Playing Songs; Playback - Korg Kronos Operation Manual

Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

Playing Songs

Playback

In order to play back a Song in the sequencer, you must
first either load the Song from disk, send the Song to
the KRONOS via MIDI SysEx, or record a new Song.
Let's start by loading and playing the demo song data.
1. Follow the instructions for loading and playing
the demo songs under "Listening to the demo
songs" on page 1347 of the Quick Start Guide.
Now, let's experiment with the different controls.
2. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP button.
Pressing this once starts playback; pressing it again
stops playback. Pressing it a third time resumes
playback from where it stopped.
Note: SEQUENCER START/STOP has a special
function on P5: Pattern/RPPR. On this page, instead of
playing the Song, START/STOP plays the selected
pattern.
Song Select
Popup
Track 2
Track 1
Category
Program Select
Play/Mute/Rec
Solo
Pan
Volume
Mute and Solo
Mute lets you silence any of the MIDI tracks 1–16,
audio tracks 1–16, or any of the audio inputs (analog 1,
2, USB 1,2, S/P DIF L/R). Solo lets you hear any of these
tracks or inputs by itself. These functions can be used
in various ways. For example, you can listen only to
the rhythm section of the previously‐recorded tracks
while you record new tracks. Let's try out the Mute and
Solo functions.
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3. Press the LOCATE button to return to the start of
The locate point defaults to the start of the Song. You
can change this as desired; see "LOCATE settings" on
page 73.
4. Press the PAUSE button to pause playback.
Press the PAUSE switch once again to resume
playback.
5. Press the <<REW or FF>> buttons to rewind or fast‐
You can use <<REW and FF>> during playback or
while stopped.
If you like, you can adjust the rewind
and fast‐forward speeds using the
FF/REW SPEED page menu command.
6. To set the tempo, turn the TEMPO
Meter
1. Use "Song Select" to select the song that you want
2. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch.
3. Press track 1 Play/Rec/Mute.
the Song.
forward.
knob or press the TAP TEMPO
switch at the desired interval.
Tempo
to play back.
The display will change from Play to Mute, and the
playback of track 1 will no longer be heard. In this
way, the "mute" function allows you to silence a
specified track until the track is un‐muted.
Press track 2 Play/Rec/Mute. The display will
change, and the playback of track 2 will also be