Specifications

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Y AMAh A MUsic Pr O d U c T i O n GUide
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Fairly simple, yet very effective, is the adjustment of the volume levels
between the Modules. Reminder: In most Performances six Modules
generate arpeggios, drum grooves, breaks etc., two Parts (Keyboard
1 & 2) are reserved for your live performance on the keyboard left
and right of the Split Point. In KARMA a mixer window is available,
which depicts eight faders for the Modules/Parts and a master fader
for the overall level of the Performance. The eight Module/Part
faders are accessible from the MOTIF‘s Remote mode using the the
volume Sliders 1-8. Unusual but very nice is the parallel assignment
of the MOTIF‘s Knobs for fine tuning the volume.
The next - unexpectedly powerful - tool is the RTC area (RTC = Real
Time Control). Two small buttons next to the faders decide on the
mix- or RTC-view and thus the assignment of the faders - including
the MOTIF Remote mode.
I will come back to RTC later.
scene chAnGinG
A „Scene“ in KARMA could also be referred to as a snapshot. In a Scene
you can save a specified range of parameters within a Performance.
The different Scenes are accessed and edited in the Scene Matrix.
All settings in the Mix and RTC area described in the section above
can be stored in a Scene. Each Performance includes 32 Scenes. In
principle, each Scene divides into six Layers, there is one Layer per
Module below the Master. As said in the first part of this workshop,
the factory Performances usually feature different variants in the first
eight Scenes. In these basic Scenes all Modules follow the Master
Scene with the same Layer number 1-6. However, it is possible to,
for example, assign Scene 1 to the Drum Layer in Master Scene 4.
The following graphs illustrate the situation, one shows the Scene
Matrix as overview, the other a separate Scene Matrix view.
Summary: Mix and Mutes, RTC parameters and different
assignmentsof Layer Scenes - all this is stored in Master Scenes
within a Performance! At this point you get an idea of the variants
that are possible only by a meaningful use of the 32 Scenes.
Under rTcOnTrOl
It would exceed the size of this magazine to describe the functions
and effects of the RTC parameters in detail. But to give you a rough
idea, I give you a list of some of the programmable functions:
Rhythm (swing rate, complexity, note length), velocity, time signature,
pitch, Phrase choice, panorama... All these parameters act on the
Modules, each one playing one GE (Generated Effect). Each GE
itself can be influenced by these parameters in its appropriate edit
mode. From this parent RTC view the parameters of all active GE‘s
are influenced in the same ratio.
I strongly recommend to intensively try the effects of the parameters
that are accessible via the RTC view. Eight faders and buttons are
available for this. It is not required to study the help file. You will