Korg TRINITY HDR-TRI manual

1 E HDR-TRI Hard Disk Recorder Option User’s Guide[...]

Table of Contents i T able of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of the HDR-TRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About hard disk recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About[...]

Table of Contents ii 5 – 4: Audio Track Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Disk P1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1 – 1: Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1 – 3: [...]

Features of the HDR-TRI 1 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the HDR-TRI hard disk recorder option . In order to enjoy long and trouble-fr ee use, please read this manual car efully . In this manual, tracks recor ded by the har d disk r ecor der are r eferr [...]

About hard disks 2 About hard disks About sound and audio events When audio recor ding is performed, sound is recor ded directly into the sound partition of the hard disk. At the same time, event data (audio events) pertaining to that sound is recor ded into the audio track that is currently selected. (The sound data itself does not exist in the au[...]

Settings for recording 3 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 2. Operation Settings for recording This section explains how to make the necessary settings for hard disk r ecord- ing. Be sure to make these settings befor e performing hard disk r ecording. Hard disk connections and settings Up to 7 hard disks can be connected using SCSI cables [...]

Settings for recording 4 5 T urn on the power of the hard disk(s), and then tur n on the power of the TRINITY . When turning on the power , turn on devices in sequence from the hard disk → TRINITY . When turning off the power , turn off devices in sequence from the TRINITY → hard disk . Never turn off the power while the hard disk is being acce[...]

Settings for recording 5 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix If you are using only a single har d disk to perform hard disk r ecording, you must specify a filer partition larger than 0 in order to cr eate an area where .SNG files and .PCG files etc. can be saved. If you ar e using two or more har d disks, a filer partition must be create[...]

Settings for recording 6 Connections for recording Be sure that the power is turned OFF for all devices before you make connec- tions. Sources that ar e input to the ANALOG IN 1 jack will be recor ded on audio track 1 or 3. Sources that ar e input to the ANALOG IN 2 jack will be recor ded on audio track 2 or 4. Sources that ar e input to the S/P DI[...]

Settings for recording 7 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Song settings 1 Access the Sequencer mode P1 tab 5 page (A T rkRec). 2 In the Song fi eld, select a new song and assign a song name. The display will ask “Are Y ou Sure?” Press the OK button. 3 In the T rack fi eld, select the audio track(s) that you wish to record. Select A [...]

Settings for recording 8 Checking the external input Before you begin, go to “Song settings” ( ☞ page 7 of this manual) and select an audio track (A T1 for this example). 1 Access the Sequencer mode P1 tab 5 page (A T rkRec). 2 Select the Input Select item. If you are r ecording fr om an analog device such as a guitar connected to the ANALOG [...]

Settings for recording 9 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 3 Set the Input Level setting to a level appropriate for the connected device. When recor ding vocals, pass the signal through a mixer and set this to –10 dBu or +4 dBu. When recor ding a guitar that has active pickups, or a passive-type guitar through an ef fect unit, set this t[...]

Recording 10 Recording Recording an audio track When recor ding an audio track, it is not possible to select Rec as the T empo Mode. If you wish to record tempo changes on the Master track, select a MIDI track or MIXER REC in “1-4d: T rack.” Even when the T empo Mode is manual, do not modify the T empo setting during recording. 1 Perfor m the p[...]

Recording 11 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Recording a guitar in stereo on tracks 3 and 4 while listening to audio tracks 1 and 2 1 Use the procedure of “ Recording an audio track ” to record onto audio tracks 1 and 2. 2 Connect your guitar to a stereo-output effect device. 3 Connect the stereo-output effect device to the ANALOG IN[...]

Playback 12 Playback Playing back the track(s) you recorded 1 Press the [RESET] key to return to the beginning of the song. 2 Press the [ST ART/STOP] key . The audio that was recor ded will be played back. Adjusting the pan or volume balance of the tracks Y ou can adjust the pan and volume of each track so that the recorded tracks ar e played back [...]

Playback 13 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Recording mixer events Y ou can record pan, volume and equalizer settings as mixer events on the audio track. The audio track will be played back according to the Pan/V olume, EQ, and Send 1/2 settings that were r ecorded. 1 Use the procedure “ Recording an audio track ” to record an audio [...]

Re-recording 14 Re-recording This section explains the procedur e for re-r ecording part of a pr eviously- recor ded audio track. If you wish to re-r ecord the entir e track, select Overwrite , and recor d using the procedur e “Recording an audio track.” Using the rehearsal function 1 Access the Sequencer mode P1 tab 7 page (Preference). 2 In t[...]

