how useful is karma for not electronic tunes?

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Johnny Puperze
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Post by Johnny Puperze »

yup, i won´t pretend that i fully understand karma- only tried a few presets and and listened to a few karma demos

i dont want a "ready machine", i just think most karma created stuff i heard before sounds pretty arpeggiated and i think it is much easier for me if i simply record my music the way i want it in a sequencer (not necessarily in one with arranger features like transposition by play) and record different takes of it / copy/paste & alter it, or even program it entirely in the sequencer to make different variations.

of course such changes have to be done beforehand and except for the parameters that i was mentioning with the yamaha stuff, wont be as dynamic

what i meant is that it is at least to my understanding not the ultimate tool, and everyone likes to work differently:
a classicaly trained piano player with no exposure to computer- or sequencer technology propably would not want to tinker with it (nor would he with arrangers / sequencers of course)

others want to write their music primarily with analog step sequencers

you seem to dig karma it seems, but you are a great player, you could have created that stuff no problems without the help of karma! :verycool:

my way of getting other ideas is ie. programming instead of playing by hand or using the 16 pads of the mpc1000 that i acquired just recently (which also happens to incorporate a kickass sequencer :lol: ) to play melodies.
i´m pretty sure karma is not the better tool for me

very nice videos btw, really liked those! =D>
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jeffrey
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Post by jeffrey »

I can relate here. I'm not a keyboard player (guitar, bass, and drums) but want something to add sounds to music. I have similar taste in music too (ie: older 60s/70s rock and alternative/indie music) so I'd just want the M3 for for 'filler' sounds.
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Rob Sherratt
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Post by Rob Sherratt »

For quick layout of an arrangement with Intro, Fills, Variations etc for 50's and 60's and Jazz music I use my Pa2x in "backing sequence - quick record mode." I modify the arrangements and synchronize with my M3 to add Karma parts later. Each keyboard has its strengths, but with respect the M3 takes a lot more work to create golden oldies.

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Rob
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