Combi Discussion - Korg Kronos 

It's actually just a Wii U pen, it works awesome!

Yes, exactly! And once you get to the end of setlist 000, slot 127, it will immediately go to setlist 001, slot 000. It's sequential even if the setlists are named differently, etc.

@@AudoraAudio got it. Thanks a lot

Steve Boydstun Steve - I've only had these synths a few months. I'm doing what I can for tutorials and such as I learn it, but I haven't actually learned how to do that just yet. Your best bet is to check the manual, or ask on the Korg forums under the Kronos section!

+Chopins11th You could yes. The Kronos only has 3 pedals, one of which is pretty much permanently assigned as the damper, but the other two are assignable. Thanks for the kind words :) You can find the pedal assignment under the Global button, and I think it's the "Midi" tab but I'm not currently in front of my Kronos.

Make sure when you copy the effects, that you're not choosing "All Insert Effects" but rather "All Used" - All will copy everything but all used only copies the insert effects that are used in the program so you can set IFX destinations. See if that helps!

Wow! Spot-on. It worked like a charm. Thanks again.....P

+Chopins11th Oh yes... his stretch was massive: www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Sergei-Rachmaninoff-and-His-Amazing-Hand-Span I'm going to have a video eventually on building drum programs yes. I've only just started really diving into it, since I've been doing a lot of sampling lately and that's going to be my next video most likely. (A sampling tutorial, with a focus on looping samples and how to get it into a program cleanly) Once I experiment and get comfortable with Drum programs though, I'll be sure to put something up!

many pianists are not physically capable of playing certain Rachmaninoff pieces due to his huge stretch.....no different from a short guy not being able to slam dunk.

Yes It's Possible.. Just press MODULE CONTROL to Number "C".. It will activate your faders to the timbres of your combi... :)

The biggest thing really comes down to the engine itself. If you have a simple engine (like the PolySix) making the majority of the layers, you're going to have less issues with CPU than if you have a bunch of MS-20's or AL 1's. Each engine takes more or less polyphony so if you can plan ahead and make some sounds using one engine over another, then do that instead. That's the biggest contributing factor generally. There's a guide online that shows how much polyphony each engine runs. www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59889&sid=b977c97600fdbfae1a615ed5c40ac1ff Generally it looks like this though: -- SGX-1: 100 voices -- EP-1: 104 voices -- HD-1: 140 voices -- AL-1: 80 voices -- CX-3: 200 voices -- STR-1: 40 voices -- MOD-7: 52 voices -- MS-20EX: 40 voices -- PolysixEX: 180 voices Remember things like Stereo vs Mono for HD-1, and under the common page for each engine, using the various numbers of voices. If you can get away with making the sounds as simple as possible to save polyphony, do it!

Good eye! I was playing around with trying to play the Super Mario World castle theme on one keyboard :)

It depends on what's wrong. Different engines are more complicated and will use more polyphony than other engines. It's possible you simply have run out of polyphony.

Audora Audio but I don’t layer much the most I’d layer would be five to six sounds and sometimes don’t even play them at once. Even if I Play one sound it still chokes.

@@ntsikintsele6971 Look at the Perf meters tab - you can see by muting the various layers which one is taking up the most polyphony. It's not at all about how many layers there are, it's about which engines you're using in those layers. There are some MOD 7 programs that you can only play a few notes because it's such a voice-hungry engine. Karma also has an impact since it'll use voices as well potentially.

@@ntsikintsele6971 Here's the voice polyphony list: -- SGX-1: 100 voices -- EP-1: 104 voices -- HD-1: 140 voices -- AL-1: 80 voices -- CX-3: 200 voices -- STR-1: 40 voices -- MOD-7: 52 voices -- MS-20EX: 40 voices -- PolysixEX: 180 voices If you have a sound in one engine that is causing polyphony issues, then substitute that sound with a sound from another engine that sounds similar, or program the sound in another engine yourself and that should help.

There are a few different ways - you'd have to be more specific. Do you mean while sequencing? Or using Karma? With a step-sequencer?

@@AudoraAudio I just bought this March 16, 2022. I want to do an 8 bar loop for just Hooks.

@@AudoraAudio Thank you Dave

Thanks Gordon - I just did that now. I only went over the basics, but the stuff is there that you'd need to build a much more complicated combi thank just what I did in the example. Let me know if you have questions though!

RU-vid wouldn't allow me to to reply to your reply, hence the new post. Your definition of what constitutes a 101 course is considerably more advanced than what I need. I've tried and tried and TRIED to build a combi using the directions on page 60 in the Operating Guide with no success whatsoever. If you would, please consider putting together a short, starting-from-scratch tutorial on building a stone-simple combi using only two or three sounds. That would be a HUGE help. Many thanks in advance.

Gordon Bryant I JUST recorded this video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZmXrXj_DjbI.html Give that a watch and follow along, pause if you need to catch up. I explain from the beginning using only 2 sounds to start and add a 3rd sound.

Hey Gary! Funny running into you on a Korg Kronos RU-vid vid. I just picked up a Kronos. -Kelly M.

alphasxsignal ideal for sounddesigner

@@bardsanindustries7447 Apologies!! If it's too fast for you, you can play the video at slower speeds!