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EvilDragon · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:43 am Post subject:

sparkle, it's Kronos, not Kronus. Rolling Eyes

EnjoyRC · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

...off to the store to get more M&Ms. Enough for all to share.
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sparkie · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks EvilDragon.. Damn I know it ...Kronos, Kronos, Kronos, but typing that dang 2nd O is a problem for my brain, as I keep thinking about those 50s Sci-Fi B movie planets.... where is spell checker when you need it.

sani · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Kronus.. PROS and COns

GregC · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject:

drama1 · Platinum Member Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 662

Pros: Sound quality. SST. Finally a great piano.
Cons: No semi weighted 73/76 for the weekend warior. E to E. I prefer the low C as on the M3-73. The Kronos 73 is ONLY 5lbs lighter than the 88. Throw a case in the mix and you're schlepping around 75/80 lbs. FOr a wuss weakling like me, you're talking hernia. Just my personal opinion, just not crazy about the string/orchestra sounds. I've viewed all of the Oasys vids to get an idea and played Oasys on occasion. A new string/brass/orchestra is needed, again imho. Am I going to get a Kronos? Probably.

techman09 · Joined: 25 Apr 2011 Posts: 7 Location: USA

Pros -- SSD, 9 Synth Engines, SGX Piano, The Bettering Of An Already Good Product

Cons -- I have not heard any guitar sounds that rival the Motif XS/XF yet, 2 minutes + boot time, can't replace everything in your studio like many seem to imply.

I think if the Kronos was such a game changer for EVERYONE than we would have all had the OASYS. The Kronos seems very promising to those who seem to really appreciate the technology behind it, as well as the technology behind Korg's former products.

Who knows, I may end up with one, but right now: Motif XF, Komplete 7, and some IK Multimedia stuff seems to really be doing the job ten times over, without the 2 minute boot time.......

brimoore · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject:

How can 2 minutes of waiting (and I think that's the loading time of almost all the free memory) be a deciding factor? I guess if you didn't plan on using the Kronos, then all of the sudden had inspiration hit, waiting 2 minutes might be slightly inconvenient. Or if the power goes out (like it did at the Bellevue American Music Kronos demo - and we only had to wait 1 minute to boot up 1 GB of stuff), then that'd slow things down a bit, but honestly if you can't wait 2 minutes...it takes longer than that to turn on your PS3 and TV and load your favorite video game from DVD!

Now it'd be cool if during the load time, the Kronos would play some sort of built in elevator music or have a a game start on the touch screen you could play while it booted up Smile

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GregC · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:35 pm Post subject:

ScoobyDoo555 · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:

wait until the homebrew hacks come out

Your dancing girls could be a reality!! Laughing

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EnjoyRC · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:14 pm Post subject:

ScoobyDoo555 · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject:

well, the OS is open architecture!! (Wouldn't know myself how to do it - I'm an end user!! Very Happy

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GregC · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject:

Akos Janca · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject:

It's a really good idea - worths a separate thread - to think about what Kronos should do during the loooong (just joking) bootup time.

For example:
- blinking all LEDs?
- playing an intro song?
- moving faders? (I know...)

But seriously, a random startup tip would be useful. "Did you know...?" - followed by an explanation or excerpt from the manual. I really mean it: there is so much to know and to learn about this powerful system. Kronos will be the most advanced workstation in history.
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Jon Lord · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject: