Korg music workstation, sampler manual Oscillator settings, Program Basic, OSC Basic

The three elements of sound

Sound can be broken down into three elements: pitch, tone, and volume.

On TRITON STUDIO, these elements correspond to the Pitch, Filter, and Amplifier settings of a program. In other words you would adjust the Pitch settings to modify the pitch, the Filter settings to modify the tone, and the Amplifier settings to modify the volume.

In Oscillator (Oscillator: P1: Edit-Basic settings) you select the waveform multisample that determines the basic sound, and specify its pitch. This sound is then mod- ified by the pitch settings (Pitch: P2: Edit-Pitch), filter set- tings (Filter: P3: Edit-Filter), and amp settings (Amplifier: P4: Edit-Amp) to create the basic sound of the program.

This basic sound can then be modified further by using the insert effects (P8: Edit-Insert Effect settings), master effects, and master EQ (P9: Edit-Master Effect settings) to apply finishing touches.

When arpeggiator settings (P7: Edit-Arppeggiator.) and

controller settings (P1: Edit: Basic) are added to this, the final result is called a “program.”

A program that is usen in the Combination, Sequencer or Song Play modes will have insert effect, master effect, master EQ, arpeggiator, and controller settings that are separate from those it has in the Pro- gram mode.

The Compare function

When P1–P9 are selected, pressing the [COMPARE] key (the LED will light) will recall the sound that was written before you edited it.

Pressing [COMPARE] again (the light goes dark) returns you to the version you are editing.

If you edit while the [COMPARE] key LED is lit, the key will go dark. That previous sound will now become be the sound that is recalled when the [COM- PARE] key LED is dark.

Oscillator settings P1: Edit-Basic

Basic settings for the oscillator are made in the P1: Edit- Basic page. The TRITON STUDIO provides two oscilla- tors, and for each oscillator you can select a basic wave- form (“multisample”) and set the pitch.

The multisamples provided by the TRITON STUDIO include waveforms for musical instruments such as pianos, as well as special waveforms unique to synthesiz- ers. Multisamples reproduce the complex overtone struc- ture and frequency characteristics that allow us to identify a sound as being “piano-like” or “guitar-like” etc...

Program Basic page

Oscillator Mode

This sets the mode of the oscillator. Single uses one oscil- lator and Double uses two oscillators. In the case of Sin- gle the maximum polyphony is 60 notes, and in the case of Double the maximum polyphony is 30 notes. If you wish to use a Drum Kit to create a drums program, select Drums. In the case of Drums, the polyphony is normally 60 notes.

Depending on the multisamples that are selected for each oscillator, the maximum polyphony can be up to 120 notes for Single, up to 60 notes for Double, and up to 120 notes for Drums. (☞p.15)

Voice Assign Mode

Select whether the program will sound in Poly (polyphon- ically) or Mono (monophonically). If this is set to Poly, you will be able to play chords using the program. If this is set to Mono, only one note will sound even if you play a chord. Normally you will set this to Poly, but it is effective to use Mono when you are playing sounds such as a solo instrument, an analog-synth bass or a synth lead. Try switching between Poly and Mono, and listen to the results.

OSC Basic page

In this page you can select the multisample for each oscil- lator. The TRITON STUDIO provides 429 multisamples in its internal ROM memory (☞VNL).

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