Korg Sound on Sound User manual

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Owner’s manual
Manuel d’utilisation
Bedienungsanleitung

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Precautions
Location
Usingtheunitinthefollowinglocationscan
resultinamalfunction.
•Indirectsunlight
•Locationsofextremetemperatureor
humidity
•Excessivelydustyordirtylocations
•Locationsofexcessivevibration
•Closetomagneticfields
Power supply
PleaseconnectthedesignatedACadapterto
anACoutletofthecorrectvoltage.Donot
connectittoanACoutletofvoltageother
thanthatforwhichyourunitisintended.
Interference with other electri-
cal devices
Radiosandtelevisionsplacednearbymay
experiencereceptioninterference.Operate
thisunitatasuitabledistancefromradios
andtelevisions.
Handling
Toavoidbreakage,donotapplyexcessive
forcetotheswitchesorcontrols.
Care
Iftheexteriorbecomesdirty,wipeitwitha
clean,drycloth.Donotuseliquidcleaners
suchasbenzeneorthinner,orcleaningcom‐
poundsorflammablepolishes.
Keep this manual
Afterreadingthismanual,pleasekeepitfor
laterreference.
Keeping foreign matter out of
your equipment
Neversetanycontainerwithliquidinitnear
thisequipment.Ifliquidgetsintotheequip‐
ment,itcouldcauseabreakdown,fire,or
electricalshock.
Becarefulnottoletmetalobjectsgetintothe
equipment.Ifsomethingdoesslipintothe
equipment,unplugtheACadapterfromthe
walloutlet.ThencontactyournearestKorg
dealerorthestorewheretheequipmentwas
purchased.
*Allproductnamesandcompany
namesarethetrademarksorregistered
trademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15ofthe
FCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe
followingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevice
maynotcauseharmfulinterference,and
(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterfer‐
encereceived,includinginterferencethat
maycauseundesiredoperation.Com‐
plieswithCanadianICES‐003ClassB.
ConformeauReglementCanadian
NMB‐003classeB.
Data handling
Incorrectoperationormalfunctionmay
causethecontentsofmemorytobelost,so
werecommendthatyousaveimportantdata
onaCDorothermedia.Pleasebeawarethat
Korgwillacceptnoresponsibilityforany
damageswhichmayresultfromlossofdata.
Notice regarding disposal (EU only)
Whenthis“crossed‐outwheeledbin”symbolisdisplayedontheproduct,
owner’smanual,battery,orbatterypackage,itsignifiesthatwhenyouwishto
disposeofthisproduct,manual,packageorbatteryyoumustdosoinan
approvedmanner.Donotdiscardthisproduct,manual,packageorbattery
alongwithordinaryhouseholdwaste.Disposinginthecorrectmannerwillpre‐
ventharmtohumanhealthandpotentialdamagetotheenvironment.Sincethe
correctmethodofdisposalwilldependontheapplicablelawsandregulations
inyourlocality,pleasecontactyourlocaladministrativebodyfordetails.Ifthe
batterycontainsheavymetalsinexcessoftheregulatedamount,achemical
symbolisdisplayedbelowthe“crossed‐outwheeledbin”symbolonthebatteryorbat‐
terypackage.

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THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA)
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reason‐
able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communica‐
tions.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstal‐
lation.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.
Unauthorizedchangesormodificationtothissystemcanvoidtheuser’sauthorityto
operatethisequipment.
COPYRIGHT WARNING
Thisprofessionaldeviceisintendedonlyforusewithworksforwhichyouyourselfown
thecopyright,forwhichyouhavereceivedpermissionfromthecopyrightholdertopub‐
liclyperform,record,broadcast,sell,andduplicate,orinconnectionwithactivitieswhich
constitute“fairuse”undercopyrightlaw.Ifyouarenotthecopyrightholder,havenot
receivedpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,orhavenotengagedinfairuseofthe
works,youmaybeviolatingcopyrightlaw,andmaybeliablefordamagesandpenalties.
Ifyouareunsureaboutyourrightstoawork,pleaseconsultacopyrightattorney.
