Korg Kronos User Manual

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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Exclusiveeventssupportedin Sequencer mode”on
page 661oftheParameterGuide.
3. Stoprecording.
Note:Exclusivemessagesarealwaysrecordedon
thecurrenttrackselectedby“TrackSelect.”Inthis
example,theyarerecordedonMIDItrack9.
Note:IntheMIDIeventeditscreenyoucanviewthe
recordedexclusiveeventsandtheirlocation.
Exc
lusiveeventsaredisplayedas“EXCL”.
Toviewtheseevents,gototheP4:TrackEdit–Track
Editpage,andselectthepagemenucommand
“MIDIEventEdit.”ThenintheSetEventFilters
dialogbox,checkExclusiveandpresstheOK
button.
Exclusiveeventscannotbechangedtoadifferent
typeofeve
nt.Norcanothereventsbechangedinto
exclusiveevents.
4. Ifyougotothepage(e.g.,P8:InsertEffect)that
showstheparametersyouadjustedinrealtime,
youcanwatchtherecordedchangesbereproduced
whilethesongplaysback.
Exclusive messages that can be recorded in real-
time
Thefollowingexclusivemessagescanberecordedin
real‐time:
•ExclusivemessagesreceivedfromanexternalMIDI
device
• ParameterchangesinSequencermode(see“System
Exclusiveeventssupportedin Sequencer mode”on
page 661oftheParameterGuide)
• MasterVolumeuniversalexclusivemessages
assignedtothefootpedaloraknob
Recording patterns
Recording and editing patterns
Youcanrecordpatternsineitheroftwoways;realtime
recordingorsteprecording.However,patternrealtime
recordingdiffersfromsongrealtimerecordinginthat
youcanuseonlyLooptyperecording.
YoucaneditpatternsbyusingEventEditoperationsto
modifytherecordeddataorinsertnewdata.Youcan
alsous
etheGe
tFromMIDITrackpagemenu
commandtoconvertadesiredregionofperformance
datafromaMIDItrackintoapattern.Conversely,you
canusethePuttoMIDITrackorCopytoMIDITrack
pagemenucommandstoplaceorcopythe
performancedatafromapa
tterninto
aMIDItrack.
YoucanalsouseyourpatternswiththeDrumTrack,
viatheConverttoDrumTrackPatternmenu
commandonP5:Pattern/RPPR.
Recording patterns in real-time
Here’showyoucanuserealtimerecordingtocreatea
pattern.UserpatternscanbeaccessedbytheRPPR
functioninthesamewayaspresetpatterns,andcanbe
copiedtoorplacedinasong.Playbackdatafroma
trackcanalsobecopiedtoapattern.
Whenrealtime‐recordingapatte
rn,a
patternofthe
specifiednumberofmeasureswillplayback
repeatedly,allowingyoutocontinueaddingmusical
datatoit.
1. Createanewsong,andasdescribedin
“Preparationsforrecording”onpage 76,setthe
tracktotheprogramthatwillbeusedbythe
pattern.
2. GototheP5:Patter
n/RPPR–PatternEdit
page(See
thediagrambelow).
3. Use“TrackSelect”toselectthetrackthatyouwill
usetorecordthepattern.
Thepatternwillsoundwiththeprogramandother
settingsoftheselectedtrack.
4. Set“Pattern(PatternBank)”toUser,andset
“PatternSelect”toU00.
UserpatternsU00–U99canbecreatedforeachso
ng
.
5. Selectthepagemenucommand“Pattern
Parameter”.
Adialogboxwillappear.
6. Setthenumberofmeasuresinthepatterntoa
“Length”of04(fourmeasures),andset“Meter”to
atimesignatureof4/4.PresstheOKbutton.
7. Asnecessary,set“RECResolution”toapply
realtimequa
ntization.
Location Event display

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