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Sampling (Open Sampling System)
Sampling overview
About sampling on the KRONOS
Overview
TheKRONOScansampleexternalaudiofromthe
analog,S/P DIF,orUSBinputs,at48 kHz16‐bit
resolution(or24‐bitwhensamplingtodisk),inmono
orstereo.YoucanrecordsamplesintoRAM,orsample
directlytodisk.
Youcanalsodigitallyresamplethecompletesoundof
aProgram,Combi,orSong,play
edliveorsequenced,
includinganyeffectsandKARMA‐generatedevents.
UsinganexternalUSBCDdrive(notincluded),you
canalsosample(or“rip”)directlyfromanaudioCD,
inthedigitaldomain.
Finally,youcanprocesstheinputsthroughtheIFX,
MFX,andTFX,orthroughthes
ynthesisfunctionsof
EXisuchastheMS‐20EXandMOD‐7.
Youcancombineanyandallofthesefeaturesatonce.
Forinstance,youcansamplealiveguitarrifffromthe
audioinputs,processedthroughKRONOSeffects,
whilelisteningtoandeitherrecordingornotrecording
aKARMA‐generatedph
rase.
YoucanuseyoursamplesdirectlyinDrumKits,or
makethemintoMultisamplesandusethemanywhere
thatyouuseROMMultisamples,suchasinHD‐1
ProgramsorWaveSequences.
KSC Files and User Sample Banks
KSCstandsforKorgSampleCollection.KSCfiles
groupyourSamplesandMultisamplestogether,and
letyouloadthemasUserSampleBanks.UserSample
BanksmaybeloadedeitherintoRAM,ormayuse
VirtualMemory,justlikeEXs.Theyhaveotherbenefits
aswell.Formoreinformation,see“Creat
ingand
sav
ing.KSCfiles”onpage 165.
Sampling and RAM
TheKRONOScomeswith2GBofRAMpre‐installed;
theKRONOSXcomeswith3GBofRAM.
Approximately1GBofthisRAMisusedbythe
operatingsystemandROMsampledata.The
remainderissharedbetweenthesamplesinEXs,User
SampleBanks,andSamplingMode.
Thisme
ansth
atthesizeofthecurrentlyloadedEXs
andUserSampleBankstradesoffagainstthememory
availableforSamplingMode.Themorespaceusedby
EXsandUserSampleBanks,thelessisavailablefor
SamplingMode.
UsingVirtualMemoryforEXsandUserSampleBanks
generallyle
tsyo
uloadmoresamplesatonce,butmay
stilluseasubstantialamountofRAM.
Note:TochecktheamountofsampleRAMavailable,
see“0–1f:FreeSampleMemory/Locations”on
page 684oftheParameterGuide.
Theamountofsamplingtimedependsontheamount
offreeRAM,asshownbelow.
FreeRAMan
dappr
oximatesamplingtimes
Installing additional RAM
Anadditional1GBDIMMcanbeinstalledintothe
KRONOSatanyauthorizedKorgservicecenter,
bringingthetotalphysicalRAMto3GB.(The
KRONOSXshipsfromthefactorywith3GBalready
installed,andcannotbeexpandedfurther.)
Thisapproximatelydoublesthemaximumavailable
sampleRAM,uptoab
out2GB.Ofcourse,when
loadingEXsorUserSampleBanksusingVirtual
Memory,thetotalsizeoftheloadedsampledatacanbe
muchgreater.
TheKRONOSuseswidelyavailable,off‐the‐shelf
DIMMs.InstallationbyanauthorizedKorgservice
centerisrequired;userinstallationisnotsupported
andmayvo
i
dyourwarranty.Formoreinformationon
howtopurchaseandarrangeforinstallationofRAM,
pleasecontactyourcountry’sKorgDistributor:
http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/index.html
ForcompatibilitywiththeKRONOS,RAMmust
complywiththefollowingspecification:
240‐PinPC2‐6400CL‐5(orCL‐6)DDR2‐800non‐ECC
UnbufferedDIMM1GB
Sampling to disk
Youcansampledirectlytodisk(includingtheinternal
diskandUSBstoragedevices),creatingaWAVEfile.
Thisletsyourecordupto80minutescontinuously,in
eithermonoorstereo(mono:approximately440MB,
stereo:approximately879 MB).
AslongastheyfitintotheavailableRAM,theseWAVE
filescanthenbeload
edintoSamplingModeandused
inDrumKits,HD‐1ProgramsorWaveSequences.
(NotethatafterloadingthemintoSamplingMode,
you’llneedtosavethemagain;theWAVEfilescan’tbe
useddirectlyforPrograms,etc.)
Free RAM
Approximate Sampling Time (min:sec)
Mono Stereo
16 MB 2:54 1:27
64 MB 11:39 5:49
128 MB 23:18 11:39
256 MB 46:36 23:18
512 MB 93:12 46:36