Selecting And Playing A Program; Selecting A Program - Korg Karma Basic Manual

Selecting and playing a program

In Program mode you can select a program from banks
A–G and play it. Here we will show how to select pre-
set programs. Select various programs and hear how
they sound.

Selecting a program

1 Press the [PROG] key. (LED lit)
You will enter Program mode. Make sure that the
upper line of the LCD screen indicates "PROG 1.1:
Play."
Category
Program Bank
Program Select
Selecting a program number
2 Make sure that "Program Select" is selected.
If it is not selected, use the cursor keys [ ], [ ], [ ],
[ ] to highlight the program name in "Program
Select."
3 Use the VALUE controllers to select the program
that you wish to play.
You can use the following methods to select a pro-
gram.
• Rotate the [VALUE] dial.
• Press the VALUE [ ] or [ ] key.
• Use numeric keys [0]–[9] to specify the number,
and press the [ENTER] key.
In the 1.1: Play page, the [VALUE] slider will func-
tion as a controller, and cannot be used to select
programs.
4 Audition the sound.
Play a note on the keyboard to hear the sound you
selected.
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Selecting the program bank
In Program mode, you can switch banks to select pro-
grams from another bank.
With the factory settings, banks A, B, E and G–g(d) con-
tain programs. ( table bellow)
5 Press a BANK [A]–[G] key to select a bank.
The selected bank will be displayed in the left side
of the LCD screen. For example if you wish to select
bank B, press the BANK [B] key. (The upper left of
the LCD screen will indicate Bank B.)
Bank Prog. No. Explanation
A, B, E 000...127 for preloaded programs
C, D 000...127 for EXB-PCM series programs or
user programs
F 000...127 for EXB-MOSS programs
G 000...128 GM2 capital programs
g(1)...g(9) ( VNL) GM2 variation programs
g(d) ( VNL) GM2 drum programs
A, B, E With the factory settings, these banks contain
a wide variety of preloaded programs that
use the internal PCM ROM multisamples,
effects, and the KARMA function.
C, D With the factory settings, these banks do not
contain programs. Programs for the sepa-
rately sold EXB-PCM series options or pro-
grams that you yourself create can be stored
in these banks.
F This bank is only available to be selected/
used when the separately sold EXB-MOSS
option is installed. It is only used to store
EXB-MOSS programs, and cannot hold regu-
lar PCM-based Programs.
128 programs can be written or rewritten to each bank
A–F (for a total of 768).
G, g(1)...g(9), g(d)
These banks contain 256 and 9 drum pro-
grams that are compatible with the GM2
sound map. The programs of these banks are
read-only. Bank G contains the GM2 capital
programs. They consist of banks G, g(1)–g(9),
and g(d). You can select 128 programs, from
001–128.
Each time you press the [G] key, the bank
will alternate as shown below.
G→g(1)→g(2)→g(3)→g(4)→g(5)→g(6)→g(7)
→g(8)→g(9)→g(d)→G
For details of the program names etc., refer to
"VNL" (Voice Name List).