User Manual

Appendices
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Disk and Media information
Types of media supported by the KRONOS
Internal disk
Naturally, you can read and write data using the built-in disk.
External USB storage media
The KRONOS supports USB external storage class devices,
including hard drives, flash drives, magneto-optical disks,
floppy disks, etc. Both MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32 formats
are supported, with the following capacities:
FAT32: up to 2 Terabytes (2,000 Gigabytes)
FAT16: up to 4 Gigabytes
For more information, including requirements for external
USB storage media and details on connecting USB devices,
please see “5. Connecting USB devices” on page 23.
USB CD-R/RW and DVD
Using a USB CD-R/RW drive, the KRONOS can read and
write UDF format CD-R/RW disks. For more information,
see “CD-R/RW disks on the KRONOS: UDF and packet-
writing” on page 1168 of the Parameter Guide.
The KRONOS can also play and record audio CDs (CD-
DA), read ISO9660 (level 1) CDs, and read UDF format
DVD disks.
Operations that the KRONOS can perform on media
Functions available with all media
• Saving and Loading files (Disk mode)
You can save and load any data stored in memory. For
details on KRONOS file types, please see “Files,
directories, and icons” on page 827 of the Parameter
Guide. Loading or saving divided files is supported for
USB media.
• Utility operations (Disk mode)
You can copy or format media.
• Sampling/resampling (Program, Combination,
Sequencer, Sampling modes)
If Save to = Disk, sampled/resampled Wave files will be
written directly to media.
• Wave file playback (Sequencer, Disk modes)
Some limitations apply.
*2
• Audio CD creation (Disk mode)
You can create audio CDs from WAVE files, using
either internal or USB CD-R/RW drives.
• Convert to ISO9660 Format (Disk mode)
The native KRONOS CD-R/RW format is UDF, which
allows you to write repeatedly to the same CD. UDF is a
standard format, but you can also convert such disks to
the more common (but less flexible) ISO9660 format.
Functions available only on the internal
disk(s)
• Audio recording and playback (Sequencer mode)
You can record and play back audio tracks.
• Audio track editing (Sequencer mode)
You can edit the WAVE files used by audio tracks.
◍ : supported
x : not supported
– : not applicable
*1
: CD-DA (audio CDs) can be ripped in Sampling mode.
Note: If you have any questions regarding the media that can
be used, please contact your local Korg distributor. You may
also check the Korg website (http://www.korg.com).
Function
Internal
Disk
USB HD,
Flash
Drives, MO
USB
Floppy
Disks
USB CD-R/RW
(UDF Packet
Write)
USB CD-R/RW
(ISO9660)
USB DVD-ROM
(ISO9660, UDF)
Save ● ● ● ● x x
Load ●●●● ● ●
Sampling/Resampling ● ● x –*
1
–*
1
x
WAVE File Play ●●xx x x
Make Audio CD ● (source) ● (source) x ● ● (source) ● (source)
Convert to ISO9660 Format – – – ● –x
Audio Track Recording ● x x x x x
Audio Track Edit ● xxx x x