KORGTAKESNORESPONSIBILITYFORANYINFRINGEMENTCOMMITTED
THROUGHUSEOFKORGPRODUCTS.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Thisproducthasbeenmanufacturedaccordingtostrictspecificationsandvoltage
requirementsthatareapplicableinthecountryinwhichitisintendedthatthisproduct
shouldbeused.Ifyouhavepurchasedthisproductviatheinternet,throughmailorder,
and/orviaatelephonesale,youmustverifythatthisproductisintendedtobeusedinthe
countryinwhichyoureside.
WARNING:Useofthisproductinanycountryotherthanthatforwhichitisintended
couldbedangerousandcouldinvalidatethemanufacturerʹsordistributorʹswarranty.
Pleasealsoretainyourreceiptasproofofpurchaseotherwiseyourproductmaybedis‐
qualifiedfromthemanufacturerʹsordistributorʹswarranty.

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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Before Using the SOUND on SOUND . . . . . . . 6
Inserting or Replacing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inserting or Removing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Supported memory cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning the Power On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the Current Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part Name and Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
LCD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the SOUND on SOUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording and Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting an input source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording a new song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overdubbing (Sound-On-Sound). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Useful Functions for Playback and Recording. . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the playback speed (Sound Stretch function) . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the playback or recording start point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Loop playback/recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Canceling recording (Undo/Redo). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the rhythm machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Menu Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Basic Operation in Menu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
List of Categories, Pages, and Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Categories, Pages, and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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INPUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RHYTHM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
TUNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MISC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SOUND on SOUND Data Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Execution messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Effect Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rhythm Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Main sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Main standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Introduction
ThankyouforchoosingtheKorgSOUNDonSOUNDUNLIMITED
TRACKRECORDER.Thisdeviceallowsyoutoeasilyrecordprofes‐
sionalsoundingaudiowithoutthehassleofalargerecordingrig.The
SOUNDonSOUNDisgreatforsongwriterssketchingoutideas,guitar
players,recordingbandrehearsalsorconcerts.
TheSOUNDonSOUNDenablesyoutorecordperformancesthrougha
built‐inmicrophone.Italsofeaturesdirectrecordingfromaguitarcon‐
nectedtothededicatedguitarinputjack,linerecordingfromanexternal
audiodevice,andrecordingthroughanexternalmicrophoneconnected
tothemicrophonejack.TherecordersupportstheWAV(44.1kHz,16‐bit)
audioformat.TheSOUNDonSOUNDalsoallowsyoutooverdubby
recordingandmixinginputsignalswhileplayingbackthefile.Thisfunc‐
tionisveryusefulwhenyouwanttousetheunitasasimplemulti‐track
recorder.

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Before Using the SOUND on SOUND
Inserting or Replacing Batteries
TheSOUNDonSOUNDrequirestwoAA‐sizebatteries.Korgrecom‐
mendsthatyouusealkaline(LR6)ornickel‐metalhydride(NiMH)cell
batteries.
Donotcombinenewandusedbatteriesordifferent
typesofbatteries.
1. Makesurethatthepowerisswitchedoff.AllLED
indicators,andthedisplayshouldalsobeoff.
2. Removethebatterycasecover.
3. Ifthebatteriesareinthecase,removethemfromthe
case.
4. InserttwoAA‐sizebatteriesintothecasewiththe+
and‐endsinthecorrectorientation.
5. Replacethebatterycasecover.
Replacethebatterieswithnewoneswhenbattery
powergetslow.
Whenthebatteriesexpire,removethemfromthe
caseimmediately.Ifyoudon’tplantousetheunit
foralongperiodoftime,removethebatteries.
Batterylifevariesdependingonthetypeandmanufacturerofthebattery
andusage.Italsovariesdependingonthetypeandmanufacturerofthe
memorycardusedanditscapacity.
Batterylife(whenthebacklightandLEDindicatorsareturnedoff)
Togetaccuratereadingsofremainingbatterypower,youmustspecify
thetypeofbatterythatisinusebyaccessingtheBATTERYpageinthe
MISCcategoryinMenumode(seepage44).
Ifthebatterypowergetslow,youcanconnectadedicatedACadapter
(soldseparately)tosupplypowerwhileyoucontinueusingtheunit.
Batteriesaresuppliedinthepackagesothatyoucaneasilycheckthe
recorderʹsoperation.However,thebatterylifemayberelativelyshort.
