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[willie.lewis]

Hey this might be a basic question, but I was hoping someone could help me figure out how to split the Korg Karma so that eg there is bass down the bottom half of the keyboard and piano up the top? Does anyone know how to do this? I tried looking through the instruction manual but couldn't find the relevant section.

Also, does anyone know of any good sites that have this kind of basic information so I can reserve the more challenging questions for this forum? It would be great to have a good site to browse a whole heap of "how to" topics that are written in a more easily understandable way than the manual.

Any help is MUCH appreciated

Cheers
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Willie

[X-Trade]

Loot at the Combi section in the User Manual and possibly the Parameter Guide.

Combi mode is where you create setups that contain more than one sound.

In a nutshell:
1. In the PRM-1 page make sure both timbres you want to use are set to Gcg (global midi channel) and INT (internal sound engine)
2. From the Prg tab (program selection - either the main screen or the P/M page) select the two programs you want to use for those channels
3. in the KeyZ (KeyZone) set the upper limit for your lower half sound, and then set the lower limit for your upper half sound. Basically you are setting the zones that each timbre responds to - hopefully you can see how this is much more flexible than a simple split
4. you may want to adjust the mix page to change the pan and level of the sounds.

Now, you may notice, depending on your selection, the sounds are a bit different. In program mode you are given access to all 5 insert effects and two masters. In combi mode you are still given access to all five insert effects and two masters. If you are lucky then your two programs in program mode will only have maybe one or two insert effects applied. or maybe one has three or four and the other has one. Either way, basically this means two things: you either have to copy the effects from each one and route each sound to the appropriate effect(s chain), or the other option is that you take this advantage and (hopefully) your knowledge of audio effects to select some effects and settings which may be more appropriate to your song/combi/whatever you use it for. For example I might pick a guitar that has flange in program mode but I'd rather use a phaser for this song... So you can see why this is most flexible and most useful, just takes a bit of getting your head around.
There are options in the 'utility' menu to copy effects from other programs, as I said though it takes a bit of forward planning.

There are also the master effects, which are send effects. you set the send level either at the timbre bus page if it isn't assigned to an insert effect, or you set it at the end of an insert effect(s chain) - you'll see the S1 and S2 parameters. Master effects are usually reverbs, choruses, or delays, so its easier to work out a set that can be shared between your two programs.
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