Korg Krome User manual

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Operation Guide

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About this manual

The manuals and how to use them

TheKROMEcomeswiththefollowingmanuals.

•VideoManual(approximately60minutes)

•QuickStartGuide(printedandPDF)

•OperationGuide(PDF)

• ParameterGuide(PDF)

•VoiceNameList(PDF)

Allofthesemanualsareontheincludedaccessorydisc.

AprintedcopyisincludedonlyfortheQuickStart

Guide.

Video Manual

Thisvideoillustratesthemainfunctionalityofthe

KROME.

Quick Start Guide

ThisprovidesasimpleexplanationoftheKROME’s

functions.Tobegin,pleasewatchtheVideoManualand

readtheQuickStartGuide.

Operation Guide

Putsimply,theOperationGuideisdesignedtoanswer

thequestion,“HowdoIdothis?”

Itexplainsthenamesandfunctionsofeachpartofthe

KROME,basicoperation,anoverviewofeachmode,

howtoeditsounds,recordonthesequencer,andsoon.

Thisguidealsoexplainsthebasicsofeffects,the

Arpeggiator,DrumTrack,andDrumKits.

Finally,italsocontainsa

troubleshootingguideaswellas

supplementalinformationsuchasalistofspecifications.

Parameter Guide

TheParameterGuideisdesignedtoanswerthequestion,

“Whatdoesthisdo?”

Organizedbymodeandpage,theParameterGuide

includesinformationoneachandeveryparameterinthe

KROME.

Voice Name List

TheVoiceNameListlistsallofthesoundsandsetups

thatareintheKROMEwhenitisshippedfromthe

factory,includingPrograms,Combinations,

Multisamples,Drumsamples,DrumKits,Arpeggio

Patterns,DrumTrackPatterns,TemplateSongs,and

EffectPresets.

PDF versions

TheKROMEPDFmanualsaredesignedforeasy

navigationandsearching.TheyincludeextensivePDF

contentsinformation,whichgenerallyappearsonthe

sideofthewindowinyourPDFreaderandletsyoujump

quicklytoaspecificsection.Allcross‐referencesare

hyper‐links,sothatclickingonthemautomaticallytakes

yo

utothesourceofthereference.

Conventions in this manual

References to the KROME

TheKROMEisavailablein88‐key,73‐key,and61‐key

models.Themanualsrefertoallmodelswithout

distinctionas“theKROME.”Thefrontpanelandrear

panelillustrationsinthemanualshowthe61‐keymodel,

buttheyapplyidenticallytotheothermodels.

Abbreviations for the manuals: QS, OG, PG,

VNL

Inthedocumentation,referencestothemanualsare

abbreviatedasfollows.

QS:QuickStartGuide

OG:OperationGuide

PG:ParameterGuide

VNL:TheVoiceNameList

Symbols , , Note, Tips

Thesesymbolsrespectivelyindicateacaution,aMIDI‐

relatedexplanation,asupplementarynote,oratip.

Example screen displays

Theparametervaluesshownintheexamplescreensof

thismanualareonlyforexplanatorypurposes,andmay

notnecessarymatchthevaluesthatappearintheDisplay

ofyourinstrument.

MIDI-related explanations

CC#isanabbreviationforControlChangeNumber.

InexplanationsofMIDImessages,numbersinsquare

brackets[]alwaysindicatehexadecimalnumbers.

What is REMs * ?

(ResonantstructureandElectroniccircuit

ModelingSystem)isKorg’sproprietarytechnologyfor

digitallyrecreatingthenumerousfactorsthatproduce

andinfluenceasound,rangingfromthesound‐

productionmechanismsofacousticinstrumentsand

electric/electronicmusicalinstruments,totheresonances

ofaninstrumentbodyorspeakercabinet,thesoundfield

inwh

ichtheinstrumentisplayed,thepropagationroute

ofthesound,theelectricalandacousticrespon

seofmics

andspeakers,andthechangesproducedbyvacuum

tubesandtransistors.

*Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethe

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespective

owners.

ThankyouforpurchasingtheKorgKROMEMusicWorkstation.Tohelpyougetthemostoutofyournew

instrument,pleasereadthismanualcarefully.

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Table of Contents

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Introduction to the KROME . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Front and rear panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Objects in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About the KROME’s modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting the AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Connecting a damper pedal, foot switch, or

foot pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Connecting the KROME to a computer. . . . . . . . . . . .20

Connecting MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Playing and editing Programs . . . . . . . .21

Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Program information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Performing with the arpeggiator or drum track . . .26

Easy Program editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adjusting the EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Adjusting the volume balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Using realtime controls to edit the sound or

effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Using Tone Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Comparing the unedited sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Saving your edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Detailed Editing with Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Before you start editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

An overview of the edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Basic oscillator settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Creating time-varying changes (LFO and EG). . . . . .35

Diverse modulation settings

(AMS and AMS mixer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Controlling Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Making controller assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Drum Track settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Automatically importing a Program

into Sequence mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Playing and editing Combinations . . . .43

Playing combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Selecting Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using controllers to modify the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Performing with the arpeggiator or drum track . . . 45

Easy Combination editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Changing the program of each timbre. . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Adjusting the mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Simple editing using the knobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Saving a Combination you’ve edited . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Detailed Editing with Combinations . . . . . . . . . . 47

A suggested approach for editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Restoring edited settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

MIDI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . . . . 51

Arpeggiator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Automatically importing a Combination

into Sequencer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Creating songs (Sequencer mode) . . . .53

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

About the KROME’s Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sequencer mode structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Transport control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Recording MIDI in real time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Step recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Recording multiple tracks from an external

sequencer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Recording System Exclusive events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Recording patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Other way to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Song editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

MIDI tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Track view edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Piano Roll Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Creating an RPPR pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating RPPR data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

RPPR playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Realtime-recording an RPPR performance . . . . . . . .72

Creating and playing a Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Creating a cue list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Converting a cue list to a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Saving your song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

An overview of the KROME’s effects . . . . . . . . . . 77

Effect I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Routing effect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Program Effects settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Using effects in Combinations and Songs . . . . . . . . .81

Dynamic modulation, Common FX LFO . . . . . . . 82

Dynamic modulation (Dmod). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Arpeggiator function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using the arpeggiator while you play . . . . . . . . 85

Using the arpeggiator in Program mode . . . . . . . . . .85

Using the arpeggiator in Combination mode. . . . . .88

Arpeggiator settings in Combination and

Sequencer modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Linking the arpeggiator to programs or

combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Creating a user arpeggio pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Regarding arpeggiator synchronization. . . . . . . . . . .96

Drum Track function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Performing with the Drum Track function . . . . 97

Using the Drum Track function in Program

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Using the Drum Track function in Combination

