Korg Kronos X, Quick Start Manual

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Using the Drum Track

Turning the Drum Track on and off

1. Press

the

DRUM

TRACK

switch.

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.

For

more

details

on

Drum

Track

start/stop

and

synchronization,

see

the

chapter

“Using

the

Drum

Track”in

the

OG.

Selecting the Drum Track pattern & 
sound

Program mode

In

Program

mode,

the

Drum

Track

has

a

special

reserved

mixer

slot

and

a

dedicated

Program

select

parameter.

To

set

up

the

Drum

Track

in

Program

mode:

1. Press

the

Basic/Vector

tab,

and

then

press

the

Drum

Track

tab.

The

Drum

Track

page

will

appear.

Note

the

Drum

Pattern

section,

in

the

upper

left

of

the

display.

The

Pattern

parameter

has

two

popup

menus.

The

one

on

the

left

selects

between

the

Preset

and

User

banks;

the

one

on

the

right

selects

the

pattern

within

the

bank.

2. Set

the

Bank

and

Pattern

as

desired.

Note:

If

the

selected

pattern

is

an

empty

User

pattern

or

Preset

P000:

Off,

the

DRUM

TRACK

button

won’t

turn

on.

Next,

note

the

Drum

Track

Parameters

section

of

the

page

(to

the

right

of

the

Drum

Pattern

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

category

will

already

be

selected.

4. Select

a

drum

Program

for

the

Drum

Track

to

play.

You

can

actually

select

any

sound,

even

outside

of

the

Drum

category—but

in

general,

the

patterns

will

only

make

sense

when

playing

a

drum

Program.

Combination mode

In

Combinations

(and

Songs),

the

Drum

Track

simply

sends

MIDI

to

play

one

or

more

of

the

16

Timbres/Tracks.

For

more

information,

see

“Drum

Track

settings

in

Combination

mode”

in

the

“Using

the

Drum

Track”chapter

of

the

OG.

Linking KARMA and the Drum Track

You

can

link

KARMA

and

the

Drum

Track

so

that

they

start

and

stop

together.

This

is

controlled

by

the

Link

to

Drum

Track

check

‐

box

on

the

KARMA

Triggers

page.

1. Go

to

the

Program

P7:

KARMA

Module

Parameters

‐

Trigger

page.

2. In

the

Control

section,

enable

the

Link

to

Drum

Track

check

‐

box.

The

front

panel

LINKED

LED

will

light.

3. Turn

the

KARMA

ON/OFF

switch

on.

When

linked,

KARMA

will

always

wait

for

the

Drum

Track.

So,

unless

the

DRUM

TRACK

switch

is

on,

KARMA

won’t

start

yet.

4. Turn

the

DRUM

TRACK

switch

on.

KARMA

will

start

to

play

along

with

the

Drum

Track,

according

to

the

Drum

Track’s

Trigger

Mode.

For

more

details,

please

see

“Using

KARMA

and

the

Drum

Track

together”

in

the

“Using

the

Drum

Track”

chapter

of

the

OG.