User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- Contents
- Introduction to KRONOS
- Front and rear panels
- Front panel
- 1. MAIN VOLUME knob
- 2. Control Surface
- 3. Data entry
- 4. DISK access indicator
- 5. MODE buttons
- 6. UTILITY buttons
- 7. BANK SELECT buttons
- 8. KARMA buttons
- 9. Vector Joystick
- 10. Drum Track
- 11. SW1 and SW2
- 12. Joystick
- 13. Ribbon controller
- 14. Headphone jack
- 15. EXIT button
- 16. SEQUENCER buttons
- 17. TEMPO controls
- 18. SAMPLING buttons
- 19. TouchView display
- Rear panel
- TouchView user interface
- Front panel
- Basic information
- Setup
- Update information
- Front and rear panels
- Playing and editing Programs
- Playing and editing Combinations
- Playing Combinations
- Easy Combination editing
- Detailed Combination editing
- Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
- Set Lists
- Sampling (Open Sampling System)
- Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits
- Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
- Using Effects
- Using KARMA
- Using the Drum Track
- Appendices
- Troubleshooting
- Error and confirmation messages
- A (ADC–Are You Sure)
- B (Buffer)
- C (Can’t calibrate–Completed)
- D (Destination–Disk)
- E (Error–Exceeded)
- F (File–Front)
- H
- I (Illegal–Index)
- K
- M (Master–Multisample)
- N (No data–Not enough song memory)
- O (Obey copyright rules–Oscillator)
- P (Pattern–Program)
- R (Rear sample–Root)
- S (Sample–Source)
- T (The clock–/TEMP folder detected)
- U (Unable to create directory–USB Hub)
- W (Wave)
- Y (You)
- Disk and Media information
- Specifications
- MIDI Implementation Chart
Sampling and editing in Sampling mode Basic examples of sampling
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Next, we’ll specify that looping will be turned off for
each newly recorded sample.
20.Press the lower Recording tab and then the upper
Recording tab to go to the P0: Recording– Recording
page.
21.Uncheck Auto Loop On.
If Auto Loop On is checked, the Loop setting will
automatically be turned on when you sample, so that the
sample will loop.
Record the next sample
22.In the P0: Recording, Recording page, select “Index”
and press the switch to select 002.
23.Press the SAMPLING REC switch and then the
SAMPLING START/STOP switch.
Speak into the mic, saying the word(s) you want to
sample.
(Example: “So”)
When you’ve finished speaking, press the SAMPLING
START/STOP switch.
24.Repeat steps 14 and 15 several times more to record a
few more samples.
(Example: “Easy,” “To,” “Sample,” “With,”
“KRONOS”)
Listen to the recorded result
25.Play the keys one after another.
Play the keys starting at C2 in semitone steps. The
samples you just recorded will play one after another.
(For example if you sequentially play the keys from C2
through F#2, you will hear “It’s So Easy To Sample With
KRONOS.”)
The multisample you created can be used as a program or
combination. (See “Converting a Multisample to a
Program” on page 154)
Sampling external audio through insert
effects
In this example, we’ll apply an insert effect to the sound
from a mic connected to the AUDIO INPUT 1 jack, and
sample the processed sound in stereo.
Connect a mic
1. Connect your mic to the rear panel AUDIO INPUT 1
jack. (See “Sampling your voice from a mic, and
playing it back as a one-shot sample” on page 143)
Setup
2. In the P0: Recording– Audio Input page, make the
following settings.
– INPUT1 –
Bus Select (IFX/Indiv.): IFX1
Pan: C064
Level: 127
This specifies the input level and pan of the INPUT 1
jack, and assigns IFX1 bus as the destination.
– Sampling Setup –
Source Bus: L/R
Trigger: Threshold
Threshold Level: –30 dB
Pre Trigger REC: 005ms
For details on Recording Setup, refer to step 3 of
“Sampling your voice from a mic, …”
3. Go to the P8: Insert Effect– Insert FX page.
Press the IFX tab, and then the Insert FX tab.
4. Select IFX1, use the numeric keys to input 1, 0, 1, and
press the ENTER switch to select 101: Reverb Hall.
Press IFX1 On/Off to turn it on.
5. Speak into the mic, and verify that reverb is applied.
You can use the IFX1 page (IFX1 tab) to edit the effect
settings.
6. Make sure that the Bus Sel. that follows IFX1 is set to
L/R.
7. Press the EXIT switch, and then press the Recording
tab to go to the P0: Recording– Recording page.
8. Set the REC Sample Setup Mode to Stereo.
With this setting, the sound of the internal L/R channels
can be sampled in stereo.