New features in KRONOS software version 1.

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New features in KRONOS software version 1.5
KRONOSsoftwareversion1.5addsanumberofnew
features,includingtheabilitytoloadmoresoundsand
samplesatonce,supportforinstallingadditional
RAM,andsupportforKorgUSBpadcontrollerssuch
asthenanoPAD2.
Version1.5alsosupportstheKRONOSEditorand
PluginEditorsoftware,providingeditor/librarian
capabilitiesforMacOSXandWindowsand
compatibilitywithpopularDAWsoftware.
Inadditiontothesenewfeatures,theupdateincludes
variousimprovementsandresolutionstospecific
operationalissues.
Ifyoureusinganolderversion,youcandownloadthe
latestsoftwarefreeofchargefromtheKorgwebsite
(http://www.korg.com/kronos).
7 additional User Banks
KRONOSversion1.5adds7moreUserBankseachof
Programs,WaveSequencesandDrumKits,numbered
USERAAthroughUSERGG.Thesebanksare
initializedbydefault,freeforstoringeitheryourown
soundsorlibrariesfromKorgandthirdpartysound
developers.
ProgramBanksareeasilyaccessedfromthefront
panelhardwarebypressingboththeINTandUSER
buttonssimultaneously.Forinstance,toselectUSER
DD,pressbothINTDandUSERD.
Support for additional RAM
Installationofanadditional1GBofRAMisnow
supported,andcanbeperformedatanyauthorized
Korgservicecenter.Thisapproximatelydoublesthe
maximumavailablesampleRAM,uptoabout2GB.Of
course,whenloadingEXsusingVirtualMemory,the
totalsizeoftheloadedsampledatacanbemuch
greater.
TheKRONOSuseswidelyavailable,offtheshelf
DIMMs.InstallationbyanauthorizedKorgservice
centerisrequired;userinstallationisnotsupported
andmayvoidyourwarranty.Formoreinformationon
howtopurchaseandarrangeforinstallationofRAM,
pleasecontactyourcountrysKorgDistributor:
http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/index.html
ForcompatibilitywiththeKRONOS,RAMmust
complywiththefollowingspecification:
240PinPC26400CL5(orCL6)DDR2800nonECC
UnbufferedDIMM1GB
4x increase to RAM Multisamples,
Samples and Multisample Indexes
ThemaximumnumberofRAMMultisampleshasbeen
increasedfrom1,000to4,000,andthemaximum
numbersofRAMSamplesandMultisampleIndexes
haveeachbeenincreasedfrom4,000to16,000.These
4xincreaseswillbeespeciallyhelpfulwhenloading
librarieswithlargenumbersofrelativelyshort
samples,suchasdrums.
NotethatEXssampledatadoesnotcounttowards
thesemaximums;theyapplytotheRAMbanksonly.
Support for USB MIDI and Korg USB pad
controllers
Version1.5addssupportforconnectingUSBMIDI
classcompliantcontrollersdirectlytotheKRONOS.
Forinstance,youcanuseaKorgmicroKEYasan
auxiliarysynthactionkeyboardforaKRONOS73or
88.
Evenbetter,KorgUSBMIDIcontrollerswithpads
includingthenanoPAD,nanoPAD2,padKONTROL,
microKONTROL,andKONTROL49areautomatically
mappedtotheKRONOSchordpads,forplayingand
programmingdrums,triggeringchords,andselecting
andassigningchordsforChordMode.
Formoredetails,seeUSBMIDIcontrollerson
page 1126oftheParameterGuide.
KRONOS Editor and Plug-In Editor
Version1.5addssupportfortheKRONOSEditorand
PlugInEditor,whichletyoueditandorganizesounds
fromyourMacOSXorWindowscomputer.Plugin
operationallowsyoutosavesettingsaspartofyour
projectwithanyVSTcompatibleWindowssoftware,
oranyVSTorAUcompatiblesoftwareonMacOSX.
TheKRONOSEditorandPlugInEditorwillbe
availableforfreedownloadatwww.korg.com/kronos.