Korg KARMA Frequently Asked Questions Manual page 39

Now, go back to Song 50. You can go to the Pattern Page and press play,
and the Pattern is there. Now you can use it in Song 050.
It helps if you name the patterns as you make them:
[Pattern] -> [Utility] -> [Rename Pattern]
This way, when you go to another song, it's obvious that the patterns
from the other song are not there. Note that these Patterns will disappear
when you turn the power off. Like everything in Seq Mode, you must
save your sequences to disk to restore them next time you power on.
Parameter Guide, Pages 90-93.
8. What is the difference between a track and a channel?
In the Sequencer, a track is like an audio track on a tape recorder. You
can record an instrument's performance on it. In the case of the
keyboard, you are recording MIDI information, not audio. There are 16
tracks in the sequencer. Typically, they are assigned sequentially to
MIDI channels 1-16, so that you can record 16 different things and send
them to 16 completely different instruments (timbres). But they don't
have to be. You could set all 16 tracks to Channel 1 if you wanted to. In
other words, a track is a discrete recording of MIDI information. The
Channel setting lets you decide which timbre (instrument) you want to
send it to. Why would you want to set multiple tracks to the same
channel? A trick I've used a lot: record the left and right hands of a
complex piano part separately, on different tracks. Assign them to the
same MIDI Channel and you've still got the hands' MIDI data separate
(for tweaking later), but they are both playing on the same piano. This is
done using the MIDI Channel assignments on (3.1-1) and (3.1-2) [Menu]-
>[Parm1]-> [MIDI..8/16]
9. If I am playing live with the combination while recording, which
channel or track am I recording on?
You are providing MIDI Input to KARMA on the Midi Channel
corresponding to the Track that you are playing on (Track Select). But
then you are recording on ALL of the tracks that you have record
enabled, and that KARMA is being sent to.
Let's take an example: Copy from Combi B000: KARMA HipHop to the
Sequencer. You should set the Track Select Field on the first page of the
Sequencer to "Track01" if it is not already. Go to (6.1-2) (Seq)->[Menu]->
[KARMA]->[MIDI I/O]. Here you can see the MIDI routing of the KARMA
modules. In this case, the input is provided on Channel 1 (which you
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