KARMA is a music workstation with a revolutionary new phrase
technology. Generate grooves, arpeggios, effects and more, all in
realtime with plenty of knobs, switches and joysticks for hands-on
control. You can control the rhythmic complexity, harmony, melodic
repeat, phrasing, panning, effects and more from these knobs! KARMA is
designed to create techno arpeggios and effects, natural sounding
glissandos, and many other animated sounds and dynamic effects. KARMA
lets you play complex moving synth parts that could normally take hours
of programming. Just play some chords and twiddle the control knobs to
vary the KARMA patterns, and let KARMA do the rest.
Like the Triton, KARMA features 62 voice polyphony and HI (Hyper
Integrated) synthesis with 425 PCM multi-samples and 413 drum sounds.
Patch memory consists of 640 user programs, plus 256 programs and 9 drum
programs, 64 drum kits and 9 GM drum kits. Up to 8 patches can be
combined, split, layered, etc. There is, however, no on-board sampler as
there is in the Triton. But the KARMA technology more than makes up for
this limitation with its revolutionary ability to generate totally
random or fully controllable animated sounds, grooves, phrases, etc.
which can't be found in comparable synthesizers. A splendid,
studio-quality effects section offers 102 effects to sweeten your KARMA
creations. In addition to an LFO, Alternate Modulation and Effect
Dynamic Modulation enable you to further modulate the pitch, filter,
amp, EG, LFO, etc. All modulation and KARMA functions can be synced to
tempo or MIDI clock.
A built-in and powerful 16-track sequencer is all you need to generate
complete music tracks with the KARMA. It can hold up to 200 songs, with
up to 999 measures per song! Phrases generated by the KARMA function can
be recorded into your sequences. Songs are created using a Cue List
function to arrange up to 99 different sequences. The RPPR (Realtime
Pattern Play/Recording) function lets you play phrases back by pressing
a single key. And there are 150 drum and percussion patterns provided.
You can jam along with the RPPR function or the Song Play function,
using KARMA effects in realtime and in sync! Excellent for live use as
well as in the studio.