Batterytype Continuousrecording
(withthebuilt‐inmicrophone)/
Continuousplayback
(throughheadphones)
Alkalinebatteryx2Approx.10hours/Approx.10hours
NiMHbattery(1900mAh)x2Approx.11hours/Approx.11hours

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Inserting or Removing a Memory Card
1. Makesurethatthepowerisswitchedoff.AllLED
indicators,andthedisplayshouldalsobeoff.
2. Insertthememorycarduntilitclicks(seepage9).
3. Toremovethememorycard,pushthecardin
gentlyusingthetipofyourfingeruntilthecard
clicks,thenreleaseyourfinger.
4. Afterthememorycardisejected,removeitfrom
theslot.
Formoreinformationonhandlingmemory
cards,pleaserefertotheinstructionmanualthatcamewiththecard.
Besuretopushthememorycardintotheslotsecurelyinthecorrect
orientationwiththecorrectsidefacingup.Donotpushinamemory
cardforcefully.Insertthecardintotheslotgently.
Donotinstallorremoveamemorycardwhilethepowertotheunitis
on.Otherwise,dataintheunitoronthememorycardmaybelost,or
thememorycardmaybecomeunusable.
Supported memory cards
TheSOUNDonSOUNDsupportsmicroSDcardsandmicroSDHCcards .
Formatting a memory card
Ifyouusedamemorycardwithyourcomputer,cellphone,digitalcamera
orotherdevice,youcannotuseitasiswiththeSOUNDonSOUND.You
mustproperlyformatsuchacardbeforeyoucanuseitwiththerecorder.
Formoreinformation,Pleaserefertothe“FORMAT”sectiononpage37.
About available recording time
Approx.100minutesper1GB
Approx.10MBrequiredperrecordingminute
Availablerecordingtimevalueslistedaboveareestimates.Themaxi‐
mumrecordingtimewillbeshorterasthenumberofsongsinthe
cardincreases
.
Maximumrecordingtimelistedaboveisbasedonthefirstcontinuous
recordingforanewsong.Foroverdubbing,maximumrecordingtime
isthetotalsumofallrecordingdurations.
Maximumrecordingtimepersongissix(6)hours.
Control
panel
Connector side

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Turning the Power On or Off
Beforeconnectingtheunittoanotherdevice,besuretoturndownthe
volumeoftheunitaswellastheotherdevice,andturntheunitoffto
preventmalfunctionordamagetothespeakers.
1. Toturnonthepowertotheunit,pressandhold
downthepowerbuttonuntilthedisplayturnson.
2. Toturnoffthepowertotheunit,firstmakesure
thatplaybackorrecordingisstopped,thenpress
andholddownthepowerbuttonuntiltheunit
displaysthePWROFFdialog.
3. Pressthebuttontoturnthepoweroff.Ifyou
decideNOTtoturnthepoweroff,pressthe
button.
Besuretofollowthestepsdescribedabovetoturn
offthepowertotheunit.
Setting the Current Date and Time
Beforeyoustartrecording,settheinternalclock.
Thedateandtimesetherewillbeusedtotime‐
stamprecordedsongs.
1. Whenyouturnonthepowertotheunitforthe
firsttime,theunitwilldisplay“CLOCKINI.”
2. Pressthebutton.
3. Theyearfieldwillflash.Pressthe+or‐buttonto
settheyear.
Onlythelasttwodigitsoftheyeararedisplayed.
Thefirsttwodigitsarefixedto“20XX.”
4. Aftersettingtheyear,pressthebutton.
5. Themonthfieldwillflash.Pressthe+or‐button
tosetthemonth.
6. Pressthebuttontomovethroughthesetting
items,andusethe+and‐buttonstosettheday,
hour,minute,andsecondvalues.
7. Pressthebuttontoconfirmthedateandtime
settings.
Ifyouwanttocancelthesettings,presstheStopbutton. 
Tosetthedateandtimelater,accesstheDATEpageintheMISCcategory
inMenumode(seepage43).
Ifyouremovethebatteriesorifthebatteriesintheunithavebeen
exhaustedforawhile(aboutthreedays)afteryousetthedateand
time,theinternalclockwillberesettothedefaultsetting.

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Part Name and Function
Connectors
1. ACadapterjack
BesuretousetheACadapterthatisdedicatedtotheSOUNDon
SOUND.
2. Memorycardslot
Pleasereferto“InsertingorRemovingaMemoryCard”onpage7.
3. GUITARINjack(standardphonejack)
Youcanconnectaguitarorbassguitardirectlytothishigh‐impedance
inputjack.
4. Headphonejack(stereominijack)
Usethisoutputjacktoconnectstereoheadphonesoranexternalaudio
device(suchasanamplifier).Whenthisjackisused,theinternal
speakerwillbemuted.
5. LINEjack(stereominijack)
Connectthisanalogaudioinputjacktotheaudioanalogoutputcon‐
nectoronanexternalaudiodevice.
6. MICjack(stereominijack)
Connectanexternalmicrophonehere.
Youcanalsouseasmallcondenser‐typemicrophonethatsupports
Plug‐In‐Power(see“P∙IN∙PWR”onpage30).
4
5
6
3
1
2
Connector
side
Control panel
Memory
Card

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Control Panel
1. LCDdisplay
Indicatesvarioussettings.Whenarectangularframeisdisplayedin
thelowerarea,youcaninputorchangeparametervaluesbytouching
andslidingoverthisareawithyourfinger(seepage12).
2. Controllerbuttons
The,,,+and‐buttonsareusedtocontrolrecordingandplay‐
backandadjustvarioussettingsinMenumode.
3. MENUbutton
PressthisbuttontoenterMenumodetoaccessvarioussettings(see
page25).PressingtheStopbuttonwhileholdingdowntheMENUbut‐
tonwillcausetheunittoenterHoldmode,inwhichallbuttonopera‐
tionswillbedisabled.TocancelHoldmode,presstheStopbutton
againwhileholdingdowntheMENUbutton.
4. FXbuttonandindicator
Pressthisbuttonbrieflytoturntheeffectson(theLEDwilllightup)or
off(theLEDwillturnoff).Pressandholddownthebuttontoaccess
theeffectsettingpage(seepage22).
5. A/BLOOPbuttonandindicator,A/BSETbutton
Thesebuttonsenableyoutosetuploopplaybackandrecording(see
page19).
6. Stopbutton
Pressthisbuttontostoprecordingorplayback,orcancelthesetting.
7. Record(SOUNDONSOUND)buttonandindicator
PresstheRecordbuttontoplacetheunitinRecordReadymode.The
Recordindicatorwillflash.PresstheRecordbuttonagaintostart
recordingwhiletheunitisinRecordReadymode.TheRecordindica‐
torwilllightupsteadily.
8. ClipindicatorsL&R
Theseindicatorswillflashredduringclipping.
9. Internalstereomicrophone
10. Speaker
Thebuilt‐inspeakerwillbemutediftheheadphonejackisconnected.
Thespeakerwillalsobemutedtoavoidfeedbackwhileyouare
recordingviathebuilt‐inorexternalmicrophone,settingtheinput
level,usingthetuner,orwhentheunitisinRecordReadymode.
11. Powerbutton(seepage8)
12. UNDObuttonandindicator(seepage21)

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13. RHYTHMbuttonandindicator
Pressthisbuttonbrieflytoturntherhythmmachineon(theLEDwill
lightup)oroff(theLEDwillturnoff).Pressandholddownthebutton
toaccesstherhythmmachinesettingspage(seepage23).
14. TEMPO/SPEEDbutton
Pressthisbuttonbrieflytodisplaythetempo.Youcanalsosetuptap
tempo.Pressandholddownthebuttontodisplaythetemposetting
page(seepage23).
1
2
3
4
5
9
6
9
10
11
12
13
14
7
8 8

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LCD Layout
1. Menumodeindicators
TheseindicatorsshowthecategoriesinMenumode.
Tonavigatethroughdifferentcategories,pressandholddownthe
MENUbuttonandpressthe,,+or‐button.Tonavigate
throughdifferentpagesineachcategory,presstheorbutton.
Pressthe+or‐buttontosettheparametervalues.
INPUT Inputsettings,suchastheinputlevel,tone,Plug‐In‐
Power,etc.(seepage29).
REC Recordingsettings,suchastherecordingstarts,Undo
function,etc.(seepage30).
TIME Time‐relatedsettings,suchastheTimemodesetting,
tempo,etc.(seepage32).
RHYTHM Rhythm‐relatedsettings,suchasselectionofvarious
rhythmanddrumkitoptions,etc.(seepage34).
FX Effectsettings,suchaseffectselectionandeffectparam‐
etersettings,etc.(seepage35).
TUNER Tunersettings.(seepage24).
DATA Datamanagement,suchasdeletingsongs,formatting,
etc.(seepage37).
MISC Otherfunctions,suchastheLCDbacklight,LEDindi‐
cators,etc.(seepage43).
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2
3
4
5

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2. Songnumber,levelmeter,pagetitle
3. Counter,parameter
4. Batteryindicator
Thebatteryindicatorshowstheamountofbatterypower.
HighLow
Ifisflashing,thebatteriesarealmostexhausted.Replacethem
immediately.
Thebatteryindicatordoesnotappearwhileyouareusingan
optionalACadapter.
5. Songpositionbar,tuningmeter,touchslider
Whilestopped Indicatesthesongnumber
Duringplayback Indicatestheplaybacklevelmeter
Duringrecordingorin
RecordReadymode
Indicatestheinputlevelmeter
InMenumode Indicatesapagetitleinthecategory
Duringrecord‐
ingorplayback
Indicatesthecurrentplaybackposition
HMSIndicatesthecurrentpositioninhour,min‐
ute,second
MBQIndicatesthecurrentpositioninmeasure,
beat,quarter‐beat
InMenumode Indicatestheparameteroptionorvalueinthepage
During
playback
Songpositionbar
Indicatesthecurrentplaybackposition.Youcanchange
theplaybackpositionbyusingthisbarasatouchslider.
During
tuner
operation
Tuningmeter
Indicatesthecurrenttuningstatus.Ifyourinstrumentistuned
correctly,thebargraphwillreachandstopatthecenter.
Effect
Selectpage
Touchslider
Enablesyoutoadjusttheparametervaluebytouchingtheslider.
Rhythm
Selectpage
Touchslider
Enablesyoutoselectarhythmvariationbytouchingtheslider.
Other
parameters
Touchslider
Ifaframeisdisplayedaroundthebar,youcantouch
insidetheframetochangeparametervalues.

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Using the SOUND on SOUND
Recording and Playback
Beforeyoustartrecording,youcanaddthefollowingfeatures,ifdesired.
• Applyingtheunitʹseffectstotheinputsound(seepage22).
•Usingthebuilt‐inrhythmmachine(seepage23).
•RecordinginMBQ(inmeasures)Timemode(seepage32).
Selecting an input source
Thissectionexplainshowtorecordanelectricguitarthatisconnectedto
theGUITARINjack.
1. ConnectyourelectricguitartotheGUITARINjack.
DonotconnectanythingtotheLINEorMICjack.
About input source detection
TheSOUNDonSOUNDautomaticallyscanstodeterminewhetheror
nottheGUITARIN,LINEandMICjacksareconnected.Iftheunit
detectsaconnectedjack,itwillautomaticallyassignthejackasthe
inputsource.Therefore,donotconnectanythingtojacksotherthan
theoneyouwanttouseforaudioinput.Ifmultiplejacksareconnected
toexternaldevices,theunitwillselectajackaccordingtothefollowing
inputprioritylist.Ifnojacksareconnected,theunitwillautomatically
selectthebuilt‐inmicrophoneastheinputsource.
BeforeyouuseaPlug‐In‐Powermicrophone,
youmustsetthecorrespondingparameters
(seepage30).
2. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReady
mode.TheRecordLEDindicatorwillflash.
3. Pressthe+or‐buttontoadjusttheinputlevel.
Youcanalsousethetouchsliderdisplayedonthe
LCDtoadjustthelevel.
Therecordinglevelisappropriateifthelevelmeterstaysaround“‐6”
andtheClipLEDindicatorsdonotlightupwhenloudaudioisinput.
Connecteddevices
Inputsourceautomaticallyselected
Guitar,linedevice,microphone GUITARINjack
Guitar,microphone GUITARINjack
Linedevice,microphone LINEjack
Microphone MICjack
None Built‐inmicrophone
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Pleasenotethatyoucannotadjusttheinput
leveliftheLVLCTRL(levelcontrol)parame‐
terhasbeensettoAUTO(see“LVLCTRL”
onpage29).
4. PresstheStopbuttontocancelRecordReady
mode.TheRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff.
Recording a new song
DatarecordedontheSOUNDonSOUNDiscalled
a“song.”
Beforeyoustartrecordingasong,youmustcreatea
newsongfiletorecordwith.
