Korg iS35 User manual

AI2 Synthesis System
User’s
Guide
Interactive MusicWorkstation
iS35

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS PERTAININGTOTHE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURYTO PERSONS
WARNING —When using electrical products, basic precautions should be followed, including the following:
SAVETHESE INSTRUCTIONS
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS
This product must be grounded (earthed). If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding
provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock.
This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a
grounding plug.The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed
and grounded in accordance with the local codes and ordinances.
DANGER – Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk
of electric shock. Check with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to
whether the product is properly grounded.Do not modify the plug provided with the product
– if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician.
1. Read all the instructions before using the
product.
2. Do not use this product near water — for
example,nearabathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink,
in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, or
the like.
3. This product should be used only with the cart or
stand that is recommended by the manufacturer.
4. This product, either alone or in combination with
an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may
be capable of producing sound levels that could
cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate
for a long period of time at a high volume level or
at a level that is uncomfortable.If you experience
any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you
should consult an audiologist.
5. The product should be located so that its location
or position does not interfere with its proper
ventilation.
6. The product should be located away from heat
sources such as radiators, heat registers, or
other products that produce heat.
7. The product should be connected to a power
supply of the type described in the operating
instructions or as marked on the product.
8. The power-supply cord of the product should be
unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a
long period of time.
9. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall
and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure
through openings.
10.The product should be serviced by qualified
personnel when:
A.The power-supply cord or the plug has been
damaged; or
B.Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled
into the product; or
C.The product has been exposed to rain; or
D.The product does not appear to operate
normally or exhibits a marked change in
performance; or
E.The product has been dropped, or the
enclosure damaged.
11.Do not attempt to service the product beyond
that described in the user-maintenance
instructions. All other servicing should be
referred to qualified service personnel.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE
PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO
QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol
within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert
the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to
constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the product.

Data Handling
Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user action. Be sure to save important
data to floppy disk. Korg will not be responsible for damages caused by data loss.
LCD Display
Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an explanation of functions and
operations. All sound names, parameter names, and values are merely examples and may not
always match the actual display you are working on.
Trademarks
Macintosh is a registered trademark ofApple Computer, Inc. MS-DOS and Windows are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.All trademarks or registered trademarks are the
property of their respective holders.
THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FORTHE U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
CANADA
THIS APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED THE “CLASS B” LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS
FROM DIGITAL APPARATUS SET OUT IN THE RADIO INTERFERENCE REGULATION OF THE
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
LE PRESENT APPAREIL NUMERIQUE N’EMET PAS DE BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES
DEPASSANT LES LIMITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMERIQUES DE LA “CLASSE B”
PRESCRITESDANSLEREGLEMENTSUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIOELECTRIQUE EDICTE PAR LE
CE mark for European Harmonized Standards
CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of AC mains operated apparatus until December
31, 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).
And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive
(89/336/EEC), CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and LowVoltage Directive (73/23/EEC).
Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of Battery operated apparatus means it
conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM
Warning-THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured
markings identifying the terminals in your plug,proceed as follows:
• the wire which is coloured green and yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with
the letter E or by the earth symbol ,or coloured green or green and yellow.
• the wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured
black.
• the wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured
red.

Disclaimer
The information contained in this manual has been carefully revised and checked through. Due to
our constant efforts to improve our products, the specifications might differ to those in the manual.
Korg is not responsible for any eventual differences found between the specifications and the
contents of the instruction manual - the specifications being subject to change without prior notice
Liability
KORG products are manufactured under strict specifications and voltages required by each
country. These products are warranted by the KORG distributor only in each country.Any KORG
product not sold with a warranty card or carrying a serial number disqualifies the product sold
from the manufacturer's/distributor's warranty and liability. This requirement is for your own
protection and safety.
Service and User’s Assistance
For service, please contact your nearestAuthorized KORG Service Center. For more information
on KORG products, and to find software and accessories for your piano, please contact your local
Authorized KORG distributor.
Web servers
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Copyright © 1999 Korg Italy Spa. Printed in Italy.

How to…
v
How to...
Demo
Listening
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P. 27
MIDI
Connecting a master keyb.
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P. 54
Connecting a sequencer
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P. 61
Connecting a digital piano
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P. 55
Connecting an accordion
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P. 57
Connecting a MIDI guitar
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P. 60
Connecting other instrum.
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P. 62
MIDI channel programming
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P. 120,
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P. 151
Arrangements and automatic
accompaniments
Selecting
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P. 32
Starting & stopping ☞ P. 32
Fill, intro, ending
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P. 33
Changing the volume
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P. 13
Loading from disk
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P. 142
Creating new arrangements
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P. 64
Programs (single sounds)
Selecting
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P. 36
Assigning to the keyboard ☞ P. 35
Editing (Perf. Edit)
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P. 49,
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P. 170
Standard MIDI Files (SMF, Songs)
Loading
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P. 29
Saving
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P. 42,
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P. 136
Listening
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P. 29
Erasing from memory
☞
P. 133
Disk
Loading files
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P. 141
Saving files
☞
P. 144
Formatting a disk
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P. 146

Table of contents
vi
Table of contents
GETTING STARTED. . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
User’s guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Before you begin.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Connecting an external amplifying system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Connecting the power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Turning on the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Adjusting the general volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Adjusting the volume of the Vocal/Guitar section and the audio input
(Input-In) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
The headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Connecting a MIDI controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Basic operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Keyboard and sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Audio input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . .13
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Arrangement Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Song Play mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Song Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disk/Global mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Display pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recording a display page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Subpages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Programming a parameter value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening to the Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Backing Sequence demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening to the songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Mute Keyboard function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
What are styles and arrangements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting an arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting the accompaniment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Synchro start e stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Intro/ending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Variations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
All the tracks, at once! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fade in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Varying the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The keyboard tracks (Upper 1, Upper 2, Lower) . . . . . . . . . . .35
The keyboard tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Assigning the keyboard tracks to the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Activating and deactivating the keyboard tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Blocking the programs of the keyboard tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing the sounds of the keyboard tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Transposition (Master transpose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Recalling the arrangement programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting a Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Recording a Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The backing sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
What are the backing sequences? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recording the Backing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Saving the Backing Sequences on disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Deleting the Backing Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
What are the Songs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Recording a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Saving the Song as Standard MIDI File (SMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing Standard MIDI Files (SMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Vocal/Guitar section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Connecting a microphone or a guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Vocal/Guitar section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing the settings of the Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Programming the Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Editing the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
The special channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Keyboard Set channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Arrangement channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
What is General MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
What are Standard MIDI Files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
MIDI Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Connecting the iS35 to a MIDI keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Connecting the iS35 to a digital piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Connecting the iS35 to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Connecting the iS35 to a MIDI guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Connecting the iS35 to an external sequencer. . . . . . . . . . . . .61

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Controlling another instrument with the iS35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
REFERENCE. . . . . . . . . 63
Arrangement Play mode . . . . . . . . 64
Which parameters can be memorized?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tempo and chord scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Page 1: Performance monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Page 2: Style select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Page 3: Track settings (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Page 4: Track settings (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Page 5: Ensemble/Variation change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Page 6: Drum Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Page 7: Kick & Snare Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Page 8: Keyboard scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Page 9: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Page 10: Effect modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Page 11: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Page 12: Effect 1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Page 13: Effect 2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Page 14: Vocal/Guitar mode/ Assigned parameters . . . . . . 73
Page 15: Vocal effects (1) (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Page 16: Vocal Effects (2) (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Page 17: Mixer (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Page 18: Tone programming (Vocal mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Page 19: Drive programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Page 20: FX1 programming (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Page 21: FX2 programming (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Page 22: (Vocal mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Page 23: Arrangement Harmony Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Page 15: Guitar effects (1) (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Page 16: Guitar effects (2) (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Page 17: Mixer (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Page 18: Tone programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Page 19: Drive programming (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Page 20: Modulation programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . 84
Page 21: Ambience programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . . 86
Page 22: NR and CR programming (Guitar mode) . . . . . . . . 87
Page 23: (Guitar mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Page 24: Rename Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Page 25: Write Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Page 26: Write Keyboard Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Backing Sequence mode . . . . . . . . 90
Saving the backing sequences before turning off . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vocal/Guitar section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Page 1: Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Page 1: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Recording all the tracks in one go in real time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Recording a track at a time in real time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Page 2: Step recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Page 3: Erase Backing Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Page 4: Copy Backing Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Page 5: Edit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
