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Thanks, yes I know this page, but - as far as I can find it - it does not say which Midi or Sysex command to enter when I want to force Kronos into Program Mode, Combi mode, Setlist mode, or Sequencer ...

Hi all

I can't easily trace in the manuals or this forum how I can 'tell' the Kronos to go in Combi or Program mode, using an external DAW (in this case Cantabile)

I manage to communicate Progra ...

I use the Akai EWI with Kronos since a year or 2

check Busch' set out:
http://thekronosblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/brass-winds-breath-controller.html

Stick the EWI-USB in the Kronos USB-port

I ...

One additional thing for drums: General Midi file drums are typically one octave different from the Kronos drum mapping. So when you play back a GM midi drum track with a Kronos drum kit, transpose +1 ...

You can perfectly do what you want on the Kronos

I typically 'clean' the midi files before I use them on the Kronos on a Windows PC Sequencer (remove the tracks you don't want; I typically have dru ...

Do you think this stand will work with a Kronos 88? It says it will carry 35 kilo but somehow it seems this construction will be not that stable.

https://www.thomann.de/nl/km_18850_b_spider_keyboa ...

Keep in mind that Kronos is not targeted to traditional stuff, but more to rock and modern stuff

You can always include your own bossa drumpattern, imported from a good midi file

there are a few; check the Voice Name List for locations: pattern 387-390 for example.

But if you search the VNL pdf, you'll trace also other, e.g. in karma as well

Have a try

check also the Kronos Parameter Guide around page 481

You need to set keyboard zones (Combi mode - MidiFilter/Zones - keyboardzones) and then set lower and upper key for each layer

In Combi mode ...

This might help as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7frcN8ASFk0

One of the great tutorials of Qui Robinez

Go through all of them, if you have the time!

If you want, on the Kronos you can make a 16 voice split, assiging different programs to the 16 Combi timbres, all sending them to the midi channel you are playing, with 16 different keyzones defined ...

If it is only combi's and programs, they are saved in the PCG, and will take only ~46 Mb

I usually make a backup on the Kronos itself also, and then copy those files to disk/USB. By that, you will ...

As for samples, it depends if you are saving only the links to samples, or the multisamples themselves. The sample links will not absorbe much space (but you might want to backup your sample libraries ...

You're welcome

Although the Kronos is an incredible powerful machine, where I am still learning after 5.5 years of usage, and still happy playing and gigging with it, an improved and automatic &quo ...