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Using the Drum Track

Overview

What is the Drum Track?

TheDrumTrackisabuilt‐indrummachine,fueledby

theKRONOS’shigh‐qualitydrumsounds.

Itgivesyouabeattoplayalongwithasyou

experimentwithProgramsandCombinations,oras

youworkouttheoutlineofasong.Ifyou’ replaying

withtheDrumTrackandwanttocapt

ureyo

ur

inspirationquickly,youcanuseAutoSongSetupto

immediatelystartrecordinginSequencermode.

TherearehundredsofpresetDrumTrackpatterns

coveringawiderangeofmusicalstyles,andyoucan

alsocreateyourown(aswe’llexplorelaterinthis

chapter).

DrumTrackPatterncontents

Thereareoptio

stocontrolhowtheDrumTrack

patternstarts,suchasstartingimmediatelywhenyou

presstheDRUMTRACKbutton,orwaitinguntilyou

starttoplaythekeyboard.Ifyou’restartingthepattern

byplayingthekeyboard,youhavetheoptionof

startingitbyusingaspecificrangeofno

tesor

locities.

YoucanalsolinktheDrumTrackwithKARMA,so

thattheyplayinsyncandstartandstoptogether.

InProgrammode,theDrumTrackhasitsownmixer

channel(includingEQ)andseparateeffectsrouting,

forindependentcontrolofthesound.InCombinations

andSongs,theDr

umTrackplaysnormalTimbresand

Tracks,withallthenormalcontrolsoverProgram

selection,EQ,effectsrouting,andsoon.

Bank Contents

Preset P000…697 Factory Drum Track patterns

User U000…999 User Drum Track patterns

Korg Kronos User Manual

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