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Vermeer · Last edited by Vermeer on Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:44 am; edited 1 time in total

I know the manual & brochure only mentions 48kHz, but can you select 44.1kHz sample rate for the S/PDIF out?

Since I'm using ProTools, any trick to do that without re-sampling the whole session is welcomed.

(Note that I don't own a Kronos yet)

SeedyLee · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:33 am Post subject:

I suspect you mean 44.1 kHz, as that is a much more common sampling frequency than 41.1 kHz?

Either way, the Kronos is fixed at 48 kHz and I do not believe there is a way to change this. I guess the easiest work-around is to use the analogue outputs and resample?

Personally, I work exclusively at 48 kHz as most of my digital equipment operates at this frequency natively.
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Vermeer · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:50 am Post subject:

popmann · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:51 am Post subject:

You don't want to use the digital outs. The analog sounds better.

My recorder can actually do realtime resampling-it's a function of your recorder really. I still record it via analog. The sounds were designed for using these converters. So, in terms of D/A, you're better off analog...if your A/D isn't up to capturing it--that's what you want to address, as it will have the same effect on everything else you record.

SeedyLee · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:02 am Post subject:

popmann · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:30 am Post subject:

The Echo is what I compared.

The Kronos is the opposite of neutral. That's the point. You can hear all kinds of artifacts in the sample editing with the other DA. But, that doesn't matter. It's an instrument. Connect it analog, it sounds great.

popmann · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:32 am Post subject:

I'm also not attempting to use a keyboard as anything more than a demo machine, in terms of sequencing...if you're doing multitrack audio stuff you want to export, just export it and import it into PT.

...I thought the question was about recording the keyboard...via SPDIF in a 44.1 session.

Vermeer · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject:

PianoManChuck · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:09 pm Post subject:

I always use the analog outs too. Sounds great!
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danatkorg · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:23 pm Post subject:

michelkeijzers · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject:

For more information about the PCM1793 Audio DAC:

http://electronics-diy.com/electronic_schematic.php?id=806
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popmann · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject:

Dan...that's fair...no converter is as I said "the opposite of neutral"...

My point was that they were the DA the sounds were designed on...and even a modest "general recording" DA exposed flaws in the velocity switching and decays that are mostly masked by the built in conversion. Whether that's an intentional LPF or something on the built in--or just a side effect of using them to monitor during sound design...I'd just be guessing, and at the end of the day, doesn't matter--string some nice analog cables from it to whatever AD you are comfortable with to track any other analog source--no clocking issues+great sound.

danatkorg · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject:

popmann · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:12 am Post subject:

There's ALWAYS a LPF on a DA. No? It's part of the DA process.

I'm not saying it sounded BAD mind you with the echo...it was subtle, but clearer in a way that allowed me to here little things I didn't care to hear.

The DA was clocked from the Kronos's Spidf...there are certainly people who will claim externally clocking, particularly over optical will always negatively impact the conversion. But, again...really a non issue for me, as the DA on the unit sounds fab.

AND...if I might digress further, thank whomever at Korg made the master volume an analog circuit. That SO makes a difference, IMO, over lowering a digital volume.

Have I mentioned that I'm sampling my fave creations of mine from old keyboards...as well as some common components--and they sound SO much nicer coming out of the Kronos? Anyway...at the risk of sounding like a fanboy...I am consolidating to where I will literally have a single digital keyboard. And the computer for drum replacement and string arrangements. In my 25 years of playing digital keys of many makes and models, I have never been able to say that would be possible.

danatkorg · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:39 am Post subject: