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KARMA GE guide
WaveSeq Group
Overview
The WaveSeq Group controls a set of parameters that allow
the waveforms of the KRONOS's programs to be varied in
real-time, creating popular "wave-sequence" style effects.
About WaveSeq Patterns
WaveSeq Patterns control the waveforms of the synth
programs that are being used to generate notes. Here you can
sequence a pattern of up to 32 different waveforms (16 in
each phase). A value derived from a WaveSeq Pattern is the
ID of a specific waveform. Choices can be made from
"Random Pools" of values. The waveforms change with
each note (although you can specify a number of steps
containing the same waveform, of course, so that it repeats
the same waveform for a number of notes.)
You can set up effects that more resemble traditional wave
sequences by setting the Index Group or the Note Series to
only repeat a single pitch, or by using "GE Type" = 1:
Generate-Gated, with "Gate Type" = 0: Vel, instead of
generating notes all over the place. Then you can concentrate
on just changing waveforms, and the notes remain static.
On the other hand, part of the beauty of KARMA wave
sequencing is having the notes change in a sequenced
fashion, while the waveforms are also changing.
Presently, it is not possible to have the waveforms change
while notes are sustaining, so you cannot use "GE Type"
= 1: Generate-Gated, with "Gate Type" = CC type (for
chopped pads.)
Global Parameters
Wave Pattern On/Off
0: Off
1: On
An overall switch for turning the WaveSeq effect On/Off.
Setting to 0: Off will return the program to normal operation
(and may optionally reset the waveforms to their original
values, if your synth supports this behavior). In the
KRONOS, this allows you to activate the WaveSeq effect in
real-time, where turning it Off sets the timbres being
affected back to their original waveforms.
Oscillator Mode
0: Osc1 In Both Phases
1: Osc2 In Both Phases
2: Alternate (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2)
3: Split (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2, simultaneously)
4: Both (Osc1 & Osc2 same, simultaneously)
Specifies several ways that two different oscillators in the
destination program(s) can be controlled, with regards to the
two different Phases of a GE.
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Alternately, you can have it generate just waveform changes,
without actually generating any notes. For example, you can
have it randomly pick a new Multisample (from a group
you've defined) with each note you play on the keyboard. Or
you can assign a range of Multisamples to a Real-Time
Control and select the one you want to use, in real-time.
One of the most interesting features is the ability to offset the
entire waveform map that you've set up, either by varying
the "Wave Offset" parameter, or by tracking it with the
keyboard. Since the results are totally dependent on the
destination synth's waveform order, completely unexpected
and unplanned results can be achieved that would be
impossible to get any other way. For example, a WaveSeq
Pattern of mallet-like sounds could be shifted instantly into a
group of guitar or industrial noise waveforms, radically
modifying the resulting timbre of the phrase.
A WaveSeq Pattern will loop as long as note generation
continues. It normally will not reset to the beginning of the
Pattern unless a new Trigger is received, or the Phase Group
has been configured to restart it at the beginning of certain
Phases. This means that a four step WaveSeq Pattern can be
looping while an eight step Velocity Pattern and a twelve
step Cluster Pattern are also independently looping, for
example.
[0, 1]
0: Osc1 In Both Phases
The specified waveforms will be selected according to the
switching of the Phase Pattern, but only for Oscillator 1.
During steps utilizing Phase 1, the Phase 1 Pattern will be
used to change the waveforms, and during steps utilizing
Phase 2, the Phase 2 Pattern will likewise be used. Oscillator
2 (if used in the program) will not be affected.
1: Osc2 In Both Phases
The specified waveforms will be selected according to the
switching of the Phase Pattern, but only for Oscillator 2.
During steps utilizing Phase 1, the Phase 1 Pattern will be
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used to change the waveforms, and during steps utilizing
Phase 2, the Phase 2 Pattern will likewise be used. Oscillator
1 will not be affected.
This setting will have no effect on a single-oscillator or
drum program.
2: Alternate (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2)
During playback of Phase 1, Oscillator 1 waveform changes
will be generated. During playback of Phase 2, Oscillator 2
waveform changes will be generated. Therefore, the Phase 1
Pattern and parameters are associated with Oscillator 1, and
the Phase 2 Pattern and parameters are associated with
Oscillator 2. When in Phase 1, Osc 2 will remain on the last
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