Midi Recording; Preparations For Recording - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

MIDI recording

• You can record up to 400,000 events (e.g., notes), up to
200 songs, and up to 999 measures in each song.
• The maximum timing resolution is 1/480 parts per
quarter-note.
• There are sixteen tracks for MIDI performance data, and
a master track which controls the time signature and
tempo.

Preparations for recording

Before you begin recording, make sure that the Global
mode memory protect setting is turned off. For more
information, see "Memory protect" on page 195.
Selecting a Song
Before we can begin this example, we need to select an
empty song where we can record.
1. Press the SEQ button to enter Sequencer mode.
2. Go to the first tab of the P0: Play/REC page.
The full page name is "MIDI Track Prog Select/Mixer."
3. Press the Song Select Popup button.
The Song selection popup will appear.
4. Choose a new, empty Song from the list, and press the
OK button.
Tip: Set Song Length
By default, new songs are 64 measures long. If you'd like to
record more than 64 measures, go to the p4: Track Edit page,
and use the Set Song Length command in the page menu.
For more information, see "Set Song Length" on page 644 of
the Parameter Guide.
Track settings
Since we're going to record a new song in this example, we
will start by explaining how to assign a program to each
MIDI track, and make basic settings such as volume.
For details on audio tracks, refer to "Audio recording" on
page 95.
1. Assign a program to each MIDI track.
Use "Program Select" (P0: Play/REC– MIDI Track Prog
Select/Mixer page) to assign a program to each MIDI
track.
At this time you can press the "Category" popup and
select programs by category.
You can copy various settings from Programs or
Combinations, including effects, KARMA settings, Tone
Adjust, and so on.
When assigning a program, you can use "Track Select" to
select the track for which you are making assignments,
and try playing the sound.
2. Set the pan and volume of each MIDI track.
Pan sets the pan of each track, and Volume sets the
volume of each track.
3. Specify the tone generator and MIDI channel that will
be played by each MIDI track.
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• You can perform and record using KARMA and the
Drum Track.
• You can perform and record using RPPR (Realtime
Pattern Play/Recording).
• There are 718 built-in preset patterns ideal for drum
tracks, and in addition you can create up to 100 user
patterns for each song. These patterns can be used as
performance data for a song, or with the RPPR function.
In the P2: Track Parameters– MIDI page, Status specifies
whether each track will sound the internal tone generator
or an external tone generator. MIDI Channel specifies
the MIDI channel for each track.
Normally when using the KRONOS as a 16-timbre sound
module, you will select INT or BTH.
In general, you should set MIDI Channel to different
channels 1–16 for each track. Tracks that are sent to the
same MIDI channel will sound simultaneously when
either is recorded or played.
Status INT: During playback, the KRONOS' internal
tone generator will play the MIDI data recorded on that
track. When you operate the KRONOS' keyboard or
controllers, you will be playing and controlling the track
selected by "Track Select." MIDI data will not be
transmitted to an external device.
Status EXT, EX2, BTH: During playback, the MIDI data
recorded on that track will be transmitted from MIDI
OUT to play an external sound module. When you
operate the KRONOS' keyboard or controllers, MIDI
data will be transmitted to play and control the external
sound module selected by "Track Select." (The MIDI
channel of the external tone generator must be set to
match the MIDI Channel of KRONOS tracks that are set
to EXT, EX2 or BTH.)
If Status is set to BTH, both the external tone generator
and internal tone generator will be sounded and
controlled.
4. Adjust the effect settings.
Make settings for each effect in P8: Insert Effect and P9:
Master/Total Effect.
For more information, see "Using effects in
Combinations and Songs" on page 216, "Sequencer P8:
Insert Effect" on page 612 of the Parameter Guide, and
"Sequencer P9: Master/Total Effect" on page 624 of the
Parameter Guide.