Kronos Orchestral Sounds - Advice please

jeremyjcs · Post by **jeremyjcs** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Folks

I would appreciated some honest feedback.

I play a lot of individual and ensemble orchestral sounds in a live situation. I currently use a Fantom X8 with SRX cards for strings and orchestral, and it's fair to say that I have always been pretty happy with the Fantom for that. I have many splits and layers going on in some of the patches and so the 16 part capability in the Fantoms's Performance mode (which is the equivalent of the Kronos Combi mode) is a must have for me.

Where the Fantom is less impressive , IMHO, is on Piano, EP, organ and electric guitar which are sounds I also use quite a bit.

Also, I only have 4 assignable rotary knobs to control the parts of the Performance so you can only effectively control a one bank of 4 sounds at a time which is a bit limiting.

So , to cut to the chase. I've had my eye on the Kronos for quite some time and now they seem to have sorted out the keybed issue, I am seriously thinking of switching to it. However, there are not many online demos or you tube clips that give me a good feel for the orchestral sounds. I've have of course played the kronos on 3 or 4 occasions and whilst I was knocked out with a lot of the sounds, I can't say I was overly impressed with the strings and orchestral side of things.

In the past, when I have switched, I always seem to thnk that the strings aren't as good as what I had before , and then of course I get used to them and get to like them, so maybe I need to give Kronos time for me to get used to the sounds.

For those of you who have played their kronos in, particularly any Fantom switchers, I'd really appreciate your honest views on whether the strings and orchestral sounds are up there with the best around.

Regards

Jeremy

Post by **Sharp** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:43 pm

Never had a Fantom so I'm not able to comment on that.
If it helps any, I uploaded 3 movie tunes I sequenced on the KRONOS. Maybe those will give you some idea of what sounds are on the KRONOS.

The Strings are from Exs11
Everything else is is factory sounds.

Click Here - STAR WARS
Click Here - Insurrection
Click Here - Forest Gump

Regards
Sharp.

Davidb · Post by **Davidb** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:01 pm

Great work Sharp, as usual.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:25 pm

I think the strings in the Kronos are pretty decent, but perhaps if you're comparing them with the SRX boards you should really be comparing them with the various Karo expansion libraries (the Korg one isn't out yet I think?). I believe those reviews have been quite good, apart from some comments on redundancy if you get multiple ones.

Post by **Sharp** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:27 pm

the Korg one isn't out yet I think?

EXs 11 that I used above is the KORG one.

Regards
Sharp.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:55 pm

Sharp wrote:Never had a Fantom so I'm not able to comment on that.
If it helps any, I uploaded 3 movie tunes I sequenced on the KRONOS. Maybe those will give you some idea of what sounds are on the KRONOS.

The Strings are from Exs11
Everything else is is factory sounds.

Click Here - STAR WARS
Click Here - Insurrection
Click Here - Forest Gump

Regards
Sharp.

Well Done

jeremyjcs · Post by **jeremyjcs** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:52 am

Sharp wrote:Never had a Fantom so I'm not able to comment on that.
If it helps any, I uploaded 3 movie tunes I sequenced on the KRONOS. Maybe those will give you some idea of what sounds are on the KRONOS.

The Strings are from Exs11
Everything else is is factory sounds.

Click Here - STAR WARS
Click Here - Insurrection
Click Here - Forest Gump

Regards
Sharp.

Thanks for the Sharp. Very helpful. Great work by the way !

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Thu May 17, 2012 7:24 am

Oh oops, well glad to hear it!

AlchemistMusicStudio · Thu May 17, 2012 9:02 am

See below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GHHrp51 ... ature=plcp

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:09 am

AlchemistMusicStudio wrote:See below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GHHrp51 ... ature=plcp

Very beautiful demo!

AlchemistMusicStudio · Thu May 17, 2012 1:06 pm

Thank You michelkeijzers. My Polish, musical Friend - SoundsOfPlanet, participated in recording this demo.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:07 pm

AlchemistMusicStudio wrote:See below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GHHrp51 ... ature=plcp

Your demos are amazing! Are you sure you don't work for Korg? Your videos appear as a professional marketing tool for the Kronos... Korg should pay you

DennyC · Post by **DennyC** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:29 pm

Sharp wrote:Never had a Fantom so I'm not able to comment on that.
If it helps any, I uploaded 3 movie tunes I sequenced on the KRONOS. Maybe those will give you some idea of what sounds are on the KRONOS.

The Strings are from Exs11
Everything else is is factory sounds.

Click Here - STAR WARS
Click Here - Insurrection
Click Here - Forest Gump

Regards
Sharp.

Sharp, those are excellent with a capital E! Usually I have my wife listen to some of the samples here, and she always seems to like them. But I need a new compressor and your stuff sounds "too good". Great job.

AlchemistMusicStudio · Thu May 17, 2012 4:17 pm

PianoManChuck wrote:
AlchemistMusicStudio wrote:See below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GHHrp51 ... ature=plcp
Your demos are amazing! Are you sure you don't work for Korg? Your videos appear as a professional marketing tool for the Kronos... Korg should pay you

Thanks! :3dcool:

jeremyjcs · Post by **jeremyjcs** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:14 pm

AlchemistMusicStudio wrote:See below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GHHrp51 ... ature=plcp

Thanks for that . Excellent work.