Programming Guitar Mode in Korg Professional Arrangers.

  • Recording a Guitar track is unlike recording the other tracks, where you play exactly all the notes of a melody line or all the chords of an accompaniment part.
  • Since Pa3x Korg Pa Arrangers has Guitar Mode 2, which is improving by adding extra section of 5 octaves notes for availability to record regular patterns (same as ACC Tracks).
  • In Guitar Mode 2 notes: C-1 to B-1 used for record chord progression Elements not using NTT (Intro 1 & Ending 1), C0 is reserved for recorded Chord Shapes by using (note velocity) via MIDI message, notes C1 to B1 is devoted to selecting a strumming type, notes C2 to B6 for regular patterns and C7 to B9 for trigger Rx Guitar Noise.
  • Is very important understand guitar notation. You can see Notes Chart in Guitar Notes Chart section.

 With Guitar tracks you can:

  • a) play the keys corresponding to the strumming modes,
  • b) play an arpeggio using the six keys corresponding to the six guitar strings (and the special keys corresponding to the root and fifth notes),
  • c) play RX Noises to add realism to the pattern,
  • d) add regular patterns, for short melodic passages without wasting an ACC track,
  • e) use the finest MIDI programing to select Chord Shapes, and recreate any nuance of a guitar performance.

Click below for details.

How to Set Track to Guitar Type (Style)

To access Guitar Mode you need to go Record Style Mode, then click Menu...
Then click Style Track Control.....
Then Select Gtr from Track Type menu.

 

How to Set Track to Guitar Type (Pad)

To access Guitar Mode you need to go Record Pad Mode, then click Menu...
Then click Pad Track Control.....
Then Select Gtr from Track Type menu.

 

Strumming Types

Notes C1 to B1 are used to selecting a strumming type:

You need to remember where C1-B1 key are located!

KEY -- Strumming Type Sample recorded on Korg (Am, Fret=0)
C1 -- Full Down
C#1 -- Full Down Mute
D1 -- Full Up
D#1 -- Full Up Mute
E1 -- Full Down Mute Body
F1 -- Full Down Slow
F#1 -- Full Down Slow Mute
G1 -- Full Up Slow
G#1 -- Up Mute 4-Strings
A1 -- Down 4-Strings
A#1 -- Down Mute 4-Strings
B1 -- Up 4-Strings

Users 61 key must transpose octave down to access.

Strumming Types