Using the pads for sustained chords

SwissArmyKnife · Post by **SwissArmyKnife** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:16 pm

Another newbie question.

I want to play a chord on the pads (using a layered pad sound), and I'd like the chord to sustain until I press a different pad so that I can play a melody on another sound split higher up the keyboard and free up my left hand to tweak on the fly.

Can I program the pads to do this? Right now, I've just been using the damper pedal to hold the chords and programming the upper sound to not respond to the pedal. It's still a little unwieldy.

Sorry to ask a question that's probably in the manual. I just don't know where to start with it ... or how to index the question.

(By the way ... hopefully the newbie questions will end soon. I just signed on for Karma Lab's tutorial videos for 3 months. In a perfect world, I'll get through all or most of the vids and be up and running.)

Thanks in advance for help!

dumeril7 · Post by **dumeril7** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:10 pm

Unfortunately there's no latch mode with the pads.

Karma can latch the chord from the pads, but its not the same as what you're asking for.

D7

_joe_ · Post by **_joe_** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:33 am

Indeed you can achieve this with karma, but i didn't understand why "it's not what he wants". it's exactly what he is asking for i believe, hold a chord with the pads and play another sound on the keys with full control and freedom of his hands.

I don't have the korg next to me in order for me to give you the exact karma GE that i've used, but you can check this (old?) karma labs article about holding chords

http://karma-lab.wikidot.com/korg-karma ... tain-notes

the problem here is that the bender GE is not available in my M3, probably the article is about an older version of karma. i just looked for a "bender" ge in my m3 and found something that actually held the note, also note that the name starts with something else ( and specified the ge to just hold, not bend) and it works like a charm with the latch button on. i use it a lot when using pads for instance and playing piano.
read the article. and ill make sure to get back to you once im near my M3

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:55 pm

Can the pads be configured to play chords in a specific scale?

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:50 pm

Hugo wrote:Can the pads be configured to play chords in a specific scale?

Yeah, if you program in the chords in a specific scale

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:31 pm

X-Trade wrote: Yeah, if you program in the chords in a specific scale

Ok, so there's no automated way? Could be useful

dumeril7 · Post by **dumeril7** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:54 pm

_joe_ wrote:Indeed you can achieve this with karma, but i didn't understand why "it's not what he wants". it's exactly what he is asking for i believe, hold a chord with the pads and play another sound on the keys with full control and freedom of his hands.

I don't have the korg next to me in order for me to give you the exact karma GE that i've used, but you can check this (old?) karma labs article about holding chords

http://karma-lab.wikidot.com/korg-karma ... tain-notes

Yes, if you find a GE that simply sustains the input chord, then it will work the way he wants. Of the 2K+ GEs, I suspect over 2K of them do no behave this way; they play something far more elaborate in response to the input chord. Hence it didn't really seem like what the OP wanted.

D7