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- Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Program mode . .
- Page 5: Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . .
- Page 9 and 10: KARMA GE guide . . . . . . . . . .
- Page 11 and 12: PROG Page Select • Press the MODE
- Page 13 and 14: Bank/Program Select menu: 1. Press
- Page 15 and 16: 2. Specify how you want the KARMA c
- Page 17 and 18: 0-6b: CCs/Notes Graphic KARMA Modul
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- Page 21 and 22: default setting. For more informati
- Page 23 and 24: If you connect a USB device to the
- Page 25 and 26: 0-8b: Control Assign Control Assign
- Page 27 and 28: Audio Play/Mute: MIX PLAY/MUTE 1...
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- Page 35 and 36: PROG P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls (Basic/Drum
- Page 37 and 38: 1-2: Key Zone/Scale 1-2a 1-2b Here
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- Page 43 and 44: OSC1 Center Volume [0, 25, 50, 75,
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PROG P3-1: Filter1 Filtering can ma
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▼3-1-1: Menu Command • 0: Write
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▼3-1-2: Menu Command • 0: Write
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3-1-4: LFO Mod. (Modulation) LFO1,
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Decay [00...99] This sets the time
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PROG P3-2: Filter2 3-2-1: Filter2 T
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4-1c: Pan Pan [Random, L001...C064.
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4-2b: Amp Modulation You can modula
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Amp EG Curve Different curve settin
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4-8: EQ 4-5a This three-band EQ, wi
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frequencies. If it emphasizes the l
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5-8: Common LFO 5-8a 5-8b 5-8c This
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For a list of AMS sources, please s
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AMS Mixer Shape examples +99 0 -99
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6-2: OSC1 AMS Mix2 This is the seco
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PROG P7: KARMA These pages let you
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7-1-3: MIDI Filter 7-1 -3a 7-1 -3b
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▼7-1-4: Menu Command • 0: Write
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0: Random: A different phrase will
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7-1-7: Control 7-1 -7a Here you can
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synchronization with the MIDI clock
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7-1-8: Trigger 7-1 -8a Here you can
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PROG P7-2: KARMA 2 7-2-1: GE RTP (G
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Max (Max Value) [-8192...+8191] Thi
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Transpose Out Thru [-0036...+0036]
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7-2-4: Names 7-2 -4a 7-2 -4b Here y
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PROG P8: IFX (Insert Effect) These
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Effects must be chained in ascendin
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8-8: Common FX LFO 8-8a 8-8b The tw
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TFX On/Off [Off, On] This turns tot
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Program: Menu Command ENTER + 0-9:
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Select Bank & Sample No. Select Sam
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Sampling multiple sources simultane
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Copy Drum Track Copy Drum Track is
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Copy KARMA Module Copy KARMA Module
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Capture Random Seed Capture Random
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Swap Insert Effect Swap Insert Effe
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COMBI Page Select • Press the MOD
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Bank/Combination Select menu Tab Sc
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Using the control surface to make t
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0-5: KARMA GE 0-5a 0-5b This page g
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Module & GE Name This indicates the
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example, you could create and store
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0-8b: Control Assign Control Assign
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RT Control (Realtime Control) 0-8e
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Tone Adjust 0-8g Tone Adjust provid
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KARMA Sliders 1-8 KARMA Slider [000
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▼1-1: Menu Command • 0: Write C
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When Equal Amount is Off, the indiv
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control change messages can also be
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1-6c: Realtime Modulation Slider As
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COMBI P2: EQ/Option 2-1: EQ Trim T0
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COMBI P3: Timbre Param (Timbre Para
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3-5: Pitch T01-08, 3-6: Pitch T09-1
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COMBI P4: Zone/Delay 4-1: Key Z T01
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Bottom Slope [000…120] Specifies
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COMBI P5: MIDI Filter These setting
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5-1-7: -4 T01-08, 5-1-8: -4 T09-16
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COMBI P7: KARMA Here you can make K
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5. Set KARMA Module [B] as follows.
