Korg Krome User manual

4E
Parameter Guide

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About this manual
The manuals and how to use them
The KROME comes with the following manuals.
• Video Manual (approximately 60 minutes)
• Quick Start Guide (printed and PDF)
• Operation Guide (PDF)
• Parameter Guide (PDF)
• Voice Name List (PDF)
All of these manuals are on the included accessory disc.
A printed copy is included only for the Quick Start
Guide.
Video Manual
This video illustrates the main functionality of the
KROME.
Quick Start Guide
This provides a simple explanation of the KROME’s
functions. To begin, please watch the Video Manual and
read the Quick Start Guide.
Operation Guide
Put simply, the Operation Guide is designed to answer
the question, “How do I do this?”
It explains the names and functions of each part of the
KROME, basic operation, an overview of each mode,
how to edit sounds, record on the sequencer, and so on.
This guide also explains the basics of effects, the
Arpeggiator, Drum Track, and Drum Kits.
Finally, it also contains a troubleshooting guide as well as
supplemental information such as a list of specifications.
Parameter Guide
The Parameter Guide is designed to answer the question,
“What does this do?”
Organized by mode and page, the Parameter Guide
includes information on each and every parameter in the
KROME.
Voice Name List
The Voice Name List lists all of the sounds and setups that
are in the KROME when it is shipped from the factory,
including Programs, Combinations, Multisamples,
Drumsamples, Drum Kits, Arpeggio Patterns, Drum Track
Patterns, Template Songs, and Effect Presets.
PDF versions
The KROME PDF manuals are designed for easy navigation
and searching. They include extensive PDF contents
information, which generally appears on the side of the
window in your PDF reader and lets you jump quickly to a
specific section. All cross‐references are hyper‐links, so that
clicking on them automatically takes you to the source of the
reference.
Conventions in this manual
References to the KROME
The KROME is available in 88‐key, 73‐key, and 61‐key
models. The manuals refer to all models without distinction
as “the KROME.” The front panel and rear panel
illustrations in the manual show the 61‐key model, but they
apply identically to the other models.
Abbreviations for the manuals: QS, OG, PG, VNL
In the documentation, references to the manuals are
abbreviated as follows.
QS: Quick Start Guide
OG: Operation Guide
PG: Parameter Guide
VNL: The Voice Name List
Symbols, , , Note, Tips
These symbols respectively indicate a caution, a
MIDIrelated explanation, a supplementary note, or a tip.
Example screen displays
The parameter values shown in the example screens of
this manual are only for explanatory purposes, and may not
necessary match the values that appear in the Display of
your instrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.
In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square
brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.
* All other product and company names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Table of Contents
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PROG Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PROG P0: Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0–1: Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0–3: Mixer & Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0–5: Arpeggiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
0–7: Tone Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PROG P1: Basic/Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
1–1: Program Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1–2: Note‐On/Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
1–3: Controllers Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
PROG P2: OSC/Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
2–1: OSC1 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2–2: OSC1 Velocity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2–3: OSC1 Pitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2–5: OSC2 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2–6: OSC2 Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2–7: OSC2 Pitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2–10: Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
PROG P3: Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
3–1: Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3–2: Filter1 Keyboard Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3–3: Filter1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3–4: Filter1 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3–5: Filter1 EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3–6: Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3–7: Filter2 Keyboard Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3–8: Filter2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3–9: Filter2 LFO Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3–10: Filter2 EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PROG P4: Amp/EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
4–1: Amp1/Driver1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4–2: Amp1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
4–3: Amp1 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4–5: Amp2/Driver2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4–6: Amp2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4–7: Amp2 EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4–10: EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PROG P5: LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
5–1: OSC1 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5–2: OSC1 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5–5: OSC2 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5–6: OSC2 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5–10: Common LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
PROG P6: AMS/Common Key Track
(AMS Mixer/Common Keyboard Track). . . . 46
6–1: OSC1 AMS Mix1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
6–2: OSC1 AMS Mix2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6–4: OSC 2 AMS Mix1 ,
6–5: OSC 2 AMS Mix2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
6–9: Common KeyTrk 1
(Common Keyboard Track 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
6–10: Common KeyTrk 2
(Common Keyboard Track 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
PROG P7: ARP/DT (Arpeggiator/Drum Track) .
