Using Drum Kits; Drum Kit Overview; Before You Start Editing - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits

Using Drum Kits

Drum Kit Overview

What's a Drum Kit?
Drum Kits, as the name implies, are optimized for creating
drum sounds. They offer a number of special features, such
as:
• Each note can play a different sound
• Instead of selecting Multisamples (which span the entire
keyboard), you can select Drumsamples (which contain a
single drum sound). These can be from the ROM, RAM,
or EXs banks.
• On each note, you can use up to eight Drumsamples,
with velocity crossfades
• Each note has separate settings for the most important
sound parameters, including volume, filter cutoff and
resonance, envelope attack and decay, pitch, drive and
low boost, and gain for each band of the Program EQ.
For instance, you could combine high drive and low
cutoff frequency to create a lo-fi effect on only a few
sounds, while the rest of the sounds remained clear and
pristine.
• Each note can be routed to different Insert Effects, or
have separate FX Send amounts. For instance, you can
send a snare sound through a dedicated compressor.
You can use Drum Kits only in Programs whose Oscillator
Mode is set to Single or Double Drums.
Drum Kit memory structure
The KRONOS has over 270 Drum Kits, divided into
Internal, User, and GM (General MIDI) groups as shown
below. You can edit or write into any of the locations except
for the GM bank, which cannot be erased.

Before you start editing...

First, select a Drum Program
Drum Kits are edited in Global Mode. While you're in
Global Mode, you'll play the kit that you're editing as if you
were playing it from within the Program, Combi, or Song
which was selected before you entered Global mode.
So, before you enter Global mode, it's best to select a
Program which is already set up for drums, with the
appropriate EG settings, effects, and so on. Just use the
Program Category select popup, and choose a drum Program
such as "Studio Standard Kit."
Working with Double Drum Programs
If you select a Double Drums Program before entering
Global mode, the Drum Kit from Oscillator 1 will be
selected and ready for editing. When editing in Global mode,
the selected Drum Kit will always play as if it were in the
Program's Oscillator 1.
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For details on the factory-programmed Drum Kits, please
see the Voice Name List.
Drum Kit bank contents
Bank
INT–00...39,
USER–A00...USER–C05
GM 0...8
USER–C06...USER–G15
USER–AA00...USER–GG15
The 9 Drum Kits in the GM bank are compatible with the
GM2 sound map. The other Drum Kits may use different
mappings, where appropriate.
Drum Kit Programs and Oscillator Mode
The Program's Oscillator Mode setting, on the Program
Basic tab of the Basic/Vector page, sets whether the Program
is used to play Drum Kits or to play normal Multisamples
(such as pianos, strings, etc.).
You'll see the results of this setting on the OSC1/Basic tab of
the OSC/Pitch page. If the Oscillator Mode is set to Single
or Double, you can select up to eight Multisamples for each
Oscillator, with velocity switches or crossfades.
If the Oscillator Mode is set to Single Drums or Double
Drums, you'll be able to select a one or two Drum Kits.
There are still eight levels of velocity switches and layers -
but these are within the Drum Kit itself, and not stored or
edited in the Program.
The Drum Kit in Oscillator 2 will continue to sound as well,
although you can't edit it directly. You can control the
volume balance between the two kits using the control
surface, without leaving Global mode. To do so:
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN [TIMBRE/TRACK]
button.
The Control Surface will then control the volumes of the two
Oscillators.
2. Use the MIX VOLUMES [1]--[2] sliders to adjust the
volumes of the drum kits.
OSC1/Basic Octave setting
In order for the note mappings to match the keyboard, the
Oscillator's Octave setting needs to be +0 [8']. All Drum Kit
Programs should have this setting already. If you're unsure,
you can check this yourself:
1. Go to the OSC1/Basic tab of the OSC/Pitch page.
2. Check that the Octave parameter (near the top of the
page) is set to +0 [8'].
Contents
Factory Drum Kits
GM2 Drum Kits
User Drum Kits