Korg M3 Parameter Manual page 126

Program mode
Capture Random Seed
Capture Random Seed is available on all of the KARMA
pages, as well as the KARMA GE tab or KARMA RTC of the
Play page.
The Start Seed is the source of the randomness of the phrase
generated by the KARMA Module. For more information,
please see "Start Seed" on page 82.
When you are listening to the randomly changing phrases
generated each time a KARMA Module is triggered, and
you hear a phrase that you would like to reproduce
consistently each time you trigger that GE, you can execute
this command to capture the seed that resulted in that
phrase.
For more information, please see "Checking the Freeze
Randomize function, and performing "Capture Random
Seed"" on page 116.
1. Select "Capture Random Seed" to open the dialog box.
2. If you are in a mode that can use more than one
KARMA Module (Combination or Sequencer modes),
use To to select the module for which you want to cap-
ture the seed value.
If you select A–D, the seed value will be captured for that
KARMA Module. If you select All, the seed values will be
captured for all four KARMA Modules.
In Program mode, this is fixed at A.
3. To execute the Capture Random Seed, press the OK
button. To cancel without executing, press the Cancel
button.
If the Start Seed parameter (see page 82) of the
KARMA Module for which you execute Capture
Random Seed is assigned as a Perf Real-Time
Parameter (see page 91), a message of "Could not
execute Capture Random Seed because the selected
Start Seed is assigned as an RTParm" will be displayed,
and Capture Random Seed will not be executed. (Press
the OK button to close the message.)
If you set the To field of the dialog box to ALL
(Combination, Sequencer mode) to execute Capture
Random Seed for all KARMA Modules, Capture
Random Seed will be executed only for the KARMA
Modules whose Start Seed parameter is not assigned as
an Perf Real-Time Parameter. If the Start Seed
parameter of any KARMA Module is assigned as a Perf
Real-Time Parameter, Capture Random Seed will not be
executed for those KARMA Modules.
Checking the Freeze Randomize function, and
performing "Capture Random Seed"
By using the Capture Random Seed, Start Seed (Prog 7–1–
6a), and Freeze Loop Length (Prog 7–1–6a) settings, you can
loop a randomly changing phrase as desired, or generate the
same phrase each time you trigger the GE.
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Procedure
An example of the procedure in Program mode is shown
below.
1. Make settings as described in steps 1–6 of "How the
Start Seed setting affects the phrase" on page 82.
2. Use a pad or the keyboard to trigger GE "0270: Improv
Lead" for the KARMA Module.
The phrase generated by this GE will always change
randomly (each time you trigger it, or each time the phrase
is repeated).
3. Go to the Prog 7–1–6: Random Seeds page, and set
"Start Seed" to 1 (+0000000001).
Retrigger the Chord trigger. Each time it will play the same
randomized phrase; however, if you let it continue, it will
always make new randomizations as it goes along.
4. Set Freeze Loop Length to 2 (2 bars).
Now, every 2 bars, it will loop and repeat the exact same
series of randomizations that is specified by Start Seed 1.
However, this particular GE has a Phase Pattern of 8 steps
(bars), so it may not sound always as if it is restarting every
2 bars, because of the internal settings of the Phase Pattern.
It will repeat the same randomizations, but not necessarily
restart the riff from the beginning. However, this can also be
useful for getting the same rhythm and note movements,
with a longer evolving phrase.
5. Set Retrigger Each Time to On (checked).
Now, every 2 bars, the Phase Pattern is restarted also, in
conjunction with the Freeze Loop length, and the phrase
becomes a simple 2 bar loop.
6. Set Start Seed back to 0: Random.
Retrigger the phrase by pressing a pad or playing the
keyboard. A completely new randomized phrase will be
generated each time you trigger, but every 2 bars it will loop
and repeat until you trigger it again.
7. Now set Retrigger Each Time back to Off (unchecked).
Once again, even though the randomizations are being
repeated every 2 bars, the 2 step GE Phase Pattern allows
longer evolving phrases to be created.
8. Set the Freeze Loop Length parameter.
If you set this to 1–32, the phrase will loop for the specified
number of measures. For this example, set this to 2 and set
the Retrigger Each Time to On (checked). With this setting,
the random phrase will freeze to a two-measure phrase. You
can use this to loop a phrase during a live performance.
9. In the same way as in step 2, use the pad or keyboard to
trigger the KARMA Module.
10. When you hear a phrase you want to be played each
time you trigger the GE, execute Capture Random Seed.
Press the Page Menu button and choose Capture Ran-
dom Seed from the menu.