Korg Kronos User Manual

Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record) RPPR playback
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subsequentpatternswillstartinsyncwiththeend
ofpreviouslyplayedpattern.
Ifyouchangethe“Mode”settingtoOnce,theentire
patternwillplaybacktotheendevenifyourelease
yourfingerfromthekeyboardimmediately.
13.Tostopplayback,eitherpressthesamekeyonce
again,orpresstheC2orlowerkey.
RPPR playback
Let’susetheRPPRyoucreatedtoperformintheP0:
Play/REC–MIDITrackProgSelect/Mixerpage.
1. SelecttheP0:Play/REC–MIDITrackProgSelect/
Mixerpage(Seethediagrambelow).
2. Checkthe“RPPR”checkbox.
TheRPPRfunctionwillbeturnedon.Settheon/off
foreachsong.
3. Playthekeyboard,andpatternswillbeginplaying
accordingtotheRPPRsettings.
• Patternplaybackforakeywitha“Sync”settingof
BeatorMeasurewillsynctotheplaybackofthe
firstpattern.Formoreinformation,see“Sync”on
page 592oftheParameterGuide.
•Ifyouareplayingthepatterninsynchronization
(when“Sync”isBeat,Measure
,orSE
Q),thepattern
willstartaccuratelyifyouplaythenoteslightly
earlierthanthetimingofthebeatormeasure.Even
ifyouplaythenoteslightlylaterthanthebeator
measure(butnolaterthana32ndnote),itwillbe
consideredtohavestartedatthebea
t
ormeasure,
andthebeginningofthepatternwillbe
compressedsothattheremainderoftheplayback
willbecorrect.
IfyouwishtotriggertheRPPRfunctionfroman
externalMIDIdevice,usetheMIDIchannelthatis
selectedfor“TrackSelect.”
4. ToturnofftheRPPRfunc
tio
n,unchecktheRPPR
checkbox.
Play RPPR while a Song plays back
RPPRcanbeplayedinsynchronizationwiththe
playbackofasong.
Patternplaybackforakeywitha“Sync”settingofSEQ
willsynchronizetotheplaybackofthesong.(See
“Sync”onpage 592oftheParameterGuide.)Startthe
songplayback,andthenpressthekey.Thepattern
playbackwillst
artinsynchronizationwiththe
measuresofthesong.
Synchronizationwillbelostifyouusethe<<REW
orFF>>switcheswhileasongisplaying.
Note:IfyouwantRPPRpatternplaybacktobeginat
themomentthatsongplaybackbegins,itisagood
ideatoinsertanemptymeasurecontainingnom
usical
databeforethesongplaybackbegins.
Note:Ifthesongisstopped,thepatternwill
synchronizetothetimingofKARMA.
Recording an RPPR performance
YoucanrecordRPPRperformancesinreal‐time.
Ifyouareusingonlyonetrack(suchasMIDITrack01),
set“TrackSelect”tothedesiredtrack,andun‐check
MultiRec.
Ontheotherhand,evenifRPPRusesonlyonetrack,
usemulti‐trackrecordingifyouwillbeselecting
anothertrackin“T
rackSelect”andrecordingits
performanceatthesametime.
Youshouldalsoselectmulti‐trackrecordingifyou
specifiedtheRPPRdatausingmultipletracksrather
thanjustasingletrack,andwanttosimultaneously
recordtheperformanceofmultipletracks.
Note:TheRPPRpatternwillberecor
dedas
performancedataonthetracksus
edbythepattern.
Inthisexample,we’llexplainhowyoucanrecordan
RPPRperformanceandakeyboardperformanceatthe
sametime.Beforeyoucontinue,usetheP0:Play/REC–
RPPR On

Korg Kronos Specifications

Operating Environment

operating temperature range	+5 – +35 °C

Power

power consumption	60 W

Weight and Dimensions

dimensions (61 keys)	1052 x 362 x 134 mm
dimensions (73 keys)	1243 x 411 x 145 mm
dimensions (88 keys)	1455 x 411 x 145 mm
weight (61 keys)	12.5 kg
weight (73 keys)	20.3 kg
weight (88 keys)	23.0 kg