KARMA 2: RTC Model: GV1 - Gated Vel/Pat 1
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What this RTC Model does

This RTC Model (Need a general one-paragraph overview, in plain English, of what this RTC model generally does to the GE.)


Key: RTC Model Control Groupings by Color
Note Generation
Pitch Bend
Melodic Repeat
KARMA Wave-Sequence
FX/CC Control
LFO/Envelope 1
LFO/Envelope 2

RTC Model: GV1 - Gated Vel/Pat 1
Slider 1 Rhythm Swing % Switch 1 Force Mono
Slider 2 Rhythm Complexity -OR- Pattern Switch 2 Note Scale Type -OR- Pitch Pattern
Slider 3 Duration Control Switch 3 Note Pattern <-> Chord
Slider 4 Velocity Accents -OR- Pattern Switch 4 Note Voicing
Slider 5 Bend Length Switch 5 Bend On/Off
Slider 6 Bend Start % Switch 6 Bend Direction
Slider 7 Repeat Repetitions Switch 7 Repeat Rhythm Value
Slider 8 Repeat Transpose Switch 8 Repeat Volume/Decay
Note: The slider/switch names describe how they change the sound generated by the GE. They are not names of specific GE parameters. Some of them control multiple GE parameters at the same time. To determine exactly what a specific slider or switch in this RTC Model is doing, look in the ASSIGN fields of the GE RTP tab of the KARMA pages for a combi or program. This will tell you the specific GE parameters (and their min, max and assigned values) corresponding to that slider/switch. You can then look up the definition of these parameters in the Parameter Guide for your keyboard model.

Slider/Switch descriptions

Slider 1 Rhythm Swing % Controls the percentage of swing (or hip-hop feeling). 0% = no swing, 50% = triplets, and 100% pushes the swung notes all the way to the next value of half the note length set by the “Swing Note Value” parameter. A value of 101 selects +200%, and a value of 102 selects –200%.
Slider 2 Rhythm Complexity -OR- Pattern Controls the rhythm pattern of generated notes. Since there are several different ways of controlling rhythm in GEs, including varying the Random Ties Factor on a Rhythm Pattern containing random ties, or switching the entire Rhythm Pattern using one of multiple Rhythm Pattern Templates, the exact function may be different depending on the GE.
Slider 3 Duration Control Controls the length of time (sustain) of generated notes. The values available (i.e. percentage-based or time-based) are dependent upon the Duration Mode parameter's setting, which is not typically accessible in the keyboard itself. See the Duration Control Reference article for more detail.
Slider 4 Velocity Accents -OR- Pattern Controls the the percentage scale of the velocity values of generated notes based on a selected Velocity Pattern, which subtracts from the initial velocities input or played to provide accents on some notes. This slider is set to reverse (-) polarity so that moving the slider all the way up will produce a KARMA value of 0 (zero percent - or no change to velocities), and moving the slider downward will increase the percentage value and scale the Velocity Pattern accordingly.
Slider 5 Bend Length Specifies an overall length for a “bend window” within which the bend will take place, based on the Bend: Start % and Bend: End % parameters. The bend window can be set to various note lengths, fixed time (10 to 5000 ms) or actual note duration (as shown):

This GE RTP is also covered in the Karma-Lab video tutorial series: House 101: Combi Creation Series, in Chapter 29: Pitch Bending - Part 1.
Slider 6 Bend Start % Specifies when the pitch bend will start in the overall bend window, based on the Bend: Length parameter or note duration. A setting of 0% means the pitch bend will start immediately. Increasing this value will delay the start of the pitch bend accordingly, e.g. 50% means that the note will initially play and hold its starting pitch for half of its duration before the pitch bend occurs.
This GE RTP is also covered in the Karma-Lab video tutorial series: House 101: Combi Creation Series, in Chapter 29: Pitch Bending - Part 1.
Slider 7 Repeat Repetitions Sets the number of repeated notes to generate using the Repeat: Repetitions parameter. This RTC is most often configured between 0 and 8 repetitions (although this does vary depending on the GE). A value of 0 means no repeated notes will be generated; a value of 101 will cause notes to be repeated indefinitely until something stops them. Note that some repetitions may not be generated depending on other RTPs, such as the Repeat: Range group of parameters.
Slider 8 Repeat Transpose Sets the amount by which each successive repeated note is transposed in semitone values, producing melodic repeats. This is most often configured within the full range of +/-24 semitones. A special KARMA value of 25 uses the GE's Index Pattern as a transposition table to transpose the repeated notes, so that each repeated note is transposed by a different amount from the previous repeated note.
Switch 1 Force Mono Sets whether the GE will play monophonically (ON) or polyphonically (OFF). When switched ON, clusters will be suppressed and only one note (the lowest note) will be played, and note durations will not overlap the next triggered note in the series. Useful for thinning out dense GEs for polyphonic programs, or correcting the behaviour of monophonic programs.
Switch 2 Note Scale Type -OR- Pitch Pattern Controls how the Note Series is generated, and by default switches between Regular mode (actual notes played) and Scalic 1 mode (chord analysis). For more on this parameter see Note Series: Note Type Tutorial.
Switch 3 Note Pattern <-> Chord [needs description]
Switch 4 Note Voicing [needs description]
Switch 5 Bend On/Off Turns ON or OFF pitch-bending effects, which are further programmed or controlled by these GE RTP (see below): Bend: Start % (on Slider 6), Bend: Length (on Slider 5), and Bend: Amount (on Switch 6).
Switch 6 Bend Direction Controls the direction of the pitch-bend effect as programmed by the Bend: Amount GE RTP. In respect of this RTC Model, it is most commonly programmed to bend down or up -12 / +12 semitones. Note: the actual resulting size of the bend also depends on the setting of the Bend Range parameter, which sets the overall pitch-bend range for the GE. Furthermore, adjustments may be required to the timbre's pitch-bend settings in order for the bending effects to work properly.
Switch 7 Repeat Rhythm Value [needs description]
Switch 8 Repeat Volume/Decay [needs description]

