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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! Working with KARMA on the M3 2 KARMA in Program Mode 3 Work with these great ‘KARMA-fied Programs; KARMA in Combi Mode 4 Working with KARMA on the M3 KARMA in Program Mode: Select this Program to begin: I-A-116, Hard House Kit EEiigghhtt SScceenneess ppoossssiibbllee ppeerr KKAARRMMAA GGEE 1. Play any note on the keyboard or one of the eight pads: the KARMA ON/OFF switch “wakes up” ON (lit) when you select Hard House Kit, and the GE pattern starts playing immediately > The LATCH switch also wakes up ON: you need not hold a key down for the pattern to continue playing in this state > Turn LATCH OFF and you can manually re-start the pattern with any key or pad whenever you wish. 2. Select another Scene by pressing one of the four SCENE switches. 3. To toggle to Scenes 5-8, press the KARMA switch in the CONTROL ASSIGN column to choose KARMA control; then press it once more: the SCENES 5-8 LED will flash > Press the 1/5 switch, and now Scene 5 will play. KKAARRMMAA RReeaallttiimmee CCoonnttrrooll MMooddeellss For ease of use, everything that KARMA generates has been organized into a dozen types of musical activity: these are called Realtime Control Models (RTC for short). 1. With Hard House Kit still selected, touch the “KARMA GE” tab in the display > Touch the “Drum” box to the right of “Module A” > Touch “GE #1669: House 5” [Some Kits], and a new GE pattern begins playing. The Kit name in parentheses lets you know which Kit will deliver optimum performance. You can achieve very pleasing musical results by selecting other GEs within a single RTC model! 2. For more daring experimentation, stray outside of the current Drum RTC Model > Touch the “00 Arpeggio” tab, for example, and select “GE #0040: Kalimbish 1” > Play note C#2, and a crazy but cool fill/breakdown idea happens! > Touch “OK” to accept this GE change, or hit “Cancel” to pass it by. 3. The M3 has the unique ability to link KARMA to the Drum Track > Check the box, “Link to Drum Trk”, to the right of the GE name and number, and the GE stops running > Press the DRUM TRACK ON/OFF switch to turn it on > Play any key or pad: Now KARMA and the Drum Track are running, in perfect sync! 4. Press the PAGE SELECT switch, and touch “P7-1” in the display >Touch the “Drum Track” tab: You can decide whether or not the Drum track will run alongside KARMA for each of the eight scenes. KKAARRMMAA RReeaallttiimmee CCoonnttrrooll:: CCoonnssiisstteennccyy ooff RRTTCC wwiitthh fflleexxiibbiilliittyy ooff eexxppeerriimmeennttaattiioonn The power of KARMA lies not just in the musicality of the GEs, but in their ability to be modified in realtime! Second Generation KARMA technology always brings the same parameters to the Control Surface for a given RTC Mode. 1. In the current Hard House Kit example, touch the “KARMA RTC” tab in the display > Verify that the Control Surface is still assigned to KARMA, and move FADER 1, labeled Swing % > Select SCENE #3 and play a key or pad > Park the value at 000 for a very even-sounding groove > Slowly-move the FADER up to hear different shuffle/swing percentages, all in real time! > Try values of 126 or 127: The percentage is so extreme that it force-quantizes the 16th notes to an 8th note groove. 2. Notice that the original value of FADER 1, 038, is shown in the display to the right of the fader > While holding down the RESET CONTROLS switch, nudge FADER 1 in either direction, and notice that the pre-programmed value is restored, both audibly, and visually on the display > Try to mess up the musicality of the GE by drastically moving all eight FADERS at once and change the status of the switches above the faders: simply hold RESET CONTROLS and press the SCENE 3/7 switch, and all of SCENE 3 is restored, good as new! 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. FADER 4 is labeled “Rnd/Imp”: this stands for “R...