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Program mode: HD-1
Mode
Normally, you play notes simply by pressing keys on the
keyboard. In special cases, however, you can set this
parameter so that you must first be holding down the damper
pedal, and then press a key, in order to play a note. For
instance, this can be useful when modeling the behavior of a
piano soundboard.
Key is the normal mode.
When you select Key + Damper, notes will only sound if
the damper pedal is being held down. When the damper
pedal is released, all notes will be stopped–even if they are
still being held down.
2–1c: OSC1 Multisample/Wave Sequence
The parameters in this section will change depending on the
setting of the Oscillator Mode parameter.
In Single and Double modes, each Oscillator can play up to
four Multisamples or Wave Sequences. In Drum mode, there
is one Oscillator, and it plays a single Drum Kit.
Multisamples, Wave Sequences, and Drum Kits
Multisamples, Drum Kits, and Wave Sequences 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.
• Wave Sequences play back a series of different
Multisamples over time. These Multisamples may
crossfade to create smooth, evolving timbres, or change
abruptly to create rhythms.
• As the name suggests, Drum Kits are optimized for
playing drum samples.
Velocity splits, crossfades, and layers
As mentioned above, unless you're in Drum mode, each
Oscillator has eight velocity zones, named MS1 (High)
through MS8 (Low). Each of these zones can play either a
Multisample or a Wave Sequence, and has separate settings
for Level, Start Offset, and so on.
Each of the zones can fade into the next, to create smoother
velocity transitions. Zones can even be layered together, two
at a time.
MS1 (High)
These are the settings for the first and highest velocity zone.
If you want to create a simple setup with only a single
Multisample or Wave Sequence, just set up MS1 as desired,
and then set the Bottom Velocity to 1 and the Xfade Range
to 0.
Type
[Off, Multisample, Wave Sequence]
This selects whether MS1 will play a Multisample, a Wave
Sequence, or nothing at all.
The Type selection affects the choices shown in the Bank
and Multisample menus.
Bank (Multisample)
This menu will appear only if the Type is set to Multisample.
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[Key, Key + Damper]
[List of Multisample Banks]
There are four types of Multisample Banks: ROM,
Sampling Mode, EXs, and User Sample Banks. For each
type, you can also choose between looking at mono and
stereo Multisamples. Note that stereo Multisamples will
require twice as many voices as mono Multisamples.
ROM Multisamples are the built-in "factory" sounds, and
are always available.
Smp (Sampling Mode) Multisamples are the ones that you
can see and edit in Sampling Mode. These may include
Akai, SoundFont 2.0, AIFF or WAV files loaded from disk,
or native KRONOS samples (including third-party sound
libraries and samples that you create yourself). Anything that
can be used in Sampling Mode can also be loaded as a User
Sample Bank.
After the abbreviation "Smp," several different things may
appear, as described below.
Smp: Old RAM provides compatibility with older
KRONOS sounds; it will appear in old Programs which used
"RAM" samples, but cannot be selected for new Programs.
Instead of pointing to a specific User Sample Bank, it will
use whatever Multisample data is loaded into Sampling
Mode. This ensures that older Programs and sample data will
continue to work as they did previously. Updating to the new
format is easy; for more information, see "Converting older
sounds" on page 172 of the Operation Guide.
Smp: New Sampling Session will appear when there's data
in Sampling Mode which hasn't yet been saved to disk as a
User Sample Bank. For instance, this might happen if you've
loaded an old KSC file, loaded individual Samples or
Multisamples, or recorded some new samples. Once the
KSC is saved to disk, the name will update to show the file
path (as described below).
Smp: [file name] will appear when a User Sample Bank has
been loaded into Sampling Mode. The name is the file name
itself along with those of all its enclosing folders.
EXs Multisample banks are PCM expansion sets created
especially for the KRONOS. Each has its own unique
number; for instance, the ROM Expansion is EXs1. Only the
currently loaded EXs banks will appear on this menu.
User Sample Banks bring the benefits of EXs to your own
sample libraries. You can load and play gigabytes of your
custom or converted samples at once, using Virtual Memory.
The name is shown as a path to the KSC file, including the
file name and the names of all enclosing directories. Only
the currently loaded User Sample Banks will appear in this
menu.
If a sound refers to a User Sample Bank which is not on the
internal drive(s), the name will appear as "Unknown Sample
Bank [number]" when the bank select dialog is open,
shortened to "??[number]" when the dialog is closed.
For more information, see "User Sample Banks" on
page 170 of the Operation Guide.
Bank (Wave Sequence) [INT, U
This menu will appear if the Type is set to Wave Sequence.
INT Wave Sequences are the built-in "factory" sounds. You
can over-write them if you wish, but doing so may change
the sounds of the factory Programs and Combinations.
U–A through U–GG include some factory sounds (in U–A
and U–F), and the rest are free for storing sounds that you
create yourself, optional sound banks from Korg, or third-
party sound libraries.
A...G, U
AA...GG]
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