KORG OASYS musical instruments - Manual (Page 39)

Basic Information About the OASYS’ PCM memory
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• Select and play Combinations
• Use OASYS as a 16-track multitimbral tone
generator
• Edit Combinations
Assign Programs to each of the 16 Timbres, each
with separate volume, pan, EQ, and keyboard and
velocity zones; make settings for effects, vector
synthesis, and KARMA.
• Control and play up to four KARMA modules
• Sample or resample
For example you can sample an external audio
source while listening to the performance of the
KARMA, or resample a performance you play using
a combination.
Sequencer mode
Sequencer mode lets you record, play back, and edit
MIDI tracks and audio tracks. You can:
• Select and play Songs
• Edit Songs
Assign Programs to each of the 16 MIDI Tracks,
each with separate volume, pan, EQ, and keyboard
and velocity zones; make settings for effects, vector
synthesis, and KARMA; edit MIDI data
• Record up to sixteen MIDI tracks simultaneously
• Record up to four of the sixteen audio tracks
simultaneously, mix using automation, and import
WAVE files.
• Control and play up to four KARMA modules
• Sample or resample
You can sample an external audio input source
while playing a song, and use In-Track Sampling to
automatically create a note event that triggers the
sample at the same time as it was recorded.
You can also resample an entire song, and then use
Disk mode to create an audio CD.
• Use OASYS as a 16-track multitimbral tone
generator
• Record patterns and assign them to individual
keys, using RPPR (Realtime Pattern
Play/Recording)
Sampling mode
Sampling mode lets you record and edit user samples
and multisamples. For example, you can:
• Sample external audio sources (i.e., record
samples), including sampling through effects
• Edit waveform data you sampled or loaded in from
media, and set loop points etc.
• Create and edit multisamples, which consist of one
or more samples spread out across the keyboard
• Quickly convert multisamples into Programs
• Digital data can be sampled (“ripped”) directly
from an audio CD in the CD-R/RW drive. You can
also play back audio CDs.
Global mode
Global mode lets you make overall settings for the
entire OASYS, and edit wave sequences and drum kits.
For instance, you can:
• Make settings that affect the entire OASYS, such as
master tune and global MIDI channel
• Create user drum kits, wave sequences, and user
scales
• Create drum kits using ROM, EXs, or RAM drum
samples
• Rename program, combination, and KARMA GE
categories
• Set the function of the assignable pedals and
assignable switches
• Transmit MIDI System Exclusive data dumps
Disk mode
Disk mode lets you save, load, and manage data using
the internal hard disk, the internal CD-R/RW drive,
and external USB 2.0 storage devices. You can:
• Save and load Programs, Combinations, Songs,
Samples, and Global setup data
• Format disks and storage media, copy and rename
files, etc.
• Load AKAI, AIFF, and WAVE samples, and export
RAM samples in AIFF or WAVE formats
• Export and import sequences to and from SMF
(Standard MIDI Files)
• You can use the Data Filer function to save or load
MIDI System Exclusive data
• Create and play back audio CDs
About the OASYS’ PCM memory
“PCM” is another way of saying “samples.” The
OASYS includes the following PCM memory banks.
ROM: 314 MB
When you turn on the power, the ROM will always be
loaded and available. This contains the basic
multisamples and samples.
With the factory settings, programs that use this PCM
data are loaded into program banks INT-A, B, C, and
D.