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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- In this post and video, I am going to be looking back at my Korg Karma workstation, which is a unique member of the Korg Triton series of workstations. The Korg Karma launched in 2001 as a member of the Triton series of workstations at a price of £1599.
What is KARMA
What made the Korg Karma unique is KARMA, which stands for Kay’s Algorithmic Real-time Music Architecture (The name comes from Steven Kay, the developer). KARMA is kind of like a super advanced arpeggiator along with auto pattern generation. It uses pre-created patterns that dynamically generate sequences based on various inputs including velocity, key, note order and timing. It produces interesting rhythms and sequences that you can change by the way you play and via real time controls.
The patterns are called GE (Generated Effects) and there are over 1000. In program mode, a single GE is applied to a sound and in Combi mode there are 4 GEs per patch. Some GEs replicate real instrument styles like guitar strumming, there are drum patterns and complete backings. Plus, there are also traditional style arpeggios. You can create your own GEs using a separate application, but it can get pretty complicated very quickly.
In this video I demonstrate some of the Karma patterns and pre-sets to give you an idea of what it can do.
More details on my blog post
00:00 Intro
00:49 Triton Engine • Rediscovering the Korg...
02:26 What is Karma • Rediscovering the Korg...
22:20 Program mode • Rediscovering the Korg...
25:00 Conclusions • Rediscovering the Korg...
26:20 Demo song "Vocoda Rhythm 2001" • Rediscovering the Korg... - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Cool; I still use the Karma in some gigs. Have the option to operate it from and layer it with a Nord Stage which gives lot and lots of…. Karma. It’s still a beast in my opinion. 🙏🏼
Hey, cool demo and clear explanation for newbies like me. Got my KARMA about a year ago and only now I got started with discovering its huge potential. Hope you'll continue sharing your videos and experince with this gem :)
thanks for that. The KARAM is a great workstation. Have you seen my video about the MOSS expansion board? th-cam.com/video/DWfGJsSfY_Y/w-d-xo.html
My next video is on the EXB-PCM05 for the KARMA
@@IanDixonTDL yeah, I watched your vid about MOSS and was really impressed. I don't have it, u fortunately, but I would be willing to find it sometime. It is really hard to find for sale, moreover, the price is always confusing.
Though I have EXB-PCM 04, 05 and 08, so I will definitely be waiting for your next vid.
Super Video. Merci bien.
would be awesome to see a whole walk-trough how you played, recorded and produced that nice ending tune with the Karma!
Good idea, I can have a look a that.
I have had mine since 2001. Forgot so much. Thanks Dude!! ]80)
Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey now!!! Really glad you didn’t sell it. And thank you for doing the videos’s. Happy to know that my suggestions to not sell on the GS thread may have nudged you into rediscovering this classic!
PEACE
Yes, thanks for that!
Sounds like my KORG X-50 got mostly features from this keyboard, has some cuts bur extremely portable.
Very curious of this Korg synthesizer workstation, and I have my eye on a second hand one that is very low priced only 20 km from my place.
Quick question, do you program a lot of sounds and rhythms yourself or do you like to play the presets more?
I never got into GE programming, but you can do it. I did a bit of sound programming but its more of a rompler than a analog synth. Its still good fun to play with.
Such an inspirational little keyboard. It was a big part of the Kronos line IMHO. No idea why they ditched it in Nautilus. I'm glad I can grab a cheap Karma keyboard so I can at least get that bit of FUN back in my life.
It is fun, good for inspiring ideas but I find it hard to fit into my own tracks sometimes.
@@IanDixonTDL I thought of it as my back up band while just 😎 🤙. Lol. Would come up all sorts of stuff. The guitar riffs were my favorite use of karma.
Awsome workstation. I have mine more than 21 years ago and still is an amazing machine. For me it is unique. For some time I was doing my music in the sequencer wich is very usefull. Programming is a little complex cause it have a lot of functions and asignaments. Mine have been upgraded to use floppy emulator and repaired the volume slide and selector wheel so I pretend its gives me a lot of fun for mor years. What do you think about it? Thank you
I still love mine, I don't use it alot but its still lots of fun to use. The EXB Vintage board is great.
Hello. Just wondering how many years the Karma was manufactured. I know it was first introduced in 2001 but do you know what the cut off date was? Last manufactured in...2003, 2007, etc? Does anyone else reading this know when they stopped making them? I found one online I'm interested in buying. Like a fine wine, the year is important to me and the owner isn't sure (second owner).
I looked at the Wayback machine and Korg removed the Karma from their site in late 2006 so I would say the stopped making it in 2006.
@@IanDixonTDL Thank you.
the modern version of karma is krome ?
I think you are probably right
Hi, I have one like that. All what you are saying is true and keyboard can do crazy things, but to me the turn of is that you have to just be lucky to come up with a rythm, an algorithm, a G etc.. that you will like. You cannot start from ground zero and buid everything exactly the way you imagine to make the song you imagine. This keyboard is not for composing it seems like, it is for just trying things hopefully so you can jam on something you like and that's all.
Please let me know is you see otherwise.
I agree, the Karma features can inspire an ideas but it's almost to much like a completed song by someone else.
@@IanDixonTDL exactly , you don't feel that you coming up with your own product. Also, you cannot at any time start from scratch and get the same result after working hard on a tune and changing parameters , on programs and combis. Imagine you made a song and you lost the sequence and you want to go to the studio for a recording. you would have to figure out how did everything from scratch.