53
7–1: ARP Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
7–2: ARP Scan Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
7–4: Drum Track Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
7–5: Drum Track Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PROG P8: Routing/IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . 58
8–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
8–2: Insert FX Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8–3: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
8–4: IFX2, 8–5: IFX3, 8–6: IFX4,
8–7: IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
PROG P9: MFX/TFX/LFO (Master/Total Effect/
LFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
9–5: Common FX LFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Program: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
COMBI Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
COMBI P0: Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
0–1: Program T01–08,
0–2: Program T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
0–3: Mixer T01–08,
0–4: Mixer T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
0–5: ARPEGGIATOR A,
0–6: ARPEGGIATOR B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
0–7: Tone Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
COMBI P1: Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
1–1: Controllers Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
COMBI P2: EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
2–1: EQ Trim T01–08,
2–2: EQ Trim T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
2–3: EQ Gain T01–08,
2–4: EQ Gain T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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COMBI P3: Timbre Param (Timbre Parameters)
81
3–1: MIDI T01–08,
3–2: MIDI T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
3–3: OSC T01–08,
3–4: OSC T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
3–5: Pitch T01–08,
3–6: Pitch T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3–7: Scale T01–08,
3–8: Scale T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
COMBI P4: Zone/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4–1: Key Zone T01–08,
4–2: Key Zone T09–16
(Keyboard Zones T01–08, T09–16). . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4–3: Vel Zone T01–08,
4–4: Vel Zone T09–16
(Velocity Zones T01–08, T09–16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4–5: Delay T01–08,
4–6: Delay T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
COMBI P5: MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5–1: <1> T01–08,
5–2: <1> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5–3: <2> T01–08,
5–4: <2> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5–5: <3> T01–08,
5–6: <3> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5–7: <4> T01–08,
5–8: <4> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5–9: <5> T01–08,
5–10: <5> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5–11: <6> T01–08,
5–12: <6> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
COMBI P7: ARP/DT (Arpeggiator/Drum Track)
91
7–1: Setup T01–08,
7–2: Setup T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7–3: Arpeggiator A,
7–4: Arpeggiator B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7–5: ARP Scan Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7–7: Drum Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
COMBI P8: Routing/IFX (Insert Effect). . . . . . 95
8–1: Routing1 T01–08,
8–2: Routing1 T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
8–3: Insert FX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8–4: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8–5: IFX2, 8–6: IFX3, 8–7: IFX4,
8–8: IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8–9: FX Control T01–08,
8–10: FX Control T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
COMBI P9: MFX/TFX/LFO (Master/Total Effect/
LFO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
9–5: Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Combination: Menu Command. . . . . . . . . . .101
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
An overview of Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . .105
SEQ Page Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
SEQ P0: Play/REC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
0–1: Program T01–08,
0–2: Program T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
0–3: Mixer T01–08,
0–4: Mixer T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
0–5: Arpeggiator A,
0–6: Arpeggiator B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
0–7: Tone Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
0–8: Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
0–9: Play Loop T01–08,
0–10: Play Loop T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
SEQ P1: Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
1–1: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
SEQ P2: EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
2–1: Trim T01–08,
2–2: Trim T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
2–3: EQ T01–08,
2–4: EQ T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
SEQ P3: Track Param (Track Parameters). .125
3–1: MIDI T01–08,
3–2: MIDI T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
3–3: OSC T01–08,
3–4: OSC T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
3–5: Pitch T01–08,
3–6: Pitch T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
3–7: Scale T01–08,
3–8: Scale T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
SEQ P4: Zones/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
4–1: Key Zone T01–08,
4–2: Key Zone T09–16
(Keyboard Zones T01–08, T09–16) . . . . . . . . . . . .129
4–3: Vel Zone T01–08,
4–4: Vel Zone T09–16
(Velocity Zones T01–08, T09–16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
4–5: Delay T01–08,
4–6: Delay T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
SEQ P5: MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
5–1: <1> T01–08,
5–2: <1> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
5–3: <2> T01–08,
5–4: <2> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
5–5: <3> T01–08,
5–6: <3> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
5–7: <4> T01–08,
5–8: <4> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
5–9: <5> T01–08,
5–10: <5> T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
5–11: <6> T01–08,
5–12: <6> T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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SEQ P6: Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
6–1: Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
6–2: Track View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
6–3: Track Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
SEQ P7: ARP/DT (Arpeggiator/DrumTrack) . . .
