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MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

I am struggling to understand the best way to use a microphone with the Kronos. I have managed to hook a microphone up and can hear it through my monitors, but the sound is very saturated in reverb. I am having a difficult time understanding how to control that. I have tried messing with the audio settings in global mode, and have played with the control surface to adjust panning, etc. But for some reason I cannot adjust the effects mix.

Help?
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Hooch · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:08 am Post subject:

You can't really go direct in with a mic without some kind of pre amp.
Otherwise it sounds all sizzle and no steak.

Hope that helps.

Hooch

MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

The Kronos audio inputs include a pre-amp. The audio is loud and crisp, just heavily saturated in effects. I am sure there is something I am not understanding about the effects bus routing. I am a bit lost.
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PianoManChuck · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:25 am Post subject:

MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

Thank you. I think I am not being entirely clear about what I want to do. I am not really trying to record, I am trying to use the mic for live performance. I want to turn on my Kronos, go into combi mode, select a combi, pull my microphone up to my mouth, and sing. When I do this, the audio signal is loud and clear, but 100% wet with effects. I believe I need to change some settings in global mode, under the audio tab. But I have no idea what to change.
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Korg Kronos 61, Yamaha P120 88, Roland Alpha Juno 2 61, Boss RC-300 Loopstation, Roland SC55, M-Audio Axiom 61, Novation ReMOTE 25, Boss ME-6, Electro-Voice Raven, Alesis Multimix 8

PianoManChuck · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:58 am Post subject:

MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

I have watched the video. Thank you for sharing it. Unfortunately, it does not provide any insight. What I want to do seems so incredibly simple. But I am very new to these types of keyboards, and clearly I am just ignorant when it comes to effects routing. I have spent the last couple of hours trying to adjust the effects mix and cannot get my head around this. I think it's time for bed Smile

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SanderXpander · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 7860

Make sure to bypass the global input routings for your combi. Since the fx vary greatly per combi, this will only confuse you all the more. Go to your combi and find the (sampling?/)input page. Here, make sure it's set to use its own settings over the global settings.

You should also be able to set where the mic signal goes from here (straight to an output or to an ifx slot). For now, make it go to the main outs (L/R). You should also see two sends here, which determine how much of the input signal is sent to each of the two MFX. Usually, these are at least a reverb and probably a chorus or something. Fiddle with those and you should be able to get a signal from all the way dry to very wet.

Hope this isn't too cryptic for you! Good luck!

jg:: · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:24 pm Post subject:

MidnightPackage, you don't say what you're wanting to do with Kronos other than sing through it. Play different factory Combis? Custom combis you've made yourself? Songs in Seq mode?

SanderXpander's approach is valid, and may very well be the way to go eventually, but if you want to flick through factory Programs/Combis while singing, the following will quickly do what you want....

Don't touch anything in Prog/Combi mode, since by default, all of the factory ones are set to use the Global Audio settings.

Go to the Global Audio page, and you'll see the 6 Audio inputs. Check that the Bus Select is set to L/R. Then adjust Send 1 and Send 2 to change the Master Effects amounts. Send 2 is probably it, since most factory Programs and Combis use Master Effect 2 for reverb.

If this doesn't work, you'll need to give us more info about what you're doing.

Everything will make sense when you wake up! Smile

jg::

SanderXpander · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 7860

True, I assumed you wanted to get it 'perfect' for that combi. Jg's setting is much more useful for a more generic approach. The great thing is you can do both; make generic settings globally and then choose per combi/program whether or not to override/bypass the global setting.

MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

I am not sure what to say guys. I came home from work tonight and turned the Kronos on, and it all worked correctly. I have no idea what state it was in last night, but I could not hear any of the original signal and didn't seem to have any control over the mix. I read your responses to my posts today at work, and I was certain I had tried all of that. Clearly I messed something up and should have rebooted the keyboard. And maybe I had just one too many martinis while trying to fix the problem Smile

Thank you so much for your thoughtful responses. I did learn a bunch from you and I appreciate the time you took to respond.
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jg:: · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:32 pm Post subject:

MidnightPackage · Full Member Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 171

lol ... you called it, for sure Smile

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beachgig · Junior Member Joined: 20 Aug 2013 Posts: 56

I'm having a similar problem. All I want is a little reverb for the mic. I'm in sequencer mode. I can set it up either in global settings or in audio sampling in sequencer mode. It works great, but when I switch to another sequence then come back to the one I adjusted, I have to adjust it all over again. What am I doing wrong?

fselles · Joined: 25 Jun 2021 Posts: 20

Hi!! Which mode will you use for live performance with your kronos plus a mic to sing and a guitar? Sequencer? Combi? thanks!!