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About this manual
The owner’s manuals and how to use them
References to the KRONOS and KRONOS X
ThesemanualsapplytoboththeKRONOSandthe
KRONOSX,collectivelyreferredtoas“theKRONOS.”
Thefrontpanelandrearpanelillustrationsshowthe
KRONOSX61‐keymodel,buttheyapplyidenticallyto
theothermodels.
Three manuals
TheKRONOSincludesthreeowner’smanuals:
•QuickStartGuide
•OperationGuide
• ParameterGuide
AllofthesemanualsareavailableasPDFsonAccessory
Disc2,andareincludedintheon‐boardHelpsystem.A
printedversionoftheQuickStartGuideisalsoincluded.
Quick Start Guide
Pleasereadthisfirst.Itintroducesallofthebasicfeatures
oftheKRONOS,andisdesignedtogetyouupand
runningquickly.
Operation Guide
Putsimply,theOperationGuideisdesignedtoanswer
thequestion,“HowdoIdothis?”
Itexplainsthenamesandfunctionsofeachpartofthe
KRONOS,basicoperation,anoverviewofeachmode,
howtoeditsounds,recordonthesequencer,sample,and
soon.Thisguidealsoexplainstheb
asicsofeffects,
KARMA,DrumTrack,WaveSequences,andDrumKits.
Finally,italsocontainsatroubleshootingguideand
supplementalinformationsuchasspecifications.
Parameter Guide
TheParameterGuideisdesignedtoanswerthequestion,
“Whatdoesthisdo?”
Organizedbymodeandpage,theParameterGuide
includesinformationoneachandeveryparameterinthe
KRONOS.
PDF versions
TheKRONOSPDFmanualsaredesignedforeasy
navigationandsearching.TheyincludeextensivePDF
contentsinformation,whichgenerallyappearsonthe
sideofthewindowinyourPDFreaderandletsyoujump
quicklytoaspecificsection.Allcross‐referencesare
hyper‐links,sothatclickingonthemautomaticallytakes
yo
uto
thesourceofthereference.
On-board Help system*
TheHELPbuttongivesyoubuilt‐in,context‐sensitive
accesstotheusermanuals,rightfromthefrontpanel.
Forinformationonanyfront‐panelbutton,knob,slider,
orreal‐timecontroller,justholddownHELPandthen
pressthebuttonormovethecontrollerinquestion.
ForinformationonthecurrentLCDpage,pressand
releasetheHEL
P
button.
FormoredetailsonusingtheHelpsystem,see“HELP
button”onpage 3.
*English‐languageonly.
Supplementary guides
Voice Name List
TheVoiceNameListlistsallofthesoundsandsetups
thatareintheKRONOSwhenitisshippedfromthe
factory,includingPrograms,Combinations,
Multisamples,DrumSamples,DrumKits,KARMAGEs,
WaveSequences,DrumTrackPatterns,TemplateSongs,
andEffectPresets.
Updating and restoring the KRONOS
Thisdocumentcontainsinformationonupdatingand
restoringtheKRONOSsoftware.It’sprovidedseparately
asaconvenience;allofitsinformationmayalsobefound
intheParameterGuide.
New features in KRONOS software version 1.5
Thisdocumentprovidesanoverviewofthenewfeatures
inKRONOSsoftwareversion1.5.It’sprovided
separatelyasaconvenience;allofitsinformationmay
alsobefoundintheOperationGuide.
Conventions in this manual
Abbreviations for the manuals: OG, PG, VNL
Inthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsare
abbreviatedasfollows.
QS:QuickStartGuide
OG:OperationGuide
PG:ParameterGuide
VNL:TheVoiceNameList
Symbols , , Note, Tips
Thesesymbolsrespectivelyindicateacaution,aMIDI‐
relatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.
Example screen displays
Theparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensof
thismanualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmay
notnecessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheLCD
screenofyourinstrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.
InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquare
brackets[]alwaysindicatehexadecimalnumbers.
ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgKRONOS/KRONOSX.Tohelpyougetthemostoutofyournewinstrument,
pleasereadthismanualcarefully.
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