Sequencer Mode; Features Of The Sequencer - Korg Karma Basic Manual

This instrument contains a 16-multi track MIDI
sequencer. The sequencer is the center to which
KARMA Music Workstation's numerous functions
are integrated, allowing it to be used in a variety of
situations including music production and live per-
formance.
When you turn off the power, the settings made in
Sequencer mode and the song data, cue list data,
and user pattern data that you recorded are not
backed up. If you wish to keep this data, you must
save it on a floppy disk before turning off the
power, or perform a MIDI data dump to save the
data on an external data filer etc.
If you wish to save the programs, track parame-
ters, effects, and KARMA function settings etc.
selected for a song as a template song, use the util-
ity menu command "Save Template Song."
Immediately after the power is turned on, this
instrument will not contain any cue list data or
song data, so if you wish to playback a song on the
sequencer, you must first load data from floppy
disk or receive a MIDI data dump from an external
MIDI sequencer ( p.40, p.93, PG. p.140)

Features of the sequencer

• The sequencer lets you record a maximum of
200,000 events (note data etc.), up to 200 songs, and
as many as 999 measures per song.
• Up to 20 cue lists can be created.
A cue list is an arrangement of up to 99 songs that
will be played as a chain. You can specify the num-
ber of times that each song will repeat. Songs in a
cue list can also be converted into a single song.
• The KARMA function can be used for playback or
recording.
• The RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Recording)
function can be used for playback or recording.
• Sixteen different template songs are built-in, and
contain program and effect settings suitable for
various musical styles. Up to sixteen original
templates that you create can be registered as user
template songs.
• Five stereo insertion effects, two master effects,
and a stereo master EQ can be used for each song.
• If the separately sold EXB-MOSS option is
installed, MOSS tone generator programs can be
played multi-timbrally. (For example, you could
use two bass voices and four electric piano voices.
However, effect settings cannot be made
separately.)
• Timing resolution is a maximum of /192.
• Sixteen tracks are provided for musical data, and a
master track contains time signature and tempo
data that controls the playback.
• A track play loop function lets you loop specified
measures independently for each track.
• 150 preset patterns ideal for drum tracks are built
in. In addition, you can create up to 100 user

Sequencer mode

• Various methods of recording are supported,
• The musical data and control events that you
• When the "Status" of a track is set to INT or BTH,
• Playback can be synchronized with an external
• This instrument's AMS (Alternate Modulation)
• Dmod (Dynamic Modulation) functionality lets
• You can assign names not only to the song, but also
• Combination settings can be copied to a song.
• Sequencer data such as a song or cue list that you
• A song you created can be converted into SMF
• The PLAY/MUTE/REC and "SOLO On/Off" let
• You can rewind or fast-forward while listening to
• The [LOCATE] key lets you move quickly to a
About song data
The following two types of song data can be loaded
from floppy disk into this instrument's sequencer.
• Song data saved in this instrument's own format
This data is only for this instrument. However, it is par-
tially compatible with the TRITON series ( PG p.260).
It cannot be loaded into other instruments.
Since the performance will be faithfully reproduced,
including detailed settings of this instrument, you
should use this format to save song data that is
intended for playback on this instrument.
patterns for each song. These patterns can be used
as musical data within a song, or can be played by
the RPPR function.
including realtime recording in which your
performance on the keyboard and controllers
(including MIDI control events) is recorded just as
you play, and step recording in which the timing,
length, and velocity of each note can be specify in
the LCD as you input the pitches from the
keyboard.
recorded can be edited in various ways (including
event editing and many other edit commands).
an external sequencer can be used to play this
instrument as a multi-timbral tone generator.
When the "Status" of a track is set to BTH, EXT, or
EXT2, the sequencer of this instrument can play
external tone generators.
MIDI device.
capability lets you use control changes for realtime
control of the parameters of the programs used in a
program. Its MIDI Sync. functionality lets you
synchronize the LFO speed to changes in the tempo.
you control effect parameters in realtime. You can
also use MIDI Sync. to synchronize the LFO speed
or delay time to changes in the tempo.
to each pattern and track.
create can be saved in this instrument's native
format, or transmitted as a MIDI data dump.
(Standard MIDI File) data and saved on floppy
disk. SMF songs can also be loaded.
you instantly play/mute any desired track.
the sound.
desired location.
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