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Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

Hi guys,

I've got my Kronos last October and was just jamming while exploring combis and Programs till now. I've just record a simple piano song with Quicktime ^^. But now i'm learning the manuals and trying to create songs. But i have tons of questions, things I don't understand, why i have a good sound, and 2 minutes later, the sound is completely different (without touching the buttons or parameters), why sometimes i have sound and then no sound, why one of my track is continuously changing his prog. by itself? ...

Anybody here who would like to teach me through Skype or Facetime? I'm ready to pay for your time or to help you with something else. I'm not looking for a professional teacher, just someone who knows very well the Kronos II.
And it will only for a few hours, the time to create just one song from A to Z and understand all the steps.
(my knowledge level: I can already play piano, compose songs with LogicPro and create midi files with my Clavinova CVP Arranger piano)

voip · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 3776

No viable Skype setup here at the moment, unfortunately. Used it a while back but results were disappointing, and spending time off-grid doesn't help. Some Kronos issues could probably be addressed via posts on the forum. Playing the Kronos is usually very rewarding, but if something unexplained happens, it can understandably get a little frustrating.

Sounds fading in and out usually come from pre-installed sound expansion packs that have not been yet been authorised. They are there to tempt the owner to experience the sounds and purchase the licence to expand the usable soundset.

Visit: https://shop.korg.com/kronos - beware it can take ages to load, I mean minutes!!!

Sounds that change without touching anything could be the result of influence by slowly changing LFOs routed to control effects and parameters in the background or, with some Programs, the first note played can have a different attack characteristic to subsequent notes played. It is usually possible to edit the Program or Combi to suit.

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19naia · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 1216

If it is going to be Skype or Facetime, it can also work for you to make a video of your process on Kronos and explain your problems with Kronos there in the picture and your hands on the navigation and controls.

Then someone can reply with a video explanation.

The best solution descriptions are videos with hands on at Kronos.
And the best ways to present your questions and problems are also videos with hands on at Kronos.

And i say this because we already know here on the forum that you are well equipped for video making showing your hands on Kronos navigation and controls.

It could be better than Facetime and Skype and will be a video record that can be shared later on youtube if you please, so as to help other people with similar needs or problems.

Even if i tried to help, via Skype or Facetime, i would still ask for video view of your Kronos situation before i decided to respond.
If it were a problem i could not answer correctly right away, i would need to see what you have done to enter the problem situation and then take time to later repeat the same on my Kronos and then come up with a solution and come back with a reply that is hopefully a good answer.
A recorded video is always better because it can be reversed to review a particular section and be sure to understand correctly.

I think making videos of your situations, will make it easier for you to get help and replies from several people on the forum here and it also gives each person time to wait until they are free to apply themselves to helping you.

And most likely get the help for free. Do you speak english well?
What language would you hope for.

But without trying to discourage your request, I think also Facetime or Skype can be set up on both sides to focus on Kronos screen and controls, and then converse over the issues in real time.

I do not have a way to set up a camera right now, for a view over my Kronos.

Hyper_LFO · Joined: 05 Feb 2019 Posts: 16 Location: Germany, Berlin

I can recommend this series of videos:

https://www.sounth.de/korg-kronos-tutorial/

Where are you located?

Best!

Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

I don’t really have problems or bugs, it’s just that I don’t know the best way to use the Kronos. I’m reading the manual and can reproduce each step separately. But now I’m trying to recreate the song Moments in Love from Art of Noise, that I think is easy to play and with basic instruments. So, i found all the programs and can play each tracks separately. Then I’ve created a combi with all the programs. But when I add a new program, the other change , probably because i’m Importing karma, filters, effects... I don’t know.
The song itself starts with a piano intro , then come some drums and there are looping till the end. Do I have to create a pattern ? A wave file? A drum track? Use the step sequencer ? Import a midi file created with Logic Pro? If I know what procedure I have to use, then I can read the manual or watch a video.
Yesterday, I decided to create the song with Logic Pro . I’ve started with the piano intro, recorded as an audio track. Then i’ve added an external instrument track, linked to Kronos channel 2 ( on the Kronos, timbre 2 is a Standard drum kit and timbre 3 a conga drum , both are set on channel 2). I’ve played 2 bars and created the loop.
Then i’m trying to add the hi-hat , an external instrument track linked to channel3 , containing timbre 4. Each time I play the song in Logic the timbre 2 and 3 change for a synthétiser sound. Probably Logic is sending parameters to the Kronos but I can’t figure how?
Then i’ve added another track with the bass, timbre 5 , channel 4, I set timbres 1 to 4 to mute and timbre 5 on « play » , but I can just hear the piano. And the piano has a weird sound.
Then I decided to use the internal sequencer instead of Logic, I create a song from scratch , select a piano ( one from Qui Robinez) but now the sustain pedal is not working , but works again after 1 or 2 minutes .
I’m sure I’m not using the right procedure so it’s why I would like someone to help me till I understand the basics.
If I can watch a video showing step by step how to create this particular song, then I’ll have enough knowledge to create my own songs. (I hope) .

Btw, it was so frustrating when this forum is temporarily out for 24h ! I can’t live without it now, it’s a gold mine Wink

. Thanks to the admin and modos. And all of you helping beginners like me.

Sry for the block

Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

I’m living in London ( London City Airport area). But native Belgian, French speaking

Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373

Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

Do you record your song directly to the Kronos or it’s more easy with a Daw?

Another question. If I want to play this song in live: I start to play the piano intro with timbre 1. Then I select timbre 2 and 3 to play the drums and make them looping. But if i mute timbre 1 and enable 2 and 3 , the last piano chord stops to play too abruptly , and if I don’t mute timbre 1, when i play notes , the piano is also playing. Is it something i can do with Karma scenes?
And can I loop what I’ve just played in combis mode or only in seq mode?

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Falcon2e · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:16 am Post subject:

I’m going to bring up something very basic. If your sounds are just changing suddenly for no reason, did you by chance accidentally touch the vector joystick?
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Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373

voip · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 3776

One other thing to check if sounds are changing suddenly is the nanoPAD X-Y pad is extremely sensitive and can quite dramatically alter the characteristic of a sound. One suggestion is to disable the X-Y pad on one of the nanoPAD's Scenes.

As a quick test, unplug the nanoPAD.

Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

Flabis66 · Joined: 13 Oct 2018 Posts: 46 Location: Singapore

My compositions are very simple, for now. Max 16 tracks in Logic.
Here are 2 exemples (made with LogicPro before i get the Kronos). (i'm a very beginner, don't expect any high quality)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZW0LkpHc4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgGJBS_CDA

As you can hear, there are a lot of loops and I don't know yet how to manage the loops on the Kronos, how to build them... still learning... so for now, i'm playing them, record a few bars till i have a good one perfectly played, and then i set the midi track to loop this bar.

But for a live setup, using a combi, i suppose i have to record the loops, and start them with a key or the pad. I just don't know the name of the process (pattern, Karma, drum track, wav loop...? , so i don't know which video to watch or what to read. My problem is more about terminology. It's why i'm looking for a teacher instead of watching videos, just the time to learn a little bit of terminology.