will not affect the 37 note keyboard in the SYNTH screen Pitch bend wheel Controls the pitch of the synthesizer Modulation wheel Allows you to vary the depth of pitch modulation whil...

Page 27: ...the Kaoss pads and the keyboard ASSIGN X Y Select the parameters that will be controlled by the left pad if ASSIGN is chosen as the MODE MODE Selects the parameters that will be controlled using the l...

Page 28: ...Penta Minor Pentatonic Raga 1 Raga Bhairav Raga 2 Raga Gamanasrama Raga 3 Raga Todi Arabian Arabian Scale Spanish Spanish Scale Gypsy Gypsy Scale Egyptian Egyptian Scale Hawaiian Hawaiian Scale Bali P...

Page 29: ...SYNTH SEQ 1 SEQ 2 Sequencer 1 2 Here you can use a step sequencer with up to 64 steps to control the Polysix Sub bar Step Switches GATE KEY ZONE OCTAVE ZONE STEP ZONE UTILITY STEP LENGTH SEQUENCE MOD...

Page 30: ...ctave UP Raises the range one octave DOWN Lowers the range one octave STEP LENGTH Specifies the length of the pattern The pattern can be 1 64 steps long UTILITY Clear Clears the pattern Copy Copies an...

Page 31: ...H DRUM PART 1 6 Sound edit SEQ This shows screens where you can edit the drum sequence of each part In addition to specifying the on off timing of the notes in the main screen you can also create dive...

Page 32: ...32 STEPS This shows the main screen of the drum machine In this screen you can specify the parts that will be sounded by the drum machine during each step Sub bar Drums part Step Switches Drum Pads UT...

Page 33: ...en the sequence plays that step Drum pads You can tap these pads to play the drum machine STEP ZONE These specify the range of steps shown in the screen If there are more than 16 steps you can turn SC...

Page 34: ...or the fact that there are two effects instead of the arpeggiator this is the same edit screen as for the synth Basic functionality and usage are essentially the same The C4 note will be sampled as th...

Page 35: ...sage are essentially the same However the GATE setting adds the option of 1SHOT the note will sound at the length of the sample itself In addition to turning the note timing on off you can also create...

Page 36: ...lysix manual 36 MIXER In this screen you can adjust parameters such as the volume and pan stereo position of each channel LEVEL SOLO MUTE OFF MASTER EFFECT VOLUME UNIT METER SOLO MUTE PAN EFFECT MIX G...

Page 37: ...his so that the PEAK LED located above does not light up SOLO MUTE OFF Turns off the MUTE setting and the SOLO setting for all channels MASTER EFFECT This area lets you adjust master effect settings F...

Page 38: ...ciousness and a sense of vibrato to the sound by mixing the original sound with a pitch modulated sound You can obtain a distinctive sense of transparency by combining this with Polysix Chorus in diff...

Page 39: ...cle 2 ATTACK Adjusts the way in that the volume will rise Higher settings make the volume rise more gradually Slicer This effect cyclically gates cuts the input signal 1 FREQ Adjusts the rate of gatin...

Page 40: ...el of reverberation Gate Reverb This effect uses the input signal to gate the reverb output It is effective when applied to sounds such as a snare drum 1 TIME Adjusts the gate s release time Higher va...

Page 41: ...t level Valve Force This effect simulates the soft distortion and fatness that are characteristic of a vacuum tube amp circuit 1 TUBE GAIN Adjusts the amount of distortion and fatness Decimator This l...

Page 42: ...allowing you to emphasize just a portion of the sound 1 CUTOFF Adjusts the cutoff frequency 2 RESONANCE Boosts the region near the cutoff frequency adding a distinctive character to the sound Comb Fi...

Page 43: ...tap the display when play mode is set to PATTERN Pattern select PATTERN ZONE TEMPO SWING PATTERN CHANGE UTILITY Pattern select Here is where you can select the pattern that you want to play or edit T...

Page 44: ...the pattern select area will blink then select the copy source pattern and finally select the copy destination pattern SWAP Exchanges two patterns Tap SWAP the pattern select area will blink and then...

Page 45: ...ong and the pattern are linked LOOP This switch plays the specified region of steps as a loop Assigning patterns to a song As an example here s how to assign patterns to locations 1 through 8 1 Assign...

Page 46: ...red for uploading will depend on the length of the song and on the state of your Internet connection Render Depending on the screen that s currently selected this will write the song or pattern as an...

Page 47: ...and from the apps under file sharing choose iPolysix 6 The exported audio files are shown in iPolysix documents at the right Drag and drop to copy a file to your Mac PC To delete a file select it and...

Page 48: ...loaded by users Followers Shows songs by users whom you are following Charts Top Shows the currently popular songs in descending order Featured Shows the featured songs KORG Official Shows official Ko...

Page 49: ...O EG Intensity 50 Synthesizer sounds 28 types of built in internal effects Sequencer 64 step analog polyphonic sequencer 6 types of sequence modes Drum machine 6 part 64 steps drum machine Polysix sam...

Page 50: ...are music sharing stage to publish share and remix songs online Audio export WAV File format WIST Wireless Sync Start Technology support Audio Copy support Support for performing with a USB MIDI keybo...

Page 51: ...hout it Your name The name and version of the product How to check the version The name of the device that you re using The version of the operating system Your question provide as much detail as poss...

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