Operation Manual

Introduction to KRONOS

Sampling mode

Samplingmodeletsyourecordandedityourown

SamplesandMultisamples.Forexample,youcan:

•Recordsamplesfromexternalaudiosources,

includingsamplingthrougheffects

•Edittherecordedsamples,orsamplesloadedfrom

disk;setlooppoints,truncate,time‐slice,etc.

• CreateandeditMultisamples,whichconsistofone

ormoreSamplessprea

doutacrossthekeyboard

•Q

uicklyconvertMultisamplesintoPrograms

•WithaUSBCD‐Rdrive(notincluded),sample

directlyfromaudioCDs

• Createmassivesoundsusingthegenerousinternal

RAM(uptoabout2GBfortheKRONOSX,orfor

theKRONOSwithmemoryexpansion)—ifyou

like,asingleMultisamplecanusemorethan6

hour

sofs

amplingtime

•Loadanumberofthese6‐hourMultisamplesat

once,viaUserSampleBanksandVirtualMemory

Global mode

Globalmodeletsyoumakeoverallsettingsforthe

entireKRONOS,andeditwavesequencesanddrum

kits.Forinstance,youcan:

• MakesettingsthataffecttheentireKRONOS,such

asmastertuneandglobalMIDIchannel

•Setupsampleauto‐loadingatstartup

• Managecurrentlyloadedsamples

• Createuserscales

• CreateuserDrumKi

tsandWa

veSequencesusing

samplesfromROM,EXs,UserSampleBanksor

SamplingMode

• RenameProgram,Combination,andKARMAGE