Playing and editing Combinations
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•UsetheINCorDECbuttons.
•TurntheVALUEdial.
•Usenumerickeys0–9toenterthecombination
number,andpresstheENTERbutton.
5. PressaCOMBIBANKA–Dbuttontoswitch
banks.
WhenyouselectadifferentBank,thebutton’sLEDwill
lightup,andtheselectedbankwillappearonthele
ft
sideofthedisplay.
Forexample,toselectbankB,presstheCOMBIBANK
Bbutton.TheBbuttonwilllightup,andthename
BankBwillappearintheleftsi
deofthedisplay.
Auditioning the sound
PlaytheKROME’skeyboardtohearthecombination
you’veselected.
Keyzonepreviewallowsyoutocheckthetimbre’s
layerandsplitsettings,aswellashowthearpeggiator
isused.
•Thekeyboardareaindicatesthelast(single)note‐
onthatwasreceivedontheglobalMIDIchannel.
•Thekeyzoneareashowsthetimbresthatwill
soundatthekeyposition,differentiatedbyseveral
colorsaccordingtothesettingsofeachtimbre.
Green:Timbresthataresoundedonthegl
obalMIDI
channel,suchasbythekeyboard.
Yellow:Timbresthatwillsoundonlywhenthe
arpeggiatorison(seepage 90).
Orange:Timbresthatwillsou
ndonlywhenthedrum
trackison.
Blue:Timbreswhosetimbrechannelissetto
somethingotherthantheglobalchannel.Thes
ewill
notbesoundedbytheKROME’skeyboard,
arpeggiator,ordrumtrack,butwillsoundinresponse
toMIDInote‐onmessagesfromanexternaldevice.
Purple:Thesetimbresareusedtoplayanexternal
soundmodule.TheydonotsoundontheKROME.
None:Timbreswhosetimb
restatusisoff.Thesewill
notsound.
Thevelocitymetershowsthenote‐onvelocityvalue.
•Note‐onvelocitiesfromthekeyboard,MIDIIN,
arpeggiator,anddrumtrackareshownforeach
timbre/channel.(Ifmultiplenote‐oneventsoccur
simultaneous
ly,thehighestvelocityvaluewillbe
shown.)
•Sincethisshowsthenote‐onvelocityvalues,itis
notaffectedbythesettingoftheVolumeslidernor
bychangesintheaudiosignallevel.Also,themeter
willrespondevenifkeyzonesettingsorvelocity
zonesettingsaresuchthatthenoteisnotsound
ed.
TimbreswhosePlay/MuteandSolosettingsallows
themtoplayareshowninadarkcolor,andtimbres
thataremutedareshowninalightcolor.
Overview: Combination Banks
Withthefactorysettings,theKROMEcontains384
preloadedcombinationsthatareGM2compatible.In
additiontothese,thereare128combinationstostore
soundsthatyoucreate,orstoreoptionalsound
libraries.
Combinationsareorganizedintofourbanksasshown
inthefollowingtable.
Combinationbankcontents
Selecting by Bank/Combination
Select menu
YoucanselectCombinationsfromalistorganizedby
Combinationbank.
•PresstheCombinationSelectpopupbuttonto
accessthemenuandmakeyourselection.
Theselectionmethodisthesameasin“Selectingby
Bank/ProgramSelectmenu”onpage 22;Refertothat
pagefordetails.
Bank/CombinationSelectmenu
Bank Combi. No. Explanation
A, B, C 000...127 Factory Combinations
D 000...127 Initialized Combinations
Velocity meter