How do you use KARMA to program drums?

[permofryed]

Sure you could load a factory GE and switch back and forth between scenes...

But something give me the feeling that people are being more creative than that.

I am curious to hear, how do you, specifically, use KARMA (M3 or OASYS) to record (and perform) drum parts?

Thanks in advance for the insight.

[biggrime]

Sure you could load a factory GE and switch back and forth between scenes...

But something give me the feeling that people are being more creative than that.

I am curious to hear, how do you, specifically, use KARMA (M3 or OASYS) to record (and perform) drum parts?

Thanks in advance for the insight.

Here is a video I did on snare rolls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d55FWypl-o

[HardSync]

One really simple and fun thing to do is simply transpose the pitch on the drum kit(s). The same pattern / GE can sound completely different just by transposing by a half-step. Keep transposing it until you come up with something you like. You can set up the transpose options pretty much anywhere you'd like: KARMA switches, or using Tone Adjust, or in the Timbre Param page. Be warned, however, transposing can also sound like complete crap...

Many KARMA drum GEs are configured with an alternate drum map slider, which more or less functions similarly. So just by moving the associated slider, different instruments are played. I also make use of Time Signatures, either within a particular GE, or for whole RTC model (all 4 modules).

Another thing I like to do is swap out the full drum kits for single drum program, say like Taiko or Timpani programs, which are pitched.

I suspect a lot of people also use RPPR for drums, which is a great way to be able to set up a number of distinct grooves, either triggered by the pads or the keyboard.

Don't forget the FX and real-time controllers, either. Changing the IFX routing of a drum kit / program can alter the feel of a GE / pattern. The joystick and touchscreen (X-Y mode) can dynamically alter patterns, sounds, GEs.

There are so many thing you can do, that it would take ages to write them all here. But good luck.

[orpheus2006]

Loading a factory GE is a good first step.
Then you can "mess around" with the RTC controls (note patterns, duration patterns, replications, drum maps, bending, etc) until you like that groove, and finally save these settings in the Master Control Layer and assign it to a scene.