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Drum Track function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Drum Track function settings in Program

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Drum Track function settings in Combination

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Drum Track function settings in Sequencer

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Synchronizing the Drum Track function. . . . . . . . . 102

Creating a Drum Track pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Using Drum Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Drum Kit Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Before you start editing… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Editing a Drum Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Adjusting Global KROME setings . . . . 109

How Global mode is structured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Global settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Basic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Pedal and other controller settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Creating user scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Setting Category Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Loading & saving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Saving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Saving data on the KROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Writing to internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Saving to SD card (Media–Save) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Using the KROME as a data filer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Loading data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Data that can be loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Loading data from SD card (Media–Load). . . . . . . .120

Media utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Formatting media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Setting the current time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Restoring the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Loading the preloaded data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Programs and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Drum Track function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Drum Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Damper pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Connections with a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Error and confirmation messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Operating requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Introduction to the KROME

Front and rear panels

Front panel

1. Volume

VOLUME knob

ThisknobadjuststhevolumeoftheAUDIOOUTPUT

L/MONO,Routputs,aswellasthevolumeofthe

headphonejack.(Seepage 15)

2. SW1, 2 and Joystick

SW1 and SW2

Thesebuttonsareusedtocontroltheprogramsor

effectparameters,ortoturnthejoysticklockfunction

on/off.(Seepage 24)

Joystick

Youcancontrolsynthesisparametersoreffect

parametersbymovingthejoystickup/down/left/right.

(Seepage 24)

3. REALTIME CONTROLS

Theserealtimecontrollersconsistoffourknobsand

onebutton.Youcanusethemtodothefollowing

things.

• Controlthesoundandeffectsofprogramsand

combinations

• Controlthearpeggiator

SELECT button, knobs 1–4

UsetheSELECTbuttontoselectthefunctions

controlledbyknobs1–4.Byusingknobs1–4youcan

controlthesound,effects,andarpeggiator.

(Fordetails,pleasesee“Realtimecontrolknobs”on

page 25.)

(Fordetails,pleasesee“Usingrealtimecontrolstoedit

thesoundoreffects”onpage 28.)

4. Arpeggiator

ARP button

Thisbuttonturnsthearpeggiatoron/off.Thebutton

willbelitifthearpeggiatorison.(Seepage 85)

5. DRUM TRACK

DRUM TRACK button

ThisbuttonturnstheDrumTrackfunctiononoroff.

Thisbuttonalsoindicatestheoperatingstateofthe

drumtrack.(Unlit:off,Blinking:waitingfortrigger,

Lit:on.Seepage 97.)

6. Effect buttons

MASTER FX button

TOTAL FX button

Thesebuttonsturnthemastereffectandtotaleffecton/

off.Whenthebuttonison(LEDlit),theeffectsettings

oftheprogram,combination,orsongwillbeenabled.

Whenthebuttonisoff(LEDunlit),thecorresponding

effectwillbeoff.

Theon/offstatusofthesebuttonsisrememberedeven

whenyouswitchprograms,combinations,orsongs.

(Seepage 110)

2

3

7

8 9

4

15

5

11 10

13 14

6

1

12

* The diagram shown is for KROME-61

Introduction to the KROME

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7. Display

Display

TheTouchViewdisplayfeaturessimpletouchcontrol

andselectionofnumerousfeaturesandparameters.

(Seepage 4)

8. Mode

COMBI, PROG, SEQ, GLOBAL, MEDIA buttons

KROMEhasfivedifferentmodes,eachoneis

optimizedforaspecificsetoffunctions.

Pressoneofthesebuttonstoenterthecorresponding

mode.

Formoredetails,pleasesee“Selectingmodes”on

page 9.

9. PROG/COMBI BANK

A, B, C, D, E, F buttons

ThesebuttonsselectprogrambanksA–Fand

combinationbanksA–D(seepage 21,andpage 44).

Youcanalsousethesebuttonstoselectthebankof

timbreprogramsinacombination,orthebankoftrack

programsinasong(seepage 46,andpage 57).

IfyouwanttoselectaGMbank,usethenumerickeys

(seepage 22)ortheBank/ProgramSelectmenu(see

page 22).

10. VALUE controllers

Usethesecontrollerstoedittheparameterthat’s

selectedinthedisplay.

INC and DEC buttons

VALUE dial

0–9, –, ., and ENTER buttons

Together,thesecontrolsspecifyandconfirmthevalue

oftheselectedparameter.(Seepage 10)

COMPARE button

Comparesyourcurrenteditedsoundtothesound

beforeitwasedited.

Formoredetails,pleasesee“Comparefunction”on

page 11.

11. PAGE SELECT, EXIT

PAGE button

Whenyoupressthisbutton,alistofthepageswithin

theselectedmodewillappearinthedisplay.Pressthe

buttonofthedesiredpage.(Seepage 9)

EXIT button

Pressthisbuttontoreturntothemainpageofthe

currentmode.(Seepage 9)

12. Save (Write)

WRITE button

Usethisbuttontosaveprograms,combinations,global

settings,drumkits,orarpeggiopatternstointernal

memory(seepage 9).

You’llalsousethisbuttontosavesongstomedia(see

page 75).

Whenyoupressthisbuttonintheappropriatemodeor

page,aWritedialogboxwillappear.Pressthebutton

onceagaintosavethedata.

13. Sequencer

Thebuttonsinthissectionareusedforoperationsin

Sequencermode,suchasrecordingandplayback(see

page 54).TheREC(●)buttonisalsousedtosavea

programorcombination,orwhenusingtheAutoSong

Setupfunction(seepage 59).

PAUSE ( ) button

REW ( ) button

FF ( ) button

LOCATE ( ) button

REC ( ) button

START/STOP ( ) button

14. TEMPO controls

TEMPO knob

Thisknobadjuststhetempoofthearpeggiator,drum

track,orinternalsequencer.

TEMPO LED

ThisLEDwillblinkatquarter‐noteintervalsofthe

currenttempo.

TAP button

Bypressing(ortapping)thisbuttononthebeat,you

canenterthetempousedbythearpeggiator,drum

track,orinternalsequencer(seepage 25).

15. Headphone

Headphone jack

Connectyourheadphoneshere.

ThisjackwilloutputthesamesignalastheAUDIO

OUTPUTL/MONOandRjacks.

TheheadphonevolumeiscontrolledbytheVOLUME

knob.

Front and rear panels Rear panel

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Rear panel

1. Power supply

Besuretosee“Turningthepoweron”onpage 15and

followthecorrectproceduredescribedthere.

Note: TheKROMEhasanautopower‐offfunctionthat

automaticallyturnsoffthepowerwhenthekeyboard

orfrontpanelbuttonshavenotbeenusedforacertain

lengthoftime.Withthefactorysettings,thisissetto4

hours(see“Au t o power‐offfunction”

onpage 16).

