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[Asena]

Hello Forum
I hope you all are ok, and Safe.

it has been quiet from Korg lately.
In the same time lot of well known manufacturers has presented their new instruments, soundcards, speakers, headphones, El pianos, and other things so life is going on,even in this strange time. I am just wondering What Korg is up to.
it has been a long time now and we wonder really what is up to their mind.
Anything new in the focus?
NEW PA Model Or Another name Flagship?

Yamaha in meanwhile made it a lot of upgrades to their flagship Genos.
Also the Montage has been updated many times now.
Roland Fantom Is Amazing after so many years silence from them.
Even Nord Have made great upgrades new instruments etc,
but nothing has been heard from KORG company, either Italy or Japan.
I really enjoy my Korg PA 4X for now, but I’m on the same time wondering when we can get a new model with better Sounds better effects more RAM better screen, increased sample numbers maybe a PC/MAC program for managing things etc!

What do you think?
Manny rumors but also many misleading infos.
Thanks all. Stay Safe Make Music.
Best Regards Asena
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[bpoodoo]

Korg has been quite busy diversifying their product line with some quite innovative offerings. I am expecting this puttrhythm to lower my golf handicap by at least 2-3 strokes.

https://www.korg.com/us/products/tuners/puttrhythm/specifications.php

Apart from new gadgets, their latest keyboard releases (EK-50L, i3, XE-20) suggest a current focus on the lower end market using common software and hardware designs to simplify development, sourcing, and manufacturing.
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[Musicwithharry]

I am not sure that Korg are 'behind' in anything. They are still enjoying success with the Kronos and the Kross. They are also doing well with their PA series and the analog offerings.

I wonder how much of the 'speculation' of Korg's whereabouts, with regard to new models, is not driven by the information age where if one does not hear something from a company through an online source for a period of time, they think something is wrong.

I blame it on that. People want things NOW, regardless of what the company may actually be working on.

I am fortunate to remember a time when we anxiously awaited news from the company, in print ads, about a new product (or a series of products). Now, everyone wants to know EVERYTHING now.

I am certain that Korg is working on new products and will release them when they are ready. I am also sure that they are working on updates to current products and will release them too, when they are ready. Mock-ups of 'desired' new products done by users and made to seem like they are official is part of the problem.

For Korg to rely on their popular products for as long as possible is not new. I am reminded of the AI synthesis on the M1 (and all of the variants). Then they expanded and went AI2 and milked that for as long as they could. Then the Trinity (which was short in comparison). They are still using HI synthesis in some form in the EK-50, XE-20 and i3. They have milked the HI synthesis more than the AI variants, in my opinion. If it still works though, I say 'use it'. Yamaha would be guilty of this with their DX line (and all the variants), as would Roland with their JV/XP offerings.

Korg is still riding high on the Kronos. There is really nothing in the market that compares to the depth of that instrument. I would say that the Kross is doing well too, and provides a unique set of features and quality for the entry-level market.

The PA series is still doing well, although an update to the series would be welcome.

I guess I am not terribly worried about it. I already have more than enough synths right now and cannot even have them all hooked up in my studio area (not enough room). I am MORE than happy with what I have and find new things out about my gear almost every time I turn them on.

I watch videos of users on YT who make new sounds and combinations for the original Kross 1 workstation and I think that is neat. I STILL get a lot of mileage out of my 4 Kross-1 units as well. I still find things out about my PA700 when I use it. With that said, I still find things out about my 30-year old Ensoniq VFX-SD when I get deep into programming it...

Grace,
Harry
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