Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits
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Using Wave Sequences
Wave Sequence Overview
What’s a Wave Sequence?
WaveSequencesplaybackaseriesofdifferent
Multisamplesovertime.Youcanusethistocreatea
varietyofuniquetimbralandrhythmiceffects,as
describedbelow.
WaveSequencesaresimilartoDrumKits,inthatyou
createandedittheminGlobalmode,andthenuse
theminPrograms.InHD‐1Prog
ram
s,youcanuse
WaveSequencesjustasyouwouldnormal
Multisamples,includingvelocityswitchesor
crossfades,layeringdifferentWaveSequencesonthe
twoOscillators,andsoon.
Alsolikedrumkits,whenyouplayaWaveSequence
inGlobalmode,itwillusethesettingsfromthe
previouslysel
ectedProgramorCombi.
Youcancreatemanydifferenteffectswithwave
sequences,fromsubtletoextreme.Hereare
descriptionsofthreecommonuses:rhythmicWave
Sequences,crossfadingWaveSequences,andvelocity‐
switchedWaveSequences.
Rhythmic Wave Sequences
RhythmicWaveSequencesuseshortorabrupt
crossfades,sothattransitionsbetweenthedifferent
Multisamplescreatearhythmicphrase.Flexibleswing
amount,rests,andtiesletyoubuildcomplexpatterns,
whichyoucanthensynctoKARMAandthesystem
tempo.
Crossfading Wave Sequences
Byusinglongdurationsandcrossfadetimes,Wave
Sequencescanproducecomplex,evolvingtimbres.
ModulatingtheStartStep,Position,andDuration
makesthesoundevenmoreorganic,sothateverynote
canplaytheWaveSequencealittledifferently.
Velocity-Switching Wave Sequences
Bysettingeachstep’sdurationtoGATE,andthen
modulatingtheStartStepbyvelocity,youcancreatea
soundwithupto64velocityswitches.Forinstance,
youcanusethistoswitchbetweenalargenumberof
differentattacktransients.
Wave Sequence banks
Therearebuilt‐in“factory”soundsintheInternalbank
(I‐000throughI‐139)aswellassomeoftheuserbanks,
asshownbelow.Youcanover‐writethemifyouwish,
butdoingsomaychangethesoundsofthefactoryHD‐
1Programs,aswellastheCombiswhic
husethem.
USER–BthroughUSER–GGareemptywhenshipped
fromthefactory.Youcanusetheseforstoringsounds
thatyoucreateyourself,optionalsoundbanksfrom
Korg,orthird‐partysoundlibraries.Eachuserbank
contains32WaveSequences.
WaveSequencebankcontents
Programming Basics
TheWaveSequenceparametersarespreadovertwo
pages.TheSeqParameterspagehascontrolsforthe
WaveSequenceasawhole,suchasthestartandend
steps,looping,andmodulation.
TheStepParameterspagegoesdeeperintothe
structureoftheWaveSequence,allowingyoutoedit
eachofthe64St
eps.
Prog
rams,Combinations,andSongsalsohavea
handfulofWaveSequence‐relatedparameters,tomake
iteasiertofitWaveSequencesinwithothersounds
andrhythmiccomponents(suchasKARMA).
TheWaveSequencegraphic,shownonboththeSeq
ParametersandStepParameterspages,givesyoua
quickov
erviewofthesequenc
e,ataglance:
•Thecurrentstepismarkedbyaredarrow.
•RedboxesareMultisamplesteps.
•GreenboxesareTiesteps.
•WhiteboxesareReststeps.
•ThelengthoftheWaveSequence,fromtheStart
SteptotheEndStep,isshownbyarectangular
outline.
•TheLoopishig
hlightedinblue.
•O
ntheStepParameterspage,thehorizontalscroll‐
baratthetopofthegraphicshowsyoutheeight
stepscurrentlydisplayedonthescreen.
•AtthebottomrightofthegraphicisaSolobutton.
Whenthisisturnedon,theWaveSequencewill
playonlythecurrentstep,incl
ud
ingitsfade‐inand
fade‐out.
Bank Contents
INT 000…139 Factory Wave Sequences
INT 140…149 Initialized Wave Sequences
USER–A 00…24 Factory Wave Sequences
USER–A 25…31
USER–B00…G31
USER–BB00…GG31
Initialized Wave Sequences