Qui Robinez
Korg Kronos: Dream Pianos Sound Set
updated
If you want to know which style was used then look at the top of my songbook and behind style, you see the style name that was used in the Pa5X.
songlist
* styles are Pa5X factory styles unless indicated otherwise.
Abba - Chiquitita (custom style)
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Alannah Miles - Black Velvet
Alicia Keys - Underdog
America - Horse with no name
America - Ventura way
Antonio Carlow Jobi - Girl from Ipanema
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
Bananarama - Venus
Barry Manilow - Copacabana
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Bert Kaempfert - A swinging safari
Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock
Bill Withers - Lovely day
Billy Joel - Piano man
Blues Brothers - Minnie the moocher
Booker T - Time is tight (Custom style)
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Bryan Adams - Summer of '96
Burt Bacharach - Look of Love
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call me maybe (Pa4X bonus style)
CCR - Bad moon Rising (Custom style)
Chaka Khan - Ain't nobody
Charlie Puth - How Long
Cher - Believe
Chubby Checker - Johnny be good
Daft Punk - Get lucky
Darude - Feel the beat
Dave Brubeck - Take 5
Deep Purple - Smoke on water
Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
Don Williams - Some broken heart
Donna Summer - I feel love
Doobie Brothers - Long train running
Doris Day - Tea for two
Ed Sheeran - Shape of you
Ed sheeran - Thinking out loud
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Presley - All shook up
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse rock
Enrique Iglesias - Bailando
Eric Clapton - Lay down Sally
Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven
Europe - Final countdown
Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
Foo Fighters - Congregation
Frank Sinatra - I've got you under my skin
Gazebo - I like Chopin
Geoff Zanelli - Pirates of the Carribean
George Michael - As
Glenn Miller - In the mood
Gloria Estefan - Conga
Green Day - 21 guns
Hot Butter - Popcorn (custom style)
Irving Berlin - Puttin' on the ritz
Isley Brothers - Twist and shout
James Brown - Soul
James Last - Biscaya (custom style)
Jason Mraz - I'm yours (custom style)
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV (custom style)
Joe Cocker - Unchain my heart (custom style)
Jose Feliciano - Feliz navidad
Justin Bieber - 10.000 hours
Kings of Leon - Sex on fire
Klaus Wunderlich - Besame mucho
Lionel Richie - All night long
Los Lobos - Bamboleo
Los Lobos - La bamba
Lou Bega - Mambo no. 5
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world
Michael Buble - Sway cha cha
Michael Jackson - Earth song
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Paul McCartney - Say say say
Peggy Lee - Fever
Pharell Williams - Happy
Pink - What about us
Procol Harum - A whiter shade of pale
Psy - Gangnam style
Queen - Crazy little thing called Love
Quincy Jones - Soul bossa nova
Randy Crawford - Street life
Richard Clayderman - Ballade pour Adeline (custom style)
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (custom style)
Sabrina - Boys boys boys
Sade - Smooth operator
Shakatak - Shakatak mashup (custom style)
Sia - Snow man
Shania Twain - Man! I feel like a woman
Sister Sledge - All american girls
Stevie Wonder - Higher ground (custom style)
Stevie Wonder - Isn't she lovely
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Judds - Why not me
The Police - Roxanne
Tom Jones - Keep on smiling (custom style)
The Weekend - Blinding lights
Tones and I - Dance monkey (custom style)
Toto - Rosanna
U2 - One
Wham - Wake me up
this style is a short mashup from the songs:
- nightbirds
- invitations
I've created this style in cubase by using the yamaha genos style and relabeled the markers to the korg standard and did the revoicing on the korg Pa5X.
It's really easy to do and don't take long to convert those yamaha styles to korg styles in your daw.
In this song I selected one of the new styles that came with the new OS v1.20, it's called: Neonlight Dance from the dance category.
The following things were added to this style by me:
- the pads were changed with the new pads from OS v1.20
- one pad (arpeggiator) was created in the new pad mode and uses one
of the new OS v1.20 sounds
- the keyboard set is one of the new keyboard sets from OS v1.20 (Mini Solo)
- The tempo was increased to 135
00:00 DEMO: Rock style we are going to create
00:35 introduction
01:05 creating the power chords in guitar mode
02:43 how to use the event editor for rhythm accents
03:47 create the Rock style with our own power chords pad
05:30 FULL DEMO: Rock style with power chords pad
06:41 summary
Topics:
00:00 demo: guitar strumming pad
00:35 creating a new guitar strumming pad
03:09 explanation of the programming theory (important!)
