Easy Program Editing; Quick Edits Using The Knobs, Sliders, And Switches - Korg Kronos Operation Manual

Easy Program Editing

Quick edits using the knobs, sliders, and switches

You can edit any of the Programs shipped with
KRONOS, or you can start with an initialized Program
to create sounds from scratch.
You can do many basic edits directly from the front
panel Control Surface knobs, switches, and sliders,
without ever delving deeper into the LCD interface.
For instance, you can use the knobs to change attack
and release times, make sounds brighter or darker,
alter effects depths, modulate KARMA's phrase
generation, and so on.
The knobs, sliders, and switches
will do different things, depending
of the Control Surface CONTROL
ASSIGN setting. For editing
Programs, the three important
CONTROL ASSIGN settings are
TIMBRE/TRACK, RT
KNOBS/KARMA, and TONE
ADJ/EQ.
TIMBRE/TRACK lets you adjust
the volume, pan, and send levels
for Oscillators 1 and 2 and the
Drum Track, along with the
Program EQ.
RT KNOBS/KARMA lets you
modulate sounds and effects with the knobs, and
control KARMA with the sliders and switches.
TONE ADJ/EQ (Tone Adjust) gives you hands‐on
access to more detailed sound editing, using the
sliders, knobs, and switches.
Note: EQ is only available in Set List mode. For more
information, see "Graphic EQ" on page 119.
Adjusting volume, Pan, EQ, and FX sends
In TIMBRE/TRACK mode, the Control Surface puts
all of the basic mixing controls under your fingertips.
1. Press the TIMBRE/TRACK button under
CONTROL ASSIGN.
The button's LED will light up.
2. Optionally, go to the Control Surface tab of the
Play page.
This page mirrors the Control Surface. Often, it will
show you a little more information about the knob
assignments, exact values, and so on.
3. Press the MIXER KNOBS button
until the INDIVIDUAL PAN LED
lights up.
This makes knobs 1 & 2 control pan for
OSC1 and OSC2, respectively.
4. Use sliders 1 ...3 to adjust the
volumes of OSC1, OSC2, and the Drum Track.
5. Use knobs 1 & 2 to adjust the pan positions of
OSC1 and OSC2.
The Drum Track's pan is controlled separately, in the
Drum Kit itself.
Easy Program Editing Quick edits using the knobs, sliders, and switches
The EQ affects both OSC1 and OSC2. Notice that the
display shows you the gain values in dB, and the Mid
Frequency in Hz. Also note that knob 2, EQ Trim, lets
you compensate for gain changes caused by the EQ.
8. Press SELECT button 1.
This selects OSC1. When the knobs are in CHANNEL
STRIP mode, the selected Oscillator is important.
While EQ always applies to both Oscillators, the Pan
and Effects Send 1/2 knobs affect only the selected
Oscillator.
Notice that Pan is available, in different ways, with
both settings of the MIXER KNOBS button.
9. Use knobs 7 and 8 to adjust Effects Sends 1 and 2
Internally, the system figures out how the Oscillator is
routed to the Master Effects, and automatically adjusts
the appropriate send parameters.
Editing sounds & effects with the
Realtime Knobs
The Realtime Knobs are a traditional feature of Korg
workstations, combining modulation, quick edits, and
hands‐on control.
In RT KNOBS/KARMA mode, knobs 1‐4 have
dedicated functions, as printed on the front panel:
Filter Cutoff, Filter Resonance, Filter EG Intensity, and
Release Time. All of these correspond to standard
MIDI CCs.
Knobs 5‐8 can be assigned to a wide variety of
functions, many of which also have corresponding
MIDI CCs. Often (but not always), knobs 5 and 6
modulate synthesis parameters, knob 7 controls the
depth of a chorus or other modulation effect, and knob
8 controls reverb depth.
6. Press the MIXER KNOBS button
until the CHANNEL STRIP LED
lights up.
This makes the knobs control a virtual
channel strip, including pan, EQ, and
effects sends.
7. Use knobs 2‐6 to adjust the Program's 3‐band EQ.
for OSC1.
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