The question that needs to be answered by you is "How are you trying to utilize any harmonizer when connected to your i30?"

Are you using the i30's single finger chord mode and expecting the full chord generated by single finger chord mode to be sent to the external harmonizer so it can create the appropriate harmonies? If so, it is possible that the i30 does not transmit that data via MIDI. I don't know this to be the case, but it is a possibility. I went to the Korg site but could not find a manual for the i30. Maybe you should contact Korg for an answer to this.

If you are playing full chords with your left hand and the i30 has the ability to transmit MIDI from the left hand section, then there is absolutely no reason why any external harmonizer shouldn't work.

If you are playing with SMF's that include a harmonizer track, then again there should be no reason why an external harmonizer wouldn't work. Of course this requires setting the harmonizer to the correct MIDI channel and making sure that at least that track of the sequence is set to transmit MIDI and not just play locally.

Or... you could upgrade your set-up to a Genesys Pro S which has a fine internal harmonizer as well as many other cool features. A store near Grand Junction, CO became a GEM dealer not too long ago and this is only about 11 miles from Fruita.

Good luck,

Dave

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Wm. David McMahan
Nat'l Product and Support Manager
Generalmusic USA
GEM Community Forums

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