Detailed Combination Editing - Korg NAUTILUS 61 AT Operation Manual

Detailed Combination editing Quick Split example: adding a lead synth to a Combination

Detailed Combination editing

You can edit any of the Combinations shipped with
NAUTILUS, or you can start with an initialized
Combination to create sounds from scratch.
Naturally, you can use the factory Programs to create new
Combis, or use your own custom Programs. If you're in the
process of editing a Program in PROGRAM mode, and you
use the Program in a Combi, you'll hear the edited version in
COMBINATION mode as well.
As with Programs, you can do many basic edits directly from
the RT control knobs, without ever delving deeper into the
LCD interface. For instance, you can use the RT control
knobs to change release time, make sounds brighter or
darker, alter effects depths, add Arpeggiator phrase, and so
on. For details on how these work in PROGRAM mode, see
"Quick edits using the RT control knobs" on page 32.
A suggested approach for editing
First, select a Program for each Timbre, on the Mixer tab of
the Home page. (Note that you don't have to use all 16
Timbres!)
Next, create any desired keyboard or velocity splits, layers,
or crossfades between the different Timbres. You can do this
on the Keyboard Zones and Velocity Zones tabs of the MIDI
Filter/Zones page.
After this, adjust the volumes of the Timbres (back on the
Prog Select/Mixer tab), and set up any other Timbre
parameters as desired.
To add finishing touches to the sound, set up the Insert,
Master, and Total Effects as desired (on the IFX and
MFX/TFX pages, respectively.) These effects can be
different from those of the individual Programs in
PROGRAM mode, if desired.
In addition, you can make Scene settings (on the Home–
ARP DRUM page) and controller settings (on the EQ/X-
Y/Controllers– Controllers page) to create the finished
Combination.
Using Compare
When you're in the process of editing a sound, executing
Compare page menu command will recall the saved version
of the sound, as it was before you started editing.
While editing a combination, you can execute the Compare
command (menu command) to recall the settings that were
last saved. Use the "Compare" command once more to
return the settings to how they were before.
If you edit the settings that you recalled with the Compare
command, (i.e., the settings that were saved), you will not be
able to return to the settings used before the command was
executed.
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