Korg Kronos User Manual

Playing and editing Programs
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Assigning notes and chords to pads
Youcanassignsinglenotesandchordstothepadsin
threedifferentways.
Play the notes, and then press Chord Assign
1. Playasinglenote,orachordofupto8notes.
2. PresstheChordAssignbutton.
3. Pressthepadtowhichyou’dliketoassignthe
notes.
That’sit!Thenotesarenowassignedtothepad.
Press Chord Assign, and then play notes
Thismethodletsyoucreateachordoutofwidely‐
spacednotes,evenifyoucan’tplayallofthenotes
simultaneously.
1. PresstheChordAssignbutton.
2. Playasinglenote,orachordofupto8notes.
Youcanplayasinglenote,orasimplechord.
Ifyoulike,youcanalsoplayupto8notesasa
legato
phrase.Aslongasyoutakecarethatthenotesoverlap
eachother,theentirephrasewillberecordedasa
singlechord.Youcantakeaslongasyouliketoplay
thephrase.
3. Pressthepadtowhichyou’dliketoas
si
gnthe
notes.
Afterpressingthepad,you’ redone!
Editing notes and velocities
Onceassigned,youcanedittherecordednotesand
velocities.Ifyoulike,youcanalsoenternewnotesthis
way,bymanuallyenteringthemasparametervalues.
Formoreinformation,pleasesee“1–9:Pads”on
page 54oftheParameterGuide.
Copying pads
Copyingonepadtoanotherisjustlikeassigningnotes
fromthekeyboard.
Aswithassigningnotestothekeyboard,youcan
eitherplaythepadsfirst,orpressChordAssignfirst.
Intheinterestofsavingspaceandtime,onlythefirst
methodisdescribedbelow.
Copying notes from one pad to another
Tocopythenoteassignmentsfromonepadtoanother:
1. Pressandreleasethepadwhosenotesyouwantto
copy.
2. PresstheChordAssignbutton.
3. Pressthepadtowhichyou’dliketocopythe
notes.
Thenewpadwillnowplaythesamenotesasthe
originalpad.
Merging two or more pads together
Usingtheon‐screenpads,onlyonepadcanbeplayed
atatime.WhenusingMIDI,thekeyboard,oraKorg
USBMIDIpadcontroller,however,multiplepadscan
beplayedatonce.Youcanusethistomergetogether
theassignmentsfromtwoormorepads,aslongasthe
totalnumberofnotesis8orfew
er.Todoso:
1. Playandholdallofthepadsthatyou’dliketo
merge,sothatthey’reallsoundingatthesame
time,andthenreleasethem.
Allofthepadsmustbehelddownatthesametime.
2. PresstheChordAs
signbu
tton.
3. Pressthepadtowhichyou’dliketocopythe
notes.
Youcanevenuseoneofthepadsthatwasbeing
merged,ifyoulike.Afterpressingthedestinationpad,
you’ redone.
Fixed Velocity
Eachpadstoresavelocitylevelforeachofits8notes.
TheFixedVelocitybutton,onthedisplayabovethe
pads,controlswhetherornotthepadsrespondtothe
touchlocation.
WhenFixedVelocityison,thepadsalwaysusetheir
storedvelocitysettings,regardlessofwhereyoutouch
thepa
d.
WhenFixedVelocityisoff,touchingthetopofthepad
producesthepresetvelocities.Whenyouplaylower
onthepad,thepresetvelocitiesarescaleddown
accordingly,maintainingthebalancebetweenthenotes
inthechord.
Using Chord mode
Overview
Chordmodeletsyouchooseoneofthechords
assignedtothepads,andthenplayitfromthe
keyboard.Thechordistransposedaccordingtothe
notethatyouplay;theplayednotespecifiesthelowest
noteofthechord,andthehighernotesaretransposed
tomatch.Aswhenplayingchord
sfromthePa
ds
themselves,eachnoteinthechordcanhaveadifferent
storedvelocity,scaledbytheplayednote.
Inadditiontousingtheon‐screenparameters,youcan
turnChordmodeonandoffviaSW1/2ortheFoot
Switch,andchangechordssimplybypressingthe
pads.InCombinationandSe
que
ncermodes,youcan
makethesesettingsforeachTimbreorTrack,as
desired.Naturally,youcancontrolallofthisviaMIDI
aswell.
Chordmodecanduplicatethewaythatsimilar
featuresworkedonclassicanalogsynths(suchasthe
originalPolysix),butitcanalsous
ealloftheVo
ice
Assignoptionstocreatedifferenteffects–suchasmono
legatochordswithfingeredportamento,orpoly
chordsthatoverlaponeanother.
Finally,notethatyoudon’thavetouseChordmodeto
playfullchords;youcanalsouseittocreatemore
subtleeffects,suchasstacke
doctavesorfifths.Youcan
evenadjusttherelativelevelsoftheseadditional
pitchesviathestoredvelocitiesoftheindividualchord
notes.

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