Kross operation Guide

Sequencer
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Recording
The sequencer of the KROSS can record your keyboard 
performance and use of controllers such as the modulation 
wheel and pitch bend wheel in real time.
Usually you will use Single Track Recording to record one 
track at a time.
Note: In addition to Single Track Recording, you can also 
use Multi-Track Recording. (see page 57)
Preparations for recording
Before you begin recording, make sure that the memory 
protect setting in Global mode is turned off. For details, 
please see “Protecting the memory” on page 98.
Selecting a song
1. Press the SEQ button to enter Sequencer mode. 
2. Choose “Song Select” (e.g., in the SEQ> MAIN page).
Use the cursor buttons ◄►▼▲ to choose Song Select, 
and use the value dial to select a song.
Note: Immediately after the power is turned on, there will 
be a single initialized song. If there is only one song, you 
won’t be able to select other songs.
Track settings
Assign a program to each track, and specify its volume.
Tip: Here we are explaining how to adjust these basic 
settings step by step, but in the section that follows we will 
tell you how these settings can be adjusted automatically.
• “Using template songs” on page 55
• You can also use “Copying the settings of a combination 
or program” on page 55.
1. Assign a program to each track.
Press the PAGE+ button to access the SEQ> PROG page.
Use the cursor button ▼ to choose Program Select.
Use the cursor buttons ◄► to select the track whose 
program you want to specify. Use the CATEGORY dial 
and SELECT dial to choose a program (you can also use 
the value dial to choose a program). The procedure is the 
same as when assigning a program to each timbre of a 
combination. (see page 44)
Tip: You can copy various settings from Programs or 
Combinations. (see pages 138, 139 of the Parameter 
Guide)
2. Use Status to specify whether each track will play the 
internal and/or external sound generator.
Normally when using the KROSS, you will select INT or 
BTH.
INT: During playback, the KROSS’s internal tone 
generator will play the MIDI data recorded on that track. 
When you use the KROSS’s keyboard or controllers, you 
will be playing and controlling the track selected by 
Track Select. 
EXT, EX2, BTH: During playback, the MIDI data 
recorded on that track will be transmitted from the MIDI 
OUT to play an external sound module. When you use 
the KROSS’s keyboard or controllers, MIDI data will be 
transmitted to play and control the external sound module 
selected by Track Select. The MIDI channel of the 
external tone generator must be set to match the MIDI 
Channel (S-TRACK> MIDI page) of KROSS tracks that 
are set to EXT, EX2 or BTH.
If Status is set to BTH, both the external tone generator 
and internal tone generator will be played and controlled.
3. Set the pan and volume of each track.
Press the PAGE+ button to access the SEQ> MIX page. 
Use the cursor button ▼ to choose Pan or Volume.
Use the cursor buttons ◄► to select the track whose 
settings you want to edit.
Pan sets the pan position of each track, and Volume sets 
the volume level of each track.
4. Specify the MIDI channel that each MIDI track will 
play.
Access the S-TRACK> MIDI page. Press the MENU 
button to select S-TRACK. Move to the appropriate page.
Use MIDI Channel to specify the MIDI channel for each 
track. Normally you will set the MIDI Channel to a 
different channel: 1–16 for each track. Tracks that are set 
to the same MIDI channel will sound simultaneously 
when you record or play back either of the tracks.
5. Adjust the effect settings.
Use the S-FX ROUTING, S-IFX, and S-MFX pages to 
make effect settings in each page.
(see “Effect settings for a combination or song” on 
page 64)
Tempo
Mode
Tempo
Location
Song
Select
Track Select
Category/Track
Program Select 
Track Info.
Track Select
Status

