Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Keyboard, Realtime control knobs, TEMPO knob and TAP button

Playing Programs Using Controllers

WhenyouwriteaProgramorCombination,theon/off

statusoftheSW1andSW2buttonsissaved.

Fordetails,pleaseseepage82.

Locking the Joystick

1. Usingthestandardfactorysounds,selectProgram

C027:SemiDistortionGuitar.

Toselectaprogram,makesurethatyouareinProgram

mode,andpressthePROGBANKCbutton,numeric

key2,7,andthentheENTERbutton.

2. Whileholdingdownakey,movethejoystickin

the–Ydirection(towardyourself).

Thetremoloeffectwilldeepen.

3. Whilekeepingthejoystickinthe–Ydirection

(towardyourself),presstheSW2button.(TheSW2

buttonLEDwilllightup.)

Whenyoupressthebutton,itsLEDwilllightup,and

themodulationeffectatthispointwillbemaintained.

4. Releasethejoystick,andplaythekeyboard.

ThemodulationwillstaythesameasitwaswhenSW2

waspressed.Evenifyoumovethejoysticktoward

yourself,thesoundwillnotchange.

5. PresstheSW2buttononceagaintoreleasethe

Lockfunction.

Keyboard

TheKROME’skeyboardprovidesthefollowingtwo

typesofcontrol.

Velocity

Veloc ityisameasureofhowhardyouplayanoteon

thekeyboard.Thiscanbeusedtomodulatemany

differentaspectsofthesound,suchasvolume,

brightness,orthecharacteroftheattack.

Note Number

Soundscanbeprogrammedtochangeincharacter

basedonthenotebeingplayed.

Asyouplayhigherorloweronthekeyboard,thenote

numbercanmodulatethetimbre‐suchasbecoming

brighterasyouplayhighernotes.Envelopesmayalso

becomefasterorslower;thevolumemaychange;and

soon.

Realtime control knobs

Therealtimecontrolsconsistoffourknobsandthe

SELECTbutton.Thesecontrolsfunctionasfollows.

•Youcanapplymodulationtosoundsoreditthem.

•Youcancontrolthearpeggiator.

1. PresstheSELECTbuttontoselecttherealtime

controlfunctionbetweenTONE,USER,orARP.

TONE,USER:Usetheknobstomodifythesoundor

effects(seepage28).

ARP:Usetheknobstocontrolthearpeggiator(see

page86).

Youcanfreelyswitchbetweenthesefunctionswithout

losingyourcurrentedits.

2. Useknobs1–4tocontroltheselectedfunctions.

Whenyouturnoneoftheseknobs,thatknob’sfunction

andvaluewillappearinapopup.

(Youcanpreventthispopupfromappearing.See

page111.)

Therewillbeaslightamountofplaywhenturning

theknobnearitsminimumormaximumpositions.

TEMPO knob and TAP button

ThisadjuststhetempofortheKROMEasawhole,

including:

• Arpeggiator

•DrumTrack

•SongsinSequencermode

•Tempo‐syncedLFOs

•Tempo‐synced(“BPM”)delayeffects

TEMPO LED

TheLEDwillblinkatquarter‐noteintervalsofthe

currenttempo.

TEMPO knob

Thisknobadjuststhetempo.It’saconvenientwayto

makecontinuousadjustments.

Note:IftheGlobalP1:MIDI–MIDIBasicpageMIDI

ClockparameterissettoExternalMIDI,ExternalUSB,

orifitissettoAutoandaclockiscurrentlybeing

receivedviaMIDI,thenneithertheTEMPOknobnor

theTAPbuttonwillhaveanyeffect.

TAP button

YoucansetthetempooftheArpeggiatororDrum

TrackfunctioninProgram,Combination,and

Sequencermodesbylightlypressingortappingthe

TAPbuttonseveraltimesonthebeat.InSequencer

mode,youcancontrolthesongtempointhisway.

Toenterthetempo,useyourfingertogentlytapthe

TAPbutton.Thetempowillbeenteredwhenyoupress

thebuttontwice,butyoushouldtapseveraltimesin

ordertoincreasetheprecision.Theaverageofthelast

sixteentapswillbespecifiedasthetempo.

Duringplayback,lightlypresstheTAPbuttonseveral

timesatthedesiredtempo.Thetempowillfollowyour

tappinginrealtime.Thisisaconvenientwaytomatch

thetempoinrealtimetothebeatofadifferentsource.

Youcanusetaptempocontrolwheneverthe

TEMPOknobcanbeused.Forexamplein

Sequencermode,taptempocontrolwillnotbe

availableifyouareplayingasongwherethe

Tempo ModesettingissettoAuto.(Seepage110

oftheParameterGuide)

Note:Yo ucanalsouseafootswitchconnectedtothe

ASSIGNABLEFOOTSWITCHjacktocontrolthetap