Korg Oasys User Manual

Using Drum Kits Editing Drum Kits
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Drum Kits may be used by more than one
Program
WhenyoueditaDrumKit,allProgramsthatusethat
DrumKitwillbeaffected.Toavoidchangingthe
factoryvoicing,youmaywishtocopyDrumKitsto
emptylocationsintheUSERbanksbeforeediting.
Editing Drum Kits
Basic Editing
1. SelecttheProgramthatyouwishtousewhile
editingtheDrumKit.
Formoreinformation,see“First,selectaDrum
Program,”above.
2. Pressthefront‐panelGLOBALbuttontoenter
Globalmode.
3. GototheSampleSetuptaboftheDrumKitpage.
4. UsetheDrumKitparameter,atthetopofthe
screen,toselecttheDrumKitthatyouwishto
edit.
Youcansavethistoadifferentmemorylocationafter
editing,ifyoulike.
5. UsetheKeyparametertoselectthenotethatyou
wishtoedit.
Toselectakey,youcanuseanyofthestandardVALUE
controllers
(theslider,dial,numerickeypadetc.).Asa
shortcut,youcanalsoholddowntheENTERkeyand
playanoteonthekeyboard.
ThisKeyselectionappliestoallthreeDrumKitediting
tabs.
6. UsetheAssigncheckboxtospecifywhetherthe
keywillhaveitsownsettings,or
usethesame
settingsasthenexthighernote.
IfAssignischecked,thekeywillhaveitsownsettings.
Thisisthedefault.
IfAssignisnotchecked,thekeywon’thaveitsown
settings.Instead,itwillusethesamesettingsasthe
nexthighernote–exceptthatthedrum
sampleswillbe
playedatalowerpitch.Theamountofpitchchange
dependsonthePitchSlopeparameter,ontheOSC1
PitchtaboftheOSC/Pitchpage.
Usethissettingwhenyouwantonlytochangethe
pitch,suchaswithtomorcymbalsounds.
Creating a velocity crossfade
Forthiskey,let’screateasimplevelocitycrossfade
betweentwostereodrumsamples.
1. Ontheleftsideofthescreen,makesurethatDS1
andDS2areturnedOn.
JustpresstheOn/Offbuttonstotogglethem,if
necessary.
2. Similarly,makesurethatDS3andDS4areturned
Off.
Whentheyare
turnedoff,mostoftheirparameterswill
begrayedout.
3. SelectROMStereoastheBankforDS1andDS2.
TherearethreemaintypesofDrumSampleBanks:
ROM,RAM,andEXs.Foreachtype,youcanalso
choosebetweenlookingatmonoandstereoDrum
Samples.Notethat
stereoDrumSampleswillrequire
twiceasmanyvoicesasmonoDrumSamples.
ROMDrumSamplesarethebuilt‐in“factory”sounds,
andarealwaysavailable.Theseareorganizedby
category,suchasbassdrums,snares,hats,etc.
RAMDrumSamplesincludeAkai,AIFForWAVfiles
loadedfromdisk,and
samplescreatedinSampling
mode.
EXsDrumSamplebanksarePCMexpansionsets
createdespeciallyfortheOASYS.Eachhasitsown
uniquenumber;forinstance,theROMExpansionis
EXs1,andtheConcertGrandPianoexpansionisEXs2.
OnlythecurrentlyloadedEXsbankswillappearon
thismenu.
4. Pressthe
DrumSamplepopupforDS1.
ThisbringsupalistofDrumSamples,organizedby
category.Usethetabsattheleftofthescreentobrowse
throughthedifferentcategories.
ForalistoftheDrumSamplenames,pleaseseethe
VoiceNameList.
5. SelectaDrumSamplebytouchingits
nameinthe
list.
6. PresstheOKbuttontoconfirmyourselection.
7. DothesameforDS2.
Nowthatyou’veassignedDrumSamplestoDS1and
DS2,let’ssetupthevelocityrangesandcrossfades.
8. SetDS2’sBottomVelocityto001,anditsXfade
Rangeto0.
9. SetDS1’sBottomVelocityto80.
Now,DS2willsoundwhenyouplaysoftly,at
velocitiesof79orless–andDS1willsoundwhenyou
playharder,withvelocitiesof80ormore.
Youcanalsoseethissplitvisually,inthegraphiconthe
rightsideoftheLCD.
10.Next,setDS1’sXfadeRangeto20,and
itsCurveto
Linear.
Noticethatthegraphicnowshowsthetworanges
taperingintooneanother.Between80and100,DS2
willfadeout,andDS1willfadein,creatingagradual
velocitytransitioninsteadofahardsplit.
Fine-tuning the sound of each sample
1. Ifyoulike,adjusttheLevelsforthetwoDrum
Samples.

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