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Playing and editing Programs
Playing Programs
What’s a Program?
ProgramsarethebasicsoundsoftheKRONOS.You
canplaythembythemselves,layerthemtogetherin
Combinations,orplayadifferentProgramoneachof
the16MIDItracks,eitherfromtheinternalsequencer
orfromexternalcomputer‐basedsequencers.
Thissectionofthemanualtakesaquicklookatplaying
Pro
gram
s,includingtoursofthefront‐panel
controllersandbasiceditingtechniques.
Selecting Programs
ThereareseveraldifferentwaystoselectPrograms.
Eachoneisconvenientinadifferentway:
•Usingthefront‐panelbuttons,valueslider,and
valueknob,youcanselectProgramsquicklyvia
physicalcontrols
•SelectingbyBankandnumber(viathetouch‐
screen)letsyoubrowsethroughallofthePrograms
inmemory
,tofindtheoneth
atyouwant
•SelectingbyProgramcategory(viathetouch‐
screen)letsyoufilterProgramsbysoundtype,such
asPianosorDrums
•Usingafoot‐switchletsyouchangeProgramseven
whilebothhandsarebusyplayingonthekeyboard
–convenientforliveapplications
•MIDIprogramchang
emessagesletyousel
ect
Programsremotely,fromeitheraMIDIsequencer
oranexternalMIDIcontroller
Set Lists
ProgramscanalsobeselectedinSetLists,alongwith
CombinationsandSongs.Formoreinformation,see
“SetLists”onpage 111.
Overview: Program Banks
KRONOSshipsfromthefactorywithalmost1,800
Programsloadedintomemory,mostofwhichcanbe
overwrittenwithyourownsounds,ifdesired.There
arealsoadditional,alternatebanksofsoundsonthe
internaldisk.Another128Programslotsareleftopen
foryourownprogramming,oradditionalsound
libraries.
TheseProg
ramsareorga
nizedinto14Banks,as
describedbelow.Youcanalsostoremanymore
Programsontheinternaldisk,oronexternalUSB2.0
devices.
BankU‐Gisleftopen,containingonlyinitialized
Programs.ThisisthedefaultlocationforPrograms
createdbyresampling.
Program Bank Contents
Asshippedfromthefactory,thecontentsofthe
ProgramBanksareasfollows:
Programbankcontents
Changing the Bank Type for USER-A…G
BankscancontaineitherHD‐1ProgramsorEXi
Programs,butnotboth.Thisassignmentisfixedfor
theInternalbanks,butcanbesetseparatelyforeachof
theUserbanks.
TochangethetypeofaUserbank:
1. Pressthefront‐panelGLOBALbuttontoenter
Globalmode.
2. SelecttheBasictab.
3.
Pressthepagemenubutton,andselectSet
ProgramUser‐BankType.
4. ChangetheTypeforthedesiredbanks.Leaveall
oftheotherbankssetto“NoChange.”
Important:Settingabank’stypewilleraseallofthe
Programdatainthebank‐somakesurethatyou’ re
noterasinganyProgramsyo
uwanttokeep!
5. PresstheOKbutton.
An“areyousure?”dialogappears.
6. Ifyou’recertainofthechange,pressOKagain.
Theselectedbankswillnowbeinitializedtousethe
newProgramtypes.
Bank Contents Bank Type
I-A
SGX-1, EP-1, and “best of” all
other EXi
EXi
I-B…F HD-1 Programs HD-1
GM (I-G) GM2 main Programs
GM
g(1)…g(9) GM2 variation Programs*
1
g(d) GM2 drum Programs*
1
U-A
HD-1, including Ambient Drums
and Sound Effects
Bank type
can be set to
either HD-1
or EXi
U-B AL-1
U-C AL-1 and CX-3
U-D STR-1
U-E MS-20EX & PolysixEX
U-F MOD-7
U-G Initialized HD-1 Programs
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