Korg Oasys User Manual

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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Ifyoulike,youcanconvertdatabetweenthetwo
formats,simplybyloadingthedatainoneformatand
thensavingitintheother.
Formoreinformation,see“SavetoStandardMIDI
File”onpage 779oftheParameterGuide,and“Save
SEQ”onpage 777oftheParameterGuide.
OASYS Song format
ThisisthenativeOASYSsequencerformat,whichis
requiredtoensurethatallOASYS‐specificdatais
savedcorrectly.
Standard MIDI Files
YoucanalsoloadandsaveStandardMIDIFiles(SMF),
forcompatibilitywithothersequencers.Notethat
someOASYS‐specificdatamaynotbemaintained
wheninSMFfiles.
GM, XG, and GS System Exclusive Data
TheOASYSsequencercanrecordSystemExclusive
messages,includingXGorGSdata.Formore
information,see“SystemExclusiveeventssupported
inSequencermode”onpage 618oftheParameter
Guide.
NotethatGM,XG,andGSexclusivemessagesdo
notaffecttheOASYSwhentheyareplayedback.
The Compare function
Whenyouperformrealtimerecording,steprecording,
ortrackediting,thisfunctionallowsyoutomake
before‐and‐aftercomparisons.
IfyoucontinueeditingwhentheCOMPAREswitchis
lit,thekeywillgodark.Thisnowbecomesthemusical
datathatwillbeselectedwhentheCOMPAREswitch
isdark.
Anypreviousunsavededitswillbelost.
Operations for which Compare is available
Ingeneral,MIDItrack,audiotrackandpatternevent
datacannotbereturnedtoitsoriginalstate.
Comparingsongparametersispossibleonlyduring
songediting(whenexecutingapagemenucommand).
•RecordingtoaMIDItrack
•Recordingtoaaudiotrack
•TrackEdit
Allcommandsexceptforthepagemenucommands
“MemoryStatus,”“FF/REWSpeed”and“Set
Location”oftheP4:TrackEdit–TrackEditpage.
•Recordingtoapattern
•PatternEdit
Allcommandsexceptforthepagemenucommands
“MemoryStatus”and“FF/REWSpeed”oftheP5:
Pattern/RPPR–PatternEditpage.
•SongEdit
P0–P3andP7–P9pages:Pagemenucommands
“DeleteSong”and
“CopyFromSong”
Comparing after sampling
TheCompareoperationwillalsoapplyto
multisamplesandsamplesthatweresampledwith
“Convertto”enabledin“SelectSampleNo.,”as
describedonpage 586oftheParameterGuide.This
meansthatifyouwanttore‐doyoursampling,you
canpresstheCOMPAREswitchtoreturnthe
multisampleand
samplestothestatepriorto
sampling,andunwantedsampleswillnotremain.
TheprogramwillnotbeaffectedbytheCompare,
andwillnotreturntoitspriorstate.
WAVEfilesarenotdeletedwhenyoucompareedits
toaudiotracks.TodeleteaWAVEfileyounolonger
need,
usethemenucommand“DeleteUnusedWAV
Files,”asdescribedonpage 782oftheParameter
Guide.
Operations for which Compare is not available
•Editingsongparameters
• Pagemenucommandsotherthanthoselisted
under“OperationsforwhichCompareis
available,”above.
Memory Protect
Beforeyourecordatrackorpattern,oreditthemusical
data,youwillneedtoturnoffthememoryprotect
settinginGlobalmode.Formoreinformation,see
“Memoryprotect”onpage 173.
About MIDI
Track status
Youcanspecifywhethereachtrackwillusethe
internalOASYSsounds,oruseanexternalMIDItone
generator.
WhentheTrackStatus(P2–MIDIpage)issettoINTor
BTH,operatingOASYS’skeyboardandcontrollerswill
soundandcontrolOASYS’sowntonegenerator.
WhenStatusissettoEXT,EX2
orBTH,operating
OASYS’skeyboardandcontrollerswillsoundand
controltheexternaltonegenerator.(TheMIDIchannel
oftheexternaltonegeneratormustmatchtheMIDI
ChannelofthetrackthatissettoEXT,EX2orBTH.)
IfyouwishtousetheSequencermodeofthe
instrumentas
a16‐trackmulti‐timbraltonegenerator,
selectINTorBTH.Formoreinformation,see“Status”
onpage 521oftheParameterGuide.
Synchronizing the sequencer with an external MIDI
device
Therecord/playbacktempoofOASYS’ssequencercan
besynchronizedtoanexternalMIDIdevicesuchasa
sequencerorrhythmmachine.Formoreinformation,
see“SynchronizingtheplaybackoftheKARMA
functionorsequencer”onpage 1065oftheParameter
Guide.

Korg Oasys Specifications

General

Type	Workstation
Timbrality	16 parts
Velocity Sensitivity	Yes
Aftertouch	Yes
RAM	1GB
Synthesis Types	HD-1, AL-1, CX-3, STR-1
Oscillators	Varies by synthesis type
LFO	Multiple LFOs per program
Filter	Varies by synthesis type
Effects	12 insert effects, 2 master effects
Sequencer	16-track MIDI
Sampling	Yes, with 16-bit/48kHz resolution
Display	10.4-inch color touch screen
Keyboard	88-key or 76-key weighted action
Storage	40GB internal hard drive
Connectivity	MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB, S/PDIF