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
Appendices
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Wave Sequences
The wave sequence does not advance
Is the Run check box checked?
Swing does not work properly
Is the wave sequence’s Mode set to Tempo?
Is the wave sequence’s Swing Resolution set appropriately?
Effects
Effects are not applied
Have you selected effect program 000?
• Select an effect other than 000: No Effect for IFX1–12,
MFX 1, 2 or TFX 1, 2.
Are the Effect Global SW IFX 1–12 Off, MFX1&2 Off, or
TFX1&2 Off (Global P0: Basic Setup page) settings
checked?
If you are in Combination or Sequencer mode and master
effects are not applied when you raise the timbre/track
Send1 or Send2 settings, does Return 1 or Return 2 from
the master effect need to be raised?
Alternatively, have Send 1 or Send 2 for each oscillator of
the program used by the timbre/track been lowered?
Note: The actual send level is determined by multiplying the
send setting of each oscillator in the program with the send
setting of the timbre/track.
Have you routed the output to an insert effect?
MIDI
The KRONOS does not respond at all to
incoming MIDI data
Are all MIDI cables connected correctly?
Is the MIDI data being received on the channel on which it is
being transmitted?
The KRONOS does not respond correctly
to incoming MIDI data
Are the Global P1: MIDI settings MIDI Filter Enable
Program Change, Enable Bank Change, Enable Control
Change, Enable AfterTouch, and Enable Exclusive each
checked?
Does the KRONOS support the types of messages that are
being sent to it?
Incorrect response to program change messages
Is the Bank Map setting correct?
Disks, CDs, and USB Media
Internal disk and external USB devices
External USB devices are not recognized
Has the drive been formatted?
Is the external device connected correctly?
Have you waited a few seconds for newly-connected USB
devices to be recognized?
“Error in writing to medium” occurs frequently
when saving data
Use the page menu command Check Medium (Disk–
Utility page) to detect and repair errors on the media. For
more information, see “Check Medium” on page 854 of the
Parameter Guide.
Save or Load operations cannot be completed
If there is no more room on the internal disk (the Disk mode
Media Info page’s Free Space parameter will show zero free
space), then Write, Save, or Load operations may not be
completed.
CD-R/RW
CD-R/RW drive is not recognized, or Can’t write
Was the drive subjected to physical shock or vibration while
data is being written?
If you are unable to save data such as PCG or SNG files, has
the disc been formatted?
If you are writing audio tracks to create an audio CD, it is not
necessary to format the disc.
Are you using the recommended media for your drive?
If you are writing from an external USB drive to CD-R/RW,
it is possible that the transfer speed is insufficient.
• Writing may be successful if you lower the writing
speed.
• Writing may be successful if you first copy the data from
the external USB drive to the internal disk, and then
execute the writing operation from the internal disk.
Are you using blank media?