Selecting Modes - Korg KRONOS Quick Start Manual

TouchView user interface
i: Check-box (and radio buttons)
Check‐boxes turn functions or options on and off, and
radio buttons select between a small set of options.
Tip: You can select check‐boxes and radio buttons by
touching their text labels; you don't need to touch
directly on the graphic boxes and buttons.
j: Page menu button
When this button is pressed, a list of menu commands
will appear. The available commands will vary
depending on the current page. To select a command,
just touch it.
The page menu will close when you press the LCD
screen at a location other than the page menu, or when
you press the EXIT button.
Although each page may have its own unique menu
commands, the menus are standardized as much as
possible. For instance, WRITE is usually the first menu
item in Program, Combination, and Global modes.
Menu shortcut: ENTER + numeric keypad
You can use a shortcut to access any of the first ten
menu items:
1. Hold down the ENTER key.
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.
Dialog box
Many menu commands use dialog boxes to make
additional settings. The dialog box that appears will
depend on the currently selected menu command.
To confirm settings in a dialog box, press the OK
button. To exit without making changes, press the
Cancel button. After pressing either OK or Cancel, the
dialog box will close.

Selecting modes

The KRONOS is organized into seven different
"modes," each optimized for a different purpose. Each
mode has a corresponding button on the front panel,
with an LED to show which one is selected. We'll
introduce each of the modes below.
Program mode
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En-
Text edit button
Cancel button OK button
Text edit button
Pressing this button brings up an on‐screen keyboard,
for changing the name of Programs, Combis, Songs,
Wave Sequences, Drum Kits, etc. For more
information, see "Editing names" under "Writing to
internal memory" in the OG.
Other objects
Patch panels
The MS‐20EX and MOD‐7 use on‐screen patch panels
to route audio and control signals. To make a
connection between two patch points:
1. Touch one of the two jacks (either input or output).
A yellow square will appear around the selected jack.
2. Touch the same jack again.
The yellow square will blink, showing that you're
about to make a connection. To cancel and return to the
normal selected state, touch the same jack a third time.
3. Touch the other jack.
The two jacks will now be connected by a patch cable.
To delete a connection between two patch points:
1. Touch the input jack.
Note: you can also select the output jack. However, if
the output is connected to more than one input, all of
the connections from that output will be affected.
2. Press the Disconnect button.
The selected connection will be deleted.
Program Play page Overview/Jump graphics
The main Program P0:Play page (see "Selecting
Programs by bank and number" on page 17) features
an interactive overview of the most important
parameters, such as oscillators, filters, envelopes,
LFOs, and so on. Just touch any of these overview
areas, and you'll jump to the corresponding edit page.
Programs are the basic sounds of KRONOS. In
Program mode, you can: