kronos-glossary.txt

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Glossary for Korg Kronos 
(shared) 

ADC: Analog-to-Digital Converter 
ADSR: ADSR envelope: Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release 
Adv: Advanced (cf Basic) 
.AIF and .AIFF: audio file format (cf .WAV) 
AKR: After Key Release (a KARMA term) 
AfterT: Aftertouch 
AL-1 (synth engine: Analog Synthesizer) 
Amp Sim: Amplifier-type Simulation 
AMS: Alternate Modulation Source 
Arp: Arpeggiator 
Arpeg: Arpeggiator 
ASW: Assignable Switch (said of MIDI) 
AT: After Touch 
Bn: Bank (said of MIDI) 
Bnk: Bank (said of MIDI) 
BP: Band Pass (said of filters) 
BPM: beats per minute, aka Tempo 
Bsc/Adv: Basic/Advanced 
BTH: Both 
Bus Sel.: Bus Select 
C. KeyTrk: Common Keyboard Track 
C/S Chg: Combination or Song Change 
CC#: Control Change Number (MIDI term) 
The default assignments for knobs 5‐8 are Knob Mod.1 
(CC#17), Knob Mod.2 (CC#19), Knob Mod.3 (CC#20), 
and Knob Mod.4 (CC#21), 
CC#00: Bank Select (MSB) 
CC#01: Modulation 1 
CC#02: Modulation 2 
CC#03: (none) 
CC#04: Foot Pedal Assign 
CC#05: Portamento Time 
CC#06: (none) 
CC#07: Volume 
CC#08: Pan (Post IFX Panpot) 
CC#09: (none) 
CC#10: Pan (Panpot) 
CC#11: Expression 
CC#12: Effect Control 1 
CC#13: Effect Control 2 
CC#14: KARMA on/off 
CC#15: (none) 
CC#16: Ribbon Controller, 64 (center) 
CC#17: Knob Mod. 1 (Mod5?) 
CC#18: Value Slider 
CC#19: Knob Mod. 2 (Mod6?) 
CC#20: Knob Mod. 3 (Mod7?) 
CC#21: Knob Mod. 4 (Mod8?) 
CC#22: KARMA Slider1 ... 
CC#29: KARMA Slider8 
CC#30: KARMA Scene 
CC#31: KARMA Latch 
CC#32: Bank Select (LSB) 
CC#33..CC#63: (none) 
CC#64: Damper Pedal 
CC#65: Portamento 
CC#66: Sostenuto 
CC#67: Soft Pedal 
CC#68, 69: (none) 
CC#70: EG Sustain Level, 64 (center) 
CC#71: (Filter) Resonance, 64 (center) 
CC#72: EG Release Time, 64 (center) 
CC#73: Filter/Amp EG Attack Time, 64 (center) 
CC#74: Filter Cutoff, 64 (center) 
CC#75: EG Decay Time, 64 (center) 
CC#76: LFO1 Speed, 64 (center) 
CC#77: LFO1 Depth (Pitch), 64 (center) (Pitch LFO1 Intensity, Vibrato Int) 
CC#78: LFO1 Delay, 64 (center) 
CC#79: Filter EG Intensity, 64 (center) 
CC#80: Switch 1 (SW1) Modulation 
CC#81: Switch 2 (SW2) Modulation 
CC#82: Foot Switch Assign 
CC#83: Multi Purpose Ctrl8 
CC#84: (none) 
CC#85: VJS +X 
CC#86: VJS -X 
CC#87: VJS +Y 
CC#88: VJS -Y 
CC#89,90: (none) 
CC#91: Effect 1 Depth (MFX Send 2 Level) 
CC#92: Effect 2 Depth (All Insert FX Off/On) 
CC#93: Effect 3 Depth (MFX Send 1 Level) 
CC#94: Effect 4 Depth (Master FX1/2 Off/On) 
CC#95: Effect 5 Depth (Total FX1/2 Off/On) 
CC#96..101: (none) 
CC#102..109: KARMA SW1 .. SW8 
CC#110..117: Pad1..Pad8 
CC#118: X-axis (Vector Joystick) 
CC#119: Y-axis (Vector Joystick) 
Cho/Flanger: Chorus/Flanger 
CMT: Component Modeling Technology (PolysixEX) 
Combi: Combination 
Comp: Compressor effect 
Ctrl Bus: FX Control Bus 
CV: Control Voltage 
CX-3 (synth engine: Tonewheel Organ) 
DAR: an AR generator with initial Delay stage 
Dep: Depth (CC#77: LFO1 Depth (Pitch)) 
Dir.Idx: Direct Index 
Dly: Delay 
DKit: Drum Kit 
Dmp: Damper 
Drum Sample 
D.Track: Drum Track Pattern 
Dmod: Dynamic Modulation 
DU: Duration (said of KARMA) 
Dyn: Dynamic 
Effect Preset 
EG: Envelope Generator 
Env: Envelope 