1. Followoneofthethreemethodsdescribed
belowtocreateanewsongfile.
•Ifyouhavenotrecordedanysongsafterfor‐
mattingamemorycard,orifyouhavedeleted
allsongs(seepage37)andthesongtitle
“NEW/001”appearsontheLCD,pressthe
Recordbutton.
•Ifthereareonlyasmallnumberofrecorded
songs(forexample,ifthesongindicator“002/003”appearsonthe
LCD),youcanpressthebuttontoselecttheemptysongfile(in
thiscase,“NEW”),thenpresstheRecordbutton.
•
Ifnumeroussongsexist(forexample,ifthesongindicator“002/025”is
displayedontheLCD)andifyouwanttostartrecordingimmediately,
pressandholddowntheStopbuttonandpresstheRecordbutton.
IftheRecordLEDindicatorflashesquickly(abouttwicepersec‐
ond)afteryoupresstheRecordbutton,theunitisinRecordReady
modeforanewsong.
IftheRecordLEDindicatorflashesslowly(aboutoncepersecond)
afteryoupresstheRecordbutton,youmustselectanewsongfile
(see“Overdubbing(Sound‐On‐Sound)”onpage17).Createand
selectanewsongfile.
2. Tostartrecording,whiletheunitisinRecordReadymode(andthe
RecordLEDindicatorisflashing),presstheRecordbuttonagainto
startrecording.TheRecordLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.
Youcanalsostartrecordingatthemomenttheaudiostarts(see
“AT START”onpage30).
3. Topauserecording,presstheStopbutton.TheRecordLEDindicatorwillflash.
4. Toresumerecording,presstheRecordbutton(theRecordLEDindica‐
torwilllightup).Alternatively,tofinishrecording,presstheStopbut‐
tonagain(theRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff).
Level meter
Total number
of songs
Currently-selected
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Playback
1. Locatethetopofthesong.
Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopof
thesongthatwasjustrecorded.
Ifyouselectadifferentsongbypressingthe
or button,thetopofthatsongwillautomati‐
callybelocated.
2. Playbacktherecordedsong.
Pressthebuttontoplaybacktherecordedsong .
3. Topauseplayback,pressthebutton.
4. Toresumeplayback,pressthebuttonagain.
5. Tostopplaybackandlocatethetopofthesong,
presstheStopbutton.
Toadjusttheplaybackvolumelevel,pressthe+or‐
button.Youcanalsousethetouchsliderdisplayed
ontheLCDtoadjustthelevel.
Moving the song playback position
Tomovethesongplaybackposition,followoneofthemethodsbelow.
Pleasenotethatthesemethodsareavailableonlywhiletheunitisdis‐
playingtheplaybackscreen.
Fastforward Pressandholddownthebuttontofastforward
throughthesong.
Fastreverse Pressandholddownthebuttontofastrewind
throughthesong.
Locatingthetop
ofthesong
Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopofthe
song.Pressthebuttonbrieflyatthetopofthe
songtolocatethetopoftheprevioussong.
Locatingthetop
ofthenextsong
Pressthebuttonbrieflytolocatethetopofthe
nextsong.
Locatingaposi‐
tionwithinthe
currentsong
WhileholdingdowntheStopbutton,pressthe
orbuttontolocatethetopofthesong,PointA,
PointB,ortheendofthesong(whichevertheclos‐
esttothecurrentpoint).
Locatingapoint
specifiedbyHMS
Timemode
(Hour:Minute:
Second)
1. Whileplaybackisstopped,pressandholddown
theStopbuttonandpressthebutton.
2. Thecounterwillflash.Youcanspecifyatime
positionusingthe+and‐buttons.
3. Presstheorbuttontoselectthehour,
minute,orsecondfield.
4. Afteryouspecifythetime,pressthebuttonto
finishthesetting.
Song position bar
Touch slider

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Overdubbing (Sound-On-Sound)
TheSOUNDonSOUNDenablesyoutoeasilyoverdubonasongthathas
alreadybeenrecorded.Duringoverdubbing,twotypesoffilesarecre‐
ated:originalmaterialfilesthatcontainindividualrecordings,anda2‐
mixfilethatcombinestheplaybacksoundandadditionalrecordings.The
SOUNDonSOUNDrecognizestheoriginalmaterialfilesand2‐mixfile
alltogetherasonesongfile(see“FINALIZE”onpage39).
