1-3: Drum Track - Korg KRONOS SGX-2 Parameter Manual

1–3: Drum Track
1–3a
1–3c
1–3d
Overview
The Drum Track is a built-in drum machine, fueled by the
KRONOS's high-quality drum sounds.
There are hundreds of preset Drum Track patterns covering a
wide range of musical styles, and you can also create your
own (as we'll explore later in this chapter).
There are options to control how the Drum Track pattern
starts, such as starting immediately when you press the
DRUM TRACK button, or waiting until you start to play the
keyboard. If you're starting the pattern by playing the
keyboard, you have the option of starting it by using a
specific range of notes or velocities.
You can also link the Drum Track with KARMA, so that
they play in sync and start and stop together.
In Program mode, the Drum Track has its own mixer
channel (including EQ) and separate effects routing, for
independent control of the sound.
For more information, see "Using the Drum Track" on
page 257 of the Operation Guide.
1–3a: Drum Pattern
Bank
This selects between Preset and User Patterns.
The Patterns in the Preset bank are from the factory, and
can't be changed.
The User bank Patterns are editable; you can load them from
disk, or create new ones in Sequencer mode.
Pattern
This chooses the Pattern from the selected Bank.
[Preset, User]
[(Preset): P000...P718,
(User): U000...U999]
Program P1: Basic/Vector 1–3: Drum Track
Shift
Shift lets you transpose the Drum Track pattern in semitone
steps, causing different instruments of the drum kit to play.
This will generally cause unexpected results, which may
often be interesting—experiment and see!
1–3b: Drum Track Program
This area contains a few parameters for adjusting the basic
sound of the Drum Track.
Program
This selects a sound for the Drum Track, via the
Category/Program Select dialog. By default, the Drum
category will already be selected.
You can actually select any sound, even outside of the Drum
category—but the in general, the patterns will only make
sense when playing a Drum Program.
Note: GM Drum Programs use a different mapping of
sounds to MIDI notes, and so the Drum Track Patterns may
not always sound as expected. In some cases, setting Shift to
-12 may correct the mapping.
Volume
This controls the volume level of the Drum Track Program,
separately from the main Program.
You can also adjust this from the Control Surface, using
slider 3 in Timbre/Track mode.
Detune
This adjusts the overall pitch of the Drum Program in one-
cent increments. One cent is 1/100th of a semitone.
You can adjust the pitch of individual drum samples by
editing Drum Kits in Global mode.
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