User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- Table of Contents
- Introduction to the KROSS
- Setup
- Playing and editing Programs
- Playing Programs
- Quick Layer/Split function
- Easy program editing
- Detailed Editing with Programs
- Before you start editing
- An overview of the edit pages
- Basic oscillator settings
- Creating time-varying changes (LFO and EG)
- Diverse modulation settings (AMS and AMS mixer)
- Controlling Pitch
- Using Filters
- Using the Amp section
- Making controller assignments
- Arpeggiator settings
- Drum Track settings
- Using the step sequencer
- Effects
- Automatically importing a Program into Sequence mode
- Playing and editing Combinations
- Playing combinations
- Editing a combination
- Summary of the edit pages
- A suggested approach for editing
- Comparing with the sound before you started editing
- Changing the program of each timbre
- Adjusting the mix
- Using the Tone Adjust and EG Adjust functions
- Saving a Combination you’ve edited
- Using REALTIME CONTROLS to adjust the sound or effects
- Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches
- Status settings
- MIDI settings
- Changing the program settings to match the combination
- Arpeggiator settings
- Drum Track settings
- Using the step sequencer
- Effects
- Automatically importing a combination into Sequence mode
- Favorites function
- Sequencer
- Using Effects
- Arpeggiator function
- Drum Track function
- Step sequencer
- Pad Sampler
- Audio recorder
- Pad audio play
- Using Drum Kits
- Overall settings for the KROSS, and saving/loading data
- Appendices
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Table of Contents
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction to the KROSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Front and rear panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Items in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About the KROSS’s modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning the power on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting foot controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using an SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting the KROSS to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Program categories and numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Performing with the arpeggiator, drum track or step sequencer. . . . . 28
Quick Layer/Split function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Combination settings made by Quick Layer/Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Easy program editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Tone Adjust and EG Adjust functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the volume balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using REALTIME CONTROLS to adjust the sound or effects . . . . . . . . . . 32
Comparing the unedited sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Detailed Editing with Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Before you start editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
An overview of the edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Basic oscillator settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Creating time-varying changes (LFO and EG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Diverse modulation settings (AMS and AMS mixer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Making controller assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Using the step sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Automatically importing a Program into Sequence mode. . . . . . . . . . .44
Playing and editing Combinations . . . . . . . 45
Playing combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selecting Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Combination categories and numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Using controllers to modify the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Performing with the arpeggiator, drum track or step sequencer . . . . .46
Editing a combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Summary of the edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
A suggested approach for editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Comparing with the sound before you started editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Changing the program of each timbre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Using the Tone Adjust and EG Adjust functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Saving a Combination you’ve edited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using REALTIME CONTROLS to adjust the sound or effects . . . . . . . . . .49
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Status settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
MIDI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Changing the program settings to match the combination. . . . . . . . . .51
Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Using the step sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Automatically importing a combination into Sequence mode . . . . . . .52
Favorites function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
What is the Favorites function? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Favorites function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recalling a favorite sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Registering a sound in Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Convenient ways to use favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Specifying a program change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54