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Playing and editing Programs

Basic oscillator settings

Here is where you can specify the type of program, select the

basic waveform (multisample or drum kit), and specify

whether it will play polyphonically or monophonically

(poly/mono).

Program type setting

(single, double, drum kit)

Here is where you can specify the program type.

Broadly speaking, the program type will be either “a

program that uses a multisample” or “a program that uses a

drum kit.” (see “Multisamples and Drum Kits,” below)

This choice is made by the PROG> VOICE “OSC Oscillator

Mode” setting, which specifies which type the oscillators

will use.

• Multisample: Single, Double

• Drum kit: Drums

Single (single program) uses one oscillator, and Double

(double program) uses two oscillators.

Drums (drum program) is similar to a single program, but

uses a drum kit (created in Global/Media mode) instead of a

multisample.

Polyphony

Polyphony is the number of notes that can be played

simultaneously, such as in a chord. The polyphony depends

on the program type.

Note:

• Double Programs use twice as many voices as Single

Programs.

• Stereo Multisamples use twice as many voices as Mono

Multisamples.

• If using velocity crossfade switching, the multisample

will use twice as many voices as usual.

Polyphonic/monophonic playing

To specify whether the program will play polyphonically

(Poly) or monophonically (Mono), access the PROG>

VOICE page and set the Voice parameter.

When this is set to Poly, you can play both chords and

melody lines. When this is set to Mono, only one note will

sound even if you play a chord.

Normally you’ll set this to Poly, but Mono is useful when

playing sounds such as synth basses, synth leads, and other

solo instruments.

Try switching between Poly and Mono, and listen to the

results.

Working with Multisamples

What is a multisample?

A multisample is a collection of similarly voiced samples,

used to create the same type of sound - piano, bass, guitar,

strings, organ - across the entire keyboard, as the basis of a

program.

For each oscillator, you can assign up to four multisamples

and switch between them by velocity.

Multisamples and Drum Kits

Multisamples and Drum Kits allow you to play samples in

different ways.

• Multisamples lay out one or more samples across the

keyboard. If we use the example of a simple guitar

multisample, one sample could be assigned for each

string, so that the multisample would consist of six

samples.

• As the name suggests, Drum Kits are optimized for

playing drumsamples.

Velocity switch, crossfades, and layers

Each oscillator provides four velocity zones. This lets you

switch between multisamples or drumsamples according to

the velocity (speed) at which you play a key.

By specifying the threshold (boundary value) where each

zone will respond, and the amount of crossfading (the

overlap between zones), you can specify how your keyboard

playing dynamics will switch or layer the multisamples or

drumsamples. You can use this to make the following types

of setups.

• Velocity switch, where multisamples (or drumsamples)

are cleanly switched at the threshold

• Velocity crossfades, where multisamples (or

drumsamples) are smoothly crossfaded over a specified

range outside the threshold

• Velocity layers, where two multisamples (or

drumsamples) are layered when you play a specified

range outside the threshold

Note: If “Oscillator Mode” is set to Drums, the velocity

settings pre-specified for the drum kit will be used, and

therefore will not be shown in the screen. A drum kit’s

velocity zones can be edited in the Global/Media mode

DRUM KIT page. (see page 111)

Selecting Multisamples

Let’s create a simple velocity crossfade between two

Multisamples, using just OSC1.

1. Select the P-OSC> MS1 page, and turn the

multisample 1 Multisample On/Off parameter On.

Switching pages as necessary, turn the Multisample On/

off parameter on for multisample 2, and off for

multisamples 3 and 4.

Program type Polyphony

Single 80

Double 40

Drums 80

Multisample On/O

Bank

Multisample Select

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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