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Sampling (Open Sampling System)
Sampling overview
About sampling on the KRONOS
Overview
TheKRONOScansampleexternalaudiofromthe
analog,S/P DIF,orUSBinputs,at48 kHz16‐bit
resolution(or24‐bitwhensamplingtodisk),inmono
orstereo.YoucanrecordsamplesintoRAM,orsample
directlytodisk.
Youcanalsodigitallyresamplethecompletesoundof
aProgram,Combi,orSong,play
edliveorsequenced,
includinganyeffectsandKARMA‐generatedevents.
UsinganexternalUSBCDdrive(notincluded),you
canalsosample(or“rip”)directlyfromanaudioCD,
inthedigitaldomain.
Finally,youcanprocesstheinputsthroughtheIFX,
MFX,andTFX,orthroughthes
ynthesisfunctionsof
EXisuchastheMS‐20EXandMOD‐7.
Youcancombineanyandallofthesefeaturesatonce.
Forinstance,youcansamplealiveguitarrifffromthe
audioinputs,processedthroughKRONOSeffects,
whilelisteningtoandeitherrecordingornotrecording
aKARMA‐generatedph
rase.
YoucanuseyoursamplesdirectlyinDrumKits,or
makethemintoMultisamplesandusethemanywhere
thatyouuseROMMultisamples,suchasinHD‐1
ProgramsorWaveSequences.
KSC Files and User Sample Banks
KSCstandsforKorgSampleCollection.KSCfiles
groupyourSamplesandMultisamplestogether,and
letyouloadthemasUserSampleBanks.UserSample
BanksmaybeloadedeitherintoRAM,ormayuse
VirtualMemory,justlikeEXs.Theyhaveotherbenefits
aswell.Formoreinformation,see“Creat
ingand
sav
ing.KSCfiles”onpage 165.
Sampling and RAM
TheKRONOScomeswith2GBofRAMpre‐installed;
theKRONOSXcomeswith3GBofRAM.
Approximately1GBofthisRAMisusedbythe
operatingsystemandROMsampledata.The
remainderissharedbetweenthesamplesinEXs,User
SampleBanks,andSamplingMode.
Thisme
ansth
atthesizeofthecurrentlyloadedEXs
andUserSampleBankstradesoffagainstthememory
availableforSamplingMode.Themorespaceusedby
EXsandUserSampleBanks,thelessisavailablefor
SamplingMode.
UsingVirtualMemoryforEXsandUserSampleBanks
generallyle
tsyo
uloadmoresamplesatonce,butmay
stilluseasubstantialamountofRAM.
Note:TochecktheamountofsampleRAMavailable,
see“0–1f:FreeSampleMemory/Locations”on
page 684oftheParameterGuide.
Theamountofsamplingtimedependsontheamount
offreeRAM,asshownbelow.
FreeRAMan
dappr
oximatesamplingtimes
Installing additional RAM
Anadditional1GBDIMMcanbeinstalledintothe
KRONOSatanyauthorizedKorgservicecenter,
bringingthetotalphysicalRAMto3GB.(The
KRONOSXshipsfromthefactorywith3GBalready
installed,andcannotbeexpandedfurther.)
Thisapproximatelydoublesthemaximumavailable
sampleRAM,uptoab
out2GB.Ofcourse,when
loadingEXsorUserSampleBanksusingVirtual
Memory,thetotalsizeoftheloadedsampledatacanbe
muchgreater.
TheKRONOSuseswidelyavailable,off‐the‐shelf
DIMMs.InstallationbyanauthorizedKorgservice
centerisrequired;userinstallationisnotsupported
andmayvo
i
dyourwarranty.Formoreinformationon
howtopurchaseandarrangeforinstallationofRAM,
pleasecontactyourcountry’sKorgDistributor:
http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/index.html
ForcompatibilitywiththeKRONOS,RAMmust
complywiththefollowingspecification:
240‐PinPC2‐6400CL‐5(orCL‐6)DDR2‐800non‐ECC
UnbufferedDIMM1GB
Sampling to disk
Youcansampledirectlytodisk(includingtheinternal
diskandUSBstoragedevices),creatingaWAVEfile.
Thisletsyourecordupto80minutescontinuously,in
eithermonoorstereo(mono:approximately440MB,
stereo:approximately879 MB).
AslongastheyfitintotheavailableRAM,theseWAVE
filescanthenbeload
edintoSamplingModeandused
inDrumKits,HD‐1ProgramsorWaveSequences.
(NotethatafterloadingthemintoSamplingMode,
you’llneedtosavethemagain;theWAVEfilescan’tbe
useddirectlyforPrograms,etc.)
Free RAM
Approximate Sampling Time (min:sec)
Mono Stereo
16 MB 2:54 1:27
64 MB 11:39 5:49
128 MB 23:18 11:39
256 MB 46:36 23:18
512 MB 93:12 46:36

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Operating Environment IconOperating Environment
operating temperature range+5 – +35 °C
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power consumption60 W
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight 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

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