Korg Kronos User Manual

Playing and editing Programs
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Editing EXi sounds
ThePolysixEXworksparticularlywellwithTone
Adjust,solet’stakealookatitnow.
1. SelectProgramUSER‐E004PhunkyPowerBass.
ThisusesthePolysixEX.
2. UnderCONTROLASSIGN,presstheTONE
ADJ./EQbutton.
3. Playthekeyboardwhilemovingsliders1‐4and
knobs1‐2.
Noticeastheknobgraphicsonthedisplaymo
veas
well.Sliders1‐4controltheenvelopeshape;knobs1‐2
controlthefiltercutoffandresonance.
4. Onthedisplay,presstheControlSurfacetab.
Thispageshowstheassignmentsandvaluesforallof
thesliders,knobs,andswitches.
5. PresstheMaintabtoreturntothemainPlaypag
e
.
6. TouchthePolysixEXgraphicaroundtheCutoff
andResonanceknobs.
ThedisplayjumpstothePolysixEXMainpage.
7. ExperimentwithplayingwhileusingtheControl
Surfacesliders,knobs,andswitches.
Noticehowthegraphicsrespond,aswell.Youcanalso
selectagraphiccontrolonthescreenandedititsvalue
usinganyofthedataentrycontrols.
Using COMPARE
Whenyou’reintheprocessofeditingasound,
pressingtheCOMPAREbuttonwillrecallthesaved
versionofthesound,asitwasbeforeyoustarted
editing.Toindicatethatyouarelisteningtothesaved
version,thebutton’sLEDwilllightup.
PressingCOMPAREagainreturnsyoutotheversion
yo
uaree
diting,andtheLEDwillgooutagain.
IfyoueditwhiletheCOMPARELEDislit,thekeywill
againgodarkandyourpreviouseditswillbelost.
Resetting individual controls
TheRESETCONTROLSbuttonletsyourevertan
individualknob,slider,orswitchtoitssavedsetting.
Formoreinformation,see“Resettingcontrolstotheir
savedvalues”onpage 33.
Saving your edits
Onceyou’vetweakedthesoundtoperfection,you’ll
wanttosaveyourwork.Tosaveyouredits:
1. SelecttheWriteProgramcommandfromthepage
menu,attheupperright‐handcornerofthescreen.
Youcanalsocallupthismenucommandbyholding
ENTERandpressing0onthenumerickeypad.
Thisbringsupadi
alogboxwhichallowsyoutosave
theProgram.Optionally,youcanalsoselectanew
location,changetheProgram’sname,andassignittoa
soundcategory(suchaskeyboard,guitar,etc.).
2. Pressthe“T”buttontobringupthetextedit
dialog.
Youcangiveth
eProgramadescriptivenameusingthe
on‐screenkeyboard.
3. Afterenteringthename,pressOK.
Thetexteditwindowwilldisappear,returningyouto
themainWritedialog.
4. Under“To”atthebottomofthedialog,pressthe
popupbuttonnexttoProgramtobringupthesave
locationdialog.
5. SelectalocationtosavetheeditedPro
gram.
YoucanwritetoanylocationinbanksINT–A…F,
USER–A…G,andUSER–AA…GG.Toavoid
overwritingthefactorysounds,it’ssafertouseaslotin
oneoftheemptyUserbanks.
Important:HD‐1Programscanonlybewrittento
HD‐1Banks,andEXiPr
ogramsca
nonlybewritten
toEXiBanks.Formoreinformationonthedefault
Banktypes,andonhowtochangethem,pleasesee
“ProgramBankContents”onpage 27,and
“ChangingtheBankTypeforUSERbanks”on
page 27.
6. Afterselectingthelocation,pressOK.
7. PressOKagaintostartthewritepro
c
ess.
8. Ifyou’resureyouwanttowritetothislocation,
pressOKagain.
Afterthat,you’redone!
Formoreinformation,see“WritingProgramsand
Combinations”onpage 182.
Donotturnoffthepowerforatleast10seconds
afterwritingtheProgram.Thisallowsthesystem
timetocompletetheprocess,whichin
cludessaving
abackupofthedatatotheinternaldisk.
Saving edits to GM Programs
YoucaneditGMPrograms,butyoumustthensave
themtoaBankotherthanINT‐G;theGMPrograms
themselvescannotbeover‐written.
Shortcut: SEQUENCER REC/WRITE
YoucanalsousetheSEQUENCERREC/WRITEbutton
toquicklyupdatethecurrentProgram,usingthe
existingname,bank,number,andcategory.Todoso:
1. PresstheSEQUENCERREC/WRITEbutton.
TheUpdateProgramdialogwillappear.
2. PressOKtowritetheprogram.
Saving to disk
YoucanalsosaveandmanageProgramsonthe
internalharddrive,andonUSBstoragedevices.For
moreinformation,see“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