Korg Kronos User Manual

Basic information Basic operations
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4. Selecting and executing menu
commands
Themenuprovidescommandsthatarespecifictoeach
page,suchWrite(save)orCopy.Theavailable
functionswilldependonthecurrentpage.
Forexample,theutilityfunctionsinProgrammodelet
youwrite(save)thesettings,performconvenient
editingoperationssuchascopyingsettingsbetween
oscillatorsoreffects,“Sync”EGssothatyo
ucanedit
twoofthematonce,andsoon.
1. Intheupperrightofthedisplay,pressthemenu
button.
Alistofmenucommandswillappear.
2. Selectamenucommandbypressingitwithyour
finger.
Adialogboxfortheselectedmenucommandwill
appear.Check‐ty
pecomm
andswillnotdisplaya
dialogbox;theirstatuswillbeswitches,andthelist
willclose.ByholdingdowntheENTERswitchand
pressinganumerickey0–9youcanaccessthedialog
boxforthefirsttenutilityfunctionswithoutgoing
throughthemenu.
•Toclosetheli
stwithoutselectingacommand,press
thedisplaysomewhereotherthanthelist,orpress
theEXITswitch.
3. Foraparameterinadialogbox,selectitby
pressingitwithyourfinger,andusetheVA LU E 
controllers(e.g.,VAL U E dialorInc/Decbuttons)to
enteritsvalue.
Whenselectingaprogramorcombinationnumberina
di
al
ogbox,youcanalsousetheBANKSELECTswitch
toenterthebankasanalternativetousingtheVALUE
controllers.
4. Toexecute,presstheOKbuttonortheENTER
switch.Ifyoudecidenottoexecute,pressthe
CancelbuttonortheEXITbu
tton.
Thedi
alogboxwillclose.
5. Writing and saving
Afteryouedit,youshouldwriteorsaveyourchanges
asnecessary.Forexampleifyou’veeditedaprogram,
yourchangedwillbelostifyouselectanotherprogram
orturnoffthepower.Thesameappliestoa
combination.SettingsyoueditinGlobalmodewillbe
rememberedaslongasth
epow
erison,butyour
changeswillbelostwhenyouturnoffthepower.
FordetailsontheWriteoperations,seethefollowing
pages.
•Programs:see“Savingyouredits”onpage 42
• Combinations:see“Savingyouredits”onpage 67
• Effectpresets:see“SavingEffectPresets”on
page 211
•Globalsettings:see“WritingGl
obalsettings”on
page 185
• WaveSequences:see“SavingWaveSequences”on
page 175
•Drumkits:see“SavingDrumKits”onpage 179
•UserDrumTrackpatterns:see“Convertinga
Sequencerpatternto a Drum Track pattern”on
page 245
Preset/userDrumTrackpatternsaresavedininternal
memoryevenwhenthepoweristurnedoff.Patterns
youcreateinSe
quencermo
decanbeconvertedinto
userDrumTrackpatternsandsavedininternal
memory.
•Usertemplatesongs:see“Savingyourown
TemplateSongs”onpage 78
Preset/usertemplatesongsaresavedininternal
memoryevenwhenthepoweristurnedoff.Track
settingsandeffectsettingsofasongyoucreatecanbe
sa
v
edininternalmemorybythemenucommandSave
TemplateSong.
Formoreinformation,see“Writingtointernal
memory”onpage 182and“Savingtodisks,CDs,and
USBmedia”onpage 186.

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