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Connecting the KROME to
acomputer
USB connection
TheKROMEprovidesbothMIDIandUSBconnectors
asstandardequipment.ByconnectingtheKROMEto
yourcomputerviaUSB,youcanuseitasacontroller
andMIDIsoundmoduleforyourDAWsoftwarewith
singlecableconvenience;andwithouttheneedfora
MIDIinterface.
Byusingthededicatededitor,youcaneditsomeofthe
parametersoftheKROMEfromyourcomputeras
thoughitwe
reasoftwareplug‐in.
Note: TheUSBconnectoroftheKROMEisonlyableto
transmitandreceiveMIDIdata.
BeforeyouconnecttheKROMEtoyourcomputer
viaUSB,youmustinstalltheKORGUSB‐MIDI
driveronyourcomputer.
Connecting via the MIDI connectors
YoucanconnecttheKROMEtoyourcomputervia
MIDIbyusingacommerciallyavailableMIDI
interface.
Note: FormoreaboutMIDIinterfaces,refertothe
owner’smanualoftheMIDIinterfaceyou’reusing.
SomeUSB‐MIDIinterfacesmaybeunableto
transmitorreceivetheKROME’sMIDIexclusive
messages.
Connecting MIDI devices
ByconnectingtheKROME’sMIDIconnectorstoan
externalMIDIdeviceyoucantransfersoundsettings
andperformancedatasuchasnotemessagesbetween
yourexternalMIDIdeviceandtheKROME.
About MIDI
MIDIstandsforMusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface,
andisaworld‐widestandardforexchangingvarious
typesofmusicaldatabetweenelectronicmusical
instrumentsandcomputers.WhenMIDIcablesare
usedtoconnecttwoormoreMIDIdevices,
performancedatacanbeexchangedbetweenthe
devices,eveniftheyweremadebydifferent
man
ufacturers.
Controlling an external MIDI tone
generator from KROME
IfyouwanttousetheKROME’skeyboard,chord
triggerswitchesandothercontrollers,sequencer,and
arpeggiatortoplayorcontrolanexternalMIDIsound
module,useaMIDIcabletoconnecttheKROME’s
MIDIOUTconnectortotheMIDIINconnectorofyour
externalMIDIsoundmodule.
Controlling KROME’s tone generator
from an external MIDI device
WhenyouwishtoplayorcontroltheKROME’stone
generatorfromanexternalMIDIkeyboardor
sequenceretc.,useaMIDIcabletoconnecttheMIDI
OUTconnectoroftheexternalMIDIdevicetothe
MIDIINconnectorofKROME.
Controlling two or more external MIDI
tone generators from KROME
YoucanalsouseaMIDIpatchbaytocontrolmultiple
MIDIdevices.
KROME
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
KROME
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
KROME
MIDI keyboard
MIDI
patch bay
MIDI tone generator