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Quick Edits using the Sliders, Knobs and Switches
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You can achieve the same effect as Basic, above, by
setting Chord to Advanced, Voice Assign to Mono,
Priority to Last Note, and Legato to Off.
Creating and editing chords
Chords are assigned to the Pads, stored, and edited as
described under “Drum & Chord Pads” on page 48.
Selecting chords
The Chord function uses the chords assigned to the
Pads. To select a chord to play from the keyboard (or
via MIDI):
1. Select the desired Pad from the Source pop-up
menu
or:
When Chord is enabled, Press a Chord Pad.
When Chord mode is enabled, pressing a Chord Pad
edits the Source parameter. The Pad will not play any
sounds by itself; it only selects the chord to be played
from the keyboard.
Chord mode is enabled when the Chord SW is either
unassigned or turned On, and...
• In Program mode, Chord is set to Basic or
Advanced
• In Combi mode, Chord is set to Basic or Advanced
on any Timbre (with Status set to INT) on the
Global channel
• In Sequencer mode, Chord is set to Basic or
Advanced on any Track (with Status set to INT or
BTH) on the same MIDI channel as the current
Keyboard Track
In Combi mode, selection via the Pads affects all
Timbres on the Global Channel. In Sequencer mode,
this affects Tracks on the same MIDI channel as the
current Keyboard Track.
What if Timbres/Tracks share the same channel,
but have different Source settings?
If Timbres/Tracks share the same channel but have
different Source settings, they will maintain the
different settings as long as the Pads are not used to
select a different chord. As soon as a Pad is used, all the
Timbres/Tracks will be set to the same chord–unless
they are set to PRG.
When Source is set to PRG, the Timbre/Track uses the
Source chord stored in the Program, instead of any of
the chords from the current Combi or Song. This
makes it easy to use Chord mode for sound-specific
effects, such as octaves, stacked fifths, and so on.
Playing chords
The lowest note of the selected chord is transposed to
match the note played on the keyboard. Higher notes
are transposed accordingly. For instance, let’s say that:
• The stored chord is F4, Bb4, and Eb5
• You play a D3 on the keyboard (or via MIDI)
In this case, the resulting chord will be D3, G3, and C4.
Just as with the Pads, the stored velocities are scaled by
the velocity of the played note.
In Combi and Sequencer modes, as long as the root
note of the chord is within the Timbre/Track keyboard
zone, the entire chord will be played in that
Timbre/Track–even if some of the notes extend beyond
the Timbre/Track’s key zone.
Chords and MIDI
The Chord SW and Source Pad settings (including
selections via the Pads) are transmitted and received
via SysEx, which can be recorded and played back via
internal or external sequencers.
In Combi and Sequencer modes, there are discrete
SysEx messages per Timbre/Track for both Chord SW
and Source Pad, so that each Timbre/Track can be set
individually if desired. Note that this allows more
flexibility than when using the local keyboard’s Chord
SW and Pads.
When the Chord SW or the front-panel Pads are used
to change the chord state, separate messages are sent
for each affected Timbre or Track, including:
• In Combi mode, each Timbre on the Global
Channel
• In Sequencer mode, each Track on the same MIDI
channel as the Keyboard Track
Quick Edits using the Sliders, Knobs and Switches
You can edit any of the Programs shipped with
OASYS, or you can start with an initialized Program to
create sounds from scratch.
You can do many basic edits directly from the front
panel Control Surface knobs, switches, and sliders,
without ever delving deeper into the LCD interface.
For instance, you can use the knobs to change attack
and release times, make sounds brighter or darker,
alter effects depths, modulate KARMA’s phrase
generation, and so on.
The knobs, sliders, and switches will do different
things, depending of the Control Surface CONTROL
ASSIGN setting. For editing Programs, the three
important CONTROL ASSIGN settings are
TIMBRE/TRACK, R.TIME KNOBS/KARMA, and
TONE ADJUST.
TIMBRE/TRACK lets you adjust
the volume, pan, and send levels
for Oscillators 1 and 2, along with
the Program EQ.
R.TIME KNOBS/KARMA lets you
modulate sounds and effects with
the knobs, and control KARMA
with the sliders and switches.