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Sampling (Open Sampling System)
124
WAVEfilescanalsobeusedinaudiotracksofthe
sequencer,orusedtocreateanaudioCD.Formore
information,see“A u d i o recording”onpage 89,and
“CreatingandplayingaudioCDs”onpage 195.
Donotturnoffthepowerforatleast10seconds
aftersamplingtodisk.Thisallowsthesy
ste
mtime
tocompletetheprocess.
24-bit sampling to disk
Whensamplingtodisk,youcanchooseeither16‐bitor
24‐bitresolution.Both16‐and24‐bitWAVEfilescanbe
useddirectlyinSequencermodeaudiotracks.When
loadedasRAMsamples,24‐bitWAVEfilesare
automaticallyconvertedto16‐bitresolution.
Sampling in Sampling mode
InSamplingmode,youcansampleanalogaudiofrom
connectedmicrophonesorlineinputs,ordigitalaudio
fromS/P DIForUSB.Ifyoulike,youcanalsosample
throughtheKRONOSeffects.
YoucanevensampledirectlyfromaudioCDsinan
externalUSBCD‐R/RW.
Samplescanbeprocessedthrougheffectsand
internal
lysampledagain(“resampled”).Youcanuse
either“A u t o ” modewhichautomaticallyappliesthe
specifiedeffectprocessingtotheselectedsample,or
“Manual”modewhichletsyouplaythesample
manuallywitheffectsappliedandresampleyour
performance.
Program, Combination, Sequencer
modes
InProgram,Combination,andSequencermodes,you
canresampleacompleteliveperformanceincluding
filters,effects,KARMA,andevensequencerplayback.
Youcanalsosampleexternalaudiosources,mixthe
KRONOSsoundswiththeexternalaudioandsample
thecombinedresult,orevenmonitortheperformance
oftheKRONOSwhilesamplingonlytheexternal
so
urce.
In-Track Sampling in Sequencer mode
InSequencermode,youcansamplewhileplaying
alongwithaSong,andautomaticallycreatenotedata
totriggerthenewsamplesattheappropriatemoment
intheSong.Youcanthenmanipulatethesesamples
usingthesynthesisabilitiesoftheHD‐1,forcreative
alternativestoHDR.Thisiscalled“In‐Tr
ack
Sampli
ng.”
Sampling frequency and bit resolution
Asshowninthediagram,samplingreadsthelevelof
theanalogsignalatfixedintervalsalongthetimeaxis,
andstoresthelevelsinmemoryasdigitaldata.
Thetimebetweentheseintervalsiscalledthe
“samplingfrequency.”48kHz(kiloHertz)meansthat
samplingisperformed48,000timeseachsecond,so
thattheinterv
alsare1/48,000ofa
secondapart—
approximately0.02083ms(milliseconds).
Thehigherthesamplingfrequency,theclosertothe
originalanalogsignalthewaveforminmemorywill
be.
Eachlevelisreadandconvertedintodigitaldata.The
accuracyofthelevelmeasurementisdeterminedby
thebitresolution.Thisprocessconv
ertsananalog
signalwithinfiniteresolutionintoadigitalsignalwith
finiteresolution.With16bitresolution,eachlevelis
indicatedin65,536steps(thesixteenthpoweroftwo).
Thegreaterthebitresolution,theclosertotheoriginal
analogsignalthewaveforminmemorywillbe
.
48
kHz16bitsamplingisthesamequalityasinaudio
devicessuchasDATs.CDsuse44.1kHz16bit
sampling,whichisaslightlylowersampling
frequency.
Samples and Multisamples
Samples
Thedatathatisrecorded(sampled)intointernal
memoryorloadedfromafileisreferredtoasasample
orsamplefile.Samplesconsistoftheactualwaveform
data,andparametersthatspecifyhowthedatawillbe
playedback,suchasStart,LoopStart,andEnd
Address.Samplescanbeus
edinmul
tisamplesand
drumkits.
SamplingModesupportsamaximumof16,000
Samplesatonce.SamplesinEXsandUserBanksdo
notcounttowardsthismaximum.
TheKRONOScanshareasinglewaveformamong
multiplesamples.Thisallowsyoutocreatemultiple
sampleswithdifferentplaybackaddressesfromthe
sam
ewaveformwithoutwastinginternalmemory.For
example,supposethatyouhavewaveformdatathat
recordsavoicesaying“One‐Two‐Three.”Thissingle
pieceofwaveformdatacouldbesharedbythree
samples,withtheplaybackofsampleAproducing
“One‐Two‐Three,”sampleBproducing“One‐Two,”
andsam
pleCproducing“Two‐Three.”
Formoreinformation,see“Copy”onpage 735ofthe
ParameterGuide.
Multisamples
MultisampleslayoutoneormoreSamplesacrossthe
keyboard.Forinstance,averysimpleguitar
MultisamplemighthavesixSamples–oneforeach
string.
Sampled digital
waveform
Time
Level
Level
Time
Analog waveform
16 bit
=65,536 levels
of data
48 kHz
= 48,000 times every second
= 0.0208 mS cycle

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operating temperature range+5 – +35 °C
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power consumption60 W
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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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