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
Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits
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Global Settings
Basic Setup
Tuning and Transposing
Tuning to another instrument
To adjust the tuning in fine increments, in order to match
other instruments or recorded music:
1. Press the GLOBAL button to enter Global mode.
2. Press the Basic tab to go to the Basic Setup page.
3. Adjust the Master Tune to the desired pitch.
The Master Tune is adjustable over a range of ±50 cents
(one semitone = 100 cents). When Master Tune is at 0,
middle A is tuned to 440 Hz.
Transposing the keyboard
You can also transpose the keyboard in semitones, for quick
key-changes (for instance, if the band decides to play a song
in F rather than E). To do so:
1. In Global mode, go to the Basic Setup page.
2. Adjust the Key Transpose as desired.
You can adjust the transposition over a range of ±1 octave.
3. If you’re using MIDI or the internal sequencer, press
the MIDI tab to go to the main MIDI page.
4. Set the Convert Position according to whether or not
you’re using an external MIDI controller to play the
KRONOS.
PreMIDI is the normal setting. This applies the transposition
(as well as the velocity and after touch curves, described
below) to both MIDI output from the KRONOS keyboard,
and the internal sounds. This is also required in order to
record the output of the curves into the internal sequencer.
PostMIDI applies the transposition and curves to incoming
MIDI, for adjusting the KRONOS response to an external
MIDI controller.
When simply playing the internal sounds from the KRONOS
keyboard, both settings work the same.
Velocity and after touch curves:
adjusting the keyboard response
Velocity and after touch curves let you adjust the way the
KRONOS responds to how you play on the keyboard. The
default settings should work for most players, but there are
many other choices to let you customize the response to
match your own style.
To set the velocity and after touch curves:
1. If you’re using MIDI or the internal sequencer, press
the MIDI tab to go to the main MIDI page.
2. Set the Convert Position according to whether or not
you’re using an external MIDI controller to play the
KRONOS.
See “Transposing the keyboard,” above, for details on
Convert Position.
3. Press the Basic tab to go to the Basic Setup page.
4. Set the Velocity Curve to suit your playing style.
Velocity Curve 4 is the default, and should work for most
players.
Curve 9 is designed specifically for playing piano sounds
from the weighted RH3 keyboards in the 73-note and 88-
note models.
For details on the other curves, see the graphic below, as
well as “Velocity Curve” on page 754 of the Parameter
Guide.
Velocity curves
5. Set the After Touch Curve to suit your playing style.
After Touch Curve 3 is the default, and should work for most
players.
Curve 1 requires greater amounts of pressure, while Curve 5
produces effects with only light pressure. Curves 6-8 are for
special purposes; for more details, see “After Touch Curve”
on page 754 of the Parameter Guide.
After Touch curves
Bypassing the effects
Insert effects, master effects, and total effects can be
bypassed globally. This applies to the entire KRONOS
regardless of the mode. For example, if you’ve connected
the KRONOS’s outputs to an external mixer and are using an
external effect processor to apply reverb or chorus to the
sound, you can turn off the KRONOS’s master effects and
total effects.
1
MAX
127
1
8
6
5
4
3
2
7
Soft
127
Strong
1
1
2
3
8
6
5
4
7
Curve 4
Curve 1–9
Curve 1–9
Pre
Global Convert Position
Keyboard
MIDI
Curve 4
Sound
Post
9
9
Velocity (MIDI In to sound engines)
Velocity (Keyboard to MIDI Out)
Convert Position = PostMIDIConvert Position = PreMIDI
Velocity
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Received TableTransmitted Table
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4
5
7
2
1
6
So ft
1 2 7
Strong
0
8 :RAN DO M
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MAX
1 2 7
3
4
5
7
2
6
8 :RAN DO M
Fo r a setting o f PreMIDI
After To uch (KBD→MIDI O ut)
Fo r a setting o f PostMIDI
Afterto uch
effect
After To uch (MIDI In→TG )