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7-1-6: CC Offset 7-1 -6a These para
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Control Surface KARMA Page 0-8h wil
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• 3: Copy KARMA Module ☞p.115
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7-2-5: Trigger A 7-2 -5a Specifies
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7-3-5: GE RTP A (GE Real-Time Param
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7-4-2: Dynamic MIDI 7-4 -2a 7-4 -2b
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7-4-8: Note Map 7-4 -8a Edit the Cu
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If you want to edit these routings,
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For instance, you can save an Effec
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8-2-8: Common FX LFO 8-2 -8a 8-2 -8
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9-2: MFX1 9-2a Here you can edit th
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• If IFXs is checked, the Bus Sel
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Detune BPM Adjust Detune BPM Adjust
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DrumKit IFX Patch This patches the
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Sequencer mode An overview of Seque
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combination to producing a song. Fo
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0-1-2: Program T09-16 0-1 -1a 0-1 -
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With a setting of
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0-1-3: Mixer T01-08, 0-1-4: Mixer T
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Example) When “Play Intro” is c
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For more information, please see
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▼0-1-8: Menu Command • 0: Memor
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0-2-2c: RealTime Controls 1, 2, 3,
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Tip: On most pages, you can also to
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Slider 1: CUTOFF (CC#74) [000…127
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assignments and values. All such ed
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SEQ P1: DT/XY/Ctrls 1-1: Drum Track
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SEQ P1: DT/XY/Ctrls 1-2: X-Y Vol T0
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Track 2...8, 9...16 SEQ P1: DT/XY/C
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1-4(5)c: Enable Combi X-Y CC, Enabl
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Pad 2...4, 5...8 These are the same
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2-3: EQ T01-08, 2-4: EQ T09-16 2-3a
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• 10: GM Initialize ☞p.282 •
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Bend Range [PRG, -24...+00...+24] S
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SEQ P4: Zones/Delay SEQ P4: Zones/D
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0: The volume will be at the origin
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SEQ P5: MIDI Filter Here you can se
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5-1-5: -3 T01-08, 5-1-6: -3 T09-16
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SEQ P5-2: MIDI Filter 2 5-2-1: -5 T
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SEQ P6: Track Edit 6-1: Track Edit
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Note: When selecting, the upper lin
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Example) Copying the data of an ent
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• 23: Create Exclusive Data ☞p.
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Run [Off, On] For more information,
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GE Select: a riff of GE category Gu
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7-1-6: CC Offset 7-1 -6a These para
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SEQ P7-2: KARMA 2 7-2-1: Control A
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SEQ P7-3: KARMA 3 7-3-1: GE RTP M-A
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SEQ P7-4: KARMA 4 7-4-1: Perf RTP (
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SEQ P7-4: KARMA 4 7-4-4: Name Map A
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▼8-1-1(2): Menu Command • 0: Me
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U00…U15: These are areas in which
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8-2-8: Common FX LFO 8-2 -8a 8-2 -8
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9-2: MFX1 9-2a 9-2b Here you can ed
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Pattern (Pattern Bank) [Preset, Use
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pressed). This setting is suitable
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Step, Song, Repeat, Load FX? Step [
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This dialog box is the same as in t
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GM Initialize List P0 P2 P3 Page Pa
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Auto Sampling Setup This command au
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Even if you press the SEQUENCER STA
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8. When you are finished with step
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Pattern numbers will be displayed i
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Changing the length of a note 1. Pr
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Erasing data 1. Press the tool. 2.
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3. In From Measure select the first
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3. In From: Track select the copy s
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Similarly, two or more data events
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Example: The parameter is EQ High G
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14. In the P6: Track Edit- Track Ed
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at which the pattern was “put.”
