Waveseq Group; Overview; About Waveseq Patterns; Global Parameters - Korg M3 Parameter Manual

WaveSeq Group

Overview

The WaveSeq Group controls a set of parameters that allow
the waveforms of the M3's programs to be varied in real-
time, creating popular "wave-sequence" style effects.
In an EDS Program, the Wave-Sequence messages directly
call up corresponding Multisounds. The RADIAS Oscillator
can also respond to KARMA Wave-Sequencing messages,
but it works differently: they control the DWGS Wave Select
parameters for Control 2, selecting from within the 64
DWGS waveforms only.
If the RADIAS Oscillator is set to a non-DWGS choice (i.e.
Saw, Square, etc.), KARMA's Wave-Sequencing messages
will change it to the DWGS choice, and wave-sequencing
can then occur. When KARMA's Wave-sequencing is
deactivated, the Oscillator will be reset to the previous non-
DWGS setting.

About WaveSeq Patterns

WaveSeq Patterns control the waveforms of the synth
programs that are being used to generate notes. Here you
can sequence a pattern of up to 32 different waveforms (16
in each phase). A value derived from a WaveSeq Pattern is
the ID of a specific waveform. Choices can be made from
"Random Pools" of values. The waveforms change with
each note (although you can specify a number of steps
containing the same waveform, of course, so that it repeats
the same waveform for a number of notes.)
You can set up effects that more resemble traditional wave
sequences by setting the Index Group or the Note Series to
only repeat a single pitch, or by using "GE Type" = 1:
Generate-Gated, with "Gate Type" = 0: Vel, instead of
generating notes all over the place. Then you can
concentrate on just changing waveforms, and the notes
remain static.
On the other hand, part of the beauty of KARMA wave
sequencing is having the notes change in a sequenced
fashion, while the waveforms are also changing.
Presently, it is not possible to have the waveforms
change while notes are sustaining, so you cannot use
"GE Type" = 1: Generate-Gated, with "Gate Type" =
CC type (for chopped pads.)
Alternately, you can have it generate just waveform
changes, without actually generating any notes. For
example, you can have it randomly pick a new Multisample
(from a group you've defined) with each note you play on
the keyboard. Or you can assign a range of Multisamples to
a Real-Time Control and select the one you want to use, in
real-time.
One of the most interesting features is the ability to offset the
entire waveform map that you've set up, either by varying
the "Wave Offset" parameter, or by tracking it with the
keyboard. Since the results are totally dependent on the
destination synth's waveform order, completely unexpected
and unplanned results can be achieved that would be
impossible to get any other way. For example, a WaveSeq
Pattern of mallet-like sounds could be shifted instantly into
a group of guitar or industrial noise waveforms, radically
modifying the resulting timbre of the phrase.
A WaveSeq Pattern will loop as long as note generation
continues. It normally will not reset to the beginning of the
Pattern unless a new Trigger is received, or the Phase Group
has been configured to restart it at the beginning of certain
Phases. This means that a four step WaveSeq Pattern can be
looping while an eight step Velocity Pattern and a twelve
step Cluster Pattern are also independently looping, for
example.
Pattern grids cannot be viewed and edited in the M3.

Global Parameters

Wave Pattern On/Off
0: Off 1: On
An overall switch for turning the WaveSeq effect On/Off.
Setting to 0: Off will return the program to normal operation
(and may optionally reset the waveforms to their original
values, if your synth supports this behavior). In the M3, this
allows you to activate the WaveSeq effect in real-time, where
turning it Off sets the timbres being affected back to their
original waveforms.
Oscillator Mode
0: Osc1 In Both Phases
1: Osc2 In Both Phases
2: Alternate (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2)
3: Split (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2, simultaneously)
4: Both (Osc1 & Osc2 same, simultaneously)
Specifies several ways that two different oscillators in the
destination program(s) can be controlled, with regards to
the two different Phases of a GE.
0: Osc1 In Both Phases
The specified waveforms will be selected according to the
switching of the Phase Pattern, but only for Oscillator 1.
During steps utilizing Phase 1, the Phase 1 Pattern will be
used to change the waveforms, and during steps utilizing
Phase 2, the Phase 2 Pattern will likewise be used. Oscillator
2 (if used in the program) will not be affected.
This setting will have no effect on a single-oscillator or
drum program.
1: Osc2 In Both Phases
The specified waveforms will be selected according to the
switching of the Phase Pattern, but only for Oscillator 2.
During steps utilizing Phase 1, the Phase 1 Pattern will be
used to change the waveforms, and during steps utilizing
Phase 2, the Phase 2 Pattern will likewise be used. Oscillator
1 will not be affected.
This setting will have no effect on a single-oscillator or
drum program.
2: Alternate (Osc1 Phase 1, Osc2 Phase 2)
During playback of Phase 1, Oscillator 1 waveform changes
will be generated. During playback of Phase 2, Oscillator 2
waveform changes will be generated. Therefore, the Phase 1
Pattern and parameters are associated with Oscillator 1, and
the Phase 2 Pattern and parameters are associated with
Oscillator 2. When in Phase 1, Osc 2 will remain on the last
sent waveform change of Phase 2, and when in Phase 2, Osc
1 will remain on the last sent waveform change of Phase 1.
This creates an "alternating" sort of effect between the two
WaveSeq Group Overview
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