Preparations for sampling Audio Settings
127
PleasenotethatwhenyouchangeBusSelect
(IFX/Indiv.)fromOfftoL/RorIFX,thevolumelev el
totheAUDIOOUTL/MONOandRjacksortothe
headphonesmaydramaticallyincrease.
FX Ctrl Bus (FX Control Bus)
TheFXControlBusesletsyoucreateeffects
“sidechains.”Sidechainsletyoucontrolaneffectwith
oneaudiosignal(thesidechain),whiletheeffect
processesacompletelydifferentaudiosignal.Thisis
convenientforusewithvocoders,compressorsand
limiters,gates,etc.
KRONOSincludestwotrue‐stereoFXControlBuses.
Formoreinfo
rmation,see“FXControlBuses”on
page 860oftheParameterGuide.
REC Bus
ThissendstheexternalaudioinputsignaltotheREC
buses(fourmonochannels;1,2,3,4).
TheRECbusesarededicatedinternalbusesusedfor
samplingorforrecordingaudiotracksinSequencer
mode.
Ifyouwanttosamplethesebuses,setSourceBustoa
RECbus.
InSamplingmode,yo
ucanmi
xseveralaudioinputsto
aRECbusforsampling,oryoucanmixthedirect
soundofaudioinputswiththesoundprocessedby
inserteffectsandsamplethecombinedresultfromthe
RECbus.
Inothermodes(e.g.,Programmode),youcanusethe
RECbusestosampl
ejustanaudioinputthat’splaying
alongwithaKARMAperformancebeingoutputtothe
L/Rbus.
Off:Theexternalaudiosignalwillnotbesenttothe
RECbuses.Thisisthedefault.
1,2,3,4:Theexternalaudioinputsignalwillbesentto
thespecifiedRECbusinmo
no.ThePansettingis
ig
nored.
1/2,3/4:Theexternalaudioinputsignalwillbesentin
stereotothespecifiedpairofRECbuses.ThePan
settingsendsthesignalinstereotobuses1and2or
buses3and4.
Send1 (to MFX1), Send2 (to MFX2)
Theseadjustthelevelsatwhichtheexternalaudio
inputsignalissenttothemastereffects.
Send1(toMFX1):Sendthesignaltomastereffect1.
Send2(toMFX2):Sendthesignaltomastereffect2.
IfBusSelect(IFX/Indiv.)issettoIFX1–12,thesend
levelstothemastereffectsaresetbythepost‐IFX1–12
Se
nd1andSend2.
PLAY/MUTE
Thisindicateswhethertheexternalaudiosignalbeing
inputisinPLAYorMUTEstatus.
Youcancontrolthisusingthefront‐panelMIX
PLAY/MUTE1–6switches.
SOLO On/Off
ThisindicatestheSOLOstatusofeachexternalaudio
signalinput.YoucanusetheMIXSELECT1–6
switchestochangethis.
Soundwillbeoutputonlyfromchannelsforwhich
SOLOisOn.Otherchannelswillbemuted.Thesolo
functionincludestheoscillatorsofthetonegenerator.
Pan
Thisspecifiesthepanningoftheexternalaudioinput
signal.Wheninputtingastereoaudiosource,youwill
normallysettheinputstoL000andR127respectively.
Level
Specifiestheleveloftheexternalaudiosignalthatwill
beinput.Normallyyouwillsetthisat127.
Theaudiosignalsfromtheanaloginputsare
convertedbyanA/Dconverterfromanalogto
digitalsignals.Thisparametersetsthelevelofthe
signalimmediatelyafterithasbeenconvertedinto
digitalform.Ifthesoundisdistortedeventhough
thislevelsettingisverylow,itispossiblethatthe
soundisdistortingearlierthantheA/Dconverter.
You’llneedtoadjusttheMIC/LINEgainselect
switch,theLEVELknob,ortheoutputlevelofyour
externalaudiosource.
IfBusSele
ct(IFX/
Indiv.)isn’tOff,raisingtheLevel
willbringtheexternalinputsignalintothe
KRONOSaudiosystem.Anynoisefromtheinputs
(evenifnoactualsignalispresent)maybeheardat
theKRONOSoutputs.
Mic
Digital recorder, eect, etc.
Guitar
Eect unit
USB B
Computer
LINE MIC