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
Easy Combination editing Easy KARMA editing
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9. Press MIX SELECT button 2.
The Channel Strip now controls the Pan, EQ, and FX Sends
for Timbre 2. Each Timbre has its own, dedicated stereo 3-
band EQ.
10.Edit the Channel Strip for Timbre 2 as desired.
Notice that Pan is available, in different ways, with both
settings of the MIXER KNOBS button.
Easy KARMA editing
KARMA stands for “Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music
Architecture.” It’s an immensely powerful performance tool,
and can provide a wide range of musical effects including:
• Arpeggiation
• Drum and instrument grooves
• Complex CC gestures (as if it was automatically moving
knobs or joysticks for you)
• Musical phrase generation
• Any combination of the above
• …and much more.
You can control many KARMA parameters directly from the
front panel.
Turning KARMA on and off
The overall control for KARMA is the ON/OFF button. Turn
the button on (LED lit) to enable KARMA; turn the button
off (LED off) to disable KARMA.
LATCH button
When LATCH is turned on, KARMA will continue to play
even after you’ve stopped playing on the keyboard,
drum/chord pads, or MIDI In.
This is convenient when you want to play on top of a
KARMA-generated groove, for instance.
Selecting KARMA Scenes
Each Combi can have up to 8 KARMA “Scenes,” which are
presets for the KARMA parameters. Different Scenes may
produce dramatically different effects. You can select Scenes
directly from the Control Surface:
1. Press the RT KNOBS/KARMA button under
CONTROL ASSIGN.
The Control Surface will switch to Real-Time Knobs and
KARMA mode.
2. Select Scenes by pressing the top row of Control Panel
switches.
Note that not all Combis will necessarily have 8 different
Scenes.
Editing KARMA parameters via the
sliders
You can also edit various KARMA parameters in real time,
using the Control Surface sliders. The specific parameters
will vary depending on the Combi, so it may be helpful to
look at the LCD:
1. Go to the Control Surface tab of the Play page.
2. Press the RT KNOBS/KARMA button under
CONTROL ASSIGN.
The LCD will now show the KARMA parameters assigned
to the sliders and switches.
3. Move the sliders to change the KARMA parameters.
For more information on KARMA, see “Using KARMA” on
page 225.