Example programs and combis

Programs:

  • M3:
    • I-A006
    • I-A015
    • I-A064
    • I-B022
  • OASYS:
    • [need references]
  • Kronos:
    • [need references]

Combis:

  • M3:
    • [need references and modules]
  • OASYS:
    • [need references and modules]
  • Kronos:
    • [need references and modules]

GE Real-Time Parameters (32 GE RTP)

The following table shows the default GE Real-Time Parameters in an initialized RTC model. It's very rare that any of the parameters with slider/switch assignments are ever changed for a particular GE based on this RTC model. However a KARMA Designer will quite often change some of the non-assigned parameters, particularly in the 17-32 range, so some of the parameters that you see in a specific GE using this RTC model might not exactly match the following table.

RTC Model: GV1 - Gated Vel/Pat 1 - 32 GE RTP
No. GE RT Parameter Min Max Value Assign
1 Rhythm: Swing% 0~100,-200,+200 Min:+0000 Max:+0102 Ctr:+0050 Slider 1

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2 Rhythm: Template + Restore [B] Min:+0000 Max:+0050 Val:+0032 Slider 2

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3 Duration: Duration Value [B] Min:+0001 Max:+0200 Ctr:+0100 Slider 3

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4 Velocity: Scale [B] Min:+0000 Max:+0500 Val:+0200 Slider 4

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5 Note Series: Note Type Min:+0000 Max:+0001 - - - - Switch 2

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6 Note Series: Voicing Min:+0000 Max:+0001 - - - - Switch 4

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7 Repeat: Repetitions Min:+0000 Max:+0012 Val:+0004 Slider 7

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8 Repeat: Selected Rhythms Min:+0003 Max:+0005 - - - - Switch 7

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9 Repeat: Transpose Min:-0024 Max:+0024 Ctr:+0000 Slider 8

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10 Repeat: Initial Velocity Min:-0030 Max:-0006 - - - - Switch 8

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11 Repeat: Decay Min:-0006 Max:-0003 - - - - Switch 8

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12 Bend: On/Off Min:+0000 Max:+0001 - - - - Switch 5

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13 Bend: Amount Min:-0012 Max:+0012 - - - - Switch 6

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14 Bend: Length Min:+0000 Max:+0025 Val:+0010 Slider 5

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15 Bend: Start % Min:+0000 Max:+0100 Ctr:+0050 Slider 6

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16 GE: Force Mono Min:+0000 Max:+0001 - - - - Switch 1

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17 GE: Gate Type Min:+0000 Max:+0001 - - - - Switch 3

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18 Phase: TSig Numerator [B] Min:+0000 Max:+0031 Val:+0003 - - - -

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19 Cluster: Template + Restore [B] Min:+0000 Max:+0063 Val:+0000 - - - -

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20 Repeat: Rebound Mode Min:+0000 Max:+0002 Ctr:+0001 - - - -

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21 Repeat: Range Bottom (Abs) Min:+0000 Max:+0127 Val:+0036 - - - -

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22 Repeat: Range Top (Abs) Min:+0000 Max:+0127 Val:+0096 - - - -

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23 Repeat: Stop Mode Min:+0000 Max:+0002 Ctr:+0001 - - - -

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24 CCs: Fixed/On [1] 010 Min:+0000 Max:+0128 Val:+0128 - - - -

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25 CCs: CC A - 010 Min:-0001 Max:+0126 Val:+0010 - - - -

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26 CCs: Template + Restore [B] 010 Min:+0000 Max:+0063 Val:+0004 - - - -

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27 Velocity: Velocity Range Bottom Min:+0001 Max:+0127 Val:+0032 - - - -

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