Midi Settings - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Playing and editing Combinations
Creating Key Splits and Layers
Let's create a Combi which combines both splits and layers,
like the diagram below:
Timbre 1
Brass
Timbre 2
Strings
Timbre 3
C-1... C2
1. Go to the Prog Select /Mixer page.
2. Select a piano sound for Timbre 1, a brass sound for
Timbre 2, and a strings sound for Timbre 3.
3. Go to the MIDI tab of the P2: Timbre Parameters
page.
4. For Timbres 1-3, set Status to INT and MIDI Channel
to Gch (the Global Channel).
5. Go to the Keyboard Zones tab of the MIDI
Filter/Zones page.
6. Set Timbre 1's Top Key to G9, and its Bottom Key to
C4.
7. Set Timbres 2 and 3 to a Top Key of B3, and a Bottom
Key of C-1.
You can also enter these values by selecting the parameter,
and then holding down the ENTER key and playing a note
on the keyboard.
Key Zone Slope
In addition to "hard" splits, in which the sound changes
abruptly, you can use the Slope parameters to gradually fade
a sound in or out over a range of keys.
In the example above, you could set the Bottom Key of
timbre 1 to G3, and set the Top Key of timbre 2 to G4, so
that these two timbres overlap.

MIDI Settings

Timbre Parameters MIDI page
Status
This controls the status of MIDI and the internal tone
generator for each Timbre. Normally, if you're playing an
internal Program, this should be set to INT.
If the status is set to Off, EXT, or EX2, that internal sounds
will not be played. Off simply disables the Timbre entirely.
The EXT and EX2 settings allow the Timbre to control an
external MIDI device. For more information, see "Status" on
page 458 of the Parameter Guide.
Bank Select (when status=EX2)
When the Status is set to EX2, these parameters allow you
to transmit MIDI Bank Select messages for changing banks
on external MIDI devices.
MIDI Channel
Timbres that you wish to play from KRONOS's keyboard
must be set to the global MIDI channel. Your playing on the
keyboard is transmitted on the global MIDI channel, and will
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Piano
B3 C4 C7
Next, if you set the Bottom Slope of timbre 1 to 12, and set
the Top Slope of timbre 2 to 12, the sound will change
gradually instead of changing suddenly.
Creating Velocity Switches
Next, let's create a simple velocity switched Combination,
like the diagram below:
Timbre 1
...G9
Timbre 2
1. Go to the Prog Select /Mixer page.
2. Select a brass sound for Timbre 1, and a strings sound
for Timbre 2.
3. Go to the MIDI tab of the P2: Timbre Parameters
page.
4. For Timbres 1 and 2, set Status to INT and MIDI
Channel to Gch (the Global Channel).
5. Go to the Velocity Zones tab of the MIDI Filter/Zones
page.
6. Set Timbre 1's Top Velocity to 127, and its Bottom
Velocity to 64.
7. Set Timbre 2 to a Top Velocity of 63, and a Bottom
Velocity of 1.
Velocity Zone Slope
Similar to Key Zone Slopes, as described above, these let
you fade in and fade out sounds gradually over a velocity
range, instead of a simple hard switch.
In the case of the above example, you could set the velocity
zones of the two Timbres so that they partially overlap.
Then, set the Top Slope and Bottom Slope so that the sound
changes gradually, instead of changing suddenly between
velocity values of 63 and 64.
sound any timbre that matches this channel. Normally you
will set this to Gch. When this is set to Gch, the MIDI
channel of the timbre will always match the global MIDI
channel, even if you change the global MIDI channel.
On some preloaded combinations, Timbres used by
KARMA may have their MIDI Channels set to something
other than Gch. These will be timbres that play only when
KARMA is on–a very useful technique for creating
"KARMAlized" combinations.
For more information, see "7–1c: MIDI I/O" on page 475 of
the Parameter Guide. In particular, note the relationships
between KARMA assignments and MIDI Channel.
MIDI filter settings
For each MIDI Filter item, you can specify whether or not
the corresponding MIDI message will be transmitted and
received. The checked items will be transmitted and
received.
127
Brass
64
Velocity
63
switch
Strings
1