Korg Krome

Playing and editing Programs
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Setting the functions of Realtime
Controls USER knobs 1–4
WhentheRealtimecontrolsissettoUSER,thefour
knobsontherightfunctionasRealtimeknobs1–4.
Thesecanperformanumberofdifferentfunctions,
suchasmodulatingsoundsoreffects,adjustingeffects
sendlevels,andsoon.
EachProgram,Combination,andSongstoresitsown
settingsforwhattheknobswilldo.
WhenusingtheslidersforAMSorDmod,it’s
importanttounderstandthatcreatinganassignmentis
atwo‐stepprocess.First,youassigntheknobtosenda
MIDIcontroller,suchasKnobMod.1(CC#17).Second,
youassignthatMIDIcontrollertomodulateoneor
moreProgramoreffectsparameters.
Forthefirstpartoftheabove,usethemode’s
ControllersSetuppage(See“
Settingthefunctionsof
SW1andSW2,”above).
Thedefaultassignmentsforknobs1–4areKnobMod.1
(CC#17),KnobMod.2(CC#19),KnobMod.3(CC#20),
andKnobMod.4(CC#21),respectively.
Here’sanexampleofhowtosetupknob1tocontrola
Program’sfilterandampEGattacktime:
1. PresstheMODE
PROGbuttontoenterProgram
mode.
2. AccesstheP1:Basic/Controllers–Controllers
Setuppage.
PressthePAGEbuttontoaccessPageSelect,and
choose“P1Basic/Controllers.”PresstheControllers
tab.
3. PresstheRealtimeControlsKnobAssign“Knob
1–B”popupbutton,andchooseF/AAttack
(CC#73).
4. PresstheCONTROLAS
SIGNREALTIME
CONTROLbuttontoselectUSER.(TheLED
USERwilllightup.)
5. Useknob1tocontroltheEGattackforthefilter
andamp.
Fordetails,pleaseseepage 348oftheParameter
Guide.
Note: Ifyouwishtokeepthesesettingsafterthepower
isturnedoff,youmustsavetheProgram,
Combination,orSong(seepage 116).
Arpeggiator settings
Accordingtothenotedatareceivedfromthekeyboard
orfromtheMIDIINconnector,thearpeggiatorwill
automaticallygenerateawiderangeofphrasesor
patternsincludingarpeggios,guitar orkeyboard
backingriffs,bassphrases,ordrumpatterns.Whenthe
realtimecontrolsARPisselected,youcanusethe
knobstova
rythedurationanddynamicsofthe
arpeggiatednotes.
Formoreaboutthearpeggiator,pleaseseepage 85.
Drum Track settings
YoucanusetheKROME’srichvarietyofdrum
patternstoaccompanyyouwithhigh‐qualitydrum
programswhileyouperformusingaprogram.
PlayingalongwithDrumTrackpatternsisoftena
usefulwaytocomeupwithnewphrases.
FormoreabouttheDrumTrackfunction,pleasesee
page 97.
Effects
Fordetails,pleasesee“UsingEffects”onpage 77.
Automatically importing a
Program into Sequence mode
YoucanusetheAutoSongSetupfeature,which
automaticallycopiesthesettingsoftheprogramor
combinationandputstheKROMEinrecord‐standby
modewhenyousimplypresstheREC(●)button.
ThenyoucanpresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOP
()buttontobeginrecording.
Fordetails,pleasesee“A u t o SongSetupfunction”on
page 59.