Korg Kronos Operation Manual page 32

Introduction to KRONOS
Support for additional RAM
Installation of an additional 1GB of RAM is now
supported, and can be performed at any authorized
Korg service center. This approximately doubles the
maximum available sample RAM, up to about 2 GB. Of
course, when loading EXs using Virtual Memory, the
total size of the loaded sample data can be much
greater.
The KRONOS uses widely available, off‐the‐shelf
DIMMs. Installation by an authorized Korg service
center is required; user installation is not supported
and may void your warranty. For more information on
how to purchase and arrange for installation of RAM,
please contact your country's Korg Distributor:
http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/index.html
For compatibility with the KRONOS, RAM must
comply with the following specification:
240‐Pin PC2‐6400 CL‐5 (or CL‐6) DDR2‐800 non‐ECC
Unbuffered DIMM 1GB
4x increase to Sampling Mode
Multisamples, Samples and Multisample
Indexes
The maximum number of Multisamples in Sampling
Mode has been increased from 1,000 to 4,000, and the
maximum numbers of Samples and Multisample
Indexes have each been increased from 4,000 to 16,000.
These 4x increases will be especially helpful when
loading libraries with large numbers of relatively short
samples, such as drums.
Note that EXs and User Sample Bank data does not
count towards these maximums; they apply to the
Sampling Mode data only.
Support for USB MIDI and Korg USB pad
controllers
Version 1.5 adds support for connecting USB MIDI
class‐compliant controllers directly to the KRONOS.
For instance, you can use a Korg microKEY as an
auxiliary synth‐action keyboard for a KRONOS 73 or
88.
Even better, Korg USB MIDI controllers with pads–
including the nanoPAD, nanoPAD2, padKONTROL,
microKONTROL, and KONTROL49–are automatically
mapped to the KRONOS chord pads, for playing and
programming drums, triggering chords, and selecting
and assigning chords for Chord Mode.
For more details, see "USB MIDI controllers" on
page 1128 of the Parameter Guide.
KRONOS Editor and Plug-In Editor
Version 1.5 adds support for the KRONOS Editor and
Plug‐In Editor, which let you edit and organize sounds
from your Mac OS X or Windows computer. Plug‐in
operation allows you to save settings as part of your
project with any VST‐compatible Windows software,
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or any VST‐ or AU‐compatible software on Mac OS X.
The KRONOS Editor and Plug‐In Editor will be
available for free download at www.korg.com/kronos.