Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Fine-tuning the sound of each sample, Using Exclusive Groups

Editing a Drum Kit
107
5. SelectaDrumsamplebytouchingitsnameinthe
list.
6. PresstheOKbuttontoconfirmyourselection.
7. Switchtheslotto2,andmakesettingsfor
Drumsample2inthesameway.
Nowthatyou’veassignedDrumsamplesto
Drumsample1andDrumsample2,let’ssetupthe
velocityrangesandcrossfades.
8. AccesstheP5:DrumKit–VelocitySplitpage.
9. SetDrumsample2’sThresholdVelocityto1,and
itsCrossfadetoOff.
10. SetDrumsample1’sThresholdVelocityto80.
YoucanedittheThresholdVelocitysettingby
touchinganddraggingthegraphicontheright
(see“*EG,Veloc itySplit”onpage 6).
Now,Drumsample2willsoundwhenyouplaysoftly,
atvelocitiesof79orless–andDrumsample1willsound
whenyouplayharder,withvelocitiesof80ormore.
ThemeterattheleftsideoftheVeloci tySplitgraphic
indicatesthenote‐onvelocityvalue. Thisletsyou
verifythedrumsamplethatwillbesoundedbyagiven
velocity.
11. Next,setDrumsample1’sCrossfadeto20,andits
CurvetoLinear.
Noticethatthegraphicnowshowsthetworanges
taperingintooneanother.Between80and100,
Drumsample2willfadeout,andDrumsample1will
fadein,creatingagradualvelocitytransitioninsteadof
ahardsplit.
Fine-tuning the sound of each sample
1. Ifyoulike,adjusttheLevelsforthetwo
Drumsamples.
Thiscanbeveryusefulincreatingasmoothvelocity
splitorcrossfade.
2. Asnecessary,specifythetuning,EGparameters,
andfilter.
AccesstheP5:DrumKit–SampleParameterpage.
AdjustTune,Attack(AmpEGAttack),Decay(Amp
EGDecay),CutoffandResonanceforeach
drumsample.
3. Youcanalsoeditthedrive,boost,andEQforeach
drumsample.
AccesstheP5:DrumKit–Drive/EQpage.
AdjustDrive,LowBoost,and3BandEQGain[dB]
foreachdrumsample.
4. Repeat“BasicEditing,”onpage106tosetupeach
keyoftheDrumKit.
5. Youcanalsocopysettingsfromonekeyto
another,usingtheCopyKeySetupmenu
command.
Using Exclusive Groups
1. AccesstheP5:DrumKit–Voice/Mixerpage.
2. UsetheExclusiveGroupstomakeonedrum
soundcutoffanotherdrumsound‐suchasclosed
andopenhi‐hats.
Forexample,let’ssaythatyou’veassignedanopenhi‐
hatandaclosedhi‐hattothesameexclusivegroup:
•Playtheopenhi‐hatsound.
•Whileit’sstillringing,playtheclosedhi‐hat.
•Th
eopenhi‐hatsoundwillbecutoff–simulating
theactionofaphysicalhi‐hat.