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Automatically loading sample data Creating and saving .KSC files
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Notethatifthedataisextremelylarge,andwouldnot
fitintoRAMregardlessofwhichothersampleswere
loaded,thedatawilluseVirtualMemoryregardlessof
thissetting.
ThesesettingsapplyonlytoEXsandUserSample
Bankdata;SamplingModedataisalwaysloadedinto
RAM.
RAM:Thesam
pleswillbeloadedintoRAM.Thishas
theadvantageofallowingreversesampleplayback.
VirtualMemory:ThesampleswilluseVirtual
Memory.Thisgenerallyallowsyoutoloadmorelarge
samplesatonce.Notethatthesamplesmaystill
requireasignificantamountofRAM.
KSCSettings:KSCscanstoreseparatelo
adme
thod
settingsforeachMultisampleorDrumSample,based
onthesettingswhentheKSCwassaved.SettingLoad
methodtoKSCSettingsusestheseindividualsettings.
Memory usage graphic
Thisshowstheamountofmemoryusedbythe
differenttypesofsamples,alongwiththeslotsusedfor
SamplingModeMultisamples,Samples,and
MultisampleIndexes(keyzoneswithinMultisamples).
Show Current or Selected Auto-Load
Thisselectswhetherthegraphicshowsthecurrent
stateofmemory,orthestateofmemoryasitwouldbe
afterdoinganauto‐loadusingthecurrentsettings.
It’spossiblefordifferentKSCfilestorefertothesame
sampledata;forinstance,twoKSCfilesmaypointto
thesamesetofGrandPianomultisamples.Thesy
ste
m
takesnoteofthis,sothattheredundantdataiscounted
onlyonce.
EXS/USRBANKshowstheamountofmemoryused
forsamplesinEXsandUserSampleBanks.
SAMPLINGshowstheamountofmemoryusedfor
samplesinSamplingMode.
Freeshowstheamountofmemorysti
l
lavailable.
ThenextsectionshowsthenumbersofMultisamples,
Samples,andMultisampleIndexescurrentlyusedin
SamplingMode,outoftheavailablemaximum.Data
inEXsandUserBanksdoesnotcounttowardsthese
maximums.
Multisamplesshowsthecurrentnumberof
MultisamplesinSamplingMode,outofthemaxi
mum
of4,000.
SamplesshowsthenumberofSamplesinSampling
Mode,outofthemaximumof16,000.
MSIndexesshowsthetotalnumberofIndexesinall
MultisamplesinSamplingMode,outofthemaximum
of16,000.
Memory capacity exceeded
IfthesizeofthesampledatainMBaddsuptogreater
thanthetotalavailablememory,thenthereareseveral
indicationsinthegraphic:
•TheFreeboxturnsred,andshowstheamountby
whichtheselecteddataexceedstheavailable
memory,asanegativenumber
•ThewordOVERappearsinredtotherightofthe
Freebox,withthre
eexclamationpointsonasecond
line
Max numbers exceeded for Sampling Mode
Multisamples, Samples, or Multisample Indexes
Asnotedabove,SamplingModecanhaveupto4,000
Multisamples,16,000Samples,and16,000Multisample
Indexes.Ifanyoftheselimitswouldbeexceededby
theselectedauto‐load,thentherearetwoindicationsin
thegraphic:
•Thenumbersfortheaffecteddatatype(e.g.,
numberofSamples)areshowninred
•T
hebar‐graphforthedatatypeturnsred,instead
ofblue,andextendstofilltheentirelength
Creating and saving .KSC files
Creating a subset of PRELOAD.KSC
Youmaydecidethatyouwanttoremovesomeofthe
factory‐loadedsamplesfrommemory,inordertomake
roomforoptionalKorgorthird‐partyEXs, orforyour
ownsamples.Thisiseasytodo.Youcanunloadan
entireEXs,ifyouwish,orunloadindividual
Mu
ltisamplesorDrumSamples.
Unloadingdoesnotaffectthedatastoredondisk;it
onlychangeswhatiscurrentlyloadedintomemory.
Unloading an entire bank of data
Toun‐loadanentirebankofdataatonce:
1. GototheGlobalP0:SampleManagementpage.
Thispageofferstoolsformanagingthesampledata
currentlyloadedintotheKRONOS.
2. Inthemenu,selecttheUnloadallinbank
command.
TheUnloadalldatafromselectedbankdialogwill
appear.
3. Selectthedes
iredbank(suchasanEXs).
4. PresstheOKbuttontoconfirm,orCanceltoexit
thedialogwithoutmakingchanges.
5. Proceedtotheinstructionsunder“SavingaKSC
file,”below.
Unloading individual items
TounloadindividualMultisamples,DrumSamples,or
Samples:
1. GototheGlobalSampleManagementpage.
2. Abovethelistofsampledata,selectthedesired
BankandType.
ForEXsandUserSampleBanks,thepossibleTypesare
MultisampleorDrumSample.ForSamplingMode,the
possibleTypesareMultisampleorSample.
3. Selectthedes
iredite
ms(Multisamplesor
Samples)fromthelist.

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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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