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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
Overview - About the OASYS’ sequencer
TheOASYS’sequencercanholdupto200songsand
400,000MIDIeventsor300,000audioevents.Itconsists
ofa16‐trackMIDIsequenceranda16‐trackharddisk
recorder,givingyouatotalof32tracks.
YoucanusethesixteenMIDItracksandonemaster
track(containing
tempodata,etc.)torecordandplay
backMIDIdatausinginternalorexternaltone
generators,andusethesixteenaudiotracksofthehard
diskrecordertorecordandplaybackaudiosignals.
(Youcanplaybackuptosixteenaudiotracks
simultaneously,andrecorduptofouraudiotracks
simultaneously.)
Audiotrackscanrecordexternalaudiosourcessuchas
guitarandvocal,aswellastheOASYS’internaltone
generator.Automationdataforvolumeandpancan
alsoberecorded.
Whenyou’vecompletedasong,youcanresampleitto
aWAVEfileanduseDiskmodetoburnyour
WAVE
filestoanaudioCD.Thisentireprocesscanbecarried
outontheOASYSitselfwithoutusinganyother
equipment.
WithitsbroadrangeofcapabilitiessuchasitsIn‐track
Samplingfunction,TimeStretch/Slicefunction,
KARMAfunction,high‐qualityeffects,andcontrollers,
theOASYSistheidealenvironment
formusic
productionorliveperformance.
Whenyouturnoffthepower,thesettingsmadein
Sequencermodeandthesongdata,andanyuser
patterndatathatyourecordedwillnotbebacked
up.Ifyouwishtokeepthisdata,youmustsaveit
onmedia(suchasthe
internalharddiskorCD‐R,or
anexternalUSBdevice)beforeturningoffthe
power,orperformaMIDIdatadumptosavethe
dataonanexternaldatafileretc.
Ifyouwishtosavetheprograms,trackparameters,
effects,andKARMAfunctionsettingsetc.selected
forasong
asatemplatesong,usethepagemenu
command“SaveTemplateSong.”
Immediatelyafterthepoweristurnedon,OASYS
willnotcontainanysongdata,soifyouwishto
playasongonthesequencer,youmustfirstload
datafromdisk,orreceiveaMIDIdatadumpfrom
a
MIDIfiler.Formoreinformation,see“Loadingdata
fromdisk”onpage 177,and“ReceivingSysExdata
dumps”onpage 744oftheParameterGuide.
Youcan’trecordaudiotracksifMIDIClockisother
thanInternal.(See“MIDIClock(MIDIClock
Source)”onpage 710oftheParameterGuide.)
Sequencer mode structure
Songs
AsongconsistsofMIDItracks1–16,amastertrack,
audiotracks1–16,songparameterssuchasthesong
name,vectorfunction,KARMAfunction,effectand
RPPRparameters,and100userpatterns.
Amaximumof200suchsongscanbecreatedon
OASYS.
MIDItracks1–16andaudiotracks1–16eachconsist
of
setupparameterslocatedatthestartlocation,and
musicaldatawithinthetrack.Themastertrack
consistsoftempoandtimesignaturedata.
Formoreinformation,see“Setupparameters&
Musicaldata”onpage 469oftheParameterGuide.
Song recording and editing
Songrecordingisperformedontracks.Youcanrecord
MIDItracksineitheroftwoways;realtimerecording
orsteprecording.Forrealtimerecordingyoucan
chooseoneofsixrecordingmodes.
Audiotrackscan berecordedonlyinrealtime.Youcan
alsopasteWAVEfilestolocationsyouspecify.
Youcanedit
MIDItracksbyusingEventEdit
operationstomodifytherecordeddataorinsertnew
data,andbyusingTrackEditoperationssuchas
CreateControlData,whichinsertspitchbend,
aftertouch,orcontrolchangedata.
Youcanalsoeditaudiotracksinavarietyofways
includingEventEditingoperations
thatletyouinsert
ordeleteaudioevents,andRegionEditingoperations.
RegionEditingallowsyoutoselectWAVEfilesandto
editthestart/endaddressesofaWAVEfileinsingle‐
sampleunits.
Patterns
Therearetwotypesofpatterns:presetpatternsand
userpatterns.
• Presetpatterns:Patternssuitablefordrumtracks
arepresetininternalmemory,andcanbeselected
foranysong.
• Userpatterns:Eachsongcanhaveupto100
patterns.Whenusingapatterninadifferentsong,
usetheUtility
menucommands“CopyPattern”or
“CopyFromSong”etc.tocopythepattern.The
patternlengthcanbespecifiedinunitsofa
measure.
Eachpatternconsistsofmusicaldataforonetrack.Itis
notpossibletocreatepatternsthatcontainmultiple
tracks.
Youcanusethesepatternsbyplacing
theminaMIDI
track(“PuttoMIDITrack”pagemenucommand)or
bycopyingthem(“CopytoMIDITrack”pagemenu
command).YoucanalsousepatternswiththeRPPR
functionofasong.

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Korg Oasys Specifications

General IconGeneral
TypeWorkstation
Timbrality16 parts
Velocity SensitivityYes
AftertouchYes
RAM1GB
Synthesis TypesHD-1, AL-1, CX-3, STR-1
OscillatorsVaries by synthesis type
LFOMultiple LFOs per program
FilterVaries by synthesis type
Effects12 insert effects, 2 master effects
Sequencer16-track MIDI
SamplingYes, with 16-bit/48kHz resolution
Display10.4-inch color touch screen
Keyboard88-key or 76-key weighted action
Storage40GB internal hard drive
ConnectivityMIDI In/Out/Thru, USB, S/PDIF

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