Korg Kronos User Manual

Introduction to KRONOS
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VALUE entry
VALUE slider
Usethiswhenyouwishtomakemajor
changesinthevalue.
InProgrammodeandCombinationmode,
thisslidercanalsobeusedasacontrol
sourceforalternatemodulationordynamic
modulation.(ThisisactiveinProgramor
CombinationP0:Playwhenthe“Program
Select”or“CombinationSelect”(thelarge
charactersintheupperpartoftheLC
D)is
selected).
/ buttons
Usethesewhenyouwishtomakesmall
changesinthevalue.
VALUE dial
Usethiswhenyouwishtomakelarge
changesinavalue.
Numeric keys 0–9, ENTER, –, (.)
Usethesewhenyouknowtheparametervaluethat
youwishtoinput.
Afterusingthenumerickeys0–9toinputanumber,
presstheENTERswitchtofinalizetheparameter
value.
Usethe–switchtoenternegativenumbers.
Usethe(.)switchtoenteradecimalpoint.
BANK I–A…G, U–A…G buttons
TheBANKI–A…G,U–A…Gbuttonsareusedin
Programmodetoselecttheprogrambankandin
Combinationmodetoselectthecombinationbank.In
combination,andSequencermodes,theseswitchesare
usedtoselectthebankoftheprogramusedbyeach
timbre/track.
COMPARE switch
Usethiswhenyouwishtocomparetheeditsyouhave
madetoaprogramorcombination’ssoundwiththe
un‐editedoriginal(i.e.,thesoundthatiswritteninto
memory).
Wheneditingaprogramorcombination,pressthis
switch.TheLEDwilllight,andthelast‐writtensettings
forthatprogramnum
b
erorcombinationnumberwill
berecalled.WhenyoupresstheCOMPAREswitch
onceagain,theLEDwillgodarkandyouwillreturnto
thesettingsthatyouwereediting.
Ifyoueditthesettingsthatarerecalledbypressingthe
COMPAREswitch(i.e.,thesettingsthatarewritten
intomemory
),theLEDwillgodark,anditwillnotbe
possibletoreturntothepreviouseditsbypressingthe
COMPAREswitchagain.
InSequencermode,youcanusetheCOMPAREswitch
tomake“beforeandafter”comparisonsimmediately
afterusingrealtimerecordingorsteprecordingto
recordasong,orafte
rperformingatrackedit
operation.
Forexample,thiscanbeusedeffectivelywhen
realtime‐recordingatrackforasong.
1. Realtime‐recordaMIDItrack.(Take1)
2. Onceagain,realtime‐recordonthesametrack.
(Take2)
3. PresstheCOMPAREswitch.TheLEDwilllight,
andtake1willberecalled.
4.
PresstheCOMP
AREswitchonceagain.TheLED
willgodark,andtake2willberecalled.
5. Ifatstep3youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthe
sametrack(take3),theobjectoftheCompare
functionwillnowbetake1.
Ifatstep4youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthesam
e
track(take3),theobjectoftheComparefunctionwill
betake2.
Inthisway,theComparefunctionletsyourecallthe
previousrecordingorthepreviousstateofevent
editing.
TheComparefunctiondoesnotworkinGlobalmode,
withtheexceptionofSampling,Disk,WaveSe
quence,
andDrumKi
tediting.
Popup buttons and popup menus
Youcanpressapopupbuttontoaccessapopupmenu,
andthensetparametervalues.
Keyboard input
Whenenteringanotenumberoraspecificvelocityas
thevalueofaparameter,youcanusethekeyboardto
inputthesetting.HolddowntheENTERswitchand
playthenotethatyouwishtoenterasavalue.The
notenumberorvelocityvaluewillbeinput.
WhentheGl
obalP5:DrumKitpageisdisplayed,you
canholddowntheENTERswitchandplayanoteto
recallthesettingsthathavebeenassignedtothatnote.
(Iftheparameteryou’veselectedexpectsyoutoentera
velocityvalue,thevelocityyouplayedwillbeentered.)
InSamplingmode,yo
ucanholddowntheEN
TER
switchandplayanotetorecalltheindexthatis
assignedtothatnote.

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