Combi (Combination) - Korg KROSS Parameter Manual

Combination mode

0: COMBI (Combination)

This is the main page for selecting and playing Combinations.
0–1: MAIN
Category Icon
Mode
Timbre
Info.
Category Select Icon
Category Icon
This shows the combination's category icon. The USER category
icon is shown at the left of the PIANO–DRUM/SFX icon.
Category
This is the combination category name.
All combinations are organized into 11 preset categories and 1 user
category.
PIANO, E.PIANO, ORGAN, BELL, STRINGS, BRASS, SYNTH
LEAD, SYNTH PAD, GUITAR, BASS, DRUM/SFX, USER.
Index No. (Bank No.)
The index number sorts the programs of the A, B, C and UA...UD
banks, starting from number 000.
The bank and number are numbers used when transmitting or
receiving MIDI program changes. This also indicates the
restrictions that apply when saving to each bank.
Category Select Icon
When this icon is shown, you can use the CATEGORY dial to
select combinations or programs.
Combination Select
This is the name of the selected combination.
Sound select list
This lists the combinations in each category. Select a combination
and play it. Here's how to access this list and play a combination.
1. In the COMBI> MAIN page, the list will appear when you
turn the CATEGORY dial, or press the ENTER button.
2. If you want to switch to a different category, use the CATE-
GORY dial or the cursor buttons  .
3. To select sounds, use the VALUE dial or the cursor buttons
 .
4. If you return to the COMBI> MAIN page by pressing the
OK (MENU) button, the sound you selected in step 3 will be
selected. If you press the FUNCTION (Cancel) button, your
selection will be cancelled, and the sound that had been
selected before you opened the list will be selected.
Note: To change the category assignment of each combination, use
the Write Combination dialog box.
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Category: Index No.
(Bank No.) Tempo
Combination Select
[USE/GM, PIANO...DRUM/SFX]
[PIANO...USER]
[000... (A, B, C, UA...UD:0...127)]]
To switch combinations
• Turn the VALUE dial, or use the cursor buttons .
• Use the sound selector list (see "Sound select list")
• You can use a foot switch to select programs.
(see "Foot Switch Assign" on page 165 and "Foot Switch
Assign List" on page 301)
• You can select programs by transmitting a MIDI Program
Change from a connected external MIDI device.
Note: MIDI program changes are transmitted using the Bank No.
shown in the screen.
(Tempo)
This is the tempo for the current combination, which applies to the
arpeggiator, drum track, step sequencer, tempo-synced LFOs, and
tempo-synced effects.
040.00...300.00: Indicates the tempo.
You can't set the tempo in this page. If you want to set the tempo,
use the REALTIME CONTROLS.
EXT is displayed if the MIDI Clock (G–MIDI> BASIC) is set to
External MIDI or External USB. This is also shown if the MIDI
Clock setting is Auto and MIDI clock data is being received from
an external device. If the tempo source is EXT, the arpeggiator etc.
will synchronize to MIDI clock data from an external MIDI
device.
Timbre Info.
The following information is shown for each timbre.
• The category of the program
timbre
COMBI> PROG page Status: when set to INT
COMBI> MIXER page Sound: when set to Play
Note: INT is shown if the User category is selected.
• Mute
COMBI> PROG page Status: INT
COMBI> MIXER page Sound: when set to Mute
• Dummy arpeggiator (see page 138)
COMBI> PROG page Status: Off
C–ARP> ASSIGN page ARP Assign: when set to A or B
• Pad sampler
COMBI> PROG page PAD SAMPLER On/Off: when set to On
• Step sequencer
COMBI> PROG page STEP SEQ On/Off: when set to On
• Status
COMBI> PROG page Status: when set to Off, EXT, or EX2
Battery/AC Icon
Indicates the power supply and the remaining battery capacity.
(see page 2)
[40.00... 300.00, EXT]
etc. that's assigned to the
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