Korg Kronos User Manual

Appendices
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IstheSourceBussettingcorrect?
Ifa“bufferoverrunerroroccurred”messageis
displayedfrequentlywhenyouaresamplingtodisk,
executethepagemenucommandCheckMedium
(Disk–Utilitypage)tofindandcorrectanyerrorson
theselectedMS‐DOSformatmedia.Formore
information,see“CheckMedium”onpage
854ofth
e
ParameterGuide.
A stereo sample can’t be played in stereo
Isthemultisampleactuallystereo?
•Executethepagemenucommand“MSMonoTo
Stereo”toconvertthemultisampletostereo.For
moreinformation,see“MSMonoToStereo/MS
StereoToMono(ChangeMultisampleType)”on
page 730oftheParameterGuide
Isthesamplenameassignedcorrectly?(See“Stereo”
onpage 681ofthePa
rameterGu
ide.)
Volume of a recorded sample is too
low/too high
SamplesthatyouresampledataRecordingLevelof
approximately0.0(dB)havealowervolumethan
whenyouresampledthem.
•DidyouturnontheAuto+12dBOnsettingwhen
youresampled?See“Auto+12dBOn”onpage 130.
•IfyouresampledwithAuto+12dBOnturnedoff,
turnon+12dB(S
amplingmodeLoopEditpage)for
thatsample.
Song or CD playback stops temporarily
when you sample
IsAutoOptimizeRAMchecked?
•Ifthisischecked,RAMwillbeoptimized
automaticallywhensamplingends,causingthe
soundtostopatthatpoint.Ifasongisbeingplayed
inSequencermodeorifaCDisbeingplayedback,
theplaybackwillstop.
AIFF file can’t be loaded
Makesurethatthefilesuffixisthreecharacters:.AIF.
Somecomputerapplicationscreatefileswithafour
charactersuffix,.AIFF,whichisnotrecognizedbythe
KRONOS.
Time lag between pressing the
SAMPLING REC switch and entering
sampling-standby mode
Thelengthoftimeuntilyouentersampling‐standby
modewilldependonthestateofthefreespaceonthe
disk(i.e.,whetherthefreespaceiscontinuousor
fragmented).
•Whensamplingtothedisk,pressingthe
SAMPLINGRECswitchwillcausetheamountof
spacespecifiedbySampleTimetobeallocate
d
withinthedisk.
•SetSampleTimeonlyslightlylongerthanthe
lengththatyouwillactuallysample;avoid
specifyinganexcessivelylongsampletime.
Snap/click noise in recorded sample
Somethingscancausethesystemtopausebrieflyin
themiddleofrecordingasample,creatingasnapor
clicknoise.TheseincludepressingtheCOMPARE
button,changingtheEXitypeparametersontheEXi
ProgramP4:ProgramBasicpage,orreceivingaSystem
Exclusivebulkdump.Avoidthesewhilesam
pling.
KARMA
KARMA does not start
IstheKARMAON/OFFswitchturnedon(lit)?
IfaKARMAmoduledoesnotstartinCombinationor
Sequencermode,istheRunCheckBoxcheckedfor
thatmodule?Also,aretheInputChannelandOutput
Channelsettingsappropriate?
IsMIDIClock(GlobalP1:MIDI)settoInternalor
Auto?
IntheGlobalP0:Bas
i
cSetuppage,couldAllKARMA
Offbechecked?
IstheKARMALINKEDLEDlit?Ifso,KARMAis
linkedwiththeDrumTrack.StarttheDrumTrackto
triggerKARMA.Formoreinformation,see“Using
KARMAandtheDrumTracktogether”onpage 243.

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