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aron · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:13 am Post subject: Kronos gig report

I finally got to use the Kronos on a complete gig - not just a jamming gig.
First off, it is a very good sounding board live. Everything seemed to have more body and fidelity than my PC3 (which I usually use). I found some of the string sounds to be a little too dynamic and bright. In this respect the PC3 comes out ahead for great string sounds. I also think that the Motif string sounds - while not as dynamic, might be more controllable overall in a band setting.

The SST works great. Much better than I thought. It is completely seamless and I can switch between programs and combis smoothly - something I cannot do on the PC3 easily.

The only sound I was disappointed in was the piano. It's just not EQ'ed for my rig right now. I am going to have to work on it to get it correct. Too much midrange and not enough clarity the way it is now. I like the piano in my S90es because it sounds great in a band setting. I will have to work on the Kronos piano to get more clarity and presence.

The Busch EP programs sound great! Very nice!

In the end, I love the way the board sounds. It sounds great in mono and stereo and the setlist mode along with SST works much better than I thought it would. This is one big sounding board - maybe the Motif could sound like this, but there's not enough polyphony to do that. I am able to use 4 layers without hearing the polyphony suffer. In this respect it is acting a lot like my PC3. I just wish it could mute without using polyphony in the combis.
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ScoobyDoo555 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject:

Echo this. Gigged it properly last night. 40 songs in set list mode. worked flawlessly. Same issue with the piano sound although this just an eq issue.
Plated a few tracks with samples too. Autoload worked well too.

I've got my DX7s as a controller keyboard. Aging, Kronos was more than happy for it's/my edited combis to be played on separate midi channels.

A truly great bit of kit.

Aldo our gig started in daylight. No screen issues at all. Left it on for the 2 hour gap between sets and again, flawless.

Dan
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