Korg Kronos User Manual

Creating and playing audio CDs Creating audio CDs
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Creating and playing audio CDs
Requires a USB CD-R/RW drive (not included)
IfyouhaveanexternalUSBCD‐R/RWdrive,youcan
sampledirectlyfromaudioCDs(aswellassimply
playingthem),andcreateyourownaudioCDs.
Creating audio CDs
InconjunctionwithanexternalUSBCD‐R/RWdrive,
youcanusetheKRONOStocreateaudioCDsofyour
music.Todothis,you’ll:
•BouncethecompletedSongstoWAVEfiles
•ArrangetheWAVEfilesinatracklist,intheorder
thatyou’dlikethemtoappearontheCD
•Burnth
etrackli
sttoaCD
Part 1: Bouncing to disk
Ifyou’ restartingwithSongsyou’vecreatedin
Sequencermode,you’llfirstneedtobouncetheSongs
toWAVEfilesontheinternaldisk.
1. InSequencermode,selectthefirstsongthatyou
wanttoburntotheCD.
2. Gotothe0–8:AudioIn/Samplingpage.
3. SelectthemenucommandBounceAllTracksTo
Disk
.
Adialogboxwillappear,showingthefilesystem.
4. UseDriveSelect,Open,andUptoselectthe
directoryinwhichtheWAVEfilewillbesaved.
5. UseNametospecifytheWAVEfile’sname.
6. PresstheOKbuttontostartthebounce.
TheSongwillstartplaying.Recordingwillbeginand
endautomatically
,andtheresultingstereoWAVEfile
willbesavedtothedisk.
RepeatthestepsaboveforalloftheSongsthatyou’d
liketoburntotheCD,andthenproceedtoPart2
below.
Make sure that there’s space on the drive
WhenyoucreateanaudioCD,theKRONOSfirst
savesadraftversionoftheCDontothesamedrive
thatcontainstheoriginalWAVfiles,andthenburns
theactualCD.Thismeansthatthedrivemusthave
enoughfreespacetowriteasecond,temporary
copyofalltheCD’
sWA
VEfiles.Makesurethatyou
haveenoughspacebeforeyoustart.
Part 2: Making the CD
1. PresstheDISKbuttontoenterDiskmode.
2. GototheAudioCD—MakeAudioCDpage.
ThispageletsyouselectagroupofWAVEfilestoburn
totheaudioCD.EachWAVEfilewillbecomesatrack
ontheCD,andsowe’llcallthisgroupofWAV Efiles
the“tracklist.”Befo
reyouaddanyfiles,thetracklist
willshowonly“====End====.”
3. AddtheWAVEfilesthatyouwanttowritetothe
CD.
Select“====End====”(itwillbehighlighted),and
presstheInsertbutton.
TheInsertTrackdialogboxwillappear.
Usethedriveselect,OpenandUpbuttonstogoto
thedirec
torythatco
ntainstheWAVEfile,andselect
theWAVEfilethatyouwanttoaddtothelist.
YoucanpressthePlaybuttontoplaybackthe
sampleforauditioning.Alternatively,youcanpress
theSAMPLINGSTART/STOPswitchtoplayit.
IfyouhaveselectedaWAVE filewit
hasampling
frequencyotherthan44.1kHzor48kHz,itwillnot
bepossibletopresstheInsertbutton.
48kHzWAVEfileswillbeautomaticallyconverted
to44.1kHzwhenyouusetheWritetoCD
command.
Toaddthefile,presstheInsertbutton.
Youcanconti
nueaddingfilesun
tilyoupressthe
Exitbutton.Thefileswillbeaddedtothetracklist
intheorderinwhichyouselectedthem.Ifyouwant

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