Korg 2 manual Random Capture, Retrigger Each Time Off, On, Link Start Seeds Off, On

(2)“Start Seed”: any value, “Freeze Loop Length”: Off Each time triggering occurs, the same phrase will be gener- ated. Different “Start Seed” values cause different phrases to be generated. The phrase will change randomly each time it repeats, but the same phrase will always be generated each time you retrigger with a given “Start Seed” value. This lets you select any desired one of more than four billion (!) different phrase variations. For example, suppose there is a GE that, if you input C-D-E-F, will randomly vary the order of notes, and repeatedly play four notes in each measure. When you trigger this GE, it produces notes in a random order of (for example) C-D-D-C, D-C-E-C, D-E-C-D…. Even if you trigger this GE again, it reproduces the same phrase of C-D-D-C, D-C-E-C, D-E-C-D…. If you change the “Start Seed” value, a different phrase will be generated; for example, E-E-C-D, D-C-C-C, E-E-E-E….

(3)“Start Seed”: 0: Random, “Freeze Loop Length”: 1…32 The phrase will change randomly each time triggering occurs. However, that phrase will loop (repeat) for the number of measures you specified in “Freeze Loop Length.” The same phrase will continue looping until you trigger the GE again. When you trigger the GE again, a different phrase will loop. For example, suppose there is a GE that, if you input C-D-E-F, will randomly vary the order of notes, and repeatedly play four notes in each measure. If you set “Freeze Loop Length” to 1 (measure) and trigger this GE, the same four notes will continue looping (e.g., F-E-D-C, F-E-D-C, F-E-D-C, …). When you trigger it again, a different phrase will loop (e.g., D-D-C- C, D-D-C-C, D-D-C-C,…). (☞ “Retrigger Each Time”)

(4)“Start Seed”: any value, “Freeze Loop Length”: 1...32

The same phrase will play each time you trigger the GE. That phrase will loop for the number of measures you specified in “Freeze Loop Length.” For example if you select a program or combination, and make these settings for a KARMA module that generates random changes each time it is triggered, the exact same phrase will loop every time. The phrase that is looped will be different if you change the “Start Seed” value. For example, suppose there is a GE that, if you input C-D-E-F, will randomly vary the order of notes, and repeatedly play four notes in each measure. If you set “Freeze Loop Length” to 1 (measure) and trigger this GE, the same four notes will loop (e.g., D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, …). Even if you trigger the GE again, the same phrase (D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, D-E-E-C, …) will be reproduced. If you change the “Start Seed” value, a different phrase (e.g., C-C-E-E, C-C-E-E, C-C-E-E, …) will loop. (☞ “Retrigger Each Time”)

Retrigger Each Time [Off, On]

When set to “On (checked),” every time the specified loop length is completed, the Phase Pattern, Envelopes, and Indexes will retrigger as if the keyboard itself was retriggered. This means that the notes in the phrase will be restarted according to the Note Trigger settings (6.2-2a ☞PG p.31, PG p.61, PG p.108, PG p.126) and the applicable internal settings of the GE, and any envelopes will be retriggered according to the Envelope Trigger/Latch settings (6.2-2a ☞PG p.31, PG p.62, PG p.108, PG p.127.) When “Off (unchecked),” the overall length of the internal GE Phase Pattern controls when the loop will be retriggered. For example, if the Phase Pattern is 8 bars, and the “Freeze Loop Length” is set to 2 bars, then the randomizations will reset every 2 bars (controlling the rhythm and movement of notes, for example), but the melody and envelopes may not trigger from the beginning until every 8 bars is completed. (☞p.10 Checking the Freeze Randomize function, and performing “Random Capture”using the “Random FF/ REW” function)

Not available unless “Freeze Loop Length” is set to something other than 0: Off.

In some cases, the two settings may sound the same, depending on the internal settings of the GE.

Link Start Seeds [Off, On]

You can view and set this parameter in modes where more than one KARMA module is available (Combination, Sequencer, and Song Play modes).

On (checked): When you specify a “Start Seed” value for one of the four KARMA modules (A, B, C, D), the “Start Seed” of the other three modules will be set to the same value. This is useful for quickly trying out new settings on all 4 modules at the same time.

This setting is ignored while “Random Capture” is being executed.

Random Capture

System version 2.0 adds “Random Capture” to the utility menu commands of the KARMA function edit pages in each mode.

“Random Capture” will appear in the utility menu for the following pages.

Program mode	PROG 6.1-1–PROG 6.4-5	(☞PG p.26)
Combination mode	COMBI 6.1-1–COMBI 6.4-7	(☞PG p.57)
Sequencer mode	SEQ 6.1-1–SEQ 6.4-7	(☞PG p.104)
Song Play mode	S.PLAY 6.1-1–S.PLAY 6.4-7	(☞PG p.123)

The display in Program mode

Random Capture

When you execute this command, the “Start Seed” (6.2-3 ☞p.8) setting (which is the source of the randomness of the phrase generated by the KARMA module) will automati- cally be set to the “Seed” value that is being internally used by the KARMA module at that moment. When you are listening to the randomly changing phrases generated each time a KARMA module is triggered, and you hear a phrase that you would like to reproduce consistently each time you trigger that GE, you can execute this command to capture the seed that resulted in that phrase. (☞p.10 Checking the Freeze Randomize function, and performing “Random Capture”using the “Random FF/REW” function)

1Select “Random Capture” to access the dialog box.

The display in Combination mode

2If you are in a mode that can use more than one KARMA module (Combination, Sequencer, or Song Play modes), use “Module:” to select the module for which you want to capture the seed value. If you select A–D, the seed value will be captured for that KARMA module. If you select All, the seed values will be captured for all four KARMA modules.

3To execute the Random Capture, press the [F8] (“OK”) key. To cancel without executing, press the [F7] (“Cancel”) key.

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