EP: Electric Piano (also E. Piano, cf A. Piano, Acoustic Piano) 
EP-1 (synth engine: MDS Electric Piano) 
EQ: Equalizer 
ESP: External Signal Processor (said of MS-20EX) 
EV: Events 
EXi: Expansion Instrument 
EXi Program: allows any two EXi within 
.EXL: MIDI Exclusive Data (filename extension) 
Exp/Comp: Expand/Compress 
Exp: Exponential Curve 
Exp/Log: Exponential/Logarithmic 
F/A: Filter/Amp 
F-V: Frequency-Voltage (Patch Panel) 
Fc: Frequency 
FM: Frequency Modulation 
Frq: Frequency 
FxV: Frequency-to-Voltage (Patch Panel) 
Gch: Global Channel 
GE: (KARMA Generated Effect) 
GM: General MIDI 
Gnd: Ground (Patch Panel) 
HADSR: an ADSR with a Gate Hold 
Harm.: Harmonic(s) 
HD-1: ("High Definition" synth engine: wave sequencing, etc.) 
HDR: Hard Disk Recorder 
HEQ: High-range Equalizer 
HEQ Fc: High EQ Frequency 
HG: High Gain (Hi-Gain) 
HP: High Pass (said of filters) 
HPF: High Pass Filter 
IFX: Insert Effects 
Indiv.: Individual 
-Inf Ramp: Silent in one half-step 
+Inf Ramp: x2 in one half-step 
Int: Intensity (CC#79) 
Inv/Dbl: Inverted/Doubled notes 
JS: Joystick (to the left of the keybed); cf Vector Joystick 
JS X: horizontal movement 
JS+Y: vertical movement, upwards 
JS-Y: vertical movement, downwards 
KARMA: Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture 
KBD: Keyboard 
.KCD: Audio CD track list (file extension) 
KeyTrk: Keytrack 
.KMP: Korg Multisample Parameters (".KMP" is a file extension.) 
.KSC: Korg Sample Collection or Korg SCript file (".KSC" is a file extension.) 
.KSF: Korg Sample File (".KSF" is a file extension.) 
L/C/R: Left/Center/Right 
L+R: Left Right Summation 
LEQ: Low-range Equalizer 
LEQ Fc: Low-range Frequency 
LGT: Legato 
Log: Logarithmic Curve 
LP: Low Pass (said of filters) 
LPF: Low Pass Filter 
LSB: Least Significant Bit 
Mdl Stop: Module Stop 
MDS: Multi-Dimensional Synthesis (said of EP-1) 
MFX: Master Effects (cf Total Effects, TFX) 
MG: Modulation Generator (an AMS Source, MS-20EX) 
Mn: Mono 
MNO: Multisample Number chunk 
Mod: Modulation (Program P5: Modulation & Arpeggiator, PolysixEX) 
Mod-7 (synth engine: Waveshaping VPM synthesizer) 
ms: millisecond 
MS/WS/Dkit: Multisamples/Wave Sequences/Drum Kit 
MSB: Most Significant Bit 
MS-20EX (synth engine: analog modeling) 
MS-50: "big brother" to MS-20 
msec: millisecond 
Mt.: Multitap 
Mtap: Multitap 
MS: Multisample 
MVCA: Modulation VCA (said of MS-20EX) 
Oct: Octave 
OD: Overdrive 
OG: Operation Guide (PDF manual) 
Osc: Oscillator 
Overb: type of reverberation 
P.Offset: Pitch Offset 
P4EQ: Parametric 4-band Equalizer 
Parameter Guide (PDF manual) 
Pat: Parameter Name 
Patch Panel: screen found in both MOD-7 and MS-20EX synths 
PB: Pitch Bend (said of Karma) 
PCM: (Pulse-code modulation) a digital representation of an analog signal 
.PCG: Program Combi Global Files (filename extension) 
Pdl: Assignable Pedal 
Perf.: Performance 
PG: Parameter Guide (PDF manual) 
Phones: Headphones 
Phs: Phase 
PolysixEX (synth engine: analog modeling, in User-E bank) EXi 1 Instrument Type 
Porta.: Portamento 
Prg Chg: Program Change 
PRG: Program 
PW: Pulse Waveform (said of PolySixEX) 
PWM: Pulse Width Modulation (said of PolysixEX) 
a type of oscillator, similar to PW above. 
