Pros and cons with the Krome

[SpecialFX]

should I get this if I can get a tyros 2 + speakers for £700?

[georgio72]

I think for the price (1000$ 61 keys version) this is a great product. Actually the main question is where is the big innovation which Korg brings with this workstation. The answer is simple: More intuitive interface for inspiring composers or performer musicians. Some year’s ago you could found touch color screen 7’’ inches in workstation, in this price range only in your dreams….But I think that Krome has many others important improvements in comparison with older M50 or M3. For example the main grand piano sound in this machine is far better than the M50 or even than my old Triton. I think this machine it worth my attention. Actually I am very impressed. O…I forgot to say that the word Krome is Greek word, which means color.

Giorgos
Athens Greece

[uniformedservices1969]

[uniformedservices1969]

[SpecialFX]

Can I use this as a pluging in cubase le 6?

[ShaunKorg]

Pro: weight

Con: Size

These things actually have a pretty large footprint.

[drama1]

Pro: weight

Con: Size

These things actually have a pretty large footprint.

Agree. Kurzweil and Nord seem to have it down really well when it comes to footprint. Yamaha and Roland boards, especially 88 models are friggin huge and weigh a ton.

[ShaunKorg]

And sometimes the size makes them harder to deal with than the weight. My SV1 weighs the same as my PA speaker. Guess which one is easier to transport...

[andersborg]

Personally,I'm very pleased that Korg didn't drive up the price of the Krome,by including a substandard USB audio interface.

It wouldn't be substandard, as it would be digital-to-digital. It's another thing if the audio source would be analog, which is as you know not the case.

[uniformedservices1969]

[holmes]

Rich, I was wondering if you could answer this. I see that the drum track programs look mostly the same as to the m50, but that there are new drum sounds and kits. Are the 'dance' drum samples, for example, the same as on the m50, with the kits being new configurations of the same sounds? Would it be possible for Korg to provide an optional OS update for M3 and M50 users to access these new kits and samples?

[musicman2011]

And sometimes the size makes them harder to deal with than the weight. My SV1 weighs the same as my PA speaker. Guess which one is easier to transport...

When I had my SV1-73 it always garnered comments about its styling..

that same styling made it difficult to remove and replace in its hard shell case plus maintain a firm control when placing ti on a stand...

maybe a handle or strap would help LOL

[icarusi]

If you want to move it to a computer for MIDI editing, you can save it as a standard MIDI file on the SD card.

'Save' is right! If you use the 'write' button as expected you only get the SNG option. I won't say how many button presses it takes to save a SMF. This really should be an option from the 'write' button, but I suspects it's a conversion utility invoked from elswhere.

[icarusi]

A 512MB card would be more than enough.

And should really be included as a 'get you going' thing. It's not immediately obvious that the Krome has no non-volatile sequencer memory *at all* until you lose your first sequence.

[SanderXpander]

Isn't that the case in any workstation?