Korg Kronos - MIDI Recording; Preparations for Recording

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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MIDI recording
•Youcanrecordupto400,000events(e.g.,notes),up
to200songs,andupto999measuresineachsong.
•Themaximumtimingresolutionis1/480partsper
quarter‐note.
•TherearesixteentracksforMIDIperformancedata,
andamastertrackwhichcontrolsthetime
signatureandtempo.
•Youcanperformandre
cordusingKARMAandthe
DrumTrack.
•YoucanperformandrecordusingRPPR(Realtime
PatternPlay/Recording).
•Thereare697built‐inpresetpatternsidealfordrum
tracks,andinadditionyoucancreateupto100
userpatternsforeachsong.Thesepatternscanbe
usedasperformancedataforasong
,orwiththe
RPPRfunction.
Preparations for recording
Beforeyoubeginrecording,makesurethatthe
Globalmodememoryprotectsettingisturnedoff.
Formoreinformation,see“Memoryprotect”on
page 185.
Selecting a Song
Beforewecanbeginthisexample,weneedtoselectan
emptysongwherewecanrecord.
1. PresstheSEQbuttontoenterSequencermode.
2. GotothefirsttaboftheP0:Play/RECpage.
Thefullpagenameis“MIDITrackProgSelect/Mixer.”
3. PresstheSongSelectPopupbutton.
TheSongselectionpopupwillappear.
4.
Chooseanew,emptySongfromthelist,andpress
theOKbutton.
Tip: Set Song Length
Bydefault,newsongsare64measureslong.Ifyou’d
liketorecordmorethan64measures,gotothep4:
TrackEditpage,andusetheSetSongLength
commandinthepagemenu.Formoreinformation,see
“SetSongLength”onpage 642oftheParameterGuide.
Track settings
Sincewe’regoingtorecordanewsonginthisexample,
wewillstartbyexplaininghowtoassignaprogram to
eachMIDItrack,andmakebasicsettingssuchas
volume.
Fordetailsonaudiotracks,referto“A u d i o recording”
onpage 89.
1. AssignaprogramtoeachMIDItrack.
Use“ProgramSelect”(P0
:Play/REC–MI
DITrack
ProgSelect/Mixerpage)toassignaprogramtoeach
MIDItrack.
Atthistimeyoucanpressthe“Category”popup
andselectprogramsbycategory.
YoucancopyvarioussettingsfromProgramsor
Combinations,includingeffects,KARMAsettings,
ToneAdjust,andsoon.
Whenassigningaprogram,youcanuse“Track
Select”toselectthetrackforwhichyouaremaking
assignments,andtryplayingthesound.
2. SetthepanandvolumeofeachMIDItrack.
Pansetsthepanofeachtrack,andVolu mesetsthe
volumeofeachtrack.
3. SpecifythetonegeneratorandMIDIchannelthat
willbeplayedbyeachMIDItrack.
IntheP2:T
rackParameters–MIDIpage,Status
specifieswhethereachtrackwillsoundtheinternal
tonegeneratororanexternaltonegenerator.MIDI
ChannelspecifiestheMIDIchannelforeachtrack.
NormallywhenusingtheKRONOSasa16‐timbre
soundmodule,youwillselectINTorBTH.
Ingeneral,youshouldsetMIDIChannelto
differentchannels1–16foreachtrack.Tracksthat
aresenttothesameMIDIchannelwillsound
simultaneouslywheneitherisrecordedorplayed.
StatusINT:Duringplayback,theKRONOS’
internaltonegeneratorwillplaytheMIDIdata
recordedonthattrack.Whenyo
uoperatethe
KRONOS’keyboardorcontrollers,youwillbe
playingandcontrollingthetrackselectedby“Track
Select.”MIDIdatawillnotbetransmittedtoan
externaldevice.
StatusEXT,EX2,BTH:Duringplayback,theMIDI
datarecordedonthattrackwillbetransmittedfrom
MIDIOUTtoplayanex
ternalsoundmodule.When
youoperatetheKRONOS’keyboardorcontrollers,
MIDIdatawillbetransmittedtoplayandcontrol
theexternalsoundmoduleselectedby“Track
Select.”(TheMIDIchanneloftheexternaltone
generatormustbesettomatchtheMIDIChannel
ofKRONOStracksthataresettoEX
T
,EX2orBTH.)
IfStatusissettoBTH,boththeexternaltone
generatorandinternaltonegeneratorwillbe
soundedandcontrolled.
4. Adjusttheeffectsettings.
MakesettingsforeacheffectinP8:InsertEffectand
P9:Master/TotalEffect.