Korg Kronos User Manual

Sampling (Open Sampling System)
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timingofthephraseinthesequencertotransform
theoriginalrhythmloopintoanentirelydifferent
rhythmloop.(Stereosamplesaresupported.)
•YoucanusetheTimeStretchfunctiontomodifythe
tempowithoutchangingthesample’spitch.When
executingTimeStretch,youcanchooseeither
“Sustaining”(suitableforloopsofsustainedso
und
s
suchasstringsorvocal)or“Slice”(suitablefor
loopsofdecay‐typesoundssuchasdrums).(Stereo
samplesaresupported.)
• Sometimeswhenloopingasampleofpitched
instrumentssuchasstringsorwinds,thelooped
portionmayplaybackinanunnaturalway.By
executingtheCrossfadeLoopfunct
ionyoucan
eliminatethisproblemsothattheloopsounds
right.
Loop settings
1. Selectthesampleforwhichyouwishtomakeloop
settings.
Toselectthesample,usetheSampleSelectorIndex
parametersofP2:LoopEditpageoroftheP0:
Recording,Recordingpage.
IfyouuseSampleSelecttoselectthesample,be
awarethattheassignmenttotheindexwillalso
change.
2.
IntheP2
:LoopEditpage,usethe“Loop”check
boxtoturnloopplaybackon/offforthesample.
Loopingwillbeturnedoniftheboxischecked.
Thiswilloperatebetweentheaddressesyouspecify
instep3.
LoopOn:Start→End→LoopStart→End→(Loop
Start→Endisrepeated)
LoopOff:Start→End
Toplaythesample,pressthekeytowhichthe
sampleisassigned(thekeyrangethatishighlighted
inKeyboard&Pad).
AsamplewaveformthatwassampledwithSample
ModesettoStereowillbedisplayedintwolevels.
TheupperlevelistheLchannel,andthelo
werlevel
istheRchannel.
3. Setthestartaddressin“Start,”theloopstart
addressin“LoopStart,”andtheendaddressin
“End.”
SelectLoopStart(highlighted),andusethe
[VALUE]dialorotherVALUEcontrollerstomodify
thevalue.Thecorrespondingverticallinewill
mov
e.SetStartandEndinthesameway.Inthe
exampleshownbelow,Startissetimmediately
beforethefirstwaveform,LoopStartisset
immediatelybeforethesecondwaveform,andEnd
issetasdesired.
ZOOM
4. ByusingtheZOOMbuttonyoucanchangethe
rangethatisdisplayed.When“Start”is
highlighted,zoomwillbeperformedfromthe
startaddress.
Area“a”shownintheillustrationdisplaysthe
entiresample.Area“b”indicatestheregionwithin
theentiresamplethatisshowninarea“c.”Asyou
zoom‐inonthetimeaxis,thisshowsyo
uwherethe
zoomedregionislocatedwithintheentiresample.
UsetheZoombuttonstospecifyhowarea“c”will
showamagnified(zoom‐in)orreduced(zoom‐out)
viewofthewaveform.
Use Zero
IftheUseZerocheckboxischecked,onlythose
addresseswherethewaveformdatacrossesthezero
levelwillbefoundautomaticallywhensearching,
andcanbeset.Thisletsyoueasilymakeaddress
settingswherenoiseislesslikelytooccurwhen
looping.
Truncate
5. Ifnecessary,usethepagemenucommand
“Truncate”todeleteunwanteddatathatfalls
outsidethestart(orloopstart)andendaddresses.
SelecttheFront&Endradiobutton.
Inthisexample,wewillnotchangethesettingsof
theSavetoNo.andOverwritecheckboxes,so
presstheOKbuttontoexecute.
Start (Red) Loop Start (Green) End (Blue)
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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