Korg Kronos User Manual

Playing and editing Programs
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windowisopen).However,assigningtheFootSwitch
totheIncorDecbuttonletsyoustepthroughtheitems
inthelist,onebyone—justlikepressingthefront‐
panelbuttons.
Tosetthisup:
1. Followsteps1‐4under“Assigningthefootswitch
toProgramUp/Down,”above.
2. Atthetopofthepage,settheFo
otSw
itchAssign
parametertoValu eInc(orValue Dec).
Forthissettingtopersistafterpower‐down,youneed
towritetheGlobalsettings.
3. Openthemenu,andselecttheWriteGlobal
Settingcommand.
TheWriteGlobalSettingdialogwillappear.
4. PressOK,andthenOKagaintoco
nfirm.
No
w,thefootswitchwillactjustlikepressingthe
front‐panelIncorDecbutton.
Note:Thefootswitchwillworklikethisfortheentire
KRONOS–notjustwhentheProgramorCombination
Selectwindowisopen.
Selecting Programs via MIDI
YoucanselectanyProgramfromanybankbyusing
MIDIProgramChangemessagesinconjunctionwith
MIDIBankSelectmessages.WhenyouselectPrograms
fromthefrontpanel,theappropriateMIDImessages
aresentautomatically(unlessMIDIfiltersareactive;
seebelow).
IfyouareenteringtheMIDImessagesmanuallyintoa
se
que
ncer,notethattheBankSelectmessageneedsto
comebeforetheProgramSelectmessage.
In Program mode, use the Global MIDI Channel
WiththeexceptionoftheDrumTrack,alltransmission
andreceptionofMIDIdatainProgrammodeis
performedontheGlobalMIDIChannel.Youcanset
thisontheGlobalmodeP1MIDIpage.
Bank Map
BankSelectmessagescanworkinoneoftwoways,as
controlledbytheBankMapparameterontheGlobal
P0BasicSetuppage.Thefactorydefaultsettingwill
workformoststandardapplications,andmostpeople
willneverneedtochangeit.IfyouuseGeneralMIDI
sequences,thealternativeGM
(2)se
ttingmaybe
helpful.Formoreinformation,see“BankMap”on
page 755oftheParameterGuide.
MIDI filters
YoucanuseMIDIfilterstocontrolwhetherornot
ProgramChangeandBankSelectmessageswillbe
transmittedand/orreceived.Thefiltersaresetupon
theGlobalmodeP1MIDIpage.Formoreinformation,
see“1–1c:MIDIFilter”onpage 775oftheParameter
Guide.
KRONOS Plug-In Editor
TheKRONOSPlug‐InEditorincludessupportfor
patchlists,allowingyoutoselectPrograms,
Combinations,Songs,andSetListsSlotsbynamefrom
withinyourDAWsoftwareofchoice.
General MIDI Programs
InternalbankGcontainsafullsetofGeneralMIDI2
Programs,aswellassub‐banksg(1)–g(9)(GM2
variationprograms),andbankg(d)(drums).
WhenyouselectProgramsusingtheBankorCategory
windows,you’llnoticethataVariationbuttonappears
whenyouselectbankINT‐G.Eachtimeyoupressthis
button,orre
p
eatedlypressthefront‐panelINT‐G
button,you’llstepthroughtheGeneralMIDIbanksin
thefollowingorder:G→g(1)→g(2)…g(8)→g(9)→G…

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