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Gil1967 · Joined: 08 Aug 2017 Posts: 1

Hi everyone,
Does anyone else have a problem looking for a great sounding snare drum in the Kronos? It seems like none of the snares blends very well in the mix and they seem to stick out like a sore thumb. I use a drum beat with a rim shot to serve as a click track and the sequence sounds fine until I replace it with a drum track with a snare. I had a Korg 01/W that had a GREAT sounding drum kit called "Mr. Producer" with a snare that with the great effects (better than the Kronos) rang forever and sounded fantastic with almost any song. I wish Korg would offer all of the 01/W sounds for the Kronos. Since I still haven't sold the old workstation I'm on the verge of syncing it with the Kronos for the drums alone, but the 01/W doesn't have a digital out so I'm just looking for a good snare in the Kronos. Suggestions would be welcome.

GregC · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: Kronos snare drum

tomto66 · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:23 pm Post subject:

Sample the sound off your Korg 01/W. It's easy.
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pete.m · Senior Member Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 484

I drastically improved my choice of drum sounds by loading thousands of drum samples (there are zillions of free legit kits online, plus cheap collections available on ebay, etc) into the Kronos, and randomly arranging the ones I liked into (currently) around 80 programs. It took a little while to set them up initially, but now I can always find something that works. I also continue to periodically add new samples as I go on - maybe another two or three kits' worth at a time. It's easy - give it a swing.

Wagnergrad96 · Full Member Joined: 11 Mar 2016 Posts: 134

pete.m · Senior Member Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 484

No, you do have full control over velocity, pitch, effects and all the other possibilities you have with any program.
When you convert the multisample (your collection of drum samples that you have mapped out across the keyboard) to a program, you can then edit the program as normal. Part of that editing includes the possibility to specify factors such as velocity, etc.