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countrycreek · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:14 am Post subject: new kronos on the way

Hi just ordered a new kronos I have 1 question while playing a sequence will I be able to play the organ with a split keyboard(upper and lower manual) from the keyboard.The reason I ask is so I can sell my hammond xm-1 . thanks
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Kronos 2 61,triton studio 88,roland fantom x 7, Krome ex73, roland Fantom xr, ,roland jv 1010 and gem ws 2 mod

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Sina172 · Platinum Member Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 1194

countrycreek · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:05 am Post subject:

thanks that's great news
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Kronos 2 61,triton studio 88,roland fantom x 7, Krome ex73, roland Fantom xr, ,roland jv 1010 and gem ws 2 mod

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mathieumaes · Senior Member Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Posts: 430

I did the same thing, aka replaced an XM-1 with Kronos... I replaced 3 different sound sources (Yamaha S90, Fantom XR and Hammond XM-1) with the Kronos, allow me to share my experiences...

First of all, you're going to love the organ sounds in the Kronos and wonder why you liked the XM-1 sounds in the first place... Wink

- You'll probably need to create combis for each song, or at least for each combination of sounds and layer/splits you wish to use.
- I'd recommend creating combis for each song, because I started making "general" combis's, ie. Piano & Brass, Piano & Organ, Piano/Pad & Organ, etc ... Problem is that re-using them was hard because there were always small differences even when you use the same sounds (ie. volume balance). I'm in the process of changing that so each song has its own combi
- You can also bind a different MIDI channel to a timbre, so you can use a slave MIDI controller as a second keyboard. You can actually connect a USB Powered MIDI controller, that saves you a cable...
- Note that the controllers on the Kronos can't control a timbre that is listening on a different channel. So, if you bind your organ sound to the external keyboard, you need to control the faders, rotary on/off etc through that keyboard as well.
- Many of the programs also use IFX (insert effects). If you select a sound in one of the combi timbres, those IFX settings aren't present, and it may sound different. Use the topright menu to "import a program", which allows you to import the IFX, TFX and MFX settings as well

Good luck with your Kronos!

Kind regards,
Mathew
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Old gig setup: Yamaha S90, Roland Fantom XR, Hammond XM-1, M-Audio Axiom 61
2011 gig setup: Korg Kronos 88

michelkeijzers · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:16 am Post subject:

mathieumaes · Senior Member Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Posts: 430

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