Using Karma And The Drum Track Together - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Using KARMA and the Drum Track together

If you're using the Drum Track and KARMA together, you
can link the start/stop operation of both, and specify whether
or not the Drum Track pattern will play for each KARMA
scene.
Settings in Program mode
Linking KARMA with Drum Track start/stop
Here's how to start and stop the KARMA performance along
with the Drum Track pattern:
1. Go to the Program P7: KARMA Module Parameters–
Trigger page.
2. Turn on Link To Drum Track.
The front panel LINKED LED will light.
If Link to Drum Track is on (selected), KARMA will be
linked with the Drum Track start/stop.
3. Turn the KARMA ON/OFF switch on.
Even when you play the keyboard (or receive a note-on),
KARMA will not be triggered.
4. When you turn the DRUM TRACK switch on, the
Drum Track will start at the specified timing.
If Trigger Mode is set to Start Immediately, KARMA will
be triggered and begin operating when you turn the DRUM
TRACK switch on (if you're playing the keyboard, or if the
KARMA LATCH switch is on).
If Trigger Mode is set to Wait KBD Trig, operation will
begin when you play the keyboard (or when a note-on is
received).
If you turn the DRUM TRACK switch off while KARMA is
operating, KARMA will also stop.
Turning Drum Track on and off for each KARMA
scene
For each KARMA scene, you can control whether or not the
Drum Track will play. To do so:
1. Go to the Prog P7: KARMA GE Real-Time
Parameters/Scenes page.
2. Select the Scenes tab, on the left-hand side of the page.
The Scenes page will appear.
3. In Drum Track Run, clear the check box of each scene
for which you don't want the Drum Track to play.
For example, you might turn this on for scene 1 and off for
scene 2.
4. Press the KARMA ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
On the Control Surface, select scene 1.
5. Press the DRUM TRACK switch.
If Trigger Mode is set to Wait KBD Trig, play the keyboard
(or transmit a note-on via MIDI).
Verify that KARMA and the Drum Track pattern are
playing.
6. On the Control Surface, select scene 2.
You'll stop hearing the Drum Track pattern. If you press the
SCENE 1 switch, you'll hear the Drum Track pattern again.
Drum Track settings Using KARMA and the Drum Track together
Settings in Combination and Sequencer
modes
Linking the KARMA performance with the Drum
Track pattern start/stop
In Combination mode and Sequencer mode, KARMA can
operate up to four KARMA modules simultaneously.
Start/stop for each KARMA module can be synchronized
with the Drum Track pattern start/stop.
Here we'll explain how to make settings in Combination
mode. Settings for Sequencer mode are the same as in
Combination mode.
1. Go to the Combi P7: KARMA Module Parameters–
Trigger page.
2. Under Control, turn on the Link to Drum Track
setting for the KARMA module(s) that you want to
link with the Drum Track pattern start/stop.
When you turn on Link for at least one of the four modules,
the front panel LINKED LED will light.
3. When you turn the KARMA ON/OFF switch on and
play the keyboard (or receive a note-on), the KARMA
modules whose Link to Drum Track is off will be
triggered, and will start. KARMA modules whose
Link to Drum Track is on will not be triggered.
4. When you turn the DRUM TRACK switch on, the
KARMA modules whose Link to Drum Track is on
will start along with the Drum Track.
If Trigger Mode is set to Start Immediately, KARMA will
be triggered when you turn the DRUM TRACK switch on,
and will begin operating (if KARMA LATCH is on).
If Trigger Mode is set to Wait KBD Trig, it will begin
operating when you play the keyboard (or receive a note-on).
If you turn the DRUM TRACK switch off while KARMA is
operating, KARMA will also stop if KARMA LATCH is
off.
5. Make settings so that the beat will match (synchronize
to) the operating KARMA modules.
In the Trigger section of the Drum Track page, turn Sync on.
6. Make settings so that the KARMA modules will
synchronize to the currently-running Drum Track
pattern.
In the P7: KARMA Module Parameters-Trigger page, turn
Quantize Trig on (selected).
Specifying whether the Drum Track will play for
each KARMA scene
Just as you can in Program mode, you can specify whether
the Drum Track will play for each KARMA scene in
Combination mode and Sequencer mode. These settings are
made by the respective P7: KARMA GE Real-Time
Parameters/Scenes page Drum Track Run parameters. For
more information, see "Turning Drum Track on and off for
each KARMA scene" on page 255.
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