Korg keyboards such as the
Pa3X and
Pa1000 have songbook functionality. This lets you specify information such as tempo, time, instrument, voicing, and effects to be preconfigured for that song. You can use the MIDI capability within OnSong to change songs on the keyboard using Non-Registered Parameter Numbers.
Once the editor is open, choose the
NRPN option in the list and then
choose the channel of the device or all channels. Next, set the
Coarse Parameter to 2 and the
Fine Parameter to 64. This is how the Korg keyboard will know you are wanting to communicate a song change. Next, determine the song entry that you want to choose. The Korg song book shows numbered entries up to 9,999 options. You'll want to set the
Coarse Value to handle the thousands and hundreds of that number (the left two digits) and use the
Fine Value to handle the tens and ones (the right two digits). For instance, if you want to choose song entry 77, you would set the
Coarse Value to 0 and the
Fine Value to 77. If you wanted to choose song number 1240, you would set the
Coarse Value as 12 and the
Fine Value as 40.
When you're all done, tap the Done button to save your MIDI event to the list and then again to save the MIDI event list to the song change. Now when you load that song for the first time, or tap on the title of the song, the MIDI will be sent and load the proper song entry on the Korg keyboard.
If you are not using text-based chord charts, you can still send MIDI but must do it through the
Song Editor. To do this, view the song and then tap on the pencil icon in the
Menubar to open the
Song Editor screen. Locate the "information" icon in the
Song Editor Menubar to open the
Metadata Editor Menu. Scroll to the bottom and choose
MIDI Send option. You can then repeat the same steps as above to specify MIDI events to be sent when the song is loaded. When you are finished, tap Done to set the metadata of the song and to save your changes.
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