5-1. Delete measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
5-2. Insert measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
5-3. Erase measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Page 6: Edit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Copy measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Bounce tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Quantize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Page 7: Shift note (Transposition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Page 8: Event edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Page 9: Extra Track settings (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Page 10: Extra Track settings (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Page 11: Effect select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Page 12: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Page 13: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Page 14: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Page 15: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Page 16: Next Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Page 17: Rename Backing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Page 18: SMF converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Song Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Page 1: Performance monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Selecting and playing back one or more songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Selecting the tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Selecting a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Page 2: Channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Page 3: Transpose position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Page 4: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Page 5: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Page 6: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Page 7: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Page 8: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Page 9: Song Play Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Song Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Page 1: Load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Page 2: Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Page 2: Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Page 3: Track parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Page 4: Event edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Event types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Page 5: Shift notes (Transposition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Page 6: Erase song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Page 7: Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Delete measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Insert measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Erase measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Page 8: Effect select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Page 9: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Page 10: Effect placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Page 11: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Page 12: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Page 13: Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table of contents
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Disk/Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . .137
• “Parameter modified - Write?” message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Introduction to disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Write protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Inserting a disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Removing a disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cleaning the heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Possible problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Reloading the original data of the instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Page 1: DISK functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1. Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1-1. Load all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1-2. Load one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
1-3. Load global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
1-4. Load keyboard set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
2. Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
3. Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Loading arrangements in the A and B banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Compatibility with Korg i30 data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Compatibility with i3, i4, and i5S/M data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Compatibility with iS40, iS50, iS50B, and i40M data. . . . . . . . . 148
Page 2: Speaker off/Master tuning/Transpose position. . . . 149
Page 3: MIDI Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Page 4: Global MIDI parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Page 5: Echo Back / MIDI IN Octave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Page 6: MIDI channel settings (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Page 7: MIDI channel settings (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Page 8: MIDI channel settings (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Page 9: MIDI filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Page 10: Arrangement Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Page 11: Backing Sequence Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Page 12: Song Play Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Page 13: Vocal/Guitar Lock / Master Transpose Lock. . . . . 158
Page 14: Assignable pedal/switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Page 15: EC5 external controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Page 16: Lower memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Page 17: Chord recognition mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Page 18: Auto chord scanning/Damper polarity. . . . . . . . . 163
Page 19: Main scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Page 20: Sub scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Page 21: User scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Page 22: MIDI data dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Page 23: Joystick settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Page 24: Write Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Page 25: Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Setting the joystick (X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Setting the joystick (Y). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Setting the aftertouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Setting the pedal/footswitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
How to recover lost changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Page 1: Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Performance Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Page 2: Oscillator basic/Oscillator 2 relative. . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Page 3: Oscillator tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Page 4: Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Page 5: VDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Page 6: VDF EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Page 7: VDF keyboard tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Page 8: VDF velocity sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Page 9: VDA EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Page 10: VDA keyboard tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Page 11: VDF velocity sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Page 12: Vibrato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Page 13: Vibrato controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Page 14: VDF MG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Page 15: VDF MG controller/VDA level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Page 16: Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Page 17: Effect select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Page 18: Effect modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Page 19: Effect placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Page 20: Effect 1 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Page 21: Effect 2 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Page 22: Rename program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Page 23: Write program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Effect type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
“Effect select” pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
“Effect modulation” pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
“Effect placement” pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Effect 1 settings pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Effect 2 settings pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Dynamic modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shelving equalizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Settings for each effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Floppy disk related problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
List of detected chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Drum kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Drum samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
MIDI Implementation chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
MIDI System Exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
MIDI Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

GETTING STARTED

Getting Started • Introduction
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1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing Korg iS35, the interactive
music workstation created for even the most demand-
ing musicians! Given the legendary Korg sound and
the most sophisticated automatic accompaniment
functions, the iS35 is the ideal instrument for those
who play professionally and those who play just for
pleasure.