Editing 15 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix portion of track has not been lost.) 9 When you are fi nished, press the [ST ART/STOP] key . Editing Creating repetitions of the same phrase 1 Record using the procedure “ Recording an audio track. ” 2 Access the Sequencer mode P5 tab 3 page (Atrk Edit). 3 In the T rack setting, select the [...]

Editing 16 This way , only the audio tracks will be bounced. If you want to bounce the MIDI tracks’ audio as well, see “Bouncing MIDI tracks and audio tracks together” below . 4 Make the appropriate V olume, Panning, EQ and Send 1/2 settings for audio tracks 1, 2 and 3. Since you will be mixing these three tracks down to a single track, you w[...]

Creating a song in conjunction with the MIDI sequencer 17 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 2 levels. If you check the check box located at the left of the display , the right side output of effect 1 will be sent to ef fect 2, and effects 1 and 2 will be mixed. Refer to the Parameter Guide for details on the P8 tab 1 page (Master FX), and [...]

Creating a song in conjunction with the MIDI sequencer 18 set Input Level to the next higher setting. Recording 0 Press the [RESET] key to return to the beginning of the song, press the [REC/WRITE] key and then (after making sure that the [ST ART/STOP] key LED is blinking) press the [ST ART/STOP] key . Recording will start. Sing into the mic while [...]

Saving/loading recorded data 19 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix L When you are fi nished, press the [ST ART/STOP] key . When playing back the song, set the Mix Audio T rack Mode to READ for chan- nel 1. Playback will be controlled accor ding to the mixer events that were recor ded. Saving/loading recorded data Saving song data to a hard[...]

Using a recorded sound more than once in the same .SNG file 20 2 In the Drive Select box, select the hard disk that contains the data you wish to load. 3 In the director y window , specify the data that you wish to load. As necessary , use the Open or Up buttons to move through the dir ectory hierar- chy , and specify the data to be loaded. 4 Execu[...]

Sequencer P1 21 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 3. Parameters This manual explains the functions which are newly added when the HDR- TRI hard disk r ecorder option is installed. For the parameters whose func- tions remain unchanged, r efer to your Parameter Guide, Basic Guide, and Effect Guide. Sequencer P1 1–5: Audio T rack Rec Here y[...]

Sequencer P1 22 1 – 5d: T rack [T01...16, MTR, A T1(L), A T2(R), A T3(L), A T4(R), A T1&2, A T3&4, MIXER REC] Select the track that you wish to recor d. When the HDR-TRI is installed, you will be able to select audio tracks A T1(L) , A T2(R) , A T3(L) , A T4(R) , A T1&2 or A T3&4 , and MIXER REC in addition to the MIDI tracks T01?[...]

Sequencer P1 23 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 5f: T ake Specify the name of the “take” that you are about to r ecord. Press the text edit button, and the r ename page will appear . ( ☞ Basic Guide page 6). Up to 13 characters can be used here. If you wish to append a number at the end of the take name to manage your takes, [...]

Sequencer P1 24 48 kHz. If a digital signal containing a copy inhibit flag is input, the display will indicate Copy Inhibit . The HDR-TRI is able to recor d a digital signal which contains the SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) flag. However it will be recor ded as digital audio data without the SCMS flag. When a signal with a sampling frequen[...]

Sequencer P1 25 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 5m: Monitor Mode Select This selects Auto Input ON/OFF . Audio tracks that are selected in “1-5d: T rack” will be monitored dif ferently than audio tracks that are not selected. (Refer to the table below .) If this is checked , Auto Input will be ON . During auto/manual punch in r[...]

Sequencer P1 26 1 – 6: Mix Audio T rack 1 – 4 Here you can make basic settings for r ecording audio tracks, and make mixer event settings for each track. Mixer events are r ecorded accor ding to the recor d- ing method selected in “1–7: Prefer ence,” so you will need to set those parame- ters as well. Editing of mixer events can be perfor[...]

Sequencer P1 27 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 6i: V olume [0...100...127] Adjusts the volume of each audio track. A setting of 0 is – ∞ , 100 is 0 dB, and 127 is +12 dB. Depending on the selection in “1–6j: Mix Audio T rack Mode,” it may not be pos- sible to modify this parameter . Refer also to “1–6j: Mix Audio T r[...]

