Controller Settings; Settings For Status, Midi Channel, And Playing Mode - Korg Karma Basic Manual

Pan
Specifies the panning (stereo location) for each timbre.
A setting of C064 will reproduce the oscillator pan set-
ting of the program. Moving this to left or right will
move the sound to left or right while preserving the
pan relationship between the oscillators. A setting of
L000 is far left, and R127 is far right.
Volume
Adjusts the volume of each timbre.
Create the overall sound by adjusting the volume bal-
ance between timbres. The "Volume" setting is an
important aspect of creating the sound, and this setting
will have a significant effect on the overall impression
produced by the Combination.

Controller settings

Ctrls (Controls) page
For each combination, you can specify the functions of
the B-mode functions of REALTIME CONTROLS
knobs [1]–[4], and the [SW1] and [SW2.] ( p.103, PG
p.49, 230, 231)
Settings for status, MIDI channel, and
playing mode
MIDI page
Status
Here you can specify the state of MIDI and the internal
tone generator for each timbre. Normally when sound-
ing the internal tone generator of this instrument, you
will set this to INT. Set this to Off for timbres that you
are not using. With settings of Off, EXT, or EX2, this
instrument will not sound. With settings of EXT or
EX2, you can control an external tone generator con-
nected via MIDI. ( PG p.49)
MIDI Channel
Timbres that you wish to play from this instrument's
keyboard must be set to the global MIDI channel. Your
playing on the keyboard is transmitted on the global
MIDI channel, and will sound any timbre that matches
this channel. Normally you will set this to Gch. When
this is set to Gch, the MIDI channel of the timbre will
always match the global MIDI channel, even if you
change the global MIDI channel.
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3.1: Ed–Param1
In some of the preloaded combinations, "MIDI
Channel" may be set to other than Gch.
This is so that different programs for each timbre
will play when the KARMA function is on. Set the
MIDI "Input Channel" of each KARMA module
to match the global MIDI channel, and set its MIDI
"Output Channel" to match the MIDI channel of a
timbre ("MIDI Channel"). Also by setting the
"Timb Thru" parameter for each KARMA mod-
ule, you can make a KARMA module play even if
the MIDI channel of the timbre does not match the
global MIDI channel when the KARMA function is
off.
By using these parameters and the "OSC On/Off
Ctrl" parameter ( PG p.51), you can freely specify
the timbres that will be sounded by the keyboard
or by each KARMA module when the KARMA
function is on or off.
This is a very powerful capability when you are
creating a combination that uses the KARMA func-
tion.
For details on how the KARMA module parame-
ters "Input Channel," "Output Channel," and
"Timb Thru", and (individual timbre) "MIDI
Channel" are related, refer to "MIDI I/O channel
settings" ( PG p.83).
Bank(EX2) MSB, Bank(EX2) LSB
This setting is valid when "Status" is set to EX2. It
specifies the Bank Select message that will be transmit-
ted from this instrument.
OSC page
Force OSC Mode
Normally you will set this to PRG.
If you wish to force a polyphonic program to sound
monophonically, set this either to Mono or LGT
(Legato). Conversely, set this to Poly if you wish to
force a monophonic program to play polyphonically
( PG p.50).
OSC Select
Normally you will set this to Both.
If the timbre is using a program whose "Mode (Oscilla-
tor Mode)" is Double, and you want only OSC1 or
OSC2 (not both) to sound, set this to OSC1 (only OSC1
will sound) or OSC2 (only OSC2 will sound).
Portamento
Normally you will set this to PRG.
If you want the portamento setting specified for the
program of the timbre to be forced off, set this parame-
ter to Off. Conversely, if you want to forcibly turn the
portamento on, or to change the portamento time, set
this to a value of 001–127 to specify the portamento
time.