Playing sounds
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Using KARMA
Turning KARMA on and off
To turn KARMA on and off:
1. Press the KARMA ON/OFF switch, so that the LED is
lit.
When the LED is lit, KARMA is on.
2. Press a key, and KARMA will begin to play.
(Note that in some sounds, KARMA may be set to respond
only to notes played in a specific keyboard range.)
Note the front-panel LATCH switch. This switch controls
whether or not KARMA continues to play after you remove
your hand from the keyboard.
If the LED is lit, Latch is on. KARMA will continue to play
even after you remove your hand from the keyboard. If the
LED is dark, Latch is off; KARMA will stop when you
remove your hand from the keyboard.
Link to Drum Track
If the front panel LINKED LED and KARMA ON/OFF
switches are lit, KARMA will start and stop together with
the Drum Track. Importantly, KARMA will not start if the
Drum Track is not turned on. For more information, see
“Linking KARMA and the Drum Track” on page 21.
Using the KARMA controllers
All factory sounds are set up for use with KARMA. Some
are stored with KARMA on by default, and others are stored
with KARMA off, as shown by the LED on the KARMA
ON/OFF switch.
1. Press the PROG button to enter Program mode.
2. Select a sound that you like, and press the KARMA
ON/OFF button to turn on KARMA.
The button will light up.
3. Press the RT KNOBS/KARMA button under
CONTROL ASSIGN.
When this button is lit, the Control Surface sliders and
switches will control KARMA.
4. Go to the Control Surface page.
This shows all of the assignments and current values for the
sliders, knobs, and buttons.
The sliders and the lower row of buttons are the KARMA
Sliders and Switches. These control parameters within
KARMA, which will vary depending on the Program.
The upper row of buttons select KARMA Scenes, which
store values for the KARMA Sliders and Switches.
5. Press the upper row of buttons, one by one, to select
different KARMA Scenes.
Notice how this also changes the KARMA SWITCH and
KARMA SLIDER values, as shown in the display. You can
move between entirely different settings of all these controls
simply by pressing a KARMA SCENE switch.
Each scene independently remembers any edits that you
make via the sliders and switches. Edits to all 8 scenes are
stored when you write the Program.
6. Move the sliders and press the bottom row of switches,
and listen to the effect that they have on the sound.
The sliders and switches will control different things
depending on the current Program and its KARMA settings.
Using KARMA in Combination mode
KARMA uses “modules” to generate phrases or patterns.
Programs can use a single KARMA module, but
Combinations can use up to four simultaneously. Each
module can play a separate sound (or group of sounds) if
desired.
Modules are routed to different sounds via the module’s
MIDI input and output channels.
1. Use the front panel MODULE CONTROL switch to
select the module that you want to control.
Select MASTER to control all four KARMA modules
simultaneously.
Select A–D to control the individual KARMA modules.
2. Move and press the KARMA sliders and switches.
The sliders and switches will control the pattern or phrase
generated by the selected module.
Playing chords with the Pads
The KRONOS includes 8 virtual “pads,” which can be
played by touching the screen, from MIDI input, or from
compatible USB MIDI pad devices. You can use these Pads
to trigger chords for KARMA.
To play the pads from the screen:
1. Press the EQ/Vector/Control tab, and then select the
Pads tab.
This takes you to the Pads page.
2. Make sure that the on-screen Enable Pad Play button
is lit.
3. Touch the pads to play their chords.
Dynamics are controlled by where you touch the pad; touch
higher for louder, and lower for softer.
You can also play the pads using Korg USB MIDI
controllers equipped with drum pads, including the
nanoPAD and nanoPAD2, padKONTROL,
microKONTROL, and KONTROL49.
To use any of these Korg controllers, simply connect them to
one of the KRONOS’s two USB A ports. The KRONOS will
automatically determine the MIDI assignments of the
controller’s pads 1-8, and map them directly to the
KRONOS pads.
For more details, see “USB MIDI controllers” in the
Appendix of the Parameter Guide.
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