Kronos SGX-1 video [New URL coming next week]

RichF · Post by **RichF** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:24 pm

Hi all,

Here's the first Kronos In The Studio video, focusing on the SGX-1 Premium Piano engine. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAxMHxUVTM

Thanks,
-Rich

Jon Lord · Post by **Jon Lord** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:48 pm

Nice job as allways rich. Can't wait to hear more demos. Overall i like the piano tone, abit too bright maybe for my taste but it does not seem a problem from a tweakability perspective

synthguy · Post by **synthguy** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:09 pm

Really nice overviwe Rich, but.... HEY! What's that big knob laden monster in the background there?? Is that... dare I say it... a NEW KORG PS3300?! Are you guys answering the Jupiter-80 threat head on?!

"Ready to tweak some real analog hardware?"

*wiggles with excitement*

brimoore · Post by **brimoore** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:12 pm

oooooooooooooooooooo

kid_nepro_2002 · Post by **kid_nepro_2002** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:17 pm

Nice to see the piano is so tweakable (is that a word?). In any case....great demo Rich. Can't want to start tweaking!

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:21 pm

Thanks, Rich!

Seeing informative videos and getting infos (manual would be great) is the best we can do until the Kronos release.

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:25 pm

Nice job, Rich! I hope we can expect a similar video for each of the engines. I'd especially like to see an indepth exploration of the CX-3 engine.

Teh Mick · Post by **Teh Mick** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:08 am

Very informative !

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:08 am

so where can i see this?

synthguy · Post by **synthguy** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:12 am

Oh poop... don't tell me that my joke about the PS3100 got this yanked!

I don't suppose in a week there could be a vid about the electric piano engine too?

RichF · Post by **RichF** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:22 pm

synthguy wrote:Oh poop... don't tell me that my joke about the PS3100 got this yanked!

I don't suppose in a week there could be a vid about the electric piano engine too?

No worries, that wasn't it... And yes, that is a real (though not brand-new) PS-3300.

Yes, the next one will be focused on the EP-1 engine.

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:40 pm

Thanks Rich. The SGX-1 video was very helpful.

I hope, on the EP-1 video, you go into depth on some of the parameters, e.g.
Harmonic Sound Level, Attack Noise, Attack Brightness and Hammer Width. What impact do these have on the tone? Is it possible to get a sound with little to no bell on the Mark I model? How much can you tailor the bark?

The pure Mark I tone Taiki Imaizumi gets in the "nine engines" video is my favorite. It sounds so expressive and detailed. Knowing that there are no velocity jumps in tone throughout make it all that more impressive.

Busch.

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:13 pm

+ 1 on every line of Burnigbush's comment.

Just like him, I regard the dry Mk I sound - without the very unnauthentic thin high bell sound, which, if at all, rather sounds slightly reminiscent of an early silvertop or suitcase version, and irritated me a lot in many of the demo videos - as essential for getting some basic, great sounding Rhodes sound variations.

Additional variations with more bell tone are welcome, but this dry basic tone of the original Mk I, able to "bark" at high dynamics instead of producing lame "plings", simply is a MUST from my view, before anything else. If it would be missing from the spectrum of the EXi, that would force me to use a sampled high quality Mk I instead of the whole engine most times, which would be a real pity, and the available 300Mb in the standard configuration aren't even enough for that sample solution.

So yes, if possible, please try to demo us more of that fundamental dry Mk I sound, and not just the old "Buttefly" and "George Duke" presets again!

Melodialworks Music · Post by **Melodialworks Music** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:36 pm

What are you guys talking about? Where is the link? Thanks.

mjames4208 · Post by **mjames4208** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:38 pm

the link was removed... glad i got a chance to see it.

different subject.......
i'm curious to see what analog synth korg is coming out with next week.