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Rich Z · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:13 pm Post subject:

Heck, I wish they would just combine the Kronos and PA4x lines. I put off buying my Kronos for the longest time because I just could not decide between the two and rather then make an expensive mistake, just chose to do nothing. I finally did buy the Kronos, but honestly there are times when I wonder if I would rather have bought the PA4x instead. I did at a Roland BK-7m module to the mix, which seems to do a pretty good job, and is certainly a whole lot less expensive than buying a PA4x too.

I'm just a 1 keyboard guy, so can't see any reason to buy two keyboards. Heck, I can barely handle just 1 keyboard!

Just my opinion, but possibly others have gotten stuck in that limbo as well, and have yet to make a purchase because of it. So would Korg's overall sales be better or worse combining both lines into a kickass single keyboard? Beats me, but are these highend keyboard sales really taking the world by storm as is? Seems to me this is a very small marketing niche for all players involved. There are no music stores close to me that have EVER had a high end keyboard sitting on the shelf for me to look at.

And wouldn't their expenses be reduced by only having one assembly line covering a convergence of both types of keyboards into one? I think something like synergy would kick in, providing a keyboard that would be better than the sum of both parts. Heck, if they offered such a beast right now, I would sell my Kronos and buy one in a heart beat.

Seriously what else can either line provide separately besides just more of the same than they are already providing? Certainly technology can handle the challenge, so perhaps marketing is finally coming around too.

Anyway, IMHO, and wishful thinking.

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burningbusch · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:11 am Post subject:

Based on the Korg guy's comments, I keep thinking of an analog "workstation" that would have an analog, TR-08 style drum machine and then synth(s) for bass/leads/etc.. More like a fully analog Electribe. Maybe with a keyboard. I listened to the podcast but don't recall if he called it a new keyboard or just a new product.

Someone suggested Prologue as a name.

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tomto66 · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:57 pm Post subject:

PATRONOS? Merge of Kronos and a PA type arranger?
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Bertotti · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 9:40 pm Post subject:

8 voice minilogue with a monologue voice and an FM voice, and an electribe section as well. muhahahaha

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kimu · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:09 am Post subject:

I would bet on poly 8 voice Analog synth. Korg has contributed much in Analog renaissance but still is out of poly Analog market....dsi and beringher had shown there is momentum
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voip · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 3776

The podcast download size is over 90MB, so may take a while for it all to be saved to disk before it starts to play; there doesn't appear to be any caching, on Windoze PCs, at least.

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Timo · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 6:58 pm Post subject:

Polylogue, oops, that's 9 letters.
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