Korg Kronos User Manual

Using Drum Kits Saving Drum Kits
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Controlling pan for each key
Touseseparatepansettingsforeachkey:
1. InProgrammode,gototheAmp1/Driver1tabof
theAmp/EQpage.
2. UnderPan,makesurethattheUseDKitSetting
check‐boxischecked.
WhenUseDKitSettingison,theProgramwillusethe
pansettingsforeachkeyoftheDrumKit.
3. InGlobalmode,gototheVo
ic eMixertabofthe
DrumKitpage.
4. UsethePanparametertospecifythekey’sstereo
outputposition.
Double Drum Programs
DoubleDrumProgramsletyoulayertwoDrumKits
together.Mostoften,thesewillbeclose‐mic’dand
ambientversionsofthesameacousticdrums,sothat
youcancontrolthebalancebetweenthetwo.You
couldalsousethisforcreativelayeringandspecial
effects,ofcourse!
EverythingelseaboutDoubleDrumProg
ramsisthe
sameasforSingleDrumPrograms.
Saving Drum Kits
Onceyou’vespentallthistimeediting,you’llwantto
saveyourwork.TosaveyourDrumKitedits:
1. SelecttheWriteDrumKitcommandfromthepage
menu,attheupperright‐handcornerofthescreen.
Thisbringsupadialogboxwhichallowsyoutosave
theDrumKit.Optionally,yo
ucanalsoselectanew
location,orchangetheDrumKit’sname.
2. Pressthe“T”buttontobringupthetextedit
dialog.
YoucangivetheDrumKitadescriptivenameusing
theon‐screenkeyboard.
3. Afterenteringthename,pressOK.
Thetexteditwindowwilldisappear,returningyo
uto
themai
nSavedialog.
4. PressthepopupbuttonnexttoDrumKittobring
upthesavelocationdialog.
5. SelectalocationtosavetheeditedDrumKit.
Toavoidoverwritingthefactorysounds,it’ssaferto
useaslotinoneofthesevenUSERbanks.
Notethatalthoughyoucaned
itGeneralMIDIki
ts,you
canonlysavetheseeditstolocationsintheINTor
USERbanks.TheoriginalGMkitscannotbeover‐
written.
6. Afterselectingthelocation,pressOK.
7. PressOKagaintostartthewriteprocess.
8. Ifyou’resureyouwanttowritetothislocation,
pressOKagain.
Afterth
at,you’redone!
Donotturnoffthepowerforatleast10seconds
afterwritingtheDrumKitdata.Thisallowsthe
systemtimetocompletetheprocess,whichincludes
savingabackupofthedatatotheinternaldisk.

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