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OSC1/Basic Octave setting

Inorderforthenotemappingstomatchthekeyboard,

theOscillator’sOctavesettingneedstobe+0[8ʹ].All

DrumKitProgramsshouldhavethissettingalready.If

you’ reunsure,youcancheckthisyourself:

1. GototheOSC1/BasictaboftheOSC/Pitchpage.

2. CheckthattheOctaveparameter(nearthetopof

thepage)issetto+0

[8ʹ].

Withasettingotherthan+0[8ʹ],therelationship

betweenthekeysandtheDrumKitsoundmapwillbe

incorrect.

Make sure that Memory Protect is

disabled

Beforeyoustartediting,gototheGlobalBasicpage,

andlookintheMemoryProtectsection.Makesure

thatDrumKitisnotchecked–ifso,youwon’ tbeable

tomakeanyedits.

Drum Kits may be used by more than one

Program

WhenyoueditaDrumKit,allProgramsthatusethat

DrumKitwillbeaffected.Toavoidchangingthe

factoryvoicing,youmaywishtocopyDrumKitsto

emptylocationsintheUSERbanksbeforeediting.

Editing Drum Kits

Basic Editing

1. SelecttheProgramthatyouwishtousewhile

editingtheDrumKit.

Formoreinformation,see“First,selectaDrum

Program,”above.

2. Pressthefront‐panelGLOBALbuttontoenter

Globalmode.

3. GototheSampleSetuptaboftheDrumKitpage.

4. UsetheDrumKitparameter,atthetopofthe

screen,toselecttheDrumKitthatyouwishto

edit.

Youcansavethistoadifferentmemorylocationafter

editing,ifyoulike.

5. UsetheKeyparametertoselectthenotethatyou

wishtoedit.

Toselectakey,youcanuseanyofthestandardVALUE

controllers(theslider,dial,nu

merickeypadetc.).Asa

shortcut,youcanalsoholddowntheENTERkeyand

playanoteonthekeyboard.

ThisKeyselectionappliestoallthreeDrumKitediting

tabs.

6. UsetheAssigncheckboxtospecifywhetherthe

keywillhaveitsownsettings,orusethesam

e

settingsasth

enexthighernote.

IfAssignischecked,thekeywillhaveitsownsettings.

Thisisthedefault.

IfAssignisnotchecked,thekeywon’ thaveitsown

settings.Instead,itwillusethesamesettingsasthe

nexthighernote–exceptthatthedrumsampleswillbe

pla

yedatalowerpitch.Theamountofpitchchange

dependsonthePitchSlopeparameter,ontheOSC1

PitchtaboftheOSC/Pitchpage.

Usethissettingwhenyouwantonlytochangethe

pitch,suchaswithtomorcymbalsounds.

Creating a velocity crossfade

Forthiskey,let’screateasimplevelocitycrossfade

betweentwostereodrumsamples.

1. Ontheleftsideofthescreen,makesurethatDS1

andDS2areturnedOn.

JustpresstheOn/Offbuttonstotogglethem,if

necessary.

2. Similarly,makesurethatDS3…8areturnedOff.

Whentheyareturnedoff,mos

toftheirparameterswill

begr

ayedout.

3. SelectROMStereoastheBankforDS1andDS2.

TherearethreemaintypesofDrumSampleBanks:

ROM,RAM,andEXs.Foreachtype,youcanalso

choosebetweenlookingatmonoandstereoDrum

Samples.NotethatstereoDrumSample

swillrequire

twiceasmanyvoicesasmonoDrumSamples.

ROMDrumSamplesarethebuilt‐in“factory”sounds,

andarealwaysavailable.Theseareorganizedby

category,suchasbassdrums,snares,hats,etc.

RAMDrumSamplesincludeAkai,SoundFont2.0,

AIFForWAVfilesloadedfromdisk,andsam

ples

cre

atedinSamplingmode.

EXsDrumSamplebanksarePCMexpansionsets

createdespeciallyfortheKRONOS.Eachhasitsown

uniquenumber;forinstance,theROMExpansionis

EXs1,andtheConcertGrandPianoexpansionisEXs2.

OnlythecurrentlyloadedEXsbankswillappearon

thismenu.

PresstheDr

umSamplepopupforDS1.

ThisbringsupalistofDrumSamples,organizedby

category.Usethetabsattheleftofthescreentobrowse

throughthedifferentcategories.

ForalistoftheDrumSamplenames,pleaseseethe

VoiceNameList.

5. SelectaDrumSamplebytouc

hingitsnameinthe

list.

6. PresstheOKbuttontoconfirmyourselection.

7. DothesameforDS2.

Nowthatyou’veassignedDrumSamplestoDS1and

DS2,let’ssetupthevelocityrangesandcrossfades.

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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