Download KROME Operation Guide

Thank you for purchasing the Korg KROME Music Workstation. To help you get the most out of your new instrument, please read this manual carefully.
About this manual
The manuals and how to use them
The KROME comes with the following manuals.
• Video Manual (approximately 60 minutes)
• Quick Start Guide (printed and PDF) • Operation Guide (PDF)
• Parameter Guide (PDF)
• Voice Name List (PDF)
All of these manuals are on the included accessory disc.
References to the KROME
The KROME is available in 88‐key, 73‐key, and 61‐key models. The manuals refer to all models without distinction as “the KROME.” The front panel and rear panel illustrations in the manual show the 61‐key model, but they apply identically to the other models.
A printed copy is included only for the Quick Start Guide.
Abbreviations for the manuals: QS, OG, PG,
VNL
Video Manual
In the documentation, references to the manuals are abbreviated as follows.
This video illustrates the main functionality of the KROME.
QS: Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
PG: Parameter Guide
This provides a simple explanation of the KROME’s functions. To begin, please watch the Video Manual and read the Quick Start Guide.
VNL: The Voice Name List
Operation Guide
Put simply, the Operation Guide is designed to answer the question, “How do I do this?”
OG: Operation Guide
Symbols
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, Note, Tips
These symbols respectively indicate a caution, a MIDI‐
related explanation, a supplementary note, or a tip.
Example screen displays
It explains the names and functions of each part of the KROME, basic operation, an overview of each mode, how to edit sounds, record on the sequencer, and so on. This guide also explains the basics of effects, the Arpeggiator, Drum Track, and Drum Kits.
The parameter values shown in the example screens of this manual are only for explanatory purposes, and may not necessary match the values that appear in the Display of your instrument.
Finally, it also contains a troubleshooting guide as well as supplemental information such as a list of specifications.
MIDI-related explanations
Parameter Guide
CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.
The Parameter Guide is designed to answer the question, “What does this do?”
In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.
Organized by mode and page, the Parameter Guide includes information on each and every parameter in the KROME.
What is REMs
Voice Name List
The Voice Name List lists all of the sounds and setups that are in the KROME when it is shipped from the factory, including Programs, Combinations, Multisamples, Drumsamples, Drum Kits, Arpeggio Patterns, Drum Track Patterns, Template Songs, and Effect Presets.
PDF versions
The KROME PDF manuals are designed for easy navigation and searching. They include extensive PDF contents information, which generally appears on the side of the window in your PDF reader and lets you jump quickly to a specific section. All cross‐references are hyper‐links, so that clicking on them automatically takes you to the source of the reference.
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Conventions in this manual
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(Resonant structure and Electronic circuit Modeling System) is Korg’s proprietary technology for digitally recreating the numerous factors that produce and influence a sound, ranging from the sound‐
production mechanisms of acoustic instruments and electric/electronic musical instruments, to the resonances of an instrument body or speaker cabinet, the sound field in which the instrument is played, the propagation route of the sound, the electrical and acoustic response of mics and speakers, and the changes produced by vacuum tubes and transistors.
* All product names and company names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.