Power switch

Thisswitchturnsthepoweron/off.(Seepage 15)

AC adapter connector

TheincludedACadapterisconnectedhere.

(See page 15)

Connectionsmustbemadewiththepowerturned

off.Pleasebeawarethatcarelessoperationmay

damageyourspeakersystemorcause

malfunctions.

Cable hook

UsethistosecurethecableoftheincludedACadapter.

AfterconnectingtheACadapter,loopthecable

aroundthehooklocatedontheKROME’srearpanelso

thatthecablewon’tgetpulledoutinadvertently.Leave

enoughslackontheplugendsothatyoucan

disconnectitifyouwantto.(Seepage 15)

Becarefulnottobendthebaseoftheplugany

morethanne

cessary.

2. AUDIO OUTPUTS

AUDIO OUTPUT L/MONO & R jack

Thesearethestereoaudiooutputs.UsetheVOLUME

knobtoadjustthevolume.(Seepage 17)

3. PEDALS

Youcanconnectadamperpedal,footswitch,andfoot

pedaltothesejacks.Thisgivesyouabroaderrangeof

functionsandeffectstocontrol.(Seepage 18)

ASSIGNABLE PEDAL jack

ASSIGNABLE SWITCH jack

DAMPER jack

4. MIDI

MIDIletsyouconnecttheKROMEtoacomputeror

otherMIDIdevices,forsendingandreceivingnotes,

controllergestures,soundsettings,andsoon.(See

page 20)

MIDI IN connector

MIDI OUT connector

5. SD

SD card slot

YoucaninsertanSDcardhere,anduseittosave/load

KROMEprograms,combinations,orsongdata.(See

page 118)

6. USB

USB connector

(for connecting to computer)

Youcanconnectyourcomputertothisconnector.

UsingasingleUSBcable,yourKROMEcansendand

receiveMIDIinformationdirectlytoandfroma

computer,withoutrequiringaMIDIinterface.(See

page 20)

Note: TheUSBconnectoroftheKROMEisonlyableto

transmitandreceiveMIDIdata.

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Introduction to the KROME

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Objects in the display

TheKROMEusesKorg’sTouchViewgraphicaluser

interface.

Bypressingordraggingobjectsshowninthedisplay,

youcanselectprogramsorcombinations,oredit

parametervalues.Herewe’llexplainthenamesand

functionsoftheseobjects.

a: Mode button

Thisindicatesthemodethat’scurrentlyselected.

Whenyoupressthisbutton,theModemenuwill

appear.Inthemodemenu,pressthenameofthemode

thatyouwanttomove.Ifyouselectthecurrently

selectedmode,thePageSelectmenuforthatmodewill

appear.Eveninanothermode,pressingtherightside

ofthenamewilldisplaythePageSelectmenuforeach

mode.

Toclosethemenu,presstheClosebuttonortheEXIT

button.

IfyouaccessthismenufromGlobalorMediamode,it

willincludeanitemnamedReturn.Ifyoupress

Return,youwillreturntothemodewhereyouwere

beforeselectingGlobalorMed

iamode.

Mode menu

b: Current page

Thisindicatesthecurrentpagewithintheselected

mode.

Beginningontheleft,thisareashowsthemodebutton,

pagenumber:name,andtabname.

c: Tab

Mostpagesaredividedintotwoormoretabs.

d: Parameters

Theparametersforvarioussettingsareshowninthe

display.

e: Edit cell

Whenyoutouchaparameterinthedisplay,the

parameterorparametervaluewillusuallybe

highlighted(displayedinreversehighlighting).Thisis

calledtheeditcell,andthehighlighteditemwillbe

availableforediting.

UseavaluecontrollersuchastheVALUEdial(see

page 2)toeditthevalue.

Alternatively,youcaneditthevaluebypressingthe

editcellandusingyou

rfingertodraginthedirection

ofthetrianglesthatappear.(Theshadingofthe

triangleswillchangeinthreelevels;thisfunctionwill

becomeavailablewhenthedarkestshadingis

reached.)

Inaddition,youcandisplaytheed

itpadbypressing

twiceinsuccessionontheeditcell,orbyhold

ingit

downforatimeandthenreleasingit(seepage 6).

f: Sliders and knobs

Toeditthevalueofanobjectshapedlikeaslideror

knob,pressittomovetheeditcell.Fordetailsonhow

toeditthevalue,pleasesee“e:Editcell,”above.

Theparameterwillbeactiveifitischecked,and

inactiveifitisunchecked.

g: Check boxes

Thepresenceorabsenceofacheckmarkintheseboxes

willenable/disableparametersorfunctions.Puttinga

checkmarkintheboxwillenabletheitem,and

clearingthecheckmarkwilldisableit.

h: Toggle buttons

Thistypeofbuttonwillchangeitsfunctionorswitch

on/offeachtimeitispressed.

Play/Rec/Mutebutton(Sequencermode)

SoloOn/Offbutton(Sequencermode)

On/OffbuttonforEffect

h: Toggle buttons

b: Current page

e: Edit cell

g: Check boxes

i: Popup

button (1)

j: Popup

button (2)

k: Menu command button

a: Mode button l: Stopwatch button

f: Sliders and knobs c: Tabd: Parameters

When selected in Program,

Combination, or

Sequencer mode

When selected in Global or

Media mode

Mode button Page number and name

Tab name

Front and rear panels Objects in the display

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i: Popup button (1)

Whenthisbuttonispressed,apopupmenuwill

appear,showingtheparametervaluesthatare

availableforselection.

Toentertheparametervalue,pressthedesiredvaluein

thepopupmenu.

* Popup menu

Thisswitchesthepopupmenu

displaybetweenlockedand

unlocked.

Whenlocked,thepinwillbeshown

closed,andthepopupmenuwill

remaindisplayedevenafteryou

pressaparametervalue.When

unlocked,thepinwillbeshown

opened,andthepopupmenuwill

closeimmediatelywhenyoupressa

parameterva

lue.

j: Popup button (2)

Whenyoupressthisbutton,atabbedmenuwill

appear.

Tocloseatabbedmenu,presstheOKbuttonorCancel

button.

Scroll bar

Usethiswhenyouneedtoseeparametervaluesthat

extendbeyondwhatcanbeshowninthedisplayat

onetime.

k: Menu command button

* Menu

Whenthisbuttonispressed,alistofmenucommands

willappear.

Themenucommandsthatappearwilldiffer

dependingontheselectedpage.

Youcanalsoselectuptotenmenucommandsby

holdingdowntheENTERbuttonandpressinga

numerickey0–9.Themenuwillclosewhenyoupress

thedisplayinalocationotherthanthemenu,orwhen

youpresstheEXI

Tbutton.

