Korg Kronos Operation Manual page 13

• If Trigger is set to Note On, sampling will begin as
soon as you play a note on the keyboard.
• If Trigger is set to Threshold, sampling will begin
as soon as the selected audio source reaches a
preset volume level.
On the Sampling mode's P1: Sample Edit page,
pressing this button will play the selected sample.
This button is also used to play back WAV files from
the disk. You can play back WAV files in the directory
window of various Disk mode pages, in the Disk mode
Make Audio CD page, in the Sequencer mode audio
track editing dialog boxes, and in the Select
Directory/File for Sample to Disk menu command in
Program, Combination, Sequencer, and Sampling
modes.
19. TouchView display
The KRONOS features our exclusive TouchView
graphic interface, based on a touch‐panel LCD screen.
By touching items on the LCD screen, you can select
pages, tabs, and parameters, and set parameter values
via on‐screen menus and buttons.
Shortcuts
The front‐panel controls offer a number of shortcuts
for commonly‐used features, as detailed below.
ENTER + numeric keys 0–9: Menu commands
Each page has a set of menu commands, which
provide access to different utilities, commands, and
options, depending on the page you're currently on.
You can use the menu commands entirely from the
touch‐screen, by pressing the menu button in the
upper right‐hand corner of the screen and then
selecting an option from the menu that appears.
Even though each page may have its own unique
menu commands, the menus are standardized as much
as possible. For instance, WRITE is almost always the
first menu item in Program, Combination, and Global
modes.
You can take advantage of this standardization by
using a shortcut to access any of the first ten menu
items:
1. Hold down the ENTER button.
2. Press a number (0‐9) on the numeric keypad to
select the desired menu command, starting with 0.
For instance, press 0 for the first menu command, 1 for
the second, and so on.
If the menu command just toggles an option on and off
(such as Exclusive Solo), then you're done. If the
command calls up a dialog box, the dialog will appear
on the LCD, and you can proceed just as if you'd
selected the command from the touch‐screen.
ENTER + REC/WRITE: Auto Song Setup
The Auto Song Setup feature copies the current
Program or Combination into a Song, and then puts
the KRONOS in record‐ready mode.
Front and rear panels Front panel
If inspiration for a phrase or song strikes you while
you're playing, you can use this function to start
recording immediately. To do so:
1. Hold down the ENTER key and press the
SEQUENCER REC/WRITE key.
The Setup to Record dialog box will open and ask "Are
you sure?"
2. Press OK.
You will automatically enter Sequencer mode, and will
be in the record‐ready state.
3. Press the START/STOP key to start the sequencer
and begin recording.
ENTER + keyboard: Enter note or velocity value
Generally, if a parameter specifies a note number or
velocity, you can enter the value by playing on the
keyboard. To do so:
1. Select one of the Key parameters.
2. Hold down the ENTER button.
3. While holding ENTER, play a note on the
keyboard.
You can use this shortcut throughout the KRONOS,
such as for setting keyboard and velocity zones, or
selecting the note to edit in Drum Kits, Multisamples,
or RPPR setups.
ENTER + LOCATE: Set locate point
This shortcut sets the Sequencer's locate point to the
current measure, beat, and tick, similar to using the Set
Location menu command (see "Set Location (for
Locate Key)" on page 626 of the Parameter Guide).
1. Hold down the ENTER button.
2. While holding ENTER, press the LOCATE key.
After this, pressing LOCATE returns the Song to the
newly set measure, beat, and tick.
CONTROL ASSIGN RT KNOBS/KARMA switch (LED
ON) + KARMA MODULE CONTROL switch
In Combination and Sequencer modes, this sets the
Module Control to Master. This is the same as setting
Module Control to M in P0: Control Surface–
RT/KARMA.
CONTROL ASSIGN TONE ADJ/EQ switch
(LED ON) + SWITCH 1...16 switches
In Combination and Sequencer modes, you can use a
shortcut to change the current Timbre directly from the
Control Surface, without leaving Tone Adjust mode:
1. Press and hold the TONE ADJ/EQ button.
2. While holding TONE ADJ/EQ, press a
PLAY/MUTE or SELECT button to select a Timbre.
The PLAY/MUTE buttons select Timbres 1–8, and the
SELECT buttons select Timbres 9–16.
This is the same as the selected Timbre/Track in
TIMBRE/TRACK mode; changing one will also change
the other.
3. Release the TONE ADJ/EQ button.
The Control Surface and screen will change to show
the Tone Adjust parameters for the newly selected
Timbre.
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