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14. Headphone jack

This

 

stereo

 

1/4”

 

headphone

 

jack

 

carries

 

the

 

same

 

signal

 

as

 

the

 

Main

 

L/R

 

outputs.

 

The

 

volume

 

is

 

controlled

 

by

 

the

 

VOLUME

 

knob.

15. EXIT button

This

 

button

 

makes

 

it

 

easy

 

to

 

return

 

to

 

the

 

main

 

page

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

mode:

• Press

 

it

 

once

 

to

 

go

 

to

 

the

 

previously

selected

 

tab

 

on

 

the

 

main

 

P0

 

page.

• Press

 

it

 

again

 

to

 

go

 

to

 

the

 

first

 

tab

 

on

 

the

 

main

 

P0

 

page.

• Press

 

it

 

a

 

third

 

time

 

to

 

select

 

the

 

main

 

parameter

 

on

 

the

 

P0

 

page,

 

such

 

as

 

the

 

Program

 

name

 

in

 

Program

 

mode.

Wherever

 

you

 

are

 

in

 

Program,

 

Combi,

 

or

 

Sequencer

 

modes,

 

pressing

 

EXIT

 

three

 

times

 

(or

 

fewer)

 

will

 

take

 

you

 

back

 

to

 

Program/Combination/Song

 

Select,

 

where

 

you

 

can

 

immediately

 

use

 

the

 

numeric

 

keys

 

or

 

 

and

 

 

buttons

 

to

 

select

 

a

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

or

 

Song.

When

 

a

 

dialog

 

box

 

is

 

open,

 

this

 

button

 

cancels

 

the

 

settings

 

made

 

in

 

the

 

dialog

 

box

 

and

 

closes

 

the

 

dialog

 

box,

 

just

 

like

 

pressing

 

the

 

Cancel

 

button.

 

If

 

a

 

popup

 

menu

 

or

 

page

 

menu

 

is

 

open,

 

pressing

 

EXIT

 

closes

 

the

 

menu.

16. SEQUENCER buttons

Most

 

of

 

the

 

buttons

 

in

 

this

 

section

 

apply

 

only

 

to

 

Sequencer

 

mode

 

and,

 

in

 

Disk

 

and

 

Sampling

 

modes,

 

to

 

audio

 

CD

 

playback

 

from

 

a

 

connected

 

USB

 

CD

R/RW

 

drive.

 

REC/WRITE

 

is

 

the

 

exception;

 

it

 

has

 

special

 

functions

 

in

 

Program,

 

Combination,

 

Set

 

List

 

and

 

Global

 

modes,

 

as

 

described

 

below.

PAUSE button

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

this

 

button

 

pauses

 

the

 

playback

 

of

 

the

 

song.

 

When

 

paused,

 

the

 

button’s

 

LED

 

will

 

light

 

up.

 

Press

 

PAUSE

 

once

 

again

 

to

 

resume

 

playback,

 

and

 

the

 

LED

 

will

 

turn

 

off.

In

 

Disk

 

and

 

Sampling

 

modes,

 

this

 

button

 

pauses

 

audio

 

CD

 

playback.

<<REW button

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

when

 

the

 

Song

 

is

 

playing

 

or

 

paused,

 

this

 

button

 

will

 

rewind

 

the

 

song.

 

When

 

you

 

press

 

and

 

hold

 

this

 

button,

 

its

 

LED

 

will

 

light

 

up,

 

and

 

the

 

playback

 

will

 

rewind.

 

(Rewind

 

is

 

disabled

 

during

 

recording,

 

and

 

while

 

the

 

Song

 

is

 

stopped.)

In

 

Disk

 

and

 

Sampling

 

modes,

 

this

 

button

 

rewinds

 

the

 

audio

 

CD.

FF>> button

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

when

 

the

 

Song

 

is

 

playing

 

or

 

paused,

 

this

 

button

 

will

 

fast

forward

 

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

 

modes,

 

this

 

button

 

fast

forwards

 

the

 

audio

 

CD.

