Korg Kronos User Manual

Detailed Program Editing Using Alternate Modulation (AMS) and the AMS Mixers
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Using Alternate Modulation (AMS) and the AMS Mixers
AMS(AlternateModulationSource)referstoanyof
theassignablemodulationsourcesinKRONOS,
including:
•Built‐inphysicalcontrollers,suchastheJoystick,
Ribbon,andReal‐TimeKnobs
•IncomingMIDIcontrollers,orMIDIcontrollers
generatedbyKARMAortheVectorEG
• ModulatorssuchastheFilter,Pitch,andAmpEGs,
theLFOs,ortheAM
SMi
xers
Intensityisaparameterthatsetsthedegree(speed,
depth,amountetc.)towhichAMSwillcontrolthe
modulation.
Anumberoffrequently‐usedmodulationroutings,
suchasusingthejoysticktovarythepitch,are
providedasadditional,dedicatedroutings,separate
fromAMS.
NotethatnotallAMSsourc
esmaybeav
ailablefor
somemodulationdestinations.
FordetailsonalternatemodulationandAMS,see
“A l t e r na te ModulationSources(AMS),”onpage 1089
oftheParameterGuide.
Using the AMS Mixers
TheAMSMixerscombinetwoAMSsourcesintoone,
orprocessanAMSsourcetomakeitintosomething
new.
Forinstance,theycanaddtwoAMSsourcestogether,
oruseoneAMSsourcetoscaletheamountofanother.
YoucanalsousethemtochangetheshapesofLFOs
andEG
sinvariousways,modifytheresponseof
realtimecontrollers,andmore.
TheAMSMixeroutputsappearinthelistofAMS
sources,justliketheLFOsandEGs.
Thisalsomeansthattheoriginal,unmodifiedinputsto
theAMSMixersarestillavailableaswell.Forinstance,
ifyouuseLF
O1asaninputtoaAMSMixer,youcan
usetheprocessedversionoftheLFOtocontrolone
AMSdestination,andtheoriginalversiontocontrol
another.
Finally,youcancascadethetwoAMSMixerstogether,
byusingAMSMixer1asaninputtoAMSMixer2.
Adding two AMS sources together
AMSmixerswilldodifferentthingsdependingon
theirTypesetting.TheA+BsettingmergestwoAMS
sourcesintoone.Thiscanbehandywhenyouneedto
addonemoremodulationsourcetoaparameter,but
you’vealreadyusedupalloftheavailableAMSslots.
Forinstance,let’ssaythatyo
u’ reus
inganLFOto
modulateFilterResonance,andthenyoudecidethatit
wouldbeinterestingtoscalethatparameterwithan
EGaswell.ResonancehasonlyasingleAMSinput,
butyoucaneasilymergetheLFOandtheEGtogether
usingtheA+BAMSMixer:
1. Assignth
eLFOtoAMSA.
2. AssigntheEGtoAMSB.
3. AssigntheAMSMixerastheFilterResonance
AMSsource.
AMSMixerA+Bexample
Scaling one AMS source with another
WhentheTypeissettoAmtAxB,themixerusesthe
AMSBinputtoscaletheamountofAMSA.For
instance,youcancontroltheamountLFO1withthe
FilterEG,orcontroltheamountofthePitchEGwith
theribbon.
AMSMixerAmtAxBexa
mple
Smoothing
TheSmoothingTypesmoothsouttheAMSinput,
creatingmoregentletransitionsbetweenvalues.You
haveseparatecontroloftheamountofsmoothing
duringtheattack(whenthesignalisincreasing)and
decay(whenit’sdecreasing).
Lowsettingsprovidesubtlecontrollersmoothing,
creatingmoregradualaftertouch,forinstance.Higher
settingscreateauto‐fadee
ffects,tr
ansformingaquick
gestureintoalongerfade‐inand/orfade‐outevent.
Smoothingcanalsobeusedtoaltertheshapeof
programmablemodsources,suchasLFOsandEGs.
Forinstance,youcanturna“blip”intoasimple
envelopeshape,asshownbelow.
AMS A: LFO
AMS B: EG
A+B Output
AMS A: LFO
AMS B: EG
Amt A*B Output

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