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[jimknopf]

I don't think better technical specs (64bit, faster processor etc.) would be more or less irrelevant. In fact I think they would be quite relevant, to solve problems with multitimbral voice stealing, providing a better amount of sample RAM (and yes, I mean amount of sample RAM for headers of big streaming libraries!), quality of many demanding effects like overdrive, reverb etc., not speaking of actual forms of audio manipulation.

That's A LOT of useful stuff just purerely based on technical improvement. It could make quite a big difference as basic requirement for any Kronos successor or up do date Kronos variation (in sharp contrast to really hilarious paint jobs).

But of course a reworked sample library is just as much overdue. The incredible amount of 80s and 90s sound standard material from Oasys times and before has already years ago caused me to kick the whole standard factory content in favor of my perosnal choices, just because I didn't want to deal any longer with all these masses of rarely useful low quality former times sample material.

As I said in other threads, I am also no longer satisfied with the quality of the EP engine and it's Rhodes and Wurly sample base: I definitely still like the high dynamical range of this engine (which is one of it's main benefits), but would like to see it based on MUCH better actual sample material, coupled with MUCH better amp modelling and overdrive. It just frustrates me to go on using this engine staying 1:1 in 2011 status, while software has risen to the levels of Scarbee, Keyscape, Canterbury Rhodes etc. etc., and their (Korg's EP engine) Wurly has always been a very dark and muddy version making it hard to tune it for actual use. The only reason I have no D6 problem is the fantastic Busch D6 sample library.

While I like the Polysix and MS20 VAs in the Kronos a lot, I never liked the basic sound character of the AL-1 (though there are lots of really useable patches available), and would exchange it against a Mono-Poly version in no time, or would like to see the AL-1 functionelity within a better surface with much smoother and more variable sound character (filters etc.). And for actual Pop and Hiphop genres, adding something like the Gadget synth modules (if they run on an iPad, why not on a Kronos???) would offer a lot of perspective as well.

Add the lousy status of the editor/VSTi functionality, which was never resolved in any convincing way, and the Korg Kronos homework book is full of not too big tasks and missed chances, since significantly more than two years (when only minor things were updated). We rather talk of something like four lost years of Kronos stagnation from my view. Of course I would be ready to pay significantly for seeing these tasks done! But leaving everything just as it is, means my money goes elsewhere and will no more be invested into Korg products, where flagships (Kronos and Prologue) are no longer treated like flagships (and appropriate successors), and the present Korg team is deeply in love with one-day-fly Bonsai synth culture instead.

Apart from all that, which is still placed within the Oasys/Kronos basic eco system, creative crews like the original Oasys teams could go far beyond all of this with lots of new ideas, which can hardly be discussed here.

Even if that would be a longterm perspective, the way the present Korg management deals with the Kronos reminds me of the unworthy Yamaha tratment of their own Motif heritage - and I can't regard the Montage as a remotley worthy successor of that great heritage.

So while I don't expect Korg to reveal future plans, I think they could have done a MUCH better job
a) updating a few things without too big time and money investments into the actual platform
b) communicating with their customer base in a way which keeps them updated about basic things, without having to give away any secrets. The present crew shows extremely immature communicative skills so far IMHO, and that's a complete no go within creative communities like musicians from my point of view.
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