* Dialog box

Whenyouselectamenucommand,you’llseeascreen

containingthesettingsneededtoexecutethe

command.Thisiscalledadialogbox.Thedialogbox

thatappearswilldependonthemenucommandthat

youselect.Somecommands,suchasExclusiveSolo,

donotdisplayadialogbox.

* Text edit button

Whenyoupressthisbutton,thetexteditdialogbox

appearsforchangingthenamesofPrograms,

Combinations,Songs,etc.Fordetails,pleasesee

“Editingnames”onpage 117.

* OK and Cancel buttons

Afterperformingotheroperationsinthedialogbox,

youcanexecutethecommandbypressingtheOK

button.Tocancelwithoutexecuting,presstheCancel

button.(Theoperationwilloccurwhenyoupressand

releasethebutton.)Thedialogboxwillclose.

TheEXITbuttoncorrespondstotheCancelbutton,

Donebutton,andExitbutton.

* Done, Copy, and Insert buttons

Therearebuttonswhichperformfunctionwhenthey

arepressedandreleased,suchasDone,Copy,and

Insert(similartotheOKandCan celbuttonsexplained

under“*Dialogbox,”above).

l: Stopwatch button

Whenyoupressthebuttonontheupperrightofthe

display,thetimeelapsedsincepower‐onwillbe

displayed.YoucanusetheSTART/STOPbuttonand

RESETbuttontomeasureelapsedtime.Thisis

Press here to scroll to left or right.

Press here and slide to left or

right to scroll to the desired

location.

Press here to scroll to the

corresponding location.

Menu command button

Menu button

Text edit button

Cancel button OK button

Character

buttons

Shift button

Switches

between

uppercase and

lowercase

characters.

Delete button

Deletes the

character to the

left of the cursor.

Cursor buttons

Move the cursor

to left or right.

Space button

Insert a space at

the cursor location.

Clear button

Delete all characters

of the text.

Cancel button, OK button

If you are satised with the text

that you input, press the OK

button. If you wish to discard

your input and exit the text edit

box, press the Cancel button.

Cursor

Character Set Selects

the type of character.

Text

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convenientwhenyouwanttocheckthetimeduringa

liveperformanceorrehearsal,ortodeterminethe

approximateplaybacktimeofasong.

•START/STOP:Startsorstopsthestopwatch

• RESET:Returnsthetimeto000:00:00

m: Radio buttons

Pressaradiobuttontoselectonevaluefromtwoor

morechoices.

* Edit pad

Numericalinputpad/calculator

Ifyoupressaneditcell,slider,orknobtwiceinquick

succession,apadforinputtingnumbersorusinga

calculatorwillappear.Thevariousbuttonshavethe

followingfunctions.

• OPERATIONDIRECT/CALCULATE:Switches

betweennumericalinputpadandcalculator.

•CE(clearentry):Clearsthecurrently‐inputnumber.

•Ent:Entersthenumberfromthepadintothe

parameter,andclosesthepad.

• RECALL:Cop

iestheparametervalueintothepad.

•Close:Closesthepad.

Note: Someparameterscannotusethecalculator

function.

Bankandnumberselectpad

IfyoupresstwiceinsuccessiononProgramSelect,

CombinationSelect,orTimbreSelect,thebankand

nu

mberselectpadwillappear.

Bankandnumberselectpad

•BANK:Selectstheprogramorcombinationbank.

•Forotherfunctions,see“Numericalinputpad.”

Val ueslider/Wheelpad

Whenyouholddownaneditcell,slider,orknobfora

whileandthenreleaseit,thewheel/valuesliderwill

appear.

Tochangethevalue,dragthewheel/sliderpad.

SLIDER

WHEEL

Note: Ifyoudon’twanttheeditpadtoappear,clearthe

“EnableEditPad”checkboxinthemenufoundin

GlobalP0:BasicSetup–SystemPreferences(see

page 111).

* EG, Velocity Split

YoucanchangethevaluesofaEGorvelocitysplit

objectbydragginginthedisplay.

* Realtime control popup

WhenyouuseaREALTIMECONTROLSknob,a

popupwillindicatethefunctionthat’sbeingcontrolled

anditsvalue.Acertainlengthoftimeafteryoustop

usingtheknob,thispopupwillcloseautomatically.If

youpressthepopupwhileit’sdisplayed,itwillstay

visible,allowingyoutoenterthevalueusingavalue

controllersuc

hasthenumerickeys.

Note: Ifyoudon’twanttherealtimecontrolpopupto

appear,clearthe“REALTIMECONTROLPop‐Up”

checkboxinthemenulocatedinGlobalP0:Basic

Setup–SystemPreferences.

m: Radio buttons

Numericalinputpad Calculator

Basic Information About the KROME’s modes

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Basic Information

About the KROME’s modes

TheKROMEhasnumerousfunctionsthatletyouplay

andeditprogramsorcombinations,recordandplay

backsequencedata,andmanagemedia.These

functionsaregroupedinto“modes.”TheKROMEhas

fivemodes.

Program mode

ProgramsarethebasicsoundsofKROME.

InProgrammode,youcan:

•SelectandplayPrograms.

•Useonearpeggiatorinyourperformance.

•PlaybackDrumTrackpatternswhileyouperform

usingaProgram.

•EditPrograms

YoucanusetherealtimecontrolsandtheTone

Adjustfunctiontoeasilyedittheprogram.

Youcanadjusttheparametersandsettingsofthe

osci

llators,filters,amps,EGs,LFOs,effects,arpeggi‐

ator

,drumtrack,etc.

Youcanuseuptofiveinserteffects,twomaster

effects,andonetotaleffect.

Plus,youcancreatedrumprogramsusingdrum

kits(ascreatedinGlobalmode).

Combination mode

Combinationsaresetsofupto16programsthatcanbe

playedsimultaneously,lettingyoucreatesoundsthat

aremorecomplexthanasingleProgram.In

Combinationmode,youcan:

•SelectandplayCombinations.

•Usemultipletimbrestoplayarpeggiopatterns

generatedbytwoarpeggiators.

•Useoneormoretimbrestoplaybackthepatterns

inthedrumtrack.

•UsetheKROMEasa16‐trackmultitimbraltone

generator.

•Ed

itCombinations

Youcanusethetoneadjustfunctiontoeasilyedit

theprogramofeachtimbre.

YoucanassignProgramstoeachofthe16Timbres,

eachwithseparatevolume,pan,EQ,andkeyboard

andvelocityzones;makesettingsforeffects,arpeg‐

giator,drumtrack.

Plus,yo

ucanuseuptofiveinserteffects,twomas‐

tereffects,andonetotaleffect.

Sequencer mode

Sequencermodeletsyourecord,playback,andedit

MIDItracks.Youcan:

•Usethesixteen‐trackMIDIsequencertorecordand

playbacksongs.

