Korg Oasys Operation Manual page 61

The off and full‐on positions of the half‐damper work
just like the footswitch, but intermediate positions
modulate the release time to increase sustain without
making it infinite.
The OASYS will automatically sense when a half‐
damper is connected to the rear‐panel DAMPER input.
For proper operation, you will also need to calibrate
the pedal, using the Calibrate Half‐Damper command
in the Global page menu.
Damper and MIDI
The Damper Pedal is sent and received as MIDI CC
#64. In Combi and Sequence modes, you can "filter"
CC# 64 so that it only affects some of the sounds in the
Combi or Song.
Assignable Foot Switch
This lets you use a simple footswitch, such as the Korg
PS‐1, as an assignable controller. The footswitch can
perform a wide variety of functions, such as:
• An assignable source for modulating sounds and
effects
• Portamento on/off
• Program select up or down
• Sequencer start/stop or punch in/out
• Tap Tempo
• KARMA on/off, Latch on/off, or Scene select
• Duplication of many front panel controls, including
the modulation joystick, ribbon, value slider, Real‐
Time Knobs, SW 1/2, the drum pads, KARMA
sliders, or KARMA switches
The switch's function is set in Global mode (on the
Controller tab of the Controllers/Scales page), so that it
always works the same regardless of the current
Program, Combi, or Song.
For more information, please see "Specifying the
function of the ASSIGNABLE Switch and
ASSIGNABLE Pedal" on page 153.
Assignable Foot Pedal
This lets you use a continuous controller pedal, such as
the Korg EXP‐2 foot controller or Korg XVP‐10
EXP/VOL pedal, as an assignable controller.
Like the Assignable Foot Switch, described above, the
Foot Pedal can be used for many different functions,
including:
• Master Volume
• Channel Volume, Pan, or Expression
• Assignable sound modulation, as several different
AMS or Dmod sources
• Effects Send level control
• Duplication of many front panel controls, including
the modulation joystick, ribbon, value slider, Real‐
Time Knobs, or KARMA sliders
The pedal's function is set globally (on the Controller
tab of the Controllers/Scales page), so that it always
works the same regardless of the current Program,
Combi, or Song. For more information, please see
"Specifying the function of the ASSIGNABLE Switch
and ASSIGNABLE Pedal" on page 153.
Drum & Chord Pads
There are eight velocity‐sensitive trigger pads below
the LCD screen. These look like drum machine pads,
and playing drum sounds is certainly one use for them.
However, they can also play up to eight‐note chords on
any sound–not just drums. The pads even remember
the velocities of the individual notes within the chord,
as well as the notes themselves.
In addition to playing sounds directly, the pads are
also used to select chords for Chord mode. For more
information, see "Using Chord mode" on page 54.
Assigning notes and chords to pads
You can assign single notes and chords to the pads in
three different ways.
Play the notes, and then press CHORD ASSIGN
1. Play a single note, or a chord of up to 8 notes.
2. Press the CHORD ASSIGN button.
3. Press the pad to which you'd like to assign the
notes.
That's it! The notes are now assigned to the pad.
Press CHORD ASSIGN, and then play notes
This method lets you create a chord out of widely‐
spaced notes, even if you can't play all of the notes
simultaneously.
1. Press the CHORD ASSIGN button.
2. Play a single note, or a chord of up to 8 notes.
You can play a single note, or a simple chord.
If you like, you can also play up to 8 notes as a legato
phrase. As long as you take care that the notes overlap
each other, the entire phrase will be recorded as a
single chord. You can take as long as you like to play
the phrase.
3. Press the pad to which you'd like to assign the
notes.
After pressing the pad, you're done!
Editing notes and velocities using the LCD
You can edit the recorded notes and velocities using
the LCD. If you like, you can also enter new notes this
way. For more information, please see "1–9: Set Up
Pads" on page 47.
Copying and merging pads
Copying one pad to another, or merging two or more
pads together, is just like assigning notes from the
keyboard.
As with assigning notes to the keyboard, you can
either play the pads first, or press CHORD ASSIGN
first. In the interest of saving space and time, only the
first method is described below.
Copying notes from one pad to another
To copy the note assignments from one pad to another:
Using Controllers
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