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
Introduction to KRONOS
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Sampling mode
Sampling mode lets you record and edit your own Samples
and Multisamples. For example, you can:
• Record samples from external audio sources, including
sampling through effects
• Edit the recorded samples, or samples loaded from disk;
set loop points, truncate, time-slice, etc.
• Create and edit Multisamples, which consist of one or
more Samples spread out across the keyboard
• Quickly convert Multisamples into Programs
• With a USB CD-R drive (not included), sample directly
from audio CDs
• Create massive sounds using the generous internal RAM:
if you like, a single Multisample can use about 6 hours of
sampling time
• Load a number of these huge Multisamples at once, via
User Sample Banks and Virtual Memory
Global mode
Global mode lets you make overall settings for the entire
KRONOS, and edit wave sequences and drum kits. For
instance, you can:
• Make settings that affect the entire KRONOS, such as
master tune and global MIDI channel
• Set up sample auto-loading at startup
• Manage currently loaded samples
• Create user scales
• Create user Drum Kits and Wave Sequences using
samples from ROM, EXs, User Sample Banks or
Sampling Mode
• Rename Program, Combination, and KARMA GE
categories
• Set the function of the assignable pedals and assignable
switches
• Transmit MIDI System Exclusive data dumps
Disk mode
Disk mode lets you save, load, and manage data using the
internal disk and external USB 2.0 storage devices. You can:
• Save and load Programs, Combinations, Songs, Samples,
and Global setup data
• Format disks and storage media, copy and rename files,
etc.
• Load AKAI, SoundFont 2.0, AIFF, and WAVE samples,
and export RAM samples in AIFF or WAVE formats
• Export and import sequences to and from SMF (Standard
MIDI Files)
• Use the Data Filer function to save or load MIDI System
Exclusive data
• With a USB CD-R drive (not included), create and play
back audio CDs