Wondering if anyone knows how to edit the octave pitch in a program. I've owned, both, a Trinity-Plus and an Oasys 76 and it was easy as pie. However, I'm new to the world of an M50 so, maybe it's just escaped me.
I really appreciate any visibility you can provide. Thanks, ever-so.
Following is based on other korg synths but should apply.
Octave should be on the OSC (oscillator) page in program mode. That may be called "basic", but should be one of the first two edit pages.
On that page you should find the sample you are using, on the upper right hand side of that section you should see an indicator of what the octave is. The octave choice is calibrated in organ stops with 8 being "normal", 4 = +1 octave and 16 = -1 octave. M50 may go higher or lower.
FWIW: Moog used this convention in its early synths and that reference for octaves still is used in many synths.
In combi mode you also have tuning options that can transpose up or down 2 octaves from program by half steps - if you're in combi mode that's a good way to set up a left hand organ bass in a "house" split without having to actually write a program for that sound. That's transpose.
You can also detune any sound in combi mode to thicken it in a natural way similar to "double tracking" - very helpful if you have tracks but not enough insert effects for all your sounds. I believe that (de tune) is limited to a half step in cents (tuning % +/- 50).
If you edit and change the octave of an established sound at the program level, that sound will be transposed in any combinations that reference that sound as well.
For that reason it is recommended that any tweaks, adjustments, tuning, user scales, etc. be done in a new user program overwriting a blank (INIT) program.
You will be prompted to ask if you are sure about location and if you want to write the program, but you will not be warned about the impact on combis which make use of the program/reference location.
People have, over the years, screwed up their sounds in soooooo many ways. Korg is on one hand generous in giving us the option to overwrite and personalize any flagship synth since M-1; on the other hand Murphy's law says that you will overwrite something youve worked on for days and need desperately just before a show and you probably will not have backed up your synth for the last 8 months.
I want to thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Though, I've been a Korg guy for a long time, it's been awhile ...Plus this M50 was gifted to me so, it wasn't a keyboard I had researched at all.
As soon as you mentioned "page" it all came flooding back...
And, not to worry on changing programs and screwing up sounds. Back in the mid 90's when I first got into my Trinity I developed a code system via asterisk(s) and letters in the saving of a modified program or combi that tipped me off as to exactly what I had done. It worked out really well. Thanks, so much once again.
