Korg Kronos User Manual

Using Wave Sequences Creating smooth, evolving timbres
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•InProgramandCombimodes,ifKARMAisoff,
note‐onsaresynchronizedwiththesounding
Tempo‐modeWaveSequence,ifany.
•InProgramandCombimodes,ifKARMAison,
note‐onsaresynchronizedwithKARMA.
•InSequencemodeduringplaybackorrecording,
note‐onsaresynchronizedwiththesequence.
•InSe
quencemo
de,whilethesequencerisstopped,
note‐onsaresynchronizedwithRPPRand
KARMA.
EachProgram,eachCombiTimbre,andeachTrackina
SonghasitsownQuantizeTriggerssetting.
ToturnonQuantizeTriggersinaProgram:
1. GototheProgramBasictaboftheBasic/Vector
page.
2. ChecktheQuantizeTr
i
ggersbox.
ToturnonQuantizeTriggersinaCombiorSong:
1. GototheWaveSequence/KARMAtabofthe
TimbreParameterspage(forCombis),orTrack
Parameterspage(forSongs).
Eachofthe16TimbresorTrackshasitsownQuantize
Triggersparameter.Ifyoulike,youcansetthemall
separately.
2. SettheQuantizeTriggerscheck‐boxesasyoulike.
QuantizeTriggers
How Quantize Triggers works
TheQuantizeTriggersfeaturetriestomakeagood
guessatwhereyouintendedthenotetobe.Ifyouplay
thenotejustabitlate–withina32ndnoteofthe8th
note–itwillassumethatyoumeantthenotetosound
onthebeatthatjustpassed.Inthiscas
e,theno
tewill
playimmediately.
Ontheotherhand,ifyouplaythenoteuptothree
32ndnotesearly,itwillassumethatyou’reintending
thenotetosoundonthenextbeat.Inthiscase,the
note‐onisdelayeduntilthenext8thnote.
Creating smooth, evolving timbres
Crossfaded Wave Sequences
Tocreateasmooth,crossfadingWaveSequence:
1. OntheSeqParameterspage,settheModetoTime.
Thisturnsofftemposynchronization,sothatyoucan
setWaveSequencedurationsinmilliseconds.
2. SetRuntoOn.
Thisisthedefaultsetting;theWaveSequencewill
movefromsteptostepautomatically.
3. SelecttheMultisamplesthatyou
’dli
ketouse,and
settheStart,End,andloopstepsasdesired.
4. OntheStepParameterspage,settheDurationsto
relativelylongvalues,500msormore.
5. SettheXfadeparameterstolongvaluesaswell.
Tocrossfadecontinually,withoutpausingtoheara
singlesteponitsown,settheXfadetimesthesameas
theDurations.
No
te:InTimemode,theactualcrossfadetimecannot
exceedthetotaldurationofthetwostepsbeing
crossfaded.IftheXfadesettingwouldexceedthis
limit,thecrossfadetimewillbeclippedinternally.
6. AdjustthestepLevelstosmoothoutperceived
volumediffere
ncesbetweendifferent
Multisamples.
7. AdjusttheFade‐InandFade‐Outshapestotaste.
Theshapescanhelpyoutofine‐tunethetransitions
betweenthesteps.
Stretching or compressing the sequence
Ifyouliketheproportionsofthestepdurationsand
crossfades,butwantthewholesequencetogofasteror
slower.TheExp/Comp(Expand/Compress)button
makesthiseasy:
1. OntheStepParameterspage,presstheExp/Comp
button.
Adialogboxwillappear.
2. Inthedialogbox,settheExpand/Compress%
parameterasdesired.
100%me
ansthecur
rentdurationandcrossfadetimes.
Values99andbelowmakethetimesshorter,and
values101andabovemakethemlonger.
3. PresstheOKbutton.
Thestepdurationsandcrossfadetimeswillbe
adjustedbytheselectedpercentage.
Note:theExp/Compbuttonappearsonlywhenthe
ModeissettoTi
me.
Yo
ucanalsostretchandcompressWaveSequencesin
real‐time,viaAMS.Formoreinformation,see
“Durationmodulation”onpage 174.
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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