New Namm 2011 Korg Gear Pics !!!

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:27 pm

sani wrote:Just one thing. What about the 76key version? Am I blind, crazy or thas that again end on the "wrong" key? I see E as the last upper key?
What the hell is that?

It's the M3-73-type of "key allocation", C-C.

sani · Post by **sani** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:45 pm

vEddY wrote:
sani wrote:Just one thing. What about the 76key version? Am I blind, crazy or thas that again end on the "wrong" key? I see E as the last upper key?
What the hell is that?
It's the M3-73-type of "key allocation", C-C.

Well, it's not C-C.
Now it's E-E.
On the other side, at least its a weighted keybed and the weight is acceptable at just under 20kg.

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:46 pm

sani wrote: Well, it's not C-C.
Now it's E-E.
On the other side, at least its a weighted keybed and the weight is acceptable at just under 20kg.

Sorry, typo

wasn't intentional.. but I do agree that 7x-keybed with weighted is a desireable thing.

Jugo · Post by **Jugo** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:53 pm

after reading all the specs it feels like it's gonna at about the price of an Oasys (maybe a bit smaller)
unless their 'prepare to be amazed' slogan applies to a low price too ;]

Ksynth · Post by **Ksynth** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:54 pm

sani wrote:Just one thing. What about the 76key version? Am I blind, crazy or thas that again end on the "wrong" key? I see E as the last upper key?
What the hell is that?

Oh, and I see things which I already don't like at all.
So, Korg still limits the Ram to a ridiculous level if the specs are right. It seems that those sampled stuff from Korg (EX) is loaded into the only available ram and after you load all, there is only about 200 Mb left for own samples, sample libraries. That's silly.

True but at least you can record directly to a DAW / PC I guess Korg supposes we end up mastering final versions on our computers?

More SSD sampling space would have been real icing on this cake.

sani · Post by **sani** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:00 pm

Well, I guess we probably think about different things. Those with recording and sequencing in mind will probably not complain.
I'm more interested in what I can do live with the keyboard. For sequencing, arranging I use software and no workstation will change that.
On the other side, If I load all those provided sounds/samples from Korg, I'm limited to some crappy 200 Mb Ram. Load some akai samples here and there, some song intros in wave and gone is the memory.
In that case, a 32 or 320 Gb SSD means absolutely nothing to me.
At least, in that regard Korg should have catch up. They offered the smallest RAm on the M3, and now they do it again.

bobbybee · Post by **bobbybee** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:04 pm

Larger pic available at Karma-Lab Forums:

http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17657

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:28 pm

Kronos looks just awesome.
However, so does also the Kaoss Pad Quad!

How come nobody's commented on that yet? I reckon I'll be buying it, can't wait to read the specs...

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:30 pm

Great pic!

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:31 pm

bobbybee wrote:Larger pic available at Karma-Lab Forums:

http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17657

Direct image: http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/klpix/kr ... ont-lg.jpg

I'm really excited about the Kronos. It's like the Trinity all over again, with its extra options and synth engines (PCM, MOSS, HDR, Sampler, etc.).

It all depends on the price.

Looking forward to the video demos.

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:33 pm

A bit offtopic.... Am I being delusional or does that font look a lot like Yamaha's font on Motifs?

Vadim · Post by **Vadim** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:43 pm

so no TRINITY VSTi?

Vadim · Post by **Vadim** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:45 pm

karmathanever wrote: I need help......

just buy Korg Kronos, there is "help" button in the upper right corner of numeric keypad

fallingman · Post by **fallingman** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:16 pm

My first thought was it looked like a Roland RS6 synth from a decade or so ago case-wise.

Spec looks like an OASYS design as well - if there is indeed some compatability between the two would be interesting.

If the price is really low, not sure how I'm gonna feel, as it will then seem like an updated OASYS, since as the O has no development path, the Kronos looks like that O in a new box.

Just my ten cents...

cello · Post by **cello** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:05 pm

fallingman wrote:My first thought was it looked like a Roland RS6 synth from a decade or so ago case-wise.

Spec looks like an OASYS design as well - if there is indeed some compatability between the two would be interesting.

If the price is really low, not sure how I'm gonna feel, as it will then seem like an updated OASYS, since as the O has no development path, the Kronos looks like that O in a new box.

Just my ten cents...

I think all the OASYS owners here agree with you... ! The ones that post anyway.

If you want to make any of your views known see my thread here... http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=58151