How to turn off tempo LED.

Aussie-Andy · Post by **Aussie-Andy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:50 pm

I am still relatively new to Korg keyboards and their interface, so excuse me if this is obvious and I just somehow missed it.

(Can I) or (How do) you stop the LED flashing below the tempo knob ? If I'm not using a drum pattern, etc, I find it a little distracting. Particularly in a dimmly lit room when I'm practising late at night, it keeps catching the corner of my eye. Small thing I know, but I'm the kind of pedantic person who notices these things.

I can find no reference in the manual as to turning it off.

Now that I think of it, my MicroX did the same thing.

mocando · Post by **mocando** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:58 pm

I don't know of any way of turning it off, but a tiny bit of electrical tape will do the trick.

Xenomorph · Post by **Xenomorph** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:00 pm

mocando wrote:I don't know of any way of turning it off, but a tiny bit of electrical tape will do the trick.

Tape is the only quick way to do it, otherwise you'll get used to it over time. It bugged me when I got the TR years ago but now I don't even notice it and I have several of them flashing at me at once

Aussie-Andy · Post by **Aussie-Andy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:25 pm

Thanks for that. Had a feeling that would be the case.

That's something to add to the wishlist or ideas for improvment. I do believe you should be able to turn it off. Some people are very sensitive to flashing lights, even tiny ones. If not in use, why does it need to continue to flash ? Unneccessary. Sometimes you just want to practise your playing not tweak or make tracks.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed and been bugged by this.

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:57 pm

did we really need like 6 threads and polls on this?

REALLY?!

Blackadder7 · Post by **Blackadder7** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:11 am

Surprised there hasn't been any lawsuits filed against the manufacturers by epileptics. That should get rid of the tempo light forever. Well, at least until they find a cure for epilepsy...

mocando · Post by **mocando** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:15 am

Making it active in sequence mode only is a good idea, isn't it?

mocando · Post by **mocando** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:17 am

McHale wrote:did we really need like 6 threads and polls on this?

REALLY?!

Well, a post and a poll doesn't hurt, but advertising the poll in every single workstation forum is a bit overkill.

tritex4 · Post by **tritex4** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:23 am

tritex4 · Post by **tritex4** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:29 am

mocando wrote:
McHale wrote:did we really need like 6 threads and polls on this?

REALLY?!
Well, a post and a poll doesn't hurt, but advertising the poll in every single workstation forum is a bit overkill.

To get as many people to participate in the poll as possible, I had to post it in as many places, I
thought were applicable. It's a poll for workstations, not just a single machine. It's just a simple poll.
No need to over think it.

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:42 am

that's called the "Korg Synths (General)" area. Really, should we cross post across every area for ALL of our polls?

I don't even see the reason for the poll or the threads to be honest. In all the forums, all the threads, I've yet to see anyone have an issue with it. I'm surprised it's even mentioned, let alone mentioned in nearly every area.

Talk about over thinking things...

-Mc

Synastikki · Post by **Synastikki** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:36 am

Aussie-Andy wrote:Thanks for that. Had a feeling that would be the case.
That's something to add to the wishlist or ideas for improvment. I do believe you should be able to turn it off. Some people are very sensitive to flashing lights, even tiny ones. If not in use, why does it need to continue to flash ? Unneccessary. Sometimes you just want to practise your playing not tweak or make tracks.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed and been bugged by this.

Well those people who are sensitive to flashing lights will have problems anyway even without the flashing tempo light. If they work with computer in the studio there will surely be some blinking of flashing lights there, and if they play on the stage... well we all know how much lights there are in rock concerts...