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New features New features in software version 1.3
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timingforScenechangesatmeasureboundaries,and
allowyoutoselectSceneswellinadvance.Thismakes
iteasiertotimeScenechangesduringlive
performance,andalsomeansthatyoucanbeplaying
withbothhandswhenthechangeactuallyoccurs.
InCombiandSequencermodes,thisquantizationalso
appliesindependentlytoallfivelayers(Masterand
ModulesAthroughD).ThenewSceneStatusdisplay
showsanypendingScenechanges–thosethathave
beenselected,butwhichhavenotyetcompleted.
Formoreinformation,see“SceneChangeQuantize
Window”onpage 115oftheParameterGuide,and“7–
5d:ModuleControlScene
Matrix”onpage 439ofthe
ParameterGuide.
Adjustable Quantize Window per Module
Previously,allModulesthathadtheQuantizeTrigger
settingturnedOnwouldbequantizedtothenearest
16thnote.WhilethisallowedintricateDJ‐style
performances,itcouldalsomakeitdifficulttotrigger
Modulesinperfecttimeduringnormalperformance,
especiallyatfastertempos.Now,youcanselecta
Quantize
WindowindependentlyforeachModule–for
example,usea1/4‐noteor8th‐notevalueforless
chanceofatimingerror,ora16th‐notewhenfancier
retriggeringeffectsaredesired.Triplet‐basedvalues
arealsoprovidedforretriggeringtriplet‐basedgrooves
“off‐beat.”
Evenmorepowerfully,theQuantizeWindowis
alsoa
destinationinthePerfRTPpage,sothatyoucan
changeitinreal‐timefromtheControlSurface.For
example,youcouldchangeitduringliveperformance
toallowquickretriggeringinabreakdownsection,
thensetitbacktoaquarternoteformorerelaxed
triggering
duringtherestofthesong.
Formoreinformation,see“7–4:ModuleParameters‐
Trigger”onpage 110oftheParameterGuide,and“7–
6:PerfReal‐TimeParameters”onpage 116ofthe
ParameterGuide.
Copy Note Maps
YoucannowcopyCustomNoteMapsbetween
Programs,Combis,andSongs.Additionally,youcan
copyanyoftheGlobalNoteMapTablesintothe
CustomTable,touseasastartingpointforfurther
modification.Forexample,youcancopyoneofthe
side‐stick/ridenotemapsforuseas
adrumkit,and
theneditthekicktobemappedtoadifferentnote.
Formoreinformation,see“CopyNoteMap”on
page 143oftheParameterGuide.
Note Map Display shortcut and enhancements
FromtheKARMAControltab,youmaynowtouchthe
smallNoteMapDisplaytojumptotheNoteMap
page.TheNoteMapcanbechangedhereusingthe
Tableparameter(previously,thisselectedamapfor
viewingbutdidnotassignittotheModule).
Additionally,thenewDisplay
Moduleparameter
allowstheNoteMapforeachModuletobeviewed
andchangedifdesired.
Formoreinformation,see“7–3:ModuleParameters‐
Control”onpage 105oftheParameterGuide,and
“DisplayModule”onpage 447oftheParameter
Guide.
Enhancements to the Play 0–6 KARMA GE page
TheCurrentSceneandInitial(stored)Scenearenow
displayedonthePlay0‐6KARMAGEpage,inthe
upperleft‐handcorneroftheCCs/NotesActivity
section,rightabovethefiveModulelabelsM,A,B,C,
andD.
Additionally,touchingthoseModulelabelsnow
changestheModuleControl
LayersoftheControl
Surface,aswellasthelayerthatyouareviewingand
editingonthescreen.
Improved timing when changing scenes
Previously,theremighthavesometimesbeenaslight
hesitationwhenchangingscenes,especiallyinCombis,
dependingontheCombinationandthemomentat
whichthescenewaschanged.Thishasbeengreatly
improvedinKARMA2.1.
Load and un-load EXs without restarting
YoucannowchangetheEXsconfigurationwithout
restartingtheOASYS.SimplyselectthedesiredEXsas
before,usingtheExpansionSampleSetupmenu
commandontheGlobalmodeBasicpage.Whenyou
exitthedialogbox,theEXswillbeloadedand/orun‐
loadedautomatically.Notethatloadingalarge
EXs
maytakesometime.
Lossless compression of EXs1 and 2
EXs1and2arenowloadedintoRAMusinganew,
losslesscompressiontechnique.Thisyieldsamodest
reductioninsize:EXs1nowuses284MBinsteadof
313MB,andEXs2uses464MBinsteadof503MB.With
2GBinstalledandbothEXsloaded,thisincreasesthe
availableusersamplingRAMbyabout
68MB.
You’llnoticethatthisismuchmilderthanthedramatic
sizereductionsofmp3,orthePCMcompression
sometimesfoundinothersynthesizers.Thereisa
strongadvantageovertheseothermethods,however:
theOASYScompressioniscompletelylossless,and
causesabsolutelynodegradationinaudioquality.
Other improvements
YoucannowtransposeEXi1and2independently,
usingparametersontheEXiCommonpage.
AllStepSequencersnowincludediscretesmoothing
controlsforattackanddecay,allowingmorecontrol
andthecreationofsimpleenvelopeshapes.This
includestheEXiCommonStepSequencerandtheper‐
voiceStep
SequencersintheAL‐1andMOD‐7.
InSequencermode,aplaybuttonhasbeenaddedto
MIDIEventEdit,allowingyoutoheartheresultsof
editswhilekeepingthedialogboxopen.