Korg Kronos User Manual

Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits
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•Volume
•Pan
•Pan(followinginserteffects)
•Sendlevelstothemastereffects
• Duplicatethefunctionofanothercontroller,suchas
thejoystickorribbon
Note:Youcanusethisasasourceforalternate
modulationoreffectdynamicmodulation,anduseit
tocontrolprogramparametersoreffectparameters.In
thiscase,setFootSwit
chAssigntoFootSW(CC#82),
andFootPedalAssigntoFootPedal(CC#04).
Changing Programs and Combinations with the
foot switch
1. Pressthe“FootSwitchAssign”popupbutton,and
selecteitherProgramUporProgramDown.
ProgramUpwillcausethenexthigherprogram
numbertobeselectedeachtimeyoupressthefoot
switch.
ProgramDownwillcausethenextlowerprogram
numbertobeselectedeachtimeyoupressthefoot
swi
tch.
2.
Setthe“FootSwitchPolarity”tothepolarityofthe
footswitchyouhaveconnected.
IfyouhaveconnectedaKorgPS‐1pedalswitch,set
thisto(–)KorgStandard.Ifthepolarityisnotset
correctly,thepedalwillnotfunctionappropriately.
3. EitherpressthePROGswitchtoenterProgramP0:
Pla
y,orpresstheCOMBIswitchtoenter
CombinationP0:Play.
Whenyoupressthefootswitch,theprogram/
combinationwillchange.
KARMA, Pad, Vector
Youcanassigncontrolchangemessagestothe
KARMAswitchesandsliders,andtothevector
joystickX‐axisandY‐axis.
Youcanalsoassigneithercontrolchangemessagesor
notenumberstopads1–8.Formoredetailsonpads
andMIDI,see“PlayingthepadsfromMIDIorthe
ke
yboard”onpage 35and“2–1c:MIDICC#Assign—
VectorJoystick/Pads”onpage 782oftheParameter
Guide.
Thedefaultsettingsshouldworkwellinmostcases.To
restorethedefaultsettings,usetheResetController
MIDIAssignpagemenucommandandchoose
DefaultSetting.
Creating user scales
Creating an original scale, and assigning
it to a Program
OntheUserScalepage,youcancreateyourown
originalscales.TheseincludesixteendifferentUser
OctaveScales,inwhichthepitchofeachnoteofthe
octaveisrepeatedforalloctaves,andoneUserAll
NoteScale,inwhichthepitchofeachofthe128notes
canbespecifiedin
dependently.
Byadjustingthepitchofeachkeyintherangeof±99
cents,youcanraiseorloweritbyapproximatelyone
semitonerelativetothenormalpitch.
Theuserscalesyoucreateherecanbeusedby
specifyingthescaleforaprogram,foreachtimbreofa
co
mbination,orforeachtrackofasong.
Youcanchoosethesescalesfromthefollowingpages.
Hereishowtosetthescaletypeforeachtimbrein
Sequencermode.
1. Createauseroctavescaleorauserallnotesscale.
Selectakey,andusetheVALUEcontrollerstoadjust
thepitch.Therangeof±99raisesorlowersthepitch
approximatelyonesemitoneaboveorbelowthe
standardpitch.
Note:Youcanalsoselectakeybyholdingdownthe
ENTERswitchandplayingthedesirednoteonthe
keyboard.
Note:Youcancopyoneofthepresetscalesandeditit
tocreat
eano
riginalscale.Todoso,usethepagemenu
commandCopyScale.
2. PresstheSEQbuttontoenterSequencermode.
3. PresstheTrackParametertabandthenthePitch
tabtogototheP2:TrackParameters–Pitchpage.
4. IfyouwanttheTracktousethescalesavedwith
itsindividualProgram,checkthetrack’s“Use
Program’sScale”checkbox.
Tracksthatarenotcheckedwillusethescalespecified
byScale“Type(Song’sScale).”
5. Set“Type(Song’sScale)”toselectthescaleforthe
currentlyselectedsong.
Mode Page
Program P1– Program Basic: Scale
Combination P2– Pitch: Scale, Use Program’s Scale
Sequencer P2– Pitch: Scale, Use Program’s Scale

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