Korg KROSS Operation Manual page 65

Use the cursor buttons ◄► to select the track whose
program you want to specify. Use the CATEGORY dial
and VALUE dial to choose a program. The procedure is
the same as when assigning a program to each timbre of a
combination. (see page 48)
Tip: You can copy various settings from Programs or
Combinations. (see pages 138, 139 of the Parameter
Guide)
2. Use Status to specify whether each track will play the
internal and/or external sound generator.
Normally when using the KROSS, you will select INT or
BTH.
INT: During playback, the KROSS's internal tone
generator will play the MIDI data recorded on that track.
When you use the KROSS's keyboard or controllers, you
will be playing and controlling the track selected by
Track Select.
EXT, EX2, BTH: During playback, the MIDI data
recorded on that track will be transmitted from the MIDI
OUT to play an external sound module. When you use
the KROSS's 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 (S-TRACK> MIDI page) of KROSS 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 played and controlled.
3. Set the pan and volume of each track.
Press the PAGE+ button to access the SEQ> MIX page.
Use the cursor button ▼ to choose Pan or Volume.
Use the cursor buttons ◄► to select the track whose
settings you want to edit.
Pan sets the pan position of each track, and Volume sets
the volume level of each track.
4. Specify the MIDI channel that each MIDI track will
play.
Access the S-TRACK> MIDI page. Press the MENU
button to select S-TRACK. Move to the appropriate page.
Use MIDI Channel to specify the MIDI channel for each
track. Normally you will set the MIDI Channel to a
different channel: 1–16 for each track. Tracks that are set
to the same MIDI channel will sound simultaneously
when you record or play back either of the tracks.
5. Adjust the effect settings.
Use the S-FX ROUTING, S-IFX, and S-MFX pages to
adjust settings in each page.
(see "Effect settings for a combination or song" on
page 70)
Recording Preparations for recording
6. Set the tempo and time signature.
• To set the tempo, select TEMPO in REALTIME
CONTROLS. To set the tempo, either turn KNOB 1
(TEMPO) or press the SWITCH (TAP) button at the
desired interval.Alternatively, you can select (Tempo)
in the SEQ> MAIN page (or similar page), and use the
VALUE dial to set the tempo. Set Tempo Mode to
Manual.
• Next you will set the time signature. In this example,
we'll explain how to set the time signature using the
"Time Sig (Time Signature)" field. Normally, you
specify the time signature before recording the first track,
and then begin recording.
a) Access the SEQ> REC page.
SEQUENCER
b) Press the
Sig (Time Signature)" to **/**.
c) Press **/** to highlight it, and use the VALUE controllers to
set the time signature.
d) Press the SEQUENCER
recording. When the pre-count has ended and Locate reaches
001:01.000, press the SEQUENCER
button to stop recording. The time signature you specified has
now been recorded on the Tempo track.
If you press the SEQUENCER
during the pre-count, the time signature won't be recorded.
7. Adjust other settings as needed.
Adjust settings for the arpeggiator (S-ARP page) and the
MIDI filter (S-MIDI FILTER page). (see page 76)
If you want, you can make adjustments to the sound by
using the Tone Adjust function (S-LOOP/TONE> TONE
ADJ, EQ ADG pages).
When you've finished the above settings, basic setup is
complete.
Saving your song parameter settings
The song parameter settings that you create here can be
saved as a template. If you use these settings frequently, you
can simply load one of the templates you've saved.
For details, please see "Save Template Song (Save as User
Template Song)" on page 140 of the Parameter Guide.
Using template songs
Loading a template song is an easy way to create settings
appropriate for a particular musical style. You can also
assign a drum pattern to a track at the same time.
1. In the SEQ> MAIN page, press the FUNCTION
button, choose Load Template Song from the menu,
and press the MENU (OK) button. A dialog box will
appear.
2. In the "From" field, choose the template song you
want to load.
3. If you check "Copy Pattern to Track too?," a dialog
box for copying a drum track pattern will
automatically appear after you execute the "Load
Template Song" operation.
If you execute the command without checking this, only
the template song you selected in step 2 will be loaded.
(REC) button
, and set "Time
(start/stop) button. to begin
(start/stop)
(start/stop) button
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