Can anyone tell me whether there's a way and how to save my Sequencer settings as a Multi? So that the various tracks and effects setting, etc, are then turned into a Multi that I can essentially use my Kronos as a Sound module to play from an external sequencer - if that makes sense. (I don't quite know what term to use for the sequencer 'multi'.)
Cheers,
Steve
Saving sequencer settings as a multi
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It sounds like you want to save a Template Song. That option is available from the pull down command menu. IIRC, you can save up to sixteen user templates in memory.
You can set up your song with all of the stuff you mentioned. It should save all of the song's setup parameters, minus a few things that I don't recall. But track parameters and effects will be saved.
Otherwise, you can create a template Combi just like the song template, but in my experience, using the sequencer is better when sequencing with external gear. Others will disagree on that opinion, naturally.
You can set up your song with all of the stuff you mentioned. It should save all of the song's setup parameters, minus a few things that I don't recall. But track parameters and effects will be saved.
Otherwise, you can create a template Combi just like the song template, but in my experience, using the sequencer is better when sequencing with external gear. Others will disagree on that opinion, naturally.
There is no way of converting the assigned Timbres in a Sequencer (.SNG) file, together with all the relevant effects and routings, into a playable Combi.
As far as I'm aware, nobody has created and published software capable of doing this, even though the relevant data needs to be present in each .SNG file.
The good news is that, if a Song is loaded into the Kronos, all of the Timbres in that Song will respond to MIDI note on/off and other messages from an external sequencer, on any and all 16 MIDI channels, and sound the same as they do in the Song, apart from the effects of any control changes that were saved within a Sequence. In addition, the Control Surface on the Kronos can be used to operate on the currently selected MIDI channel, plus the individual channel faders remain functional.
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As far as I'm aware, nobody has created and published software capable of doing this, even though the relevant data needs to be present in each .SNG file.
The good news is that, if a Song is loaded into the Kronos, all of the Timbres in that Song will respond to MIDI note on/off and other messages from an external sequencer, on any and all 16 MIDI channels, and sound the same as they do in the Song, apart from the effects of any control changes that were saved within a Sequence. In addition, the Control Surface on the Kronos can be used to operate on the currently selected MIDI channel, plus the individual channel faders remain functional.
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I should have mentioned that you can't convert from song to combi. I did wonder if that is what the OP was asking. But I do think making a song template is better -- well as long as you don't need more than 16 of them, but if you do then you can just save off songs with multiple templates in one file and load that from the drive. Everything you can do in a combi you can do in SEQ mode, and you can actually do quite a bit more in SEQ mode. Particularly when you factor in RPPR, audio tracks, etc. But it can be a bit clunky, I suppose.
There is some interesting discussion, dating back from the relatively early Kronos years, with links to a resource for folk contemplating writing their own software:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=76890
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http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=76890
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steveyoung29
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Thank you both for your replies.
I'll just do the hard slog of programming a combi with the info I have for the sequencer set-up. I want to be able to call the sequencer setup in a combi. (Just purchased my second Kronos, so the new one will be the master (of the whole studio!), and the old one which my original sequences will be the slave - effectively a sound module), but I still want to use the slave for some of the tracks, and to be able to call in other combis on the slave as necessary. It won't take me that long to programme, but just wanted to check if there was an easier way.
Kind regards,
Steve
I'll just do the hard slog of programming a combi with the info I have for the sequencer set-up. I want to be able to call the sequencer setup in a combi. (Just purchased my second Kronos, so the new one will be the master (of the whole studio!), and the old one which my original sequences will be the slave - effectively a sound module), but I still want to use the slave for some of the tracks, and to be able to call in other combis on the slave as necessary. It won't take me that long to programme, but just wanted to check if there was an easier way.
Kind regards,
Steve