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caspian · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 5

I'm very close to knuckling down and purchasing possibly a Kronos.

Just wondering whether someone could clear some things up with me about the capabilities.

I want to set up the each individual backing track for the song on the keyboard (with the tempo set for each song, and occasionally tempo and time signature changes within a song) and then have a click track routed to our drummer. Backing tracks will be sent out stereo l/r, another backing track with bass tones will be sent out mono channel 1, and the click track out channel 2? Then possibly if we need a different mix of something being sent to our vocalist i just use the remaining empty channels?

[b]This all makes sense and is doable on the kronos, yes?[/b]

Where it gets tricky is, I want along within the same song program, so on another track below, having raw midi data being sent out the midi out to some dmx lighting gear? is this possibly at all? I currently do it on my laptop but i want to phase it out.

Thanks for any help.

marianghioda · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject:

Yes we can!
Haaa, I sound like somebody that we all know...
Seriously, I am doing all of what you're describing except the click track, which I don't need but I know it can be done just as you described it.

I still use my laptop because I have the CompuLive DMX interface (USB connected to Kronos, actually I had the setup like that with my Triton Extreme).
If your DMX interface uses raw MIDI, you can do it without going thru the laptop.
I control my DMX on MIDI track 16, and besides just the MIDI track being playback, I also assigned DMX controls to all my keys, makes way easier to control DMX live then any DMX mixer.
All the songs I have setup with the tempo witch controls all my other gear (sounds amazing when all the delay and other effects for my guitar and vocal is in sync)
I am also controlling a TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 on channel 15 (I have setup the harmonies and effects for each song to kick in and out when needed, Roland GR-55 on channel 14 and Fractal Axe Fx 2 on channel 13.
For a one man show this setup works like a charm, also I use the laptop to DJ when I'm not singing.

Here's a live video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYgGmk4FhI4

caspian · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 5

Ah thankyou so much.

I use an enttecc usb dmxis interface which turns raw midi into dmx commands. but i'm not sure whether it requires the software to function.

Currently i have it all on a logic pro on my mac and have the audio outputs routed separately through an interface but its classicly unreliable and i just want to make sure the kronos does everything the laptop currently does.

pfrocha · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:57 pm Post subject: VoiceLive Play2

Marian, I also have a Kronos and a VoiceLive Play2, and I am curious to understand better how you are using them together. Can you please elaborate on that?

Thanks much

marianghioda · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:23 am Post subject: Re: VoiceLive Play2

caspian · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 5

what is your process for setting up your live sets?
how does it work on the kronos?

do you have a seperate project for each song, with the tempo, backing track (would be a .wav file in my case), and midi data for lights set?

or is it the entire live set all on the one project?

caspian · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 5

would it be possible to control a dmxis interface without a computer, and just using the kronos?

http://www.enttec.com/index.php?main_menu=Products&pn=70570&show=description)

marianghioda · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:55 am Post subject:

caspian · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 5

Yeah - I have a dmxis interface that currently runs from my laptop. Can i plug the usb of the interface that normal goes into my laptop, into the kronos and use it in the same way? no idea how it would work but if it could, would be ideal.

so the kronos can send out midi data simultaneously with a backing track?

marianghioda · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:33 am Post subject: