Korg Krome

Playing sounds
En-14
Simple program and
combination editing
Adjusting the EQ and volume balance
Foraprogram,theprogram’sEQandmastereffect
returnamountcanbeadjustedintheP0:Play–Main
page.
IntheP0:Play–Mixer&DrumTrackpageyoucan
adjustthevolumebalanceofoscillators1and2,and
thedrumtrack.HereyoucanalsoadjusttheEQofthe
drumtrackprogram.
Using Tone Adjust
TheKROME’sToneAdjustfunctionassignsprogram
parametersthatareusefulforeditingwithbuttonsand
slidersinthedisplay.Youcanusethesetoeditthe
soundefficiently.
1. AccesstheProgrammodeP0:Play–ToneAdjust
page.PressthePROGbutton,andthentheTone
Adjusttab.
2. Usetheslidersandbuttonsinthedisplaytomake
ad
justments.YoucanalsousetheVALU E 
controllerstomakeadjustments.
Theparametersassignedtotheslidersandknobswill
differdependingontheprogramorcombination.(For
somesounds,theresultmaybedifficulttonotice.)
Forexample,the“PitchStre.”sliderproducesrich
tonalchangesandvariat
ionswithoutimpairingthe
characteroftheoriginalsound.“1:FlfoIA”controls
wah,“1:lfoIA”controlsvibrato,and“1:Drive”can
subtlyfattenthesoundorapplyextremedistortion.
“F/AEGA,”“F/AEGD,”“F/AEGS,”and“F/AEGR”
respectivelycontroltheattacktime,decaytime,sustain
level,andreleasetimeofthefilterandampEGs.
Ifyouturnthe1:Trspbuttonon,theoscillator1
transpositionwillbemodifiedbythevalueshown
belowthebutton,raisingorloweringthepitch.
Changing the program or volume
balance of the timbres
Uptosixteenprogramscanbeassignedtoa
combination,allowingyoutoproducedenseandrich
textures.
1. InCombinationmode,presstheCategorySelect
popupbutton;thenfromtab1“2BassSplits,”
chooseA003:Bass&Piano.ThecategoryBass
Splitscontainssplit‐typecombinationswherethe
lowerrangeofthekey
boardplaysabasssound

andtheupperrangeplaysadifferentsound.
Bass&Pianoassignsanacousticpianototimbre1and
anacousticbasstotimbres2and3.
2. Let’strychangingtheprogramassignmentsothat
anorganisplayedinsteadofthepiano.
Pressthetimbre1Category/TimbreProgrampopup
buttontoaccessthelis
t.
Attheleftsideofthelist,pressthe01Organtab,and
thenselectaprogramfromthelist.PresstheOK
buttontoconfirmyourchoice.
3. Playthekeyboard.NotesC4andabovewillplay
anorgansound,andlowernoteswillplayabass
soun
d.
4. Nowlet’sadjustthepan(stereoposition)and
volumeoftheorganandbasssounds.
Inthelowerpartofthedisplay,presstheMixer1–8tab.
AdjustthePanknobandVolumesliderofeachtimbre.
5. Let’strychangingthesplitpointthatdividesthe
organandbasssoun
ds.
PressthePAGEbutton;theninPageSelect,pressP4
Zone/Delay.PresstheKeyZ1–8tabtoaccesstheP4:
Zone/Delay–KeyZoneT01–T08page.
Whilepressingthetimbre1“BottomKey,”playanote
onthekeyboard.Thiswillspecifythelowestkeythat
playstheorgansound.
Whilepressingthe“TopKey”ofthetimbrethatplays
thebasssound,pressthenotethat’sasemitonebelow
thelowestnoteoftheorganrangeyouspecifiedinthe
previousstep.Thiswillspecifythehighestkeythat
playsthebasssound.
Category/Combination Select popup button
Category/Timbre Program popup buttons
A.Piano A.Bass (Velocity SW)
Bottom
Key
Top
Key