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Sharp · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:24 am Post subject: KRONOS ASSAULT – Now Online.

Hi all.
I've just released KRONOS ASSAULT.

CLICK HERE

Existing OASYS ASSAULT users... DO NOT buy this library. You will received an email very soon with download details for a free copy.

Any questions just ask. I will upload DVD Artwork in a few days for those who want to burn their download to a DVD. I will also release a verion of KSC Gen for KRONOS ASSAULT over the next few days.

Regards
Sharp.

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It needs at least 845MB free, so that trashes out almost all of the factory sounds? Or is there a way to retain factory and load this?

Davidb · Platinum Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 1592

Fantastic news for all prospective and actual Kronos users. Very Happy

For those who dont know about other James libraries, well, you´ll be amazed when you hear this one, specially the vocal content.

A "must have" for any OASYS/Kronos.
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Shakil · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:08 pm Post subject:

Kron....

No, it doesn't trashes all the factory sounds....... Just the EXs.... Think of them like free sample sounds from KORG, not the factory sounds, and those are optional.
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EvilDragon · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject:

4 GB of RAM really needs to become a reality for Kronos.

Great sounds here, James!

RC-IA · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:44 pm Post subject:

Vlad_77 · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject:

So I am confused. I want to buy these because they are STUNNING. However, I have not had the time to audition the HUGE amount of patches in Kronos. If I buy these, can I select what EXs to trash/move and load Assault as well?

I realize that all of the factory sounds can be reloaded and that with Kronos we have moved away from the preset paradigm to the preloaded paradigm.

Frankly, I wish there was a way to access these directly from a USB stick.

Korg, we DO need the 4 GB, PLEASE??

Anyhow, if anyone could please clear up my confusion I would be most appreciative. There are patches in Assault that as I was listening to them, I realized I needed in my sound palette.

Thanks all!,
Vlad
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RC-IA · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject:

yes you can select what exs you want to unload, but assault requires about 850 mo... so your choice will be limited, for now. but it's quick to reload/unload thing

Morten'J · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject:

Great:) I am big fan of Jarre's Rendezvous 4

So will assault and Karo Movie,Dance,Taurus is that possible to have in once ,the is not much about how big Karo's stuff is
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cello · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject:

I have Assault and some of the Karo libraries (movie and Symphony) for OASYS.

Even with Sharp's reducing the samples required for the Kronos Assault, I really don't think you'd be able to load all of them at the same time.

Karo symphony for example needs the OASYS EX2 and EX3 to be unloaded just for itself - and that's with 4Gb of memory!
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Kevin Nolan · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:02 pm Post subject:

I have OASYS Assault and I must say, it's a very strong library. It's like having the instrument restocked with a vibrant new sample set.

sharp released a utility called KSC_GEN (for your PC), which allows you to create subsets of the entire library to load onto the OASYS - so you can select just one sound form the library, or any subset of the library you choose. The utility is excellent - it lists the available sounds and offers an opportunity to play an mp3 phrase using it to remind you of the sound in order to make the correct selection.

So if Sharp makes that utility available for Kronos it will allow you to manage how much of the library to load onto your Kronos and hence the problem is soolved.

And I'll say again - this is a very capable library - very nice indeed - I really mean that. It's the real deal - a great expansion pack full or excellent samples and programs. Worth every penny (and I am in no way connected with Sharp - I'm saying this on merit alone).

Kevin.

Sharp · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the very kind words guys.

Kevin actually hits on a very good point. By default, there is no way to automatically customise a Sample Library on the keyboard itself. The LOAD PCG and RAM option will load the same samples to memory more than once if they are used in other Program sound, which in turn a complete waste of memory.

KSC GEN totally solves this problem and no other KORG Format library in the world has such a tool available. You simply select the sounds you want in your custom library and KSC GEN writes a KORG Script file that tell your keyboard what samples to load, never loading the same one twice.

The end result being, you get a totally optimised and custom version of your library with the minimum amount of memory possible being used. Darn clever even if I so myself. Cool

Regards
Sharp

jemkeys25 · Full Member Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 243

you can be busy for years with the stock kronos, i'll just wait till they're free.

Sharp · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

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