Korg Oasys User Manual

Using KARMA
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Thetriggertimingwillbesynchronizedto
sixteenth‐noteintervalsofthesequencerbeat.(See
“SynchronizingtheKARMAfunction”onpage 217)
5. YoucansynchronizetheKARMAmoduletothe
starttimingofthesequencer.
•WhileKARMAisrunning,presstheSTART/STOP
switch;theKARMAfunctionwillsynchronizeto
thesynthesizertiming.
•If
youagainpresstheSTART/STOPswitch,the
sequencerandtheKARMAfunctionwillbothstop.
IfyouwanttostoponlytheKARMAfunction,
pressthe(KARMA)ON/OFFswitchtoturnitoff.
•IfyouwanttheKARMAfunctiontostartatthe
momentrecordingbegins,pressthe(KARMA)
ON/OFFswitch
toturniton,andthenplaythe
keyboardduringthepre‐countbeforerecording.
TheKARMAmodulewillnotbetriggered
immediately,butwillbetriggeredin
synchronizationwiththesequencerwhen
recordingbegins.(See“SynchronizingtheKARMA
function”onpage 217)
Realtime multi-track recording using
settings copied from a combination
Thepre‐loadedcombinationsincludeadiversearray
ofcombinationsthattakefulladvantageofthe
KARMAfunction.Youcanplaythesecombinationsto
stimulateideasforsongs,andrecordyourplayingto
createbasictracks.Manyofthesecombinationsconsist
oftimbresandKARMAmoduleswithdifferingMIDI
channelsettings.
Intheexamplebelow,we’llshowhowyoucanuse
multi‐trackrecordingtorecordaperformance
consistingofmultipleMIDIchannels.
1. We’llstartbycopyingthesettingsofa
combinationintoasong.AccesstheSequencerP0:
Play/REC–MIDITrackProgSelect/Mixerpage.
2. Intheupperleftofthescreen,press
thepage
menubuttontoopenthepagemenu,andchoose
“CopyFromCombination.”
Selectthecopy‐sourcecombination.TurnIFX‐All,
MFXs,TFXs,andMultiRECStandbyon(checked).
PressOKtoexecutethecopy.
3. Thesettingsofthecombination’stimbres1–16
willbecopiedtoMIDItracks1–16.
Effectsettings,
KARMAsettings,andallothercommon
parameterswillbecopiedtothetracksofthesong.
4. Choose“TrackSelect.”SelectatrackwhoseMIDI
channelmatchestheglobalMIDIchannel.
PresstheON/OFFswitchtoturntheKARMA
functionon,andplaythekeyboardand/orpadsto
makethe
KARMAfunctionbeginplayinginthe
samewayasitdidinthecopy‐sourcecombination.
(Dependingonthetrackyouselectedin“Track
Source,”theperformancemaynotbethesameas
whenyouwereplayingthecombination.Besureto
selectthetrackwhoseMIDIchannelisthesame
as
theglobalMIDIchannel.)
5. Performmulti‐trackrecording.Makepreparations
forrecordingasdescribedin“Multi(multitrack
recording)”onpage 93.Turn“MultiREC”on
(checked).
Setthetracksyou’renotrecordingtoeitherPlayor
Mute.How ev erifyou’ rerecordingtheperformance
ofacombination,andnoneofthetracks
have
alreadybeenrecorded,it’soktoleavealltracksset
toREC.
6. PresstheREC/WRITEswitchandthenthe
START/STOPswitchtobeginrealtimerecording.
(See“RecordingMIDIinreal‐time”onpage 91)
Whileyourecord,youcanoperatetheKARMA
REALTIMECONTROLSsliders,KARMA
SWITCHES,andSCENEswitchestovary
the
patternorsound.Thechangesyoucreatewillbe
recordedjustasyoumakethem.
ThesongtempoandKARMAfunctiontempo
cannotbesetindependently.

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