KORG Kronos and Nautilus Sounds on a Pa5X

What comes over

• Multisamples saved as .KMP with their .KSF samples: key zones, original keys, tuning, level and loops
• Programs from a Kronos or Nautilus .PCG with the .KMP files beside it: each becomes a Sound named after it, with up to 4 velocity layers where the Program uses plain velocity splits
• Stereo pairs: a Multisample ending in “-L” with its “-R” becomes one stereo Sound
• On the Pa5X: the Sounds and Drum Kits with their Multisamples and samples, in the KST’s own Sound banks

How it works

1. 1Copy the Kronos or Nautilus library (.PCG, .KMP and .KSF) to your computer.
2. 2In Pa Studio Suite, make a new Pa4X SET or open one, and bring the Sounds in: Import WAV… for .KMP and .KSC files, SoundFont / PCG… for Programs.
3. 3In the SET / KST Manager, open the Sounds tab of that SET and choose To KST….
4. 4The Sounds, Drum Kits, Multisamples and samples are written into a KST next to the SET. Styles, Pads and Keyboard Sets you write into that KST afterwards keep using them.
5. 5Copy the KST to a USB stick and load it on the Pa5X.

What does not come over

A Pa plays samples, not a Kronos sound engine: a Program’s filters, envelopes, effects and synthesis have no counterpart, so a Sound will not sound exactly like the Program. Programs that play the keyboard’s own factory samples cannot come over either, because those samples are not in the files.

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