Electric Keyboard Brochure

Working with KARMA on the M3 2

KARMA in Program Mode 3

Work with these great ‘KARMA-fied Programs; KARMA in Combi Mode 4

M3 Tips

KARMA LEVEL 2

INTRODUCTORY TOUR

Welcome to KARMA Second Generation technology!

KARMA is an intelligent, interactive pattern generating technology that responds to your playing, providing endless

inspiration, capturing musical gestures of every family of instrument. The purpose of this document is to familiarize

you with KARMA’S possibilities so that you can take possession of this powerful technology and sculpt it to your own

musical goals.

Some KARMA basics

KARMA exists thanks to the vision of Stephen Kay, its creator. It’s an acronym, standing for Kay Algorithmic

Realtime Music Architecture. The patterns that KARMA utilizes are called Generated Effects, or GEs for short. Your

M3 is loaded with GEs, 2092 of them to be exact! Each Program can be assigned one GE. Combis can be assigned four

GEs, and Sequences can be assigned four GEs—at a time! (Record the output of four: it’s preserved as MIDI info; grab

four more if you like!)

The parameter values for the KARMA GEs are organized into Scenes. Each GE can have eight different

Scenes. There’s a wealth of creativity and inspiration awaiting you, simply by trying out the Scenes developed by

Korg’s expert international team of programmers.

The following pages will give you an opportunity to dig in and experience KARMA’S power and creative

possibilities – enjoy, and keep making great music!

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M3 Tips KARMA LEVEL 2 INTRODUCTORY TOUR Welcome to KARMA Second Generation technology! KARMA is an intelligent, interactive pattern generating technology that responds to your playing, providing endless inspiration, capturing musical gestures of every family of instrument. The purpose of this document is to familiarize you with KARMA’S possibilities so that you can take possession of this powerful technology and sculpt it to your own musical goals.
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M3 KARMA LEVEL 2 TOUR Working with KARMA on the M3 KARMA in Program Mode: Select this Program to begin: I-A-116, Hard House Kit Eight Scenes possible per KARMA GE 1. 2. 3.
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M3 KARMA LEVEL 2 TOUR The point is that KARMA is meant to be an interactive process: Feel free to experiment, as the settings of one fader, or the entire KARMA section, can be restored at the touch of a switch. (Note: RESET CONTROLS works in similar fashion for all the other modes of the Control Surface) 3.
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M3 KARMA LEVEL 2 TOUR nd 6. 7. Modules: KARMA 2 Gen keeps track of, and lets you change, 48 independent parameters, on these screens alone, plus 16 additional ‘global’ parameters. Press the PAGE SELECT switch and touch “P7-1” in the display > Touch the “Scene Matrix” tab: The eight scene boxes along rows M, A, B, C, and D are all ‘live’: Touching any one of them works the same as if you press the ‘hardware MODULE CONTROL and SCENE switches.