Korg kronos Operation Manual page 14

Introduction to KRONOS
In Program, Combination, Set List, and Global modes,
pressing REC/WRITE will open the Save dialog box. For
more details, see "Writing to internal memory" on page 192,
and "Using the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE button" on
page 192.
In Program and Combination modes, you can hold down the
ENTER button and press the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE
button to use the Auto Song Setup function. This imports the
current Program or Combi into Sequence mode for quick
and easy recording. For more information, see "Auto-Song
Setup" on page 2 of the Parameter Guide.
START/STOP button
This starts or stops recording and playback in Sequencer
mode.
In Disk and Sampling modes, this button starts and stops
playback on the audio CD.
17. TEMPO controls
TEMPO knob
This knob adjusts the tempo for the KRONOS
as a whole, including Songs, KARMA, the
Drum Track, Tempo-synced LFOs and BPM
delays, and EXi Step Sequencers.
The LED will blink at quarter-note intervals of
the current tempo.
Note: If the GLOBAL MIDI page MIDI
CLOCK parameter is set to External MIDI or USB, or if it
is set to Auto and a clock is currently being received, then
neither the TEMPO Knob nor the TAP TEMPO button will
have any effect.
TAP TEMPO button
This button lets you enter tempos simply by tapping your
finger on the button. You can use this interchangeably with
the "TEMPO knob," above. Two taps are enough to change
the tempo; for greater accuracy, you can continue tapping,
and the tempo will be averaged over the most recent 16 taps.
For example, you can use TAP TEMPO to control the
KARMA tempo:
1. In Program mode or Combination mode, start
KARMA running.
Turn on the KARMA ON/OFF switch, and play a key or a
pad. If you turn on the LATCH switch, KARMA will
continue playing even after you lift up your hands.
2. Lightly press the TAP TEMPO switch several times at
the desired tempo.
Notice that the "q =" in the upper right of the LCD screen
will change to show the new tempo.
If you press the TAP TEMPO switch at shorter intervals, the
playback tempo will become correspondingly faster.
Note: You can also tap tempos using a foot switch. For more
information, see "Foot Switch Assignments" on page 1111
of the Parameter Guide.
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18. SAMPLING buttons
REC button
In Sampling, Program, Combination, and
Sequencer modes, pressing this button enters
the initial sampling-ready mode. The button's
LED will light up.
To continue, press the SAMPLING
START/STOP button, as described below.
START/STOP button
In Sampling, Program, Combination, and Sequencer modes,
pressing this when the SAMPLING REC button is lit will do
one of three things, depending on the setting of the Trigger
parameter (on the Sampling mode Recording - Audio Input
page):
• If Trigger is set to Sampling START SW, sampling will
begin immediately.
• 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 objects displayed in the LCD screen, you can
select pages, set parameter values, move sliders and knobs,
enter text, connect virtual patch cables, and more.
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: