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Listening to the demo songs

Loading the demo songs

1. Press

 

the

 

DISK

 

button

 

(the

 

LED

 

will

 

light)

 

to

 

enter

 

Disk

 

mode.

2. If

 

you’ve

 

edited

 

or

 

created

 

any

 

new

 

sounds

 

or

 

songs,

 

save

 

them

 

before

 

proceeding!

Loading

 

the

 

demo

 

songs

 

will

 

replace

 

the

 

contents

 

of

 

the

 

internal

 

memory,

 

including

 

Programs,

 

Combinations,

 

Songs,

 

sample

 

data,

 

and

 

so

 

on.

 

If

 

you’ve

 

made

 

any

 

edits,

 

save

 

them

 

to

 

the

 

internal

 

disk

 

or

 

a

 

USB

 

drive

 

before

 

you

 

proceed.

3. Press

 

the

 

File

 

tab

 

and

 

then

 

the

 

Load

 

tab,

 

to

 

go

 

to

 

the

 

Load

 

page.

4. Make

 

sure

 

that

 

“Drive

 

Select”

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

HDD:INTERNAL

 

HD.

The

 

contents

 

of

 

the

 

hard

 

disk

 

will

 

appear.

5. Touch

 

the

 

FACTORY

 

directory

 

to

 

select

 

it.

6. Press

 

the

 

Open

 

button

 

to

 

enter

 

the

 

directory.

7. Touch

 

the

 

PRELOAD.SNG

 

file

 

to

 

select

 

it.

This

 

file

 

contains

 

the

 

demo

 

song,

 

along

 

with

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

sounds

 

that

 

it

 

needs.

8. Press

 

the

 

Load

 

button

 

to

 

open

 

the

 

dialog

 

box.

9. Select

 

the

 

“Load

 

PRELOAD.PCG

 

too”

 

check

 

box.

With

 

this

 

option

 

checked,

 

the

 

matching

 

.PCG

 

file

 

will

 

be

 

loaded

 

along

 

with

 

the

 

.SNG

 

file.

10.Select

 

the

 

“Load

 

PRELOAD.KSC

 

too”

 

check

 

box.

With

 

this

 

option

 

checked,

 

the

 

matching

 

.KSC

 

file

 

will

 

be

 

loaded

 

as

 

well.

11.Set

 

.SNG

 

Allocation

 

to

 

Clear.

12.Set

 

.KSC

 

Allocation

 

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

 

since

 

turning

 

on

 

the

 

power,

 

the

 

P0:

 

Play/REC–

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

Prog

 

Select/Mixer

 

page

 

will

 

appear.

If

 

this

 

page

 

is

 

not

 

displayed,

 

press

 

the

 

EXIT

 

switch

 

several

 

times.

 

Although

 

the

 

exact

 

number

 

will

 

depend

 

on

 

the

 

page

 

you’re

 

in,

 

pressing

 

the

 

EXIT

 

switch

 

no

 

more

 

than

 

three

 

times

 

will

 

always

 

bring

 

you

 

back

 

to

 

this

 

page.

Let’s

 

start

 

by

 

listening

 

to

 

song

 

S000.

2. Verify

 

that

 

song

 

S000

 

is

 

selected.

 

If

 

another

 

song

 

is

 

selected,

 

touch

 

the

 

song

 

name

 

to

 

highlight

 

it.

 

Then

 

press

 

the

 

numeric

 

key

 

0,

 

and

 

then

 

the

 

ENTER

 

switch.

3. Press

 

the

 

SEQUENCER

 

START/STOP

 

switch.

The

 

LED

 

will

 

blink,

 

and

 

the

 

song

 

will

 

begin

 

playing

 

back.

4. If

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

stop

 

playback

 

mid

way

 

through

 

the

 

song,

 

press

 

the

 

START/STOP

 

switch

 

once

 

again.

Let’s

 

listen

 

to

 

the

 

next

 

song.

5. Select

 

the

 

song

 

name

 

by

 

touching

 

it

 

on

 

the

 

display.

 

6. Press

 

numeric

 

key

 

1,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

the

 

ENTER

 

switch.

 

This

 

selects

 

Song

 

S001.

Alternatively,

 

you

 

can

 

press

 

the

 

Song

 

Select

 

popup

 

(the

 

round

 

button

 

located

 

at

 

the

 

left

 

of

 

the

 

song

 

name),

 

and

 

a

 

list

 

of

 

song

 

names

 

will

 

appear.

 

Select

 

a

 

song,

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

OK

 

button.

7. Press

 

the

 

SEQUENCER

 

START/STOP

 

switch

 

to

 

begin

 

playback.

 

To

 

stop

 

playback,

 

press

 

the

 

same

 

switch

 

once

 

again.

Drive Select

File tab

Load tab

PRELOAD.SNG

Load tab

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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