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Korg Kronos Tutorial: 13 MS-20 Patch Panel Programming

Watch the tutorial in 1080p so that you can read the screens

A lot of people asked for this, so here it is, this tutorial shows how to use the MS-20 Patch Panel, the common input and output connectors will be explained.

The following patch sections are in the tutorial:
- AMS Source Output Connector
- Total Input Connector
- Frequency Input Connector
- High Pass Filter Input Connector
- Low Pass Filter Input Connector
- Noise Output Connector
- VCA Area
- Mixer Area
- Modulation Generator Area
- S&H area (with Clock source)
- Feedback routings

At the end of the video there are several examples of common patch panel routings to get you started.

You can find the video here:
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I hope you like it.


For reference purposes, here are the other 12 tutorials
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Tutorial: 01 KARMA Introduction - How to program your first KARMA Arpeggiator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvAZqstk5E8

Tutorial: 02 Clusters - How to program Polyphonic Arpeggiators in KARMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSXNL8-ZHFU

Tutorial: 03 Using the Sequencer for recording combis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djRsZihhSIQ

Ttutorial: 04 Sampling Omnisphere in the Kronos Sampler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nURLCUGAzTw

Tutorial: 05 Sidechaining and Compression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZfox4VwAk

Tutorial: 06 Using Backing Tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edzVvnGccgc

Tutorial: 07 Setup Kronos And VST Instruments for Live Performance and Recording (Internal Summing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd23OjFZjz8

Korg Kronos Tutorial: 08 Using Existing KARMA Modules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrqRgIexH94

Korg Kronos Tutorial: 09 Wave Sequences (Motion Pads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3aIfpq2h4

Kronos Tutorial: 10 IPAD Music App Synth Arp & Drum Pad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS6-AuyfSno

Korg Kronos Tutorial: 11 Programming an AL-1 Lead QR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDA3k3O9ibE

Korg Kronos Tutorial: 12 Step Sequencer and Patterns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_L_mm9-CQ[url][/url]

I'm sure that this will be a great help, Qui. I've just started to get my head round it, using a mix of the manual, ancient knowledge dredged up from many years ago, and simply trying the "what will this do?" approach. I need some sleep before I do anything else, so I look forward to watching this. Thanks again for all your input.

You are very generous with all these wonderful tutorials.

Almost every Kronos user will get something very useful out of your work.

Monumental effort Qui.

Great tutorial Qui, this is really inspirational stuff, thank you.

Thanks !

Thank you so much

However, this is the first time, after watching all of your great tutorials, I must say I didn't clearly understand it...

I think this is because the patch panel is not big enough to see (and understand) what are you doing.

Also, I had issues reading the explanation (above), trying to see (almost at the same time) what are you doing on the patch panel and struggling watching what did you plugged

Considering the panel is complex (busy screen), I think some big pics showing what are you plugging can help a lot. Also, adding some additional time so we see (big size) the source and destination would improve the actual understanding

I didn't find many useful the last part (showing patch examples), because I got not enough time to understand what you did and why... Considering the patch panel, I think it's better to show, step by step, how you ended with all those connections and why (just like you did on the first part of the video)

Thanks for this great video ... I need to watch it again when I have my Kronos installed again but it was very informative already.

Good job, Qui!

MarPabl wrote:However, this is the first time, after watching all of your great tutorials, I must say I didn't clearly understand it...

I think this is because the patch panel is not big enough to see (and understand) what are you doing.

Also, I had issues reading the explanation (above), trying to see (almost at the same time) what are you doing on the patch panel and struggling watching what did you plugged

First of all, thank you for your remarks, i really appreciate it, because this way i learn what people do understand and what they don't understand based on the videos i create.

I understand your remarks and will take these in account for the next video, but keep in mind that this is much more complicated stuff to learn then the previous simple things. It's an intermediate level tutorial which assumes some basic knowledge about the ms-20.

Now the best way to watch these tutorials as i see it is the following:
- set the video to full screen and 1080p quality (you can do that at the bottom of the video)
- First watch the complete video to have an idea what kind of things are explained in the tutorial
- The second time watch it again, but this time pause the video at the important parts and try to do the examples yourself. So when you see me connecting the joystick to the Total Input connector, then pause the screen when my hand is gone and recreate that connection on your own ms-20. Then play the video further and when you see me turn up the frequency dial and hear the example where i play some notes and then use the joystick, pause the video again and try this yourself.
- Do this for every part in the video and you will see that after a few times things are going to make sense.

Don't try to do everything you see in the video by only viewing the video once. There is a huge amount of details in the video that are easely overlooked when you watch it only one time. You probably will get lost doing things because you missed a setting.

I'm sorry that i couldn't capture the screen better, i know my hand is way to much covering the connections. But i couldn't do it better, because this time i had to play the notes and operate the joystick at the same time, so the camera had to stand at the right site of me instead of the left site which i use normally (better view because i'm right handed).

But after every connection just pause the screen then it should be obvious which two points i connected.

I know that it looks overwhelming at the first time, especially when you never touched the patch panel, but the most important goal of the video is that you will get an understanding of which connector is connected to which knob in the MS-20.

I left out a lot of complex things, especially on the S&H / clock source area. But that's advanced stuff, so first get familiar with the basic connectors and then if there's interest and people understand the basic connectors we can move on to the 'experimental' really complex modular routings.

Most importantly: PRACTICE AND EXPERIMENT, it's fun and rewarding when you start to understand how these things work.

But again, thank you for your remarks ! I will definitly take your remarks in account for the next videos.

Considering the panel is complex (busy screen), I think some big pics showing what are you plugging can help a lot. Also, adding some additional time so we see (big size) the source and destination would improve the actual understanding

That's a really good suggestion (the big pics)! Extra time would be a problem, the video's are already quite long (around 15 minutes) and you can always use the pause button to see the patch panel.

I didn't find many useful the last part (showing patch examples), because I got not enough time to understand what you did and why... Considering the patch panel, I think it's better to show, step by step, how you ended with all those connections and why (just like you did on the first part of the video)

I understand your remark, however this was not my intention with these examples. It would take too much time to explain every patch. My intention was to give some patch panel examples you could try out yourself.

When i started with the MS20 programming myself i was looking online for some patch routing schemes to have some starter points for trying out thing. I couldn't find them online. Now with these examples i've shown at the end of the video you can pause the video and reproduce the patch routings on your own MS-20. Then you have a starting point for your own experiments.

Frankly, your job is simply amazing and I can find the words to say thank you enough. Really, much appreciated.
Dank u tot zien!

neomad wrote:Frankly, your job is simply amazing and I can find the words to say thank you enough. Really, much appreciated.
Dank u tot zien!

thank you all for the remarks

if you don't understand things from this video, then just ask here

MarPabl wrote: I didn't find many useful the last part (showing patch examples), because I got not enough time to understand what you did and why... Considering the patch panel, I think it's better to show, step by step, how you ended with all those connections and why (just like you did on the first part of the video)

are there more people that would like to have a detailed explanation of one of the examples at the end?

if so, which one?
I can do only one, because a detailed explanation of programming from scratch of one of those presets would take about 15 till 20 minutes.

Qui,

Your supports been great. Thanks for the tutorials!

@ MarPabl

You have the most interesting Avatar I have ever seen.
Is that your bottom?