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dhjdhj · Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 309

OK --- long time Oasys owner, just ordered Kronos to use in a secondary smaller live setup. Figured I'd check out the new Kronos forums to see what's going on --- but there's just way too many posts (and yeah, this one is probably not helping too much either!) to wade through.

Any recommendations for "gotchyas", "best practices", and "best of" threads?
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runningman67 · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

I can tell you ones NOT to read. Avoid the word 'FAN'
Trust me on that one! Twisted Evil

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jimknopf · Platinum Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374

Yes, and you can safely ignore polls Laughing

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dhjdhj · Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 309

"FAN" as in a person who loves the Kronos or "FAN" as in problems with fan noise? (I just did a search and noticed a lot of such comments)

danmusician · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:15 pm Post subject:

runningman67 · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:21 pm Post subject:

runningman67

dhjdhj · Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 309

Maybe --- I wasn't aware of a potential fan issue so I've contacted Sam Ash and asked them to make sure that the unit they ship me is not afflicted with this problem.

DennyC · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject:

Well there you go, now you've done it. Obviously you have read the fan post. Avoid the posts of someone called "sparkie" as you will want to get a second trust deed on your house to immediately purchase a Jupiter 80 and donate your Kronos to charity. Smile

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runningman67 · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:36 pm Post subject:

dhjdhj · Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 309

Love your avatar!

JPWC · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:08 pm Post subject:

Avoid the word "bug", as these are usually about someone problems with understanding the operations of the Kronos Shocked

avoid JP80 as these are apple and orange discussions.

As a matter of fact, I'd recommend you start your Kronos journey by reading the parameter guide! It will either put you to sleep or convince you to buy the Kronos immediately.

There is only one opinion that matters, and that is yours. Get the Kronos and make your own posts.

And my final comment: disregard the subject/title of any discussion. Even if the thread starts discussing the Topic, it soon segues away into some other song. Confused

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dhjdhj · Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 309

It's my understanding that the Kronos is essentially the same as the Oasys with which I am deeply familar (except for KARMA which I never figured out, and didn't really care about too much) so I'm not concerned too much about how to use it.

I'm much more interested in peripheral/third party issues. For example, I got an email from Korg a couple of weeks ago offering me credit towards sound libraries (because I had all the Oasys Ex's) and will be interested to know about peoples' experiences with such things. At the same time, I was contemplating what keyboards to get to create a "minirig" for myself as my main rig is just too big to take to smaller venues.

So my plan is to use the Kronos mostly remotely with routing managed through my MaxMSP system.

My Kronos has been shipped and I expect it on Monday.

Lou · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:35 pm Post subject:

Congrats on your new Kronos. (61 or 73?)

Your going to love it as much and possibly more than your Oasys.
It may not have as many bells and whistles, but there are some very useful features Korg implemented, which I'm sure you are aware of.
Also, moving forward, I think we have a much better chance at seeing Kronos advancement.. Not to mention, but "the ease of hauling it around." enjoy!
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Dniss · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject:

Read the manual first!

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