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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Introduction to KRONOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front and rear panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TouchView user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the KRONOS’ modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the KRONOS’ PCM memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About polyphony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Update information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
New features in software version 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
New features in software version 3.0.3. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
New features in software version 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
New features in software version 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
New features in software version 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
New features in software version 1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . .31
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Chord Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Chord mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Easy Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Quick edits using the knobs, sliders, and switches . . . 43
Quick Layer/Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Quick Layer example:
adding strings to a piano sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick Split example:
adding left-hand bass to a piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Detailed Program Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Editing HD-1 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Alternate Modulation (AMS)
and the AMS Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using EXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Vector Synthesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatically importing a Program
into Sequencer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playing and editing Combinations . . . .67
Playing Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Easy Combination editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Changing the Programs within a Combi . . . . . . . . . . .70
Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Easy KARMA editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Quick Layer/Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Quick Layer example: adding strings to a piano
Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Quick Split example: adding a lead synth to a
Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Detailed Combination editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Combination overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . . . . . .79
Editing Programs from within
a Combination or Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Automatically importing a Combination
into Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Creating songs (Sequencer mode) . . . .83
Sequencer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
About the KRONOS’ sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Sequencer mode structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
The control surface in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . .88
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Recording MIDI in real-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
MIDI step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Recording the sound of a Combination or Program. . .96
Recording multiple MIDI tracks from
an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Recording System Exclusive events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Recording patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Other ways to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Audio recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Audio recording overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Audio input settings and recording source selection .104
Recording procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Other variations of audio track recording. . . . . . . . . .113
Placing a WAVE file in an audio track . . . . . . . . . . .115
Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
MIDI Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Common to MIDI tracks and audio tracks . . . . . . . . .118
Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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