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[Peterso]

I am a HK Customer who are interested in Kronos X. However, I have just been told from the dealer of my place that this product has ceased production so no maintenance support will be provided. I would like to know if this is true and if it really is, when will the new model be launched. Thanks

[karmathanever]

[Synthmaestro]

According to most suppliers both the Kronos and Kronos X are now discontinued. This was Korgs reply when I asked them about it: "We currently have no stock but will confirm the position by mid November 2014".

Whether or not that means that they will have new electronic parts to build more of the Kronos or they may let us know if they are going to be releasing anything new at Winter NAMM.
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[Bertotti]

I can honestly say if they dump the Kronos, which i am thrilled to have, I doubt seriously I would buy the next device. I sure hope they work with Kronos and make upgrades available in hardware, that would earn my brand loyalty. I was tossed up on Korg or Nord so for me a switch to software and Nord would be easy. I would certainly keep my Kronos alive as long as possible but I sure hope we have many more years with our beloved machines in production!

[Synthmaestro]

I would agree with that. I would put my money on the Kronos being updated again for a new release. It depends on how much advance warning they were given about the unavailability of parts.

The Trition series was kept running for sometime so I hope they make the Kronos the new Triton series and keep it going for sometime! If a new workstation comes out and it is not as good as the Kronos then I will be thinking about going to Nord who will no doubt have a Nord Stage 3 coming out this NAAM.
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[pagey]

It's the way life is I'm afraid. With the advances in technology we see nowadays it's inevitable the Kronos will be superceeded at some point. No different to the latest phone or game consoles.
It's what you make of it that counts.
I for one don't think i'll ever need another keyboard (short of mine breaking outside of the extended warranty, being stolen, a meteor strike etc..)
But I agree, I hope they continue to support the Kronos for a good few years yet.
Can it really get much better???
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[EvilDragon]

[Bertotti]

EvilDragon, Yes Yes and Yes to all of that and let's not forget a few tweaks to the sequencer!

[Bald Eagle]

[Bertotti]

I can dream, but I guess I really don't care. I just use logic.

[ahutnick]

Here's another question which is related to this. If I were to buy a Kronos X brand new with warranty and the motherboard fails before the warranty expires{granted the motherboard shouldn't fail before the warranty expires but you never know] Obviously Korg would be legally obliged to replace it in this case but what would happen if they had no spare motherboards to replace it with?

[geoelectro]

Since it a generic motherboard, seems likely they can just switch to another newer version, like what one does when the computer MB goes bad. Get a newer one.

Geo
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