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ELO1973 · Joined: 10 Apr 2018 Posts: 2

Hi

As a non-keyboard player (guitarist) I've been looking for an allround (sample-based) keyboard for practicing, song-sketches etc. The Korg Krome 61 seems to be a good fit for this purpose. I might buy one second hand, but is was wondering if there are different versions of this keyboard? Some of the reviews seems to be dated from ~2012 and some from 2017. I don't know if there is huge developments in keyboards over a few years, but if possible I'd prefer to buy the latest version.
If someone could enlighten me of the history of the Korg Krome I'd really appriciate this.

Regards
Espen

Koekepan · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Posts: 617

Nope, there's only one Krome.

OK, well, there are three in terms of size range, but there's only one Krome 61. And there's little in terms of updates for it - it was pretty well baked from the start. You see reviews from 2012 because that's when it came out, but KORG has kept it around since then without any changes.

The last keyboard workstation from KORG to get an update was the Kross, and that was pretty recent.

EMORK · Joined: 15 Dec 2017 Posts: 6

Afaik Korg released a special Edition in 2017 called Korg Krome Platinum. But the only difference between the normal Krome and the Platinum is the Colour... the Platinum is silver. Inside it's the same machine.
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ELO1973 · Joined: 10 Apr 2018 Posts: 2

Thanks a lot. I guess I’ll try to find one second hand.
Was also considering a Kross 2, since it’s a newer board. Even through the Krome is older I guess it still will be superior with more features and possibilities(?)
Regards Espen

CowboyNQ · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:32 pm Post subject:

Koekepan · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Posts: 617

The major difference between Krome and Kross:

The Kross lets you record audio, and do vocoder work. It isn't a sophisticated audio station: it more or less allows you to render sequences direct to audio, and to overdub with more audio. The Krome has no external audio capability at all.

On the other hand, the Krome has more, better, more extensive effects options. The Kross only lets you put a real reverb in one of the Master Effect Sends, while the Krome lets you put one in insert, master or total effects. The Krome also has richer sound design features.

The Kross also has sample triggering and its step sequencer, but those aren't a really massive thing for most people.

Hope that helps?