The iS35 is not only an instrument with great sound,
great design and easy to use, it is also a flexible instru-
ment that allows you to read and save Standard MIDI
Files, program new arrangements, and create new
sounds. On the whole, it is a complete instrument
which enhances the musician’s creativity!
We wish you years and years of great music with the
iS35!
User’s guide
The quickest and easiest way to obtain the best from
your new instrument is to read the instruction guide.
This guide is divided into two parts:
Getting Started - For those who want to start playing
straight away without too much theory. Follow the
instructions step by step and start playing now!
Reference - This is a more detailed look at the instru-
ment and is for those who want to exploit all its poten-
tiality to the full and become a real music programmer.
Safety Instructions
Before turning the instrument on, read carefully the
“Safety Instructions” on the inside cover. Done that?
Then let’s make way for the music!
Before you begin...
Accessories
The following accessories are supplied with the instru-
ment. Check that you have all of them and if any are
missing contact your retailer.
√User’s guide
√Floppy disk “Accessory Disk”
√Power cable
√Music stand
Connecting an external
amplifying system
You can connect the iS35 to a professional amplifying
system (mixer or amplified speakers) or to a hi-fi sys-
tem. For more information see “Rear panel” on
page 20.
Connecting the iS35 to a mixer (or to
two powered speakers)
Connect the OUTPUT jacks of the iS35 to two mono
inputs of the mixer (or to the speaker inputs) using
two audio cables with mono jacks. To take the signal in
mono, connect the L/MONO output only and one
channel of the mixer using an audio cable. For more
information refer to the user’s guide of the mixer (or
the speakers).
R L/MONO
OUTPUT

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Connecting the iS35 to a hi-fi system
Connect the OUTPUT jacks of the iS35 to the AUX or
TAPE inputs of the amplifier using two audio cables
with a mono jack at one end and an RCA connector at
the other end (do not use the PHONE or TUNER
inputs).
Connecting the power cable
●Plug the power cable into
the power socket.
Make sure that the mains
voltage is suitable for the
instrument (the voltage is
indicated next to the AC
power inlet).
Turning on the power
●Press the
POWER switch
to turn the
instrument on.
On turning on,
the instrument
will be in the
Arrangement
Play mode. If you are connected to an external
amplifying system, turn the speakers on only after
having switched on the iS35.
●To turn the instrument off, press the POWER
switch again.
In order to save on electricity, turn the instrument
off when you are not using it. Do not turn the
power off while the disk indicator is lit or while a
message such as “Loading”, “Saving” or “Format-
ting” is shown on the LCD display.
Note: When the instrument is turned off, all the data
contained in the RAM memory will be lost (e.g. back-
ing sequence and song). On the contrary, USER styles,
USER arrangements and USER programs are
retained. Before turning the instrument off, save back-
ing sequence (☞P. 40) and song (☞P. 42) on disk.
Adjusting the general volume
●Use the MASTER VOLUME sli-
der to adjust the general
volume of the internal sound
generation.
Moving the slider upward
towards “10” will increase the
volume and moving it downward
towards “0” will decrease the
volume. In the “0” position the instrument will be
mute.
If you are connected to an external amplifying sys-
tem, you should at this point turn the volume of the
mixer or the speakers up and then adjust both the
volume of the iS35 and that of the speakers.
The MASTER VOLUME slider controls the volume
of the speakers, the headphones and the OUTPUT
jacks located on the rear panel.
Note: The slider does not control the volume of the
VOCAL/GUITAR section (signal coming from the
INPUT-IN connector). To adjust the level of the section
use the VOLUME slider of the VOCAL/GUITAR sec-
tion. Use the GAIN slider (located on the back of the
instrument) to adjust the input gain.
Warning: At the maximum volume the sound can be
distorted. Should this happen, decrease the volume of
the iS35.