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4. Press the OK button to execute t
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System Exclusive events supported i
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Sampling Overview The M3 features K
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Note: Changing velocity on the keyb
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Sampling P0: Recording This page is
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Stereo A indication will appear her
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Example 4) Applying the internal in
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This can be set only if Trigger is
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• 11: Convert MS To Program (Conv
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Audio Solo: Panel-Switch Solo Mode
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Sampling P1: Sample Edit In this pa
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Sampling P2: Loop Edit In this page
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Sampling P3: Multisample Edit In th
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Sampling P4: Controllers 4-1: Setup
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Sampling P5: Audio CD You can play
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Sampling P8: IFX (Insert Effect) He
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▼8-2: Menu Command • 0: Panel-S
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Sampling P9: MFX/TFX Here you can s
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Sampling: Menu Command ENTER + 0-9:
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1. Use Sample Select (0-1b) to sele
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Move 996 to 999 Convert MS To Progr
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If you select REC Audio Input: 1) U
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Cut This command deletes the data b
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The sample number cannot be specifi
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sion: 2/3, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 1/6. The s
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3. Range “Start” and “End”
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Sensitivity [00...30]: Adjusts the
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If you save to a song that already
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page 42) parameters “MS1”-“M4
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immediately before the beginning of
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Swap MFX/TFX For more information,
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In Global mode you can make setting
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Aftertouch Curve [1…8] This speci
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e received. Use Set Prog User-Bank
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If you want to use S/P DIF, set Sys
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Global P1: MIDI 1-1: MIDI Basic 1-1
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This parameter cannot be set if MID
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KARMA External Example settings com
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1-3: External Mode 1 1-3a 1-3b In t
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Global P2: Controllers 2-1: Foot Co
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Global P3: Scales 3-1: Scales 3-1a
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Global P5: Drum Kit Here you can cr
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Ram samples With Ram drum samples,
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5-3: Driver/EQ 5-1a 5-3a Here you c
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Send1 (to MFX1) [000...127] Send2 (
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Change all bank references This com
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2. Select Global P1: MIDI page. 3.
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Reset Controller MIDI Assign This a
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In this mode you can save internal
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Media: File 0-1: Load 0-1b 0-1c 0-1
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0-3: Utility 0-1b 0-1c 0-1a Here yo
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0-5: Play Audio CD 0-5a 0-5b You ca
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If you change Loop On/Off from Off
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• This cannot be selected if the
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Loading will be aborted if you pres
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8) Load Drum Kits All drum kits in
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1. Press the OK button to load, or
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Press the text edit button ( ) to a
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If the data that is loaded as a sam
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loaded from the .PCG file. All prog
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Save PCG & SEQ This command saves a
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If this is Off (unchecked), system
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Delete This command deletes the sel
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operation may take longer than esti
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The From field in the dialog box le
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By repeating steps 8 and 10 you can
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Overview The M3 provides five inser
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Synchronizing Delay Times Delays wi
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Audio Input *2 Input AUDIO INPUT LE
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Routing You can use up to five chan
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temporarily send the drum kit IFX1
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If you are not using any Insert Eff
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Routing If you are not using any In
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Mixer The input levels to the maste
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Outputs Main Outputs The main L/MON
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459 Effect / Mixer Block Diagram in
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Dynamics (Dynamic) 000: No Effect S
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003: Multiband Limiter This effect
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EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter) 006: St.
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009: Stereo Isolator This is a ster
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h i j Individual, LFO Type Common1,
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f Wet/Dry Dry, 1 : 99... 99 : 1, We
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Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic mode
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021: Bass Amp Model This simulates
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024: St. Tube PreAmp (Stereo Tube P
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j Wet/Dry Dry, 1 : 99... 99 : 1, We
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031: Polysix Ensemble This models t
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035: Stereo Phaser This effect crea
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Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.
