Kross operation Guide

Saving data
Writing to internal memory
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• User arpeggio pattern
For details, please see “Dump:” on page 177 of the 
Parameter Guide.
Writing to internal memory
Writing a Program or Combination
Writing (saving) procedure
The Program and Combination settings you’ve made in the 
various editing pages can be saved to internal memory. This 
action is referred to as “writing a program” or “writing a 
Combination.” If you want your edited data to be preserved 
after the power is turned off, you must perform a Write 
operation.
Before you can write data into memory, you must turn 
off the memory protect setting in Global mode.
For details, please see page 98.
A combination does not contain the actual program data 
for each timbre, but simply references the number of the 
program used by each timbre. If you edit a program that 
is used by a combination, or exchange it with a different 
program number, the sound of the combination will also 
change, reflecting the altered program.
1. Verify that the program or combination you want to 
save is selected.
2. Select the Write Program or Write Combination 
function. If you selected a bank U program or 
combination, the function will be Write/Initialize 
Program or Write/Initialize Combination.
Press the FUNCTION button. Use the ▲(PAGE–) button 
to select the above function, and then press the OK 
(MENU) button. A dialog box will appear.
Note: The conditions for saving will depend on the bank. 
(see “Bank numbers and conditions for saving” on 
page 102)
3. The conditions for saving will differ depending on the 
bank of the program or combination you selected in 
step 1.
If you selected program bank A–D or combination 
bank A or B:
If you specified Write, you can save the sound to the 
same category within bank A–D. The category is fixed.
If you specified New, you can specify any category and 
save the sound in bank U 000–127.
If you selected program bank U or combination bank 
U:
If you specified New, you can specify any category and 
save the sound in bank U 000–127.
Note: For more about Initialize, please see page 109.
4. Use Category to specify the category of the program/
combination. For the banks that you can specify, 
please see step 3.
5. Select the save-destination in WRITE To. For 
limitations on the save-destination, please see step 3.
6. If you want to rename the program/combination, 
press the text edit button.
The text edit dialog box will appear. Enter the program/
combination name. (see “Editing names” on page 105)
When you’ve finished entering the name, press the OK 
button to return to the Write Program/Write Combination 
dialog box.
7. To execute the Write operation, press the OK 
(MENU) button.
If you decide not to execute, press the CANCEL 
(FUNCTION) button or the EXIT button.
About the Tone Adjust settings that are saved
• Tone Adjust parameter controls two or more program 
parameters simultaneously. For example, “Filter/Amp 
EG Attack Time” controls a total of six program 
parameters. The value of a Tone Adjust parameter 
indicates the amount of change that is applied to the 
value of each program parameter it’s affecting.
When a Tone Adjust parameter is at zero, the program 
parameters it controls will function according to their 
original settings. Raising or lowering the value of a 
relative parameter will indirectly raise or lower the value 
of these program parameters.
Program mode:
• The settings of Tone Adjust parameters are automatically 
applied directly to the program parameters when you 
write the program. The Tone Adjust values will be reset 
to zero.
For details, please see page 3 of the Parameter Guide.
Combination mode:
• The settings of Tone Adjust parameters are written and 
preserved as the Tone Adjust settings for each timbre.
For details, please seepage 75 of the Parameter Guide.

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Overall settings for the KROSS, and saving/loading data
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About the Program and Combination edit buffer
When you select a program in PROG> MAIN or a 
combination in COMBI> MAIN, the program or 
combination data is called into the KROSS’s edit buffer.
When you then use the various Program or Combination 
pages to edit the parameters, your changes will affect the 
data in the edit buffer.
If you wish to save this modified data into internal memory, 
you must perform the Write operation.
When you perform the Write operation, the data in the edit 
buffer is written to the specified program or combination 
number of the specified bank.
If you select another program or combination without 
writing your edits, the data of the newly selected program or 
combination will overwrite the edited data in the edit buffer, 
and your changes will be lost.
Note: When you execute the COMPARE function in 
Program or Combination mode, the data from internal 
memory (the written content) will be temporarily called into 
the edit buffer. This allows you to compare the settings you 
are editing with the original un-edited settings.
Writing Global settings, User Drum Kits and 
User Arpeggio Patterns
Memory in Global mode
When the power is turned on, the Global mode data is called 
from internal memory into the Global mode memory area. 
Then when you modify the parameters in Global mode, the 
data in the memory area will be modified. If you wish to 
save this modified data into internal memory, you must 
Write it.
When you write this data, the data in the memory area is 
written into internal memory.
If you turn off the power without writing, the modified data 
in the memory area will be lost.
Writing (saving) procedure
The following three types of Global mode data can be saved 
by writing it into the KROSS’s memory.
• Global settings (the settings in GLOBAL> BASIC - 
G-USER SCALE> ALL, favorites data)
• Drum kits (the settings in ARP PATTERN> SETUP - 
ARP PATTERN> MODE)
• Arpeggio patterns (the settings in DRUM KIT> DS1 - 
DRUM KIT> VOICE)
Changes you make to this data will be remembered as long 
as the power remains on, but will be lost when you turn off 
the power. If you want to keep your changes even after 
turning the power off, you must write them into memory.
The following are exceptions.
Parameters that are not saved even if you Write
• Effect SW
Parameters that are saved even if you don’t Write
• LCD Contrast
• Auto Rec Start
1. Access the page that contains the parameters or 
settings that you want to save.
Choose one of the GLOBAL–GUSER SCALE pages if 
you want to write global settings, choose DRUM KIT 
pages if you want to write drum kits, or choose ARP 
PATTERN pages if you want to write arpeggio patterns.
2. Press the FUNCTION button located at the lower left 
of the display, and select Write Global Setting, Write 
Arpeggio Patterns, or Write Drum Kits. The 
respective dialog box will appear.
3. In the Write dialog box, press the OK (MENU) 
button.
If you decide not to execute, press the CANCEL 
(FUNCTION) button or the EXIT button.
Edit Buffer
Write
Select
Internal Memory
Edit
Program
A  0...127
Combination
A  0...127
When you write, the 
program or combination 
settings will be saved in 
internal memory.
When you select a program 
or combination, its data is 
called from internal memory 
into the edit buffer.
Editing applies to the data in the edit 
buffer. Programs or combinations will 
play according to the data in the edit 
buffer.
Memory Area
Write
Power On
Internal Memory
Edit
Global Setting
(GLOBAL...
G-USER SCALE)
ARP PATTERN
DRUM KIT
Editing will affect the data that has 
been called into the memory area.
When you Write, the 
various Global mode 
settings will be saved in 
internal memory.
When the power is 
turned on, the settings 
are called into the 
memory area.

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