Korg Forums

[Bowmoney]

hi there...I was wondering if the melodic programs on the wave drum mini are all set to a single key and scale or is there a way to adjust the key and scale? it would be a shame to only be able to use it for songs in c major...

[WaveDrummer]

Yes!

Much like the standard Wavedrum, the "mini" allows editing of the melodic features. For some melodic programs, you can select the "type" of scale in the same way as you can with the Wavedrum.

From the manual:
Some sounds allow you to play phrases in a scale. Some phrases will sound randomly with a different pitch of the scale being heard each time you strike, while for other phrases the pitch is determined by the force of your strike. The scale can be specified only for some of the sounds.

You can choose from the following scales:
0. Major, 1. Major Pentatonic, 2. Minor Pentatonic, 3. Minor, 4. India (Hanuma Todi), 5. Gamelan, 6. Tonic

Transpose [0...12]
Specifies the key in semitone steps.

Transpose can be edited only for some of the sounds. A value of 0 corresponds to C. Increasing the value will raise the pitch in semitone steps. However in some cases, incrementing this value will make the pitch “wrap around" to the octave below; for example at the value 6 (F#), the pitch might be the F# an octave below, with subsequent increments once again raising the pitch. This will differ for each sound.

[Bowmoney]

the manual! who woulda thought! i should have checked there first, thanks so much!