P–Osc - Korg KROSS Parameter Manual

3: P–OSC
These pages control the first and most basic elements of sounds:
the Multisamples that the oscillators play, and the pitch where it
plays them. For instance, you can:
• Select Multisamples for Single and Double Programs, or Drum
Kits for Drum Program.
• Set up velocity splits, crossfades, and layers for Single and
Double Programs.
• Set the basic pitch of the sound, including the octave, transpose,
and so on.
Note that when the Oscillator Mode is set to Single or Drums,
only Oscillator 1's filters are active; the pages for Oscillator 2's
filters will be grayed out.
Multisamples, and Drum Kits
Multisamples and Drum Kits allow you to play samples in
different ways.
• Multisamples lay out one or more samples across the keyboard.
For instance, a very simple guitar Multisample might have six
samples one for each string.
• As the name suggests, Drum Kits are optimized for playing
drum samples.
Velocity splits, crossfades, and layers
Each oscillator has eight velocity zones that allow different
keyboard velocities to switch the multisample or drum sample that
is actually sounded.
For each zone, you can specify the threshold (boundary value) and
crossfade (how velocity will smoothly fade between the samples
of adjacent zones). This allows you to create velocity-switched or
layered sounds, such as the following examples.
• Velocity splits where the zones are cleanly separated at their
threshold
• Velocity crossfades where the zones will smoothly crossfade
beyond their threshold.
• Velocity layers where additional sounds are added for a velocity
region above a specified threshold.
Note: If the Oscillator Mode is Drums, the velocity zone settings
already specified for the drum kit will be applied, and will not be
shown on the screen. The velocity zones for a drum kit can be
edited in Global Drum Kit (see page 170).
3: P–OSC 3–1: MS 1 (Multisample 1)
3–1: MS 1 (Multisample 1)
Multisample On/Off
Bank
Program's sounds are based on multisamples, and this page lets
you set up all of the basic multisample-related settings. Among
other things, you can:
• Select Multisamples for the Oscillator (in a Single or Double
Program), or select the Drum Kit for a Drum Program
• Set the Oscillator's basic pitch
• Set up velocity switching, crossfades, and layers for
maltisamples.
OSC (Oscillator Select)
Select the oscillator (1 or 2) that you want to edit.
Note: Oscillator 2 can be selected if Oscillator Mode is set to
Double.
Octave
This sets the basic pitch of the Oscillator, in octaves. The default is
+0[8']. The standard octave of a multisample is +0 [8'].
Transpose
This adjusts the pitch in semitones, over a range of ±1 octave.
MULTISAMPLE-1
If you want to create a simple setup with only a single
Multisample, just set up Multisample1 as desired, and then set the
Threshold Velocity to 1 and the Crossfade (Crossfade Range) to
Off.
Multisample On/Off
Specifies whether multisample 1 will sound.
It will sound if this is On.
Bank [RomM, RomS, RamM, RamS, (Option)M, (Option)S]
This selects the multisample bank.
It is shown if Multisample On/Off is On.
The banks are divided into three types: ROM, RAM, and option.
For each type, you can select either mono or stereo multisamples.
Note: Stereo multisamples use twice as many voices as mono
multisamples.
RomM, RomS: Internal preset multisamples.
RamM, RamS: User multisamples. Samples that you sampled
using the pad sampler can be used by converting them.
(option) M, (option) S: Select optional multisample banks. A
unique name is assigned to each bank. The menu shows only the
names of the currently-loaded banks.
Multisample select
This specifies a multisample.
Some multisamples have an upper limit; notes played above
that limit will not sound.
Use the Multisample Select popup button to open the multisample
list. You can choose a multisample from the list.
Use the cursor buttons   to select a category, use the cursor
buttons  to select a multisample within that category, and
press the ENTER button to confirm your choice. If you press
cursor buttons   , the first multisample in the selected category
Multisample Select
[1, 2]
[–2[32'], –1[16'], +0[8'], +1[4']]
[–12...+12]
[Off, On]
[List of Multisample]
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