Korg Kronos - Using Wave Sequences; Wave Sequence Overview; Programming Basics

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Using Wave Sequences
Wave Sequence Overview
What’s a Wave Sequence?
WaveSequencesplaybackaseriesofdifferent
Multisamplesovertime.Youcanusethistocreatea
varietyofuniquetimbralandrhythmiceffects,as
describedbelow.
WaveSequencesaresimilartoDrumKits,inthatyou
createandedittheminGlobalmode,andthenuse
theminPrograms.InHD‐1Prog
ram
s,youcanuse
WaveSequencesjustasyouwouldnormal
Multisamples,includingvelocityswitchesor
crossfades,layeringdifferentWaveSequencesonthe
twoOscillators,andsoon.
Alsolikedrumkits,whenyouplayaWaveSequence
inGlobalmode,itwillusethesettingsfromthe
previouslysel
ectedProgramorCombi.
Youcancreatemanydifferenteffectswithwave
sequences,fromsubtletoextreme.Hereare
descriptionsofthreecommonuses:rhythmicWave
Sequences,crossfadingWaveSequences,andvelocity‐
switchedWaveSequences.
Rhythmic Wave Sequences
RhythmicWaveSequencesuseshortorabrupt
crossfades,sothattransitionsbetweenthedifferent
Multisamplescreatearhythmicphrase.Flexibleswing
amount,rests,andtiesletyoubuildcomplexpatterns,
whichyoucanthensynctoKARMAandthesystem
tempo.
Crossfading Wave Sequences
Byusinglongdurationsandcrossfadetimes,Wave
Sequencescanproducecomplex,evolvingtimbres.
ModulatingtheStartStep,Position,andDuration
makesthesoundevenmoreorganic,sothateverynote
canplaytheWaveSequencealittledifferently.
Velocity-Switching Wave Sequences
Bysettingeachstep’sdurationtoGATE,andthen
modulatingtheStartStepbyvelocity,youcancreatea
soundwithupto64velocityswitches.Forinstance,
youcanusethistoswitchbetweenalargenumberof
differentattacktransients.
Wave Sequence banks
Therearebuilt‐in“factory”soundsintheInternalbank
(I‐000throughI‐139)aswellassomeoftheuserbanks,
asshownbelow.Youcanover‐writethemifyouwish,
butdoingsomaychangethesoundsofthefactoryHD‐
1Programs,aswellastheCombiswhic
husethem.
USER–BthroughUSER–GGareemptywhenshipped
fromthefactory.Youcanusetheseforstoringsounds
thatyoucreateyourself,optionalsoundbanksfrom
Korg,orthird‐partysoundlibraries.Eachuserbank
contains32WaveSequences.
WaveSequencebankcontents
Programming Basics
TheWaveSequenceparametersarespreadovertwo
pages.TheSeqParameterspagehascontrolsforthe
WaveSequenceasawhole,suchasthestartandend
steps,looping,andmodulation.
TheStepParameterspagegoesdeeperintothe
structureoftheWaveSequence,allowingyoutoedit
eachofthe64St
eps.
Prog
rams,Combinations,andSongsalsohavea
handfulofWaveSequence‐relatedparameters,tomake
iteasiertofitWaveSequencesinwithothersounds
andrhythmiccomponents(suchasKARMA).
TheWaveSequencegraphic,shownonboththeSeq
ParametersandStepParameterspages,givesyoua
quickov
erviewofthesequenc
e,ataglance:
•Thecurrentstepismarkedbyaredarrow.
•RedboxesareMultisamplesteps.
•GreenboxesareTiesteps.
•WhiteboxesareReststeps.
•ThelengthoftheWaveSequence,fromtheStart
SteptotheEndStep,isshownbyarectangular
outline.
•TheLoopishig
hlightedinblue.
•O
ntheStepParameterspage,thehorizontalscroll‐
baratthetopofthegraphicshowsyoutheeight
stepscurrentlydisplayedonthescreen.
•AtthebottomrightofthegraphicisaSolobutton.
Whenthisisturnedon,theWaveSequencewill
playonlythecurrentstep,incl
ud
ingitsfade‐inand
fade‐out.
Bank Contents
INT 000…139 Factory Wave Sequences
INT 140…149 Initialized Wave Sequences
USER–A 00…24 Factory Wave Sequences
USER–A 25…31
USER–B00…G31
USER–BB00…GG31
Initialized Wave Sequences