Korg NC-500 User Manual

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Table of contents

Features .............................................. 5

Controls and Connectors .................. 6

Top Controls .............................................. 6

Lower Controls .......................................... 8

Getting Ready to Play ........................ 9

Getting Ready ........................................... 9

Using Headphones ................................. 10

Using the Music Stand ............................ 10

Using the INPUT Jack (NC-500 only) ..... 11

Using the OUTPUT Jacks ....................... 11

Attaching the Speaker Covers ................ 11

Listening to the Demos ................... 12

Listening to Sound Demos ...................... 12

Listening to Piano Songs ........................ 14

Playing Along with a Piano Song for

Practice (NC-500 only) ...................... 16

Playing the Instrument..................... 17

Selecting a Sound (Single Mode) ........... 17

Combining Two Sounds (Layered Mode) .. 17

Using the Reverb and Chorus Effects ..... 18

Using the Pedals ..................................... 19

Using the Metronome ............................. 20

Setting the Keyboard Touch .................... 22

Transposing the Keyboard ...................... 23

Adjusting the Pitch .................................. 24

Selecting a Temperament ....................... 24

Recording and Replaying Your
Performances (NC-500 only) ........... 26

Recording ............................................... 26

Replaying ................................................ 28

Editing a recording .................................. 29

Erasing the Recording ............................ 30

Checking the Amount of Recorded Data in

Part 1 or Part 2 .................................. 30

MIDI .................................................... 31

What is MIDI? ......................................... 31

Connections ............................................ 31

Default MIDI Settings .............................. 32

Changing the MIDI Channel Setting ....... 32

Using the Piano as a Multitimbral Tone

Generator .......................................... 33

Program Change .................................... 34

Control Change ....................................... 35

MIDI Data Dumps (NC-500 only) ............ 36

Connecting to a Computer by USB
(NC-500 only) .................................... 38

What is USB? ......................................... 38

Making the USB Connection ................... 38

Driver Ports for the NC-500 USB MIDI

Interface ............................................ 39

Operation of the NC-500’s MIDI

Connectors ........................................ 39

Installing and Setting the Korg USB MIDI

Driver ................................................. 40

Troubleshooting ............................... 47

Specifications ................................... 49

Assembling the NC-500 Piano Stand ... 50

Montage du support de piano NC-500 .. 52

Assembling the NC-300 Piano Stand ... 54

Montage du support de piano NC-300 .. 56

Operation of Piano Switches and
Keys ................................................... 58

SOUND Switches ................................... 58

Recorder Section (NC-500 only) ............. 58

Keyboard ................................................. 58

MIDI Implementation Chart.............. 59