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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Detailed effects editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Dynamic modulation (Dmod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
MIDI/Tempo Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Effect Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Using KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Overview - What is KARMA?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The structure of KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Performing with KARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Performing with KARMA in Program mode . . . . . . 229
Performing with KARMA in Combination mode. . . 232
Editing KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Editing KARMA in Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Editing KARMA in Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . 239
Using KARMA in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Auto Song Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Recording using KARMA (single-track recording) . 245
Multi-track recording using
settings copied from a Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Synchronizing KARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Synchronization basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
The “Quantize Trigger” parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Slave operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Master operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Using the Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
What is the Drum Track? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Performing with the Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Using the Drum Track in Program mode . . . . . . . . . 250
Using the Drum Track in Combination mode. . . . . . 252
Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Drum Track settings in Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Drum Track settings in Combination mode . . . . . . . 254
Drum Track settings in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . 254
Using KARMA and the Drum Track together . . . . . 255
Synchronizing the Drum Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Creating Drum Track patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Preparing a user pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Converting a Sequencer pattern
to a Drum Track pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Audio input and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Programs and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Set Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Wave Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Disks, CDs, and USB Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Other problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Error and confirmation messages. . . . . . . . . . . . 268
A (ADC–Are You Sure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
B (Buffer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
C (Can’t calibrate–Completed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
D (Destination–Disk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
E (Error–Exceeded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
F (File–Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
I (Illegal–Index) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
M (Master–Multisample) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
N (No data–Not enough song memory) . . . . . . . . . . .274
O (Obey copyright rules–Oscillator) . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
P (Pattern–Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
R (Rear sample–Root) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
S (Sample–Source) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
T (The clock–/TEMP folder detected) . . . . . . . . . . . .277
U (Unable to create directory–USB Hub) . . . . . . . . .278
W (Wave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Y (You). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Disk and Media information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Types of media supported by the KRONOS . . . . . . .280
Operations that the KRONOS
can perform on media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Restoring the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288