Korg Kronos User Manual

Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
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Loading data from disk
Thetypesofdatathatcanbeloadedfrommediaare
showninthediagram“Supportedfiletypes”on
page 192.(Formoredetails,see“Loadselected”on
page 828oftheParameterGuide.)
TheDiskmodeLoadpageletsyouloaddatafromthe
internaldiskoranyUSB2.0MassStorageDevice,such
asharddrives,flashmedia,CD‐R/RWdrives,etc.
Loading Songs, sounds, samples, and KARMA GEs together
Asanexamplehere,we’llexplainhowtoloadasong
whichusesProgramsthatyou’veedited,Multisamples
thatyou’vecreated,andcustomKARMAGEs.Insuch
cases,itisbesttoload“alldata.”
Whenloadingdata,makesurethattheGlobalmode
memoryprotectsettingisunchecked.Formore
information,se
e“Memoryprotect”onpage 185.
1. MakesurethatthediskorUSBstoragemediais
readyforyoutoloaddata.(See“Mediasetup”on
page 186.)
2. PresstheDISKbuttontoenterDiskmode.
3. SelecttheDisk–Loadpage.PresstheFiletab,and
thentheLoadtab.
PressDriveSelectandselectthemediafromwhich
youwanttoload.
4. Navigatetothedirectorythatcontainsthefileyou
wanttoload,andselectthe.SNGfile.
PresstheOpenbuttontomovetoalowerlevel,or
presstheUpbuttontomovetoahigherlevel.
Theselected.SNGfilewillbehighlighted.
5. PresstheLoadbutton.
Alternatively,youcanusetheLoadSelectedcommand
inthepagemenu.
Adialogboxwillappear.
Note:Thecontentsandsettingsofthedialogboxwill
differdependingonthetypeoffilethatyouare
loading.
Asdescribedunder“Savingmemorycontentstodisk”
onpage 187,theKRO
NOSassumesthatif.S
NG,.PCG,
.KSC,and.KGEfilessharethesamename,they’ re
associatedwithoneanother.Thenextfewoptionslet
youloadthesesimilarly‐namedfiles,iftheyexist.
6. Checkthe“Load********.PCGtoo”checkbox.
ThisloadsthePrograms,WaveSequences,DrumKits,
etc.alongwiththe.S
NGfile.
7.
Use“.PCGContents”tospecifythedatathatyou
wanttoloadfromthe.PCGfile.
Youcanloadonlyasinglebank,ifyoulike.Forthis
example,wewanttoallthedatainthe.PCGfile,so
we’llselectAll.
8. Checkthe“Load********.KGEtoo”checkbo
x.
Thisloadsth
euserKARMAGEsalongwiththe.SNG
file.
9. Checkthe“Load********.KSCtoo”checkbox.
ThisloadstheMultisamples,Samples,etc.alongwith
the.SNGfile.
10.Use“.SNGAllocation”tospecifywhetherornot
toeraseanySongscurrentlyinmemory.
Appendwillloadthesongintothesongnumberthat
followstheso
ng(s)currentlyexistingininternal
memory,withoutleavingavacantnumber.
Clearwilleraseallsongsfrominternalmemory,and
loadthesongsintothenumbersfromwhichtheywere
saved.
11.Use“.KSCAllocation”tospecifywhetherornotto
eraseanysamplescurrentlyinmemory.

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