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hans1966 Senior Member
Joined: 07 Nov 2015 Posts: 261 Location: Cali- Colombia
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:50 am Post subject: New Krome EX |
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KROME, the best-selling synth focused on packing the most usable sounds into an easy to use platform, has received a major refresh. Updated to meet the needs of the current music scene, KROME EX has a special emphasis on sounds that can immediately fit into productions of all types.
In addition to standard sounds that will never grow old, KROME EX provides numerous new programs and PCM data, including piano programs prepared specifically for this product. This instrument provides high-quality and immediately-usable sounds that take full advantage of the KROME's high performance specs. The new body also features a newly revamped build and look to accompany the new sounds.
https://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/krome_ex/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2UZR7Gx-Cg _________________ Hans
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narkosys
Joined: 13 Mar 2017 Posts: 25
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:43 am Post subject: |
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So the new Krome is the old Krome but with more PCM memory and added sounds. Woopty f*ck*ng do. And it still has that dumb ass SD card slot. You would think that Korg would have figured out USB by now.
They could have, and should have, made something to compete with the MoDX and whatever Roland is coming out with but Korg failed miserably. |
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marc1 Full Member
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 119
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | So the new Krome is the old Krome but with more PCM memory and added sounds. Woopty f*ck*ng do. And it still has that dumb ass SD card slot. You would think that Korg would have figured out USB by now. |
I agree, it's unfortunite that they choose to go this route, but we will probably see the begin of a whole new product line next year. |
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jimknopf Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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This, one more ridiculous pseudo-"upgrade" from Korg for serious music making, will not help selling Kromes against the much better Yamaha offer one bit.
It's obviously more important to Korg to sell east coast synth noise in Volcas, available through a silly tiny controller UI. _________________ Kronos 73 - Moog Voyager RME - Moog LP TE - Behringer Model D - Prophet 6 - Roland Jupiter Xm - Rhodes Stage 73 Mk I - Elektron Analog Rytm MkII - Roland TR-6s - Cubase 12 Pro + Groove Agent 5 |
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Joe Gerardi Platinum Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2012 Posts: 534 Location: Savannah, GA
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Completely underwhelming, and again, a crappy keyboard. The first Combi could be so much more with the ability to use aftertouch to control the volume of different parts, but in the great quest to neuter the originality of keyboard players, it's not there...
Honestly: in my opinion, people that want all this automation would be much better off with a Lowrey or Wersi organ. They have all those drums and bass stuff, and the sounds are pretty much on a par with these. ( I would have included Yamaha Electones, but they're not available in the US any more.)
..Joe _________________ Current setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88 Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Roland M-GS64, Alesis QSR, Yamaha KX88 & KX76, Roland Super-JX, Juno-Stage, Kawai K4, Kawai K1II. |
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Kronos2ison Full Member
Joined: 18 Feb 2017 Posts: 123
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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There is always next year... I'm sure when Korg finally releases something new it will be great. But for now yawn. |
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Bachus Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 3127
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Big dissapointment, seems allready a lost battle against the modx.. _________________ Korg Kronos 2/88 , Genos, Mainstage3 +VSTsu, ipad pro, GSi Gemini, Roland Integra 7, Jupiter Xm, Yamaha motif XS rack, Ketron SD90.
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padking Full Member
Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 178 Location: Laval,quebec
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:53 am Post subject: |
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weird!
Korg is doing what Yamaha did with the Motif series. They are trying to buy time ?
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Koekepan Platinum Member
Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Posts: 617
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:53 am Post subject: |
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I see nothing whatsoever in this announcement to make me want to trade in my Krome.
It's a solid system, very usable, it has served me well.
But the same may be said for the Kronos. Krome and Kronos, they just put fresh lipstick on the girls and sent them back out.
At least the two Volca entrants are more interesting in their own right. I might well pick up one, or both. |
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Mr_SamDoogie Full Member
Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 239 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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We'll this one I would want to collect for sure.
https://youtu.be/-ympDOMrzUY _________________ In honor of the Groove and to all whom surrender to it, We say Thank You. And we take it Back.
