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Using the sequencer

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Editing MIDI

You

 

can

 

modify

 

your

 

performance

 

after

 

recording,

 

if

 

you

 

wish.

 

For

 

instance,

 

you

 

can

 

erase

 

misplayed

 

notes,

 

or

 

correct

 

their

 

pitch

 

and

 

timing.

Timing

 

correction

 

is

 

done

 

through

 

Quantization.

 

This

 

takes

 

the

 

notes

 

you

 

played

 

and

 

lines

 

them

 

up

 

to

 

the

 

nearest

 

beat

 

or

 

fraction

 

of

 

a

 

beat,

 

based

 

on

 

the

 

resolution

 

you

 

select.

 

It

 

can

 

also

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

add

 

a

 

“swing”

 

feel.

 

Let’s

 

try

 

quantizing

 

the

 

MIDI

 

track

 

we

 

just

 

recorded.

1. Go

 

to

 

the

 

Sequencer

 

P4:

 

Track

 

Edit

 

page.

This

 

page

 

includes

 

a

 

graphic

 

which

 

shows

 

each

 

track

 

in

 

the

 

sequence.

 

The

 

small

 

rectangles

 

represent

 

measures

 

which

 

contain

 

audio

 

or

 

MIDI

 

data.

2. Select

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

01

 

from

 

the

 

popup

 

above

 

the

 

graphic.

Using

 

the

 

From

 

Measure

 

and

 

To

 

End

 

of

 

Measure

 

parameters

 

at

 

the

 

bottom

 

of

 

the

 

display,

 

set

 

the

 

range

 

of

 

measures

 

that

 

you

 

wish

 

to

 

modify.

 

For

 

now,

 

set

 

From

 

to

 

001,

 

and

 

To

 

End

 

to

 

064.

3. In

 

the

 

page

 

menu,

 

select

 

the

 

Quantize

 

command.

The

 

Quantize

 

dialog

 

appears.

4. Set

 

the

 

Resolution

 

to

 

the

 

desired

 

rhythmic

 

value.

As

 

a

 

general

 

rule,

 

choose

 

the

 

shortest

 

note

value

 

used

 

in

 

the

 

recorded

 

performance.

5. Press

 

the

 

OK

 

button

 

to

 

quantize

 

the

 

selected

 

data.

If

 

the

 

result

 

was

 

different

 

from

 

what

 

you

 

had

 

expected,

 

press

 

the

 

COMPARE

 

switch

 

to

 

restore

 

the

 

song

 

to

 

the

 

original

 

state

 

before

 

the

 

quantization

 

was

 

applied.

 

Experiment

 

with

 

different

 

Resolutions

,

 

set

 

Intensity

 

to

 

less

 

than

 

100%

 

in

 

order

 

to

 

preserve

 

some

 

of

 

the

 

natural

 

feel,

 

or

 

raise

 

the

 

Swing

 

value

 

to

 

create

 

a

 

shuffle

 

or

 

swing

 

feel.

You

 

can

 

also

 

apply

 

quantization

 

during

 

recording,

 

using

 

the

 

REC

 

Resolution

 

parameter

 

at

 

the

 

top

 

of

 

the

 

P0

 

page.

 

Choose

 

the

 

desired

 

resolution,

 

and

 

quantization

 

will

 

be

 

applied

 

as

 

you

 

record.

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“Song

 

editing”

 

in

 

the

 

“Creating

 

songs

 

(Sequencer

 

mode)”

 

chapter

 

of

 

the

 

OG.

Template Songs

Template

 

Songs

 

store

 

pretty

 

much

 

everything

 

in

 

the

 

Song

 

except

 

for

 

the

 

MIDI

 

and

 

audio

 

data

 

itself.

 

This

 

includes

 

Program

 

selections,

 

track

 

parameters,

 

effects

 

and

 

KARMA

 

settings,

 

and

 

the

 

Song’s

 

name

 

and

 

tempo.

 

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

 

favorite

 

sounds

 

and

 

setups.