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Recording
Preparations for recording
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6. Set the tempo and time signature.
• To set the tempo, you can turn the TEMPO knob or press 
the TAP button at the desired interval. Alternatively, you 
can select   (Tempo) in the SEQ> MAIN page (or similar 
page), and use the VALUE controllers to set the tempo. 
Set Tempo Mode to Manual.
• Next you will set the time signature. In this example, 
we’ll explain how to set the time signature using the 
“Time Sig (Time Signature)” field. Normally, you 
specify the time signature before recording the first track, 
and then begin recording.
a) Access the SEQ> REC page.
b) Press the SEQUENCER REC (
) button, and set “Time Sig 
(Time Signature)” to **/**.
c) Press **/** to highlight it, and use the VALUE controllers to 
set the time signature.
d) Press the START/STOP (
) button to begin recording. 
When the pre-count has ended and Locate reaches 001:01.000, 
press the START/STOP (
) button to stop recording. The 
time signature you specified has now been recorded on the 
Tempo track.
If you press the START/STOP (
) button during the pre-
count, the time signature won’t be recorded.
7. Adjust other settings as needed.
Adjust settings for the arpeggiator (S-ARP page) and the 
MIDI filter (S-MIDI FILTER page). (see page 70)
If you want, you can make adjustments to the sound by 
using the Tone Adjust function (S-LOOP/TONE> TONE 
ADJ, EQ ADG pages).
When you’ve finished the above settings, basic setup is 
complete.
Saving your song parameter settings
The song parameter settings that you create here can be 
saved as a template. If you use these settings frequently, you 
can simply load one of the templates you’ve saved.
For details, please see “Save Template Song (Save as User 
Template Song)” on page 140 of the Parameter Guide.
Using template songs
Loading a template song is an easy way to create settings 
appropriate for a particular musical style. You can also 
assign a drum pattern to a track at the same time.
1. In the SEQ> MAIN page, press the FUNCTION 
button, choose Load Template Song from the menu, 
and press the OK (MENU) button. A dialog box will 
appear.
2. In the “From” field, choose the template song you 
want to load.
3. If you check “Copy Pattern to Track too?,” a dialog 
box for copying a drum track pattern will 
automatically appear after you execute the “Load 
Template Song” operation.
If you execute the command without checking this, only 
the template song you selected in step 2 will be loaded.
4. Press the OK (MENU) button to load the template 
song, or press the CANCEL (FUNCTION) button if 
you decide to cancel.
When you perform this operation, song settings other 
than Track Play Loop will be copied.
5. In the “From” field, select the pattern that you want 
to copy.
To actually hear the currently selected pattern, press the 
START/STOP (
) button.
In the To Track field, select the copy-destination track.
In the Measure field, specify the starting measure of the 
copy-destination.
Following the pattern name for each of the 700 preset 
patterns, the musical style and the name of the most 
suitable Drum category program are partially displayed.
By loading a drum track and the corresponding preset 
pattern, you can instantly set up a drum track appropriate 
for each preset template song.
6. To execute this operation, press the Copy (MENU) 
button.
When you execute this procedure, the Measure field will 
count up automatically, showing how many measures of 
the selected pattern have been placed in the selected song. 
You can then copy another pattern if desired, or add more 
measures of the same pattern. When you’re finished, 
press the Exit (FUNCTION) button.
Copying the settings of a combination or 
program
You can copy the settings of a combination or program into 
the sequencer.
This can be done in the following ways.
• Auto Song Setup
Auto Song Setup is a function that copies the settings of the 
selected combination (in Combination mode) or program 
(in Program mode) to the song in Sequencer mode.
• Copy From Combination or Copy From Program 
functions. (see pages 138, 139 of the Parameter Guide)
In Sequencer mode, you can use these functions to copy 
the desired settings. 
Auto Song Setup function
1. Enter Combination mode.
2. In COMBI> MAIN page, select the desired 
combination and edit the Arpeggiator etc. as desired.
Note: If you want to save the edited state of the 
combination, use the Write Combination functions.
3. Press the REC (
) button. Alternatively, select the 
“Auto Song Setup” function.
The Setup to Record dialog box will appear.

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