Omnisphere 3 Hardware Guide

Setting Up the KARMA

When using the Korg KARMA to control Omnisphere, the following knobs on the KARMA are assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:

KARMA Realtime Controls:

  • Knob 1 (CC#22) – Global Controls Cutoff
  • Knob 2 CC#23) – Global Controls Resonance
  • Knob 3 (CC#24) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Amount
  • Knob 4 (CC#25) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth
  • Knob 5 (CC#26) – Global Controls Ambience Amount
  • Knob 6 (CC#27) – Global Controls Ambience Length
  • Knob 7 (CC#28) – Global Controls Unison
  • Knob 8 (CC#29) – Global Controls Glide

Setup

To control Omnisphere using the KARMA, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Connect the KARMA to your computer’s MIDI interface.
  2. Set up the KARMA to control Omnisphere.
  3. Enable the KARMA as a MIDI input device in the host software you’re using (DAW, Standalone, etc.).
  4. Activate the KARMA Hardware Profile in Omnisphere 3 or later.

KARMA SETUP

Omnisphere relies on the default settings of the KARMA Realtime Controls for external control. Please go through the following steps to enable external control for the KARMA Realtime Controls and to set them to their default MIDI CC# assignments:

  1. Press the [GLOBAL] button to enter Global mode. Press the [MENU] button, and then press the [F6] “Ctrl” button, and [F8] “Open” button.
  2. Press the [F2] “KARM1” button, then press the [F8] “UTILITY” button to open the utility menu.
  3. Press the [F7] button to select “Reset KARMA Ctrls Assign.”
  4. Press the [F8] (“OK”) button.
  5. Set “To:” to “Default Setting”, and then press the [F8] “OK” button.
  6. Press the [ 1 ] button next to the KARMA Realtime Controls knobs so that the knobs are on “Scene 1” which is used to control Omnisphere’s parameters.

HOST CONNECTION

  • Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the KARMA is enabled as a MIDI input device.

OMNISPHERE SETUP

  • Open Omnisphere and from the header, select the HW menu button.
  • From the drop-down menu, select “Korg > Korg KARMA” to activate the KARMA hardware profile.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Not working? Here are some things to try:

  • Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the KARMA?
  • Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the KARMA to the MIDI channel assigned to the desired part in Omnisphere.
  • If you are using the Omnisphere standalone host, make sure the MIDI output channel on the KARMA matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
  • Are the KARMA knobs sending the default MIDI CC messages? You can check this navigating back to the “Global” > “Menu” > “Ctrl” > “KARM1” page and reviewing the MIDI CC assignments for each knob at the top of the page.

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