YoucaneasilyburnanaudioCDfromtheseoverdubbedsongsbycopying
themfromtherecordertoyourcomputer,andusingtheKORGAUDIO
UTILITYsoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromtheKorgwebsite.
YoucanalsocreateaWAVfileforeachoriginalmaterialfileplus2‐mix
filebyfinalizingtheoverdubbedsong.YoucanedittheseWAVfilesusing
waveformeditingsoftwareonyourcomputer,orloadthemintoaDAW
(see“FINALIZE”onpage39).
About the space required for overdubbing on a memory card
Duringoverdubbing,theSOUNDonSOUNDstoreseachoriginal
recordingmaterialfilethatwasrecorded(seepage47).
Ifyouplantooverdubfrequently,youshoulduseahighcapacity
memorycard.Forexample,ifyoumakeathree‐minuterecording,and
thenoverdubthreeminutesthreetimes,thespaceonamemorycard
requiredbytheserecordingswouldbeapproximately30MB(first
recording),30MB(firstoverdubbing),30MB(secondoverdubbing),
and30MB(thirdoverdubbing),totalingapproximately120MB.
Overdubbing procedure
1. Presstheorbuttontoselectthesongyouwanttooverdub.
2. Ifyouwanttostartoverdubbinginthemiddleofthesong,locatetheover‐
dubstartpoint(see“Movingthesongplaybackposition”onpage16).
3. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReadymode.
TheRecordLEDindicatorwillflashslowly(aboutoncepersecond).
4. Pressthe+or‐buttontoadjusttheinputlevel,ifnecessary.Youcan
alsousethetouchsliderdisplayedontheLCDtoadjustthelevel.
Locatingapoint
specifiedby
MBQTimemode
(Measure:Beat:
Clock)
1. Whileplaybackisstopped,pressandholddown
theStopbuttonandpressthebutton.
2. Thecounterwillflashandyoucanspecifyan
MBQpositionusingthe+and‐buttons.
3. Presstheorbuttontoselectthemeasure,
beatorquarter‐beatfield.
4. Afteryouspecifytheposition,pressthebutton
tofinishthesetting.
Slidingfastfor‐
ward/reverse
Touchandslideoverthesongpositionbaronthe
bottomoftheLCDtomovetheplaybackposition
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5. Presstheorbuttontoadjustthebalancebetweentheplayback
volumeandinputlevel,ifnecessary(see“MIXBAL”onpage32).
6. PresstheRecordbuttonagain.Theunitwillstartplaybackandrecord‐
ingatthesametime.TheRecordLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.
7. Inputsoundmixedwiththeplaybacksoundisrecordedonthemem‐
orycard.
Youcanalsotriggerrecordingatthemomenttheaudiostarts(see
“AT START”onpage30).
Ifyouwanttostartoverdubbingatacertainpointinthesong
whilelisteningtotheplayback,pressthebuttonduringRecord
Readymodetostartplayback.ThenpresstheRecordbuttonatthe
pointyouwanttostartrecording.
8. Topauseoverdubbing,presstheStopbutton.TheRecordLEDindica‐
torwillflash.
IfyoupresstheRecordorbuttoninsteadoftheStopbutton,the
unitwillenterRecordReadymode,andplaybackwillcontinue.
9. Toresumeoverdubbing,presstheRecordbutton(theRecordLED
indicatorwilllightup).Alternatively,tofinishoverdubbing,pressthe
Stopbuttonagain(theRecordLEDindicatorwillturnoff).
Ifyouoverdubbeyondtheendpointofthefirstrecording,theend
pointofthesongwillbeextendedtotheendoftheoverdubbedsection.
Nowthefirstlayerofoverdubbingiscomplete.Tooverdubmore,repeat
Steps2through9.
Stop playback
Playback
continues
Overdubbing while playing back only a targeted portion of a song
Record Ready
Record Ready
Press the
Record button
Press the
Record button
Press the Stop button
Record Ready
Locate the
start point. Overdubbing start point Overdubbing
end point
Overdubbing start point Overdubbing
end point
Overdubbing while playing back from the top to the end of a song
Press the
Record or
button Record Ready
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Useful Functions for Playback and Recording
Adjusting the playback speed (Sound Stretch function)
TheSoundStretchfunctionisveryusefulwhenyouwanttolearnafast
guitarphrasebyplayingbackthephraseslowly,orwhenyouwishto
recordacomplicatedphrasebyplayingyourguitarslowly.
Usingthisfunction,youcanchangetheplaybackspeedintherangeof
25%to150%withoutchangingthepitch.
Tochangetheplaybackspeed,accessthe“SPEED”parameterinMenu
mode(seepage33).
 Duringoverdubbing,youcanonlymakethespeedslower(25%–99%).
Setting the playback or recording start point
Auto Start
Youcanspecifytheinputlevelwhererecordingwillautomaticallystart
afteryoupresstheRecordbutton.TosettheAutoStartinputlevel,access
the“AT START”parameterinMenumode(seepage30).
Count In
Youcanspecifythetimetostartplaybackforoverdubbing.Tosetthestart
time,accessthe“COUNTIN”parameterinMenumode(seepage31).
TheparametersforthisfunctionvarydependingontheTimemode
settingforthecounter(see“MODE”onpage32).
Thisfunctioniseffectiveonlywhenrecordingstartswhiletheunitis
stoppedandtheAutoStartfunctionisturnedoff(see“AT START”on
page30).
Loop playback/recording
UsingtheA/BLoopfunctionenablesyoutoplaybackorrecordapart
betweenPointsAandBrepeatedly.
Repeat playback (A/B loop playback)
1. Locatetheloopstartpoint(PointA),thenpresstheA/BSETbutton.
PointAismarkedandtheloopLEDindicatorwillflash.
IfthecounterisdisplayedinMBQTimemode,theunitwillauto‐
maticallymarkPointAatthetopofthemeasurebeforethemea‐
surewhereyouspecifiedthestartpoint.
Point B
Point A
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2. Locatetheloopendpoint(PointB),thenpresstheA/BSETbutton.
PointBismarkedandtheloopLEDindicatorwilllightupsteadily.
IfthecounterisdisplayedinMBQTimemode,theunitwillauto‐
maticallymarkPointBatthetopofthemeasureafterthemeasure
whereyouspecifiedtheendpoint.
Tocancelthesetting,presstheA/BSETbuttonagain.TheloopLED
indicatorwillturnoffandPointsAandBareerased.Youcanalsoset
PointsAandBbypressingandholdingdowntheA/BSETbuttonto
accessthe“A POINT”and“BPOINT”parameterpagesrespectively
(seepage33).
3. PresstheA/BLOOPbuttontoturnontheA/BLoopfunction.Theloop
LEDindicatorwilllightup.
4. WhentheplaybackpositionreachesPointB,itautomaticallyreturnsto
PointAtorepeatA/Bplayback.
5. PresstheA/BLOOPbuttonagaintoturntheA/BLoopfunctionoff.
TheloopLEDindicatorwillturnoff.
IfyouspecifyPointBatatimepositionbeforePointA,thetimevalue
ofPointAandPointBwillbeswapped.
TheintervalbetweenPointsAandBshouldbetwosecondsorlonger.
YoucannotsetPointBwithintwosecondsofPointA.
Repeat recording (A/B loop recording)
Duringloopplayback,youcanrecordbypressingtheRecordbutton.
1. Refertothe“Repeatplayback(A/Bloopplayback)”sectiontostart
loopplayback.
2. PresstheRecordbuttontoenterRecordReadymode.TheRecordLED
indicatorwillflashslowly.
3. PresstheRecordbuttonagaintoenterRecordmode.Atthispoint,
nothingisrecordedyet.Recordingwillstartaftertheplaybackposi‐
tionreturnstoPointAfromPointB.
TheRecordLEDindicatorwillcontinueflashingslowlyuntiltheplay‐
backpositionreachesPointB,thenitwilllightupsteadilywhenthe
playbackpositionreturnstoPointA.
4. WhentherecordingpositionreachesPointB,theunitentersRecord
ReadymodeandstartsA/Bloopplayback.TheRecordLEDindicator
willflash.
Ifyouwanttorepeatoverdubbing,presstheRecordbuttonagainto
repeatlooprecording.
IfthedurationbetweenPointsAandBisshorterthaneight(8)sec‐
onds,theunitpausesplaybackwhenrecordingiscomplete.Andthen,
theunitautomaticallystartsloopplaybackoftherecordedaudio.