Korg M3 Parameter Manual page 542

KARMA GE guide
Input Sort
0: Up 1: Down
Sets how the notes (and corresponding velocities) from the
input source material are arranged prior to creating the Note
Series.
0: Up
Notes are arranged from lowest to highest.
1: Down
Notes are arranged from highest to lowest.
2: Actual
Notes are left in the order received. With a "Note Type" of
0: Regular, the Note Series will therefore be capable of being
created in many different orders, since the order of the input
notes can vary. With any other type, the input notes are not
actually used and a scale is substituted instead (as explained
above). For these Note Types, using "2: Actual" will result in
a different order than "0: Up" or "1: Down," but it will be
the same order each time for each chord type.
3: Random
Notes are randomly arranged. This guarantees the initial
order will be different each time.
Input Transpose
Allows the input notes to be shifted by a specified number
of semitones prior to the creation of the Note Series. The
transposed input notes are then replicated and shifted
according to the other parameters described below. This can
be used, in conjunction with other Note Series Parameters,
to shift and flip the Note Series into other configurations or
inversions in real-time.
Inversion
Allows different "inversions" of the input notes (after they
are sorted) prior to creation of the Note Series. For example,
if the notes {C, E, G, B} were received in that order as a chord
and Inversion was 1, then the notes would be shifted to {E,
G, B, C 8va} before creation of the Note Series (thus playing
the 1st inversion). This is especially useful for setting
multiple modules to play different inversions of the same
effect, such as natural harp glissandos or riffs in harmony.
Normally used with Input Sort set to 0: Up or 1: Down. The
effect of this parameter when Input Sort is 2: Actual or 3:
Random is less predictable, although potentially useful for
some effects.
Replications
0...4000: 0.0...40.0
Sets how many times the input notes will be replicated
according to the Interval. For example, 3 "Replications" with
an "Interval" of +12 will give you a 3 octave arpeggio. Can
be a fraction to achieve only a portion of the last replication.
The value is represented as being x100 - so 350 is 3.5, 475 is
4.75, etc. Note that if "GE Type" (☞p.529) = 1: Generated-
Gated, this has no audible effect on the pitches of the
Generated Effect; however this still affects the overall range
of the available notes for Direct Indexing of the Note Series
(described elsewhere).
Max
Sets an overall "final place" in the Note Series, beyond
which indexes will never be chosen during playback, even if
other settings might allow it. This is a playback only
parameter which does not affect the creation of the Note
Series. This is one way to change the overall length of the
Note Series in real-time.
532
[0...4]
2: Actual 3: Random
[–48...+48]
[–24...+24]
[0...4000]
[1...255]
Symmetry
0: Off 1: On
When set to 1: On, additional notes are extrapolated at the end
of the Note Series beyond the number specified by the
"Replications" setting, which are accessed when clusters are
generated in that area of the Note Series, or when the Index
Group "Double/Invert" parameters (☞p.548) are used. This
primarily allows different cluster sizes to be used without
affecting the length and shape of the resulting riff. This interacts
with Cluster Patterns and the Index Pattern Cluster Advance
Mode, discussed elsewhere. Note that when this is 0: Off,
clusters will "wrap around" at the end of a phase, or cause
Phase Changes or cycling. Doubled notes caused by the use of
the "Double" parameter in the Index Group will also be
wrapped around at the top of the Note Series when this is off.
0: Off
The notes determined by the Repetitions setting (described
above) are used as the range within which to generate notes.
1: On
Extra notes may be extrapolated at the end of the range
depending on the cluster size at that point. The result will be
a widening of the apparent range of the riff.
Interval
Sets the number of semitones to offset each replication of the
input notes by. For example, if set to +12 or –12, the
Arpeggio will repeat in octaves (most normal). If set to 2,
and "Replications" to 3, then playing a CMaj {C, E, G} will
produced a CMaj, then DMaj {D, F#, A}, then EMaj {E, G#,
B} as each replication is shifted by a whole-tone. Settings
other than multiples of 12 are extremely useful in
conjunction with "Chord Shift," described below, so that
atonal notes are shifted to musically correct pitches.
Chord Shift
0: Off 1: Scalic
Allows notes in the Note Series that may be atonal (out of a
chord's scale) to be shifted to tonal notes, using one of
several different tables.
0: Off
The Note Series is created with no further modification from
this setting.
1: Scalic
Chord analysis is performed on the input source material,
and as the Note Series is created, notes which may be
"atonal" based on the analyzed chord (due to being shifted
by non-octave values of "Interval") are shifted to tonal
notes. Especially useful when "Interval" (discussed above)
is set to something other than multiples of 12. The note
tables used to shift the notes are the same as the ones used in
"Note Type" (☞p.531): 1: Scalic, described above.
2: Scalic2
Same as 1: Scalic (above), except that the note tables used to
shift the notes are the same as the ones used in "Note Type":
2: Scalic2, described above. Scalic2 is more modal in nature
and has more passing tones than 1: Scalic.
Wrap Bottom
Wrap Top
0...127: range C–1...G9
Sets an overall range for the pitches in the Note Series. Notes
created beyond this range are wrapped around (dropped or
raised an octave, depending on which end). Mainly
intended to limit the Note Series to usable ranges, these
[0, 1]
[–24...+24]
[0...2]
2: Scalic2
[0...127]
[0...127]