NativeAngels wrote:So are these samples or factory sounds that have been edited ?
these aren't custom samples.
Around 95 percent of this set was created from scratch. The other 5 procent were based on a factory sound, but in that case i only used those because it saved a lot of time to add the oscillators myself and i've got a basic Oscillator set up to start with. But that only applies to a few programs, most them were created from an initialised program.
The Korg Pa serie is one of the best keyboards on the market if you want to program your own sounds. This is because there is a complete substractive synthesizer on board in the sound section where you can create your own sounds yourself and it supports up till 24 oscillators which is a lot. There is a very large Sample library available which you can use to create your own sounds.
The synth editing possibilities can go very deep. For instance you can even create Wave Sequenced sounds in the synth engine. Most of the synths out there can't do this. In the video below i show a few of the synth sounds from the Melliflous sound set. The fist preset shown called: Distant echoes QR is one of the examples of a wave sequenced sound. You can hear me play and the original sample is changed to a complete another one when you hold the note and you can do this multiple times. And that's only the oscillator definition.
Then you have all the features for sound editing, like ADSR, Filters, LFO's and envelopes and a full fledged FX system. When you combine all those features you can create all kind of different sounds.
And of course you can use your own samples (or expand the existing sample library) by adding those to the pa4x. I do this too in my own studio. But for the sounds i want to create the current sample rom library is more then enough.
Another hidden gem in the Pa4x is the keyboard sets, most people are using it to store the three upper sounds and the lower sound for usage in a style. But you can also use those to create new sound programs that consist of multiple layers. You can combine those layers to unique sounds or you can create keyzones in them so that you can assign different kind of sounds to parts of your keyboard.
In the video below a few of the keyboard sets i've created
At 04:17 - 5:00 in this video i show one of the keyboard sets i've made called Ethereal Pad QR
It's a really impressive piano like pad with lot's of programming tricks to create a fantastic atmosphere while you play.
At 05:15 you hear the keyboard set called: Seq String QR
this one is an example of assigning different layers to different kind of keyzones, so that you can create different atmospheres on different kind of keyzones.
At 06:26 you hear the keyboard set Tine Piano QR
this is an example where i layered multiple sounds which were assigned to faders and you can bring them in at different levels.
At 07:10 You hear the keyboard set : GOT ensemble QR
a good example how you can use the keyboard set to create a complete song.
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Creating keyboard sets can be really fun, above examples were based on the combinations of the Melliflous sounds and reprogramming van several parameters in the keyboard set. To create those 'power sounds'. I can really recommend everyone to spent time creating your own keyboard sounds, it's an easy way to create using sound combinations.
And here's another example where i used one of the earlier sounds in a factory style (when i just got my pa4x), this one is entirely based on a factory style where i used the Ethereal Pad QR Keyboard set.
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