Manual Korg Kross 2 (page 3 of 152) (English)

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Table of Contents

About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Introduction to the KROSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Front and rear panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Items in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About the KROSS’s modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning the power on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting foot controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using an SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting the KROSS to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Program categories and numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Performing with the arpeggiator, drum track or step sequencer. . . . . 28

Quick Layer/Split function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quick Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quick Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Combination settings made by Quick Layer/Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Easy program editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Tone Adjust and EG Adjust functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adjusting the volume balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using REALTIME CONTROLS to adjust the sound or effects . . . . . . . . . . 32

Comparing the unedited sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Detailed Editing with Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Before you start editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

An overview of the edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Basic oscillator settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Creating time-varying changes (LFO and EG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Diverse modulation settings (AMS and AMS mixer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Making controller assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Using the step sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Automatically importing a Program into Sequence mode. . . . . . . . . . .44

Playing and editing Combinations . . . . . . . 45

Playing combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Combination categories and numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Using controllers to modify the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Performing with the arpeggiator, drum track or step sequencer . . . . .46

Editing a combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Summary of the edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

A suggested approach for editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Comparing with the sound before you started editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Changing the program of each timbre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Using the Tone Adjust and EG Adjust functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Saving a Combination you’ve edited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Using REALTIME CONTROLS to adjust the sound or effects . . . . . . . . . .49

Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Status settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

MIDI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Changing the program settings to match the combination. . . . . . . . . .51

Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Using the step sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Automatically importing a combination into Sequence mode . . . . . . .52

Favorites function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

What is the Favorites function? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using the Favorites function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Recalling a favorite sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Registering a sound in Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Convenient ways to use favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Specifying a program change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

During last night's gig, my Kross 2 started changing "Favorites" - one after the other - switching through the banks and sounds, while I was playing. What could cause that. It didn't do it all the time, just every now and then at random. Submitted on 4-9-2022 at 00:59
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