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This is interesting, I never knew. Unlike MIDI, unfortunately manufacturers never standardized something as simple as the half-damper to allow simple interchange of each other's pedals. Hmm.

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Installing additional RAM is certainly recommended, but unloading unneeded libraries can help free memory as well.

I created a subset of PRELOAD.PCG by unloading the Rock and Jazz drums (EXs8 & ...

This can be complex, but it is important to know.

Answer 1) Installing multiple third party sound libraries to appropriate locations is very doable as long as the limitations are understood.

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Kronos Combis have banks named INT-A, INT-B, etc. similar to Program banks. Perhaps this is the confusion?

In a Combi Timbre Parameters MIDI page, Status is normally set to INT if you’re playing an internal Program. The EXT and EX2 settings allow the Timbre to control an external MIDI device. For more inf ...

Of course you have many options, but if you are simply interested in transferring your programs/setlists, and have not yet created anything new on your Kronos 2, then just Save PCG (all banks) from KX ...

I use the same Radial DIs, and use TRS cables wherever possible. Although, I have also used TS cables occasionally with no noticeable difference as long as the cables were less than 20' feet.

I al ...

For changing programs of an external keyboard after setting a channel status to EX2, you will need to set the MSB/LSB parameters on Combi tabs TimbreParameter > MIDI. This sets midi communication ...

Hi Marc,

Page 78 of the Operation Guide explains setting a Timbre status (of a Combi) to EX2 the parameters allow you to transmit MIDI Bank Select messages for changing banks on external MIDI devic ...

It seems unfortunate that there is no option for Solo to mute midi output of other channels set to EXT or EX2, even when selecting Exclusive Solo.

Of course there is always the popular option to us ...

Yes I believe it was for marketing reasons that Korg reordered the factory programs with the new Kronos (2014), so that the new Berlin piano would be listed in the first bank.

After updating my ori ...

Other than the new order, the new EX, and the CX3 programs, were there any other new sounds in the K2 version compared to the earlier version?

Geo

The new KRONOS 2 included new EXs17 Berlin Gran ...

If you loaded PRELOAD_V2.PCG you should be fine. It was the latest version of the preload for the original KRONOS/KRONOSX released in 2013 with System 2.1.

To make things confusing, Korg named it ...

Re: Installed PRELOAD.PCG from Kronos 2 (containing new factory progam locations) onto original Kronos.
Is that the set installed from KRONOS X/Factory sounds V2 (for KRONOS System v2.1)? Are these ...

There are several options, but here is a suggestion that I have done. Using PCG Tools or Kronos editor, first generate a list to determine all programs that are referenced by your custom Combis. The ...