Major announcement on Korg US homepage ...

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:38 am

motic wrote:Personally i w'd like to see an 'alliance': Korg, Roland, Yamaha and Kurzweil ... Would become 'The Ultimate Synth (or.. is it 'Sin'?)'":3dcool:

The main reason why these companies build more or less good synths and keyboards is competition.

A common synth from all these companies would probably need years of development, and have good chances to become nothing but a big mess, looking at the completely different OS structures and sound character of the devices. It is ten times better from my view to have the choice between the different products than to get a weird mix of everything.

For Kronos users there is no big necessity for something like that since OS2 anyway: you just can take whatever sound you want from your other synths, and resample them into the Kronos. And all that can be done in minutes or below an hour. So we already got most of what you propose.

By the way, it seems I opened this thread in vain, because the news probably do not concern Kronos users at all.

Ernie Applelips · Post by **Ernie Applelips** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:55 am

I think Korg will announce a "Punishment Mode" so that whenever somebody moans about something on the Kronos, a random feature will be deleted from their own one

mm-pro · Post by **mm-pro** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:08 am

I think it will be an analog synth to compete with the Arturia MiniBrute.

Regards,

MM

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:50 am

mm-pro wrote:I think it will be an analog synth to compete with the Arturia MiniBrute.

Regards,

MM

From OASYS to Kronos, MicroKorg to Radias, Monotron to Monotribe, Kaoss to iPad apps, Korg have an impressive innovative track record and lead the field w.r.t to innovative if not unique products. So whatever they release, it will not surely be to 'compete' with anything else.

Even if an analogue synth, Korg seem only capable of going it alone and I can imagine any such instrument having a unique, Korg ethos; whatever the competition.

Dany · Post by **Dany** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:51 am

mm-pro wrote:I think it will be an analog synth to compete with the Arturia MiniBrute.

Regards,

MM

A Photoshop dream...

edit: one more....

mm-pro · Post by **mm-pro** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:05 pm

I only meant compete in the same market space.

I also find Korg products innovative.

On the other hand, Arturia was quite innovative in getting the MiniBrute to market at its price point before Korg had gotten around to it. Especially given Korg's complete ownership of the inexpensive analog synth market to date.

Now if they just leap frogged everyone and brought out an affordable analog polysynth...that would be great!

Regards,

MM

Kevin Nolan wrote:
From OASYS to Kronos, MicroKorg to Radias, Monotron to Monotribe, Kaoss to iPad apps, Korg have an impressive innovative track record and lead the field w.r.t to innovative if not unique products. So whatever they release, it will not surely be to 'compete' with anything else.

Even if an analogue synth, Korg seem only capable of going it alone and I can imagine any such instrument having a unique, Korg ethos; whatever the competition.

Redrain · Post by **Redrain** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:05 pm

They will release a Mikronos on a Greek Island ....

Kontrol49 · Post by **Kontrol49** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:37 pm

A 50th Anniversary legacy collection special edition including VST versions of every Synth Analog and digital they've ever made.

And a Kronos EXi OS Update of it too...

Now that would persuade me to buy a Kronos.

It would be great to revisit and use again all the old Synths and preset patches and ones I've made myself over the years all contained in one Korg hardware instrument without buying and owning all those synths again to do so.

Korg can keep all these Toy mini,micro and macro crap they produce,how about a Best of EXi for the Kronos to show how far they have actually come and a great way to celebrate the half century as synth innovators!

We can but Dream

Mister088 · Post by **Mister088** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:21 pm

a brand new set of acoustic and electric guitar sounds to rival MOTIF.
A keybed for the 73 and 88 that 'feels like butter'

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:44 pm

Guys, this is becoming a wish list rather than a guess

DocBambs · Post by **DocBambs** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:26 pm

I think that it is unlikely to be Kronos related - they did the KronosX thing a few weeks ago and, unless it's a KronosLE, I can't see it being that. So... what else could it be?

There are areas that Korg haven't done much over the years - percussion, for example, and that would be a major change worthy of an announcement countdown.

Another area they have only dipped their foot into is mobile apps. Perhaps its an iPad based Open Architecture Synthesis platform or a way to use a mobile device to manage multiple instruments (MIDI or proprietary wireless protocol).

I think it is unlikely to be a merger/collaboration thing as that type of activity is often a stock market announcement first.

Of course, anyone who knows isn't going to let on... that would spoil their fun!

DB

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:10 pm

Maybe Danatkorg's getting a raise!

Just kidding but only a little. Everyone could use more money.

I can't see the livestream video so I have no idea, but a guess would be something to compete with the Minimoog Voyager XL. Analogue with modular patching?

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:02 am

def a new tuner.. what else?

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:56 am

I dont think i would be interested in any new Korg product at least for 5 years
after getting the Kronos...except a new Arranger maybe. Nothing else can amaze
me now, no matter how good it will be, most of them are all toys now, even my M3
feels funny and obsolete. Forget the rest of those other toys.

ZenSonic · Post by **ZenSonic** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:41 am

A Karma 3 upgrade for the Kronos would be sweet.