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7

You

 

can

 

also

 

reset

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

sliders

 

and

 

switches

 

in

 

the

 

KARMA

 

Module

 

by

 

holding

 

RESET

 

CONTROLS

 

and

 

then

 

pressing

 

the

 

KARMA

 

MODULE

 

CONTROL

 

button.

 

Similarly,

 

to

 

reset

 

a

 

single

 

KARMA

 

Scene,

 

hold

 

RESET

 

CONTROLS

 

and

 

press

 

any

 

of

 

the

 

SCENE

 

buttons.

Finally,

 

you

 

can

 

clear

 

all

 

solos

 

by

 

holding

 

RESET

 

CONTROLS

 

and

 

then

 

pressing

 

the

 

SOLO

 

button.

SOLO button

This

 

applies

 

only

 

when

 

CONTROL

 

ASSIGN

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

TIMBRE/TRACK

 

or

 

AUDIO

.

 

It

 

toggles

 

the

 

SELECT

 

buttons

 

(the

 

bottom

 

row

 

of

 

8)

 

between

 

selecting

 

the

 

current

 

Oscillator,

 

Timbre,

 

Track,

 

or

 

Audio

 

Input

 

(when

 

SOLO

 

is

 

off)

 

or

 

soloing

 

the

 

channel

 

(when

 

SOLO

 

is

 

on).

3. Data Entry

When

 

you’ve

 

selected

 

a

 

parameter

 

on

 

the

 

TouchView

 

display,

 

you

 

can

 

edit

 

it

 

using

 

any

 

of

 

the

 

four

 

front

panel

 

data

 

entry

 

controls:

 

the

 

VALUE

 

slider,

 

the

 

Inc

 

 

and

 

Dec

 

 

buttons,

 

the

 

VALUE

 

dial,

 

and

 

the

 

numeric

 

keypad.

VALUE slider

Use

 

this

 

to

 

edit

 

the

 

selected

 

parameter’s

 

value.

 

This

 

control

 

is

 

convenient

 

for

 

making

 

large

 

changes

 

to

 

the

 

value,

 

such

 

as

 

moving

 

quickly

 

to

 

the

 

minimum

 

or

 

maximum

 

setting.

In

 

three

 

special

 

cases,

 

the

 

value

 

slider

 

sends

 

MIDI

 

CC

 

#18

 

and

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

as

 

a

 

modulation

 

source,

 

and

 

is

 

not

 

used

 

for

 

data

 

entry:

• On

 

the

 

Program

 

mode

 

P0–Main

 

page,

 

when

 

the

 

big

 

Program

 

name

 

is

 

selected,

 

or

• On

 

the

 

Combination

 

mode

 

P0–Prog

 

Select/Mixer

 

page,

 

when

 

the

 

big

 

Combination

 

name

 

is

 

selected.

• On

 

the

 

Set

 

List

 

P0–Play

 

page.

Inc 

 

and Dec 

 

buttons

These

 

are

 

used

 

to

 

increase

 

or

 

decrease

 

the

 

parameter

 

value

 

by

 

individual

 

steps.

 

They’re

 

convenient

 

for

 

making

 

fine

 

parameter

 

adjustments.

VALUE dial

Use

 

this

 

dial

 

to

 

edit

 

the

 

selected

 

parameter’s

 

value.

 

This

 

control

 

is

 

convenient

 

when

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

scroll

 

through

 

a

 

very

 

long

 

list

 

of

 

selections.

0-9, –, ., and ENTER buttons

These

 

buttons

 

are

 

convenient

 

when

 

you

 

know

 

the

 

exact

 

value

 

that

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

enter.

 

Use

 

the

 

0–9,

 

–,

 

and

 

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

 

fractional

 

values.

ENTER

 

is

 

also

 

used

 

for

 

a

 

number

 

of

 

shortcut

 

commands,

 

described

 

throughout

 

this

 

guide.

 

For

 

instance,

 

if

 

a

 

parameter

 

specifies

 

a

 

note

 

number

 

or

 

velocity,

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

ENTER

 

to

 

edit

 

the

 

value

 

directly

 

from

 

the

 

keyboard:

1. Select

 

a

 

note

 

number

 

or

 

velocity

 

parameter.

2. Hold

 

down

 

the

 

ENTER

 

key.

3. While

 

holding

 

ENTER,

 

play

 

a

 

note

 

on

 

the

 

keyboard.

4. DISK access indicator

This

 

LED

 

lights

 

up

 

when

 

data

 

is

 

being

 

saved

 

to

 

or

 

read

 

from

 

the

 

internal

 

drive.

Never

 

turn

 

off

 

the

 

power

 

while

 

this

 

LED

 

is

 

lit.

 

Doing

 

so

 

can

 

cause

 

all

 

or

 

part

 

of

 

the

 

data

 

on

 

the

 

disk

 

to

 

be

 

lost,

 

or

 

may

 

cause

 

malfunctions

 

such

 

as

 

disk

 

damage.

5. MODE buttons

The

 

KRONOS

 

is

 

organized

 

into

 

seven

 

different

 

“modes,”

 

each

 

optimized

 

for

 

a

 

different

 

purpose:

 

Set

 

List,

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

Sequencer,

 

Sampling,

 

Global,

 

and

 

Disk.

 

Each

 

mode

 

has

 

a

 

corresponding

 

button

 

on

 

the

 

front

 

panel,

 

with

 

an

 

LED

 

to

 

show

 

which

 

one

 

is

 

selected.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“Selecting

 

modes”

 

on

 

page 14.

6. UTILITY buttons

HELP button

The

 

HELP

 

button

 

gives

 

you

 

built

in,

 

context

sensitive

 

access

 

to

 

the

 

user

 

manuals,

 

right

 

from

 

the

 

front

 

panel.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“On

board

 

Help

 

system*”

 

on

 

page 4.

COMPARE button

Use

 

this

 

button

 

to

 

compare

 

the

 

sound

 

of

 

the

 

Program

 

or

 

Combination

 

that

 

you

 

are

 

currently

 

editing

 

with

 

the

 

saved,

 

un

edited

 

version

 

of

 

the

 

sound.

 

You

 

can

 

also

 

use

 

this

 

button

 

to

 

make

 

“before

 

and

 

after”

 

comparisons

 

when

 

recording

 

or

 

editing

 

in

 

Sequencer

 

mode.

7. BANK SELECT buttons

Use

 

these

 

buttons

 

to

 

change

 

banks

 

when

 

selecting

 

Programs

 

or

 

Combinations.

 

The

 

LEDs

 

in

 

the

 

buttons

 

light

 

up

 

to

 

show

 

the

 

current

 

bank.

 

There

 

are

 

fourteen

 

bank

 

buttons,

 

in

 

two

 

groups:

 

Internal

 

(I

A…G)

 

and

 

User

 

(U

A…G).

In

 

Program

 

mode,

 

these

 

buttons

 

select

 

the

 

Program

 

bank.

 

They

 

are

 

active

 

only

 

on

 

the

 

Play

 

pages.

 

For

 

details

 

on

 

the

 

contents

 

of

 

the

 

Program

 

banks,

 

see

 

“Program

 

Bank

 

Contents”

 

on

 

page 18.

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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