Korg Kronos User Manual

MIDI recording MIDI step recording
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Withthissetting,measure1willberecorded
repeatedly.Thenewlyrecordeddatawillbeadded
ateachpass.
3. Set“RECResolution”tox.
4. PresstheSEQUENCEREC/WRITEswitch,and
thentheSTART/STOPswitch.
Themetronomewillsoundatwo‐measurecount‐
down,andthenrecordingwillbegin.
5. Asshowninthemusicalexampleprintedabove,
startbypl
ayingtheC3no
teofthekeyboardto
recordthebassdrumforonemeasure.
6. Next,playtheE3noteofthekeyboardtorecord
thesnareforonemeasure,andthentheF#3noteto
recordthehi‐hat.
7. PresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOPswitchto
stopreco
rding.
8. Playbacktheresult,andlistentothedrum
performanceyourecorded.
PresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOPswitch.When
you’vefinishedlistening,presstheSTART/STOP
switchonceagaintostopplayback.
9. Ifyou’renotsatisfiedwiththeresult,pressthe
COMPAREswitchtoreturntothestatepriorto
recording,andthenre‐rec
o
rdfromstep4.
Note:Whenyou’refinishedrecording,changethe
RecordingSetupbacktothenormally‐used
Overwrite(P0:Play/REC–Preferencepage).
Inaddition,accesstheP0:Play/REC–MIDITrack
Looppage,check“TrackPlayLoop”forMIDITrack
01,andsetthe“LoopStartMeasure”and“Loop
EndMeasure”to001.Whenyouplayback,MIDI
track01willrepeatedlyplaythefirstmeasure.
MIDI step recording
Steprecordingistherecordingmethodinwhichyou
specifythedurationandstrengthofeachnote,anduse
thekeyboardtospecifythepitchofeachMIDInote.
YoucanusetheRestbuttonandTiebuttonofthe
dialogboxtoinputrestsandties.
Steprecordingisusefulwhenyo
uwanttocreate
mechanicallyprecisebeats,orwhenyouneedto
recordaphrasethatwouldbedifficulttoplaybyhand
“inrealtime,”orwhenyoufinditdifficulttoplay
extremelycomplicatedorrapidpassages.
An example of step recording
Inthisexample,we’llassignabassprogramtoMIDI
Track02andstep‐recordthefollowingtwo‐measure
bassphrase.
1. SpecifyabassprogramforMIDITrack02.Use
“TrackSelect”toselectMIDITrack02,andverify
thatyouhearabassprogram.
2. GototheP4:TrackEdit–TrackEditpag
e.
3.
Set“FromMeasure”to001.
Withthissetting,steprecordingwillbeginfrom
measure1.
4. Pressthepagemenubutton,andpresspagemenu
command“MIDIStepRecording.”
Adialogboxwillappear.
5. In“StepTime,”use“Select”tospecifythebasic
timingvalueatwhichyouwillinputnotesand
rest
s.
InputthefirstC3notease.(adottedeighthnote).
Usetheradiobuttonatthelefttoselecte.
Youcanchoosefromtherangeofw(awholenote)–r
(a32ndnote).
Inputadottednotebyselecting“.”withtheradio
buttonsatright.
Youcanspecify“3”toent
e
ratriplet.Ifyouwantto
usetheunmodifiedlengthofthenotethat’sselected
attheleft,choose“‐”.
“NoteDuration”indicatesthelengththatthenote
itselfwillsound.Smallervalueswillproducea
staccatonote,andlargervalueswillproducea
legatonote.Forthisexample,leav
ethissetting
unchanged.
“NoteVelocity”isthevelocity(playingstrength),
andlargervalueswillproducealoudervolume.Set
thistoKey.
IfyouselectKeyforthisparameter,thevelocity
withwhichyouactuallyplaythekeyboardwillbe
input.
6. Onthekeyboard,pressandthenreleasethefirst
C3note
thatyouwanttoinput.
ThedatayouinputwillappearintheLCDscreenas
numericalvalues.Intheupperright,Measure001

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