RecordasingleMIDItrackatatime,orrecordas

manyasallsixteentrackssimultaneously.Youcan

alsorecordexclusivemessages.

•Usemultipletrackstorecordandplayback

performancesgeneratedbytwoarpeggia

tors.

•Useoneormoretrackstoplaybackthepatternsin

thedrumtrack.

•Editsongs.

•UsetheKROMEasa16‐partmulti‐timbralsound

module.

•GM/GM2playbackisalsosupported.

•UsetheToneAdjustfunctiontoeasilyeditthe

programofeachtrack.

•Useuptofiv

einserteffects,twomastereffects,and

onetotaleffect.

•Rec

ordpatternsandassignthemtoindividual

keys,usingRPPR(RealtimePatternPlay/

Recording).

• CreateaCueListthatwillplaybackmultiplesongs

intheorderthatyouspecify.

• CreateuserDrumTrackpatterns.

Global mode

Globalmodeletsyouadjustoverallsettingsforthe

entireKROME,andeditdrumkits,arpeggiopatterns.

InGlobalmode,youcan:

•AdjustsettingsthataffecttheentireKROME,such

asmastertuneandglobalMIDIchannel.

• Createuserscales.

• Createdrumkitsusingdrumsamples.

• Createuserarpeggiopatterns.

• Renameprogram,andcombinationcategories.

•S

etthefunctionoftheassignablepedalsand

assignablebuttons.

•Trans

mitMIDISystemExclusivedatadumps.

Media mode

YoucansaveorloaddatausinganSDcard.InMedia

mode,youcan:

• SaveandloadPrograms,Combinations,Songs,and

Globalsetupdata.

•FormatSDcard,copyandrenamefiles,etc.

•Performfileoperationssuchascopyingdatatoor

frommedia.

•ExportandimportsequencestoandfromSMF

(StandardMIDIFiles).

•UsetheDataFilerfunctiontosaveorlo

adMIDI

SystemExclusivedata.

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RelationaldiagramoftheKROME’smodes

IFX 1

IFX 5

MFX 1

MFX 2

TFX

Insert / Master / Total Eect

TRACK 1

TRACK 8

TRACK 2

TRACK 3

TRACK 4

TRACK 5

TRACK 6

TRACK 7

PROGRAM

TRACK 9

TRACK 16

TRACK 10

TRACK 11

TRACK 12

TRACK 13

TRACK 14

TRACK 15

PROGRAM

Arpeggiator B

Arpeggiator A

Drum Track

IFX 1

IFX 5

MFX 1

MFX 2

TFX

Insert / Master / Total Eect

TIMBRE 1

TIMBRE 8

TIMBRE 2

TIMBRE 3

TIMBRE 4

TIMBRE 5

TIMBRE 6

TIMBRE 7

PROGRAM

TIMBRE 9

TIMBRE 16

TIMBRE 10

TIMBRE 11

TIMBRE 12

TIMBRE 13

TIMBRE 14

TIMBRE 15

PROGRAM

Arpeggiator

Arpeggiator B

Arpeggiator A

IFX 1

IFX 5

MFX 1

MFX 2

TFX

Insert / Master / Total Eect

MIDI TRACK 1...16

PCG / SNG

PCG

DrumTrack

DRUMS PROGRAM

ARPEGGIO PA TTERN

Preset Drum Track Pattern

User Drum Track Pattern

Preset Pattern: P0 - 4

User Pattern

OSC 1

PITCH1

FILTER1

AMP1/

DRIVER1

OSC 2

PITCH2

FILTER2

AMP2/

DRIVER2

Multisample 1

Drum Kit

Multisample 5

Multisample 2 Multisample 6

Multisample 3 Multisample 7

Multisample 4 Multisample 8

Multisample 1

Drum Kit

Multisample 5

Multisample 2 Multisample 6

Multisample 3 Multisample 7

Multisample 4 Multisample 8

Key Assign

DRUM KIT

Drumsample 1

Drumsample 5

Drumsample 2

Drumsample 6

Drumsample 3

Drumsample 7

Drumsample 4

Drumsample 8

GLOBAL MODE

PROGRAM

COMBINATION

SEQUENCER

DRUM KIT

MEDIA MODE

ARPEGGIO PATTERN

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Basic operations

Afteryou’veturnedontheKROME,here’showto

performbasicoperations,suchasselectingmodesand

pages.

Selecting modes

InordertouseaparticularfunctionontheKROME,

youmustfirstselecttheappropriatemode.

•Pressoneofthefrontpanelmodebuttonstoenter

thecorrespondingmode.

•Alternatively,youcanpresstheModebutton

locatedintheupperleftofthedisplay,andselect

thedesiredmodefromamenu(seepage 4).

Forasummaryofeachmode,pleasesee“A b o u t the

KROME’smodes”onpage 7.

Note: Theselectedmodeisshownintheupperleftof

thedisplay,andalsoindicatedbythelitstatusofoneof

theabovemodebuttons.

Note: BypressingtheGLOBALorMEDIAbutton

twice,youcanselectthepreviously‐sele

ctedmode

(Combination,Program,orSequencer).

Selecting page group and tabs

Eachmodehasalargenumberofparameters,which

aregroupedintopages.Thesepagesarefurther

subdividedbytabs;withuptotwelvetabsperpage.

•Makesurethatthedesiredmodeisselected.

Forthisexplanationwe’lluseCombinationmodeas

anexample.

Selecting a page group

Moving by selecting a page group

ThePageSelectscreenshowsalistofthepagegroups

withineachmode.Selectthedesiredpagegroupfrom

thislist.

1. PressthePAGEbutton.

Alternatively,youcanaccessthemodemenuandpress

themodebutton,andthenpresstherightsideofthe

menu(seepage 4).

Thepageselectmenuwillappear.

Thepagewhereyouwereimmediatelybefo

repressing

thePAGEbuttonisshowninadarkercolorforyour

reference.

2. Pressthebuttonforthepagethatyouwantto

view.

P0:Playisthepageyou’llnormallyusewhen

performingontheKROME.(Thesameistruein

Programmode.)Editingisdoneinotherpages.

Asanexamplehere,tryselecting“P4Zone/Delay.”The

P4:

Zone/Delay–KeyZT01–08pagewillappear.

Note: Thepagethatappearswillbeshowingthetab

thatyoumostrecentlyselected.

Using the PAGE button plus the numeric keys 0–9

to access different pages

•HolddownthePAGEbuttonandusethenumeric

keys0–9tospecifythepagenumberthatyouwant

toview.

Thespecifiedpagenumberwillappear.Thepage

thatappearswillbeshowingthetabthatyoumost

recentlyselected.

