Korg KARMA
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The Korg
KARMA music workstation
was released in 2001 as a specialised member of the Korg Triton
family.
Unlike most other Korg workstation names, the KARMA name is rendered in capitals as an acronym for the Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture. KARMA was developed by Stephen Kay as a system to generate complex musical phrases and passages in realtime to expand the capabilities of a single performer. Unlike traditional synthesizer arpeggiators, KARMA phrases can evolve as parameters such as rhythmic complexity, patterns, and velocity are changed by the performer.
KARMA technology has now appeared in a second Korg workstation, the Korg OASYS
. Introduced in mid 2007, the Korg M3
also sports the latest 2nd generation KARMA functionality.
As a member of the Triton family, the Korg KARMA uses the same HI sample-based synthesis techniques as the other Triton workstations and uses the same expansion ROMs. It can be upgraded with the MOSS modelling synthesizer module.
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
KARMA music workstation
Music workstation
A music workstation is an electronic musical instrument providing the facilities of:*a sound module,*a music sequencer and* a musical keyboard.It enables a musician to compose electronic music using just one piece of equipment.-History:...
was released in 2001 as a specialised member of the Korg Triton
Korg Triton
Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer featuring digital sampling and sequencing created by Korg. All Tritons use Korg's HI Synthesis tone generator. They are available in several models and various upgrade configurations. The Triton is world famous among many musicians for being a...
family.
Unlike most other Korg workstation names, the KARMA name is rendered in capitals as an acronym for the Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture. KARMA was developed by Stephen Kay as a system to generate complex musical phrases and passages in realtime to expand the capabilities of a single performer. Unlike traditional synthesizer arpeggiators, KARMA phrases can evolve as parameters such as rhythmic complexity, patterns, and velocity are changed by the performer.
KARMA technology has now appeared in a second Korg workstation, the Korg OASYS
Korg OASYS
The Korg OASYS was a workstation synthesizer released in early 2005, 1 year after the successful Korg Triton Extreme. Unlike the Triton series, the OASYS was implemented on a custom Linux operating system and was designed to be arbitrarily expandable via software updates, with its functionality...
. Introduced in mid 2007, the Korg M3
Korg M3
Korg M3 is a music workstation synthesizer manufactured by Korg Corporation and introduced at the Winter NAMM show during January, 2007. It hit the streets 4 months later. The M3 is the successor of the famous Triton series...
also sports the latest 2nd generation KARMA functionality.
As a member of the Triton family, the Korg KARMA uses the same HI sample-based synthesis techniques as the other Triton workstations and uses the same expansion ROMs. It can be upgraded with the MOSS modelling synthesizer module.
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