Korg Kronos User Manual

Loading data from disk Loading Songs, sounds, samples, and KARMA GEs together
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Appendwillleaveallcurrently‐loadedSampling
Mode,EXs,andUserSampleBankdataintact.
SamplingModeMultisamplesandSampleswillbe
loadedintothenextavailablevacantnumbers
followingtheexistingdata.
ClearSamplingModeDatawilleraseall
MultisamplesandSamplesfromSamplingMode,and
loadthedatainthesam
econfigurationwithwhichit
wassaved.ExistingEXsandUserSampleBankdatais
leftintact.
ClearAllissimilartoClearSamplingModeData,
above,butalsoun‐loadsexistingEXsandUserSample
Bankdatabeforeloadingthenew.KSCfile.Thisfrees
upthemostmemoryfo
rthenew
.KSC.
Youcanusetheinformationatthebottomofthedialog
box,includingMemoryRequired,(Memory)
Available,andEnoughslotsforSamples&MS,to
determinewhetherornotyouneedtofreeuproomfor
thenew.KSC.
12.SettheLoadMethodasdesir
ed.
Thissetsth
epreferredwaytoloadtheEXsandUser
SampleBankdataintheKSC:loaditintoRAM,oruse
VirtualMemory.Notethatifthedataisextremely
large,andwouldnotfitintoRAMregardlessofwhich
othersampleswereloaded,thedatawilluseVirtual
Memoryregardlessofthissetting.
ThesesettingsapplyonlytoEXsandUserSample
Banks;SamplingModedataisalwaysloadedinto
RAM.
RAM:ThesampleswillbeloadedintoRAM.Thishas
theadvantageofallowingreverseplayback.
VirtualMemory:ThesampleswilluseVirtual
Memory.Thisgenerallyallowsyo
uto
loadmorelarge
samplesatonce.Notethatthesamplesmaystill
requireasignificantamountofRAM
KSCSettings:KSCscanstoreseparateloadmethod
settingsforeachMultisampleorDrumSample,based
onthesettingswhentheKSCwassaved.SettingLoad
methodtoKSCSettingsusestheseind
i
vidualsettings.
13.PresstheOKbuttontoloadthedata.
NeverremoveordisconnectUSBstoragedevices
whiledataisbeingloaded.
Loading multiple files at once
Youcanuse“wild cards”tospecifymultiple.KMP,
.KSF,.AIF,.WAV,SoundFont2,AkaiProgram,and
AkaiSamplefiles,andloadthemsimultaneously.For
moreinformation,see“Loadingmultiplefilesatonce”
onpage 837oftheParameterGuide.

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