User Manual
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Using the Drum Track
Overview
What is the Drum Track?
The Drum Track is a built-in drum machine, fueled by the
KRONOS’s high-quality drum sounds.
It gives you a beat to play along with as you experiment with
Programs and Combinations, or as you work out the outline
of a song. If you’re playing with the Drum Track and want to
capture your inspiration quickly, you can use Auto Song
Setup to immediately start recording in Sequencer mode.
There are hundreds of preset Drum Track patterns covering a
wide range of musical styles, and you can also create your
own (as we’ll explore later in this chapter).
Drum Track Pattern contents
There are options to control how the Drum Track pattern
starts, such as starting immediately when you press the
DRUM TRACK button, or waiting until you start to play the
keyboard. If you’re starting the pattern by playing the
keyboard, you have the option of starting it by using a
specific range of notes or velocities.
You can also link the Drum Track with KARMA, so that
they play in sync and start and stop together.
In Program mode, the Drum Track has its own mixer
channel (including EQ) and separate effects routing, for
independent control of the sound. In Combinations and
Songs, the Drum Track plays normal Timbres and Tracks,
with all the normal controls over Program selection, EQ,
effects routing, and so on.
Bank Contents
Preset P000…718 Factory Drum Track patterns
User U000…999 User Drum Track patterns