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Korg Karma Basic Guide

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Basic functions
Combination mode
Pitch page
Transpose, Detune (BPM Adj.)
These parameters adjust the pitch of the timbre.
In a layer-type combination, you can set two or
more timbres to the same program, and create a
richer sound by using Transpose to shift their
pitch apart by an octave or by using Detune to
create a slight difference in pitch between the two.
In split-type combinations, you can use
Transpose to shift the pitch (in semitone units) of
the programs specified for each key zone.
If you wish to change the playback pitch of a drum
program, use Detune. If you change the
Transpose setting, the correspondence between
notes and drum sounds will change.
Turn KARMA on/off, and specify note
delay and scale
3.2: Ed-Param2
KARMA page
OSC On/Off Ctrl
This setting controls whether the timbre will sound
when KARMA is turned on/off by the KARMA [ON/
OFF] key. (p.51)
Other page
Delay [ms]
Species the timing at which the program of each tim-
bre will sound. Specify the time from when you play
the keyboard until the program will sound.
If you select KeyOff for this parameter, the timbre will
sound when the note is released.
Use Progs Scale, Combis Scale
Species the scale for each timbre. If you check Use
Progs Scale, the scale specied by the program will
be used. Timbres for which this is not checked will use
the Combis Scale setting.
Layer and split settings
3.3: EdKey Zone
Indicates settings such as layer, split, and keyboard
crossfade.
Key page
Species the range of notes that will sound each tim-
bre. Each area that sounds a timbre is referred to as a
Key Zone. By setting key zones, you can create a com-
bination in which different programs sound in differ-
ent areas of the keyboard.
By combining key zones specied for each timbre, you
can create layered or split combinations.
The upper and lower limits for the key zone of each
timbre are set by the Top Key and Bottom Key
respectively.
For example in the following diagram, timbres 13 are
set to create a layered and split combination. This is
specied by the key zone settings.
Timbres 2 and 3 create a layer. Timbre 1 and timbres 2/
3 are split between the B3 and C4 note numbers.
As an example here, we will explain how to create a
combination like the one shown above.
1 In 1.1: Play or 2.1: Ed-Prog/Mix, select the pro-
grams that timbres 13 will use.
Select a piano program for timbre 1.
Select a brass program for timbre 2.
Select a strings program for timbre 3.
2 In the MIDI page of 3.1: Ed-Param1, set Status to
INT for all the timbres that you wish to use, and
set MIDI Channel to either Gch or to match the
global MIDI channel (a G will be displayed
after the channel number).
3 In the Key page of 3.3: Edit-Key Zone, set Top
Key and Bottom Key.
Set timbre 1 to a Top Key of G9 and a Bottom
Key of C4.
Set timbres 2 and 3 to a Top Key of B3 and a Bot-
tom Key of C1.
You can also enter these values by holding down
the [ENTER] key and playing a note on the key-
board of this instrument.
Slope page
Here you can specify the range of keys over which the
original volume will be reached, starting at the top key
and bottom key.
In the case of the above example, you could set the key
zones so that a portion of timbres 1 and 2 overlaps (i.e.,
is layered) with timbre 3, and set Top Slope and
Bottom Slope so that the sound changes gradually,
instead of changing suddenly between B3 and C4.
PianoTimbre 1
Brass
Timbre 2
Strings
Timbre 3
C1 C4 G9B3

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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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