Wave Sequencing

db1 · Post by **db1** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:12 pm

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to get a good understanding of wave sequencing in the Kronos,but from reading the manuals I'm just not getting it.
If someone would be so kind to explain to me how wave sequencing works, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm just not grasping the info in the manuals for some reason.

Thanks,

DB

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:58 pm

Well, there's two references in the manuals, p173 in the op guide and p784 in the Parameter Guide. Probably the best thing is learning by doing. Go to Global mode P4 and play around with wave sequences. You'll soon get the hang of it. Alternatively, look around on the net for the Wavestation manuals and you'll get some guidance there. Or you could purchase the Legacy Wavestation from Korg for $49 and play around with that.

Bryan

pranaearth · Post by **pranaearth** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:13 am

Think of a series of notes.
For this example, I'll choose 8 eighth notes.
In a wavesequence, you can have a different sound playing on each eighth note.
So when you press down a key on the keyboard, those 8 notes will play at the tempo set for the patch/combi/sequence.

You can also program the length of each note.
You can also control the crossfades between each note.
And you can do so much more than that.
But that's the basic concept of wavesequencing.

Some nifty things can be done with creative programming.

I haven't gotten around to programing wavesequences on the Kronos yet.
I used to own the original Wavestation, and I'm super excited about what the Kronos can do.

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:00 pm

Here's a little tutorial to get you going if you haven't already started.

Boot up the Kronos. Don't touch anything and go straight to Global mode.
Touch the Wav Seq tab. At the top you'll see the current wave sequence -
"I-000 19 Orch/Band HITS". Press a key on the keyboard. You'll get an
orchestra hit. Play several keys and you'll notice that the pitch changes.
Hits are a bit boring so touch the little arrow to the left of the name
and you'll get a list of the available wave sequences. Touch I-022
"Conversations B" and OK. Pick a key and hold it down. You'll get a nifty
little rhythm. It's proably going at a fair clip so you can slow it down
using the Tempo knob.

Below the name you'll see a row of red dots. This represents the sequence.
The first eight dots are outlined in blue which shows the length of the
sequence. Below the dots you'll see Step 01. Touch the number and it will
turn black. Turn the Selector knob to the right of the display and you'll
see the steps change. When you get past 08, there are still some steps.
So they decided to leave those out of the sequence. You can put them back in.
Go down to the next section marked Wave Sequence and you'll see a box on
the left with Start Step and End Step. Touch the End Step number and turn
the knob until it shows 16. Move to the right of the display and touch the
Loop End Step number. Increase that to 16. Now hold a key down and you'll
get the longer sequence.

Let's make it a bit more interesting. Got to the bottom of the display and
touch the Step Parameter tab. You'll get a list of the steps in the sequence.
Go to step 1 and touch the arrow to the left of the name. You'll get a list
of available samples with the categories in blue. Touch the Organ category.
Select 00052 E.Organ House and OK. Go to step 3, go to the sample list,
touch the Brass category and select 00169 Trumpet Overblown and OK. Now the
sequence is a bit more musical. Play a chord and you'll get a chordal sequence.

You'll see in the parameter list that there are several parameters you can pick,
step length, fade in and out etc. Play around with those. Touch the Wave Sequence
arrow at the top of the display and you'll get the list of sequences. Go to the
end of the list and you'll see some entries marked Init Wave Sequence. Pick one
of those and make up your own sequence using the techniques you've just learnt.
You can save your sequence by pulling down the menu (top right corner) and
touch Write wave sequence. You may ask, where can I use this sequence? Use it
in an HD-1 program instead of a regular sample. You can stack up eight sequences
by velocity in an HD-1 oscillator if you're so inclined. Why would you want to
do this? Because you can. It's up to your imagination.

db1 · Post by **db1** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:38 pm

Wow thanks Cpilot & pranaearth for your post,greatly appreciated.

Cpilot , I'm going to try that exercise when I get home today & see how it works out. I will post how it worked out for me.

pranaearth · Post by **pranaearth** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:50 pm

Yes, thank you Cpilot! As soon as I'm able I'm going to walk through your tutorial.
I can't wait to start programming the Kronos!

P

Sparker · Post by **Sparker** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:43 pm

Thanks Cpilot

I copied your instructions to Word and will print it out for future reference.

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:53 pm

Glad to be of help. When you get some practice in, you can blow away the Wavestation. Think of a combi with 16 HD-1 programs, both oscillators working with wave sequences. That's 32 simultaneous wave sequences with up to 64 steps per sequence. The mind boggles.

Bryan

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:12 am

Actually there should be a sort of readonly sticky post with all such extended tips/tricks/mini manuals etc.

In a year time when people search for it, it will be hard to find probably.

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:23 am

That's a good idea, Michel. For instance, i have four different instrument definitions for DAWs which I could post as well, and you could post PCG Tools.

Bryan

Sparker · Post by **Sparker** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:52 am

michelkeijzers wrote:Actually there should be a sort of readonly sticky post with all such extended tips/tricks/mini manuals etc.

In a year time when people search for it, it will be hard to find probably.

I agree. there's a lot of good tips in earlier threads that are now a long way down the thread list.

pranaearth · Post by **pranaearth** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:28 pm

+1 on the sticky concept

KevinH · Post by **KevinH** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:12 pm

It could just have links to all of the good tutorial posts, rather than the tutorials themselves. That way it can be updated easily and everything is right there on a single page. People could easily find the tutorials they need, rather than have to scroll through pages of the actual tutorial text, searching for the right one.

db1 · Post by **db1** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:26 pm

Cpilot wrote:Glad to be of help. When you get some practice in, you can blow away the Wavestation. Think of a combi with 16 HD-1 programs, both oscillators working with wave sequences. That's 32 simultaneous wave sequences with up to 64 steps per sequence. The mind boggles.

Bryan

Once again thank you Cpilot. I tried your tutorial & it helped me a great deal with understand how wave sequencing works. I'm finally getting a grip on this thing & I see the possibilities are endless. I was afraid to post the question thinking I would seem like an idiot,but I'm so glad I did.

Thank you, thank you.

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:58 pm

No, you're not an idiot. There's a great deal of stuff on the Kronos and a lot of it isn't particularly intuitive, especially if you haven't used Korg products before. The manuals aren't of much help as they tell you what's there but not how to use it. Some of the best guides are Rich Formidoni's videos on Youtube, even those not specifically for the Kronos. It occurred to me that Rich could do another one on the lines of my little tutorial but on a greater scale. How about it Rich?

Bryan