LOCATE button

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

this

 

button

 

will

 

advance

 

or

 

rewind

 

the

 

song

 

to

 

the

 

specified

 

locate

 

point.

 

This

 

lets

 

you

 

jump

 

immediately

 

to

 

any

 

point

 

in

 

the

 

current

 

Song.

 

The

 

default

 

locate

 

point

 

is

 

the

 

first

 

beat

 

of

 

measure

 

1.

To

 

set

 

the

 

locate

 

point

 

to

 

the

 

current

 

position,

 

hold

 

down

 

ENTER

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

LOCATE.

 

You

 

can

 

also

 

set

 

the

 

Locate

 

point

 

via

 

the

 

on

screen

 

menu.

REC/WRITE button

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

pressing

 

this

 

button

 

puts

 

the

 

system

 

in

 

record

ready

 

mode.

 

Once

 

you’re

 

in

 

record

ready

 

mode

 

(shown

 

by

 

the

 

button’s

 

lit

 

LED),

 

you

 

can

 

begin

 

recording

 

by

 

pressing

 

the

 

SEQUENCER

 

START/STOP

 

button.

 

REC/WRITE

 

also

 

provides

 

two

 

very

 

handy

 

shortcuts.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“Auto

 

Song

 

Setup”

 

on

 

page 22,

 

and

 

“Shortcut:

 

Update

 

via

 

SEQUENCER

 

REC/WRITE”

 

on

 

page 24.

START/STOP button

This

 

starts

 

or

 

stops

 

recording

 

and

 

playback

 

in

 

Sequencer

 

mode.

 

In

 

Disk

 

and

 

Sampling

 

modes,

 

this

 

button

 

starts

 

and

 

stops

 

playback

 

on

 

audio

 

CDs.

17. TEMPO controls

TEMPO knob

This

 

knob

 

adjusts

 

the

 

tempo

 

for

 

the

 

KRONOS

 

as

 

a

 

whole,

 

including

 

Songs,

 

KARMA,

 

the

 

Drum

 

Track,

 

Tempo

synced

 

LFOs

 

and

 

BPM

 

delays,

 

and

 

EX

i

 

Step

 

Sequencers.

 

The

 

LED

 

will

 

blink

 

at

 

quarter

note

 

intervals

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

tempo.

Note:

 

If

 

the

 

GLOBAL

 

MIDI

 

page

 

MIDI

 

CLOCK

 

parameter

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

External

 

MIDI

 

or

 

USB

,

 

or

 

if

 

it

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

Auto

 

and

 

a

 

clock

 

is

 

currently

 

being

 

received,

 

then

 

neither

 

the

 

TEMPO

 

Knob

 

nor

 

the

 

TAP

 

TEMPO

 

button

 

will

 

have

 

any

 

effect.

TAP TEMPO button

This

 

button

 

lets

 

you

 

enter

 

tempos

 

simply

 

by

 

tapping

 

your

 

finger

 

on

 

the

 

button.

 

Two

 

taps

 

are

 

enough

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

tempo;

 

for

 

greater

 

accuracy,

 

tap

 

multiple

 

times.

Notice

 

that

 

the

 

q

 

=”

 

in

 

the

 

upper

 

right

 

of

 

the

 

LCD

 

screen

 

will

 

change

 

to

 

show

 

the

 

new

 

tempo.

 

You

 

can

 

also

 

enter

 

tempos

 

directly

 

into

 

this

 

field

 

using

 

the

 

data

 

entry

 

controls,

 

such

 

as

 

the

 

numeric

 

keypad.

Note:

 

You

 

can

 

also

 

tap

 

tempos

 

using

 

a

 

foot

 

switch.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“Foot

 

Switch

 

Assignments”

 

in

 

the

 

Appendix

 

of

 

the

 

PG.

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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