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j Wet/Dry Dry, 1 :99... 99 : 1, Wet
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d e f MIDI Sync Off, On BPM MIDI, 4
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L-In R-In 047: St. Phaser + Trml (S
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050: Pitch Shifter This effect chan
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g Wet/Dry Dry, 1 : 99... 99 : 1, We
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057: St. Multitap Delay (Stereo Mul
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Dry Envelope Wet Target=Output Leve
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Input Rec Mode = Single Mode = Mult
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066: St.BPM Mtap Delay (Stereo BPM
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069: Tape Echo BPM This is a tape e
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Changing these parameter values all
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j Wet/Dry Dry,1 : 99... 99 : 1, Wet
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083: Comp - Amp Sim (Compressor - A
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087: Comp - Phaser (Compressor - Ph
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090: Limiter - Cho/Flng (Limiter -
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094: Exciter - Limiter This effect
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098: OD/HG - Amp Sim (Overdrive/Hi.
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102: Wah - Amp Sim (Wah - Amp Simul
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h i j [F]Cho/Flng Wet/Dry -Wet... -
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Wah WAH a Cho/Flng (Chorus / Flange
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115: P4EQ // Cho/Flng (Parametric 4
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127: Limiter // Exciter This effect
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139: OD/HG // OD/HG (Overdrive/Hi.G
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151: Phaser // Phaser This effect c
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156: Vocoder This effect applies th
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j Wet/Dry Dry, 1 : 99... 99 : 1, We
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162: St. Pitch Shifter (Stereo Pitc
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166: St/Cross Long Delay (Stereo/Cr
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169: St. BPM Long Dly (Stereo BPM L
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About the KARMA GE guide This secti
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About KARMA Overview KARMA stands f
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GE (Generated Effect) Group Overvie
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Note Series Group Overview The Note
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settings can also be used creativel
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1: TS-Time Signature Makes the Time
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Template for emulating the operatio
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Rhythm Group Overview The Rhythm Gr
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Random Weighting Parameters - Pools
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Duration Group Overview The Duratio
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Random Weighting Parameters - Ties
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Random Walk Max Step [1…9] Sets t
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Cluster Group Overview The Cluster
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Velocity Group Overview The Velocit
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Template Parameters The two Templat
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Index The 1-5: Index to options all
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WaveSeq Group Overview The WaveSeq
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Keyboard Track (C2) [0, 1] 0: Off 1
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of the envelope scales the duration
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Level Combinations Sta/Att Level (S
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Triplet Rhythms [0…8] 0: None (In
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When the pitches of repeated notes
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Bend Group Overview The Bend Group
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Width % [0…100 (%)] Specifies the
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Associated Parameters Play On/Off [
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0: Exponential With a positive Fact
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-1: As Stored The Resync Index sett
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2: Retrigger All sustaining Direct
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Bend Length [0…25] 0: 64th triple
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Bend +12 Bend 0 Bend +12 Bend 0 Ham
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Comparison of Exponential and Logar
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Appendices Alternate Modulation Sou
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2. Under Panel Switch Assign, assig
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AMS source & value range Parameter
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increasing velocity, the EG levels
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Gate1, Gate1+Dmpr (Gate1, Gate1+Dam
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Foot Switch (CC#82) You can use thi
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Sliders 1-4 Realtime Control Slider
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Dynamic MIDI Sources & Destinations
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Dynamic MIDI Destinations The KARMA
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• Drum Group: “NTT (Note Table
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3. Notes will be added until you re
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Create/Erase Event Edit Frequency M
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Create/Erase Event Edit No.01: Valu
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MIDI messages Joystick Ribbon (1):W
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You can assign any control change n
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Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #
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Messages transmitted and received b
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X-Y Mode “XY Mode X” at CC#118,
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Damper pedal (CC#64) [Bn, 40, vv] T
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3. You can use data increment (CC#9
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Program mode if the Drum Track Prog
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649 M3 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION 12,Jan,2
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651 Status Second Third Description
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Media mode information AIFF and WAV
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KSF (KORG Sample File) files There
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Compatibility with the M3 (system v
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About AKAI Program files AKAI forma
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Divided files If data has to be rea
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