Korg 88key Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Drum Track function settings Creating a Drum Track pattern
103
Master operation
IfyouwantanexternalMIDIdeviceorcomputerto
synchronizetotheKROME’sMIDItimingclockand
realtimecommands,connecttheKROME’sMIDIOUT
toyourexternalMIDIdevice’sMIDIIN,orconnectthe
KROME’sUSBporttoyourcomputer’sUSBport.
SetMIDIClocktoInternal.
Note: ThesameappliesifMIDIClock=AutoandMIDI
realtimeclockmessagesarebeingtransmitted(see
page 111).
Synchronization via MIDI clock
TheconnectedexternalMIDIdevicewillsynchronize
totheMIDIclockoftheKROME.
Creating a Drum Track pattern
Onceyou’veconvertedthepatterninthisway ,you’ll
beabletouseitwiththedrumtrackineachmode.
TheseconvertedDrumTrackpatternsareheldin
internalmemoryevenafteryouturnoffthepower.
Thismeansyoucanmanagethemtogetherwiththe
programsandcombinations.
Preparing a user pattern
You’llfirstneedtopreparetheuserpatternthatyou
wanttoconverttoaDrumTrackpattern.
Tocreateauserpattern,youcanrealtimerecordit(see
page 65)intheSeqP10:Pattern/RPPR–PatternEdit
page,orsteprecordit(seepage 167oftheParameter
Guide).
Alternatively,performancedatafromatrackcanbe
importedintoapattern,meaningthatperformance
datayou’vecreatedinatrackorSMFdatayou’ve
loadedinMediamodecanbeusedasauserpattern.To
dothis,executetheGetFromTrackmenucommandin
theSeqP10:Pattern/RPPR–PatternEditpage(see
page 187oftheParameterGuide)
.
Converting to a Drum Track pattern
1. PresstheSEQbuttontoenterSequencermode.
2. AccesstheSeqP10:Patern/RPPR–PatternEdit
page.
3. Selecttheuserpatternthatyouwanttoconvertto
aDrumTrackpattern.
SetPatterntoUser,andusePatternSelecttoselectthe
desiredpattern.
4. ChoosethemenucommandConverttoDrumTrk
Patterntoaccessthedialogbox.
5. UsetheTo“DrumTrackPatternSelect”fieldto
specifytheuserDrumTr
ackpatternnumberthat
willholdtheconverteddata.Whenyouexecute
thecommand,thedatawillbeoverwrittenonto
thisnumber.
6. Ifyouselectthe“AllPatternsavailableinSong
***”option,allpatte
rnsinthesongthatcontain
notedatawillbeconverted,startingwiththe
numberyou
specifiedinstep3.
7. Ifyouexecutethiscommandwith“NoteOnly”
selected,onlythenoteeventswillbeconverted.
8. PresstheOKbuttonortheENTERbuttonto
execute.Ifyoudecidenottoexecute,pressthe
CancelbuttonortheEXITbutton.
9. Asdescribedin“UsingtheDrumTrackfunction
inProgrammode”onpage 97,settheDrumTrack
“PatternBank”toUser,andset“PatternNo.”to
theuserDrumTrackpatternyouconverted.Then
playtheDrumTrackpattern.
Ifthedrumpatternme
moryisinsufficient,orif
therearenotenoughpatternslots,theerror
mess
age“NotenoughDrumTrackpattern
memory”or“NotenoughDrumTrackpattern
locationsavailable”willappear,andthecommand
cannotbeexecuted.
Tip: It’sagoodideatoconvertdrumpatternsthatyou
usefrequently.Use“LoadDrumTrackPattern”toload
them.
Internal memory (saved inside the KROME)
Song
Drum Track
Track/RPPR
Program
/Combination
Drum Track
Convert to
Drum Track Pattern
100
User
Pattern
Preset
Pattern
User
Drum Track
Pattern
Sequencer memory
(Not saved internally;
save on external USB
media.)