KingKORG NEO Owner's Manual
How a program is organized
Before you start editing, you'll need to understand the basics of how
the sounds are created. Once you understand how the KingKORG
NEO's sounds are structured, you'll be able to freely create the
sounds you want.
PROGRAM
MIC IN
TIMBRE A
Arpeggiator
TIMBRE B
TIMBRE
Keyboard Tracking
Keyboard Velocity
Keyboard
Pitch Bend (JS X)
Modulation (JS+Y/-Y)
Joystick
MIDI 1~3
MIDI IN
Pitch
OSC1
OSC2
MIC IN
OSC3
The three elements of sound: pitch, tone, and
volume
Sound has three basic elements: pitch, tone, and volume. Just like the
analog synthesizers of the past, the KingKORG NEO analog
modeling synthesizer provides "oscillator," "filter," and "amp"
(amplifier) sections that control these three elements. Edit the
oscillator settings to change the pitch, the filter settings to change the
tone, and the amp settings to change the volume.
The KingKORG NEO's oscillators, filter, and amp
On the KingKORG NEO, the oscillator settings are in the
PROGRAM "s05–s12: Pitch" pages and the PROGRAM "s13:OSC1–
s27: OSC3)" pages. Use the Pitch pages to specify the pitch of the
basic waveform, and use the OSCILLATOR pages to select the
waveform. The waveforms generated by these oscillators are mixed
in the Mixer page. The filter settings are in the PROGRAM "s31–38:
Filter" pages. On these pages, you can modify the tonal character by
applying a filter to the sound being generated by the oscillators.
Finally, the amp settings are in the PROGRAM "s39–42: Amp"
pages, allowing you to adjust the volume. By editing in these pages,
you'll create the basic sound of the program.
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Editing the sound
Vocoder
ON
OFF
Other Source
VIRTUAL PATCH
LFO1
LFO2
EG1
Cuto
MIXER
FILTER
1 .
Synthesizer
As shown in the illustration, a synth program consists of timbres
A/B, arpeggiator, vocoder and the master effects.
MASTER FX
PRE FX
MOD FX
REV/DELAY
Free Assign
EG2
Modulation to Synth
Level
PAN
AMP
EG, LFO, keyboard tracking, virtual patches, and
controllers
In addition to the oscillator, filter, and amp settings, the sound can
be affected by change over time, by its pitch range, or by
performance expressions. Such changes can be controlled by
modulators and controllers such as the EG (Envelope Generator),
LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator), keyboard tracking, virtual patches,
and the joystick. By using these modulators and controllers you can
apply complex changes to the sound.
Take a look at the illustration above. Observe the signal flow from
OSC à FILTER à AMP, and notice how the EGs and LFOs can
affect each section.
Timbres (TIMBRE A/B)
Each timbre consists of an oscillator, filter, amp, EG, LFO, virtual
patches, and equalizer. The KingKORG NEO has two timbres, and
you can combine these two timbres to create a richer-sounding
program.
Oscillator (OSC1, OSC2, OSC3)
The oscillators give you a choice of 127 types of oscillator
algorithms, including the sawtooth wave and square wave typically
GLOBAL
EQ
Modulation to E ect
L
Audio to E ect
R
OUTPUT
L/MONO, R