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Front Panel

1. VOLUME knob (MAIN/HEADPHONE)

This

 

adjusts

 

the

 

volume

 

of

 

the

 

main

 

L/R

 

audio

 

outputs,

 

as

 

well

 

as

 

the

 

volume

 

of

 

the

 

headphone

 

jack.

It

 

does

 

not

 

affect

 

any

 

of

 

the

 

other

 

outputs,

 

including

 

S/P DIF,

 

individual

 

outputs

 

1

4,

 

or

 

the

 

USB

 

output.

2. Control Surface

The

 

Control

 

Surface

 

is

 

the

 

set

 

of

 

9

 

sliders,

 

8

 

knobs,

 

and

 

16

 

switches

 

to

 

the

 

left

 

of

 

the

 

LCD

 

screen.

 

It

 

looks

 

like

 

a

 

mixer,

 

but

 

can

 

do

 

a

 

variety

 

of

 

things

 

such

 

as

 

editing

 

sounds,

 

controlling

 

the

 

KARMA

 

function,

 

and

 

sending

 

MIDI

 

messages

 

to

 

external

 

devices.

 

You

 

can

 

freely

 

change

 

back

 

and

 

forth

 

between

 

the

 

different

 

functions

 

without

 

losing

 

any

 

of

 

your

 

edits.

 

Names

 

and

 

values

 

of

 

the

 

controls

 

are

 

shown

 

on

 

the

 

Control

 

Surface

 

page.

CONTROL ASSIGN buttons

As

 

explained

 

below,

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

the

 

front

 

panel

 

CONTROL

 

ASSIGN

 

buttons

 

to

 

switch

 

between

 

the

 

various

 

control

 

surface

 

functions.

TIMBRE/TRACK

TIMBRE/TRACK

 

lets

 

you

 

use

 

the

 

control

 

surface

 

to

 

adjust

 

the

 

volume,

 

pan,

 

EQ,

 

and

 

send

 

levels

 

for

 

OSC

 

1/2

 

or

 

EX

i

 

1/2

 

in

 

Program

 

mode

 

(plus

 

similar

 

controls

 

for

 

the

 

Drum

 

Track,

 

with

 

the

 

exception

 

of

 

pan),

 

the

 

current

 

Multisample

 

in

 

Sample

 

mode,

 

and

 

each

 

of

 

the

 

16

 

Timbres

 

or

 

Tracks

 

in

 

Combi

 

and

 

Sequence

 

modes.

 

The

 

LEDs

 

to

 

the

 

right

 

of

 

the

 

switch

 

show

 

whether

 

you’re

 

currently

 

editing

 

Timbres

 

(or

 

Tracks)

 

1

8

 

or

 

9

16;

 

press

 

the

 

TIMBRE/TRACK

 

button

 

to

 

toggle

 

between

 

the

 

two.

 

AUDIO

AUDIO

 

lets

 

you

 

use

 

the

 

control

 

surface

 

to

 

adjust

 

the

 

volume,

 

play/mute

 

status,

 

solo,

 

pan,

 

and

 

send

 

levels

 

of

 

the

 

analog,

 

S/P DIF,

 

and

 

USB

 

inputs.

 

In

 

Sequencer

 

mode,

 

you

 

can

 

also

 

choose

 

to

 

control

 

audio

 

tracks

 

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

 

with

 

the

 

knobs,

 

and

 

control

 

KARMA

 

with

 

the

 

sliders

 

and

 

switches.

TONE ADJ/EQ

TONE

 

ADJ

 

(Tone

 

Adjust)

 

gives

 

you

 

hands

on

 

access

 

to

 

sound

 

editing,

 

using

 

the

 

sliders,

 

knobs,

 

and

 

switches.

 

In

 

Combination

 

and

 

Sequence

 

modes,

 

it

 

also

 

lets

 

you

 

edit

 

Programs

 

within

 

the

 

context

 

of

 

the

 

Combi

 

or

 

Song,

 

without

 

making

 

any

 

changes

 

to

 

the

 

original

 

Program

 

data.

EQ

 

is

 

available

 

only

 

in

 

Set

 

Lists.

 

This

 

is

 

a

 

nine

band

 

graphic

 

EQ

 

applied

 

to

 

the

 

sound

 

after

 

TFX2,

 

which

 

tailors

 

the

 

sound

 

from

 

the

 

main

 

stereo

 

outputs

 

(including

 

the

 

analog

 

L/R

 

outputs,

 

S/P

 

DIF,

 

and

 

USB).

MIXER KNOBS button

This

 

applies

 

only

 

when

 

CONTROL

 

ASSIGN

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

TIMBRE/TRACK

 

or

 

AUDIO

.

 

It

 

toggles

 

the

 

knobs

 

between

 

controlling

 

the

 

pan

 

of

 

all

 

channels

 

or

 

controlling

 

the

 

pan,

 

EQ,

 

and

 

sends

 

of

 

the

 

currently

 

selected

 

channel.

RESET CONTROLS button

This

 

feature

 

lets

 

you

 

reset

 

the

 

Vector

 

Joystick

 

to

 

the

 

center

 

position,

 

or

 

reset

 

any

 

of

 

the

 

Control

 

Surface

 

sliders,

 

knobs,

 

or

 

switches

 

to

 

their

 

saved

 

value.

To

 

reset

 

a

 

single

 

control,

 

hold

 

down

 

RESET

 

CONTROLS

 

and

 

then

 

move

 

a

 

Control

 

Surface

 

slider

 

or

 

knob,

 

press

 

one

 

of

 

the

 

control

 

surface

 

buttons,

 

or

 

move

 

the

 

Vector

 

Joystick.

To

 

reset

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

sliders,

 

knobs,

 

and

 

switches

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

CONTROL

 

ASSIGN

 

mode

 

at

 

once,

 

hold

 

down

 

RESET

 

CONTROLS

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

the

 

currently

lit

 

CONTROL

 

ASSIGN

 

button

 

again.

9. Vector 
    Joystick

11. SW 1&2

12. Joystick

13. Ribbon

14. Headphone Jack

1. Volume

2. Control Surface

5. Mode

4. Disk Access Indicator

6. Utility

7. Bank Select

18. Sampling

16. Sequencer

15. Exit

17. Tempo

3. Data Entry

19. TouchView

Display

8. KARMA

10. Drum
      Track

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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