Detailed Combination Editing; Combination Overview - Korg Kronos Operation Manual

Playing and editing Combinations

Detailed Combination editing

You can edit any of the Combinations shipped with
KRONOS, or you can start with an initialized
Combination to create sounds from scratch.
Naturally, you can use the factory Programs to create
new Combis, or use your own custom Programs. If
you're in the process of editing a Program in Program
mode, and you use the Program in a Combi, you'll hear
the edited version in Combi mode as well.
As with Programs, 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. For details on
how these work in Program mode, see "Quick edits
using the knobs, sliders, and switches" on page 39.
A suggested approach for editing
First, select a Program for each Timbre, on the Program
Select/Mixer tab of the P1: Play page. (Note that you
don't have to use all 16 Timbres!)
Next, create any desired keyboard or velocity splits,
layers, or crossfades between the different Timbres.
You can do this on the Keyboard Zones and Velocity
Zones tabs of the P3: MIDI Filter/Zones page.
After this, adjust the volumes of the Timbres (back on
the Program Select/Mixer tab), and set up any other
Timbre parameters as desired.

Combination overview

Combination page structure
The main P0: Play page offers access to the most
important aspects of Combis, including:
• Selecting and playing Combinations
• Selecting individual Programs
• Making basic settings for KARMA
• Editing mixer settings and sound parameters via
the Control Surface
• Quick sampling and resampling
The detailed editing pages, P1 through P9, give you
more in‐depth access to the Combi's powerful key and
velocity zones, MIDI filtering, Vector Synthesis,
KARMA, Drum Track, and Effects.
Page
• Select and play Combinations
• Perform easy edits using the Realtime
P0: Play • Adjust mix parameters including
• Select a Program for each timbre
• Quick sampling and re-sampling
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Main features
Knobs, KARMA sliders, and Tone Adjust
volume, pan, EQ, and send levels
To add finishing touches to the sound, set up the Insert,
Master, and Total Effects as desired (on the P8: Insert
Effects andP:9 Master/Total Effects pages, respectively.)
These effects can be different from those of the
individual Programs in Program mode, if desired.
In addition, you can make KARMA settings (on the P7:
KARMA page) and controller settings (on the P3: MIDI
Filter/Zones page) to create the finished Combination.
Soloing timbres
You can use the Control Surface Solo function to listen
to the Combi's individual Timbres. For more
information, see "Solo switch and Select switches 1–8"
on page 430.
Using COMPARE
When you're in the process of editing a sound,
pressing the COMPARE button will recall the saved
version of the sound, as it was before you started
editing. To indicate that you are listening to the saved
version, the button's LED will light up.
Pressing COMPARE again returns you to the version
you are editing, and the LED will go out again.
If you edit while the COMPARE LED is lit, the key will
again go dark and your previous edits will be lost.
Resetting individual controls
The RESET CONTROLS button lets you revert an
individual knob, slider, or switch to its saved setting.
For more information, see "Resetting individual
controls" on page 42.
Page
• Adjust EQ settings for each Timbre
• Assign functions to SW1/2 and Real-Time
P1:EQ/Vector/ knobs 5-8
Control • Set up Vector synthesis
• Set up the Drum Track
• Set up the on-screen pads
• Set various parameters for each timbre,
P2: Timbre Params such as MIDI channel, OSC select, Pitch
etc.
• Set up MIDI transmission/reception
P3: MIDI filters for each Timbre.
Filter/Zone • Set up keyboard and velocity zones for
each Timbre.
P4: ---
P5: ---
P6: ---
P7: KARMA • Make detailed KARMA settings.
• Select insert effects and make settings
for them. Specify send levels to the
P8: Insert Effects
Master effects and routing to the
outputs.
P9: Master and • Select Master send effects and Total
Total Effects effects, and adjust their settings.
Main features