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About this manual
The owner’s manuals and how to use them
TheKRONOSincludesthreeowner’smanuals:
•QuickStartGuide
•OperationGuide
• ParameterGuide
AllofthesemanualsareavailableasPDFsonAccessory
Disc2,andareincludedintheon‐boardHelpsystem.A
printedversionoftheQuickStartGuideisalsoincluded.
Quick Start Guide
Pleasereadthisfirst.Itintroducesallofthebasicfeatures
oftheKRONOS,andisdesignedtogetyouupand
runningquickly.
Operation Guide
Putsimply,theOperationGuideisdesignedtoanswer
thequestion,“HowdoIdothis?”
Itexplainsthenamesandfunctionsofeachpartofthe
KRONOS,basicoperation,anoverviewofeachmode,
howtoeditsounds,recordonthesequencer,sample,and
soon.Thisguidealsoexplainstheb
asicsofeffe
cts,
KARMA,DrumTrack,WaveSequences,andDrumKits.
Finally,italsocontainsatroubleshootingguideand
supplementalinformationsuchasspecifications.
Parameter Guide
TheParameterGuideisdesignedtoanswerthequestion,
“Whatdoesthisdo?”
Organizedbymodeandpage,theParameterGuide
includesinformationoneachandeveryparameterinthe
KRONOS.
Voice Name List
TheVoice NameListlistsallofthesoundsandsetups
thatareintheKRONOSwhenitisshippedfromthe
factory,includingPrograms,Combinations,
Multisamples,DrumSamples,DrumKits,KARMAGEs,
WaveSequences,DrumTrackPatterns,TemplateSongs,
andEffectPresets.
PDF versions
TheKRONOSPDFmanualsaredesignedforeasy
navigationandsearching.TheyincludeextensivePDF
contentsinformation,whichgenerallyappearsonthe
sideofthewindowinyourPDFreaderandletsyoujump
quicklytoaspecificsection.Allcross‐referencesare
hyper‐links,sothatclickingonthemautomaticallytakes
yo
utothesou
rceofthereference.
On-board Help system*
TheHELPbuttongivesyoubuilt‐in,context‐sensitive
accesstotheusermanuals,rightfromthefrontpanel.
Forinformationonanyfront‐panelbutton,knob,slider,
orreal‐timecontroller,justholddownHELPandthen
pressthebuttonormovethecontrollerinquestion.
ForinformationonthecurrentLCDpage,pressand
releasetheHEL
Pbutton.
FormoredetailsonusingtheHelpsystem,see“HELP
button”onpage 3.
*English‐languageonly.
Conventions in this manual
References to the KRONOS
TheKRONOSisavailablein88‐key,73‐key,and61‐key
models.Themanualsrefertoallmodelswithout
distinctionas“theKRONOS.”Thefrontpanelandrear
panelillustrationsinthemanualshowthe61‐keymodel,
buttheyapplyidenticallytotheothermodels.
Abbreviations for the manuals: OG, PG, VNL
Inthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsare
abbreviatedasfollows.
QS:QuickStartGuide
OG:OperationGuide
PG:ParameterGuide
VNL:TheVoiceNameList
Symbols , , Note, Tips
Thesesymbolsrespectivelyindicateacaution,aMIDI‐
relatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.
Example screen displays
Theparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensof
thismanualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmay
notnecessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheLCD
screenofyourinstrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.
InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquare
brackets[]alwaysindicatehexadecimalnumbers.
ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgKRONOS.Tohelpyougetthemostoutofyournewinstrument,pleasereadthis
manualcarefully.
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