Detailed Combination Editing; Combination Overview - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Playing and editing Combinations

Detailed Combination editing

You can edit any of the Combinations shipped with
KRONOS, or you can start with an initialized Combination
to create sounds from scratch.
Naturally, you can use the factory Programs to create new
Combis, or use your own custom Programs. If you're in the
process of editing a Program in Program mode, and you use
the Program in a Combi, you'll hear the edited version in
Combi mode as well.
As with Programs, you can do many basic edits directly from
the front panel Control Surface knobs, switches, and sliders,
without ever delving deeper into the LCD interface. For
instance, you can use the knobs to change attack and release
times, make sounds brighter or darker, alter effects depths,
modulate KARMA's phrase generation, and so on. For
details on how these work in Program mode, see "Quick
edits using the knobs, sliders, and switches" on page 43.
A suggested approach for editing
First, select a Program for each Timbre, on the Prog
Select/Mixer tab of the P1: Play page. (Note that you don't
have to use all 16 Timbres!)
Next, create any desired keyboard or velocity splits, layers,
or crossfades between the different Timbres. You can do this
on the Keyboard Zones and Velocity Zones tabs of the P3:
MIDI Filter/Zones page.
After this, adjust the volumes of the Timbres (back on the
Prog Select/Mixer tab), and set up any other Timbre
parameters as desired.

Combination overview

Combination page structure
The main P0: Play page offers access to the most important
aspects of Combis, including:
• Selecting and playing Combinations
• Selecting individual Programs
• Making basic settings for KARMA
• Editing mixer settings and sound parameters via the
Control Surface
• Quick sampling and resampling
The detailed editing pages, P1 through P9, give you more in-
depth access to the Combi's powerful key and velocity
zones, MIDI filtering, Vector Synthesis, KARMA, Drum
Track, and Effects.
Page
• Select and play Combinations
• Perform easy edits using the Realtime
P0: Play • Adjust mix parameters including
• Select a Program for each timbre
• Quick sampling and re-sampling
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Main features
Knobs, KARMA sliders, and Tone Adjust
volume, pan, EQ, and send levels
To add finishing touches to the sound, set up the Insert,
Master, and Total Effects as desired (on the P8: Insert Effects
andP:9 Master/Total Effects pages, respectively.) These
effects can be different from those of the individual
Programs in Program mode, if desired.
In addition, you can make KARMA settings (on the P7:
KARMA page) and controller settings (on the P3: MIDI
Filter/Zones page) to create the finished Combination.
Soloing timbres
You can use the Control Surface Solo function to listen to the
Combi's individual Timbres. For more information, see
"Solo switch and Select switches 1–8" on page 434.
Using COMPARE
When you're in the process of editing a sound, pressing the
COMPARE button will recall the saved version of the sound,
as it was before you started editing. To indicate that you are
listening to the saved version, the button's LED will light up.
Pressing COMPARE again returns you to the version you are
editing, and the LED will go out again.
If you edit while the COMPARE LED is lit, the key will
again go dark and your previous edits will be lost.
Resetting individual controls
The RESET CONTROLS button lets you revert an
individual knob, slider, or switch to its saved setting. For
more information, see "Resetting individual controls" on
page 46.
Page
• Adjust EQ settings for each Timbre
• Assign functions to SW1/2 and Real-Time
P1:EQ/Vector/ knobs 5-8
Control • Set up Vector synthesis
• Set up the Drum Track
• Set up the on-screen pads
• Set various parameters for each timbre,
P2: Timbre Params such as MIDI channel, OSC select, Pitch
etc.
• Set up MIDI transmission/reception
P3: MIDI filters for each Timbre.
Filter/Zone • Set up keyboard and velocity zones for
each Timbre.
P4: ---
P5: ---
P6: ---
P7: KARMA • Make detailed KARMA settings.
• Select insert effects and make settings
for them. Specify send levels to the
P8: Insert Effects
Master effects and routing to the
outputs.
P9: Master and • Select Master send effects and Total
Total Effects effects, and adjust their settings.
For details on how to access each mode and page, please see
"Basic operations" on page 17.
Main features