DISCONTINUED PRODUCT ARCHIVE
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This product has now been discontinued in the UK and information supplied here is for reference only.

Good Karma. Wicked Sound.

For an online tour of Programs and Combinations that take full advantage of Karma's Variable Performance Modeler, including mp3 examples mentioned in the Karma brochure, click here.

KARMA 2.0 Is Here!!!

Karma Operating System Version 2.0 is available in the KARMA Downloads area, along with complete documentation.

KARMA Streaming Video Demo
Karma was introduced at the Winter NAMM Show in January, 2001. Click here to see video highlights of the event.

Promotional Video
Korg offered a free promotional video of Karma when it was first introduced. Supplies have run out, but you can still view the 11 minute, 20 second Streaming Video online. Select one of the following links:

If you're setup for Streaming Video:
Click here to see the demo.

If you're not setup for Streaming Video:
Click here to setup your system.

Seven Years in the Making
At Korg we’re always dreaming up innovative ways to make our keyboards more expressive, more powerful, more musical, and when we first learned about a brand new technology called KARMA, we knew we'd found one. Seven years after assembling a global team of skilled engineers, programmers and musicians, the Karma Music Workstation brings new music-making possibilities to life.

To start, its synth and effects engines are identical to Triton's - so you know how great it sounds. It's also compatible with Triton sound data and supports the same user-installable PCM and MOSS expansion options so your sound palette can grow. Plus, the Karma Music Workstation provides the same feature-packed 16-track sequencer that has made the Korg Triton the leader in music workstations. So what makes this new keyboard so special?

It's KARMA, our revolutionary technology that generates amazing phrases, grooves and other musical effects that can be altered and randomized in real-time. With a bank of knobs and switches, you control elements like rhythmic complexity, harmony, melodic repeat, phrasing, panning...even the synth's sound and effects.

KARMA gives you the power to play impossible, interweaving cascades of notes, techno arpeggios and effects, dense rhythmic and melodic textures, natural-sounding glissandos, intricate fingerpicking and guitar strumming, swooping portamento and pitch bend moves to name but a few. The only limiting factor is your imagination.

Karma like this only comes around once every seven years. Fortunately for you, the wait is over.

KORG’s finest tone generator — the HI synthesis system
The 62-voice Karma Music Workstation features the same world-renowned HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system as our TRITON Music Workstation/Sampler. It includes 425 high-quality PCM multisamples and 413 drum samples covering a wide range of musical needs – 32 Mbytes in all. And an array of editable parameters let you tweak every sonic detail.

The effects section provides 102 effect algorithms, and you can use 5 insert effects, 2 master effects and a three-band equalizer simultaneously. Effect routing is very flexible, enabling you to send sound through any combination of effects and on to any of the four outputs.

Alternate Modulation and Effect Dynamic Modulation are also provided, letting you modulate parameters such as pitch, filter, amp, EG and LFO. Delay time and LFO can also be synchronized to MIDI clock or tempo. You can even sync the sounds or effects with the tempo of the KARMA function or the sequencer playback.

KORG's superior programs and combis
The Karma Music Workstation contains a rich assortment of sounds created by KORG’s legendary voicing team, acclaimed by professional musicians around the world. There are 640 user programs(384 preloaded), plus 256 programs and 9 drum programs compatible with GM level 2 in ROM. Drum programs can select from 64 user drum kits (16 preloaded) and the 9 GM drum kits.

A Combination lets you use up to eight programs set up as splits and layers, and you have immediate access to as many as 768 user combinations (384 preloaded). KARMA settings have been made for all preloaded sounds, so you can simply select a sound and play phrases immediately.

Specifications subject to change without notice