Operation Manual

Using KARMA
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Ifyounowplaythekeyboard,thisGEwillgeneratea
phraseorpattern.
Whilethismenuisdisplayed,youcanselectandplay
theseGEswithoutpressingtheOKbutton.
4. Ifyouaresatisfiedwiththeprogramyouselected,
presstheOKbuttontoclosethemenu.
Alternatively,youcanselectaGEbychoosi
ng“GE
Select”inthedisplay,andoperatingtheVALUEslider
orVALUEdial.Youcanalsouse“GECategorySelect”
tochooseaGEbycategory.(See“GECategorySelect”
onpage 10oftheParameterGuide.)
Editing KARMA module parameters
FordetailsoneditingtheparametersofaKARMA
module,see“EditingKARMA”onpage 223.
Performing with KARMA in Combination mode
InCombinationmode,uptofourKARMAmodules
canbeoperatingsimultaneously.Youcanusethefour
KARMAmodulestogetherwiththesixteentimbre
programsinawidevarietyofways,forexampleby
usingthemtoindependentlyplayphrasesand
patternsforseparateprogramssuchasdrums,bass,
guitar,andstri
ngs.
Selecting a Combination and turning
KARMA on/off
1. PresstheCOMBIswitchtoenterCombination
mode,andselectthedesiredcombination.(See
“SelectingCombinations”onpage 57.)
Asyoustepthroughthecombinations,youwillnotice
thattheKARMAON/OFFswitchLEDislitforsome
combinations.
Withthesecombinations,KARMAwillbeginplaying
whenyouplaythekeyboard.
Note:IftheDrumT
rackison,andTriggerModeisset
toWaitKBDTrig,theDrumTrackwillstartplaying
simultaneously.
Evenforothercombinations,youcanpressthe
KARMAON/OFFswitch(LEDlit)toturnonKARMA.
Adjusting the performance tempo
Inthesamewayasforaprogram,youcanusethe
TEMPOknobortheTAPTEMPOswitchtoadjustthe
performancetempo.Changingthetempowillaffect
thetempoofallKARMAmodulesthatareoperating.
(Seep.217)
Youcan’tadjusttheperformancetempoofeach
KARMAmoduleindividually.
Checking note-on/off and key zone
Thescreenshownbelowisarealtimedisplayofthe
notedatareceivedfromthekeyboard,pads1–8,and
MIDIIN,andthenoteon/offdatageneratedby
KARMAmodulesA,B,C,andD,togetherwiththe
nameofthechordthatwasdetected.
1. GototheCombinationP0:Play–KARMAGE
page.
Whenyo
uplaythekeyboard,thenameofthechord
detectedbyeachKARMAmodulewillappearinthe
“Chord”fieldofKARMAModuleInfo.
Thedisplayedchordnameisthechordthatisdetected
bythemoduleselectedbythefrontpanelMODULE
CONTROLswitch.Thewayinwhichchord
sare
det
ectedwilldependonthesettingsoftheKARMA
module.
TheCCs/Notesareashowsthestatusofthecontrol
dataandnote‐on/offdatageneratedbyKARMA
modulesA,B,C,andD,andthekeyzonesettingsof
theKARMAmodules.
Note:ChorddetectionisaffectedbytheKARM
A
mo
dule’skeyzonesettings(Combination7–1b),
“Transpose”(Combination7–3b:ModuleParameter‐
Control),andDynamicMIDI“Destination”
(Combination7–8)ChordScanandSmartScan.