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[19naia]

Kronos comes from the factory with all the RAM and internal storage it needs for the Factory content installed.
The issue of Upgrading RAM is one that goes with Upgrading the Content that requires RAM. Same with SSD.
So if you start buying lots of third party sound sets, making your own sounds or racking up lots of songs and sampling projects, then you may want to think about having more RAM and SSD space. More RAM is limited to a Maximum of course and you can go no further, so learning how to manage the RAM you have is more important than getting more.
If you get more RAM instead of managing content as a work around, you will run into the problem eventually where you will have no choice but to manage your limited RAM.
SSD lets you take load off of your RAM by offereing Virtual memory options and also, even with 2gb of RAM, it is hard to make your existing RAM inadequate in any one performance setting, even for an entire concert. You can always unload what you do not need on it and load what you need when you need it. Manage content. Yes the more RAM, the eaiser for people with huge libraries of content to sift through.

Same with SSD. 32gb of SSD is hard to max out in one performance setting, even in one concert. You can store stuff on external USB and copy to internal SSD when needed. Some stored content can only be applied to Kronos from the internal SSD and not an external USB stick. So you will have to manage those things between internal and external. But a lot of things can be used directly from External storage. I can play wave files from External but if i need to work with them in Sequencer, i can only load them to sequencer from Internal SSD..

It all depends on your content. If all you have is the time and money to upgrade RAM and SSD but no time and money to buy all kinds of 3rd party sound sets and fill your device up with your own projects, then you are not ready for the extra RAM and SSD.
Its like marriage, if you have a wife first, focus on her and making sure she is taken care of rather than ignoring her and building a nursery and crib and all. Its a potential waste of time and resources if your Kronos or wife is not first pregnant and on the way to deliver the best she has to give.

If you have the time and money and are already geared towards filling up Kronos to maximum content, then better to upgrade yesterday and be prepared ahead of time.
The thing about RAM and SSD is that the longer you can wait for it, the better chance of getting them cheaper.

Nothing wrong with upgrading Kronos just because you want to. Do it as long as it doesn't take away from more important things.

I am looking towards externals for my upgrade future. Laptop, DAW,VST and drum Machine. Of course i have kronos 2 which comes maxed out with RAM and has 60gb SSD. So i am looking instead to Maximize my Laptop RAM and SSD.
Finally gave up on wanting an Apple laptop and now going with a windows gaming style laptop where i can easily get the same or better processor, twice as much RAM installed and twice as much SSD for cheaper than an Apple. And still have money left to get all the software i need and a cheap second laptop for internet (email/social) so i don't have to put the DAW laptop under risk or stress for malware or background app functions. Minimize crash risk that most people avoid by getting Apple.
I have iPad and thats all the Apple i need. I will have to wait an extra year on a $3000 apple laptop if i dont get a gaming windows laptop sooner for $1500 or less. And that extra year is time lost in creative potential. Can never get that time back. I can always make due with a windows device with same hardware as Apple anyway, and if need be, wait 2 or 3 more years to upgrade to an apple if i don't discover that i may never need to upgrade to apple.
Can Save the apple $$ to get the next generation Korg workstation.

[GregC]

[19naia]

[AntonySharmman]

[19naia]

Maybe the Kernel based crash issue has to do with building the computer yourself. ??
I read about Kronos here where people talked about upgrading Kronos with a better processor and other Hardware. But the issue of getting the Kernel right was a mentioned major factor involved in upgrading the hardware.
So thats why i imagine that your kernel error message may be based on your self build, especially if you did not look into setting up the kernel right and if you upgraded parts where that applies. The Kronos kernel issue is particular to the the propietary software kronos uses(if i recall correctly what i read), and Windows may have a sepcial Kernel requirement and than not being surprising when you see just how tight windows software is with its licensing. Maybe your modified Kernel is not to the right specs for the Windows OS you are using.
I have no real world experience with computer building and am just going by what i read on the forum here. But the two Computer technicians i have talked to personally as friends, both swear by Ubuntu/Linux and the one who is a computer science graduate, is a Drupal fanatic. I was told that they could rig any apple or windows based computer to run Linux and that it would run in tandem with windows and OSX if needed. Main thing being the easy hurdle over the windows instability issues and around the input restrictions with Apple OS.


~~~Upgrading your SSD and RAM is not an issue with Kronos, and pay attention to the comment above about cloning the SSD and the useage restrictions it will have once installed.
And No a second SSD and more RAM will not increase the number of banks you have to store content in, but it will increase the storage you have for .KSC and .PCG files that make up what banks and slots can be filled with.

So you can empty what banks you have and refill them with other PCG/ related KSC content. And doing that means you can have unlimited bank content waiting behind the current loaded bank content. Just load new content any time you want and that content can be stored anywhere you want, internal, 2nd SSD or external USB drive.
Just know that some content can only be loaded to RAM or Virtual memory from the internal SSD, you can store anywhere but sometimes must do a quick copy to internal factory SSD and then load it.

[19naia]