Korg Kronos Sampling Tutorial: Create Programs Using Custom Samples UserBank.KSC

[@MrThelonius10]

2 years owning this board and now we're doing a tune that requires multi samples. I tried it on my own yesterday. Didn't turn out well. Followed this tutorial and it all works perfectly! Francis Capistrano of Narf Sounds really IS the man!

[@NaskoHijdra]

The same here, thanks narfsounds!

[@Don_nell]

Kronos, is the best sampling keyboard on the planet right now. Hope Korg continues to improve their multi-sampling legacy in all the new workstations!

[@garyholdsworth53]

just used this tutorial to put the "voices" into Flash (Queen). Can you imagine playing that song without the voices? following each step, worked to a T. Mr NARF really is the man. so helpful!

[@leesculthorpe6048]

This video is one of my most used, such a great clear explanation..thank you

[@ShanesQueenSite]

THANK YOU SO MUCH - I eventually got to sort a sample correctly and now I can setup my whole gig-set with this technique !!! Excellent Tutorial

[@Pouya.k]

Love the way you explain stuff. Thanks Fran.

[@narfsounds]

Thanks for watching!

[@KEYBOARDER_marcus]

Best Tutorial in WEB!

[@oscarsanchez3319]

Thank you for this tutorial!!! You made it very easy to follow and understand. I recommend who ever is going to try this steps, to make sure you have the audio file ready to put it in a USB jump drive. (for this process I used GarageBand) it'll make you go through this tutorial almost in realtime and by the end of this video, you'll have the same results.

[@lolinalo]

This video is so helpful in working with MultiSamples. Really appreciate it!

[@narfsounds]

Glad it was helpful!

[@liviou2004]

Very good tutorial upon a subject which is not too easy to explain. Congrats !

[@jaustin753]

Great instruction video. Thank you sir. This is by far the best (and easy to understand) instruction on YT. ❤ You got me up and running.

[@domi2825]

Superbe tutoriel, pas facile le Kronos. Merci beaucoup

[@NelsonClick]

Thank you for being the real deal and not a pretender. Proof is in the pudding and your pudding is great. It's cold, creamy and satisfying. Made from whole fresh ingredients. Is this metaphor working? Check, check, check.

[@richardmiller191]

Great tutorial. Thanks for posting. But I can't believe how many steps Korg makes you go through! Way more complicated than it needs to be. Great vid though.

[@narfsounds]

Yeah, its a source of confusion for many users and is definitely not straightforward.

[@VictorEzell]

It’s pretty much sampling inside my triton studio. I am familiar with the concept so I know I would do well on this keyboard. I’m getting one !

[@Rocksteadymusic]

Thanks for this, really helpful. Wish this was a more straightforward process but appreciate you taking the time to help noobs like me

[@stevekubica6281]

I've been struggling with this procedure for nearly a decade (since I got my first Kronos 1....since upgraded to Kronos 2). Thank you for such a clear, straight forward video procedure. It also covered how to make the sample fully play without having to hold the key down. Is it easy to make a sample play in a loop mode?

[@kevinkreis4034]

Nerf, you are the best. Thank you.

[@teofeo333]

Lots of info explained very well. Thank you

[@CHRISTNMEHOPEOFGLORY]

Amen. Great job...this was helpful to me..

[@NlineMusick]

Thanks so much for creating this video, I just walked through the steps and it was super helpful!!

[@Keyboardnut99]

Great and thanks Narf

[@vikrampatik34]

Very nice thanks sir but what is the process we want next sampel add inthis ksc.

[@dickydoes]

Another life saver!

[@vikrampatik34]

Thanks sir.but just question after add a ksc folder for new ksc folder the sampeing folder need empty

[@gustavomejia9995]

Excellent tutorial Thanks!!!

[@Chris.GrooveyardBandTV]

Salamat dito Sir Francis .more powers and god bless

[@Kitebrice]

Really smart and clear explanations ! Congratulations and many thanks for this commented demonstration :) !

[@narfsounds]

Glad it was helpful!

[@llourenco1976]

Thank you for the tutorial Francis. It works perfectly. I have an extra question. The sample I have, is a long one. I don't want it to repeat but I want it to play it all since I trigger it. Is that possible? Thank you in advance for your answer. Best regards from Portugal!