Note: InpagesconsistingofmultiplepagessuchasP5–

1,P5–2,P8–1,andP8–2,thefirstpage(P5–1,orP8–1)

willbeselected.

Using the EXIT button to move between pages

Ifyou’reinapageotherthanpage0(e.g.,ProgP0:

Play)ofeachmode,pressingthisbuttonwilltakeyou

topage0.

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:Playpage(Play/RECpagein

Sequencermode).

•PressitagaintogotothefirsttabonthemainP0:

Playpage(suchasthemainProgramPlaypage).If

youhadpreviouslyselectedaparameteronthis

page,thatparameterwillbeselected.

•Pressitathirdtimetoselectthemainparameteron

theP0:Playpage,suchastheProgramnamein

Programmode.

COMBIbutton: Combinationmode

PROGbutton: Programmode

SEQbutton: Sequencermode

GLOBALbutton: Globalmode

MEDIAbutton: Mediamode

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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menuisopen,pressingEXITcloses

themenu.

Selecting pages

•Youcanaccesstabbedpagesbypressingthetabs

showninthebottomlineofthedisplay.

ThisexampleshowstheProgramT01–08page

throughMixerT01–08pageofCombiP0:Play.

Selecting a parameter and editing the

value

1. Presstheparameterthatyouwanttoedit.

2. Ifyouselectaneditcell,thedisplaywillbe

highlighted.Editthevalue.

•Thewaythatthevaluewillchangedependsonthe

typeofparameterorobject.(See“Objectsinthe

display”onpage 4.)

Thevalueintheeditcellcanbeeditedbyusingthe 

valuecontrollers(VALUEdial,INC/DEC

buttons,

numerickeys0–9,–button,(.)button,ENTERbut‐

ton,etc.).

3. Youcanuseknobs1–4toeditparametersthatare

assignedtothecontrolsurface.

Note:

YoucanusetheCOMPAREbuttontocomparethe

soundyou’reeditingwiththeoriginaluneditedsound.

INC/DEC buttons

Usethesewhenyouwishtomakesmallchangesinthe

value.

VALUE dial

Usethisdialtoedittheselectedparameter’svalue.

Thiscontrolisconvenientwhenyouwanttoscroll

throughaverylonglistofselections.

Numeric keys 0–9, ENTER button, – button,

(.) button

Thesebuttonsareconvenientwhenyouknowthe

exactvaluethatyouwanttoenter.Usethe0–9,–,and

decimal(.)buttonstoenterthevalue,andthenpress

theENTERbuttontoconfirmtheentry.

The–buttoninvertsthesign(+/–)oftheparameter

value;thedecimal(.)buttoninsertsadecimal,for

enteringfractionalvalue

s.

Note: Whenselecting“ProgramSelect”(seepage 21),

youcanselectaGMbankbyholdingdownthe0

buttonandpressingthe(.),1–9,or–buttons.

Functions that use the ENTER button in conjunc-

tion with another button

ENTERhasafewspecialfunctionswhenitispressed

incombinationwithotherbuttons.

ByholdingdowntheENTERbuttonwhileyoupressa

numerickey(0–9),youcanselectuptotenmenu

commandsfromwithinthecurrentpage.

Whileadialogboxisdisplayed,theENTERbutton

correspondstotheOKbutton.(TheEXITbutton

correspondstotheCancelbutton.)

InSequencermode,youcanholddowntheENTER

buttonandpresstheLOCATE()buttontousethe

menucommandSetLocation.

Other

Specifying a program bank or combination bank

PROG BANK A, B, C, D, E, F/

COMBI BANK A, B, C, D buttons

Usethesebuttonstochangebankswhenselecting

ProgramsorCombinations.TheLEDsinthebuttons

lightuptoshowthecurrentbank.

InProgrammode,thesebuttonsselecttheProgram

bank.

InCombinationmode,thesebuttonshavetwo

functions:

•Whenyou’reselectingCombinations,theychoose

theCombinationbank.

•Whenyou’reassigningaProgramtoatimbre

withintheCombination,theyselecttheProgram

bank.

InSequencermode,whenatrack’

sProgramnameis

selected,thesebuttonschangetheProgrambank.

Using the keyboard to enter a note number or

velocity value

Byplayingakeywhilepressingaparameterthat

specifiesanotenumber(suchasG4orC#2)ora

velocityvalue,youcandirectlyenterthatnotenumber

orvelocityvalue.(Thisisnotavailableinmenu

commanddialogboxes.)

Tempo input

TEMPO knob, TAP button

YoucansetthetempobyturningtheTEMPOknobor

byrepeatedlypressingtheTAPbutton.

COMPARE button

Youcanusethisbuttontoreturnthesettingsofan

editedprogram,combination,orsongtotheiroriginal

state.Refertothefollowingsection.

Basic Information Basic operations

11

Compare function

Program, Combination mode

Usethiswhenyouwishtocomparetheeditsyouhave

madetoaprogramorcombination’ssoundwiththe

un‐editedoriginal(i.e.,thesoundthatiswritteninto

memory).

Wheneditingaprogramorcombination,pressthis

button.TheLEDwilllightup,andthelast‐written

settingsforthatprogramorcombinationnumberwill

berecalled.WhenyoupresstheCOMPAREbutton

onceagain,theLEDwillgodarkandyouwillreturnto

these

ttingsthatyouwereediting.

1. Wheneditingaprogramorcombination,press

thisbutton.

TheLEDwilllightup,andthelast‐writtensettingsfor

thatprogramnumberorcombinationnumberwillbe

recalled.

2. PresstheCOMPAREbuttononceagain.

Note: TheLEDwillgodarkandyouwillreturntothe

settingsthatyouwereediting.

Ifyoueditthesettingsthatarerecalledbypressingthe

COMPAREbutton(i.e.,thesettingsthatarewritten

intomemory),theLEDwillgodark,anditwillnotbe

possibletoreturntothepreviouseditsbypressingthe

COMPAREbuttonagain.

Sequencer mode

InSequencermode,youcanusetheCOMPAREbutton

tomake“beforeandafter”comparisonsimmediately

afterusingrealtimerecordingorsteprecordingto

recordasong,orafterperforminganeditonatrack.

Forexample,thiscanbeusedeffectivelywhen

realtime‐recordingaMIDItrackforasong.

1. Realtime‐recordaMIDItrack.(Take1)

2. Onceagain,realtime‐recordonthesametrack.

(Take2)

3. PresstheCOMPAREbutton.TheLEDwilllight

up,andtake1willberecalled.

4. PresstheCOMPAREbuttononceagain.TheLED

willgodark,andtake2willberecalled.

5. Ifatstep3youon

ceagainrealtime‐recordonthe

sametrack(take3),theComparefunctionwill

nowbereferencingtake1.

6. Ifatstep4

youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthe

sametrack(take3),theComparefunctionwillbe

referencingtake2.

Inthisway,theComparefunctionletsyourecallthe

previousrecordingorthepreviousstateofevent

editing.

Note: IfyoucontinueeditingwhentheCOMPARE

buttonislit,thebuttonwillgodark.Thisnowbecomes

themusicaldatathatwillbeselectedwhenthe

COMPAREbuttonisdark.

Global mode

TheComparefunctionthatbringsbackthesettings

priortoeditingisnotavailableinGlobalmode.

Selecting and executing menu

commands

Theutilityfunctionsprovidecommandsthatare

specifictoeachpage,suchasWrite(save)orCopy.The

availableutilityfunctionswilldependontheselected

page.

Forexample,theutilityfunctionsinProgrammodelet

youwrite(save)thesettings,orletyouperform

convenienteditingoperationssuchascopyingsettings

betweenoscillatorsoreffects,oraSyncfunctionthat

letsyouedittw

oEGstogether.

1. Ontheupperrightsideofthedisplay,pressthe

v



button.

Themenucommandwillappear.

2. Selectamenucommandbytouchingitwithyour

finger.

Adialogboxfortheselectedmenucommandwill

appear.

Check‐typecommandswillnotdisplayadialogbox;

theirstatuswillbeswitched,andthelistwillclose.

ByholdingdowntheENTERbuttonandpressinga

nu

merickey0–9youcanaccessthedialogboxforthe

firsttenu

tilityfunctionswithoutgoingthroughthe

menu.

•Ifyouwanttoclosethelistwithoutselectinga

command,pressthedisplaysomewhereotherthan

thelist,orpresstheEXITbutton.

3. Foraparameterinadialogbox,selectitby

pressingitwithyourfinger,andusetheVA LUE 

co

ntrollers(e.g.,VALU EdialorINC/DECbuttons)

toenteritsvalue.

Whenselectingaprogramorcombinationnumberina

dialogbox,youcanalsousetheBANKbuttontoenter

thebankasanalternativetousingtheVALUE

controllers.

4. Toexecute,presstheOKbuttonortheENTER

bu

tton.

Ifyoudecidenottoexecute,presstheCancelorthe

EXITbutton.

Thedialogboxwillclose.

Menu command button

Menu button

Introduction to the KROME

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Writing/saving

Afterediting,youshouldwriteorsaveyourchangesas

necessary.

Forexampleifyou’veeditedaprogram,yourchanges

willbelostifyouselectanotherprogramorturnoff

thepower.Thesameappliestoacombination.

SettingsyoueditinGlobalmodeandsongswillbe

rememberedaslongasthepowerison,butyour

changeswillbelostwhenyouturnoffthepower,

unlessyouwritethesechangesintomemory.

•YoucanwriteorsavebypressingtheWRITE

buttontwice.

FormoredetailsontheWriteoperations,seethe

followingpages.

• Programs→ p.30

• Combinations→ p.47

•Effectpresets→ PG

p.67

•Globalsettings(pages0–4)→ p.116

•Dr

umkits→ p.116

•Userarpeggiopattern→ p.116

•UserDrumTrackpatterns→ p.103

Preset/userDrumTrackpatternsaresavedin

internalmemoryevenwhenthepoweristurned

off.PatternsthatyoucreateinSequencermodecan

beconvertedintouserDrumTrackpatternsand

savedininternalmemory.

•Usertemplatesongs→ PG p.164

Preset/usertemplate

songsaresavedininternal

memoryevenwhenthepoweristurnedoff.Track

settingsandeffectsettingsofasongyoucreatecan

besavedininternalmemorybyusingthemenu

commandSaveTemplateSong.

•Fordetailsonwritingtointernalmemory→ p.115

Refertothefollowingpagesformoreinformation

aboutsaving.

• Savinga

song→ p.75

• Savingtomedia(Media–Save)→ p.118

Note: OntheKROME,theactionofwritingtointernal

memoryiscalled“Write,”andtheactionofsavingto

anSDcarddeviceiscalled“Save.”

Assigning a name (renaming)

Youcaneditthenameofaneditedprogram,

combination,song,drumkit,orarpeggiopattern.

Youcanalsochangethenamesoftheprogramand

combinationcategories.

Fordetails,pleasesee“Editingnames”onpage 117.

Shortcuts

Selecting a GM bank program

• BankGM:Holddownthe0numerickeyandpress

–.

•Banksg(1)–g(9):Holddownthe0numerickeyand

press1–9.

• Bankg(d):Holddownthenumerickey0andpress

(.).

Moving between pages within a mode

•ByholdingdownthePAGEbuttonandpressinga

numerickey0–9youcanjumptothe

correspondingpage.

Access the menu commands in each page (up

to ten items)

•ByholdingdowntheENTERbuttonandpressinga

numerickey0–9.

Input note number values or velocity values

•Whileholdingdowntheeditcellinthedisplay,

pressanoteonthekeyboard.

Alternatively,selecttheeditcellinthedisplay,and

thenholddowntheENTERbuttonandpressanote

onthekeyboard.

Note: YoucanalsouseaMIDInote‐onmessageinstead

ofthekeyboard.

Note: Whileadialogboxisdisplayed,theENTER

buttonwillperformthesamefunctionastheOK

button.Thismeansthatyoucan’tusethismethodto

enteranotenumberorvelocityvalueinadialogbox

thatcontainsanOKbutton.

Specifying the location in a song

InSequencermode,setsthecurrentlocationasthe

Location(equivalenttotheSetLocationmenu

command)

•HolddowntheENTERbuttonandpressthe

LOCATE()button.

ENTER button

•Whileadialogboxisdisplayed,thisbutton

performsthesamefunctionastheOKbutton.

EXIT button

Thisbuttonmakesiteasytoreturntothemainpageof

thecurrentmode:

1. Pressitoncetogotothepreviouslyselectedtabon

themainP0page.

2. PresstheEXITbutton.Youwillmovetothe

previouslyselectedparameteroftheP0toppage

(Prog:Main,Combi/Seq:ProgramT01–08).

3. PresstheEXITbutton.Youwillmovetothe

followingparameteroftheP0toppage.

Prog:ProgramSelect

Combi:CombinationSelect

Seq:SongSelect

Basic Information Basic operations

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InanypageofProgramorCombinationmode,

pressingEXITamaximumoftwotimeswill

immediatelyallowyoutousethenumerickeysor

INC/DECbuttonstoselectprogramsorcombinations.

InSequencermode,pressingEXITamaximumofthree

timeswillallowyoutoselectasong.

EXIT button (in dialog boxes)

Whenadialogboxisdisplayed,thishasthesame

functionastheCancel,Done,orExitbutton.

Initialize the KROME

•Withthepoweroff,pressthepowerswitchwhile

holdingdowntheENTERbuttonandnumerickey

[0].

