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ccmacdon · Full Member Joined: 28 Dec 2011 Posts: 171

I'm a new Kronos owner (61 key) and I'm getting ready for my first gig with it this Saturday night, but I have two things I need to resolve before I can dump my other synths (Roland Sonic Cell/Roland GAIA) which the Kronos was intended to replace:

1. I have a 30 second orchestral intro that's an MP3 on a USB stick that I have been triggering from a Roland Sonic Cell, and I have had some trouble porting it over to the Kronos, first problem was the stick wasn't formatted properly, solved that, second problem I got an error that told me it wasn't a proper midi file, sorted that out.. now I can see the file on the stick and it seems to have been converted to a Kronos file, but I have no idea how to find it, to actually play it.. this is help#1! How do I find and play this audio file from USB Stick?

2. I have a great pulsating synth sound on the GAIA that I use for the drum solo of "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter (the tweet tweet sound). I'm not much of a synth programmer these days and this was a patch that I purchased this from Sweetwater. Rather than trying to recreate it using the built in analog synths, I figured that the fastest way to get this seemed to me to be sampling it into the Kronos.. I did that successfully, converted it to a program and then built it into a combi and it was working great... However, a couple days later I tried to use it, and the combi and the program still existed, but neither worked anymore and it appepars that the source cample was gone. Did I do something incorrect and not store the sample permanently? I would have assumed that converting it to a program would have permanently stored the sample? This is help#2, how did I lose the sample, did I not save it or is there some other step to make a sample permanent?

I know that I could probably find answers in the documentation but I have a gig coming up and doubt I have the time to sort out these issues before the gig. Help from some of the experts here would be MUCH appreciated.. THANKS

Craig
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CaptLego · Full Member Joined: 17 Oct 2011 Posts: 105

Re: #2
I had the same problem with my first attempt.
Saving the program does not automatically save the samples. When you create the multisample, you need to explicitly save it (this creates a .KSC file)
Then, in the Global/KSC auto load tab, you can add your KSC file to the list so it will be automatically loaded when the Kronos is booted up.

ccmacdon · Full Member Joined: 28 Dec 2011 Posts: 171

ccmacdon · Full Member Joined: 28 Dec 2011 Posts: 171

Dany · Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 352

ccmacdon · Full Member Joined: 28 Dec 2011 Posts: 171

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michelkeijzers · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: A bit of assistance?

Laste7 · Full Member Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Posts: 147

Re#1: I read that it works already, if you want to have it playable from setlist, you can do this:

Go to disk mode and create a folder. Copy the wave into that folder. Than copy your Combi or Program to the Sequenzer. Go to an audio track.
Go to track edit and choose Audio Event edit. Press “Insert” (at the buttom on the left) Press Import, go to the directory where you saved the wave and choose it.
Than press ok. Save the song. Finished. Choosing the song in sequenzer mode, press play on sequencer area and it should start. The combi or program should be playable like before.
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Dany · Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 352

Sina172 · Platinum Member Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 1194

I rest my case Laughing

I'm a TRUE audiophile, guys.

I HATE mp3's, and I can't for the life of me see ANY reason whatsoever why they should even exist anymore.

Alan Parsons is a legend and I've been following him for the past couple of years. I LOVE his philosophy on music and recording.

And to see someone ask for MP3 support on KRONOS disgusts me. KRONOS is one of THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED Quality Keyboards I have ever seen. MP3's are a DISGRACE to its quality and Music in general!

I use Apple's Lossless compression on my iPod, and as soon as I covert my stuff to MP3 when I upload them to ReverbNation, I delete them.

I don't keep them. FLAC is the BEST compressed format there is, right next to Apple's Lossless compression on iTunes.

So Alan Parsons is right: MP3's suck and they MUST get better.

Sina

michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:48 am Post subject:

The quality of MP3 depends mostly on the bit rate. I also agree that 128 kbits/s is very low and indeed can be heard. Some people also say 256 or 320 has a difference, though most people don't hear the difference.

If I'm right also MP3 has losless settings or such high speeds that nobody can hear the difference.
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SanderXpander · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 7860

MP3 was never made for perfect fidelity. That doesn't mean it doesn't have its uses, or that there aren't many situations where the loss in quality is negligible.

kimu · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:55 pm Post subject:

i have to say mp3 and other compression algorithms for audio and video has many ways to be really useful in everyday life...

considering that often i listen to them while travelling in train o plane or in may car's audio system, the loss of quality is somehow covered by the environment. i agree at home i prefer o listen to CD.

Sina, but you think that actual CD standard is hi-quality enough or as audiophile believe that should be better increased sampling frequency and bit-depth ?

[PS: since from post this may seem a provoking question, i assure it is not! it's real curiosity for an opinion[