Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Oscillator image setting, Polyphonic/monophonic playing, Working with Multisamples

Detailed Editing with Programs Basic oscillator settings
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Oscillator image setting
Youcanspecifytheprogramoscillatorimagethat’s
shownintheP0:Play–Mainpage.Adjustthissetting
inProgP1:Basic/Controllers–ProgramBasicOscillator
Mode“OSCPicture1”and“2.”
1. Pressthe“OSCPicture1”or“2”popupbutton(>)
ortheimageiconshownatright;thedialogbox
willappear.
2. Toselectanimage,pressanimageinthelistinthe
lowerpartofthescreen,orattheleftorrightinthe
upperpart.
3. PresstheOKbuttontoconfirmyourchoice.
Polyphonic/monophonic playing
TheVoiceAssi gnModeselectswhethertheProgram
willplaypolyphonically(Poly)ormonophonically
(Mono).
WhenthisissettoPoly,youcanplaybothchordsand
melodylines.WhenthisissettoMono,onlyonenote
willsoundevenifyouplayachord.
Normallyyou’llsetthistoPoly,butMonoisuseful
whenplayingsoundssuchassynthbasses,synth
leads,andothersoloinstruments.
TryswitchingbetweenPolyandMono,andlistento
theresults.
Working with Multisamples
What is a multisample?
Asampleisadigitalrecordingofaparticular
instrumentorwaveform(orothernaturalorartificially
processedsound)recordedataspecificpitch.A
multisampleisacollectionofsimilarlyvoicedsamples,
usedtocreatethesametypeofsound‐piano,bass,
guitar,strings,organ‐acrosstheentirekeyboard,as
thebasisofaprogram.Theoscillatorsofsingleand
doubleprogramsusemultisamples.Thereare583
multisamplesavailableinthisinstrument.
Youcanassignuptofourmultisamplestoeach
oscillatorandswitchbetweenthembyvelocity.
Multisamples and Drum Kits
MultisamplesandDrumKitsallowyoutoplay
samplesindifferentways.
•Multisampleslayoutoneormoresamplesacross
thekeyboard.Ifweusetheexampleofasimple
guitarmultisample,onesamplecouldbeassigned
foreachstring,sothatthemultisamplewould
consistofsixsamples.
•Asthenamesuggests,DrumKitsareoptimizedfor
playingdrumsamples.
Velocity splits, crossfades, and layers
Eachoscillatorprovideseightvelocityzones.Thislets
youswitchbetweenmultisamplesordrumsamples
accordingtothevelocity(speed)atwhichyouplaya
key.
Byspecifyingthethreshold(boundaryvalue)where
eachzonewillrespond,andtheamountofcrossfading
(theoverlapbetweenzones),youcanspecifyhowyour
keyboardplayingdynamicswillswitchorlayerthe
multisamplesordrumsamples.Youcanusethisto
makethefollowingtypesofsetups.
•Velocitysplits,wheremultisamples(or
drumsamples)arecleanlyswitchedatthethreshold
•Velocitycrossfades,wheremultisamples(or
drumsamples)aresmoothlycrossfadedovera
specifiedrangeoutsidethethreshold
•Velocitylayers,wheretwomultisamples(or
drumsamples)arelayeredwhenyouplaya
specifiedrangeoutsidethethreshold
Note:If“OscillatorMode”issettoDrumsorDouble
Drums,thevelocitysettingspre‐specifiedforthedrum
kitwillbeused,andthereforewillnotbeshowninthe
screen.Thevelocityzonesettingsofadrumkitcanbe
editedinGlobalP5:DrumKit(seepage105).Yo ucan
jumpautomaticallytoGlobalP5bypressingtheJump
toDrumKitEditbuttonshownonthescreen.
Selecting Multisamples
Let’screateasimplevelocitycrossfadebetweentwo
Multisamples,usingjustOSC1.
1. AccesstheProgP2:OSC/Pitch–OSC1Setuppage.
2. SettheMultisampleOn/Offformultisample1and
multisample2toOn.
SettheMultisampleOn/Offformultisample3and
multisample4toOff.
Bydraggingtheslidertotheleft,youcanselecteach
multisampleandviewitssettings.
3. SelectStereoastheMultisampleBankfor
multisample1andmultisample2.
TherearetwomaintypesofMultisampleBanks:
Mono,andStereo.NotethatstereoMultisampleswill
requiretwiceasmanyvoicesasmonoMultisamples.
Multisamplesareorganizedbycategorysuchaspiano,
guitar,bell,etc.
Bank
Multi-
sample
On/Off
Slider