How to create user samples and KSC management

In this video I show how I handle samples. Both loading, autoloading and file management. Certainly not the only way to do it, but I thought I'd share what works for me.

[@weavaofficial]

it is ridiculous how hard it was to find this video. I had to reword my search for almost 24 hours. THIS one of the most MAC FRIENDLY INSTRUCTIONALS ON THE WEB PERIOD!

[@karljah]

Thanks so much for the video. It's the best explanation I've found for something I've struggled with since I got my Kronos. Really nicely done.

[@Rocksteadymusic]

Thank God for you sir! Was struggling with this for ages. You'll be getting my vote for a knighthood

[@THEREALTWISTEDINSANE]

After endless searches I find this!!!!!!!, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jimbok3488]

Glad to help!

[@weavaofficial]

WHY DOES EVERY OTHER KRONOS VIDEO TELL PEOPLE TO GO RIGHT TO CONVERT TO MULTI SAMPLE! THAT SCREWS UP THE FILE MANAGEMENT AND AUTO LOAD, LIFE SAVING SHIT RIGHT HERE MY BOY

[@lbkeys]

Thank you for this video. Very concise and helpful.

[@peterfinch4939]

Thank You!!! Wish I'd watched this video about three hours ago!

[@willperrymusic]

Great video! I just tried loading a sample without unchecking the KSC's in the Auto-Load at the beginning and it worked perfectly. I'm on Version 3.1.3. Cheers!

[@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC]

Thanks Jimbo! Well presented, FREE ADVICE, and easy to follow ( unlike many other videos) Really don't like the KRONOS interface should be a shortcut to unchecking the GLOBAL KSC autoload files.

[@reeceallanmorse]

Exactly what I've been searching for! Thank you so much for this video! Well done!

[@MaikSchott]

Thanks for making this video. I was still looking for a good way of having a clean file system on the Kronos when working with original samples and it is getting messy very fast. You brought a little light to that.

[@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC]

This is the only video I have found that clearly solves my KSC issues. Excellent tutorial, clear and concise. Why Korg only have 6 videos in their online Video Manual for a machine with over 1300 pages in the 2 pdf manuals I just don’t know. There is no doubting the capabilities of this machine but I have to say the Roland Fantom I have has a much better and easier to use interface than the Kronos. Each purchase should come with a free magnifying glass as the 16 ch Combi mode is just awful. Thanks Jim

[@michaelyoutubestuff2434]

Perfect! Just what I was looking for! Thank you for making this video!

[@WaltMo4]

I got a problem with having a bunch of places wit the same sample. L&R. It is in the multi sample page. Do I need to continue to do a multi sample every time I sample?

[@WaltMo4]

What is the difference between the muti sample zone and index zone?

[@kamranbakhriyev382]

Can you please help transferring sample based sounds from one set to another.

[@andrecharlebois3036]

thanks soooh much lots of headaches gone, best

[@timhenke3523]

Great idea. This works but wow. A lot of work to save disk space when this should just work when you save all. The headache is when you create a new sample, do a save all in a new directory or replace a userbank that’s currently in ram... It’s like that new sample doesn’t get stored with that user KSC.

[@jimbok3488]

I think a lot of this has to do with control. By not automatically saving all sequences with "save all", it prevents you from overwriting too much material on accident. I think that after I tamed the process, I find the ability to tune anthologies is a superior thing. If I had one complaint, it's the inability to overwrite song files. So if you want the same song name, you have to erase the existing one, then save a new file with same name. Make sense?

[@patrichanselman3191]

Nice and clear tutorial. Thanks!. Next question ;-) : does someone know how to add more (multi)samples to the same KSC-file just like de factoryfiles of the Kronos? It seems to me it must be possible to create your own soundcollection in a single KSC-file. Then you just have to preload one KSC with you own favourite samples.

[@jimbok3488]

you can do this no problem. Just keep adding new samples and save them all as one .ksc.

[@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC]

Jim, at 1.40 you say uncheck all KSC's first - what happens if you have 500 KSC's. Manually unchecking each would take forever?

[@jimbok3488]

Yikes, that's a tough one. I might recommend you start grouping your KSC files up a bit (by band project of whatever) to simplify. Also, I think the new update may have given you the ability to avoid the "unchecking", but I haven't mastered that yet so I cannot speak to it.

[@lighthawk358]

Could you explain how to make the folder you mention?

[@jimbok3488]

You just want to go into Disk Mode and then "utility" tab. Then using the arrow menu in upper right hand corner, you'll find "create Directory".

[@jimbok3488]

Sorry, just seeing this now. Under the Utility tab of the Disk Mode, you can "create directory" from the little arrow in the upper right hand corner. You can also delete, move, rename, etc. in there.

[@lighthawk358]

Thank you. There is so much to learn on the Kronos that every little bit helps.

[@barandallas1421]

Could you please tell me how to load kmp files to kronos? Thanks

[@jimbok3488]

I actually don't use KMP files as they aren't available to autoload. So I convert everything to KSC (multisamples)

[@ThePortlandpirate]

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[@liviou2004]

Your video is completely blurry. Impossible to follow it.

[@jimbok3488]

Sorry Fred. That's the best I could get off my phone's camera. But if you have a Kronos in front of you, you should be able to gather what I'm doing; or at least I would hope.