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19. Can I use a foot switch to turn the KARMA Function On/Off?
Yes, you can assign a foot pedal to turn the KARMA Function On/Off.
You need an On/Off type foot switch, you plug it into the “Assignable
Switch” input, and you set it to KARMA On/Off on Global (6.1-1) [Ctrl]-
[Foot]. ☞ Parameter Guide, Page 145, 232. Basic Guide, Page 9.
20. Is it possible to use the KARMA Function and have it create
from my right-handed chords only? It seems that most of the
Combis have it set up the other way.
Absolutely. The KARMA Function can be triggered in whatever zone you
assign it to. Most of the Combis have it assigned to the LH zone, but you
can just as easily assign it to the RH Zone.
An example of this is Combi B003: Lonely Moon. The Key Zones for each
KARMA Module can be found on (6.1-3) [Menu] - [KARM] - [K Zone].
21. When I assign a KARMA knob to a GE parameter in an
initialized KARMA Module (let’s say knob 1 to Rhythm Swing %),
on the K.RTC Page Knob 1 has no name. Why ?
The names are attached to the knobs/switches separately, as a separate
operation. You select them at (6.4-4/5) [Menu]-[K RT]-[Name 1/2].
☞ Parameter Guide, Page 36.
In this case, go to (6.4-4) and select "Rhythm Swing %" as the name for
Knob 1.
Here is the reason why there are 400 names that are not directly
attached to anything: in KARMA, there are multiple ways to achieve a
certain sort of effect. Let’s say we’re talking about varying the “Rhythm
Complexity” - you could do this by changing the Rhythm Random Factor,
the Velocity Random Factor, The Drum Rest Random Factor (in a Drum
Pattern), the Rhythm Multiplier, etc. Seeing one of these parameter
names on the screen wouldn’t necessarily tell you much about what the
actual effect of varying it is.
So the Programmer gets to decide on an effect to achieve (when designing
a GE), such as varying the Rhythm Complexity. He can do this using
any one of multiple different parameters, some of them with non-intuitive
names. But after assigning this parameter to the knob, he can then give
the knob an intuitive (hopefully) name that describes in more simple
words what it is supposed to do. However, we had to decide on some sort
of predetermined list of general purpose names - there isn’t enough
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