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Operation Guide
O Operation Guide peration Guide
Please read this guide first
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated • Read these instructions. “dangerous voltage” within the product’s • Keep these instructions. enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude • Heed all warnings. to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. • Follow all instructions. • Do not use this apparatus near water. The exclamation point within an equilate
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Handling of the internal hard disk Cautions when using the CD-R/RW drive Do not apply physical shock to this device. In particular, you must never move this device or apply • During CD reading and writing operations, keep the unit physical shock while the power is turned on. This in a horizontal position. can cause part or all of the data on disk to be lost, or • Do not use the unit in extremely cold or hot locations. may damage the hard disk or interior components. • Do not
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Korg accepts no responsibility for any direct or consequential Data handling damages that may occur due to the use of or the inability to Incorrect operation or malfunction may cause the contents of use any of the system software including the above software. memory to be lost, so we recommend that you save impor- Linux is a trademark or registered trademark of Linus Tor- tant data on a CD or other media. Please be aware that Korg valds in the United States and in other countri
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Thank you for purchasing the Korg OASYS Open Architecture Synthesis Studio. To help you get the most out of your new instrument, please read this manual carefully. About this manual The top of the Help page has “breadcrumb” links, which The owner’s manuals and how to use them show the hierarchy of pages above the current one. The OASYS includes two owner’s manuals: Touch any of these links to jump to the corresponding • Operation Guide page. • Parameter
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Contents Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . 72 MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . 73 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MIDI-related settings P1: MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Performing with KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Pedal and other controller settings . . . . . . . . . . . 149 KARMA function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Creating user scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Synchronizing the KARMA function . . . . . . . . . .213 Setting Category Names for Programs, Combinations, and KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Quick Start Quick Start POWER AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO, R Mode Bank Select KARMA Control Surface Value controllers Utility LCD screen Volume Vector Joystick SW 1&2 Joystick Ribbon Exit Tempo Headphone Pads Sequencer The OASYS contains an amazing amount of It explains how to set up the OASYS, how to select functionality, but this Quick Start is provided for those programs and control the sound, how to listen to the who just want to get started trying out the sounds righ
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Quick Start 6. When you’ve found a program you like, press the Program Select Category Popup button OK button to close the dialog box. Then go ahead and play the selected program! Program Bank Contents OASYS ships from the factory with over a thousand Programs loaded into memory. Another 768 Program slots are left open (“initialized”) for your own programming, or additional sound libraries. All of the factory Programs can be over-written with
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Quick Start Playing Programs and Combinations page by pressing the Control Surface tab located in Combination Select Category Popup button the lower right of the LCD screen. Combination Bank Contents When you operate a controller, the corresponding As shipped from the factory, the contents of the object in the LCD screen will move in the same way. Combination Banks are as follows: When you turn the eight knobs located at the top of the control surface, the assigned function will occur
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Quick Start When you press the UTILITY COMPARE switch (the LED will light), the saved settings for that program will be recalled. Press the COMPARE switch once again to return to the edited settings (the LED will go dark). You can also hold down the UTILITY RESET CONTROLS switch and operate the vector joystick, a control surface slider or knob, or CONTROL ASSIGN switch to recall the saved settings. You can also do the same for KARMA. For more information, see “Resetting controls to thei
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Quick Start Listening to the demo songs Similarly, the songs and demo songs, as well as the Listening to the demo songs in Sequencer user multisamples and samples used by these mode songs, will disappear when you turn off the power. 1. Press the MODE SEQ switch (the LED will light) If you want to use these songs, user multisamples, to enter Sequencer mode. and samples the next time you turn on the power, you’ll need to load them again. 2. Access the P0: Play/REC– MIDI Track Prog Selec
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Quick Start New features in software version 1.2 OASYS software version 1.2 adds a number of new Finally, we added AMS modulation for all original MS- features, including increased polyphony for the AL-1 20 controls, plus four additional EGs, four additional and STR-1, polyphonic unison, unison stereo spread, LFOs, and four AMS mixers. Of course, the MS-20EX improved parameter smoothing, and a powerful and has access to all standard EXi Program features, easy-to-use chord feature. It also inc
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Quick Start New features in software version 1.1 Increased polyphony for the AL-1 & STR-1 Improved parameter smoothing As part of our continued refinements to the OASYS Since its initial release, OASYS has used several system, you can now play more voices of the AL-1 and different smoothing processes to minimize STR-1! “steppiness” on knobs, sliders, and controls. These processes have been further improved, via a new The updated AL-1 is capable of playing 96 voices (up adaptive smoothing
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Quick Start PC2700 (DDR333 CL2.5) PC3200 (DDR400 CL3) Capacity for the additional DIMM: 512MB or 1GB DRAM DIMM is not a manufacturer option. Please use commercially-available memory sold for computers. If you have any questions regarding the type of DRAM DIMM modules that can be used, please contact your local Korg distributor. EXi audio input OASYS now includes standard parameters for routing audio into EXi instruments. You can use this for processing live or recorded inputs through EXi
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Introduction to OASYS Main Features Open Architecture Synthesis Studio The OASYS features the OA (Open Architecture) • EXs1 ROM Expansion: 313 MB (229 multisamples, synthesis system, which offers all the benefits of a 1,483 drum samples) variable software system backed by the hardware • EXs2 Concert Grand Piano: 503 MB (10 integrity that can only come from a fully-integrated multisamples) instrument design. • PCM RAM: Up to about 1.5GB, depending upon Currently, the OASYS includes sophistica
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Introduction to OASYS pizzicato, and sforzando, as well as four-level velocity an overtone-rich waveform) has become the standard switching and crossfading to ensure a natural range of for synthesizers today. One of the most important expression. components of subtractive synthesis is the filter. Reed instruments such as sax and oboe were sampled The filter section of the HD-1 High Definition for extended times to include natural-sounding vibrato synthesizer provides four filtering types (low pas
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Main Features Open Architecture Synthesis Studio available) to control the oscillator volume, synth propagation route of the sound, the electrical and parameters, or effect parameters. acoustic response of mics and speakers, and the changes produced by vacuum tubes and transistors. • Single/double structure: Single=OSC1 only, Double=OSC1 and OSC2 Detailed Specifications • Oscillator: To each oscillator you can assign a • Insert effects: 12 processors, stereo in/out multisample or wave sequ
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Introduction to OASYS KARMA SWITCHES 1–8, Auto RTC (Real Time Detailed Specifications: Drumkits Control) Setup function • Stereo or mono drum samples • Four-level velocity switches or crossfades Open Sampling System KARMA Mono/stereo sampling The OASYS provides high-quality 16-bit linear 48 kHz The OASYS’ KARMA (Kay Algorithmic Music mono/stereo sampling functionality. Samples can be Architecture) function is an enhanced version of the either recorded into RAM memory or written directly Kor