06:02 how to find any strumming pattern from any song *EASY METHOD*
08:19 programming the Guitar strumming pattern
13:46 modifying the 8 beat pop style
14:36 demo: guitar song with our new pattern
16:18 summary
The Pa5X has a great feature where you can assign 11 of your favorite keyboard sets to hardware buttons on your Pa5X. This feature ensures that you always have a total of 15 keyboard sets at hand when playing styles or songs.
In this tutorial I show the process how to set this up on your own Pa5X and give some sound and style examples of how I use them.
Topics:
00:00 demo
00:34 how to get 15 keyboard sets in a style
02:05 favorites button method
03:27 demo of my favorite setup
05:40 demo: custom style with favorites
09:34 outro
this freestyle uses a couple of my own pad sounds which I added to the sample section and I created two multisamples for this pad sound.
The freestyle was created in cubase and added as a new style.
The healing flute is based on a korg Pa5X factory flute where I changed the insert and send effects to give it this reverb type of sound.
topics:
00:00 style demo we are going to create
00:30 theory behind creating styles
01:34 mandatory midi channels for style elements
02:05 labeling system
03:02 converting a midi file to a style
14:42 export as a midi file that can be imported as a style
16:50 creating a new style on the pa5x with the exported cubase midi file
19:46 setting the correct chord recognition modes
24:21 revoicing the new style with Pa5X sounds
27:37 full demo of the new style
Synth programming information:
- I've added custom samples in the korg Pa5X sample library
- these samples were created with samplerobot from my sounds in the korg wavestate and the korg triton
- the keyboard set used three multi samples to create this Brian Eno Pad sound
- there are some insert effects and master effects applied in the keyboard set to create these ambient granular type of delays added to the Pad sound
We will cover the basics of how to start with programming your own sounds and at the end you will have programmed your own Pad sound and a Bass sound.
Topics:
00:00 demo: Sound we are going to create
00:28 introduction
01:50 demo: custom synth sounds
06:31 create your own Jean Michel Jarre Pad sound
23:39 create your own Jean Michel Jarre Bass sound
28:51 outro
Topics
00:00 Factory pianos
03:32 Demo: my own piano keyboard sets
16:15 Tutorial: how to create your own piano keyboard sets
31:14 Outro
Topics Factory Pianos
demo: Time
austrian piano
resonance demo
how to solve the resonance
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Topics: Demo my own piano keyboard sets
explanation
demo: Austrian Pianos
demo: German Pianos
demo: Italian Pianos
demo: Japan Pianos
demo: Neo Soul Electric Pianos
demo: Time
Topics: how to create your own piano keyboard sets
explanation
mixer, insert and master fx
EQ basics
removing hammer noises with filters
ambient reverb settings
pad sounds beneath a piano (tips and tricks)
outro
Topics
00:00 demo: Gods Bathtub
01:15 keyboard sets
04:58 how to solve the wrong effects in a keyboard set
07:43 sound mode (solo sounds)
09:23 demo: angels choir and ensemble strings
10:29 user samples and sounds
11:13 demo: Gods Bathtub
12:38 demo: Mystic Piano
15:00 sound editing in macro mode: sound Ice Glacier
17:01 demo: wave sequencing pad example
19:10 demo: Dolphins Dream (based on korg triton dolphins ride)
20:39 demo: Moog Funky Bass
20:59 demo: Souvenir Pad
21:53 summary
Topics
00:00 demo
00:19 intro
00:41 setting up chord recognition mode
02:23 one finger chords
03:15 three finger chords
05:10 song demo with three finger chords
06:46 advanced chords
08:15 song demo with advanced chords
09:35 ditones and tritones in neo soul and worship music
10:47 how to play in advanced mode
15:12 outro
I absolutely love this feature, the korg pa5x has a lot of new things, this is just one of those features which is so useful, this tutorial will show you how easy it is to create those segments yourself.
