Table Of Contents; Playing And Editing Combinations; Quick Start; Introduction To Oasys - Korg Oasys Operation Manual

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Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Playing Programs and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Listening to the demo songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New features in software version 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New features in software version 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 8
New features in software version 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Introduction to OASYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Open Architecture Synthesis Studio . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front and rear panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Names and functions of
objects on the LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
About the OASYS' modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
About the OASYS' PCM memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About polyphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the CD-R/RW drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . 47
Selecting Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Chord mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Quick Edits using the Sliders,
Knobs and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Detailed Editing with HD-1 Programs . . . . . . . . . 59
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Alternate Modulation (AMS)
and the AMS Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using Vector Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatically importing a Program
into Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Contents
Playing and editing Combinations . . . . 73
Combination overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Easy Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . .78
MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Altering Programs to fit
within a Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Automatically importing a Combination
into Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Creating songs (Sequencer mode) . . . . 83
Overview - About the OASYS' sequencer. . . . . 83
Sequencer mode structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Playing Songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
The control surface in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . .86
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Recording MIDI in real-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
MIDI step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Recording the sound of a
Combination or Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Recording multiple MIDI tracks from
an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Recording System Exclusive events . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Recording patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Other ways to record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Audio recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Overview: About the
OASYS' hard disk recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Audio input settings and
recording source selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Recording procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Placing a WAVE file in an audio track . . . . . . . . .114
Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record). . . .117
Sampling in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Saving your song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Cautions and other functions
in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Sampling (Open Sampling System) . . 123
Sampling Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Preparations for sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Sampling and editing in Sampling mode . . . . . .130
Sampling in Program, Combination,
and Sequencer modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
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