Korg MW1, Casio PX5S & XW-G1, Roland JD-Xi,Yamaha Montage 7, Roland D-05, Bass Station II, Cubase Elements, Sonar X3 Producer.Handfull of IOs Apps iMPC,Animoog : Korg IMS-20,Module, IM1, Gadget etc. |
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GregC Platinum Member
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 9451 Location: Discovery Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Koekepan wrote: | I see nothing whatsoever in this announcement to make me want to trade in my Krome.
It's a solid system, very usable, it has served me well.
But the same may be said for the Kronos. Krome and Kronos, they just put fresh lipstick on the girls and sent them back out.
At least the two Volca entrants are more interesting in their own right. I might well pick up one, or both. |
" has received a major refresh. Updated to ... "
Tsk tsk, Korg marketing. This does not sound like a ' major refresh '.
I agree with your sentiment. Korg has mostly descended to cosmetic changes for 2019.
So we had our NAMM 2019 and we see what Korg's priorities are.
I see 1 company that has vision. And they follow through.
That would be Spectrasonics. _________________ Kronos 88. MODX8
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shrike Platinum Member
Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 Location: Croatia, Dugo Selo
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Shame how Korg failed to recognize what performers wanted from first Krome.
Many performers went through a great deal to use custom samples. Not all markets use bread and butter sounds only.
If Korg only enabled sample loading (not sampling itself, that would raise the production costs probably), Krome EX would be a hit, I'm certain of it.
The technology is there - SD cards are huge now and cost peanuts, so there is no reasoning in not allowing maybe 1GB of user samples to be loaded; even few hundreds of MB would be enough for most musicians. The engine is there - even first Krome can be and is being tricked to load user samples.
So omitting such a simple, easy and probably inexpensive upgrade is just lazy.
Shame. I like Krome and would buy even first one if it had sample loading. |
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Kronos2ison Full Member
Joined: 18 Feb 2017 Posts: 123
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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The Krome was never and will never be a hit because of its faulty key bed. You cant fully depress the keys like normal. They hinge improperly or like an organ key. So if you are an Organ player it will feel wonderful until you feel the wobble of the keys as they are cheap flimsy and exactly why I had bought a Kronos to avoid those flaws.
shrike wrote: | Shame how Korg failed to recognize what performers wanted from first Krome.
Many performers went through a great deal to use custom samples. Not all markets use bread and butter sounds only.
If Korg only enabled sample loading (not sampling itself, that would raise the production costs probably), Krome EX would be a hit, I'm certain of it.
The technology is there - SD cards are huge now and cost peanuts, so there is no reasoning in not allowing maybe 1GB of user samples to be loaded; even few hundreds of MB would be enough for most musicians. The engine is there - even first Krome can be and is being tricked to load user samples.
So omitting such a simple, easy and probably inexpensive upgrade is just lazy.
Shame. I like Krome and would buy even first one if it had sample loading. |
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dfahrner Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 571 Location: Bend, OR
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Kronos2ison wrote: | The Krome was never and will never be a hit because of its faulty key bed. You cant fully depress the keys like normal. They hinge improperly or like an organ key. So if you are an Organ player it will feel wonderful until you feel the wobble of the keys as they are cheap flimsy and exactly why I had bought a Kronos to avoid those flaws. |
This is absolutely correct: although I've defended the Krome keybed here as at least "playable", it's not very good, and I don't use my Krome 73 very much, even though it has the sounds and the light weight for gigging...I'm always surprised when an otherwise quality medium-range instrument like the Krome has a sub-par keybed like this (ref: the new Yamaha MODX7, although it's not as bad as the Krome's)...but then again the keybed must be a significant part of a keyboard instrument's cost - the cost per key multiplied by the number of keys...
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Kronos2ison Full Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:19 am Post subject: |
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I own a Yamaha MODX6 and yes the keyed isn't as premium as the Kronos or Montage but it's much more sturdy/playable than the Krome. The Krome's keybed is so bad I refused to buy it just because of the cheap chimpsy feel they have. I've played cheap $300-500 Casio that are 2x the quality and is satisfactory compared the the Junk bed in the Krome. Heck I bought an Clearanced $50 EMU Xboard61 controller that felt better than the Krome. I could go on for hours as the Kromes key bed is imo the worst playing keys ever right next to mini keys of the MS-20 |
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