It wasn't enough to put me off but yes I would have probably bought a semi-weighted synth action in 73/76 keys over the weighted version if it had existed.
Your audio interface may auto detect the Kronos clock speed when you connect it, if not you can select it in the interfaces settings in your DAW. I have the audio interface set as master, works ok so I've never looked into the details of master/slave. SPDIF will appear in your DAW (should already be ...
I use SPDIF mainly because I assume it should be less prone to electrical/radio interference. Also I have limited audio inputs so it keeps the analogue inputs free for something else which may not have SPDIF out. If you need an optical/digital SPDIF converter I use one from Lindy and it's worked ...
jimknopf wrote:
The advantages of the Montage are mainly 16 channel computer integration.
This is the only thing the Montage has over the Kronos in my opinion. I'd love to see this on the Kronos and I wouldn't think it would be too hard to implement?
The only feature on the Montage I'm envious of is the 'Connect MONTAGE to your computer with a single USB cable and capture every nuance of your creativity into your DAW. MONTAGE’s powerful USB driver can send 16 and receive 3 channels of STEREO 24 bit/44.1 kHz digital audio ' This would be a w ...