Front Panel - Korg KRONOS Quick Start Manual

Front Panel

Front Panel
8. KARMA
9. Vector
Joystick
10. Drum
Track
11. SW 1&2
12. Joystick
13. Ribbon
14. Headphone Jack
1. VOLUME knob (MAIN/HEADPHONE)
This adjusts the volume of the main L/R audio outputs,
as well as the volume of the headphone jack.
It does not affect any of the other outputs, including
S/P DIF, individual outputs 1‐4, or the USB output.
2. Control Surface
The Control Surface is the set of 9 sliders, 8 knobs, and
16 switches to the left of the LCD screen. It looks like a
mixer, but can do a variety of things such as editing
sounds, controlling the KARMA function, and sending
MIDI messages to external devices. You can freely
change back and forth between the different functions
without losing any of your edits. Names and values of
the controls are shown on the Control Surface page.
CONTROL ASSIGN buttons
As explained below, you can use the front panel
CONTROL ASSIGN buttons to switch between the
various control surface functions.
TIMBRE/TRACK
TIMBRE/TRACK lets you use the control surface to
adjust the volume, pan, EQ, and send levels for OSC
1/2 or EXi 1/2 in Program mode (plus similar controls
for the Drum Track, with the exception of pan), the
current Multisample in Sample mode, and each of the
16 Timbres or Tracks in Combi and Sequence modes.
The LEDs to the right of the switch show whether
you're currently editing Timbres (or Tracks) 1‐8 or 9‐16;
press the TIMBRE/TRACK button to toggle between
the two.
AUDIO
AUDIO lets you use the control surface to adjust the
volume, play/mute status, solo, pan, and send levels of
the analog, S/P DIF, and USB inputs. In Sequencer
mode, you can also choose to control audio tracks 1–8
(HDR 1‐8) or 9–16 (HDR 9‐16).
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1. Volume 2. Control Surface
4. Disk Access Indicator
3. Data Entry 5. Mode 6. Utility
19. TouchView
Display
15. Exit 16. Sequencer
EXT
EXT (External) lets you use the control surface to
transmit MIDI messages to external MIDI devices.
RT KNOBS/KARMA
RT KNOBS/KARMA lets you modulate sounds and
effects with the knobs, and control KARMA with the
sliders and switches.
TONE ADJ/EQ
TONE ADJ (Tone Adjust) gives you hands‐on access to
sound editing, using the sliders, knobs, and switches.
In Combination and Sequence modes, it also lets you
edit Programs within the context of the Combi or Song,
without making any changes to the original Program
data.
EQ is available only in Set Lists. This is a nine‐band
graphic EQ applied to the sound after TFX2, which
tailors the sound from the main stereo outputs
(including the analog L/R outputs, S/P DIF, and USB).
MIXER KNOBS button
This applies only when CONTROL ASSIGN is set to
TIMBRE/TRACK or AUDIO. It toggles the knobs
between controlling the pan of all channels or
controlling the pan, EQ, and sends of the currently
selected channel.
RESET CONTROLS button
This feature lets you reset the Vector Joystick to the
center position, or reset any of the Control Surface
sliders, knobs, or switches to their saved value.
To reset a single control, hold down RESET
CONTROLS and then move a Control Surface slider or
knob, press one of the control surface buttons, or move
the Vector Joystick.
To reset all of the sliders, knobs, and switches of the
current CONTROL ASSIGN mode at once, hold down
RESET CONTROLS and then press the currently‐lit
CONTROL ASSIGN button again.
7. Bank Select
18. Sampling
17. Tempo