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Introduction to KRONOS
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The Contents page lets you access any part of the Help
system, including almost all of the text and graphics in both
the Parameter and Operation Guides. The Index contains a
shorter list of links to important articles.
To close the help display, just press the HELP button again,
press the EXIT button, or press the on-screen Done button.
COMPARE button
Use this button to compare the sound of the Program or
Combination that you are currently editing with the saved,
un-edited version of the sound. You can also use this button
to make “before and after” comparisons when recording or
editing in Sequencer mode.
7. BANK SELECT buttons
Use these buttons to change banks when selecting Programs
or Combinations. The LEDs in the buttons light up to show
the current bank.
To select Program banks U-AA…GG, press both the INT
and USER buttons simultaneously. For instance, to select
USER-DD, press both I-D and U-D.
In Program mode, these buttons select the Program bank.
They are active only on the Play pages.
In Combination mode, these buttons have two functions:
• When you’re selecting Combinations, they choose the
Combination bank.
• When you’re assigning a Program to a timbre within the
Combi, they select the Program bank.
In Sequencer mode, when a track’s Program name is
selected, these buttons change the Program bank.
General MIDI banks
Selecting General MIDI Program banks is a little different
from selecting other banks. Each time you press the INT-G
button, the bank will step to the next GM(2) bank or GM
drum bank in the following order: G, g(1), g(2)–g(8), g(9),
g(d), G, g(1), etc.
What’s in each bank?
For details on the contents of the Program banks, see
“Program bank contents” on page 31. For details on the
Combi banks, see “Combination bank contents” on page 67.
8. KARMA buttons
KARMA stands for “Kay
Algorithmic Realtime Music
Architecture.” It’s an immensely
powerful recording and live
performance tool, which can provide
a wide range of musical effects
including:
• Arpeggiation
• Drum and instrument grooves
• Complex CC gestures (as if it was automatically moving
knobs or joysticks for you)
• Musical phrase generation
• Gated and chopped dance production effects
• Any combination of the above
• …and much more.
ON/OFF button
This switches KARMA on and off. As with the other
KARMA buttons, the button’s LED will light up to show
you that it is turned on.
LATCH button
When LATCH is turned on, KARMA will continue to play
even after you’ve stopped holding notes on the keyboard or
MIDI In.
This is convenient when you want to play on top of a
KARMA-generated groove, for instance.
MODULE CONTROL button
In Combi and Sequencer modes, KARMA has four
independent Modules, each of which can be generating a
different musical effect. When used to control KARMA, the
Control Surface sliders and switches are five layers deep:
one for each Module (A-D), and then a Master Layer which
controls selected parameters from all of the Modules at once.
The MODULE CONTROL button selects whether the
KARMA SLIDERS, SWITCHES, and SCENES will control
either a single Module independently, or the Master Layer.
In Program mode, only a single Module is available, and the
Master Layer is used to control it; you cannot select other
settings).
9. Vector Joystick
The Vector Joystick is a powerful real-time controller.
Depending on the particular Program, Combi, or Song, it
may modulate Program or effects parameters, or adjust the
volumes of different components of the sound.
For more information on how Vector Synthesis works, see
“Using Vector Synthesis” on page 64.
10. Drum Track
The Drum Track is a built-in drum machine, fueled by the
KRONOS’s high-quality drum sounds. This button turns the
Drum Track on and off.
Depending on various settings, the Drum Track may begin to
play immediately, or may wait until you start to play on the
keyboard. If the button’s LED is blinking on and off, it’s
waiting for you to play.
LINKED LED
If the front panel LINKED LED and KARMA ON/OFF
switches are lit, KARMA will start and stop together with
the Drum Track. For more information, see “Using KARMA
and the Drum Track together” on page 263.
11. SW1 and SW2
These on/off switches can perform a number of different
functions, such as modulating sounds or locking the
modulation values of the joystick, ribbon, or aftertouch.
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