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mjames4208 · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject: i love my KRONOS..... but

things that i can easily do with my other gear is harder for me to figure out on the kronos.....
my only gripe (so far) is not having ADAT LIGHTPIPE.
but, over all this is sonically one of the best workstations, if not the best, that's subjective, available.
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RonF · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:33 pm Post subject:

I assume this is because you wish to have 8 individual digital I/O? Because the USB and SPDIF achieve the same for 4 I/O. Thats enough for me.

I echo your other comments.....its a monster synth with unreal possibilities. I think it requires a paradigm shift in thinking about a workstation keyboard. Its easy to judge it in tried and true conventional terms. But the reality is that having all of these engines integrated internally, including engine to engine routing of signal for sound design, allows for sonic possibilities that are very new and unique, and frankly are beyond anything that I had comprehended before I had the board sitting in front of me. Its a sound designers dream workstation!

What it is as a live keyboard, or composing station....is more conventional. Its just a great keyboard with lots of features. But what it is as a sound design synth.....is fresh and new territory. In the right hands, its a true monster!

I was a former OASYS owner. And though many of these features were eventually built into the O....it was a process of development that wasn't fully realized and built into the platform at first. You also had to purchase each supplemental engine, so not everyone had all these goodies. With KRONOS, it is fully mature, fully integrated, and all on tap from start up. As such, it is the most integrated and complete sound design toolbox in hardware that I have ever seen or heard. Taken from the right perspective, its truly amazing.

mjames4208 · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:37 am Post subject:

thats refreshing to hear.... i thought using the digital connection only streamed 2 channels
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JimH · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:46 am Post subject:

RonF · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:48 am Post subject:

On the KRONOS you can use the Analog, USB, and SPDIF all at once, thru the Global or SEQ mode AUDIO IN mixer. Just route the appropriate I/O to the desired buss. On the other hand, you may need to create an aggregate audio device to use both USB and SPDIF at once in your software DAW. Depends on your DAW.

yellowchops · Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 30

I believe that is correct. The USB, SPDIF, & L&R outs are the same.

Also, isn't SPDIF no higher than 16 bit 44.1k?

RonF · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:51 am Post subject:

Yes that's right....my comment was for input to KRONOS. As far as output, SPDIF and USB carry the same signal.

yellowchops · Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 30

RonF · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:58 am Post subject:

Sorry for any confusion.....just to clarify....

KRONOS to Computer via USB (or SPDIF because it carries the same signal as USB), two channels of audio....typically stereo.

Computer to KRONOS....4 separate channels of audio is possible using BOTH USB and SPDIF, routing separate signals to each buss. You need a DAW that permits selecting separate audio device per track, or create an aggregate audio device.

RonF · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:59 am Post subject:

I think I read in some KORG documentation where it describes the USB connection as containing "4 channels of audio"....but in practice thats 2 In and 2 Out....not 4 each way.