Kronos 2 compatibility

[totallykenny]

Hello I am thinking of getting the new Kronos 2 , I have the original Krono's and many sounds / Combi's I purchased . Will everything I have work in the Kronos 2 with no problems. Are they compatible... Any help would be greatly appreciated.. thank you ,TotallyKenny

[SanderXpander]

You can load all programs and combinations just fine. But the Kronos 2 has new sounds in banks INT-A and INT-B, which shifts the program order by two banks, meaning you may not be able to use the same custom sound banks and you will have some work adapting your combis.

[QuiRobinez]

Let me start by describing the problems you will have on a kronos 2 when you try to load program and combi soundsets which were designed for the Kronos 1 or Kronos X:

First one important thing to know is that all EXS libraries that you have bought in the korg store are lost, you can't transfer them to the kronos 2 since these are bound to the original kronos. So you have to buy them again.


For other sound sets that you have bought which aren't copy protected you can encounter 2 problems because the different program order of the Kronos 2:
- none of the combi collections will work.
- Program soundsets do work, but in all the program soundsets the drumtrack won't work anymore.




Now how can you solve this?

Solution 1:
this solution will Always work!
- Create a backup of your current Kronos 2 Soundset
- once you have done this you can do anything you want on your kronos 2, but you will be sure that you can revert to your current kronos 2 at any moment by just loading the Backup again. So that makes experimenting quite convenient
- Now the most important step: On your Kronos 2 SSD look for the EXTRA Folder. In this folder you will find the Kronos X program order preload file. It transforms the program order of your kronos 2 to the program order of the kronos X with the new kronos 2 sounds located at the end in free user banks instead of the first banks.
- Load this Preload set
- Now load any version 1 or X soundset (programs or combi) from me or other sound designers.
- Now everything works as expected because you have the Original program order again!
- If you want you can create a system backup again (or just the sounds) with the name of the sound designer: Like QRSounds for instance. Then you can load that anytime you want.



Solution 2:
Loading programs in a kronos 2 will work but the drumtracks aren't working.
- you can solve this by opening each program and reassign the drumtrack to the new drumtrack location. Then save the program again.
- Combi's don't work. Every program location in a combi should be pointed to the new program location. Now for the combi's i create i wouldn't recommend that doing yourself. To achieve the sound in my combis i use the tonecontrol a lot, so you have to modify each parameter yourself then to achieve the same sound. That's almost impossible to do in my opinion. (tone controls settings are reset when selecting a different program in the combi), so for combis i think solution 1 is your best option for now.

Solution 3:
- wait till the new kronos 2 versions are ready for download. Eventually these will come available, but keep in mind that it takes a lot of time to convert them manually.


Hope this helps a little bit understanding the issues you will face when you have a kronos 2 with the new different program locations.

[totallykenny]

Hello Qui, I want to take the time to say thank you thank you . Your directions will help me a lot ! I'm still not sure , If I am going to get the new Kronos 2. But if I do for sure solution one should work fine. Again thank you my friend.