Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 10:30:31 +0200
From: worldhack23@hotmail.com
To: machines@hyperreal.com
Subject: kpr 77

this might help a lot of people who have the korg kpr 77, but no manual,
since it's quite a tricky machine to figure out!
Ivo

SUMMARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING PATTERNS ON THE KORG KPR-77 

Use "Write/Training" mode to play drum pads in real-time. You can hold
down "Accent" while pressing a
pad to hear the accent effect on a sound. 

Most of these instructions require that the KPR-77 be "stopped," i.e.
not playing. If something doesn't
work, it's usually because of this or because you did not execute the
instructions in the proper order. 

To select a pattern for writing: 1) select the desired group 2) switch
the MODE switch from Play to
Write/Training while holding down the BASIC BANK key for the pattern
number to which you wish to
write. (if MODE was already switched to Write, switch back to Play
before going through the above
steps). 

To switch between Claps/Cymbals and Flammed/Single strike TOMs: 1) hold
down the FUNC SET key
while pressing key "15" (with the legend CYM/CLAPS) to switch between
cymbals and claps 2) hold
down the FUNC SET key while pressing key "16" (with the legend TOM FLAM)
to switch between flammed
and single-hit toms. (An indication of your settings will appear to the
left of the bar indicators on the
bottom edge of the LCD. Claps selection will display "CLPS," flam
selection will show "FLAM," and
cymbals and single-strike toms selections will leave the display blank.) 

Set the resolution and length: 1) Hold down the FUNC SET key and press
one of the BASIC BANK keys
from 11-14 to set the resolution (diagrams under these keys indicate the
resolution). 2) Hold down the
FUNC SET key and press one of the BASIC BANK keys from 1-8 to set
pattern length in quarter notes (one
quarter note to 8 quarter notes). (If you select a length longer than
the resolution allows, the "FULL"
indicator will appear to the right of the bar indicators on the bottom
edge of the LCD.) 

Erase the existing pattern: 1) Select the group and pattern if you
haven't already done so. 2) Hold down
the CHAIN WRITE key (legend: ERASE) and press STEP DOWN (legend: ALL
INST). You'll hear a
metronome click to signify that it worked. 

Write the pattern in real-time (step recording instructions below):
After following the above instructions
for setting resolution, length, etc.: 1) Press START/STOP to begin; you
will hear the metronome and the
downbeat has a higher pitched "beep." 2) Play the instrument keys. The
KPR-77 will quantize your
playing according to the set resolution. (You will be able to see the
step position in the bar indicator
along the bottom edge of the LCD.) 

Editing in real-time: 1) To erase hits by a single instrument, hold down
the CHAIN WRITE (ERASE) key
and then the appropriate instrument key at the exact time that the
pattern passes the undesired hit. 2)
To erase all hits by a single instrument, do the same thing but hold the
instrument key down until the
pattern goes through one, complete pass. 

Viewing your work: 1) Stop the pattern. 2) Hold down BASIC (BASIC VIEW)
key and press the instrument
key for the instrument whose pattern you wish to see. 

Step programming: 1) Set the parameters as detailed above (select bank,
pattern, resolution, length,
etc.) 2) Press an instrument key to place it in the pattern. The bar
indicator will show you the step to
which you're writing. Writing a hit will advance the KPR-77 to the next
step automatically 3) Press the
STEP UP key to step through the pattern, effectively inserting rests
between notes if you're writing to a
previously blank pattern. 

Editing while step programming: 1) Make sure the pattern isn't running
and use the VIEW function
("BASIC [VIEW]"+instrument key) to select the appropriate instrument for
editing. 2) Use the STEP UP
key to advance to the step you wish to edit. 3) Press the instrument key
to write that instrument into
that step OR hold down CHAIN WRITE (ERASE) and the instrument key to
erase that instrument from that
step.