143
7–1: ARP Setup T01–08,
7–2: ARP Setup T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
7–3: Arpeggiator–A,
7–4: Arpeggiator–B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
7–5: ARP Scan Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
7–7: Drum Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
SEQ P8: Routing/IFX (Insert Effect). . . . . . . 148
8–1: Routing1 T01–08,
8–2: Routing1 T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
8–3: Insert FX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
8–4: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
8–5: IFX2, 8–6: IFX3, 8–7: IFX4,
8–8: IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
8–9: FX Control T01–08,
8–10: FX Control T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
SEQ P9: MFX/TFX/LFO (Master/Total Effect/
LFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9–5: Common FX LFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
SEQ P10: Pattern/RPPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10–1: Pattern Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10–2: Pattern Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
10–3: RPPR Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
SEQ P11: Cue List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11–1: Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Sequencer: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System Exclusive events supported in
Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
KROME sequencer file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Global Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Global P0: Basic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
0–1: Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
0–2: System Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Global P1: MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
1–1: MIDI Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
1–2: MIDI Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Global P2: Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
2–1: Foot Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
2–2: MIDI CC# Assign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Global P3: Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
3–1: Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Global P4: Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
4–1: Program Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
4–2: Program Sub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
4–3: Combination Main,
4–4: Combination Sub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Global P5: Drum Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
5–1: Sample Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
5–2: Sample Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
5–3: Driver/EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
5–4: Velocity Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
5–5: Voice/Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Global P6: Arpeggio Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
6–1: Pattern Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Arpeggio Pattern Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tool Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Global: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Media mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Media: File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
0–1: Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
0–2: Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
0–3: Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
0–8: Media Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Media: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Effect Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Dynamic modulation (Dmod) and Tempo
Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Common FX LFOs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
FX Control Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Effect I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Insert Effects (IFX1–IFX5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Controlling the Insert Effects via MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Master Effects (MFX1, 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Controlling the Master Effects via MIDI . . . . . . .247
Total Effect (TFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Using MIDI to control the Total Effect . . . . . . . . .248

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Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Effect/Mixer Block Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Dynamics (Dynamic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
000: No Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
001: Stereo Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
002: Red Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
003: Stereo Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
004: Multiband Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
005: St.MasteringLimtr (Stereo Mastering Limiter) . . 253
006: Stereo Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
007: St.Parametric4EQ (Stereo Parametric 4‐Band
EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
008: St. Graphic 7EQ (Stereo Graphic 7‐Band EQ) .
255
009: St.Exciter/Enhncr (Stereo Exciter/Enhancer)256
010: Stereo Isolator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
011: St. Wah/Auto Wah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) . . . . 257
012: St. Vintage Wah (Stereo Vintage/Custom Wah)
258
013: VOX Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
014: St. Random Filter (Stereo Random Filter). . . . . . . 259
015: Multi Mode Filter (Stereo Multi Mode Filter) . . . 260
016: St. Sub Oscillator (Stereo Sub Oscillator) . . 260
017: Talking Modulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
018: Stereo Decimator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
019: St. Analog Record (Stereo Analog Record) . . . . . 262
Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic models (OD
Amp Mic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
020: OD/Hi.Gain Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Wah). .
