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daviddenargis · Joined: 21 Jun 2021 Posts: 43

Just to say I've never seen a synthetizer with these possibilities..
Nothing to compare.
That is my opinion after 6 months of practice and discover...
thank you so much KORG.
It's just strange that your new Nautilus is not better than the kronos2
no more controllers, no more effects, no karma...
I'm very happy to get the kronos2

Piotr1967 · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 7:00 pm Post subject:

Not only Kronos 2 but also Kronos X beats Nautilus Wink

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exsequor699 · Full Member Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 132

Nautilus is based on the Kronos. A more affordable Kronos with some extra features and other ones taken away as well, is not the Kronos replacement.

GregC

kday · Full Member Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 120

All synth companies plan out Workstation schedules. And they make various lower priced workstations synths and keyboards in between the workstation flagships releases. Korg, Yamaha and Roland live on flagship Workstations. So they will never stop making flagships because flagship workstations makes a profit for the company. These companies will from time to time offer intermediate workstations to avoid a flagship workstation burnout.

I think the goal of the big three keyboard companies is at least two flagship workstations per decade or per ten years. I think Yamaha may be the next company to release a full flagship workstation with a sampler/sequencer/synthesizer. Korg revenue will last another 2-4 years from Kronos and Nautilus sales.

Liviou2004

voip · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 3773

Korg seem to be cranking up for Summer NAMM, with the release of the above mentioned new libraries, and a clutch of YouTube videos.

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GregC · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject:

19naia · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 1216

Just saw the new Kurzweil k2700.
And when considering also the new Roland Fantom from last year or 2, Korg has a bit of competition to reply now.

Roland and Kurzweil have stepped up with better polyphony and surface control options. Maybe a few other things to outpace Kronos capabilities.

So…..It shouldn’t take much improvement for Korg to launch something that puts it on top again.
I bet Korg already has it in the works and probably something really impressive. Only a matter of time -with all the competition already stepping up one by one.

Yes i hope any Kronos replacement is going to carry Karma forward into the next generation.
Kronos replacement will be able to load purchased sound libraries from 3rd party. That is the only thing that makes sense for any top notch synth workstation. Best for the customer and for the synth workstation business.