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Korg Karma Basic Guide

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Selecting and playing a program
In Program mode you can select a program from banks
AG and play it. Here we will show how to select pre-
set programs. Select various programs and hear how
they sound.
Selecting a program
1 Press the [PROG] key. (LED lit)
You will enter Program mode. Make sure that the
upper line of the LCD screen indicates PROG 1.1:
Play.
Selecting a program number
2 Make sure that Program Select is selected.
If it is not selected, use the cursor keys [ ], [ ], [ ],
[ ] to highlight the program name in Program
Select.
3 Use the VALUE controllers to select the program
that you wish to play.
You can use the following methods to select a pro-
gram.
Rotate the [VALUE] dial.
Press the VALUE [ ] or [ ] key.
Use numeric keys [0][9] to specify the number,
and press the [ENTER] key.
In the 1.1: Play page, the [VALUE] slider will func-
tion as a controller, and cannot be used to select
programs.
4 Audition the sound.
Play a note on the keyboard to hear the sound you
selected.
Selecting the program bank
In Program mode, you can switch banks to select pro-
grams from another bank.
With the factory settings, banks A, B, E and Gg(d) con-
tain programs. ( table bellow)
5 Press a BANK [A][G] key to select a bank.
The selected bank will be displayed in the left side
of the LCD screen. For example if you wish to select
bank B, press the BANK [B] key. (The upper left of
the LCD screen will indicate Bank B.)
A, B, E With the factory settings, these banks contain
a wide variety of preloaded programs that
use the internal PCM ROM multisamples,
effects, and the KARMA function.
C, D With the factory settings, these banks do not
contain programs. Programs for the sepa-
rately sold EXB-PCM series options or pro-
grams that you yourself create can be stored
in these banks.
F This bank is only available to be selected/
used when the separately sold EXB-MOSS
option is installed. It is only used to store
EXB-MOSS programs, and cannot hold regu-
lar PCM-based Programs.
128 programs can be written or rewritten to each bank
AF (for a total of 768).
G, g(1)...g(9), g(d)
These banks contain 256 and 9 drum pro-
grams that are compatible with the GM2
sound map. The programs of these banks are
read-only. Bank G contains the GM2 capital
programs. They consist of banks G, g(1)g(9),
and g(d). You can select 128 programs, from
001128.
Each time you press the [G] key, the bank
will alternate as shown below.
Gg(1)g(2)g(3)g(4)g(5)g(6)g(7)
g(8)g(9)g(d)G
For details of the program names etc., refer to
VNL (Voice Name List).
Program Select
Program Bank
Category
Bank Prog. No. Explanation
A, B, E 000127 for preloaded programs
C, D 000127 for EXB-PCM series programs or
user programs
F 000127 for EXB-MOSS programs
G 000128 GM2 capital programs
g(1)g(9) (VNL) GM2 variation programs
g(d) (VNL) GM2 drum programs

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Korg Karma Specifications

General IconGeneral
Polyphony62 voices
Oscillators2 per voice
Display240 x 64 pixel backlit LCD
MIDIIn, Out, Thru
TypeWorkstation Keyboard
Keyboard61 keys
Effects2 Master effects
Sequencer16-track
ArpeggiatorYes
OutputsL/Mono, R
StorageSmartMedia

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