PadKontrol Users, here are some Scene Sets and Scenes for you.

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From the Read Me:

Hi,
This collection contains the following Scenes and Scene Sets represented as scales
chromatically set for the Korg PadKontrol: Major, Minor, Blues Major, Blues Minor, Ethnic,
Harmonic Major, Harmonic Minor, Hindu, Major Diminished, Minor Diminished, Bebop Major,
Bebop Minor, Melodic Minor, and the Chromatic Scale of the keybed. Since the PadKontrol
doesn't have flat symbols, everything is represented in sharps (b flat = A#, etc.). Every
scale has every note as a root (ex.A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, and G#) so all
key sigs should be represented. There were some mistakes that have been corrected before
uploading, but probably not all of them (maybe a note here or there), but they should be
quite easy to fix.

There are 157 Scene Sets total, and 624 individual scenes in this collection so editing
them, mixing and matching them and setting them up with your own scenes and scene sets
should be very easy.

God bless and I hope you enjoy,
Trusty
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P.S. If you'd like to donate a buck or two for this effort, please do so
via paypal to JOHNATHANPRITCHETT@yahoo.com and I'd really appreciate it...
or if you have some custom scenes and scene sets you'd like to share in
return instead, that would be great as well.
Thanks.
 
Man, I've been waiting for something like this. I haven't had the time myself. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should post this at the Korg forums. EDIT: Nevermind..... You already did.
 
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You are very welcome. It really helps me out since I did this to now be making music in different keys and scales than my below average piano skills allowed me to (and not mess up trying).

A cool trick is to also layer the scene sets with scenes from other keys and scales (since there is room for 12 more scenes on every set I made to allow for this type of user flexability) to add some key/scale changes for different parts of songs.
 
cool.. thanks for that man...im going to dig into these right now
 
No problem. If anyone else has some scenes and scene sets, please hook us up.
 
You made all these? If so, damn!

Thanks a lot anyway, I will give these a try.
 
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Yes, I actually took the time and made them all so I could learn new scalings and try them in my music and also work faster composing with them than using my (very) limited piano skills. Hope you like them.
 
Sure I'll like 'em. Only been using the scenes that came with the Librarian so far, and just modified some a lil bit, thought about doing something similiar to what you've done, but I guess I was just too lazy, or not had enough time to do it yet.
 
Prophecee said:
Sure I'll like 'em. Only been using the scenes that came with the Librarian so far, and just modified some a lil bit, thought about doing something similiar to what you've done, but I guess I was just too lazy, or not had enough time to do it yet.
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Now you don't have to bother doing it...and yes, it did take a while. :)
 
Oh my God man, you're a true lifesaver. This is going to bring my beat making to a whole new lever. Thank you man! I'm pumped!
 
You are welcome.

There are plenty more scales at http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/ that I may add in the future (not all of them of course, just the ones I like) as time allows.

A trick for playing chords with the padKontrol is, like on Dimension Pro that has multiple elements, I'll have elements 1-3 being the triad I want using the step tuning, and then using the fourth element to be whatever else I need it to be (like a fifth if I need it). A lot of synths and samplers that has or can load multiple patch layers (or just has multiple oscillators with step tuning/pitch tuning/coarse tuning/transpose/whatever synth you are using calls it) can be set up this way...so all I have to do is press one note pad, and depending on the key I am playing in, the synths layers will sound an entire chord.
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXlg-ocGZzM&mode=related&search=

This guy shows off how useful it can be to have keys/scales configured into the pad control...difference is, with this set, you can load them as they have been made already instead of having to put them in yourself (if you actually knew them in the first place) like this guy did.

Also as a general rule to go by until you really know what you are doing is that any three pads (or two...or more even) are a chords as long as they aren't side by side horizontally or a pad at one end with the next pad above/below the pad at the opposite end...

i.e generally don't play the following (depending on the scale of course some scales are more exotic and omit more steps making this irrelevant, but for most common scales this is a general rule of thumb):

X's and O's = Pads

XXOX

or

XOXX

or

XOOO
OXOX

or

XOXO
OOOX

or

XOXO
OOOX

etc.

However, things like this are okay:

XOOO
XOXO

OXOX
OOOX

Here are a few more tips, and for many this goes without saying, but this is Future Producers so I will say it. These were set up to match my personal workflow. I will use the C Major scale/and my scene C3-C5 for all my examples listed here.

1. If you can't stand it that I left, in most scenes, the top right pad blank (which I use for other things normally), and desperately want a note there (the right one), here is what you do:

ABC
DEFG
GABC
CDEF

Look to the second note from the bottom right, it will be D3, if this is scene C3-C5, then the next note (the blank pad) after the second from the right on top (C5) will be D5. Add it yourself. Not hard at all. That is how you can find all the missing blank pads at the top right (except for the highest octave scenes of course).

2. If you must have the C4-C6 range on the pads, despite the fact that I made this scene C3-C5, instead of re-configuring a whole new scene from either scratch or tons of copy/paste between other scenes using the editor...simply TRANSPOSE your synth/sampler you are using itself an octave and save the hassle (it is either labled transpose, pitch tune, step tune, coarse tune, etc..). That's how I do it.

3. If you absolutely hate it that I left all other controller assignments to default settings, and left the midi channel defaulted at 10, change them yourself, it is very easy to do.

Again I was using C major scale scene C3-C5 as my example, but these techniques apply across the board.
 
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Enjoy it and let me know if it makes a difference in your beats as far as writing.
 
This is truly what's up...Indeed.


I never got my scenes to load from the PC so I never explored the advantages they can provide...but now it is perfectly clear. :-).


Holla.
 
TemptProductions said:
This is truly what's up...Indeed.


I never got my scenes to load from the PC so I never explored the advantages they can provide...but now it is perfectly clear. :-).


Holla.
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Hope you like them.
 
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