Adjusting the volume of the
Vocal/Guitar section and the
audio input (Input-In)
The VOCAL/GUITAR section takes the input signal
from the INPUT-IN connector and process it with ded-
icated effects. The processed signal is added to the
sounds produced by the internal sound generation
and comes out of the built-in speakers and the OUT-
PUT jacks.
●Use the VOLUME knob (in the
VOCAL/GUITAR section) to
adjust the level of the section.
Rotating the knob towards “10”
will increase the volume, and rota-
ting it towards “0” will decrease the volume. In the
R L/MONO
OUTPUT

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“0” position the VOCAL/GUITAR section is not
sent to the built-in speakers and the OUTPUT jacks.
The VOLUME knob controls the level of the
VOCAL/GUITAR section on the built-in speakers,
the OUTPUT jacks and the headphones.
Note: Use the GAIN knob located next to the INPUT-
IN jack to adjust the input level at best. Connect the
instrument, start playing and check the color of the
SIGNAL led on the control panel: if it is red, distortion
is present and the gain must be decreased; if it is
orange, distortion is close and the gain should be
decreased slightly; if it is green, the level is correct. If
the led does not light up, the input level is too low and
the gain must be increased.
Suggestion: If the INPUT-IN jack is not used, set the
volume on zero to avoid any interference or residual
noise.
The headphones
●Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack
located on the rear panel.
Use stereo headphones with a standard jack. Adjust
the volume with the MASTER VOLUME slider.
Connecting a MIDI controller
The iS35 can be controlled with another MIDI device,
such as a MIDI keyboard, a digital piano, a MIDI
accordion, a guitar controller, a wind controller, a set
of percussion pads or an external sequencer. For
detailed information see “MIDI” on page 51. Let’s now
illustrate two of the most common situations: connect-
ing a MIDI keyboard and connecting a MIDI accor-
dion.
Connecting a MIDI keyboard
The iS35 can be controlled with any MIDI keyboard,
such as a master keyboard or another synthesizer with
MIDI OUT jack.
1Connect the MIDI OUT jack of the MIDI key-
board to the MIDI IN 1 jack of the iS35 using a
standard MIDI cable.
2Program the keyboard to transmit over the MIDI
1 channel.
According to the factory settings, the MIDI 1 chan-
nel is the channel used by the iS35 to receive most
information. For example, channel 1 corresponds to
Global that allows for using all the functions
related to the split point (Keyboard Mode section).
For more information on Global programming, see
“MIDI” on page 51 and the “GLB (Global)” on
page 153.
Note: If the keyboard transmits over the MIDI chan-
nel dedicated to the iS35 Global, the keyboard will
become the integrated keyboard of the iS35.
Suggestion: If the keyboard does not transmit over
the Global channel, see “MIDI” on page 51 for more
information.

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1Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the MIDI
accordion to the MIDI IN 1 connector of the iS35
using a standard MIDI cord.
2Press DISK/GLOBAL.
3Press the PAGE [+] button repeatedly to go to
the MIDI Settings page.
4Press CURSOR [>] to select <SETUP>.
5Press the TEMPO/VALUE [+] button repeatedly
(or rotate the DIAL clockwise) to select one of
the MIDI “Accordion” Setups.
There are three “Accordion” setups:
• “Accordion 1” for those who have an accordion
with three fixed channels.
• “Accordion 2” for those who have an accordion
with two channels on the right hand and do not
want to play the iS35 bass.
• “Accordion 3” for those who have an accordion
with two channels on the right hand, want to play
the iS35 bass and have another channel to change
the iS35 Arrangements with Program Change.
For more information on the MIDI setups, see the
chapter “MIDI” on page 51 and the paragraph
“Page 3: MIDI Settings” on page 150.
6Press ENTER/YES twice to confirm the selection
of the MIDI setup.
The configuration of the MIDI channels and of the
other parameters selected with the MIDI setup will
be saved in the memory (in Global). The configura-
tion will remain saved even if the instrument is tur-
ned off.
Connecting other MIDI controllers
The MIDI configuration may vary according to the
type of controller connected to the iS35. To automati-
cally re-configure the iS35 select a MIDI Setup (see
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2. Handbook
Basic operations
How to choose an arrangement
Press the ARR PLAY [1] button to access the Arrange-
ment Play mode.
In the ARRANGEMENT [2] section press the button
of the bank (A, B or USER), then press two number
button in sequence to enter a two-digit number from
11 to 88.
Example: To choose the “ColorBeat” arrangement
(number 24 of bank A) press A, 2, and 4 in sequence.
How to start the accompaniment
Press START/STOP [3]. Or press SYNCHRO START
[4] and play a chord with your left hand in the first
two octaves of the keyboard.
How to stop the accompaniment
Press START/STOP [3].
How to change the tempo
When the display shows the TEMPO label, you can
change the tempo with the buttons of the TEMPO/
VALUE [5] sections (buttons and dial). To go faster
press UP/+ (or rotate the dial clockwise), to slow
down press DOWN/- (or rotate the dial counterclock-
wise).
How to choose a variation of the
arrangement
The four buttons of the VARIATION [6] section enable
you to choose each of the variations of the “style”
played by the arrangement. Press one of the buttons to
choose one of the variations.
How to use the intro and ending
If the accompaniment is playing, press one of the two
buttons of the INTRO/ENDING [7] section to make
an ending play. If the accompaniment is not playing,
press one of the buttons to “book” an intro (introduc-
tion), then make the automatic accompaniment play:
press START/STOP, or press SYNCRO START and
play a chord with your left hand.
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How to select a track
Use the VOLUME/PROGRAM [8] buttons to select
the tracks. Each pair of buttons corresponds to the
track indicated above them. Briefly press one of the
buttons to select the corresponding track.
The Upper 2 and Lower tracks can be selected alterna-
tively. It is not possible to activate both Upper 2 and
Lower at the same time.
The Lower and Upper 2 tracks are selected by the
same pair of buttons LOW/UPP2. In order to select
the Upper 2 track press one of the LOW/UPP2 buttons
and activate UPPER 2 in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN
[10] section. To select the Lower track activate the
SPLIT in the KEYBOARD MODE [9] section, press
one of the LOW/UPP2 buttons and activate LOWER
in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN [10] section.
How to choose a sound
The basic sounds of the iS35 are called “programs”.
The programs are split into six banks (A, B, C, D, E, F-
USER/DRUM) with 64 programs each. The A and B
banks contain the General MIDI sounds.
Select the track you want to assign the program to. In
the PROGRAM [11] section press the button of the
bank (A, B, C, D, E, or F-USER/DRUM), then press
two number buttons in sequence to enter a two-digit
number from 11 to 88.
Example: To assign the “Harmonica” program
(number 37 in bank A) to the Upper 1 track, press one
of the UPP1 buttons in the VOLUME/PROGRAM sec-
tion, then press A, 3, and 7 in sequence in the PRO-
GRAM section.
In the Program mode you can also change the sounds
with the TEMPO/VALUE buttons (or the dial).
How to mute a track
In the VOLUME/PROGRAM [8] section, press the
two buttons of the track to be muted at the same time.
You can mute the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower tracks
also using the buttons of the KEYBOARD ASSIGN
[10] section (LED off = track in mute).
Example: To mute the drums, press the two DRUMS
buttons at the same time. To make the track play again,
press one of the two buttons or both buttons at the
same time again.
How to mix the tracks
To individually adjust the volume of each track, both
accompaniment and keyboard, use the pairs of buttons
in the VOLUME/PROGRAM [8] section. Press the top
button to raise the volume, the lower button to
decrease it.
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Transposition
How to transpose the sounds of the
keyboard by an octave
To transpose the keyboard sounds (Upper 1 track or
selected track) by an octave higher or lower, use the
buttons of the OCTAVE [13] section. The [+] button
transposes an octave higher, while the [-] button trans-
poses an octave lower. To cancel the transposition,
press the two buttons at the same time.
How to transpose the sounds of the
keyboard by semitones
To transpose all the tracks by one or more semitones
use the buttons in the TRANSPOSE [12] section. Each
time the [ ] button is pressed, it transposes a semitone
higher, while the [ ] button transposes a semitone
lower. To cancel the transposition press the two but-
tons at the same time.
The transposition is not changed when one of the but-
tons is pressed for the first time (the display shows the
current transposition).
Note: When the accompaniment is playing, the transpo-
sition will occur on the next measure.
Keyboard and sounds
How to play a tone on the whole
keyboard
The buttons in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN [10] section
turn on or off the tracks of the keyboard (Upper 1,
Upper 2, and Lower), whereas the buttons in the KEY-
BOARD MODE [9] section are used to choose the way
the tracks are placed on the keyboard. To play a sound
on the whole keyboard, press FULL UPPER in the
KEYBOARD MODE [9] section, then press UPPER 1
in the KEYBOARD ASSIGN [10] section.
(As an alternative, you can press the PROGRAM but-
ton to go to the Program mode).
How to play two tones together on the
keyboard
First press FULL UPPER in the KEYBOARD MODE
[9] section, then press UPPER 1 and UPPER 2 in the
KEYBOARD ASSIGN [10] section.
How to split the keyboard between two
sounds
The SPLIT button in the KEYBOARD MODE [9] sec-
tion is used to split the keyboard into a lower part
(Lower) and a higher part (Upper). To split the key-
board press SPLIT, then press UPPER 1 and LOWER in
the KEYBOARD ASSIGN [10] section to have a right
hand sound and a left hand sound.
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If the left hand sound is too low, select the Lower track
and press OCTAVE [+].
How to change the split point
The split point divides the keyboard in two parts
(Lower on the left, Upper on the right, including the
split point). To change the split point, hold the SPLIT
POINT [14] button pressed and play the note you
want to set as split point.
How to play the drums on the keyboard
Press M.DRUMS in the KEYBOARD MODE [9] sec-
tion. To choose a drum kit, press F(USER/DRUM)
twice in the PROGRAM [11] section to make the “Dr”
abbreviation appear on the display. Select a two-digit
number from 11 to 18 and from 21 to 28 to select the
program. Programs Drum 27 and 28 are USER drum
programs.
How to play a right handed ensemble
To give you an example, select the A22 arrangement as
described in the paragraph “How to choose an
arrangement” a pagina 6.
Press ENSEMBLE [15], then play a left handed chord
and a right handed melody. To turn off the ensemble,
press ENSEMBLE again to turn the LED off.
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Sequencer
How to playback a Standard MIDI File
(SMF)
Insert the disk containing the Standard MIDI File to be
played back into the disk drive. Press SONG PLAY in
the MODE [16] section. Use the buttons in the
TEMPO/VALUE section (or the dial) [5] to choose the
song to be played, then press START/STOP [3] to
begin the playback. Press START/STOP again to stop
the playback.
How to playback all the Standard MIDI
Files contained in the disk
Insert the disk containing the Standard MIDI Files to
be played back into the disk drive. Press SONG PLAY
in the MODE [16] section. Press START/STOP [3] to
begin playback of all the pieces contained in the disk.
The pieces are played back in the same order as they
appear on the disk. Press START/STOP again to stop
the playback.
How to isolate a track
While you are in the Song Play or Song Edit modes,
you can adjust the volume on all the tracks, except for
the one selected, with the ACC VOLUME cursor.
How to deactivate the keyboard
While you are in the Song Play mode, you can deacti-
vate the keyboard by pressing the SYNCHRO-START
[4] and the SYNCHRO-STOP [17] buttons at the same
time (the LED’s turn on). Press the two buttons again
(the LED’s turn off) to activate the keyboard.
How to record a new piece
Switch on the Backing Sequence mode by pressing
B.SEQ in the MODE [16] section. Select an arrange-
ment with the buttons in the [2] section. Press REC/
WRITE/LYRICS [18] to enter the recording mode.
Press START/STOP [3] and wait for an initial two-
measure count, then play as if you were playing nor-
mally with the arrangements. At the end of the piece
press START/STOP [3] to stop the sequencer.
To listen to the piece you have just performed, press
START/STOP [3] to begin the playback.
