Korg Karma, Basic Manual

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Programs and combinations
• In progtam, KARMA Music Workstation provides
640 user programs, and 256 pr 9
drumsets for GM2 compatibility
. When shipped
from the factory, it contains high-quality preload
programs that cover a wide range of musical needs.
The 640 user programs can be modified by adjusting
the numerous editing parameters, the effects and
the KARMA function, to create your own original
programs.
When
the separately sold EXB-MOSS option is
installed , 128 programs for the Korg MOSS tone
generator will also be available.
• For use as the oscillator of a drum program,
KARMA Music Workstation provides 64 user
drum kits and nine GM2-compatible ROM drum
kits . With the factory settings, preset drum kits
that cover a variety of musical genres are provided.
You can create your own original drum kits by
assigning a drumsample to each note of the
keyboard. For each note, you can make filter and
amp settings, and even route the sound through
effects and to a individual audio output.
• KARMA Music Workstation provides 768 user
combinations . With the factory settings, these
contain a wide variety of preload combinations.
A combination allows you to use
layers , splits , or
velocity switches etc. to combine up to eight pro-
grams together with effects and four KARMA mod-
ules, in order to create complex sounds that could
not be produced by a program. You can also make
settings that include external tone generators.
Sequencer
KARMA Music Workstation provides a high-perfor-
mance 16-track MIDI sequencer , with more than suffi-
cient power for use as a stand-alone sequencer. The
sequencer can serve as the core that brings together
KARMA Music Workstation’s numerous capabilities,
allowing it to serve as an integrated music workstation.
For more on this instrument’s sequencer (
☞
p.57).
Song Play
In Song Play mode,
SMF (Standard MIDI File) data
can be played back directly from a floppy disk. You
can play along on the keyboard as you listen to the
SMF playback. You can also perform with the KARMA
function synchronized to the SMF playback tempo.
•
Formats 0 and 1 are supported.
• A jukebox function lets you edit the order in which
songs are played back.
RPPR
KARMA Music Workstation features a RPPR
(Realtime Pattern Play/Recording) function .
In Sequencer mode, this function allows you to assign
preset patterns or user patterns (with a specified play-
back track) to individual notes of the keyboard, and
playback or record that pattern in realtime simply by
pressing the assigned note. Numerous preset patterns,
including patterns ideal for a drum track, are built into
the internal memory.
4 channel audio output
• In addition to the L/MONO and R main stereo
audio outputs, KARMA Music Workstation
provides
two individual audio outputs , for a total
of four channels of audio output. The sound from
each oscillator, drum, timbre/track, or insertion
effect can be routed freely to any output.