Korg Kronos Operation Manual page 60

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playback. For instance, you'll appreciate the natural
decay and astonishingly smooth gradation of
dynamics from pp to ff, without tell‐tale split points ‐
just like the real instruments.
Real‐time control over noise elements, including
mechanical key‐off noises controlled by release
velocity, gives your performances even greater realism
and detail.
CX-3 Tonewheel Organ
Modeled organ with drawbar control
Based on Korg's ground‐breaking CX‐3 keyboard (with
additional refinements), the CX‐3 is a detailed tone‐
wheel organ model with live drawbar control,
Perfect tone‐wheel phase coherency means solid,
powerful sounding chords just like the real thing. A
choice of tone wheel types, adjustable overtones,
leakage, noise, and key‐click modeling provide
unparalleled realism.
Amp modeling, Vibrato/Chorus, and Rotary Speaker
effects are built in. EX mode lets you introduce
additional drawbar and percussion harmonics, for new
timbres unavailable on traditional organs.
AL-1 Analog Modeling Synthesizer
Modern virtual analog synth
The AL‐1 is our feature‐packed, modern virtual analog
synth. Its patented ultra‐low‐aliasing oscillators (using
completely different technology than the HD‐1)
recreate all the power and glory of true analog
synthesis—without the artifacts that can plague lesser
instruments.
Morphing waveforms allow you to change the
oscillator shapes in real‐time. Resonance modeling lets
you choose between classic filter sounds, and the
extraordinarily flexible MultiFilter lets you create your
own hybrid filter shapes. Hard sync, analog‐style FM,
drive, low‐boost, and ring modulation offer plenty of
tone‐twisting power.
MS-20EX
Patch-panel synth with unique, aggressive tone
A dramatic expansion of Korg's classic MS‐20 analog
synth, the MS‐20EX puts modular patch cables under
your fingertips. Modulate filters with audio‐rate
oscillators; turn audio inputs into control signals;
control all of the original knobs with mod sources
including additional envelopes, LFOs, and real‐time
controllers.
It's a tweaker's dream, but even without the patch
panel, the MS‐20EX would make waves with its
unique, aggressive tone—due in large part to its
unusual filters, which are completely different from
those in either the AL‐1 or the PolysixEX.
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PolysixEX
Rich-sounding, versatile, and easy-to-use synth
With its self‐oscillating four‐pole filter, smooth analog
oscillator and sub‐oscillator, and rich, built‐in chorus
and ensemble effects, the PolysixEX proves you don't
have to be fancy in order to be great.
Based on the classic Korg Polysix analog synth, its
timbre is distinctly different from the AL‐1 and the
MS‐20EX, but we didn't stop there; we added
modulation of every control on the front panel, for a
world of sounds impossible on the original.
It's also very well‐suited to hands‐on control with Tone
Adjust, with a knob, slider, or switch for almost all of
the original Polysix controls. As a bonus, it's also
capable of extremely high polyphony—up to 180
voices!
STR-1 Plucked String
Physical modeling, from the real to the fantastic
Physics has brought us lasers, cell phones, electric
cars—and now the STR‐1. What would it sound like to
play harmonics on a metal bar "plucked" by a piano,
or to sing into a guitar string? Play with the STR‐1 and
discover.
In addition to unique, experimental timbres, the STR‐1
is great for traditional instruments from guitars,
basses, harps, and world/ethnic sounds to clavinets,
harpsichords, bells, and electric pianos.
You can also process samples and live audio input
through the physical model—including audio
feedback from any of the KRONOS effects.
MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer
Patch-panel VPM/waveshaping/PCM processor
Combine Variable Phase Modulation (VPM),
waveshaping, ring modulation, samples, and
subtractive synthesis with a modular patch‐panel
system, and you have the MOD‐7. Exceptionally
versatile, it offers everything from classic FM
keyboards, bells and basses (including the ability to
import sounds from vintage DX synths) to rhythmic
soundscapes and sparkling, epic pads.
Vast sample‐mangling capabilities, with incredible
flexibility and power, let you create incredibly rich
processing environments: combine multiple stages of
filtering, waveshaping, and ring modulation, even use
samples as FM modulators, all patched together
however you like.