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TouchView user interface

The

 

KRONOS

 

uses

 

Korg’s

 

TouchView

 

graphical

 

user

 

interface.

 

By

 

touching

 

objects

 

displayed

 

in

 

the

 

LCD

 

screen,

 

you

 

can

 

select

 

pages,

 

set

 

parameter

 

values,

 

enter

 

text,

 

connect

 

virtual

 

patch

 

cables,

 

and

 

more.

Important - calibrate before using!

Make

 

sure

 

to

 

calibrate

 

the

 

touch

screen

 

before

 

using,

 

or

 

when

 

you

 

change

 

the

 

angle

 

of

 

view

 

(for

 

instance,

 

when

 

you

 

move

 

between

 

sitting

 

and

 

standing):

1. Press

 

the

 

GLOBAL

 

button

 

to

 

go

 

to

 

the

 

GLOBAL

 

P0:BASIC

 

SETUP

 

page.

2. Press

 

the

 

page

 

menu

 

button

 

to

 

open

 

the

 

menu,

 

and

 

select

 

the

 

Touch

 

Panel

 

Calibration

 

command.

3. Follow

 

the

 

on

screen

 

instructions.

For

 

best

 

results,

 

calibrate

 

using

 

a

 

stylus

 

or

 

fingernail,

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

exact

 

centers

 

of

 

the

 

calibration

 

boxes.

a: Current page

From

 

the

 

left,

 

the

 

top

 

of

 

the

 

display

 

shows

 

the

 

current

 

mode,

 

the

 

number

 

and

 

name

 

of

 

the

 

page

 

group,

 

and

 

finally

 

the

 

name

 

of

 

the

 

individual

 

page.

b: Category popup button

When

 

you

 

press

 

this

 

button,

 

a

 

tabbed

 

popup

 

menu

 

will

 

appear,

 

allowing

 

you

 

to

 

select

 

Programs,

 

Combinations,

 

or

 

GEs

 

organized

 

by

 

category.

c: Popup button & menu

When

 

this

 

button

 

is

 

pressed,

 

a

 

popup

 

menu

 

will

 

appear,

 

showing

 

a

 

list

 

of

 

options.

 

In

 

some

 

cases,

 

these

 

will

 

be

 

parameter

 

values.

 

In

 

others,

 

they

 

may

 

be

 

lists

 

of

 

items,

 

such

 

as

 

Multisamples

 

or

 

FX

 

Presets.

 

To

 

enter

 

a

 

parameter

 

value,

 

touch

 

the

 

desired

 

value.

 

Pin

Many

 

popup

 

menus

 

have

 

a

 

“Pin”

 

in

 

the

 

upper

 

left.

 

This

 

controls

 

what

 

happens

 

after

 

you

 

select

 

a

 

value.

 

Touch

 

the

 

pin

 

graphic

 

to

 

switch

 

between

 

open

 

(unlocked)

 

and

 

closed

 

(locked).

When

 

locked

 

(pin

 

closed),

 

the

 

popup

 

menu

 

will

 

remain

 

displayed

 

even

 

after

 

you

 

select

 

a

 

parameter

 

value.

 

To

 

close

 

the

 

popup,

 

either

 

unlock

 

the

 

pin,

 

or

 

press

 

EXIT.

When

 

unlocked

 

(pin

 

open),

 

the

 

popup

 

menu

 

will

 

close

 

immediately

 

when

 

you

 

press

 

a

 

parameter

 

value,

 

or

 

when

 

you

 

touch

 

the

 

screen

 

outside

 

the

 

menu.

d: Edit cell

When

 

you

 

touch

 

a

 

parameter

 

in

 

the

 

LCD

 

screen,

 

the

 

parameter

 

or

 

its

 

value

 

will

 

usually

 

be

 

highlighted

 

(displayed

 

in

 

inverse

 

video).

 

This

 

is

 

called

 

the

 

edit

 

cell

,

 

and

 

the

 

highlighted

 

item

 

is

 

now

 

selected

 

for

 

editing.

The

 

parameter

 

value

 

of

 

the

 

edit

 

cell

 

can

 

be

 

modified

 

using

 

the

 

VALUE

 

controllers.

 

e & f: On-screen sliders and knobs

To

 

modify

 

the

 

value

 

of

 

an

 

on

screen

 

slider

 

or

 

knob,

 

first

 

touch

 

the

 

object,

 

and

 

then

 

use

 

the

 

VALUE

 

controllers

 

to

 

modify

 

the

 

value.

g & h: Page group tabs and Page tabs

Press

 

the

 

lower

 

row

 

of

 

tabs

 

to

 

select

 

the

 

page

 

group,

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

the

 

upper

 

row

 

of

 

tabs

 

to

 

select

 

the

 

page.

 

The

 

top

 

of

 

the

 

screen

 

shows

 

the

 

name

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

page

 

and

 

group;

 

see

 

“a:

 

Current

 

page”

 

on

 

page 13.

h: Page group tab

e: Knob

f: Slider

g: Page tab

a: Current page

d: Edit cell

b: Category popup button

c: Popup button

i: Check box

j: Page menu button

Mode name

Page name

Page group number and name

Pin

Summary of Contents for Kronos X

Page 1: ...ds 16 Playing sounds in Set Lists 16 Playing Programs and Combinations 17 Using controllers to modify the sound 18 Using KARMA 20 Using the Drum Track 21 Using the sequencer 22 Recording MIDI and audi...

