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[fteering]

I'm am very pleased with my Kronos 76. So pleases that is installed way to many sounds in the beginning. Now, after 2 years playing I am playing in different bands, and each band has its own setlist.

To free up my Kronos I want to have different PCG files for each band. So when I want to play with band 1, I'll load the setlist and sounds/samples etc. for that bank.

My problem is that is have no idea how to take one setlist with all the combi's, programs and samples and move that to a "new" PCG, and repeat the same for the other setlists. Ideal I would have 3 PCG files, one for each band with all the sounds, samples, combi's etc...

Does anybody have a good idea how to do this?

[voip]

The Kronos has 128 separate setlists, each with 128 slots, so there are 16384 slots in total, enough to cater for the needs of most players. Setlists could be renamed so they mean something, e.g. Band A, Set 1, Band B, Set 1, and so on. There is a character limit of 24 for the Set List names.

Set List names can be changed by selecting a Set List and doing Write Set List from the drop down menu at top right of screen. The dialog box top line has a "T" on the left, indicating it can be edited. Tap inside the name field and the on-screen keyboard will appear.

Samples should be stored on the Kronos SSD. Sample files can be loaded as necessary from Disk mode. Alternatively, they can be loaded on startup based on selections for autoload in Global KSC Auto-Load.

It's worth reading the Kronos Operations Guide section entitled "Loading & Saving Data and Creating CDs" to develop a clearer idea of what can be achieved.

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[tunaman]

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[Sweat]

I've had this same issue, like many kronos users. There is plenty of room for new Combis and Setlists, as that is not the problem.

To better organize programs, I first decided to move or copy all programs that are referenced by my own Combis or Setlists into one of my own program banks like USER-CC thru USER-GG. By using PCG Tools or the Kronos Editor, references are kept.

Then, I can free up any (or ALL) factory program locations (INT-A thru USER-BB) without fear... Or reload them with anything. Now, I still want the ability to audition original factory programs, so this is what I do...

I have better arranged the factory programs into banks by categories (pianos, organs, synths, bells) and saved them as separate .pcg files like LeadSynths.pcg, BellMallets.pcg or AllPianos.pcg.
I can quickly load say - my 2 banks of organs, my 4 banks of synths, my bank of guitars in any bank to audition. After finding the sound I want, I copy it to one of my own user banks mentioned above, and use it there.

For me, this was just the beginning of better sound management. Learning about User Sample Banks followed.

[tunaman]

Yeah, Program slots can become scarce when you load a lot of third party libraries.

As Sweat pointed out, you will likely need to become very familiar with PCGTools and/or Kronos Editor and put in a lot of time working through the organization.

First and foremost, BACKUP frequently and methodically. It sounds like you already understand that.

There’s several ways to accomplish the end results, but thinking through your scenario here are my thought processes:

You will need to spend time analyzing your data and what is required for each scenario. You will need to intimately understand what you are using in order to know what you aren’t. Programs are straightforward, but Combi’s can be a pitfall due to the layering and you can orphan and destroy voices if you’re not careful. This is one of the areas where PCGTools comes in extremely handy.

The ability to move Programs around, along with their reference data, is very useful and can help to organize the Programs in a logical order *for you*.

The ability to open and drill into the PCG files via the onboard disk management is one of the most useful capabilities, as it is trivial to locate a Program (or multiples) from within the PCG and install it to an alternate location and still have it function as designed. It can be a cumbersome process to do so for a large number of Programs, unless they are contiguous and you have sufficient contiguous slots available, but it can be done on a singular basis should that be necessary (and you have sufficient time and patience).

Combi’s are more difficult, if you’ve moved Programs around as mentioned, but not impossible if you use PCGTools as you can identify which Program(s) should be associated with each timbre and then recreate the association to the correct Program - the Combi parameters will still be configured properly (pitch/keyzones/etc).

The beauty of the Kronos design is that you can load PCG files at will, if you understand the mechanics, and as long as you have proper backups it is usually easy enough to recover from screwups, at least from my experience.

I will caveat all of the above with the proviso that I do not have any purchased third party libraries. I have a ton of external content installed, but none which require licensing, so I do not know whether there are idiosyncrasies with licensing that may adversely impact the info above.

[fteering]

Thank you all for the responses.... I Will use PCG Tools te separate the setlist and the corresponding Combi's and programs. So for each band a different PCG file, together with the samples I use.
After that I can remove the unused programs....

It helped a lot!