263
021: St. Guitar Cabinet (Stereo Guitar Cabinet). . . . . . 264
022: St. Bass Cabinet (Stereo Bass Cabinet) . . . . . . . . . 264
023: Bass Amp Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
024: Bass Amp+Cabinet (Bass Amp Model+Cabinet) . 265
025: TrebleBST (Treble Booster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
026: Tube PreAmp Model (Tube PreAmp Modeling)
266
027: St. Tube PreAmp (Stereo Tube PreAmp
Modeling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
028: Mic Model+PreAmp (Mic Modeling + PreAmp)
267
Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser (Cho/Fln Phaser)
268
029: Stereo Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
030: Vintage Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
031: Black Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
032: EP Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
033: St.HarmonicChorus (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) . 269
034: St. Biphase Mod. (Stereo Biphase Modulation)
270
035: Multitap Cho/Delay (Multitap Chorus/Delay)
270
036: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
037: Polysix Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
038: Stereo Flanger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
039: Vintage Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
040: St. Random Flanger (Stereo Random Flanger) . . .272
041: St. Env. Flanger (Stereo Envelope Flanger) . . . . . .273
042: Stereo Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
043: Small Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
044: Orange Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
045: Black Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
046: U‐VIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
047: St. Random Phaser (Stereo Random Phaser). . .
275
048: St. Env. Phaser (Stereo Envelope Phaser) . . . . . . .276
Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.Shift).277
049: Stereo Vibrato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
050: St. Auto Fade Mod. (Stereo Auto Fade
Modulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
051: 2Voice Resonator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
052: Doppler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
053: Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
054: Grain Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
055: Stereo Tremolo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
056: TEX Treml (TEX Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
057: St. Env. Tremolo (Stereo Envelope Tremolo) . . . .281
058: Stereo Auto Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
059: St. Phaser + Trml (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) . . . . .283
060: St. Ring Modulator (Stereo Ring Modulator) . .
283
061: Detune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
062: Pitch Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
063: Pitch Shifter BPM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
064: Pitch Shift Mod. (Pitch Shift Modulation) . .286
065: Organ Vib/Chorus (Organ Vibrato/Chorus)286
066: Rotary Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
067: St.EP Tone+Trml (Stereo EP Tone+Tremolo). . . . .288
Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
068: L/C/R Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
069: Stereo/CrossDelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
070: St. Multitap Delay (Stereo Multitap Delay) . . . . . .290
071: St. Mod Delay (Stereo Modulation Delay). .290
072: St. Dynamic Delay (Stereo Dynamic Delay) . . . . .291
073: St. AutoPanningDly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay). . .
292
074: Echo Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
075: Tape Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
076: Auto Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
077: Sequence BPM Dly (Sequence BPM Delay). . . . . .294
078: L/C/R BPM Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
079: Stereo BPM Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
080: St.BPM Mtap Delay (Stereo BPM Multitap Delay). . .
296
081: St.BPM Mod. Delay (Stereo BPM Modulation Delay)
296
082: St.BPMAutoPanDly (Stereo BPM Auto Panning
Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
083: Tape Echo BPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Reverb and Early Reflections (Reverb ER) .299
084: Reverb Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
085: Reverb SmoothHall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

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086: Reverb Wet Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
087: Reverb Dry Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
088: Reverb Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
089: Reverb BrightRoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
090: Reverb2 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
091: Reverb2 Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
092: Reverb2 Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
093: Reverb2 Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
094: Early Reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Mono-Mono Serial (Mono-Mono) . . . . . . . . 301
095: P4EQ ‐Exciter (Parametric 4‐Band EQ ‐Exciter)
301
096: P4EQ ‐Wah (Parametric 4‐Band EQ ‐Wah/Auto
Wah). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
097: P4EQ ‐Cho/Flng (Parametric 4‐Band EQ ‐
Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
098: P4EQ ‐Phaser (Parametric 4‐Band EQ ‐Phaser)
302
099: P4EQ ‐Mt. Delay (Parametric 4‐Band EQ ‐Multitap
Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
100: Comp ‐Wah (Compressor ‐Wah/Auto Wah) . . . .303
101: Comp ‐Amp Sim (Compressor ‐Amp Simulation) . .
304
102: Comp ‐OD/HiGain (Compressor ‐Overdrive/
Hi.Gain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
103: Comp ‐P4EQ (Compressor ‐Parametric 4‐Band EQ)
305
104: Comp ‐Cho/Flng (Compressor ‐Chorus/Flanger) . . .
305
105: Comp ‐Phaser (Compressor ‐Phaser) . . . . . . . . . .306
106: Comp ‐Mt. Delay (Compressor ‐Multitap Delay) . . .
306
107: Limiter ‐P4EQ (Limiter ‐Parametric 4‐Band EQ) 307
108: Limiter ‐Cho/Flng (Limiter ‐Chorus/Flanger)
307
109: Limiter ‐Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
110: Limiter ‐Mt.Delay (Limiter ‐Multitap Delay) . . .308
111: Exciter ‐Comp (Exciter ‐Compressor). . . . . . . . . .309
112: Exciter ‐Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
113: Exciter ‐Cho/Flng (Exciter ‐Chorus/Flanger) . . . .310
114: Exciter ‐Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
115: Exciter ‐Mt.Delay (Exciter ‐Multitap Delay) . . . .311
116: OD/HG ‐Amp Sim (Overdrive/Hi.Gain ‐Amp
Simulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
117: OD/HG ‐Cho/Flng (Overdrive/Hi.Gain ‐Chorus/
Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
118: OD/HG ‐Phaser (Overdrive/Hi.Gain ‐Phaser). . .312
119: OD/HG ‐Mt.Delay (Overdrive/Hi.Gain ‐Multitap
Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
120: Wah ‐Amp Sim (Wah ‐Amp Simulation) . . . . . . .313
121: Decimator ‐Amp (Decimator ‐Amp Simulation).314
122: Decimator ‐Comp (Decimator ‐Compressor).
314
123: AmpSim ‐Tremolo (Amp Simulation‐
Tremolo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
124: Cho/Flng ‐Mt.Dly (Chorus/Flanger ‐Multitap Delay)
315
125: Phaser ‐Cho/Flng (Phaser ‐Chorus/Flanger) . . . .315
126: Reverb ‐Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Mono/Mono Parallel (Mono//Mono) . . . . . 317
127: P4EQ // P4EQ (Parametric 4‐Band EQ // Parametric 4‐
Band EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
128: P4EQ // Comp (Parametric 4‐Band EQ //
Compressor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
129: P4EQ // Limiter (Parametric 4‐Band EQ //
Limiter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
130: P4EQ // Exciter (Parametric 4‐Band EQ // Exciter)319
131: P4EQ // OD/HG (Parametric 4‐Band EQ //
Overdrive/Hi.Gain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
132: P4EQ // Wah (Parametric 4‐Band EQ // Wah) . .
319
133: P4EQ // Cho/Flng (Parametric 4‐Band EQ // Chorus/
Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
134: P4EQ // Phaser (Parametric 4‐Band EQ //
Phaser). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
135: P4EQ // BPM Dly (Parametric 4‐Band EQ //
Multitap BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
136: Comp // Comp (Compressor // Compressor) . . . . 320
137: Comp // Limiter (Compressor // Limiter). . .320
138: Comp // Exciter (Compressor // Exciter) . . .320
139: Comp // OD/HG (Compressor // Overdrive Hi.Gain)
321
140: Comp // Wah (Compressor // Wah) . . . . . . .321
141: Comp // Cho/Flng (Compressor // Chorus/
Flanger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
142: Comp // Phaser (Compressor // Phaser). . . . . . . . . 321
143: Comp // BPM Dly (Compressor // Multitap
BPM Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
144: Limiter // Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
145: Limiter // Exciter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
146: Limiter // OD/HG (Limiter // Overdrive/
Hi.Gain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
147: Limiter // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
148: Limiter // Cho/Fl (Limiter // Chorus/Flanger) . . . . 322
149: Limiter // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
150: Limiter // BPM Dl (Limiter // Multitap BPM
Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
151: Exciter // Exciter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
152: Exciter // OD/HG (Exciter // Overdrive/
Hi.Gain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
153: Exciter // Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
154: Exciter // Cho/Fl (Exciter // Chorus/Flanger). . . . . 323
155: Exciter // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
156: Exciter // BPM Dl (Exciter // Multitap BPM
Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
157: OD/HG // OD/HG (Overdrive/Hi.Gain // Overdrive/
Hi.Gain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
158: OD/HG // Wah (Overdrive/Hi.Gain // Wah) . . .
324
159: OD/HG // Cho/Fln (Overdrive/Hi.Gain //
Chorus/Flanger). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
160: OD/HG // Phaser (Overdrive/Hi.Gain // Phaser) . 324
161: OD/HG // BPMDly (Overdrive/Hi.Gain //
Multitap BPM Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
162: Wah // Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
163: Wah // Cho/Flng (Wah // Chorus/Flanger) . . . . . . 325
164: Wah // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
165: Wah // BPM Dly (Wah // Multitap BPM Delay)
325
166: Cho/Fl // Cho/Fl (Chorus/Flanger // Chorus/Flanger)
325
167: Cho/Fl // Phaser (Chorus/Flanger // Phaser)325
168: Cho/Fl // BPMDly (Chorus/Flanger // Multitap
BPM Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Table of Contents
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169: Phaser // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
170: Phaser // BPMDly (Phaser // Multitap BPM
Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
171: BPM Dl // BPM Dl (Multitap BPM Delay //
Multitap BPM Delay). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Double Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
172: St. Mltband Limiter (Stereo Multiband Limiter)
327
173: PianoBody/Damper (PianoBody/Damper
Simulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
174: Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
175: OD/HyperGain Wah (Overdrive/Hyper Gain Wah)
328
176: GuitarAmp + P4EQ (Guitar Amp Model + Parametric
4‐Band EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
177: G.Amp Clean Combo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
178: G.Amp California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
179: G.Amp Tweed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
180: G.Amp Modded OD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
181: BassTubeAmp+Cab. (Bass Tube Amp Model +
Cabinet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
182: EP Cabinet/Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
183: St. Mic + PreAmp (Stereo Mic Modeling +
PreAmp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
184: Multitap Cho/Delay (Multitap Chorus/Delay)
331
184: St. Pitch Shifter (Stereo Pitch Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . 332
185: St. PitchShift BPM (Stereo Pitch Shifter BPM) . . . 333
186: Rotary SpeakerOD (Rotary Speaker Overdrive) . 333
188: L/C/R Long Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
189: St/Cross Long Delay (Stereo/Cross Long Delay). 334
190: Hold Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
191: LCR BPM Long Dly (L/C/R BPM Long Delay)
336
192: St. BPM Long Dly (Stereo BPM Long Delay). . . . 336
193: Early Reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Alternate Modulation Sources (AMS) . . . . .339
Alternate Modulation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) List. . . . . . . . . . . 340
Alternate Modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Dynamic Modulation Sources (Dmod) . . . .346
Dynamic Modulation Source List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Controller Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
SW1/2 Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Realtime Controls Knobs 1–4 Assignments . . . . 348
Knobs 1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Foot Switch Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Foot Pedal Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
System exclusive messages affected by Create
Excl Data, Erase Excl Data, and Event Edit .352
MIDI transmission when the KROME’s
controllers are operated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
KROME and MIDI CCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Responses to standard MIDI controllers . . . . . . .356
Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #70‐79 . . . . . . . . .358
MIDI applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Settings when connected to a MIDI device or
computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Messages transmitted and received by the KROME . .360
Compatibility with the M50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

1
Program mode
PROG Page Select
You can select Program mode pages in several ways.
1. Press the PAGE button.
Alternatively, press the mode button on the upper left side
of the display, and then press the right side of the menu.
“Page Select” shows an abbreviated name for each page.
The page prior to pressing the PAGE button is shown in
light blue.
2. Select the desired page in the display.
Other ways to select pages
• Hold down the PAGE button and press numeric keys 0–9
to jump to the corresponding page.
For example, hold down the PAGE button and press
numeric key 4 to jump to the P4: Amp/EQ page.
• Press the EXIT button to return to the Play page. If
something other than the main page is selected, press the
EXIT button to access the main page.
Page Main content
PLAY
P0: Play
Select and play programs. (see p.2)
Oscillator and Drum track level settings.
(see p.5)
Simple drum track editing. (see p.6)
Simple arpeggiator editing. (see p.6)
Tone Adjust settings. (see p.8)
EDIT
P1: Basic/
Controllers
Basic program settings, such as voice
assign mode. (see p.12)
SW1, 2, and knob settings. (see p.16)
P2: OSC/Pitch Oscillator selection and pitch settings. (see
p.17)
P3: Filter Filter 1, 2(tone) settings. (see p.26)
P4: Amp/EQ
Amp 1, 2 (volume) settings. (see p.35)
Amp 1, 2 driver and pan settings. (see p.40)
3‐band parametric EQ settings. (see p.41)
P5: LFO LFO settings. (see p.42)
P6: AMS/
Common
KeyTrack
AMS Mixer settings. (see p.46)
Common keyboard tracking settings. (see
p.52)
ARP & DRUM TRACK
P7: Arpeggiator/
Drum Track
Arpeggiator settings. (see p.53)
Drum track settings. (see p.55)
EFFECT
P8: Routing/IFX
Oscillator output bus and master effect
send level settings. (see p.58)
Insert effect routing, selection, and
settings. (see p.59)
P9: MFX/TFX/
LFO
Master effect routing, selection, and
settings. (see p.62)
Total effect selection and settings. (see
p.62)
Common FX LFO settings (see p.63)

Program mode
2
PROG P0: Play
This is the main Program mode page. Here, you can:
• Select a program to play.
• Select patterns and programs for the Drum Track.
• Adjust the oscillator and drum track levels.
• Make simple edits for the Arpeggiator.
• Adjust the Realtime Contorols.
• Use the Tone Adjust function to make simple edits for
program parameters
All MIDI data in Prog P0: Play is transmitted and
received on the global MIDI channel MIDI Channel
(Global 1–1a).
Tip: Auto Song Setup
The Auto Song Setup feature copies the current Program or
Combination into a Song, and then puts the KROME in
record‐ready mode.
If inspiration for a phrase or song strikes you while you’re
playing, you can use Auto Song Setup to start recording
immediately. For more information, please see “Auto Song
Setup” on page 106.
0–1: Main
0–1a: Program Select
Bank (Bank Select) [A...F, GM, g(1)...g(9), g(d)]
This is the Bank containing the current Program.
Press the BANK A–F button to select a bank.
• To select the GM bank, use the numeric keys.
GM: While holding down [0], press [‐].
g(1)–g(9): While holding down [0], press a variation
number [1]–[9]. If the bank contains no variation
programs, the basic GM sound set will be selected. (An
“*” symbol is shown at the beginning of the program
name.)
g(d): While holding down [0], press [.].
Program Select
[A…F: 0...127, GM, g(1)...g(9), g(d): 1...128]
Here you can select a program.
To switch programs
•ChooseProgram Select, use the numeric keys 0–9 to enter
a program number, and press the ENTER button.
•ChooseProgram Select, and turn the VALUE dial or use
the INC/DEC buttons.
• Press the Program Select Popup to view and select from
the Bank/Program Select menu organized by bank.
• Press the Category Popup to view and select from the
Category/Program Select menu organized by category.
• You can use a foot switch to select programs. (see “Foot
Switch Assign” on page 202 and “List of Foot Switch
assignments” on page 349)
• You can select programs by transmitting a MIDI Program
Change from a connected external MIDI device.
Bank/Program Select menu:
1. Press the popup button at the left of Program Select to
open the Bank/Program Select menu.
2. Press one of the tabs on the left to select a specific bank.
The Variation button is active if Bank GM is selected;
pressing it will switch the banks in the following order:
GM→g(1)→g(2)→... →g(8)→g(9)→GM.
3. From the list, You can touch a Program’s name directly,
or use the INC and DEC buttons.
Use the scroll bar to view information not currently shown.
Note: If you want to find a sound by its program name, use
the Find function (see p.2).
4. Press the OK button to confirm your choice, or press
the Cancel button to exit without switching Programs.
Bank/Program Select menu
Find (search function)
Here's how to search for a program by part of its name.
1. In the Bank/Program Select menu or the Category/Pro-
gram Select menu, select the tab that you want to
search.
Note: The programs in the selected tab will be the target for
searching.
2. Press the Find button on the lower left side to open the
dialog box.
0–1a
0–1b
0–1e
0–1c
0–1d
0–1
Menu
Mode Stop WatchPage Menu
Bank
Program Select Popup Program Select
Category Popup
Tempo
Tab
Scroll bar