Korg 2E ii User Manual

In Global mode you can make settings that affect the 
entire TR, such as user scales, category names, drum 
kits, and user arpeggio patterns (

This chapter will describe the procedure for editing a 
drum kit. For the procedure of editing a user arpeggio 
pattern, refer to “Arpeggiator settings” (

details on the parameters of other pages (

When you play the keyboard in Global mode, the 
TR will sound as in the previous mode in which 
you were previously. Be aware that if you moved 
from Sampling mode (if the separately sold EXB-
SMPL option is installed) to Global mode in a state 
where the sampling memory contained no data 
(such as immediately after the power is turned on), 
playing the keyboard will not produce sound.

When you move from Sequencer to Global mode, 
playing the keyboard will sound the program or 
arpeggiator that corresponds to the global MIDI 
channel (set in GLOBAL 2.1).

The settings that you edit in Global mode are pre-
served as long as the power remains on, but will 
be lost if not written to memory before the power 
is turned off. The data handled in Global mode can 
be classified into three types: user drum kit set-
tings (GLOBAL 5.1), user arpeggio pattern settings 
(GLOBAL 6.1), and all other global settings (GLO-
BAL 1.1–4.1). Each of these three types of data can 
be written into the memory area. In Media mode, 
this data can also be saved on external media such 
as an SD card (

Global mode does not provide a Compare function 
that lets you make before-and-after comparisons 
of your editing. Before editing user drum kits, or 
user arpeggio patterns, you may wish to use 
“Copy Drum Kit” or “Copy Arpeggio Pattern” to 
copy the user drum kit or user arpeggio pattern to 
an unused number.

A drum kit consists of drum samples (PCM drum 
waveform data) assigned to each note, with individual 
adjustments for pitch and level, etc.

This instrument has 24 drum kit memory areas. With 
the factory settings, 00 (INT)–15 (INT) contain pre-
loaded drum kits suitable for a variety of musical 
styles. 24 (GM)–32 (GM) contain nine different preset 
drum kits that are compatible with the GM2 sound 
map. (

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For details on the factory-set drum kits, refer 

to “VNL”.)

In GLOBAL 5.1: DKit you can edit these drum kits to 
create your own original drum kits. You can also create 
original drum kits using sample waveforms that you 
sampled in Sampling mode (if the separately sold EXB-
SMPL option is installed) or loaded into internal mem-
ory in Media mode.

A drum kit that you edited or created can be written 
into one of the user drum kit memory areas 00 (INT)–
23 (User)

. In Media mode, drum kits can also be saved 

to SD card or other external media.

There are two types of programs: those whose oscilla-
tor uses a multisample, and those whose oscillator 
uses a drum kit.
This selection is made by the PROG 2.1 Ed-Basic, Prog 
Basic page “Mode (Oscillator Mode)” setting. To use a 
multisample

 for the program, set “Mode (Oscillator 

 to Single or Double. To use a drum kit, set 

 to Drums.

Just as the character and effect processing of a melodic 
instrument such as piano, organ, trumpet, and strings 
is fundamentally different from that of percussion 
instruments such as drums or timpani, the program 
parameter structure of a multisample program (“Mode 
(Oscillator Mode)”

 to Single or Double) is fundamen-

tally different from that of a drum kit program (“Mode 
(Oscillator Mode)”

 to Drums).

The program parameters of a multisample specify fil-
ter and amp settings etc. appropriate for a multisam-
ple. For this reason, it is difficult to change such a 
program for use with a drum kit. Thus if you wish to 
edit a drum kit, you should first use Program mode to 
select a program that uses a drum kit (“Mode (Oscilla-
tor Mode)”

 = Drums), and then move to the GLOBAL 

5.1: DKit page.