Help - Using (long!) backing tracks with the Kronos

[Akdmeh]

Hello!
Traditional apologises for awful English from "ex-USSR user"...

SEQ Mode is OK - it gives us great benefits, but the biggest problem - it's totally useless, when you need to use a lot of COMBI switching. It limits you by 16 PROG sounds. Yes, you can switch midi channel smoothly in Live mode, you can change program/bank using control data in "track editor". But it's helpless when you need a lot of different keyboard splits, different IFX and their settings. Changing PROG sounds and their loudness level became a hell (I used this way in Korg M50 SEQ mode and don't want to repeat this mistake).

So...
Maybe I'm wrong (I'm new to Kronos), but I see two ways of desigion of creating live playbacks:
1) Using SEQ Mode. Say "goodbye" to all COMBI (especially their fast and convinient switches); you can switch only between 16 programs;
2) Using external sequenser via USB, or Audio inputs; control it remotely by MIDI (for example, Ableton Live + external soundcard).

Am I wrong and there is a third way?