Sequencer P1 28 ing recor ding, you can adjust EQ, Send, Pan, and V olume and the changes you make will be recor ded. By changing this setting to READ and then playing back the song, EQ, Send, Pan, and V olume settings will change according to the mixer events that were r ecorded. Mixer events can also be edited individually in “5–3B: Automatio[...]

Sequencer P1 29 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 7: Preference Here you can make overall settings for the entir e song, recor ding settings for MIDI tracks, audio tracks, and mixer events, and settings for playback. 1 – 7h: Recording Setup Use the radio buttons to select the realtime r ecording method. When you recor d using Overw[...]

Sequencer P2 30 Sequencer P2 2 – 5: Audio T rack parameter (Audio T rack 1 – 4) Here you can specify the song name, the scale used by MIDI tracks, and the delay for each audio track. 2 – 5c: Delay [0...255 samples/0...5 ms] Specify the time delay from the location of an audio track event until when the sound is heard fr om the TRINITY during [...]

Sequencer P5 31 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Sequencer P5 5 – 3: Audio T rack Edit Here you can edit audio events and mixer events of a pr eviously-recor ded audio track. 5 – 3d: T rack [T01...16, MTR, A T1(L), A T2(R), A T3(L), A T4(R), A T1&2, A T3&4, MIXER REC] Select the track that you wish to edit (or the copy destina[...]

Sequencer P5 32 Page Menu Command 5 – 3B: Automation Edit Here you can edit individual mixer events that wer e previously r ecorded. T o perform event editing on audio tracks, use “5–3J: Audio Event Edit.” Event editing of audio tracks is performed using “5–3J: Audio Event Edit.” (Even if the Audio box is checked, audio events will on[...]

Sequencer P5 33 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix c: The following table shows the types of events and the possible values for each type. 5 Press the appropriate button to make the desired edits as follows . When you have finished editing mixer events and wish to return to the tab page, press the Done button . A: Inser t button Inser ting[...]

Sequencer P5 34 5 – 3C: Erase Audio T rack This command erases all playback data from the audio track specified in the tab 3 page. 5 – 3D: Copy Audio T rack This command copies playback data from the audio track specified in the dialog box to the audio track specified in the tab 3 page. Be aware that when you execute the Copy Audio T rack co[...]

Sequencer P5 35 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 4 T o execute the Erase Measure command, press the OK button . T o cancel without executing, press the Cancel button . Be aware that if this command is executed with “All” selected for Kind and the All T racks box checked, any control data in MIDI tracks which spans the boundary of the [...]

Sequencer P5 36 If this command is executed with the All T racks box checked in step 3 , the playback data in the measures specified in the tab page will be deleted fr om all tracks including the MIDI tracks and master tracks, and the time signa- ture and tempo will also slide forwar d accor ding to the number of measures deleted. Be aware that wh[...]

Sequencer P5 37 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix * If you want the time signatur e of the inserted measures to match the exist- ing time signature, set this to **/**. W ith a setting other than **/**, the time signature of the inserted measures will change, and all tracks will be played with the specified time signature for those measure[...]

Sequencer P5 38 If Audio Events would overlap as a result of executing this command, the lower portion of the overlap will be erased when you press the Execute but- ton. If you execute the Copy Measure command between songs whose T empo settings differ , the playback time will be different even if the number of mea- sures is identical. This will ca[...]

Sequencer P5 39 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 5 – 3J: Audio Event Edit This command lets you perform event editing of audio events (events in the audio tracks), and trim the sound used by an audio event (i.e., adjust the loca- tion or the area wher e the sound will be heard, in steps of one sample). If you wish to modify the sound na[...]

Sequencer P5 40 within the song is not affected. Here you can also modify the sound name that was r ecorded. Select the audio event that you wish to trim, and press the T rim button . Y ou will enter T rim mode , and the following dialog box will appear . Audition buttons When you press the All Play/Stop button once, the audio event will playback f[...]

Sequencer P5 41 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix d: T rim Parameters Here you can specify the various points for trimming (r efer to the diagrams below). • Sample Start and Sample End (min:sec.sample) specify the range of the recor ded audio event that will actually be played back. • Sample Start is the location where the audio event [...]

Sequencer P5 42 B: Inser t button Inser ting an audio event Select the audio event that you wish to insert, and press the Copy button . Next, select an audio event and press the Insert button to insert the pr eviously copied event at the End T ime location of the selected audio event (refer to the diagrams below). Audio events can be inserted into [...]

