HELP FILE AND MANUAL Version 2.2.11 Revision: 26-Jun-2015 ©1994-2015 by Stephen Kay, Karma-Lab LLC. All Rights Reserved. http://www.karma-lab.com Protected by U.S. Patents: 5,486,647, 5,521,327, 6,084,171, 6,087,578, 6,103,964, 6,121,532, 6,121,533, 6,326,538, 6,639,141, 7,169,997, 7,342,166 KARMA® and the KARMA Logo are registered trademarks, and KARMA MW, KARMA Triton, KARMA Oasys, KARMA M3, KARMA M50, KARMA Kronos, KARMA Motif, Generated Effect (GE), Melodic Repeat, Direct Index, Manual Advance, SmartScan, Freeze Randomize, Random Capture and Random FF/REW are trademarks of Stephen Kay, Karma-Lab LLC, www.karma-lab.com. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Portions of the Windows™ version produced with Mac2Win™ Software Copyrights © 1990-2015 Altura Software, Inc. Table Of Contents Using This Help File<UseHelp> Read this first for information on how to best use this on-line manual. Basic Operations<Basic> New Users should consult this to get some helpful advice for working with the software. First Time Setup<SetupKK> How to configure your Korg M3 to work with the software. Includes information on Loading/Saving PCG Data, SysEx, Global Settings and more. • MIDI Setup MIDI Ins & Outs<MIDIInOut> Sync<SynEd> Communication Status<CommStat> • Performance Editor Performance Editor<PE> GE Setup<MixEd> Control<CtlEd> Trigger<TrgEd> MIDI Filter<FilEd> Key Zones<KeyEd> RT Parms<RPPEd> Dynamic MIDI<DynEd> Random Seeds<RsdEd> CC Offsets<OffEd> KORG<KexEd> • GE (Generated Effect) Editor GE (Generated Effect) Editor<GE> Note Series<RifEd> Phase (Part 1)<PhsEd> Phase (Part 2)<PhsEd2> Rhythm<RhyEd> Duration<DurEd> Index<NteEd> Cluster<CluEd> Velocity<VelEd> CCs (Part 1)<PanEd> CCs (Part 2) - Pitch Offsets<POffEd> WaveSeq<WavEd> Envelopes<EnvEd> Melodic Repeat<RptEd> Bend<BndEd> Drum (Part 1)<DrmEd> Drum (Part 2)<DrmEd2> Direct Index<DixEd> RT Parms<RTPEd> Page 2 • Other Windows KDF (KARMA Data File)<KDF> Bank Display (Performances)<PBD> Bank Display (GEs)<GBD> Bank Displays (Templates)<TBD> Data Display<DadEd> Note Series Display<BufEd> Performance Info<Pfi> Chord Input<CjmEd> Real-Time Controls (RTC)<RtcEd> Chord Triggers<CtgEd> Metronome<MetEd> Note Map<NteMap> Import To GE<ImpGE> • Dialogs and Utilities Preferences (Part 1)<Prefs> Preferences (Part 2)<Prefs2> Performance Dialogs<PEUtils> GE Dialogs<GEUtils> Real-Time Controls Dialogs<RtcDlg> SysEx Dialogs - Performances<SXPE> SysEx Dialogs - GEs and Templates<SXGE> Other Dialogs<OthDlg> • Menus and Shortcuts Menu Reference (Part 1)<MenuRef> Menu Reference (Part 2)<MenuRef2> Keyboard Shortcuts<KbdShort> • Appendices - General Using The Pattern Grids<UseGrid> KARMA Memory Architecture<MemArch> Using Auto Bend<UseAutoBend> Open Voicing Reference<OVoice> Random Weighting Curves<RandCurves> Dynamic MIDI Sources<DynSrc> Dynamic MIDI Destinations<DynDst> RT Parms Reference<RTPRef> • Appendices - M3 Backing Up And Reloading Your M3’s PCG Data<KM3BU> Restoring The M3’s Factory Data<KM3Load> Communication Configuration - M3<M3Cfg> Communication Configuration - KM3 Software<KM3Cfg> Additional M3-M (Module) Setup<ModSetup> Page 3 Using This Help File Sections in this chapter: Navigation Bar<UseHelp/Nav> Menu Buttons<UseHelp/HUB> Popup Tooltips<UseHelp/Pop> Conventions<UseHelp/Conv> This Help File can only be accessed through the KARMA application. If KARMA can not locate the file when you request help, it will ask you to locate this file. You should generally not move the file from where it was installed by the Installer or rename it. An Adobe Acrobat® version (.pdf) of this same file was installed on your hard drive and can be used for printing and online searching if desired. The Help File can be opened in four different ways: 1) by using the main Help Menu, which has several locations in this file preselected for easy access; 2) by pressing the key shortcut Cmnd+H (Mac) or Ctrl+H (Windows), taking you to the Table Of Contents; 3) by pressing the key shortcut Cmnd+H (Mac) or Ctrl+H (Windows) while a popup Tooltip is showing, thereby taking you directly to the parameter associated with the Tooltip; and 4) by choosing the “Help” command from any of the round Menu Buttons that can be found in each window and page of the application (see below). <Nav><1117><1118><1119><1120><1121><1122><1123><1124> Navigation Bar The buttons on the Navigation Bar at the top of the Help Window allow you to move through the Help File. You may also select a chapter directly with the “Select Chapter” popup menu. ´ Except for the Table Of Contents button, the other buttons may be inactive at various times (greyed out) depending on where you are in the document. The Help File remembers your current position every time you click on a new hypertext link, or use the buttons to move somewhere else. These positions are assembled into a list of up to 25 links. The Back (Previous Link) and Forward (Next Link) buttons allow you to step backwards or forwards through this list. Each time you close the Help Window, the list is reset to zero, and the buttons will be disabled next time you open the window. When the Help Window is front most (or when a modal dialog is open in front of it), certain keys on the computer keyboard can also be used to navigate through the file, instead of or in addition to the above buttons: Even though a modal dialog may be up, you can still open and access the Help File. You cannot click on it with the mouse, but all of the key commands above let you navigate through it and get information on the modal dialog that is up if desired. <HUB><0000><0001><0002> Page 4 Menu Buttons Each of the round “Menu Buttons” next to the window or page titles produce a popup menu when clicked. They each have “Help” as the first item, giving you a direct link to the applicable section of this file. Select “Help” on any of these buttons for immediate access to the chapter containing information about the parameters in that section of the application. The other commands in each of the Menu Buttons are utility functions that relate to the particular editor or page that the button is associated with. Therefore, these items will vary according to the location of the button. For information on the commands in each of these buttons, consult the chapter that relates to the page or editor that the button is associated with. <Pop><0001> Popup Tooltips Popup Tooltips are short descriptions that popup while holding the mouse cursor over various labels, parameters and objects in the application. Tooltips can be turned on or off globally for the entire application, in addition to having several groups within the tooltip system that can be independently controlled. You can turn them globally on/off from the Help Menu, or also from the Preferences Editor, where other control options such as the delay before they appear can be set. You can control exactly which objects have tooltips and the amount of time delay before they pop up, or only the use of the ‘t’ key to make them pop up. For more information, see Preferences: Tooltips. <Prefs/Tooltips> For example, after you get used to working with KARMA, it may be helpful to set the tooltips to only popup over labels (and not parameters), and have the longest delay time setting. That way, you may never notice they are there during normal speed of working, but if you want a reminder or a hint about some function, you can hold the mouse over a label and it will appear. Or, you may wish to use the option where popping up is completely disabled, but you can still press the ‘t’ key to make a tooltip popup at any time. When a tooltip is showing, if you press Cmnd+H (Mac) or Ctrl+H (Windows), you will be taken directly to the Help File and the applicable parameter for more information. To make a tooltip go away when it is showing without moving the mouse off an object, press any key on the computer keyboard. Also, a tooltip will automatically disappear after approximately 15 seconds. <Conv> Conventions --- Parameters --- Parameters and changeable settings are displayed in bold type surrounded by square brackets, with a blue diamond icon like this: [Parameter] (object type) [range] Page 5 --- Hypertext Links --- Hypertext links to other areas of the help file are shown in red and are underlined, like this: Link To A Different Chapter<bogus> Link within the same chapter<bogus2> As you move the cursor over a link, it will change into a “hand,” indicating that you can click on it. You will be taken to the linked item (the examples above do not take you anywhere). If you are using the Acrobat .pdf version, the main chapter title links in the Index and the Section Dividers work, but the individual links sprinkled throughout the chapters currently do not. --- Key Commands --- Key Commands (such as Ctrl+M) are shown in blue type, like this. --- Notes --- Notes are presented in brown type like this (with a balloon icon), and present additional information about a particular topic. --- Important Items --- Important items are presented in red type like this (with an exclamation point icon), and are important notices concerning various features and functions of KARMA. --- Tips --- Tips are presented in magenta type like this (with a light bulb icon), and are suggestions and tricks to help you get the most out of KARMA. --- Example Performances/Generated Effects --- Example Performances and GEs are shown in bold green type like this: Combi Bank A000: Towards The Sun.