Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters - Korg M3 Parameter Manual

KARMA GE guide
oscillators, where one oscillator will change for a period of
time, then the other, but not at the same time.
The Phase 2 parameters will have no effect on a single-
oscillator or drum program.
3: Split (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2, simultaneously)
The Phase 1 Pattern and parameters are associated with
Oscillator 1, and the Phase 2 Pattern and parameters are
associated with Oscillator 2. However, they generate
waveform changes simultaneously, ignoring the Phase
Pattern settings. For example, this means the Pattern Grid in
Phase 1 can be used to generate a wave-sequence pattern for
Osc 1, at the same time that the Pattern Grid in Phase 2 can
be used to generate a completely different wave-sequence
pattern for Osc 2. The switching of Phases which normally
occurs according to the Phase Pattern is ignored, and they
both generate waveform changes for their respective
oscillators simultaneously, all the time.
The Phase 2 parameters will have no effect on a single-
oscillator or drum program.
4: Both (Osc1 Phase & Osc2 same, simultaneously)
The two oscillators are controlled in tandem. The Phase
Pattern switching between Phases is used as normal, but
both Osc 1 & 2 are changed as specified by the Pattern (with
the same values). For example, you can set up a complex
pattern of up to 16 waveforms in Phase 1, and a different
complex pattern with different waveforms in Phase 2, and
let the Phase Pattern control switching between them. Every
time Osc 1 is changed, Osc 2 will also change to the same
waveform.
Note: For the RADIAS, since KARMA has the ability to
specify messages for a two oscillator structure, and the
RADIAS only has the first oscillator with selectable DWGS
waveforms, messages sent to Osc2 from KARMA will affect
Osc1, the same as messages sent to Osc1. If the KARMA GE
is sending both Osc1 and Osc2 messages at the same time,
Osc2 messages will have priority, and Osc1 messages will
appear to be ignored.
Pattern Grid & Associated
Parameters
A WaveSeq Pattern specifies a sequence of waveform select
messages to be sent, thereby changing the waveform of the
sound with each note (if desired).
A WaveSeq Pattern may have any number of steps up to 32,
and loop independently of other patterns being used at the
same time. Each step is represented by one column on the
grid. The first column must always contain at least one
value; unused columns appear disabled.
More than one value can be entered in any given column,
which then becomes a "random pool" from which choices
will be made at random, subject to the use of a weighting
curve as described later on. The weighting curve becomes
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available when there is at least one random pool selected.
The example above shows a pattern of 8 single waveform
choices in the first 8 steps, after which waveform choices are
made at random from the entire group of 16 waveforms for
an additional 8 steps. Whether or not the random choices
will be different each time through the Phase is controlled in
the Phase Group; you can choose to repeat the same random
sequence a number of times or always generate new random
sequences of choices.
Also controlled in the Phase Group is whether or not the
WaveSeq Pattern will start from the beginning each time a
Phase starts. For example, assume the pattern contained ten
items and a Phase only used eight of them before changing
to a different Phase. If the pattern was not set to restart in the
Phase Group, then the second time through the same Phase
it would pick up where it left off: at the 9th value of the
pattern.
Pattern grids cannot be viewed or edited on the M3.
Row 1...16 Waveform
Selects a waveform for the corresponding row of the Pattern
Grid.
Note: When used with the RADIAS Oscillator, the value will
be "wrapped around" within the range of 0–63 DWGS
waveforms. So a value of 64 will again be 0, 65 will be 1, 66
will be 2, 128 will be 0, etc. This allows GEs that specify a
wide range of values to be applied to RADIAS Oscillators
and still achieve interesting results.
Row 1...16 Start Offset
0: Sample Start
1...8: 1st...8th
Chooses one of the available start offset points for the
selected waveform.
The actual value will be limited internally to the
available number of Start Offsets for the specified
waveform, which may be different from the full range
of 0...8.
Waveform Type
0: MultiSound
1: WaveSequence
Specifies whether the messages sent will change the
program's oscillator(s) to different Multisamples, or
different Wave Sequences.
Available in the OASYS, not available in the M3.
0: MultiSound
The choices indicated by the pattern values will cause
various Multisamples to be selected for the specified
oscillators.
1: WaveSequence
The choices indicated by the pattern values will cause
various Wave Sequences to be selected for the specified
oscillators.
Waveform Offset
Offsets the entire group of 16 Waveform Choices by the
specified amount (each waveform has the specified number
added to it.) This can be a quick way to transform a pattern
into a completely unexpected result. Waveforms will be
limited to the first and last waveforms if the offset causes
them to go out of range.
[0000...1027]
[0...8]
[0, 1]
[–1027...1027]