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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Introduction to KRONOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front and rear panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Frontpanel ................................. 1
Rearpanel.................................. 8
TouchViewuserin
terface .................... 10
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
AbouttheKRONOS’modes.................. 13
AbouttheKRONOS’PCMmemory ........... 16
Aboutpolyphony........................... 16
Basicoperations............................ 17
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turningthepoweron/off.................... 20
Connections................................ 20
Update information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Newfeaturesinsoftwareversion2.0.......... 25
Newfeaturesinsoftwareversion1.5.......... 25
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . .27
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SelectingPrograms.......................... 27
UsingControllers ........................... 31
UsingtheChordPad
s....................... 35
UsingChordmode.......................... 36
Easy Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Quickeditsusingtheknobs,sliders, and switches.
39
Detailed Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
EditingHD‐1Programs...................... 43
UsingLFOsandEnvelopes(EGs)............. 45
UsingAlternateModulation(AMS)
and the AMS Mixers ........................ 47
ControllingPi
tch ........................... 48
UsingFi
lters ............................... 49
UsingtheAmpsection ...................... 51
UsingEXi
.................................. 53
UsingVectorSynthesis...................... 55
Effe
cts..................................... 56
AutomaticallyimportingaProgram
into Sequencer mode ........................ 56
Playing and editing Combinations . . . .57
Playing Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SelectingCombinations...................... 57
Easy Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ChangingtheProgramswithinaCombi....... 60
Adjustingthemix........................... 60
EasyKARMAediting ....................... 61
Detailed Combination editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Combinationoverview...................... 62
Layers,Splits,andVelocitySwitches.......... 63
MIDISettings...............................64
Al
teringProgramstofitwithin a Combination..65
Effects .....................................66
Automaticallyim
portingaCombination
into Sequencer mode.........................67
Savingyouredits ............................67
Creating songs (Sequencer mode) . . . .69
Sequencer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
AbouttheKRONOS’sequencer ...............69
Sequencermodestructure....................69
Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Playback ...................................72
ThecontrolsurfaceinSequencermode .........74
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Preparationsforrecording ....................76
RecordingMIDIinreal‐time..................78
MIDIsteprecording .........................81
Recor
dingthesoundofaCombinationor Program
82
RecordingmultipleMIDItracksfrom
an external sequencer........................8
4
Recor
dingSystemExclusiveevents............85
Recordingpatterns ..........................86
Otherwaystorecord.........................8
8
Audio recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audiorecordingoverview....................89
Audioinputsettingsandrecordingsourceselection
90
Recordingprocedure.........................93
Othervariat
ionsofaudiotrackrecording .......99
PlacingaWAVEfileinanaudiotrack .........101
Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Songs.....................................103
MIDITracks...............................103
CommontoMIDItracksandaudiotracks .....104
AudioTracks ..............................105
Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record) . .106
CreatingRPPRdata.........................106
RPPRplayback.............................107
Recor
dinganRPPRperformance.............107
Sampling in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Saving your Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Other notes about Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . 111
KRONOSsequencerfileformats..............111
TheComparefunction ......................111
MemoryProtect ............................112
Abo
utMIDI ...............................112
Set Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Set List Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Selecting and playing sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
SelectingSetLists...........................114
SelectingSlots..............................115
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