Korg Kronos User Manual

Using KARMA
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•WhileKARMAisrunning,presstheSTART/STOP
switch;KARMAwillsynchronizetothesynthesizer
timing.
•IfyouagainpresstheSTART/STOPswitch,the
sequencerandKARMAwillbothstop.Ifyouwant
tostoponlyKARMA,pressthe(KARMA)ON/OFF
switchtoturnitoff.
•IfyouwantKARMAtostartatthemom
ent
recordingbegins,pressthe(KARMA)ON/OFF
switchtoturniton,andthenplaythekeyboard
duringthepre‐countbeforerecording.The
KARMAmodulewillnotbetriggeredimmediately,
butwillbetriggeredinsynchronizationwiththe
sequencerwhenrecordingbegins.(See
“SynchronizingKARMA”onpage 235)
Multi-track recording using settings copied from a Combination
Thepre‐loadedcombinationsincludeadiversearray
ofcombinationsthattakefulladvantageofKARMA.
Youcanplaythesecombinationstostimulateideasfor
songs,andrecordyourplayingtocreatebasictracks.
Manyofthesecombinationsconsistoftimbresand
KARMAmoduleswithdifferingMIDIchannel
settings.
Intheexamplebe
low,we’llshowhowyoucanuse
multi‐trackrecordingtorecordaperformance
consistingofmultipleMIDIchannels.
1. We’llstartbycopyingthesettingsofa
combinationintoasong.GototheSequencerP0:
Play/REC–MIDITrackProgSelect/Mixerpage.
2. Intheupperleftofthescreen,pressthepag
e
menubuttontoop
enthepagemenu,andchoose
“CopyFromCombination.”
Selectthecopy‐sourcecombination.TurnIFX‐All,
MFXs,TFXs,andMultiRECStandbyon(checked).
PressOKtoexecutethecopy.
3. Thesettingsofthecombination’stimbres1–16
willbecopiedtoMIDItracks1–16.Effectsettings,
KA
RMAsettings,andallothercommon
parameterswillbecopiedtothetracksofthesong.
4. Choose“TrackSelect.”SelectatrackwhoseMIDI
channelmatchestheglobalMIDIchannel.
PresstheON/OFFswitchtoturnKARMAon,andplay
thekeyboardand/orpadstomakeKARMAbegin
playinginthesamewayasitdidinthecopy‐source
combination.(Dependingonthetrackyouselectedin
“TrackSource,”theperformancemaynotbethesame
aswhenyouwereplayingthecombination.Besureto
selectthetrackwhoseMIDIchannelisthesameasthe
globalMIDIchannel.)
5. Performmulti‐trackrec
ording.Makepreparations
forrecordingasdescribedin“Multi(multitrack
recording)”onpage 80.Turn“MultiREC”on
(checked).
Setthetracksyou’renotrecordingtoeitherPlayor
Mute.Howeverifyou’ rerecordingtheperformanceof
acombination,andnoneofthetrackshavealready
beenrecorded,it’soktole
aveal
ltrackssettoREC.
6. PresstheREC/WRITEswitchandthenthe
START/STOPswitchtobeginrealtimerecording.
(See“RecordingMIDIinreal‐time”onpage 78)
Whileyourecord,youcanoperatetheKARMA
REALTIMECONTROLSsliders,KARMASWITCHES,
andSCENEswitchestovarythepatternorsound.The
changesyo
ucreatewillberecordedjustasyo
umake
them.
ThesongtempoandKARMAtempocannotbeset
independently.

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