Korg Krome

About the display and the modes
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* OK and Cancel buttons
Afterperformingtheotheroperationsinthedialog
box,youcanexecutethecommandbypressingtheOK
button.Tocancelwithoutexecuting,presstheCancel
button.Thedialogboxwillclose.
TheEXITbuttoncorrespondstotheCancelbuttonand
Donebutton.
Selecting modes
TheKROMEprovidesalargenumberoffunctions,
suchasplayingoreditingprogramsandcombinations,
recordingandplayingbacksongs,andmanaging
media.Thesefunctionsaregroupedinto“modes.”The
KROMEhasfivemodes.Toaccessamode,pressthe
correspondingmodebutton(Seepage 5).
Program mode
ProgramsarethebasicsoundsoftheKROME.
InProgrammode,youcan:
• SelectandplayPrograms.
•Useonearpeggiatorinyourperformance.
•PlaybackDrumTrackpatternswhileyouperform
usingaProgram.
•EditPrograms
YoucanusetherealtimecontrolsandtheTone
Adjustfunctiontoeasilyedittheprogram.
Youcanadjustthepa
rameter
sandsettingsofthe
oscillators,filters,amps,EGs,LFOs,effects,
arpeggiator,drumtrack,etc.
Youcanuseuptofiveinserteffects,twomaster
effects,andonetotaleffect.
•Plus,youcancreatedrumprogramsusingdrum
kits(ascreatedinGlobalmode).
Combination mode
Combinationsaresetsofupto16programsthatcanbe
playedsimultaneously,lettingyoucreatesoundsthat
aremorecomplexthanasingleProgram.In
Combinationmode,youcan:
• SelectandplayCombinations.
•Usemultipletimbrestoplayarpeggiopatterns
generatedbytwoarpeggiators.
•Useoneormoretimbrestoplaybackthepatterns
inthedrumtrack.
•UsetheKROM
Easa16‐partmultitimbraltone
generator.
•EditCombinations
Youcanusethetoneadjustfunctiontoeasilyedit
theprogramofeachtimbre.
YoucanassignProgramstoeachofthe16Timbres,
eachwithseparatevolume,pan,EQ,andkeyboard
andvelocityzones;adjustsetting
sforeffects,
arpeggiatorandthedrumtrack.
•Plus,youcanuseuptofiveinserteffects,two
mastereffects,andonetotaleffect.
Sequencer mode
Sequencermodeletsyourecord,playback,andedit
MIDItracks.Youcan:
•Usethesixteen‐trackMIDIsequencertorecordand
playbacksongs.
•RecordasingleMIDItrackatatime,orrecordas
manyasallsixteentrackssimultaneously.Youcan
alsorecordexclusivemessages.
•Usemultipletrackstorecordandplayback
performancesgeneratedbytwoarpeggiators.
•Useone
ormoretrackstoplaybackthepatternsin
thedrumtrack.
•Editsongs.
•UsetheKROMEasa16‐trackmulti‐timbralsound
module.
•GM/GM2playbackisalsosupported.
•UsetheToneAdjustfunctiontoeasilyeditthe
programofeachtrack.
•Useuptofivein
serteffects,twomastereffects,and
onetotaleffect.
•Recordpatternsandassignthemtoindividual
keys,usingRPPR(RealtimePattern
Play/Recording).
• CreateaCueListthatwillplaybackmultiplesongs
intheorderthatyouspecify.Youcanalsocombine
thesesongsintoasinglesong.
• CreateuserDrumTrackpatterns.
Global mode
Globalmodeletsyouadjustoverallsettingsforthe
entireKROME,andeditdrumkitsandarpeggio
patterns.InGlobalmode,youcan:
•AdjustsettingsthataffecttheentireKROME,such
asmastertuneandtheglobalMIDIchannel.
• Createuserscales.
• Createdrumkitsusingdrumsamples.
• Createuserarpeggiopatterns.
• Renameprogramandcombinationcategori
es.
•Setthefunctionoftheassignablepedalsan
d
assignableswitches.
•TransmitMIDISystemExclusivedatadumps.
Media mode
YoucansaveorloaddatausinganSDcard.InMedia
mode,youcan:
• SaveandloadPrograms,Combinations,Songs,and
Globalsetupdata.
•FormatanSDcard,copyandrenamefiles,etc.
•Performfileoperationssuchascopyingdatatoor
frommedia.
•ExportandimportsequencestoandfromSMF
(StandardMIDIFiles).
•Useth
eDataFilerfunctiontosaveorloadMIDI
SystemExclusivedata.