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
282
Specifications
Operating
temperature
+5 – +40 °C (no condensation)
System/Keyboard System KRONOS System Version 3.0
Keyboard 61-key Natural Touch Semi Weighted
73-key RH3 (Real Weighted Hammer Action 3)
*1
88-key RH3 (Real Weighted Hammer Action 3)
*1
*1: The key weight of the RH3 keyboard differs in four stages across the pitch range (with low notes
being heavier, and high notes being lighter), delivering a playing feel similar to that of a grand
piano.
Tone Generator Synthesis Types: 9 HD-1 High Definition Synthesizer (PCM) HD-1
AL-1 Analog Synthesizer (Analog Modeling) EXi
(Expansion
Instruments)
CX-3 Tonewheel Organ (Tonewheel Organ Modeling)
STR-1 Plucked String (Physical Modeling)
MS-20EX Component Modeling Technology (Analog Modeling)
PolysixEX Component Modeling Technology (Analog Modeling)
MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer (VPM Synthesis)
SGX-2 Premium Piano (Acoustic Piano)
EP-1 MDS Electric Piano (Electric Piano)
Maximum Polyphony
*2*3
HD-1 140 voices
AL-1 80 voices
CX-3 200 voices
STR-1 40 voices
MS-20EX 40 voices
PolysixEX 180 voices
MOD-7 52 voices
SGX-2 100 voices
*4
EP-1 104 voices
*2: In rare cases, when a large number of processor-intensive effects are active simultaneously (for
instance, more than 14 O-Verbs), polyphony may be slightly reduced.
*3: A portion of the multicore processor in KRONOS is devoted to generating voices, and a
separate portion is devoted to generating effects. KRONOS dynamically allocates the voice
processing power between the engines as necessary. The quoted maximum numbers of voices
apply when 100% of the voice processing power is devoted to a single engine.
*4: 100 dual-stereo notes (equivalent to 400 mono voices)
Preset PCM 314 MB (ROM 1,505 multisamples, 1,388 Drumsamples)
Build-in Expansion PCM
Libraries
EXs1 ROM Expansion
EXs2 Concert Grand Piano
EXs3 Brass & Woodwinds
EXs4 Vintage Keyboards
EXs5 ROM Expansion 2
EXs6 SGX-1 German D Piano
EXs7 SGX-1 Japanese C Piano
EXs8 Rock Ambience Drums
EXs9 Jazz Ambience Drums
EXs17 SGX-2 Berlin D Piano
EXs18 Korg EXs Collections
PCM RAM capacity About 2GB
*5
*5: The memory available for Sampling Mode will change based on the use of Expansion PCM
libraries and User Sample Banks.
Wave Sequences Preload 187 Wave Sequences
User Memory 598 Wave Sequences
Support for stereo multisamples, synchronization of individual notes, and tempo-based settings.