Page 2: ...from tip over The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure tha...

Page 3: ...ations which may occur through your use of this product KARMA Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture Technology has been licensed from Stephen Kay and is pro tected by U S Patents 5 486 647 5 521...

Page 4: ...bars pressing the Inc and Dec buttons or spinning the Value dial The top of the Help page has breadcrumb links which show the hierarchy of pages above the current one Touch any of these links to jump...

Page 5: ...three band EQs one for each MIDI and audio track Finally many of the synth engines feature specialized signal processing The CX 3 PolysixEX and EP 1 include dedicated effects and you can process live...

Page 6: ...ks 1 8 HDR 1 8 or 9 16 HDR 9 16 EXT EXT External lets you use the control surface to transmit MIDI messages to external MIDI devices RT KNOBS KARMA RT KNOBS KARMA lets you modulate sounds and effects...

Page 7: ...d decimal buttons to enter the value and then press the ENTER button to confirm the entry The button inverts the sign of the parameter value the decimal button inserts a decimal for entering fractiona...

Page 8: ...lumes of different components of the sound For more information on how Vector Synthesis works see Using Vector Synthesis in the Playing and editing Programs chapter of the OG 10 Drum Track The Drum Tr...

Page 9: ...rward the song When you press and hold this button the button will light and the playback will fast forward Fast forward is disabled during recording and while the Song is stopped In Disk and Sampling...

Page 10: ...the Sampling mode Recording Audio Input page If Trigger is set to Sampling START SW sampling will begin immediately If Trigger is set to Note On sampling will begin as soon as you play a note on the...

Page 11: ...or effects unit before connecting them Use the MIC setting switch in out position only when connecting a microphone Note that some microphones such as condensers may require external phantom power wh...

Page 12: ...minimum position 3 Connect the KRONOS to your mixer or monitor system Connect the KRONOS s AUDIO OUTPUT MAIN L MONO and R jacks to your mixer or amplified monitor speakers If you re monitoring throug...

Page 13: ...items such as Multisamples or FX Presets To enter a parameter value touch the desired value Pin Many popup menus have a Pin in the upper left This controls what happens after you select a value Touch...

Page 14: ...without making changes press the Cancel button After pressing either OK or Cancel the dialog box will close Text edit button Pressing this button brings up an on screen keyboard for changing the name...

Page 15: ...D Record patterns and assign them to keys using RPPR Real time Pattern Play Recording Set List mode Set Lists make it simple to play and organize any of the sounds loaded into the KRONOS without regar...

Page 16: ...nd that you re playing The Set List name is in smaller text at the top left hand corner of the screen With the factory settings Set List 000 will appear when you turn on the power To select Set Lists...

Page 17: ...me sound in multiple Slots within the same Set List For instance you might have a favorite piano sound which you use in a number of different songs You can create any number of Slots which use this sa...

Page 18: ...1 and EP 1 Banks can contain either HD 1 Programs or EXi Programs but not both This assignment is fixed for the Internal banks but can be set separately for each of the User banks with the Set Progra...

Page 19: ...HD 1 Programs support a certain set of parameters each EXi also has its own set of parameters The PolysixEX works particularly well with Tone Adjust so let s take a look at it now 1 In Program mode pr...

Page 20: ...display You can move between entirely different settings of all these controls simply by pressing a KARMA SCENE switch Each scene independently remembers any edits that you make via the sliders and sw...

Page 21: ...tern section This area contains a few parameters for adjusting the basic sound of the Drum Track 3 Press the Program popup button The Category Program Select dialog appears By default the Drum categor...

Page 22: ...ord and then press START STOP when you re done Adding an audio track Continuing from above let s record an audio overdub 1 Connect a dynamic microphone guitar bass other synth etc to AUDIO INPUT 1 For...

Page 23: ...o The factory preset Template Songs let you get up and running quickly with matched sets of sounds and effects for various styles of music You can also create your own Template Songs with your favorit...

Page 24: ...ant HD 1 Programs can only be written to HD 1 Banks and EXi Programs can only be written to EXi Banks For more information on the default Bank types and on how to change them please see Program Bank C...

Page 25: ...ectories for these files will be created automatically NOTE When saving Combinations remember to also save the Programs it uses as well as the Drum Kits and Wave Sequences used by the Programs Similar...

Page 26: ...sure that the Global Basic Setup page s Memory Protect settings are turned off unchecked If they are on you won t be able to load the data Loading individual banks from a PCG file 1 Go to the Load pa...

Page 27: ...location to Clear All 13 Press the OK button to load the data Playing the demo songs 1 Press the SEQ button the LED will light to enter Sequencer mode If you haven t done anything with Sequencer mode...

Page 28: ...052 x 362 x 134 mm 41 42 14 25 5 28 73 Keys 1243 x 411 x 145 mm 48 94 16 18 5 71 88 Keys 1455 x 411 x 145 mm 57 28 16 18 5 71 Weight 61 Keys 12 5 kg 27 56 lbs 73 Keys 20 3 kg 44 75 lbs 88 Keys 23 0 kg...

Page 29: ...purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside WARNING Use of this p...

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