Adjusting The Sound Of An Individual Step - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Global Settings, Wave Seq., Drum Kits

Adjusting the sound of an individual step

You can make some basic adjustments to the sound of each
step's Multisample, including changing its volume and pitch,
making it play in reverse, and changing the sample start
points.
You can also use the AMS Outputs to modulate other
Program parameters outside of the Wave Sequence, such as
Filter Frequency, Pan, and so on.
To edit steps:
1. Go to the Step Parameters page.
This page shows the parameters for eight steps at a time. Use
the scroll bar at the right of the screen to change which steps
are in view.
2. In order for a step to make a sound, set its Type to
Multi (Multisample).
3. Select a Multisample using the Bank and Multisample
pop-up menus.
Mono and stereo Multisamples are stored in different Banks.
Each step can be either mono or stereo. Note that even if
only one step uses a stereo Multisample, the entire Wave
Sequence becomes "stereo," and uses twice as many voices -
it's the price that you pay for power!
4. Set the Level (volume) as desired.
This can be useful for evening out the perceived levels of
different Multisamples, or for accenting steps in rhythmic
sequences.
5. Set the Transpose and Tune as desired.
Transpose sets the Multisample's coarse tuning, in
semitones. You can use this to change the octave for
individual steps, to create melodies, or to create interesting
variations on percussion sounds by extreme transposition.
Tune controls the fine tuning, in cents (1/100 of a semitone).
Small variations in tuning can create an interesting, organic
feel.
6. Use Reverse and Start Offset to change the way that
the Multisample plays.
Reverse plays the selected Multisample backwards, without
looping. (If individual samples within the Multisample are
already set to Reverse, they will still play in reverse,
regardless of this setting.)
Start Offset lets you select from up to 8 pre-programmed
sample start points (for ROM and EXs), or between the
normal start point and the loop start (for Sampling Mode and
User Sample Banks).
Using Insert/Cut/Copy/Paste
You can use the Insert, Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons to
copy all of the parameters from one step to another, or to
move a step to a different position in the sequence.
To insert a copy of a step into the sequence:
1. Select the step you'd like to copy.
You can do this by touching any of the step's parameters, or
by directly editing the Step parameter under the Wave
Sequence graphic. The selected step is shown by a red arrow
on the left side of the screen, as well as a red arrow in the
graphic.
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2. Press the Copy button.
You're now ready to insert or paste the step.
3. Select the step which you'd like to follow the new step.
4. Press the Insert button.
The copied step is inserted at the selected position. The
previously selected step, and all steps following it, move
down to make room for the inserted step.
To remove a step from the sequence:
1. Select the step you'd like to remove.
2. Press the Cut button.
The selected step will be removed from the sequence, and all
following steps will shift up to fill in the space.
Modulating Program parameters per
step
Each step has two AMS Output values. These act kind of
like step sequencers, allowing you to modulate any AMS
destination in the Program. In other words, virtually any
Program-level parameter can have a different setting for
each step of the Wave Sequence.
For instance, to adjust the Filter Frequency separately for
each step:
1. Select the Program that you'll use for the Wave
Sequence.
2. Go to the Filter Mod 1 tab of the Filter page.
This page has the filter modulation parameters for OSC1.
3. Under Filter A Modulation, set one of the AMS
sources to Wave Seq AMS Out1.
4. Set the Intensity as desired.
This means that the AMS 1 output will modulate the Filter
Frequency. Now, you just need to set up the Wave Sequence
to send values out:
5. Go to the Wave Sequence Step Parameters page.
6. For each step, enter the desired value for AMS Out1.
7. Go to the OSC1 Basic tab of the OSC/Pitch page.
8. Set MS1 to use the Wave Sequence you edited in step
5.
The Filter Frequency will now change with every step.