Topics:
00:00 example
00:18 introducing this powerful feature
01:00 loading midi file: Tequila
01:19 how to use the marker system
06:44 how to fix low quality midi file loop points
08:42 demo of a midi file used as a song style
12:01 save the song
12:31 second midi to style example: Sweet Sixteen blues
15:13 outro
Topics:
00:00 new style demo
00:13 intro
00:48 selecting base style
01:31 what are we going to change
01:46 audition with help of player 2
03:50 creating the new style
06:28 replace elements AC1 and AC3
08:00 changing sounds in a pattern
09:05 adding a funky bassline
10:33 testing the new style with a song
11:48 using freestyles as your base style
13:06 outro
Topics:
00:00 selecting style
00:45 MUSIC DEMO: Come back to me
00:56 changing the keyboard set
01:41 changing style elements
02:04 changing drumkits
03:00 changing drum elements in the drumkit
05:14 set the levels of the keyboard set
06:22 modify the EQ of the bass element
06:55 transposing elements
07:40 using insert effects
09:24 clean up the drums (headroom)
11:20 saving the style and keyboard set
13:24 save song in the songbook
14:38 summary
00:00 what's new : faders, touch screen and matrix pad
01:00 styles selection screen
02:33 keyboard sets and sound selection
03:19 MUSIC DEMO: Sting - Fragile
04:52 keyboard sets - select sounds
05:36 MUSIC DEMO: Angels Choir
07:23 changing keyboard sets with custom sounds
08:34 MUSIC DEMO: Above and Beyond - Moments like this
10:13 MUSIC DEMO: Shimmer Piano
11:11 using the new mute features in styles
11:53 MUSIC DEMO: Remember Funk Factory style
15:16 using 2 player styles to create new styles
15:47 2 player demo
16:47 copying parts from one style to another
17:22 using standard midi files with loop points
18:41 MUSIC DEMO: Level 42 - Hot Water (midi file)
20:44 Outro
The trance piano was created in the synthesizer of the pa5x, it uses the factory piano samples.
This cover is based on a song from the fantastic band: Above and Beyond.
the song is called: Don't Leave
In this sound design episode we are going to program the mammagamma song in the korg wavestate. It's a rather easy song to program, but there is one trick that you need to know. The Melody uses -7 and -5 notes, so we need to program our own behavior for that with the mod processor.
This tutorial explains the basic elements of how to create this sound.
Topics:
00:00 song demo
00:47 bassline
03:41 melody 1
08:00 melody 2nd note
09:28 mod processor trick
12:42 drums
14:55 end result
Topics
00:00 intro
00:26 synthesis similarities
01:21 layer differences
02:01 wavestate example: Sirius
04:29 modwave example: Qui Robinez Pad
07:11 effect similarities
08:05 modwave example: Atonal Ambient Pad
10:34 modwave example: Jup8 Hard Lead
11:09 modifying wavetables
13:44 recap
15:03 outro
a short sound demo with the following sounds:
Korg modwave:
the modwave intro sound is a wavetable with granular synth wave cycles, it was created by resampling the korg modwave in a granular synth and converted that new sound to a wavetable
Korg wavestate:
the wavestate bass sound is the famous korg M1 Organ Bass, a lot of the korg M1 samples are in the wavestate, so it's easy to create these kind of sounds on the wavestate
Korg opsix:
this FM sound is created with typical FM / Ratio settings and an FM Filter component to it connected to Envelopes for the sound modulation
- the pad on the modwave uses three wavetables.
- the breathy sound is a sound created on a DX7 and converted to a wavetable for the modwave.
- the filtered sound in the pad is a custom programmed
filter model in multi filter mode with
- the piano on the korg wavestate is a custom multisample I created and
added to the korg wavestate
- the ambient feel of the piano is done by a sampled granular sine pad
that plays the sustain of the piano
#shorts
this berlin school sound is created with a wavetable of an electric piano where the LFO stretches the wavetable in realtime.
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- QR Zen Temple: this one is the main sound
- QR Granular Pad: the pad sound with octave effects
- QR Jup8 Square Sweep: envelope that morphs the granular pad into the square sweep
The main sound is the QR Zen Temple wavetable, here is some technical information about that wavetable:
this wavetable is created from a picture of a Zen Temple
it was converted to a wavetable and for this sound only the even harmonics are used.
The harsh harmonics were filtered with the polysix filter that is modified with modulations and a trimmed setting to lower the input into the filter.
All sounds are custom sounds which I created on the Korg Wavestate and the Korg Modwave.
the main wavetable was created in a granular synth where i programmed a granular type of wavetable, this was the base of this sound and is blended in realtime in to a choir type wavetable where the total result was stretched by an envelope.
The multi filter has it's own filter model and i combined that with a custom waveshaper model gives a saturated feel to the sound.
Topics:
00:00 intro
00:26 cassini performance
01:26 basic elements of this performance
01:51 kaos physics
02:29 changing Kaos Preset
03:10 changing programs
04:56 changing wavetables
05:06 detailed edit pages
06:16 librarian
07:00 how to start creating a sound (init performance)
10:17 using your own wavetables
11:12 QR examples with custom wavetables
14:18 outro
In this tutorial we are going to look at how the waveshaper works and we are going to use some easy to follow examples of how to use the waveshaper and what you can do with it in a musical way.
Topics:
00:00 Sound demo
00:41 Introduction Waveshaper
02:25 Waveshaper: Types
06:15 Waveshaper: Scale
07:09 Waveshaper: Pre LPF
08:20 Waveshaper: Post EQ
08:34 Example 1: Create a Bass with Waveshaper Automation
10:45 Example 2: Create a Pad sound (playable Waveshaper)
15:45 Example 3: Custom Multi layered Waveshaper Pad
21:08 Outro
This way a subtle overdrive and waveshaped sound is created with the wavestate pad sound as a source. It adds a lot of nice overdrive tones to the sound.
Technical info:
layer 1: this is an pattern sequence where i use two samples and as specific rythm, the bassnote determines which root note will be played.
layer 2: this is a wave sequenced pad sound where multiple samples are crossfaded.
Technical info:
the arpeggiator is a 3 octave arpeggiator (alt 2 mode). In the wave sequence for this arpeggiator two samples are used, so every second note of the arpeggiator the sample is changed.
To constantly change the arpeggiator output i used a polymeter of 3 steps in the pitch lanes. This means that starting from the 2nd step, everytime a third note plays it's transposed by 7 semitones. The result of this is that the arp constantly changes.
If you want to try this yourself, set the length of the pitch lane to 3 steps and activate note advance for the pitch lane.
The filter is the ms20 filter, which i routed to the master and pitch mod knobs for realtime filter control. Also a LFO is used on the ms20 filter to create more movements.
This preset is called: Morning Air QR
This preset uses four layers where i use:
- an electric piano sound (two layers) (based on custom samples i created in a granular synth)
- a pad sound (based on custom samples i created in a granular synth)
- a rythmic bell sound for the tempo
The reverb is the internal reverb of the korg wavestate and uses a custom overb model i programmed in the korg wavestate.
Sounds used:
- Pad sound for the atmosphere
- Resonance Sine sound
- Choir with vibrato in the sustain stage
Sounds used:
the wavestate is used for the pad sounds, the rythmic bell parts and the ambient piano lead, the opsix native is an ambient lead sound that blends together with the ambient piano from the wavestate
The first one is on the korg modwave and is a massive ambient pad sound which is based on custom wavetables I created on the DX7. There i created multiple raw samples that i used for three custom wavetables that were used in both layers on the modwave. The sound uses the wavetable position scanning to scan through the wavecycles.
the second sound (starts at 01:39) is an electric piano sound on the wavestate. This one uses one pad sound and two electric piano sounds where the first electric piano is used for the attack of the electric piano sound, the second uses pitch and filter tricks to create that instable sustain phase of the electric piano.
In this tutorial we are going to take a look at vector synthesis and vector modulation on the korg wavestate. Also we are going to look at how the joystick behaves on the wavestate and how to program our own vector synthesis sounds.
Topics:
00:00 sound demo
00:24 introduction
00:57 what is vector synthesis
03:33 creating our own four layer sound
08:57 enabling vector synthesis
10:47 vector automation
17:04 what is vector modulation
18:18 creating a vector modulation routing
21:54 outro
In this episode we are going to create the iconic train sequence, the electric piano, the pad sound and a hi-hat drum track in one performance.
00:00 sound demo
00:48 introduction
01:20 layer A: train sequence
06:33 layer B: electric piano
09:20 layer C: pad sound
11:22 layer D: drum rythm train
12:29 setup hold mode and keyboard zones
16:18 setup volume levels and EQ
18:10 song demo
19:31 outro
The wavestate native sound is a deep string / choir sound, the opsix native is a sine lead pad sound with lots of movement through FM modulation on it.
Topics:
00:00 midi controller demo
00:16 introduction
01:32 setup ableton for midi control
03:20 default midi control behavior wavestate native
04:42 configure wavestate native for custom midi control (16 knobs)
08:25 save as default configuration
09:37 how to add 64 midi controls (if your controller supports it)
12:41 use the step sequencer to test the midi control settings
13:54 demo midi controller
15:53 outro


