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18. SAMPLING buttons

REC button

In

 

Sampling,

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

and

 

Sequencer

 

modes,

 

pressing

 

this

 

button

 

puts

 

the

 

system

 

in

 

sampling

ready

 

mode.

 

The

 

button’s

 

LED

 

will

 

light

 

up.

To

 

continue,

 

press

 

the

 

SAMPLING

 

START/STOP

 

button,

 

as

 

described

 

below.

Note:

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

and

 

Sequencer

 

modes

 

all

 

have

 

an

 

Audio

 

Input/Sampling

 

page,

 

with

 

various

 

sampling

related

 

settings.

 

These

 

pages

 

also

 

have

 

an

 

Auto

 

Sampling

 

Setup

 

menu

 

command,

 

with

 

options

 

to

 

make

 

various

 

common

 

settings

 

in

 

a

 

single

 

step.

START/STOP button

In

 

Sampling,

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

and

 

Sequencer

 

modes,

 

pressing

 

this

 

when

 

the

 

SAMPLING

 

REC

 

button

 

is

 

lit

 

will

 

do

 

one

 

of

 

three

 

things,

 

depending

 

on

 

the

 

setting

 

of

 

the

 

Trigger

 

parameter

 

(on

 

the

 

Sampling

 

mode

 

Recording

 ‐ 

Audio

 

Input

 

page):

• If

 

Trigger

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

Sampling

 

START

 

SW

,

 

sampling

 

will

 

begin

 

immediately.

• If

 

Trigger

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

Note

 

On

,

 

sampling

 

will

 

begin

 

as

 

soon

 

as

 

you

 

play

 

a

 

note

 

on

 

the

 

keyboard.

• If

 

Trigger

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

Threshold

,

 

sampling

 

will

 

begin

 

as

 

soon

 

as

 

the

 

selected

 

audio

 

source

 

reaches

 

a

 

preset

 

volume

 

level.

On

 

the

 

Sample

 

Edit

 

page

 

in

 

Sampling

 

mode,

 

pressing

 

this

 

button

 

will

 

play

 

the

 

selected

 

range

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

sample.

Also,

 

whenever

 

you’re

 

viewing

 

a

 

list

 

of

 

files

 

on

 

disk,

 

you

 

can

 

press

 

this

 

button

 

to

 

play

 

44.1kHz

 

or

 

48kHz

 

WAVE

 

files

 

directly

 

from

 

disk.

19. TouchView display

The

 

KRONOS

 

features

 

Korg’s

 

exclusive

 

TouchView

 

graphic

 

interface,

 

based

 

on

 

a

 

touch

panel

 

LCD

 

screen.

By

 

touching

 

items

 

on

 

the

 

LCD

 

screen,

 

you

 

can

 

navigate

 

between

 

pages,

 

set

 

parameter

 

values

 

via

 

on

screen

 

menus

 

and

 

buttons,

 

execute

 

commands,

 

and

 

so

 

on.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“TouchView

 

user

 

interface”

 

on

 

page 13.

Summary of Contents for Kronos X

Page 1: ...ds 16 Playing sounds in Set Lists 16 Playing Programs and Combinations 17 Using controllers to modify the sound 18 Using KARMA 20 Using the Drum Track 21 Using the sequencer 22 Recording MIDI and audi...

Page 2: ...from tip over The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure tha...

Page 3: ...ations which may occur through your use of this product KARMA Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture Technology has been licensed from Stephen Kay and is pro tected by U S Patents 5 486 647 5 521...

Page 4: ...bars pressing the Inc and Dec buttons or spinning the Value dial The top of the Help page has breadcrumb links which show the hierarchy of pages above the current one Touch any of these links to jump...

Page 5: ...three band EQs one for each MIDI and audio track Finally many of the synth engines feature specialized signal processing The CX 3 PolysixEX and EP 1 include dedicated effects and you can process live...

Page 6: ...ks 1 8 HDR 1 8 or 9 16 HDR 9 16 EXT EXT External lets you use the control surface to transmit MIDI messages to external MIDI devices RT KNOBS KARMA RT KNOBS KARMA lets you modulate sounds and effects...

