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Using the sequencer

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Using the sequencer

Recording MIDI and audio

Auto Song Setup

The

 

Auto

 

Song

 

Setup

 

feature

 

copies

 

the

 

current

 

Program

 

or

 

Combination

 

into

 

a

 

Song,

 

and

 

then

 

puts

 

the

 

system

 

in

 

record

ready

 

mode.

 

When

 

inspiration

 

strikes,

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

this

 

function

 

to

 

start

 

recording

 

immediately.

 

To

 

do

 

so

 

from

 

Program

 

mode:

1. Hold

 

down

 

the

 

ENTER

 

key

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

SEQUENCER

 

REC/WRITE

 

key.

 

The

 

Setup

 

to

 

Record

 

dialog

 

box

 

will

 

open

 

and

 

ask

 

“Are

 

you

 

sure?”

2. Press

 

OK.

The

 

system

 

switches

 

to

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

with

 

record

 

already

 

enabled.

3. Press

 

the

 

START/STOP

 

key

 

to

 

start

 

the

 

sequencer

 

and

 

begin

 

recording.

 

With

 

the

 

default

 

settings,

 

there

 

will

 

be

 

a

 

two

 

measure

 

count

down

 

before

 

recording

 

starts.

 

4. Play

 

what

 

you’d

 

like

 

to

 

record,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

START/STOP

 

to

 

stop

 

recording.

The

 

sequencer

 

will

 

automatically

 

return

 

to

 

the

 

beginning

 

of

 

the

 

Song

 

(beat

 

1

 

of

 

measure

 

1,

 

as

 

shown

 

in

 

the

 

upper

 

right

hand

 

corner:

 

001

 

:

 

01

 

.

 

000).

5. Press

 

START/STOP

 

to

 

hear

 

what

 

you

 

recorded.

Since

 

you

 

started

 

in

 

Program

 

mode,

 

your

 

playing

 

will

 

have

 

been

 

recorded

 

on

 

Track

 

1.

 

If

 

you

 

used

 

the

 

Drum

 

Track,

 

it

 

will

 

have

 

been

 

recorded

 

on

 

Track

 

10.

 

For

 

Combinations,

 

more

 

tracks

 

are

 

used

 

as

 

needed.

Adding another MIDI track

1. If

 

KARMA

 

was

 

on,

 

press

 

the

 

front

panel

 

KARMA

 

button

 

to

 

turn

 

it

 

off.

2. Turn

 

off

 

the

 

Multi

 

REC

 

check

box,

 

in

 

the

 

upper

 

right

 

of

 

the

 

display.

Auto

 

Song

 

Setup

 

turns

 

this

 

on

 

to

 

record

 

the

 

Program’s

 

Drum

 

Track,

 

or

 

multiple

 

channels

 

in

 

a

 

Combination.

3. Below

 

the

 

Song

 

name,

 

open

 

the

 

Track

 

Select

 

popup

 

and

 

select

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

02.

This

 

controls

 

both

 

the

 

track

 

that

 

you

 

play

 

from

 

the

 

keyboard,

 

and

 

(with

 

Multi

 

REC

 

turned

 

off)

 

the

 

track

 

that’s

 

recorded.

4. Using

 

the

 

Category

 

or

 

Bank/Program

 

Select

 

popup

 

menus,

 

select

 

a

 

Program

 

for

 

Track

 

02.

5. Press

 

LOCATE

 

to

 

go

 

back

 

to

 

the

 

start

 

of

 

the

 

Song.

6. Press

 

REC/WRITE

 

to

 

enable

 

recording,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

START/STOP

 

to

 

start.

7. Play

 

what

 

you’d

 

like

 

to

 

record,

 

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

 

more

 

details

 

on

 

connecting

 

different

 

types

 

of

 

mics

 

and

 

guitars,

 

see

 

“MIC/LINE

 

switches”

 

on

 

page 11.

2. If

 

you’re

 

using

 

a

 

mic,

 

set

 

the

 

input’s

 

MIC/LINE

 

switch

 

to

 

MIC;

 

otherwise,

 

set

 

it

 

to

 

LINE.

3. Go

 

to

 

the

 

Audio

 

Track

 

Mixer

 

tab

 

of

 

the

 

Sequencer

 

P0:

 

Play/Rec

 

page.

4. Turn

 

the

 

Multi

 

REC

 

check

box

 

on

 

again.

In

 

general,

 

Multi

 

REC

 

is

 

the

 

best

 

choice

 

when

 

recording

 

audio.

5. Press

 

Track

 

1’s

 

PLAY

 

button

 

once,

 

so

 

that

 

it

 

turns

 

red

 

and

 

says

 

REC.

Note

 

that

 

the

 

Input

 

is

 

already

 

set

 

to

 

1

 

by

 

default.

 

Next,

 

we

 

need

 

to

 

set

 

the

 

level.

 

6. Press

 

the

 

Preference

 

tab.

This

 

takes

 

you

 

to

 

the

 

Preference

 

page,

 

which

 

includes

 

a

 

meter

 

for

 

the

 

record

enabled

 

audio

 

tracks.

7. Keeping

 

an

 

eye

 

on

 

the

 

meter,

 

adjust

 

the

 

rear

panel

 

LEVEL

 

knob

 

until

 

the

 

level

 

is

 

high

 

but

 

not

 

clipping.

Use

 

the

 

rear

panel

 

LEVEL

 

knob,

 

and

 

not

 

the

 

on

screen

 

slider.

 

If

 

the

 

signal

 

clips,

 

you’ll

 

see

 

the

 

message

 

“ADC

 

OVERLOAD!”

 

appear

 

over

 

the

 

meter.

 

8. Press

 

LOCATE

 

to

 

go

 

back

 

to

 

the

 

start

 

of

 

the

 

Song.

9. Press

 

REC/WRITE

 

to

 

enable

 

recording,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

START/STOP

 

to

 

start.

10.Play

 

what

 

you’d

 

like

 

to

 

record,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

START/STOP

 

when

 

you’re

 

done.

Un-saved audio files

When

 

you

 

record

 

audio

 

tracks,

 

they’re

 

initially

 

stored

 

in

 

a

 

folder

 

named

 

“TEMP”

 

on

 

the

 

internal

 

disk.

 

If

 

you

 

then

 

turn

 

off

 

the

 

power

 

before

 

saving

 

the

 

Song,

 

the

 

Song

 

will

 

be

 

lost,

 

but

 

the

 

audio

 

files

 

will

 

still

 

be

 

on

 

the

 

disk.

 

The

 

next

 

time

 

that

 

you

 

start

 

up,

 

you’ll

 

see

 

the

 

following

 

message:

There

 

are

 

un

saved

 

audio

 

files

 

from

 

your

 

previous

 

recording

 

session.

Do

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

restore

 

these

 

files,

 

or

 

delete

 

them

 

from

 

the

 

disk?

[Restore]

 

[Delete]

Since

 

the

 

Song

 

was

 

not

 

saved,

 

all

 

the

 

track

 

audio

 

event

 

data

 

and

 

region

 

data

 

is

 

gone,

 

but

 

you

 

can

 

still

 

restore

 

the

 

WAVE

 

files

 

and

 

use

 

them

 

to

 

create

 

a

 

new

 

song.

If

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

keep

 

this

 

data,

 

press

 

Restore.

 

If

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

delete

 

this

 

data,

 

press

 

Delete.

Multi REC

Track Select

Bank/Program
Select Popup

Category
Select Popup

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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