Sequencer P5 43 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix E: Audition Star t/Stop button Star t/stop audition When an audio event is highlighted, you can press the Audition Start/Stop but- ton once to playback that audio event. Pressing the button once again during playback will stop the playback.[...]

Sequencer P5 44 5 – 4: Audio T rack Name Here you can assign a name to each audio track. 5 – 4j: Audio T rack Name Use the text edit button to assign a name to the audio track. The audio track name is displayed in the various tab pages of Sequencer mode P1, P2, and P5. Page Menu Command 5 – 4B: Automation Edit This command lets you edit indiv[...]

Sequencer P5 45 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix For details on the procedur e, refer to “5–3E: Erase Measur e.” 5 – 4F: Delete Measure This command deletes specified measures of playback data fr om the track selected in the tab 3 page. Unlike the Erase Measure command, executing the Delete Measur e command will cause playback da[...]

Disk P1 46 Disk P1 A note about .SNG fi les which contain audio tracks Sequence data that contains audio tracks in the song is saved as a .SNG file. The filename extension is the same as for song files which contain only MIDI song data, but the following icon will appear for songs which contain an audio track. 1 – 1: Load Page Menu Command 1 [...]

Disk P1 47 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 3: Utility Here you can perform various operations on the selected file or disk drive. Use Drive Select or the directory window to select a disk drive or file, and then choose a command from the page menu. Page Menu Command 1 – 3B: Rename Modifies the name of the selected file or dir[...]

Disk P1 48 1 – 3G: Format Formats the selected floppy disk or hard disk (or other SCSI device). If the hard disk is being used by the TRINITY series for the first time, the har d disk must first be formatted to establish a filer partition and a sound partition. When formatting is executed, all data that was previously on that har d disk will [...]

Disk P1 49 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Pressing the [COMP ARE] key after executing this command will not undo the command. 3 Specify the size of the partition that will be used for saving .SNG files and .PCG files, etc. The remaining ar ea of the har d disk will be used for r ecor ding sound. This can be set in a range of 0–540 M[...]

Disk P1 50 1 – 4: Audio Utility Here you can perform operations such as backing up data fr om hard disk to a DA T tape, or restoring backed up data fr om a DA T tape to a hard disk. Page Menu Command 1 – 4B: Backup to DA T This command backs up one selected .SNG file to DA T tape. When one .SNG file is backed up, all .PCG files of the same n[...]

Disk P1 51 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix If audio devices are connected to your DA T recorder , make settings so that the sound from the DA T is not output to speakers or headphones. Speakers or headphones may be damaged if this precaution is not taken. 7 When the backup is finished, the display will indicate Complete. When this displ[...]

Disk P1 52 1 – 4D: Copy with Sound 1 – 4E: Disp Used Sound List 5 Press the OK button . The dialog box at right will appear . Specify the directory into which the file will be restor ed. 6 The dialog box of step 2 will reap- pear . Start the DA T recor der , and restoring will begin. 7 When the restoration operation is completed, the display w[...]

Disk P1 53 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 1 – 4F: Delete Unused Sound This command deletes sounds which are not used by any .SNG file fr om all hard disks. After this command has been executed, it is not possible to use the [COM- P ARE] key to bring back the deleted data.[...]

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Block diagram 55 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix 4. Appendix Block diagram[...]

Messages 56 Messages When the HDR-TRI is installed, the following messages will be added. Disk not formatted Error in wiping medium Memor y full. Audio track can ’ t play to the end. No unused sounds found T roubleshooting Meaning: The disk for which W ipe was attempted is not formatted. Action: Use the Format command of the TRINITY to format the[...]

Specifications 57 Introduction Operation Parameters Appendix Speci fi cations INPUT/OUTPUT connectors: SCSI connector , ANALOG IN 1/2 connectors, S/ P DIF IN/OUT connectors Sampling frequency: 48 kHz Recording time: when using a 540 Mbyte har d disk, approximately 94 minutes of monaural recor ding, approximately 47 minutes of ster eo recor ding (a[...]

58 Hard Disk Recor ding Demo Songs: Hard Disk Recor ding Demo Songs consist of TRINITY seqneuce data and Audio Data. 1. Godzilla W ants my T rinity written by John Lehmkuhl, Nick Forcillo and Steve Hunt ©1996 Real–Kuhl Music Steve Hunt – V ocals Nick Forcillo – Guitars Caroline Lehmkuhl – Female radio announcer John Lehmkuhl – voice of M[...]