Loading The Factory Data; Listening To The Demo Songs; Selecting And Playing Programs And Combinations - Korg KARMA Getting Started Manual

Loading the Factory Data

1. Insert the factory KMFD-00P disk in the disk drive.
2. Press the [DISK] key.
To load the factory sounds:
3. Press the Cursor
4. Press the [F8] key (below "UTILITY") and Cursor to highlight "Load selected".
5. Press [F8] (below "OK") to load the factory sounds.
To load the factory demo songs:
6. Press the Cursor
7. Press the [F8] key (below "UTILITY") and Cursor to highlight "Load selected".
8. Press [F8] (below "OK") to load the demo songs.
To load all of the factory data at once:
9. When you select either "PRELOAD.PCG" or "PRELOAD.SNG", and press [F8] (see previous steps), the display will
prompt "Load PRELOAD.PCG too" or "Load PRELOAD.SNG too".
10. Rotate the DIAL to put a check in the highlighted box, and then press [F8] to load all of the factory data at once.

Listening to the Demo Songs

1. Press the [SEQ] key ç Press the [F1] key, then Cursor to highlight the song name field ("000: Planet KARMA", "001:
K Logik" etc.)
2. Select a song using the VALUE
3. Press the [START/STOP] key (in the SEQUENCER control section) to begin playback ç Press the [START/STOP]
key again to stop playback.

Selecting and playing Programs and Combinations

1. To select Programs, press the [PROG] key. To select Combinations, press the [COMBI] key.
2. Then press the BANK keys to select a desired sound bank, followed by pressing the VALUE keys, DIAL, or keypad
to select sounds within a bank.
Note:
Programs and Combinations are located in Banks A, B and E. Banks C and D are left available for loading in the EXB-PCM
Expansion Board data.
To select Programs and Combinations by Category:
3. After selecting Program or Combi mode, press the [F8] key.
4. Press the Cursor
5. Make your category selection (Cat:) using the VALUE keys or the DIAL, and use the Cursor
and play through the categorized sounds. (There are 16 categories available in both Program and Combi modes).
Note:
The Select by Category function can also be accessed (in normal play modes) by pressing the ./HOLD key 1x. (The left side
of the display will indicate "Cat:HOLD") ç Use the VALUE keys or the DIAL to select sounds by the category of the sound that
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or key (below the DIAL) to highlight "PRELOAD.PCG".
or key (below the DIAL) to highlight "PRELOAD.SNG".
or keys to the left of the display.
key to highlight "Select by Category", and then press [F8] again to confirm "OK".
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or keys to select