Korg Kronos?

rajieve · Post by **rajieve** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:45 am

I think now Motif XF can wait a while............?

MartinHines · Post by **MartinHines** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:07 pm

ozy wrote:Hey, look at this.

Somebody posted on harmony central a youtube clip by a certain famous synth producer.

I translated it from Japanese. It says:

There is no such video.

Ozy, you need to realize that not everyone here has English as their first language. Therefore some will not understand that you were trying to be funny.

Personally, I didn't think it was funny at all.

MartinHines · Post by **MartinHines** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:11 pm

Kevin Nolan wrote:Ozy -

Assuming the post you made from a Japanese producer associated with Korg and Kronos is genuine, I feel the following must be said -

Kevin,

There is no video. Ozy made the whole thing up.

Even if there was such a video, there is no way that person would be in any way associated with Korg.

Sponsored artists all understand their role; they either say nice things about a product or don't say anything at all.

Ozy seems to enjoy his role as pissing on the enthusiasm some people have for a new product.

Ozy, you seem to have some underlying hatred toward Korg (regardless of how many Korg products you may have owned). How about dialing it down a bit, or at least wait until the product is released before you take a crap on it?

Johnny Sniper · Post by **Johnny Sniper** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:29 pm

My guess is a new workstation entirely or the follow-up to the RADIAS.
NAMM is only about 11 days away, but I can't wait

Link · Post by **Link** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:38 pm

cminor wrote:I hope Korg won't make the Kronos Commercials as Yamaha with Tyros 4:
Some old folks "amazed" by some 1 finger chords player
Now serious.

Looking back at the M3/Oasys "support" , how can a possible owner of the Kronos "trust" that the support will not be the same as it "was" on M3 ?
Who is going to invest xxxx $/Euro in Kronos whitout the promise of a new age of workstations with a good support ?
I hope from all my heart that korg will release something new for M3 too.
Otherwise, the trust in "future" releases will be zero...

But they DID release new waveforms worth of hundreds of dollars for free that other companies sell as expensive add ons, they did Karma updates and rework the sequencer, which is now by far the best hardware sequencer with a little help of touch screen. What else you could expect from a synth, that wasn't promised to have anything more than what it already had? Very admirably generous behaviour from this big, faceless company, in a very tight market, that is full of Motifs and other cheap cash ins, that concentrate to sell newly, for a yet another time sampled waveforms to be played with such a limited synth engine. Vain waste of money...theirs and ours.

Oasys was heavily supported, even if not quite enough for 7000$ paying customers tastes ofcourse. But they still got, and still have, the best, the most versatile and powerfull synth there is. Thats quite a feature for a digital device of its age.

I think, if Kronos indeed is such an upgradeable device, we can expect it to have at least enough support for a couple of years, I mean I'm guessing, even the worst case scenario would satisfy our most necessary needs, which I'm guessing wont happen for another time, since even something as ambitious as Oasys 2 wouldn't cost that much novadays.

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:09 pm

MartinHines wrote:how many Korg products you may have owned

You are missing something.

I don't just "have owned" many (most) Korg instruments.

I own NOW, I recently (1 years and 1/2) bought a full-accessoried M3 88 + radias, I bought third party libraries for it, I created patches for it, I tried to get its many bugs fixed and got nixed,

and I have been evaluating for months buying an Oasys88. I hadn't yet abandoned the idea.

So I was hit by a bullet and I barely dodged another.

I am not pissing on what is new at NAMM. I am pissed at what is NOT at NAMM:

maintenance and continuity of my investment.

As for the "talk good about it or shut up": I have been in the Army, many years. I know discipline.. If I'm allowed to speak, Sir.

But Korg is my tools supplier, not my Country or my Flag. I'll speak my mind whenever I please.

As for "enthusiasts": it is enthusiasm about... what?

I'll respect opinions after jan 13th.

Until then I am spoofing wild theories and hype, not opinions or facts.

For example:

McHale wrote:
hengteets wrote:Dream on Sphincter Boy, the Motif STILL smokes the M# and anything short of the OASYS.
you joined the forum to post THAT?!

See whay I mean?

The guy came from the other side of the planet just to get all heated up about...

... WHAT?!?

Post by **Sharp** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:36 pm

I am not pissing on what is new at NAMM. I am pissed at what is NOT at NAMM:

maintenance and continuity of my investment.

As for the "talk good about it or shut up": I have been in the Army, many years. I know discipline.

But Korg is my tools supplier, not my Country or my Flag. I'll speak my mind whenever I please.

Hi Ozy.
You need to start a new thread where you can do all that. This thread is not the place. Lets at least keep this one running on topic which is for talk related to the KORG KRONOS.

So start a new thread where you can have a title direct to your issue, and lets run with that.

Cheers
Sharp.

orpheus2006 · Post by **orpheus2006** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:47 pm

hengteets wrote:Dream on Sphincter Boy, the Motif STILL smokes the M# and anything short of the OASYS.

I own both, an M3 and Motif, and the only machine that smokes like hell is the M3. I haven't even turned on the Motif for weeks. Let's see how the KRONOS will burn

kimu wrote:i will appreciate any personal remarks from anyone on this forum in case someone feels to tell me that my behavior or post or anything else i do in the forum is in same way "hurting".

Don't worry, your posts and behaviour were all ok, and not offending at any time. Sometimes you just don't know when you enter the jungle.

ozy wrote:I have been in the Army, many years. I know discipline

Interesting, I actually guessed it.

No offense!

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:52 pm

ok, ok, sharp,

I will shut up until NAMM, and leave your love dreams go unbridled.

After NAMM we will read back these pages.

And I'll feel free to comment.

Post by **Sharp** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:04 pm

ozy wrote:ok, ok, sharp,

I will shut up until NAMM, and leave your love dreams go unbridled.

After NAMM we will read back these pages.

And I'll feel free to comment.

Hi Ozy.
I didn't tell you to shut up, I told you to start a new thread. You clearly have different matters you feel that need to be addresses which don't relate to this thread about the KRONOS.

So go start a new thread. I'm not in anyway telling you to shut up.

Regards
Sharp.

Krasowski · Post by **Krasowski** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:32 pm

The Radias was discount. There are no any "radias" pages on korg.com. Also "Radias" isn't in list of korg synth.

So, It will brand-new VA-synth, in some acpects next "radias 2". I think it will combine different technologys - like advanced seq, hybrid synt engine, analog elements also could be.
Also it could have new controllers with LED-segments.

Jan1 · Post by **Jan1** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:38 pm

I was expecting part 8 of the teaser by now...

I remember KORG had a teaser for the OASYS, but I can't remember if there was one for the M3?
Anyway, after a dead boring NAMM last year and a not much better NAMM before that it's nice that this year's NAMM looks to be much different.
I also wonder if KORG is going to continue their Legacy software line. That would be very nice indeed.

kimu · Post by **kimu** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:44 pm

anyone knows what's the meaning of the 9 that appears before "kronos - prepare to be amazed" on the korg.com main page?

NAMM start the 13th, so it not a countdown (anyway it was 9 also some days ago...)

TSUNAMI · Post by **TSUNAMI** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:47 pm

9 Drawbars ....

kimu wrote:anyone knows what's the meaning of the 9 that appears before "kronos - prepare to be amazed" on the korg.com main page?

NAMM start the 13th, so it not a countdown (anyway it was 9 also some days ago...)

Rocness · Post by **Rocness** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:51 pm

Maybe it means 9 synth types

What ever it is ,1 thing I do know is that karma's involed