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I have some sequences made up on my Kronos and I would like to dump them into Garageband track by track, but cant figure out how to make the midi clock of the Kronos sync up with Garageband.

I used to do this with my Roland V-studio with no problem. I'm sort of a newbie to Garageband.

Can anyone help a damsel in distress? Pretty please?

I don't know if GarageBand actually has any sync options anywhere, it's quite basic. Probably your best bet is to set the Kronos midi clock to external and see if it follows along when you hit play in GB.
EDIT: by the way, Logic is one of the best possible deals for recording right now, I would recommend switching to that. It does everything GB does and way more, keeping a somewhat similar look. It also has extensive sync options. The only drawback is you can't use the Kronos editor in it because it is 64 bit only. You can still use the standalone version of course.

SanderXpander - Thank you so much for your response! I actually do have Logic studio on my computer, I just haven't learned to use it yet. Maybe I ought to start, huh? Do you have a quick way for me to get to the sync option in that, along with the Kronos? If it is pretty similar to GB maybe I could have a friend come show me the basics of Logic it so it wont look so scary to me!

I posted a video awhile back on this. Don't remember everything it covered, but it might be helpful it is all about Kronos to Logic.

http://youtu.be/AcC3X_uvnUQ

I've been playing with Garageband as a newbie, and must say that I'm one of those people who just didn't quite understand the appeal based completely on ignorance of DAWs. I see the appeal immediately and haven't been on my Korg Kronos X 88 in weeks. But this is actually a bit disturbing, because I'm sort of scratching my head why I needed to spend thousands of dollars on my Korg in the first place. I have a new Macbook Pro, hence Garageband that came with it, and so it seems now that the Kronos will only serve me as a glorified controller for recording into a DAW. Am I missing something? I don't play live or do gigs etc. So did I actually spend thousands of dollars on a Kronos unnecessarily because I mistook its purpose--while everyone in the know who has one is really someone who performs on the road? With a DAW, wouldn't a controller and a DAW on my Macbook Pro been far cheaper and a "better" machine than my standalone Kronos?

Don't get me wrong--I love my Kronos. So I realize I have a kick-ass top-notch controller and can do a bunch of things on it. But I think I represent a lot of people out there who can afford to buy things and explore their passion for music, but who aren't as smart as we think we are when it comes to buying what is actually needed. I also own a TC-Helicon VoiceLive 2 Extreme, which is as awesome as the Kronos, but in hindsight, something I don't need when it comes to effects etc. because it's geared for guitar players and playing live. I almost bought one of those Roland Loop Machines that were very popular--still?--a few years ago, because I wanted to do a lot of groove-based songs. But then again, a DAW would accomplish that just as easily and better! Those loopers are great for performing live. So I think I've been buying for live performance when I should have just went with a DAW all along. Am I missing something, or have I just had a revelation about the Kronos? The reason we keep buying things and using the onboard sequencer is because some of us simply don't know any better until it's far too late. Sigh. I feel like an idiot.

I'm learning logic pro X and I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am glad I have it and my Kronos. I think the Kronos is a great compliment to a daw. I know there is a lot of vst/au software out there that can do incredible things but I do not always want to be on a computer and I do not always want to be in software. i like hardware and i think as you learn both you just might think the same. Maybe not there are people who swear by software. Sometimes we have just have to forge on just to learn what we want. You have to start somewhere and you just happened to start with an incredible board.

Thanks. I actually posted under the wrong topic that I had intended. However, your response is calming. Boo hoo, first-world problem, I'm stuck with awesome equipment that I can grow into and that can tackle anything I throw at it. Life is hard. I get it now.

Well that isn't quite what i meant, I saved and did basically the same as you so I understand and Kronos is quite the beast and expensive so it is easy to think wow why didn't I just stick with my daw and some plugins, but you have it now so run with it, no regrets! When you start working the two together and suing sounds form both you will see more appeal!

Oh yeah, i know. I appreciated your reply. It was sincere and actually had me rethinking my heartfelt whining. The snarkiness of my reply was wholly directed exclusively to myself in self-mockery.