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Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
Saving data
Overview
Therearethreewaystosavedata;youcanwriteitinto
internalmemory,saveittodisk(ontheinternaldiskor
externalUSBstoragemedia,includingCD‐R/RW),or
transmititasaMIDIdatadump.Youcanalsouse
WAVEfilestocreateanaudioCDthatcanbeplayedby
CDpl
ayers.
Writing to internal memory
Thefollowingtypesofdatacanbewrittenintothe
internalmemory.
• Programs
Programs000–127inbanksINT–A…F,USER–
A…GandAA…GG
• Combinations
Combinations000–127inbanksINT–A…G,USER–
A…G
• Globalsettings
(GlobalP0:Basic–P3:CategoryName)
• UserWaveSequences
BanksINT:000…149,BanksUSER–A…GG:00…31
• UserDrumKits
BanksINT:00…39,BanksUSER–A…GG:00…15
• Us
er
DrumTrackPatterns
User000…999
• FXPresets
Preset00…15andUser00…15foreacheffect
• UserTemplateSongs
User0…15.Theseincludetheprogramselections,
trackparameters,effectsettings,KARMAsettings,
andthenameandtempoofthecurrentsongasa
re‐usabletemplate.Formoreinformation,see“Save
TemplateSong”onpage
625ofth
eParameter
Guide.
Sample data must be saved to disk
SamplingModeMultisamplesandSamplesmustbe
savedtoandloadedfromdisk;theycannotbe
writtenintointernalmemory.
Thismeansthatifyouturnthepoweroffandthenon
onceagain,butdonotre‐loadthenecessary
MultisamplesorSamplesintoSamplingMode,any
datathatusesthoseMultisamplesorSampleswillnot
soundasintended.ThiscanincludeCombinations,
Programs,DrumKits,WaveSequences,and
Multisamples.
Oncethey’vebeensavedtodisk,youcansetthe
KRONOStoautomaticallyloadthematstartup.For
details,see“Automaticallyloadingsampledata”on
page 164.
Songs must be saved to disk
AswithSamplingModedata,Songsmustbesavedto
disk;theycannotbesavedininternalmemory.
Saving to disk, CDs, and USB media
Thefollowingfiletypescanbesavedtodisk:
• .PCGfiles
SetLists,Programs,Combinations,globalsettings,
DrumKits,UserDrumTrackPatterns,andWave
Sequences.(Youcanchoosewhichdatatypesare
included,viaoptionsintheSavedialog.)
• .SNGfiles
Songandregiondata.
• .KMPfiles
TheseareKorgformatM
ultisamples.
• .K
SFfiles
TheseareKorgformatSamples.
• .KSCfiles
ThesestorecollectionsofEXsMultisamplesand
DrumSamples,and/orUserMultisamplesand
Samples.
• .KFXfiles
Effectpresetdata.
• .KGEfiles
KARMAGEdata.
• .MIDfiles
SavesaSequencermodesonginStandardMIDI
File(SMF)format.
• .EXLfiles
Systemexclusivedatafromanexternalde
vicethat
wassavedontheKRONOS.(Thisallowsthe
KRONOStobeusedasadatafiler.)
• .WAVand.AIFfiles:
UsersamplescanbeexportedasWAVEorAIFF
files.
• .KCDfiles:
ThesearetracklistsforaudioCDs.
MIDI data dump
Thefollowingtypesofdatacanbetransmittedasa
MIDIdatadumpandsavedonanexternaldatafileror
otherdevice.
•SetLists,Programs,Combinations,globalsettings,
DrumKits,DrumTrackPatterns,andWave
Sequences
•Songs
Formoreinformation,see“DumpProgram”on
page 809oftheParameterGuide.