Note

 

that

 

Template

 

Songs

 

do

 

not

 

include

 

MIDI

 

data

 

for

 

song

 

tracks

 

and

 

patterns,

 

audio

 

data,

 

and

 

so

 

on.

 

While

 

loading

 

a

 

Template

 

Song,

 

you

 

can

 

also

 

optionally

 

load

 

one

 

or

 

more

 

Drum

 

patterns

 

to

 

a

 

specified

 

Track.

1. In

 

the

 

Sequencer

 

P0:

 

Play/REC

 

page,

 

press

 

the

 

page

 

menu

 

button

 

and

 

select

 

the

 

Load

 

Template

 

Song

 

command.

A

 

dialog

 

box

 

will

 

appear.

2. In

 

the

 

From

 

field,

 

choose

 

the

 

Template

 

Song

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

load.

3. Check

 

the

 

“Copy

 

Pattern

 

to

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

too?”

 

check

box.

When

 

this

 

box

 

is

 

checked,

 

a

 

dialog

 

box

 

for

 

copying

 

a

 

pattern

 

will

 

automatically

 

appear

 

after

 

Load

 

Template

 

Song

 

is

 

complete.

If

 

this

 

is

 

not

 

checked,

 

only

 

the

 

selected

 

Template

 

Song

 

will

 

be

 

loaded.

4. Press

 

the

 

OK

 

button

 

to

 

load

 

the

 

template

 

song,

 

or

 

press

 

the

 

Cancel

 

button

 

to

 

exit

 

without

 

making

 

changes.

When

 

you

 

press

 

OK,

 

the

 

Template

 

Song’s

 

settings

 

will

 

be

 

copied

 

into

 

the

 

current

 

Song.

If

 

Copy

 

Pattern

 

to

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

too?

 

was

 

checked

 

in

 

step

 

3,

 

the

 

Copy

 

Pattern

 

To

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

dialog

 

box

 

will

 

appear.

5. Use

 

the

 

Bank

 

(User

 

or

 

Preset)

 

and

 

Pattern

 

popups

 

to

 

select

 

a

 

pattern

 

to

 

copy.

 

6. In

 

the

 

To

 

MIDI

 

Track

 

field,

 

select

 

the

 

track

 

to

 

use

 

for

 

the

 

pattern.

Note:

 

In

 

each

 

of

 

the

 

eighteen

 

preset

 

Template

 

Songs,

 

track

 

1

 

is

 

always

 

assigned

 

to

 

a

 

Drum

 

Program.

 

(In

 

some

 

cases,

 

other

 

tracks

 

may

 

also

 

have

 

Drum

 

Programs.)

7. In

 

the

 

Measure

 

field,

 

set

 

the

 

measure

 

on

 

which

 

you’d

 

like

 

the

 

pattern

 

to

 

start.

Following

 

the

 

names

 

for

 

each

 

of

 

the

 

697

 

preset

 

patterns,

 

the

 

musical

 

style

 

and

 

the

 

name

 

of

 

the

 

most

 

suitable

 

Drum

 

Programs

 

are

 

partially

 

displayed.

By

 

loading

 

a

 

Drum

 

Program

 

and

 

the

 

corresponding

 

preset

 

pattern,

 

you

 

can

 

instantly

 

set

 

up

 

a

 

drum

 

track

 

to

 

match

 

the

 

Template

 

Song.

8. To

 

load

 

the

 

pattern,

 

press

 

the

 

OK

 

button.

After

 

the

 

pattern

 

is

 

loaded,

 

the

 

Measure

 

will

 

count

 

up

 

automatically.

 

You

 

can

 

then

 

copy

 

another

 

pattern

 

if

 

desired.

 

For

 

instance,

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

different

 

patterns

 

one

 

after

 

the

 

other

 

to

 

build

 

up

 

a

 

song,

 

with

 

different

 

patterns

 

for

 

verse,

 

chorus,

 

and

 

bridge.

 

After

 

you’ve

 

finished

 

adding

 

patterns,

 

press

 

the

 

Exit

 

button,

 

and

 

you’re

 

done!

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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