Playing sounds
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Using KARMA
Turning KARMA on and off
ToturnKARMAonandoff:
1. PresstheKARMAON/OFFswitch,sothatthe
LEDislit.
WhentheLEDislit,KARMAison.
2. Pressakey,andKARMAwillbegintoplay.
(Notethatinsomesounds,KARMAmaybesetto
respondonlytonotesplayedinaspecifickeyboard
range.)
Note
thefront‐panelLATCHswitch.Thisswitch
controlswhetherornotKARMAcontinuestoplay
afteryouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.
IftheLEDislit,Latchison.KARMAwillcontinueto
playevenafteryouremoveyourhandfromthe
keyboard.IftheLEDisdark,Latc
hisoff;KARMAwill
sto
pwhenyouremoveyourhandfromthekeyboard.
Link to Drum Track
IfthefrontpanelLINKEDLEDandKARMAON/OFF
switchesarelit,KARMAwillstartandstoptogether
withtheDrumTrack.Importantly,KARMAwillnot
startiftheDrumTrackisnotturnedon.Formore
information,see“LinkingKARMAandtheDrum
Track”onpage 21.
Using the KARMA controllers
AllfactorysoundsaresetupforusewithKARMA.
SomearestoredwithKARMAonbydefault,and
othersarestoredwithKARMAoff,asshownbythe
LEDontheKARMAON/OFFswitch.
1. PressthePROGbuttontoenterProgrammode.
2. Selectasoundthatyoulike,andpressthe
KA
RMAON/O
FFbuttontoturnonKARMA.
Thebuttonwilllightup.
3. PresstheRTKNOBS/KARMAbuttonunder
CONTROLASSIGN.
Whenthisbuttonislit,theControlSurfaceslidersand
switcheswillcontrolKARMA.
4. GototheControlSurfacepage.
Thisshowsalloftheassignmentsandcurrentvalues
forthesliders,knobs,andbuttons.
Theslide
rsandthelowerrowofbuttonsarethe
KARMASlidersandSwitches.Thesecontrol
parameterswithinKARMA,whichwillvary
dependingontheProgram.
TheupperrowofbuttonsselectKARMAScenes,
whichstorevaluesfortheKARMASlidersand
Switches.
5. Presstheupperrowofbuttons,on
ebyone,to
sel
ectdifferentKARMAScenes.
NoticehowthisalsochangestheKARMASWITCH
andKARMASLIDERvalues,asshowninthedisplay.
Youcanmovebetweenentirelydifferentsettingsofall
thesecontrolssimplybypressingaKARMASCENE
switch.
Eachsceneindependentlyremembersanyeditsthat
youmakeviatheslidersandswi
tches.Editstoall8
scenesarestoredwhenyouwritetheProgram.
6. Movetheslidersandpressthebottomrowof
switches,andlistentotheeffectthattheyhaveon
thesound.
Theslidersandswitcheswillcontroldifferentthings
dependingonthecurrentProgramanditsKARMA
sett
ings.
Using KARMA in Combination mode
KARMAuses“modules”togeneratephrasesor
patterns.ProgramscanuseasingleKARMAmodule,
butCombinationscanuseuptofoursimultaneously.
Eachmodulecanplayaseparatesound(orgroupof
sounds)ifdesired.
Modulesareroutedtodifferentsoundsviathe
module’sMIDIinputandoutputchannels.
1. Usethefr
ontpane
lMODULECONTROLswitch
toselectthemodulethatyouwanttocontrol.
SelectMASTERtocontrolallfourKARMAmodules
simultaneously.
SelectA–DtocontroltheindividualKARMAmodules.
2. MoveandpresstheKARMAslidersandswitches.
Theslidersandswitcheswillcontrolthepatternor
phrasegeneratedbytheselectedmodu
le.
Playing chords with the Pads
TheKRONOSincludes8virtual“pads,”whichcanbe
playedbytouchingthescreen,fromMIDIinput,or
fromcompatibleUSBMIDIpaddevices.Youcanuse
thesePadstotriggerchordsforKARMA.
Toplaythepadsfromthescreen:
1. PresstheEQ/Vector/Controltab,andthenselect
thePadstab.
Thistakesyo
utothePadspage.
2. Makesurethattheon‐screenEnablePadPlay
buttonislit.
3. Touchthepadstoplaytheirchords.
Dynamicsarecontrolledbywhereyoutouchthepad;
touchhigherforlouder,andlowerforsofter.
YoucanalsoplaythepadsusingKorgUSBMIDI
controllersequippedwithdrumpads,inc
ludingthe
nanoPADandnanoPAD2,padKONTROL,
microKONTROL,andKONTROL49.
TouseanyoftheseKorgcontrollers,simplyconnect
themtooneoftheKRONOS’stwoUSBAports.The
KRONOSwillautomaticallydeterminetheMIDI
assignmentsofthecontroller’spads1‐8,andmapthem
directlytotheKRONOSpads.
Fo
rmoredetails,see“USBMIDIcontrollers”inthe
AppendixoftheParameterGuide.
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