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Playing Programs Using Controllers
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WhenyouwriteaProgramorCombination,theon/off
statusoftheSW1andSW2buttonsissaved.
Fordetails,pleaseseepage 82.
Locking the Joystick
1. Usingthestandardfactorysounds,selectProgram
C027:SemiDistortionGuitar.
Toselectaprogram,makesurethatyouareinProgram
mode,andpressthePROGBANKCbutton,numeric
key2,7,andthentheENTERbutton.
2. Whileholdingdownakey,movethejoystickin
the–Ydirection(towardyourself).
Thetremoloeffectwilldeepen.
3. Whilekeepingthejoystickinthe–Ydirection
(towardyourself),presstheSW2button.(TheSW2
buttonLEDwilllightup.)
Whenyoupressthebutton,itsLEDwilllightup,and
themodulationeffectatthispointwillbemaintained.
4. Releasethejoystick,andplaythekeyboard.
ThemodulationwillstaythesameasitwaswhenSW2
waspressed.Evenifyoumovethejo
ysticktoward
yourself,thesoundwillnotchange.
5. PresstheSW2buttononceagaintoreleasethe
Lockfunction.
Keyboard
TheKROME’skeyboardprovidesthefollowingtwo
typesofcontrol.
Velocity
Velocityisameasureofhowhardyouplayanoteon
thekeyboard.Thiscanbeusedtomodulatemany
differentaspectsofthesound,suchasvolume,
brightness,orthecharacteroftheattack.
Note Number
Soundscanbeprogrammedtochangeincharacter
basedonthenotebeingplayed.
Asyouplayhigherorloweronthekeyboard,thenote
numbercanmodulatethetimbre‐suchasbecoming
brighterasyouplayhighernotes.Envelopesmayalso
becomefasterorslower;thevolumemaychange;and
soon.
Realtime control knobs
Therealtimecontrolsconsistoffourknobsandthe
SELECTbutton.Thesecontrolsfunctionasfollows.
•Youcanapplymodulationtosoundsoreditthem.
•Youcancontrolthearpeggiator.
1. PresstheSELECTbuttontoselecttherealtime
controlfunctionbetweenTONE,USER,orARP.
TONE,USER:Usetheknobstomodifythesoundor
effe
cts(seepage 28).
ARP:Usetheknobstocontrolthearpeggiator(see
page 86).
Youcanfreelyswitchbetweenthesefunctionswithout
losingyourcurrentedits.
2. Useknobs1–4tocontroltheselectedfunctions.
Whenyouturnoneoftheseknobs,thatknob’sfunction
andvaluewillappearinapopup.
(Youcanprev
entthispopupfromappearing.See
page 111.)
Therewillbeaslig
htamountofplaywhenturning
theknobnearitsminimumormaximumpositions.
TEMPO knob and TAP button
ThisadjuststhetempofortheKROMEasawhole,
including:
• Arpeggiator
•DrumTrack
•SongsinSequencermode
•Tempo‐syncedLFOs
•Tempo‐synced(“BPM”)delayeffects
TEMPO LED
TheLEDwillblinkatquarter‐noteintervalsofthe
currenttempo.
TEMPO knob
Thisknobadjuststhetempo.It’saconvenientwayto
makecontinuousadjustments.
Note: IftheGlobalP1:MIDI–MIDIBasicpageMIDI
ClockparameterissettoExternalMIDI,ExternalUSB,
orifitissettoAutoandaclockiscurrentlybeing
receivedviaMIDI,thenneithertheTEMPOknobnor
theTAPbuttonwillhaveanyeffect.
TAP button
YoucansetthetempooftheArpeggiatororDrum
TrackfunctioninProgram,Combination,and
Sequencermodesbylightlypressingortappingthe
TAPbuttonseveraltimesonthebeat.InSequencer
mode,youcancontrolthesongtempointhisway.
Toenterthetempo,useyourfingertogentlytapthe
TAPbutton.Thetempowillbeenteredwhenyoupress
thebuttontwice,butyoushou
ldtapseveraltimesin
ordertoincreasetheprecision.Theaverageofthelast
sixteentapswillbespecifiedasthetempo.
Duringplayback,lightlypresstheTAPbuttonseveral
timesatthedesiredtempo.Thetempowillfollowyour
tappinginrealtime.Thisisaconvenientwa
ytomatch
thetempoinrealtimetothebeatofadifferentsource.
Youcanusetaptempocontrolwheneverthe
TEMPOknobcanbeused.Forexamplein
Sequencermode,taptempocontrolwillnotbe
availableifyouareplayingasongwherethe
TempoModesettingissettoAuto.(Seepage 110
ofth
eParameterGuide)
Note: Youcanalsouseafootswitchconnectedtothe
ASSIGNABLEFOOTSWITCHjacktocontrolthetap