Korg Kronos - Modulating Wave Sequences

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Modulating Wave Sequences
Position modulation
PositionmodulationletsyouoffsettheWaveSequence
fromthecurrentstep.IfRunisturnedOn,TheWave
Sequencewillcontinuetoprogressthroughitssteps
duringmodulation,kindoflikefast‐forwardingwhile
playingatapeorCD.
Tosweepthroughasequencemanually,creatingthe
distinctivesoundofafamousGermansynthesizer:
1.
SetRuntoOff.
ThismeansthattheWaveSequencewillstayonthe
currentstep,untilyoumodulatetheposition.
2. UnderModulationandPosition,selectanAMS
source,suchastheribbonoranEG.
3. SettheIntensitytoapositivevaluetomove
forwardthroughthesteps,oranegat
ivevalueto
movebackwards.
Forinstance,ifIntensityissetto+14,themaximum
amountofmodulationwillmove14stepsforwardin
theWaveSequence.
Position modulation and loops
PositionAMSaffectsonlythecurrentstep,anddoes
notchangetheloopstartorloopend.Thismeansthat
PositionAMScanmaketheWaveSequencejumpinto
themiddleoftheloop,orjumpbackoutoftheloop
again.
Duration modulation
Durationmodulationletsyoudynamicallycontrolthe
stepdurationandcrossfadetimes.Youcanspeedupor
slowdowntheWaveSequencesothatitrunsbetween
1%and400%oftheoriginalrate.
ByusingVelocity,keytracking,ornotenumberasthe
AMSsource,youcanmaketheWaveSe
quenceson
ev
erynotehaveslightlydifferenttiming(or
dramaticallydifferenttiming,forthatmatter!)Thiscan
beveryusefulformakingacross‐fadedWave
Sequencesoundmoreorganic.Forinstance,tomake
theWaveSequencemovefasterwhenyouplayat
highervelocities:
1. GototheSequenceParameterspage.
2.
UnderModulationandDuration,selec
tVelocity
astheAMSsource.
3. SettheIntensitytoavaluelessthan100%,suchas
90%.
Valuesbelow100%makethedurationsshorter,sothe
WaveSequencemovesmorequickly.Valuesabove
100%makethedurationslonger,sothesequence
movesmoreslowly.
Start Step modulation
YoucanuseaMIDIcontroller,suchasVelocity,to
selectadifferentstartstepforeachnote,tointroduce
morevarietyintothetimbre.Youcanmovethestart
stepeitherforwardsorbackwards.Forinstance:
1. MakesurethatNote‐OnAdvanceisOff.
WhenNote‐OnAdvanceisOn,StartStepmodulation
isdisabled.
2. SettheStartStepto10,andtheEndStepto25.
3. SettheLoopStartandLoopEndtothesame
points–10and25.
Thesequencewillnowloopthrough16steps,from10
to25.
4. SettheStartStepAMS(totherightoftheStart
Stepparameter)toV
elocity
.
5. SettheIntensityto–9.
Playingatthehighestvelocitieswillnowstartthe
sequenceatstep1(movingitforwardby9steps);at
thelowestvelocities,thesequencewillstillstartatstep
10.
Ingeneral,negativemodulationmovestheStartStep
earlierinthesequence,tothelimitofStep1.Positive
modulationmovestheStartSteplaterinthesequence,
tothelimitoftheEndStep.
Note-On Advance
Thisfeatureletsyouadvancethestartpointofthe
WaveSequencebyonestepwitheachnewnote‐on.If
LoopRepeatsisnotsettoOff,Note‐OnAdvancewill
stepthroughtheloop,payingattentiontotheloop
directionandnumberofrepeats.
Forinstance,let’ssaythattheWa
veSequenceStart
Stepis2,andtheEndStepis6.Also,theLoopStartis
setto3,theLoopEndissetto5,andtheLoop
DirectionissettoForward.
IfRepeatTimesisOff,Note‐OnAdvancewillmake
theWaveSe
quenceplayasfollows:
1stnote:2,3,4,5,6
2ndno
te:3,4,5,6
3rdnote:4,5,6
4thnote:5,6
5thnote:6
6thnote:2,3,4,5,6
7thnote:3,4,5,6
8thnote:4,5,6
9thnote:5,6
10thnote:6
11thnote:2,3,4,5,6
etc…
IfRepe
atTi
mesis1,Note‐OnAdvancewillmakethe
WaveSequenceplayasfollows:
firstnote:2,3,4,5,3,4,5,6
2ndnote:3,4,5,3,4,5,6
3rdnote:4,5,3,4,5,6
4thnote:5,3,4,5,6
5thnote:3,4,5,6
6thnote:4,5,6