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[keywhiz61]

...I could use a Kronos live to replace my entire current set up? I know this is getting a bit ahead of myself and is maybe a better question (at this point) for Oasys owners but....

my current setup is:

Original Motif6
Roland A-37 controller

both of which drive a rack setup of:

Emu Proteus 2000 (with addtional Vintage Pro and Mo Phatt cards)
JV-1080
Emu B3 module with Neo Ventilator leslie sim.

Is the Kronos powerful and versatile enough to be the ONLY sound source I use while also controlling it with the Roland controller?

[SpIdErWeB]

Well, I do think the Kronos does sound "better" than the Motif 6, EMUs or JV... however, if you have some songs with very specific sounds, you might want to replace them to get exact same sounding.

Apparently Digital Sound Factory might consider to release the EMUs sounds for Oasys/Kronos as EXs (if Korg provides tools to build EXs). If not, you might need to use and import the SoundFont version.

Regarding the Motif and JV sounds, there's no library ready to be used, so you might want to try to reproduce the sound as close as possible with internal Kronos sounds (there's almost 12 Gb of sounds), use any free Soundfont from website such sf2midi... or sample your own patch/preset to build use them in the Kronos with the Roland Controller.

In conclusion, I would go for the Kronos...

my 2 cents,
Phil

[Shakil]

All of those are multimberal sound generators. So, if you were using a lot of multi-timberal sounds/parts, you may run out of them on Kronos. It has 16 parts. While you had access to more than 48 parts.

You may also run out of polyphony on the Kronos.

If you are just using few layers and are playing mostly solos in the band, then there shouldn't be a big problem.
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[keywhiz61]

Yes, I'm thinking mostly about polyphony issues, effects, and how well all the different synth engines work and play with others. (I'm assuming that this new board will SOUND better than most of my old stuff and besides, sounds and tones are subjective anyway. I find it silly to ask "does this board SOUND better than this one?" except maybe in some very specific cases.)

How many audio outputs are there on the board? And can anything/everything be routed to any of the outputs?

Also, are there any quirky issues that arise when hooking up another controller to the sound engines while still playing the Kronos keyboard?

[Shakil]

Don't have to worry about affects, because it's actually very flexible and powerful.

You will have to worry about editing though.... You can't edit sounds from a combi or sequencer. You have to stop and jump into program and worse for drums to global mode.

You can do a lot of mixing on the Kronos since it has EQs for each track, 12 effects processor with multiple tracks to an IFX processor, ( but one track can't go into multiple effects, and if routed to IFX, can't send dry signal to MFX.).. So, unless you wanted to record each of the sound modules, you don't really need multiple outs....
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[keywhiz61]

Sorry if I wasn't more clear--I'm talking about a live performance environment, not recording or sequencing.

I'm thinking that if I end up using only the Kronos for my sound source, then it might be advantageous to send some signals through separate outs for additional processing---perhaps I'll run the CX3 through the Neo Ventilator if I'm not that happy with the onboard leslie effect, for example. Or I may want to send the piano sound through another effects processor, etc.

Are there multiple outputs on the Kronos and can everything be routed to the any of the outputs? (I know that, for example on the Proteus module, the 2nd set of outputs are only 'dry'--as any sound routed through the effects system gets sent only to the main outputs.)

[BillW]

[GregC]

[ozy]

If there's no financial hurry,

let your ears decide.

I mean: receive the kronos, play it along your current synths, compare the sounds,

then find out WHICH modules you want to keep.

boh emu and jv have distinct personalities, you may want to keep some sound which is not korgish

Me, I never could play on a SINGLE all-encompassing machine.

Generic workstations tend to have some kind of homogeneous flavor, no matter how rich the flavour is. The hammond, the rhodes and the strings have something in common.

Sometimes (often) you don't want this. you want strings from venus and guitars from mars. from different converters, with different effects, etc.

A song played on one machine "doing it all" sounds always a bit too homogeneous to me.

But nobody can tell you WHICH module is totally "other", "different" from the kronos... until you hear the kronos and play them along.

Even if you need to sell stuff to finance the kronos, a few weeks won't kill you.

this is a field where personal judgment is paramount, so... it's just a suggestion.

[Unicorn]

[Flash & The Pan]

[synthguy]

[keywhiz61]

Yes, I'm like you in that I like to have a wide variety of sounds and am always tempted to keep and try and use EVERYTHING. But the rack is starting to get to be too big and cumbersome for live use (I've got a lot of guitar stuff in there too), so the Kronos is going to be part of an attempt to at least start over!

I'm keeping the controller for sure. Just wondering how much stuff to keep in the rack. Yeah, every piece of gear has different timbres and it will certainly be hard to part with the Motif sounds I've come to know so well and love over the years.

But I don't want all my sounds to be homogenous either. I'm hoping that with 9 different synth engines, that won't really be an issue with Kronos?

[ozy]

[Citizen Klaus]