[@narfsounds]

If it’s too long, best to convert your Combi to a song. In sequencer Copy From Combi. Then insert the WAV file into sequencer. Press play and you can play along the sample. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pICwd52Fnr9of6c

[@steveboydstun3124]

Thank you Francis... excellent video.

[@anthonyjames7037]

How do you sample/setup within the kronos for when you want to play a proggression and then edit it?

[@jazzfreak55]

Great video so helpful

[@bassnotes5468]

How can I map a sampled sound (let’s say a snare) across the entire key bed where the pitch’s change from lower to higher. Korg did a video on sampling and the presenter recorded a guitar and pitched the samples up by an octave. He conveniently left that part out in his video.

[@narfsounds]

Once you import a sample and assign a range of notes, the sample will be pitched across the keyboard automatically as its default.

[@stinkymolly1]

thank you so much for this. it was a huge help for me

[@anokiaiyana286]

Thank you so much man …. Really

[@lesbarraclough9820]

Hi, Narf Thank you for your video about sampling and creating a patch from your samples. May I ask for your help and advice, please? I wish to sample a keyboard instrument, my 5 octave spinet that stands in the opposite corner to my Korg Oasys. I believe I have the gist of what to do to use the mic line ins to create samples of individual notes or a range of them; but, in order to create a multisample comparable to the harpsichord sounds in the Oasys, do I need to record in stereo or mono? And, what is a more tricky proposition, how do I ensure that when a key is released the sound is ended with the dull, quiet thud of the damper hitting the string - however long or short the note may have been? Any help or advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. BTW: I don't suppose you sell patches for the Oasys as well as the Kronos, do you? If so, I would be happy to receive details of them. Kind Regards Les FY8 1XH UK

[@narfsounds]

Only go stereo if you're mic'ing it up with 2 separate mics possitioned and panned left and right from the instrument. Normally you'd want to sample that thud separately and just sample the full length of the notes at various velocities and assemble them as separate velocity layers in the program. There isn't a key-off trigger on the Oasys's HD-1 engine so, it would be a bit challenging to incorporate that sound.

[@lesbarraclough9820]

Many thanks for your reply, Narf. I will try recording in stereo with a crossed pair. There is very little velocity sensitivity in the actions of plucked keyboards so I imagine there wouldn't be much to be gained by creating many layers. Disappointing that there is no key-off action on the Oasys but most if not all of the harpsichord sounds in it have the damper noise so they must have achieved it somehow. Many thanks again for your advice. Looking forward to your next videos. Les

[@alandunn6107]

Great video but when I save my multi sample to disk I only have 2 files ? The user bank one is not there.

[@narfsounds]

You’re saving incorrectly. Watch the part where I save the file carefully and copy my settings exactly.

[@alandunn6107]

Thanks for getting back to me Francis, I followed your video slowly step by step making sure all the settings are the same but my Kronos still only created 2 files. I have just updated the software to version 3.1.4 and it now creates the 3 files as per your video.

[@diegokioshi]

How can you change the notes you want to play the sampling?

[@jorgemoreno9706]

In the step "Setup UserBank KSC to Auto Load".. when you press "Do Auto Load Now" a pop-up window comes up that says "This will erase all Exs and RAM samples" not sure of what this really means and does this put me at risk of losing Combi or Program sounds, etc? Please advise

[@narfsounds]

No just press OK

[@anokiaiyana286]

Thank you so Much

[@ralexguitar]

Hello Narf, Thanks for helping me! I wanna know that is possible record a sampler using áudio inputs?

[@narfsounds]

Yes you can!

[@ralexguitar]

@@narfsounds Thanks for all! I have another question! In kronos irá possible to convert sounds from kontackt through the sampling mode? Or just load the same archive? What way to do this?

[@narfsounds]

Kontakt, no. WAV, Akai and Soundfont2 yes

[@pewededurango]

Este es el mejor video.. muy bien explicado amigo

[@anthonycalubag2428]

thank you for the tutorial sir..helps me a lot..🤘🤘🤘

[@narfsounds]

Glad it helped

[@BphatBfat]

Was really helpful ! Thank you

[@omidolz4502]

It's so helpful, thank you so much 🙏🏼✨

[@narfsounds]

Glad it was helpful!

[@indigocream]

Thank you very much. This is very helpful. 👍👍

[@MyPonysalvaje]

Does the Krome Ex has this function?

