applause, bomb explosion, scream) or upload your own MP3 or WAV files, and perform search operations.
Other important features worth mentioning are represented by the possibility to select between various special audio effects (e.g.
What’s more, you can switch to a full screen mode for a better focus on your work, track the history of played songs for the selected singers, and lock the keyboard so other users cannot close the program accidentally, Karma gives users the possibility to upload an entire folder to the list and add multiple singers to the database by providing details about them, such as first and last name, as well email address. However, you can make the program display tooltips for understanding the function of each built-in dedicated parameter. The layout may seem a bit overwhelming at a first glance, as you don’t know where to get started.
Cross-Platform KARMA Motif Software to Be Released at Winter NAMM 2011īUENA PARK, Calif.Karma is an audio application that helps users set up karaoke sessions by letting them view the lyrics for various audio files.
Yamaha and Karma-Lab announces the development and release of KARMA Motif Software for PC and Mac. “This exciting new collaboration brings the power of KARMA to a completely new user base using the great sounds and features of the Yamaha Motif series,” said This new entry in the renowned developer’s line of software applications brings the award-winning and patented KARMA algorithmic music technology to the Yamaha Motif XS and Yamaha Motif XF platforms. “This will add a whole new dimension to the Motif experience.” KARMA developer Stephen Kay, who will demonstrate the software at NAMM. KARMA Motif debuts the new KARMA 3.0 technology with a host of new features including eight-track design (six KARMA Modules and two Keyboard Layers) per Performance, per-track Volume and Mute stored in each of the 32 Scenes and the ability to individually adjust the mix of all parts in each Scene. Users are also able to control Velocity Response Curves by individually tailoring the velocity response for the left hand keyboard, the right hand keyboard, the input to KARMA from the keyboard, and the 16 Chord Triggers (pads), without editing the Motif's programs or songs.Ī Fill/Stop Feature allows for the use of one or more modules as a melodic or drum fill with the ability to stop and start other modules automatically. The Advanced Stutter Feature lets users retrigger the entire groove at different rhythmic resolutions,įrom machine-gun stutters to slow triplet hits. It also features a real-time Master Transpose function, Chord Triggers that can activate pre-programmed chords, hits, sound effects and even the Motif's arps. KARMA Motif's Performances use the Motif's Song/Mixing mode, where each of And, with the new KARMA software, all of the buttons and sliders on the Motif's interface (in Remote Mode) can be used to trigger the Chord Triggers and Fills, the Stutter feature, Scene changes, Scene mixes and real-time algorithmic variations. The 64 songs is a complete KARMA algorithmic music groove with a left hand and right hand zone for controlling KARMA and soloing on top of it. Integrated in many performances as additional elements that can be added via the 16 Chord Triggers.
Furthermore, a KARMA Performance can call up any Motif Voice, Performance, Song, Pattern, or Master slot when loading, so that While in Song Mode, players are just one step away from recording their KARMA-created musical performances into the Motif's sequencer, or the output can be routed to any DAW for external sequencing. KARMA can be used in any of the Motif's modes.
“KARMA is one of the most innovative and interactive music software programs ever developed,” said Athan Billias, Director of Marketing at Yamaha’s Pro Audio & Combo division.