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Y AMAh A MUsic Pr O d U c T i O n GUide

03|2013

Voices, which are also used by KARMA Performances. So even in the

MOTIF XS with its three USR Banks there is more than enough space

for further User Voices. For example, many of the soundsets from

EASY SOUNDS - also those that are based on samples - are suited

to enrich KARMA.

There is one Song Mixing for each Performance. You can edit it

with the help of the Yamaha Editor in parallel to KARMA. Since all

64 Songs are occupied, nothing can be stored without overwriting

the original version. I have therefore been thinking about a solution

and came to this: The Pattern Mixings can also be controlled by

KARMA. The Yamaha Editor allows you to synchronize the received

data from the Song mode back to the Pattern mode of the MOTIF.

With this method, additional 64 Performances of your own variants

can be stored, which corresponds to the number of Performances

in one KARMA bank. A detailed description of the procedure can

be found in the KARMA MOTIF forum subfolder „Tip Of The Day“,

available in English:

http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19434

If you use the Yamaha Editor in parallel with KARMA you can also

identify the amount of controller commands KARMA uses. Some

sliders and knobs, for example panorama, filters, and more move

as if by magic when a Performance is active.

is This The end?

Not at all! However, this is not true for this workshop. There are so

many more exciting topics to describe, such as the GE‘s. But doing

so would neither fit in this magazin, nor in my time frame. On the

other hand, there would be maybe less for you to discover. From

my personal point of view there are two important strengths in the

„marriage“ between KARMA and the Yamaha MOTIF XS/XF. You

could describe them as lightness and depth. I‘d mentally set them

each at the end of a very broad, high-quality spectrum. There is this

very intuitive and quick access to musical results that are really fun.

The depth is given by the - also considered individually - powerful

potential of the „spouses“ and the combination of them! I‘m sure

that there is something for everyone inbetween the two end points

of this spectrum.

Have fun exploring!

Yours Hans-Peter Henkel

hp@hape13.de