[@hoozerob]

In multisamples Wave Sequence list, if I have multiples of them, can I adjust the pitch/transpose each of them individually? The idea is, in a program in OSC1 or both OSC1 & 2, to add multisamples, let's say from the factory list without external samples added, to be able to harmonize them. This would be instead of let's say, adding multiple timbres in a combi and adjusting the pitch or transposing them that way. It would take up too much combi to do that.

[@narfsounds]

Yes that's possible in program mode at the OSC Basic page

[@denoum]

hello sir. I want to sample an instrument through kronos and record it live and I'am wondering will the sound output be the same as the recording or will the quality of the sample be lower. Please answer. thanks.

[@finnyboy82]

Because you are only using Audio input 1 for your iPad does that mean it’s in Mono?

[@narfsounds]

It will still produce a stereo waveform if sampling is set to record in stereo.

[@tonylancer7367]

Question: You can't use the Korg Kronos Editor/Plugin to do this, at least to speed up the workflow of adding loop points and assigning keys?

[@narfsounds]

Probably can and probably would be easier too.

[@WagnerMuccillo]

Para eu samplear, por exemplo, 4 oitavas de um teclado (01WFD, por exemplo) para o korg kronos, qual seria o intervalo (3....4......5......8) entre as notas para eu samplear?. Sorry, i don't speak english

[@narfsounds]

você decide. Você pode decidir quais intervalos se adequam aos sons que você tem

[@cmarex7514]

Hi @narfsounds i just brought your ultimate covers package so dope thank you! Question.. is there any way i could sample a synth from my old roland into the kronos? Thanks heaps

[@narfsounds]

Yes create a wav from each note and follow my tutorial on how to create programs based on those samples. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGeQiJqnf9WAack

[@mrbluesky4ever]

Is there a way to assign samples to a nanopad instead of the keys? And thank you for the excellent tutorial! 🙏

[@narfsounds]

The nanopad triggers notes. Assign the samples beyond the playable range of keys and assign your nanopad to play those keys.

[@think-islam-channel]

@@narfsounds Can the nanopad latch samples narfsounds? I find it amazing that the Kronos doesn't have a latch function. Also no pan or individual eqs or fx seems. So disappointing when the power is clearly there to do that and more.

[@revolution61]

Once I make a sample what I have a hard time with is looping it is there an easy efficient way to find/creat a perfect loop?

[@narfsounds]

In Sample Edit, there is a tick box "Set to Zero" which selects a section of the sample where its at 0 which makes it the ideal loop point. It isn't perfect though.

[@korgpamadrid]

hello, what is the difference between kronos 2 and kronos se?

[@narfsounds]

Aside from the awesome metallic red color, the Kronos SE has 2 banks of 64 extra programs comprised of sounds from the KAPro sound collection and the Italian Grand Piano.

[@ShanesQueenSite]

JUST ONE QUESTION - Can you assign the 3 samples so they are the top 3 keys rather than the bottom 3 keys?

[@narfsounds]

You can assign them anywhere you want.

[@ShanesQueenSite]

@@narfsounds thanks. When I tried the top key the whole Keybed became that sample. I must be doing something wrong with top key assignment. But a great tutorial.

[@mafururu7239]

I love u man thx 💕🥺

[@alanvillanueva4541]

One cuestion ! Why do you add the userbank.ksc instead of ksc ?

[@narfsounds]

UserBank.KSC allows you to stream samples direct from the HD rather than having to load the samples to RAM in Sampling Mode if you use .KSC. You use up less RAM when you do this and can load more samples than the 3GB limit as it uses up virtual memory.

[@alanvillanueva4541]

@@narfsounds Thank you sr.

[@MikeFelkerVideos]

Will this work on the new Korg Nautilus?

[@narfsounds]

Yes, should be exactly the same.

[@JonnyOhneHMusic]

IT IS NOT IN STEREO FOR ME

[@narfsounds]

You probably didn't pan your input to center when recording.

[@JonnyOhneHMusic]

@@narfsounds i loaded a stereo wave from usb

[@thkeyboardsounds]

👍

[@maximusfrank2835]

This, and the organ's, are the only downfalls of the Kronos. Such a bad design. At this rate I am going to have over 1000 KSC Files....

[@narfsounds]

You can load the samples all at once and save it as one unified KSC.

[@edcollante]

That was extremely useful. Thank you very much, mate.

[@narfsounds]

Glad it helped