Korg kronos Operation Manual page 41

Selecting by Category
You can select Programs from within a category, such as
keyboard, organ, bass, and drums. When shipped from the
factory, the Programs are organized into 16 categories, each
with several sub-categories. There are also 2 more
categories, initially named User 16 and User 17, which you
can use and rename as desired.
1. Press the Category popup button.
The Category/Program Select dialog appears.
Category/Program Select menu
In the illustration above, the Motion Synth category is
selected. The list on the right shows the Programs which
belong to that category.
2. Press the tabs located to the left side of the display to
select a different category.
The name of the selected category will be displayed in full in
the lower left of the display.
3. Optionally, focus on a more specific group of sounds
by selecting a sub-category from the second column of
tabs.
The full name of the sub-category also appears in the lower
left of the display.
4. Press one of the names in the center area to select a
Program.
The selected Program will be highlighted.
5. When you are satisfied with the selected program,
press the OK button to close the popup menu.
If you press the Cancel button, your selection will be
discarded, and you will return to the Program that had been
selected when you opened the popup menu.
Using the Find feature
Near the top right corner of the Program P0:Play page, you'll
see a button marked with a magnifying glass. Pressing this
button brings up the Find dialog. You can use Find to search
for Programs by name. To do so:
1. Press the magnifying glass to open the Find dialog.
2. Enter the text to search for.
For instance, you can enter "Pian" to search for Programs
with "piano" in the name. Ignore Case is enabled by default;
disable this if you want the find function to distinguish
between upper and lower case.
Playing Programs Selecting Programs
In addition to the on-screen keyboard, you can use a USB
alphanumeric keyboard to enter text. For more information,
see "Editing names and entering text" on page 193.
3. Press Find to find matches to the entered text.
The names of Programs which match the provided text will
appear, displayed one at a time.
4. Use the Next and Previous buttons to step through the
Programs. Alternatively, use the front-panel Inc and
Dec buttons.
You can audition the Programs by playing on the keyboard.
5. To select a found Program, press the OK button. To
exit without selecting a new Program, press the
Cancel button.
Find is available throughout the system
Find is also available on the Combination Play page, and at
the bottom right of the selection dialogs for Programs,
Combinations, Songs, Set Lists, Samples, Multisamples,
Wave Sequences, Drum Kits, Effects, MOD-7 algorithms,
and KARMA GEs.
Using the Favorites check-box
The Bank and Category select pop-ups both include a
Favorite check-box at the bottom of the screen. This lets
you trim the list to show only Programs you've marked as
favorites.
If the selected Bank or Category contains no Programs
marked as Favorites, the check-box will be grayed out and
unavailable. When shipped from the factory, no Programs
will be marked (we leave that up to you, since they should be
your favorites!).
To mark a Program as a Favorite:
1. Go to the Program P0: Play page.
2. Touch the Favorite box, underneath the Tempo
parameter, so that the box is filled in with a red square
(this shows that the box is "checked").
3. Write the Program.
This is an important step. If you don't write the Program, the
change to the Favorites check-box won't be retained.
For details on how to write Programs, see "Saving your
edits" on page 46.
Using a footswitch to select Programs
You can assign a footswitch to step through Programs one by
one, either going up (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) or going down (3, 2, 1
etc.). This lets you change Programs without using your
hands–great for quick Program changes in live performance
situations.
There are two ways of doing this: by assigning the
footswitch to Program Up/Down, or to Value Inc/Dec.
Program Up/Down is recommended for normal use, while
Value Inc/Dec is a special-purpose setting, as described
below.
Note: These settings apply to Set Lists and Combinations, as
well.
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