QS: Quick Start Guide (PDF manual) 
REC: Record 
Rel: Release (of ADSR envelope) 
Reverb: Reverberation 
RLP: Relative Parameter 
RMS: power, cf peak power 
Rnd: Random 
RPN: Registered Parameter Numbers 
RPPR: Realtime Pattern Play and Record 
RT: Repeat Time (said of KARMA) 
RTC: Real-Time Control (e.g., slider) 
RTP: Real-time Parameters 
RT Knobs: Realtime Knobs (said of KARMA) 
S&H: Sample & Hold 
S/H: Sample/Hold 
S Chg: Song Change 
SDD: divided Sample Data chunk 
.SF2: Sound Font file 
SGX-1 (synth engine: Premium Piano) 
SMD: Sample Data chunk 
SMF: Standard MIDI File 
SMP: Sample Parameter chunk 
.SNG: Song file (".SNG" is a file extension.) 
SNO: Sample Number chunk 
Spd: Speed 
Src: Source (ex: SRC1 and SCR2) 
SSD: Solid State Drive 
St: Stereo 
Sta / Att / Rel: Start / Attack / Release 
Sta / Sus: Start / Sustain 
Step Seq: Step Sequencer 
STR-1 (synth engine: Plucked String) 
Strt/Dot/Trip Mults: Straight/Dotted/Triplet Multipliers 
Sus: Sustain (of ADSR envelope) 
SW1: Switch 1 (control surface) 
SW2: Switch 2 (control surface) 
SysEx: System Exclusive 
.SYX: file format for System Exclusive files 
T.Sig: Time Signature 
TA: Tempo - Absolute (said of KARMA) 
Tch: Track Channel 
Template Song 
TFX: Total Effects (final part of the effects chain, after Master Effects are applied) 
TR: Tempo - Relative (said of KARMA) 
Transp.: Transpose 
tri: triangle waveform 
Trig: Trigger 
TS: Time Signature 
Value Dec: footswitch for front-panel "Dec" (Decrement) button 
Value Inc: footswitch for front-panel "Inc" (Increment) button 
V/C: Vibrato/Chorus 
VCA: Voltage Controlled Amplifier 
VCF: (said of PolysixEX VCO/VCF/EG/MG) VC Filter 
The most important oscillator, filter, envelope, and modulation generator parameters. 
VCO: ____________ Oscillator (pitch) 
VCO CV: Control Voltage inputs (said of MS-20EX) 
VE: Velocity (said of KARMA) 
Vector 
Vel: Velocity 
Vel Sens: Velocity Sensitivity 
VJS: Vector Joystick (on the control surface): CC#118 for the X axis, and CC#119 for the Y axis. 
VMT: Virtual Memory Technology (small portion in RAM, then streams from disk) 
VNL: Voice Name List (PDF manual) 
Voice Name List (PDF manual) 
VPM: Variable Phase Modulation synthesis (said of MOD-7, cf FM synthesis) 
.WAV: WAVE audio file format 
Wave Forms for VCO1: Sawtooth, Square/Pulse Wave, Triangle Wave, White Noise. 
Wave Forms for VCO2: one of Sawtooth, Square Wave, Pulse Wave, Ring Modulator. page 300 
WaveSeq: Wave Sequence 
Xfade: Crossfade 
Xover Filter: Crossover Filter