Page 7: ...d decimal buttons to enter the value and then press the ENTER button to confirm the entry The button inverts the sign of the parameter value the decimal button inserts a decimal for entering fractiona...

Page 8: ...lumes of different components of the sound For more information on how Vector Synthesis works see Using Vector Synthesis in the Playing and editing Programs chapter of the OG 10 Drum Track The Drum Tr...

Page 9: ...rward the song When you press and hold this button the button will light and the playback will fast forward Fast forward is disabled during recording and while the Song is stopped In Disk and Sampling...

Page 10: ...the Sampling mode Recording Audio Input page If Trigger is set to Sampling START SW sampling will begin immediately If Trigger is set to Note On sampling will begin as soon as you play a note on the...

Page 11: ...or effects unit before connecting them Use the MIC setting switch in out position only when connecting a microphone Note that some microphones such as condensers may require external phantom power wh...

Page 12: ...minimum position 3 Connect the KRONOS to your mixer or monitor system Connect the KRONOS s AUDIO OUTPUT MAIN L MONO and R jacks to your mixer or amplified monitor speakers If you re monitoring throug...

Page 13: ...items such as Multisamples or FX Presets To enter a parameter value touch the desired value Pin Many popup menus have a Pin in the upper left This controls what happens after you select a value Touch...

Page 14: ...without making changes press the Cancel button After pressing either OK or Cancel the dialog box will close Text edit button Pressing this button brings up an on screen keyboard for changing the name...

Page 15: ...D Record patterns and assign them to keys using RPPR Real time Pattern Play Recording Set List mode Set Lists make it simple to play and organize any of the sounds loaded into the KRONOS without regar...

Page 16: ...nd that you re playing The Set List name is in smaller text at the top left hand corner of the screen With the factory settings Set List 000 will appear when you turn on the power To select Set Lists...

Page 17: ...me sound in multiple Slots within the same Set List For instance you might have a favorite piano sound which you use in a number of different songs You can create any number of Slots which use this sa...

Page 18: ...1 and EP 1 Banks can contain either HD 1 Programs or EXi Programs but not both This assignment is fixed for the Internal banks but can be set separately for each of the User banks with the Set Progra...

Page 19: ...HD 1 Programs support a certain set of parameters each EXi also has its own set of parameters The PolysixEX works particularly well with Tone Adjust so let s take a look at it now 1 In Program mode pr...

Page 20: ...display You can move between entirely different settings of all these controls simply by pressing a KARMA SCENE switch Each scene independently remembers any edits that you make via the sliders and sw...

Page 21: ...tern section This area contains a few parameters for adjusting the basic sound of the Drum Track 3 Press the Program popup button The Category Program Select dialog appears By default the Drum categor...

Page 22: ...ord and then press START STOP when you re done Adding an audio track Continuing from above let s record an audio overdub 1 Connect a dynamic microphone guitar bass other synth etc to AUDIO INPUT 1 For...

Page 23: ...o The factory preset Template Songs let you get up and running quickly with matched sets of sounds and effects for various styles of music You can also create your own Template Songs with your favorit...

Page 24: ...ant HD 1 Programs can only be written to HD 1 Banks and EXi Programs can only be written to EXi Banks For more information on the default Bank types and on how to change them please see Program Bank C...

Page 25: ...ectories for these files will be created automatically NOTE When saving Combinations remember to also save the Programs it uses as well as the Drum Kits and Wave Sequences used by the Programs Similar...

Page 26: ...sure that the Global Basic Setup page s Memory Protect settings are turned off unchecked If they are on you won t be able to load the data Loading individual banks from a PCG file 1 Go to the Load pa...

Page 27: ...location to Clear All 13 Press the OK button to load the data Playing the demo songs 1 Press the SEQ button the LED will light to enter Sequencer mode If you haven t done anything with Sequencer mode...

Page 28: ...052 x 362 x 134 mm 41 42 14 25 5 28 73 Keys 1243 x 411 x 145 mm 48 94 16 18 5 71 88 Keys 1455 x 411 x 145 mm 57 28 16 18 5 71 Weight 61 Keys 12 5 kg 27 56 lbs 73 Keys 20 3 kg 44 75 lbs 88 Keys 23 0 kg...

Page 29: ...purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside WARNING Use of this p...

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