Dumb Newber Question: Synth Engines

Nihilist Youth · Post by **Nihilist Youth** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:35 am

Thanks in advance for any answers... your patience is greatly appreciated!

I recently purchased a used Kronos, and am looking to create new sounds from scratch. My goal was to "turn on" the polysix and twist knobs. But so far, I can't seem to find the polysix "section". I do notice that the default patches often contain some information regarding the synth engine used to create the sound, but they don't appear to be organized in that fashion.

Is there a way I can just pick an engine and then punch in what I want from there? Thanks again!

RKfan · Post by **RKfan** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:11 pm

Go to an init program.

In common select the synth type you need from the drop down (e.g. Poly6, MS20 etc), and there you go.

Of course you can have 2 different types in the same patch (STR1 plus ploy 6 for example).

ENjoy

Nihilist Youth · Post by **Nihilist Youth** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:14 pm

Thank you! I tried googling for the answer, but didn't quite know how to word my search... haha. Such a speedy reply though. You rock =)

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:16 pm

I really found the online manual to be of HUGE help in getting through things like this. It IS busy....but Adobe reader can search the term you are looking for and makes it a breeze to move on.

Nihilist Youth · Post by **Nihilist Youth** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:28 pm

ED: Ok, figured it out. Apparently, you need to specifically select an "init EXi program" for it to allow those selections. Sigh... so confusing, being awake this time of the day.

xp50player · Post by **xp50player** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:17 pm

BTW, EXi programs cannot exist in same bank as HD-1 programs. The whole bank is set to HD-1 or EXi.

ronnfigg · Post by **ronnfigg** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:58 am

Nihilist Youth wrote:ED: Ok, figured it out. Apparently, you need to specifically select an "init EXi program" for it to allow those selections. Sigh... so confusing, being awake this time of the day.

It might be a good idea to "crack" the OP & PG. maybe even the Basic Guide first.

cynkh · Post by **cynkh** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:19 pm

You are, of course, more than welcome to find a suitable patch which already contains the elements you want and copy it to an initialized patch slot. I prefer this method since I usually have some idea in mind as I'm scrolling through the sounds.

Just use the context menu (the top-right drop-down arrow) and choose to write the program. It will prompt you for the name, slot, category and subcategory then you're on your way. Don't forget to backup your sounds to USB or at least the built-in HDD often!

Cheers!

Nihilist Youth wrote:ED: Ok, figured it out. Apparently, you need to specifically select an "init EXi program" for it to allow those selections. Sigh... so confusing, being awake this time of the day.

ronnfigg · Post by **ronnfigg** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:43 pm

One clarification- the Kronos sports an SSD, NOT an HDD...

Ojustaboo · Post by **Ojustaboo** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:46 am

Nihilist Youth wrote:Thanks in advance for any answers... your patience is greatly appreciated!

I recently purchased a used Kronos, and am looking to create new sounds from scratch. My goal was to "turn on" the polysix and twist knobs. But so far, I can't seem to find the polysix "section". I do notice that the default patches often contain some information regarding the synth engine used to create the sound, but they don't appear to be organized in that fashion.

Is there a way I can just pick an engine and then punch in what I want from there? Thanks again!

Many of us thought the same.

I thought there would be a screen page containing the different synth engines and I simply clicked on say the polysix, and up it came.

But it's easy once your used to it.

Might want to download Dongfangs tone adjust template, it sits over the knobs and sliders so you instantly know what they all do for the Polysix

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

or direct download from

http://www.dfsxpertsys.com/kronos/MS-20 ... stTool.zip

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