Korg Kronos - Selecting Modes

TouchView user interface
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i: Check-box (and radio buttons)
Check‐boxesturnfunctionsoroptionsonandoff,and
radiobuttonsselectbetweenasmallsetofoptions.
Tip:Youcanselectcheck‐boxesandradiobuttonsby
touchingtheirtextlabels;youdon’tneedtotouch
directlyonthegraphicboxesandbuttons.
j: Page menu button
Whenthisbuttonispressed,alistofmenucommands
willappear.Theavailablecommandswillvary
dependingonthecurrentpage.Toselectacommand,
justtouchit.
ThepagemenuwillclosewhenyoupresstheLCD
screenatalocationotherthanthepagemenu,orwhen
youpr
esstheEXITbutton.
Althougheachpagemayhaveitsownuniquemenu
commands,themenusarestandardizedasmuchas
possible.Forinstance,WRITEisusuallythefirstmenu
iteminProgram,Combination,andGlobalmodes.
Menu shortcut: ENTER + numeric keypad
Youcanuseashortcuttoaccessanyofthefirstten
menuitems:
1. HolddowntheENTERkey.
2. Pressanumber(0‐9)onthenumerickeypadto
selectthedesiredmenucommand,startingwith0.
Forinstance,press0forthefirstmenucommand,1for
thesecond,andsoon.
Ifthemenuco
mmandjusttogglesanoptiononandoff
(suchasExclusiveSolo),thenyou’ redone.Ifthe
commandcallsupadialogbox,thedialogwillappear
ontheLCD,andyoucanproceedjustasifyou’d
selectedthecommandfromthetouch‐screen.
Dialog box
Manymenucommandsusedialogboxestomake
additionalsettings.Thedialogboxthatappearswill
dependonthecurrentlyselectedmenucommand.
Toconfirmsettingsinadialogbox,presstheOK
button.Toexitwithoutmakingchanges,pressthe
Cancelbutton.AfterpressingeitherOKorCancel,the
dialogboxwillcl
ose.
Text edit button
Pressingthisbuttonbringsupanon‐screenkeyboard,
forchangingthenameofPrograms,Combis,Songs,
WaveSequences,DrumKits,etc.Formore
information,see“Editingnames”under“Writingto
internalmemory”intheOG.
Other objects
Patch panels
TheMS‐20EXandMOD‐7useon‐screenpatchpanels
torouteaudioandcontrolsignals.Tomakea
connectionbetweentwopatchpoints:
1. Touchoneofthetwojacks(eitherinputoroutput).
Ayellowsquarewillappeararoundtheselectedjack.
2. Touchthesamejackagain.
Theyellowsquarewillblink,showingthatyo
u’ re
abouttomakeaconnection.Tocancelandreturntothe
normalselectedstate,touchthesamejackathirdtime.
3. Touchtheotherjack.
Thetwojackswillnowbeconnectedbyapatchcable.
Todeleteaconnectionbetweentwopatchpoints:
1. Touchtheinputjack.
Note:yo
ucanalsoselecttheoutputjack.However,if
theoutputisconnectedtomorethanoneinput,allof
theconnectionsfromthatoutputwillbeaffected.
2. PresstheDisconnectbutton.
Theselectedconnectionwillbedeleted.
Program Play page Overview/Jump graphics
ThemainProgramP0:Playpage(see“Selecting
Programsbybankandnumber”onpage 17)features
aninteractiveoverviewofthemostimportant
parameters,suchasoscillators,filters,envelopes,
LFOs,andsoon.Justtouchanyoftheseoverview
areas,andyou’lljumptothecorrespondingeditpage.
Selecting modes
TheKRONOSisorganizedintosevendifferent
“modes,”eachoptimizedforadifferentpurpose.Each
modehasacorrespondingbuttononthefrontpanel,
withanLEDtoshowwhichoneisselected.We’ll
introduceeachofthemodesbelow.
Cancel button OK button
Text edit button