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Does anyone have any demos of dark and aggressive distorted sounds on the Kronos? Possibly riffing with KARMA.

I'm mainly interested in synths, but a madly overdriven organ sound is also one of my favourites..

And are there any proper modern sounding electronic dance/club style drums?

Kind of stuck with all the piano and ep demoes on the Internet.. They ARE nice, but not really very useful to me.
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[Yuma]

Check this post for example: http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63709
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[BasariStudios]

[SoundsOfPlanet]

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Thanks. That's a good start and I hear some interesting stuff but still relatively soft..

Here's what I'm doing with the Radias at the moment:
http://soundcloud.com/patternbeyondrandom/ff-demo
That isn't a final master by the way, I think it sounds a bit dull but I'm not sure. That's all one patch by the way

It's a very raw sound, I do use a lot of decimator. This is just a kind of sound that 'evolved' from the instruments to be a kind of signature for us.

I imagine the MS20EX would be very useful but i'm also very curious about MOD7 and AL1. Again, an absolutely barking organ sound would be nice to hear.

I haven't had a chance to demo one yet.
Basically I'm thinking about replacing my entire live rig with just the Kronos. I may have to keep the laptop for backing tracks in Ableton but I'd rather not. Whilst I love being on stage behind a stack of synths with rack case and mixer, it's a lot to transport and takes an age to set up.
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro

[QuiRobinez]

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Thank you, that's good stuff.

I'm quite familiar with programming and all that, but I've been dubious about whether the Kronos can fulfill my needs primarily because of all the uber-clean and smoothe demos and abundance of pianos. My ms2000 and Radias can get really nasty and that is what I love about them.
I'd like to see that demo when you've done it.

As for the backing tracks, we try to keep things semi-live so when I say 'backing tracks', we're actually looping sections of the song to select during the song live. Ableton works really well for this. I had started before using RPPR but then got Ableton. I suppose I could sample and slice the different parts, or perhaps use wave sequencing even. Th problem with RPPR is that there is no stopping of other patterns. Hitting the 'kill all' area stops your new pattern from starting, so in my experience I had to remember to stop the current set of patterns AND start the next set at the same time, it's a lot to do whilst playing compared to Ableton's tracks and scenes.. Anyway, that's an entirely different problem.
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro

[BasariStudios]

Nice industrial man...brings me back to the days of me banging my head
while listening to Klaus Larsen (Leaether Strip) or Rudy Ratzinger (Wumpscut)
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[QuiRobinez]

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Going to demo try one out tomorrow (hopefully!!) - a Kronos 61.
Any particular factory programs or combis anyone can recommend that might interest me?
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro

[irtehyar]

Some of my favorite factory sounds for dark/aggressive stuff are in mod-7.

Try

F048 Following the suspect
F027 Gonzo Bass
F031 Nuklear DOG Bass

Make sure you turn on karma and abuse the joystick and two buttons over the mod wheel!

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Okay, this is pretty cool.

I didn't necessarily find anything too exciting in the presets, but I did enjoy playing many of the sounds and particularly the sound quality of some sounds.

Th monitoring conditions weren't great, there was a DJ demo going on next to me, and I had to keep an impatient singer entertained whilst I found my way around the somewhat familiar user interface. I have played the OASYS a few times.

I returned after a coffee and removed the singer.. And immediately started a more scientific evaluation. I had high hopes for the MS20Ex and they were satisfied instantly.
I found an AL-1 preset in U-A and reset it to use MS20Ex, routed VJS+X to LPF, VJS+Y to HPF, reduced the envelope, and hit drum track and KARMA. pretty neat! Jump into the IFX and get a decimator in there at 4bit with no damping or filters, and it started screaming and howling and growling unlike any synth I've ever owned.

I have some really bad recordings of this on my blackberry.. May be able to post them up.

Didn't get so far with CX-3 but from what I've heard of it online, it seems promising. In person I was a little disappointed, but as I said the conditions weren't great. I did get close to some of my super distortion sounds but need to dig into the rotary speaker settings a bit more I think.

I might have to get myself one of these..
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro