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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

Playing Songs

Playback

In order to play back a Song in the sequencer, you must first

either load the Song from disk, send the Song to the

KRONOS via MIDI SysEx, or record a new Song.

Let’s start by loading and playing the demo song data.

1. Follow the instructions for loading and playing the

demo songs under “Listening to the demo songs” on

page 27 of the Quick Start Guide.

Now, let’s experiment with the different controls.

2. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP button.

Pressing this once starts playback; pressing it again stops

playback. Pressing it a third time resumes playback from

where it stopped.

Note: SEQUENCER START/STOP has a special function

on P5: Pattern/RPPR. On this page, instead of playing the

Song, START/STOP plays the selected pattern.

3. Press the LOCATE button to return to the start of the

Song.

The locate point defaults to the start of the Song. You can

change this as desired; see “LOCATE settings” on page 87.

4. Press the PAUSE button to pause playback.

Press the PAUSE switch once again to resume playback.

5. Press the <<REW or FF>> buttons to rewind or fast-

forward.

You can use <<REW and FF>> during playback or while

paused. They are disabled during recording, and while the

Song is stopped.

If you like, you can adjust the rewind and fast-

forward speeds using the FF/REW Speed page

menu command.

6. To set the tempo, turn the TEMPO knob

or press the TAP TEMPO switch at the

desired interval.

Mute and Solo

Mute lets you silence any of the MIDI tracks 1–16, audio

tracks 1–16, or any of the audio inputs (analog 1, 2, USB 1,2,

S/P DIF L/R). Solo lets you hear any of these tracks or

inputs by itself. These functions can be used in various ways.

For example, you can listen only to the rhythm section of the

previously-recorded tracks while you record new tracks.

Let’s try out the Mute and Solo functions.

1. Use “Song Select” to select the song that you want to

play back.

2. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch.

3. Press track 1 Play/Rec/Mute.

The display will change from Play to Mute, and the

playback of track 1 will no longer be heard. In this way,

the “mute” function allows you to silence a specified

track until the track is un-muted.

Press track 2 Play/Rec/Mute. The display will change,

and the playback of track 2 will also be muted. To cancel

muting, press Play/Rec/Mute once again.

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Song Select

Meter Tempo

Program Select