Midi Settings - Korg Kronos Operation Manual

Playing and editing Combinations
Creating Key Splits and Layers
Let's create a Combi which combines both splits and
layers, like the diagram below:
Timbre 1
Brass
Timbre 2
Strings
Timbre 3
C–1
1. Go to the Prog Select /Mixer page.
2. Select a piano sound for Timbre 1, a brass sound
for Timbre 2, and a strings sound for Timbre 3.
3. Go to the MIDI tab of the P2: Timbre Parameters
page.
4. For Timbres 1‐3, set Status to INT and MIDI
Channel to Gch (the Global Channel).
5. Go to the Keyboard Zones tab of the MIDI
Filter/Zones page.
6. Set Timbre 1's Top Key to G9, and its Bottom Key
to C4.
7. Set Timbres 2 and 3 to a Top Key of B3, and a
Bottom Key of C–1.
You can also enter these values by selecting the
parameter, and then holding down the ENTER key
and playing a note on the keyboard.
Key Zone Slope
In addition to "hard" splits, in which the sound
changes abruptly, you can use the Slope parameters to
gradually fade a sound in or out over a range of keys.
In the example above, you could set the Bottom Key of
timbre 1 to G3, and set the Top Key of timbre 2 to G4,
so that these two timbres overlap.

MIDI Settings

Timbre Parameters MIDI page
Status
This controls the status of MIDI and the internal tone
generator for each Timbre. Normally, if you're playing
an internal Program, this should be set to INT.
If the status is set to Off, EXT, or EX2, that internal
sounds will not be played. Off simply disables the
Timbre entirely. The EXT and EX2 settings allow the
Timbre to control an external MIDI device. For more
information, see "Status" on page 454 of the Parameter
Guide.
Bank Select (when status=EX2)
When the Status is set to EX2, these parameters allow
you to transmit MIDI Bank Select messages for
changing banks on external MIDI devices.
64
Piano
B3 C4 G9
Next, if you set the Bottom Slope of timbre 1 to 12, and
set the Top Slope of timbre 2 to 12, the sound will
change gradually instead of changing suddenly.
Creating Velocity Switches
Next, let's create a simple velocity switched
Combination, like the diagram below:
Timbre 1
Brass
Timbre 2
Strings
1. Go to the Prog Select /Mixer page.
2. Select a brass sound for Timbre 1, and a strings
sound for Timbre 2.
3. Go to the MIDI tab of the P2: Timbre Parameters
page.
4. For Timbres 1 and 2, set Status to INT and MIDI
Channel to Gch (the Global Channel).
5. Go to the Velocity Zones tab of the MIDI
Filter/Zones page.
6. Set Timbre 1's Top Velocity to 127, and its Bottom
Velocity to 64.
7. Set Timbre 2 to a Top Velocity of 63, and a Bottom
Velocity of 1.
Velocity Zone Slope
Similar to Key Zone Slopes, as described above, these
let you fade in and fade out sounds gradually over a
velocity range, instead of a simple hard switch.
In the case of the above example, you could set the
velocity zones of the two Timbres so that they partially
overlap. Then, set the Top Slope and Bottom Slope so
that the sound changes gradually, instead of changing
suddenly between velocity values of 63 and 64.
MIDI Channel
Timbres that you wish to play from KRONOS's
keyboard must be set to the global MIDI channel. Your
playing on the keyboard is transmitted on the global
MIDI channel, and will sound any timbre that matches
this channel. Normally you will set this to Gch. When
this is set to Gch, the MIDI channel of the timbre will
always match the global MIDI channel, even if you
change the global MIDI channel.
On some preloaded combinations, Timbres used by
KARMA may have their MIDI Channels set to
something other than Gch. These will be timbres
that play only when KARMA is on–a very useful
technique for creating "KARMAlized"
combinations.
For more information, see "7–1c: MIDI I/O" on
page 471 of the Parameter Guide. In particular, note the
relationships between KARMA assignments and MIDI
Channel.
127
64
Velocity
63
switch
1