Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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Recording MIDI in real time
Whenyou’vefinishedwith“Preparationsfor
recording,”youcanstartrecording.
Thisisamethodofrecordingwhatyou’replayingon
thekeyboardandyourcontrollerusage,inrealtime.
Thismethodofrecordingisnormallyusedonetrackat
atime,andiscalledsingletrackrecording.
Asanalternative,multitrackrecordingallowsyouto
simultaneouslyrecordmultiplechannelsofdataonto
multipletracks.Thisisthemethodyouwillusewhen
usingtheDrumTrackfunction,theRPPRfunction,and
thearpeggiatortorecordmultipletracksofmusical
dataatonce,orwhenyouplaybackexistingsequence
dataonanex
ternalsequencerandrecorditonto
KROME’ssequencerinrealtime.
Recording setup
InP0:Play/REC–PreferencespageRecordingSetup,
selecttherealtimerecordingmethodyouwanttouse.
Overwrite
Bydefault,thisrecordingmethodisselected.
Thiswillrecordyourperformancebyoverwritingany
previouslyrecordeddata.Alldatafollowingthe
measurewhereyoustartrecordingwillbeerased.
Normallyyouwillusethismethodtorecord,andthen
modifytheresultsbyusingothertypesofreal‐time
recordingorMIDIeventediting.
1. UseTrackSelecttochoosethetrackthatyouwant
torecord.
2. SettheRecordingSetuptoOverwrite.
3. In“Location,”specifythelocationwhereyouwish
tobeginrecording.
4. PresstheSEQUENCERREC(●)button,andthen
presstheSTART/STOP()button.
IftheMetronomeSetupisstillsettothedefa
ult
settings,themetronomewillsoundforatwo‐measure
pre‐count,an
dthenrecordingwillbegin.
Playthekeyboardandmovecontrollerssuchasthe
joysticktorecordyourperformance.
5. Whenyoufinishplaying,presstheSTART/STOP
()button.
Recordingwillend,andthelocationwillreturntothe
pointwhereyoubeginrecording.
IfyoupressthePAUSE()buttoninsteadofthe
START/STOP()button,recordingw
illpause.
WhenyoupressthePAUSE()buttononceagain,
recordingwillresumewhereyouleftoffbefore
pausing.Whenyouarefinished,presstheSTART/
STOP()buttontostoprecording.
Thef
ollowingrecordingsetupparametersarealso
available.
Overdub
Selectthismethodifyouwishtorecordadditional
performancedatabyoverdubbingitwithouterasing
thepreviously‐recordeddata.
Manual punch-in
Selectthismethodwhenyouwishtousethe
SEQUENCERREC(●)buttonorafootswitchtore‐
recordselectedportionsofapreviously‐recorded
track.
Auto punch-in
Selectthismethodwhenyouwishtoautomaticallyre‐
recordselectedportionsofapreviously‐recorded
track.
Then,recordingwilloccuronlyoverthespecifiedarea
(AutoPunchInStartMeasure–AutoPunchInEnd
Measure),rewritingitwiththenewlyrecordeddata.
Loop All Tracks
Selectthismethodwhenyouwishtorepeatedlyrecord
overaspecifiedareaofatrack,whilecontinuingtoadd
data.Thisissuitableforcreatingdrumpatterns,etc.
Fordetails,pleasesee“Anexampleofrealtime
recording”onpage 61.
Multi (multitrack recording)
UseMIDImulti‐trackrecordingifyouwantto
simultaneouslyrecordmultipletracksofdifferent
channels,suchaswhenrecordingtheoutputofthe
drumtrack,arpeggiatororRPPRfunctions,orwhen
recordingfromanexternalmulti‐tracksequencer.
Location