Korg Karma - 1. Program mode; PROG PAGE MENU; PROG 1.1: Play

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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Introducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Main features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of the modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Front and rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Objects and functions in the LCD screen . . . . . . . 10
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Connecting audio equipment etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Connecting the power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2. Connecting audio output devices . . . . . . . . 12
3. Connecting pedals etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connections to MIDI equipment / computers
(MIDI connectors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Connections to MIDI equipment . . . . . . . . . 13
2. Connections to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Selecting modes, pages and tabs; setting
parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1. Selecting modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2. Selecting pages and tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Selecting parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Setting a parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Turning the power on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
1. Turning the power on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Turning the power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Listening to a demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Loading the demo song data in Disk mode . . . . . 18
Selecting and playing a demonstration song in
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing a cue list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting and playing a program . . . . . . . . . . .20
Selecting a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting and playing a combination . . . . . . . .22
Selecting a combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using controllers to modify the sound. . . . . . . . 23
Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SW1, SW2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Realtime control [1], [2], [3], [4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
[VALUE] slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
KARMA Realtime Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performing with the KARMA function . . . . . . . . 26
Using the KARMA function to perform in
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting a program and turning the KARMA
function on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking the note-on/off status
and Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating the KARMA Realtime
Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting a GE (Generated Effect) . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the KARMA function to perform in
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a combination and turning the
KARMA function on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checking the note-on/off status
and Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Operating the KARMA Realtime Controls. . . . 30
Settings for KARMA module operation
(“Run” and “Solo” settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
KARMA module MIDI I/O channel settings . . . 31
Selecting a GE (Generated Effect) . . . . . . . . . 31
KARMA module parameter settings . . . . . . . . 31
Playing with the RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/
Recording) function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Simple program editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Performance Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Realtime controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Simple combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
An example of editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34