Playing And Editing Programs; Playing Programs; Selecting Programs - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Playing and editing Programs

Playing Programs

What's a Program?
Programs are the basic sounds of the KRONOS. You can
play them by themselves, layer them together in
Combinations, or play a different Program on each of the 16
MIDI tracks, either from the internal sequencer or from
external computer-based sequencers.

Selecting Programs

There are several different ways to select Programs. Each
one is convenient in a different way:
• Using the front-panel buttons, value slider, and value
knob, you can select Programs quickly via physical
controls
• Selecting by Bank and number (via the touch-screen) lets
you browse through all of the Programs in memory, to
find the one that you want
• Selecting by Program category (via the touch-screen) lets
you filter Programs by sound type, such as Pianos or
Drums
• Using Find (via the on-screen magnifying-glass icon)
lets you search for Programs by name
• Using a foot-switch lets you change Programs even
while both hands are busy playing on the keyboard –
convenient for live applications
• MIDI program change messages let you select Programs
remotely, from either a MIDI sequencer or an external
MIDI controller
Set Lists
Programs can also be selected in Set Lists, along with
Combinations and Songs. For more information, see "Set
Lists" on page 119.
Overview: Program Banks
KRONOS ships from the factory with over 2,000 Programs
loaded into memory. All of the factory Programs can be
over-written with your own edits, if desired–except for the
GM banks.
Hundreds of other Program slots are left open for your own
programming or additional sound libraries. The exact
contents may differ depending on the KRONOS model.
Programs are organized into 21 Banks, as described below.
You can also store many more Programs on the internal
disk(s), or on external USB 2.0 devices. Additional banks of
sounds may already be on the internal disk as shipped from
the factory.
USER–G is the default location for Programs created by
resampling.
This section of the manual takes a quick look at playing
Programs, including tours of the front-panel controllers and
basic editing techniques.
Program Bank Contents
As shipped from the factory, the contents of the Program
Banks are as follows:
Program bank contents
Bank Contents
INT–A Featured EXi sounds
INT–B Featured HD-1 sounds
SGX-2, EP-1,
INT–C
and "best of" other EXi
INT–D AL-1
INT–E AL-1 and CX-3
INT–F STR-1
GM (I-G) GM2 main Programs
g(1)...g(9) GM2 variation Programs
g(d) GM2 drum Programs
USER–A MS-20EX & PolysixEX
USER–B MOD-7
USER–C...F HD-1
USER–G Initialized HD-1 Programs
USER–AA...BB HD-1
USER–CC...EE Initialized EXi Programs *
USER–FF...GG Initialized HD-1 Programs *
* Bank contents may differ depending on the KRONOS
model.
Changing the Program Bank Types
Banks can contain either HD-1 Programs or EXi Programs,
but not both. This assignment can be set separately for each
bank. To do so:
1. Press the front-panel GLOBAL button to enter
Global mode.
2. Select the Basic tab.
3. Press the page menu button, and select Set Program
Bank Type.
4. Change the Type for the desired banks. Leave all of
the other banks set to "No Change."
Important: Setting a bank's type will erase all of the
Program data in the bank - so make sure that you're not
erasing any Programs you want to keep!
Bank
Type
Bank type
can be set
to either
HD-1 or EXi
GM
Bank type
can be set
to either
HD-1 or EXi
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