(Whiledataisbeingloaded,thedisplaywill

indicate“NowwritingintointernalMemory.”)

Theresultwillbethesameaswhenyou’ve

executedLoadPreload/DemoDataAll.

(Seepage 125)

Introduction to the KROME

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Setup

Turning the power on/off

Connecting the AC adapter

1. MakesurethattheKROMEispowered‐off.

2. ConnecttheDCplugoftheincludedACadapter

tothepowersupplyjackontheKROME’srear

panel.

YoumustuseonlytheincludedACadapter.Using

anyotherACadaptermightcausemalfunctions.

3. ConnectthepowercordtotheACadapter.

4. PlugthepowercordintoanACoutlet.

BesuretouseanACoutletofthecorrectvo

ltage

foryouradapter.

5. UsetheKROME’scablehooktofastenthecableso

thattheDCplugdoesnotbecomeaccidentally

disconnected.

ACadapterconnections

Turning the power on

1. TurntheKROME’sVOLUMEknoballthewayto

theleftsothatthevolumeisdown.

Ifexternalequipmentsuchaspoweredmonitor

speakersareconnected,lowertheirvolumeaswell,

andthenturnofftheirpower.

2. PressthepowerswitchontheKROME’srear

paneltoturnthepoweron.

Thedisplaywillshowthemodelnameandsoftware

version.(Theil

lustrationshowsthescreenthatwill

appearwiththefactorysettings.Thismaychange

withoutnotice.)

Iftheautopower‐offfunctionisenabled,thetime

untilautopower‐offturnsoffthepowerwillbe

shownwhenthesystemstartsup.Ifthisdi

alog

boxdoesnotappear,theautopower‐offfuncti

onis

disabled;thepowerwillnotturnoffautomatically

(see“A u t o power‐offfunction”onpage 16).

3. Turnonthepoweroftheexternalequipmentthat’s

connectedtotheKROME’sAUDIOOUTPUTL/

MONOandRjacks,suchaspo

weredmonitor

speakers.

4. UsetheKROME’sVOLUMEknobandthevolume

controlsofyourexternalequipmenttoadjustthe

volumetoasuitablelevel.

Note: Thepagethatappearswhenyouturnonthe

powerwilldependonthePower‐OnModesetting(see

page 110).

Turning the power off

Whenyouturnoffthepower,unsaveddatawillbe

lost.Besuretosaveanyimportantdatasuchas

editedsoundsorglobalsettings(seepage 12).

IftheKROME’sautopower‐offfunctionis

enabled,itspowerwillautomaticallyturnoffif

therehasbeennouserinputforacertainlengthof

time.Unsaveddatawillbelostevenifthepowe

ris

turnedoffbytheautopower‐offfunction.

1. TurntheKROME’sVOLUMEknoballthewayto

theleftsothatthevolumeislowered.

2. Ifexternalequipmentsuchaspoweredmonitor

speakersareconnected,lowertheirvolumeand

thenturnofftheirpower.

Power switch

4: Cable hook

AC adapter

When fastening the

cable to the cable

hook, take care not

to bend this portion

any more than

necessary.

3: Power cord for AC adapter

1: Power

supply jack

2: Plug into AC outlet.

Setup

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3. PressthepowerswitchontheKROME’srear

paneltoturnthepoweroff.

TheKROME’sinternaldatamaybedamagedifthe

poweristurnedoffwhiledataisbeingwritteninto

internalmemory,suchasduringaSaveoperation.

Neverturnoffthepowerwhileprocessingisbeing

performed.

Thefollowingmessageisdisplayedwhiledatais

bei

ngwrittenintointernalmemory.

“Nowwritingintointernalmemory”

Ifwritingtointernalmemorycouldnotbe

completedsuccessfully,theKROMEwill

automaticallyrepairtheinternalmemoryby

initializingitthenexttimeyouturnonthepower.

Thisisnotamalfunction.Ifthisoc

curs,the

followingmessagewillappearinthedisplay;

presstheOKbutton.

Theintern

almemoryhasbeencorrupted,likely

duetoaninterruptionofpowerwhilethesystem

waswriting/savingdata.Thishasbeenrepaired

andtheaffectedBankhasbeeninitialized.

Asmallamountofelectricalpowerisusedev

en

whenthepowerisoff(STANDBY).Ifyouwon’tbe

usingtheKRO

MEforanextendedperiod,turnoff

thepowerandunplugthepowercordfromthe

ACoutlet.

Auto power-off function

TheKROMEsupportsanautopower‐offfunctionthat

automaticallyturnsoffthepowerwhenthekeyboard

orfrontpanelbuttons

(*)

havenotbeenusedfora

certainlengthoftime.

*UsageoftheVOLUMEknobisnotincluded.

Note: Withthefactorysettings,thetimeuntil

automaticpower‐offwillbeapproximatelyfourhours.

Whenthepowerturnsoff,thesettingsyouhad

beeneditingwillbelost.Makesurethatyousave

importantsettingsbeforethisoccurs.

Changing the auto power-off setting

Ifyouwanttochangethesettingsothatthepower

doesnotturnoffautomatically,proceedasfollowsto

disabletheautopower‐offfunction.

Making the change in the dialog box immediately

after start-up

Iftheautopower‐offfunctionisenabledsothatthe

powerwillturnoffautomatically,thedialogboxwill

appearimmediatelyafterstart‐up,indicatingthetime

untilautomaticpower‐offwilloccur.

1. Whilethismessageisdisplayed,presstheChange

Settingbuttoninthedialogbox.

Thefollowingdialogboxwillappear.

2. Pressthepopupbuttontoselectthelengthoftime

afterwhichthepowerwillturnoff.

Ifyoudon’t

wantthepowertoturnoffautomatically,choose

theDisabledsetting.

Changing the setting during operation

1. PresstheGLOBALbutton.(Alternatively,press

themodebuttonandchooseGLOBAL.)

2. PresstheEXITbuttontoaccessP0:BasicSetup.

3. PresstheSystemPref.tabtoaccesstheSystem

Preferencespage.

4. In“AutoPower‐Off,”specifytheamountoftime

whenyouwantthepowertoturnoff.Ifyoudon’t

wanttheautopower‐offfunctiontoautomatically

turnoffthepower,choo

setheDisabledsetting.

Auto power-off warning message

Whenthespecifiedlengthoftimehaselapsedwithout

anyuserinputontheKROME,amessagewillappear,

warningyouthattheautopower‐offfunctionisabout

toturnoffthepower.

Ifyouwanttocontinueusingthesystem,pressthe

keyboard,abutton,orthedisplay.TheAutopower‐off

functionwillbereset.Ifthesamespecifiedlengthof

timeelapseswithnouserinpu

t,thesamemessagewill

appearagain.

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