Korg KRONOS Quick Start Manual page 9

14. Headphone jack
This stereo 1/4" headphone jack carries the same signal
as the Main L/R outputs. The volume is controlled by
the VOLUME knob.
15. EXIT button
This button makes it easy to return to the main page of
the current mode:
• Press it once to go to the previously‐selected tab on
the main P0 page.
• Press it again to go to the first tab on the main P0
page.
• Press it a third time to select the main parameter on
the P0 page, such as the Program name in Program
mode.
Wherever you are in Program, Combi, or Sequencer
modes, pressing EXIT three times (or fewer) will take
you back to Program/Combination/Song Select, where
you can immediately use the numeric keys or
buttons to select a Program, Combination, or
Song.
When a dialog box is open, this button cancels the
settings made in the dialog box and closes the dialog
box, just like pressing the Cancel button. If a popup
menu or page menu is open, pressing EXIT closes the
menu.
16. SEQUENCER buttons
Most of the buttons in this section apply only to
Sequencer mode and, in Disk and Sampling modes, to
audio CD playback from a connected USB CD‐R/RW
drive.
REC/WRITE is the exception; it has special functions in
Program, Combination, Set List and Global modes, as
described below.
PAUSE button
In Sequencer mode, this button pauses the playback of
the song. When paused, the button's LED will light up.
Press PAUSE once again to resume playback, and the
LED will turn off.
In Disk and Sampling modes, this button pauses audio
CD playback.
<<REW button
In Sequencer mode, when the Song is playing or
paused, this button will rewind the song. When you
press and hold this button, its LED will light up, and
the playback will rewind. (Rewind is disabled during
recording, and while the Song is stopped.)
In Disk and Sampling modes, this button rewinds the
audio CD.
FF>> button
In Sequencer mode, when the Song is playing or
paused, this button will fast‐forward the song. When
you press and hold this button, the button will light,
and the playback will fast‐forward. (Fast‐forward is
disabled during recording, and while the Song is
stopped.)
In Disk and Sampling modes, this button fast‐forwards
the audio CD.
LOCATE button
In Sequencer mode, this button will advance or rewind
the song to the specified locate point. This lets you
jump immediately to any point in the current Song.
The default locate point is the first beat of measure 1.
To set the locate point to the current position, hold
down ENTER and then press LOCATE. You can also
set the Locate point via the on‐screen menu.
REC/WRITE button
In Sequencer mode, pressing this button puts the
and
system in record‐ready mode. Once you're in record‐
ready mode (shown by the button's lit LED), you can
begin recording by pressing the SEQUENCER
START/STOP button.
REC/WRITE also provides two very handy shortcuts.
For more information, see "Auto Song Setup" on
page 22, and "Shortcut: Update via SEQUENCER
REC/WRITE" on page 24.
START/STOP button
This starts or stops recording and playback in
Sequencer mode.
In Disk and Sampling modes, this button starts and
stops playback on audio CDs.
17. TEMPO controls
TEMPO knob
This knob adjusts the tempo for the KRONOS as a
whole, including Songs, KARMA, the Drum Track,
Tempo‐synced LFOs and BPM delays, and EXi Step
Sequencers. The LED will blink at quarter‐note
intervals of the current tempo.
Note: If the GLOBAL MIDI page MIDI CLOCK
parameter is set to External MIDI or USB, or if it is set
to Auto and a clock is currently being received, then
neither the TEMPO Knob nor the TAP TEMPO button
will have any effect.
TAP TEMPO button
This button lets you enter tempos simply by tapping
your finger on the button. Two taps are enough to
change the tempo; for greater accuracy, tap multiple
times.
Notice that the "q =" in the upper right of the LCD
screen will change to show the new tempo. You can
also enter tempos directly into this field using the data
entry controls, such as the numeric keypad.
Note: You can also tap tempos using a foot switch. For
more information, see "Foot Switch Assignments" in
the Appendix of the PG.
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