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If you're a gigging musician that uses MIDI songs as part of your performance it's useful to have your settings all saved and ready to go. Here's how you can save a MIDI song and link your desired voices to it.
WORKS ON: Korg Pa5x only
In this example, I’m going to use a MIDI song from a USB flash drive (memory stick). Note that the USB must remain inserted in the keyboard for the Book entry to link with it. (You can copy the MIDI song to the Pa5x’s hard drive if you prefer).
1. Insert the USB flash drive that contains the MIDI song.
2. Press the song button
3. Select the USB option on the left-hand side of the screen
4. Locate and select the desired MIDI song
5. Press the EXIT button
6. Press and hold the Book button (below the screen)
7. Press SAVE on the next screen
8. Press OK and then press the Book button again. You will see your MIDI song now saved within the Songbook section. (Texas Halo is my example)
9. Now is the time to choose your desired selection of voices (or Keyboard Set). Select a Voice from the Voice category or a Keyboard Set from the Main page. In this example, I will choose Rock Piano.
10. Press Exit and then press & hold the Book button once again.
11. Press this Entry Edit button on the screen
12. Untick the ALL box (1) and then press the lines on the top right of the screen (2).
13. Press the Save Book Entry button
14. Choose whether you want to Rename/Overwrite or make a New Book entry and press Save. In this example, I will Rename/Overwrite.
15. Once you’ve pressed Save, your MIDI song and your desired voice will be saved as a Book entry.
16. If you like, you can repeat steps 9 to 12 but select a different voice to be on buttons 2, 3, and 4 of the Keyboard Set buttons (pictured below).
17. After selecting a new Voice, you simply change the number in the option pictured below before saving the Book entry once again.