Rediscovering the Korg Karma: A Unique and Powerful Workstation

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024

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  • @listentomattsmusic
    @listentomattsmusic 11 місяців тому +4

    Cool; I still use the Karma in some gigs. Have the option to operate it from and layer it with a Nord Stage which gives lot and lots of…. Karma. It’s still a beast in my opinion. 🙏🏼

  • @AngeloGuardia
    @AngeloGuardia Рік тому +2

    would be awesome to see a whole walk-trough how you played, recorded and produced that nice ending tune with the Karma!

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  Рік тому

      Good idea, I can have a look a that.

  • @ecoutezpourentendre
    @ecoutezpourentendre Рік тому

    Hey now!!! Really glad you didn’t sell it. And thank you for doing the videos’s. Happy to know that my suggestions to not sell on the GS thread may have nudged you into rediscovering this classic!
    PEACE

  • @keep_your_sanity
    @keep_your_sanity Рік тому +6

    Hey, cool demo and clear explanation for newbies like me. Got my KARMA about a year ago and only now I got started with discovering its huge potential. Hope you'll continue sharing your videos and experince with this gem :)

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  Рік тому +1

      thanks for that. The KARAM is a great workstation. Have you seen my video about the MOSS expansion board? ua-cam.com/video/DWfGJsSfY_Y/v-deo.html
      My next video is on the EXB-PCM05 for the KARMA

    • @keep_your_sanity
      @keep_your_sanity Рік тому

      @@IanDixonTDL yeah, I watched your vid about MOSS and was really impressed. I don't have it, u fortunately, but I would be willing to find it sometime. It is really hard to find for sale, moreover, the price is always confusing.
      Though I have EXB-PCM 04, 05 and 08, so I will definitely be waiting for your next vid.

  • @surferdude50
    @surferdude50 Рік тому

    I have had mine since 2001. Forgot so much. Thanks Dude!! ]80)

  • @Curious_Skeptic
    @Curious_Skeptic 8 місяців тому

    Such an inspirational little keyboard. It was a big part of the Kronos line IMHO. No idea why they ditched it in Nautilus. I'm glad I can grab a cheap Karma keyboard so I can at least get that bit of FUN back in my life.

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  8 місяців тому +1

      It is fun, good for inspiring ideas but I find it hard to fit into my own tracks sometimes.

    • @Curious_Skeptic
      @Curious_Skeptic 8 місяців тому

      @@IanDixonTDL I thought of it as my back up band while just 😎 🤙. Lol. Would come up all sorts of stuff. The guitar riffs were my favorite use of karma.

  • @jean-gabrielclermont-tonne2475
    @jean-gabrielclermont-tonne2475 9 місяців тому

    Super Video. Merci bien.

  • @deirdre444
    @deirdre444 6 місяців тому

    Hello. Just wondering how many years the Karma was manufactured. I know it was first introduced in 2001 but do you know what the cut off date was? Last manufactured in...2003, 2007, etc? Does anyone else reading this know when they stopped making them? I found one online I'm interested in buying. Like a fine wine, the year is important to me and the owner isn't sure (second owner).

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  6 місяців тому

      I looked at the Wayback machine and Korg removed the Karma from their site in late 2006 so I would say the stopped making it in 2006.

    • @deirdre444
      @deirdre444 6 місяців тому

      @@IanDixonTDL Thank you.

  • @vitaliypredoliak2124
    @vitaliypredoliak2124 Рік тому +1

    Sounds like my KORG X-50 got mostly features from this keyboard, has some cuts bur extremely portable.

  • @exakaume5955
    @exakaume5955 Рік тому +1

    the modern version of karma is krome ?

  • @Redwane-Music
    @Redwane-Music 8 місяців тому

    Hi, I have one like that. All what you are saying is true and keyboard can do crazy things, but to me the turn of is that you have to just be lucky to come up with a rythm, an algorithm, a G etc.. that you will like. You cannot start from ground zero and buid everything exactly the way you imagine to make the song you imagine. This keyboard is not for composing it seems like, it is for just trying things hopefully so you can jam on something you like and that's all.
    Please let me know is you see otherwise.

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  8 місяців тому

      I agree, the Karma features can inspire an ideas but it's almost to much like a completed song by someone else.

    • @Redwane-Music
      @Redwane-Music 8 місяців тому

      @@IanDixonTDL exactly , you don't feel that you coming up with your own product. Also, you cannot at any time start from scratch and get the same result after working hard on a tune and changing parameters , on programs and combis. Imagine you made a song and you lost the sequence and you want to go to the studio for a recording. you would have to figure out how did everything from scratch.

  • @amadovelazquez7523
    @amadovelazquez7523 11 місяців тому

    Awsome workstation. I have mine more than 21 years ago and still is an amazing machine. For me it is unique. For some time I was doing my music in the sequencer wich is very usefull. Programming is a little complex cause it have a lot of functions and asignaments. Mine have been upgraded to use floppy emulator and repaired the volume slide and selector wheel so I pretend its gives me a lot of fun for mor years. What do you think about it? Thank you

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  11 місяців тому

      I still love mine, I don't use it alot but its still lots of fun to use. The EXB Vintage board is great.

  • @Hyper5nic
    @Hyper5nic Рік тому

    Very curious of this Korg synthesizer workstation, and I have my eye on a second hand one that is very low priced only 20 km from my place.
    Quick question, do you program a lot of sounds and rhythms yourself or do you like to play the presets more?

    • @IanDixonTDL
      @IanDixonTDL  Рік тому +1

      I never got into GE programming, but you can do it. I did a bit of sound programming but its more of a rompler than a analog synth. Its still good fun to play with.