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Disk
How to load a file from disk
Note: The iS35 incorporates a new type of disk drive,
in which no “click” sound is heard when the disk is
inserted into place.
The “Accessory Disk” supplied with the instrument
contains files that can be loaded into the USER banks.
Inserts the disk into the drive. Press DISK/GLOBALin
the MODE [16] section to open the “Disk” page.
While (LOAD) is selected, press ENTER/YES to open
the “Load” subpage.
While (ALL) is selected, press ENTER/YES to open
the “Load All” subpage. Now the ALL files are
selected. Press ENTER/YES to view the ALL files con-
tained in the disk.
Use the TEMPO/VALUE buttons (or the dial) [5] to
scroll the contents of the disk. When the name of the
file you wish to load appears on the display (i.e. “FAC-
TORY”), press ENTER/YES to load it. ALL files can
contain styles, arrangements, and programs for the
USER banks. They can also contain backing sequences,
songs and Keyboard Sets.
Note: The”FACTORY.ALL” file contained in the “Acces-
sory Disk” contains all the factory settings of the iS35.
You can load it to recall the original settings of the iS35.
How to format a disk
Before saving data on a disk, you need to format the
disk in a format that is recognizable by the instrument.
The iS35 is compatible with MS-DOS®, therefore you
can format the disk on a DOS, Windows™, or Macin-
tosh® computer (Finder command “Initialize disk… >
DOS”).
To directly format a disk with the iS35, take a 3.5” HD
“blank” (that is new and never used before) disk or a
disk with data that you do not mind losing. The disk
must be unprotected, that is it must have only one vis-
ible hole. If you can see two holes, the disk is protected
and you need to remove the plastic flap to closed one
of the holes.
Do not use the disk supplied with the iS35, otherwise
you will lose the data contained in it!
Insert the disk you wish to format in the drive, press
DISK/GLOBAL in the MODE [16] section (or press
EXIT/NO if you are in the Disk/Global mode). Select
the (UTIL) option with the CURSOR buttons and press
ENTER/YES to open the “Utilities” subpage. Select
(FORMAT) with the CURSOR buttons and press
ENTER/YES to begin formatting. The message “For-
mat disk?” or “Continue?” will appear. Press ENTER/
YES to confirm.
In a couple of minutes the disk will be formatted and
the message “Completed” will appear on the display.
How to save the contents of memory on
disk
Insert a formatted disk into the disk drive. Press
DISK/GLOBAL to open the “Disk” page. Select
(SAVE) with the CURSOR buttons and press ENTER/
YES to open the “Save” subpage. Select (ALL) with the
CURSOR buttons and press ENTER/YES to give the
new file a name.
The name of the file you wish to save will appear (the
name is “NEW_FILE” before it is modified). Select the
character you wish to modify with the CURSOR but-
tons and choose a character with the TEMPO/VALUE
buttons (or the dial). Once you have assigned a name,
press ENTER/YES twice to save the file.
Do not assign the name of an existing file on disk to
the new file, otherwise the former will be erased!
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Audio input
You can connect a microphone, a guitar or another
synthesizer to the INPUT-IN connector of the iS35. To
adjust the input sensitivity, use the GAIN slider
located next to the input connector.
To adjust the volume of the input signal, use the VOL-
UME [19] knob. The MASTER VOLUME cursor will
not affect the input signal.
The input signal will be processed by the special effect
section called VOCAL/GUITAR. For this input you
can select the settings programmed by KORG with the
Keyboard Sets [20]:
• The Keyboard Sets of bank A contain the voice set-
tings. These settings include a vocal harmonizer:
sing and play some chords on the keyboard to har-
monize the voice with the chords played.
• The Keyboard Sets of bank B contain the settings
for the clean guitar.
• The Keyboard Sets of bank C contains the settings
for the distorted guitar.
To select a Keyboard Set, press once or repeatedly the
BANK button in the KEYBOARD SET [20] section to
select the bank. Then press one of the numeric keys to
select the desired Keyboard Set.
You can modify two of the effect parameters in real
time, with the A/B switch. Use the A/B button to
select the A or B parameter assigned to the switch.
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