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
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Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
Saving data
Overview
There are three ways to save data; you can write it into
internal memory, save it to disk (on the internal disk or
external USB storage media, including CD-R/RW), or
transmit it as a MIDI data dump. You can also use WAVE
files to create an audio CD that can be played by CD players.
Writing to internal memory
The following types of data can be written into the internal
memory.
• Programs
Programs 000–127 in banks INT–A…F, USER–A…G
and AA…GG
• Combinations
Combinations 000–127 in banks INT–A…G, USER–
A…G
• Global settings
(Global P0: Basic–P3: Category Name)
• User Wave Sequences
Banks INT: 000…149, Banks USER–A…GG: 00…31
• User Drum Kits
Banks INT: 00…39, Banks USER–A…GG: 00…15
• User Drum Track Patterns
User 000…999
• FX Presets
Preset 00…15 and User 00…15 for each effect
• User Template Songs
User 0…15. These include the program selections, track
parameters, effect settings, KARMA settings, and the
name and tempo of the current song as a re-usable
template. For more information, see “Save Template
Song” on page 628 of the Parameter Guide.
Sample data must be saved to disk
Sampling Mode Multisamples and Samples must be
saved to and loaded from disk; they cannot be written
into internal memory.
This means that if you turn the power off and then on once
again, but do not re-load the necessary Multisamples or
Samples into Sampling Mode, any data that uses those
Multisamples or Samples will not sound as intended. This
can include Combinations, Programs, Drum Kits, Wave
Sequences, and Multisamples.
Once they’ve been saved to disk, you can set the KRONOS
to automatically load them at startup. For details, see
“Automatically loading sample data” on page 174.
Songs must be saved to disk
As with Sampling Mode data, Songs must be saved to disk;
they cannot be saved in internal memory.
Saving to disk, CDs, and USB media
The following file types can be saved to disk:
• .PCG files
Set Lists, Programs, Combinations, global settings,
Drum Kits, User Drum Track Patterns, and Wave
Sequences . (You can choose which data types are
included, via options in the Save dialog.)
• .SNG files
Song and region data.
• .KMP files
These are Korg format Multisamples.
• .KSF files
These are Korg format Samples.
• .KSC files
These store collections of EXs Multisamples and
Drumsamples, and/or User Multisamples and Samples.
• .KFX files
Effect preset data.
• .KGE files
KARMA GE data.
• .MID files
Saves a Sequencer mode song in Standard MIDI File
(SMF) format.
• .EXL files
System exclusive data from an external device that was
saved on the KRONOS. (This allows the KRONOS to be
used as a data filer.)
• .WAV and .AIF files:
User samples can be exported as WAVE or AIFF files.
• .KCD files:
These are track lists for audio CDs.
MIDI data dump
The following types of data can be transmitted as a MIDI
data dump and saved on an external data filer or other
device.
• Set Lists, Programs, Combinations, global settings,
Drum Kits, Drum Track Patterns, and Wave Sequences
• Songs
For more information, see “Dump Program” on page 808 of
the Parameter Guide.
About preload data and preset data
“Preload data” refers to the sounds and other data loaded in
the KRONOS when it is shipped from the factory. You are
free to rewrite this data, and with the exception of the demo
songs, the data will be written to the location listed in