Quinnx, I think I see what you are trying to do here.Your terminology is based on Fantom sequencing and I assume you may be looking to transfer to a Kronos,am I wrong?
Korg sequencers work very differently to Roland.
Let's use Fantom G as an example ok.
Quinnx wrote:
Midi channels there are 16..
how many tracks are there available for data sequences
are there only the standard 16 tracks one for each channel or more.
What about controlling external devices if they use the same midi channels
are they exclusive to give a total of 32 devices/channels or do we have to share the same 16 channels with the internal and external or have to choose if one channel is external or internal
KRONOS
16 midi channels/tracks for internal and external sources. You have an option like on Roland keyboards to check the channel to output to either INT,EXT, BOTH and EXT2.Compared to a Fantom G its quite restrictive.On the G you have 128 tracks for midi and these can be assigned to 16 INT and 16 EXT or both so in this regard the Kronos sequencer is no where near as flexible.The Fantom is a true 16 channel external controlling device as well as controlling its internal sound source plus its ARX options separately.
Quinnx wrote:
one more question regarding Sequencer and audio recording..
when one records an audio track, is this track then held in ram or has it been recorded directly to the storage device
again the same question for midi...
i suppose what would sum it up would be
when one decided to start creating a new song/project are you requested to name your new/song project before you begin and as such then is evey change edit captured by the project as it is created in real time or do you have to SAVE/SAVE AS at any stage of the process.
I suppose most of this could be answered with a Manual but i believe they have not been written yet
Ok midi data is recorded to RAM,Audio events(regions) are recorded to RAM.The WAVE file data is recorded directly to Disk.When the audio event data is stored it creates a region and it's this region that contains the information telling the sequencer how and when to play back the data from the drive. In this regard the Kronos works with audio very well in the way it stores its data in that the audio is on the drive but you must remember to save your SNGS as you go to retain the events info.The drawback is that its only 16 mono tracks or 8 Stereo.
It is different than the G.The G uses it's RAM and its audio is dictated by the amount of RAM.I always think of the Fantom as a big sample storage device.The beauty of the G though is that you have 24 audio/sample tracks that automatically store in stereo but if you power down without saving that data its lost because you have not stored it to your project,either internally or on a thumb drive.
As for storage the best way to describe how its file structure works is like so:
Kronos SNG.file will contain songs 1-199 depending on how many songs you wish to make and all their relevant track data and pattern data for midi plus all audio event regions tagged to the relevant audio data on the drive will be saved.I suppose its the equivalent of a Project on the Fantom G except that the audio data is stored directly to the drive. This audio wont be removed from the drive if you delete the regions but the Kronos should tell you when you switch power off and power back up when working on a song that previous files exist and if you wish to still use them or not and delete as appropriate.
You are not usually asked to name a SNG file until you come to save it, or you could start as you do with the Fantom and name it first,save it ,then start.
I hope this helps a little.
Neil.
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