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muziksculp · Junior Member Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 75

Hi,

First, I would like to Congratulate the KORG engineers, and designers for developing a revolutionary new Workstation (KRONOS) !

The streaming from SSD drive (30 GB) is by itself a big breakthrough, and imho. is the dawn of a new era for HW-Workstations that unfortunately, were stuck in the MB's domain, but, now things are surely going to change, HW-Workstations will be closing in on Software samplers.

Hopefully, this will translate into the ability of HW-Workstations to immensely improve the degree of realism they can offer in emulating acoustic instruments. I'm very excited about this new technological breakthrough, and feel it is going to have a huge impact on reviving the HW-Workstation/Sampler marketplace.

Since the new KRONOS comes with 12GB of sample based instruments on board, I wonder if KORG will be offering additional (Ultra-Realistic Sounding, and Very Expressive) sample libraries, in the near future, for the KRONOS that will cover :

Orchestral Strings (Section & Solo)
Orchestral Winds (Section & Solo)
Orchestral Brass (Section & Solo)
Orchestral Percussion
World Instruments
Guitars (Nylon, Steel, Electric)
World Percussion
Choirs
Any other sample libraries ?

If this is planned for in the near future, I would surely go forward with adding this powerful new, and revolutionary workstation from KORG.

Any feedback on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

muziksculp

RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

you can already count on KARO sound banks for oasys. Kronos can read sounds that were made on oasys. More, with kronos, you will be able to load them at start up! great ! great !

X-Trade · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:28 am Post subject:

How do you know that the sounds preinstalled on there aren't already fantastic enough without expansion?

Sorry but people seem to be too preoccupied with expansion and whats missing, adding new sounds and future OS updates rather than what the synth can already do.
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RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:31 am Post subject:

EvilDragon · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:35 am Post subject:

SoulBe · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:36 am Post subject:

RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject:

EvilDragon · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:22 pm Post subject:

It's still loaded into RAM... User samples (like the ones you'd load from KARO) cannot still be streamed... A big bummer if you ask me.

RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:23 pm Post subject:

let's wait for Dan's comment on this. Smile

RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:28 pm Post subject:

if i understand it well, you can make Korg samples to be streamed, so you'll free 750mo and with additionnal 270mo , then you have 1gig free for your own samples in Ram.

I think we need some clarifications on those:

Can we stream USER samples? (i'll consider yes since what i understand above)

Can we me load user sample at start up? (i'll condiser, no since it's not EXs) BUT i prefer to wait for Dan anwser or someone at korg. Thanx

EvilDragon · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:50 pm Post subject:

Sharp has already replied in "Kronos feedback" thread that YOU CAN'T stream user samples, he asked Korg guys at NAMM.

And you cannot free those 750 MB, because those are attack portions of the samples stored in RAM for quick access, the REST of the samples is streamed from the SSD! I mean, you can unload them completely, but then you'd have no EXs to work with at all! So, those 750 MB are STREAMING REQUIREMENTS, the part you absolutely HAVE to load for sample streaming of EXs to work AT ALL.

You don't seem to get how direct-from-disk streaming works. The samples are not streamed in their entirety from the disk! First part of the sample is in RAM, ready for fastest access possible, and while that part of the sample is played, SSD has time to fetch the rest of the sample directly from the disk. So you need to have those EXs preloaded in RAM.

On the other hand, yes you CAN preload user samples in RAM, but they WILL NOT be streamed, they will be loaded to RAM in their entirety.

These questions have already been answered in other threads, so search a little.

RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject:

ok thanx.
quite difficult to get all the infos , so much threads.

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RC-IA · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:09 pm Post subject:

AnthonyB · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject:

As for libraries/updates, i think The KRONOS 'may' get something similar to the Brass update the OASYS had, with a few set of CD's. You load them in, and they are integrated with the rest of the EXis' etc, in that - unlike "samples" they will able to be streamed with the rest of the sounds. Could be demos - like on the OASYS, who paid £80 or so to "unlock" them, but could be free Idea

Tony
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