KORG KARMA 2 - Manual (Page 10)

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KARMA Function
(2) “Start Seed”: any value, “Freeze Loop Length”: Off
Each time triggering occurs, the same phrase will be gener-
ated. Different “Start Seed” values cause different phrases to
be generated. The phrase will change randomly each time it
repeats, but the same phrase will always be generated each
time you retrigger with a given “Start Seed” value. This lets
you select any desired one of more than four billion (!)
different phrase variations. For example, suppose there is a
GE that, if you input C-D-E-F, will randomly vary the order of
notes, and repeatedly play four notes in each measure. When
you trigger this GE, it produces notes in a random order of
(for example) C-D-D-C, D-C-E-C, D-E-C-D…. Even if you
trigger this GE again, it reproduces the same phrase of C-D-
D-C
, D-C-E-C, D-E-C-D…. If you change the “Start Seed”
value, a different phrase will be generated; for example, E-E-
C-D
, D-C-C-C, E-E-E-E….
(3) “Start Seed”: 0: Random, “Freeze Loop Length”: 1…32
The phrase will change randomly each time triggering occurs.
However, that phrase will loop (repeat) for the number of
measures you specified in “Freeze Loop Length.” The same
phrase will continue looping until you trigger the GE again.
When you trigger the GE again, a different phrase will loop.
For example, suppose there is a GE that, if you input C-D-E-F,
will randomly vary the order of notes, and repeatedly play
four notes in each measure. If you set “Freeze Loop Length” to
1 (measure)
and trigger this GE, the same four notes will
continue looping (e.g., F-E-D-C, F-E-D-C, F-E-D-C, …). When
you trigger it again, a different phrase will loop (e.g., D-D-C-
C
, D-D-C-C, D-D-C-C,…). ( ☞ “Retrigger Each Time”)
(4) “Start Seed”: any value, “Freeze Loop Length”: 1...32
The same phrase will play each time you trigger the GE. That
phrase will loop for the number of measures you specified in
“Freeze Loop Length.” For example if you select a program or
combination, and make these settings for a KARMA module
that generates random changes each time it is triggered, the
exact same phrase will loop every time. The phrase that is
looped will be different if you change the “Start Seed” value.
For example, suppose there is a GE that, if you input C-D-E-F,
will randomly vary the order of notes, and repeatedly play four
notes in each measure. If you set “Freeze Loop Length” to 1
(measure)
and trigger this GE, the same four notes will loop
(e.g., D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, …). Even if you trigger the
GE again, the same phrase (D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, …)
will be reproduced. If you change the “Start Seed” value, a
different phrase (e.g., C-C-E-E, C-C-E-E, C-C-E-E, …) will loop.
(
☞ “Retrigger Each Time”)
Retrigger Each Time [Off, On]
When set to “On (checked),” every time the specified loop length
is completed, the Phase Pattern, Envelopes, and Indexes will
retrigger as if the keyboard itself was retriggered. This means
that the notes in the phrase will be restarted according to the
Note Trigger settings (6.2-2a
☞PG p.31, PG p.61, PG p.108, PG
p.126) and the applicable internal settings of the GE, and any
envelopes will be retriggered according to the Envelope
Trigger/Latch settings (6.2-2a
☞PG p.31, PG p.62, PG p.108,
PG p.127.) When “Off (unchecked),” the overall length of the
internal GE Phase Pattern controls when the loop will be
retriggered. For example, if the Phase Pattern is 8 bars, and the
“Freeze Loop Length” is set to 2 bars, then the randomizations
will reset every 2 bars (controlling the rhythm and movement
of notes, for example), but the melody and envelopes may not
trigger from the beginning until every 8 bars is completed.
(
☞p.10 Checking the Freeze Randomize function, and
performing “Random Capture”using the “Random FF/
REW” function)
Not available unless “Freeze Loop Length” is set to
something other than 0: Off.
In some cases, the two settings may sound the same,
depending on the internal settings of the GE.
Link Start Seeds [Off, On]
You can view and set this parameter in modes where more
than one KARMA module is available (Combination,
Sequencer, and Song Play modes).
On (checked): When you specify a “Start Seed” value for
one of the four KARMA modules (A, B, C, D), the “Start
Seed” of the other three modules will be set to the same
value. This is useful for quickly trying out new settings on
all 4 modules at the same time.
This setting is ignored while “Random Capture” is
being executed.
Random Capture
System version 2.0 adds “Random Capture” to the utility
menu commands of the KARMA function edit pages in
each mode.
“Random Capture” will appear in the utility menu for the
following pages.
Program mode PROG 6.1-1–PROG 6.4-5 ( ☞ PG p.26)
Combination mode COMBI 6.1-1–COMBI 6.4-7 ( ☞ PG p.57)
Sequencer mode SEQ 6.1-1–SEQ 6.4-7 ( ☞ PG p.104)
Song Play mode S.PLAY 6.1-1–S.PLAY 6.4-7 ( ☞ PG p.123)
The display in Program mode
Random Capture
When you execute this command, the “Start Seed” (6.2-3
☞p.8) setting (which is the source of the randomness of the
phrase generated by the KARMA module) will automati-
cally be set to the “Seed” value that is being internally used
by the KARMA module at that moment. When you are
listening to the randomly changing phrases generated each
time a KARMA module is triggered, and you hear a phrase
that you would like to reproduce consistently each time
you trigger that GE, you can execute this command to
capture the seed that resulted in that phrase. (
☞p.10
Checking the Freeze Randomize function, and performing
“Random Capture”using the “Random FF/REW” function)
1 Select “Random Capture” to access the dialog box.
The display in Combination mode
2 If you are in a mode that can use more than one
KARMA module (Combination, Sequencer, or Song Play
modes), use “Module:” to select the module for which
you want to capture the seed value. If you select A–D,
the seed value will be captured for that KARMA
module. If you select All, the seed values will be
captured for all four KARMA modules.
3 To execute the Random Capture, press the [F8] (“OK”)
key. To cancel without executing, press the [F7]
(“Cancel”) key.