Kronos 3.0.2 has been released!

HangoverIan · Post by **HangoverIan** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:23 pm

I love this update. The string resonance option works very well I think. I've been dialling in some (the setting of 19 or 20 as recommended earlier in this thread seems to work well). I've been comparing the sound with my acoustic piano and it's definitely a step nearer that. It seems to add some colour to the sound.
Love the larger font size in Setlist mode. Now I stand a chance of being able to read my prompts at my next gig!
I've slowed the fan down and my Kronos is running at around 45-50 although I'm only tinkering with the piano sounds so not giving it a huge workout.
Great stuff Korg!

tdwctdwc · Post by **tdwctdwc** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:04 pm

Once again Korg, Thank you for another great update.

Those type of updates truly validate my decision for switching to the Kronos years ago without having the urge to "spy" on what other brand names are releasing/making (like i used to do before i had this board).

The String resonance is beautiful in my opinion, specifically when played with the Dark Japanese Grands. It gives them a much needed lift in personality, character and nuances. The Dark German is nice with this feature of course but there is something in the Dark Japanese's tone that clicks magically with the SR in my opinion.

Bravo and THANK YOU.

Stratario · Post by **Stratario** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:13 pm

wan wrote:Great update! Thank you, Korg, very good support for a fine instrument.

Temperature is 61 after 8 hours of running.

Is your fan running on Slow or Auto?

JFree · Post by **JFree** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:32 pm

I haven't played with this too much yet, just installed and pretty much off to gigs this weekend. My initial impression is favorable. Off the bat:

setlist colors-nice, useful to spot things more easily. All the text related things nice.

search/find-hugely helpful, I have hundreds of song setups in here, easy to find ones I might quickly need during a show.

touchscreen drag-sweet

stompbox flexiblilty-also sweet

piano string reso-nice

One thing I didn't check yet and didn't see anything about. Can we assign a second pedal-for filter sweep/wah pedal stuff? This would be HUGE for almost anyone in here I would think.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:58 pm

There's only one hardware pedal input.

levioter · Post by **levioter** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:29 pm

levioter wrote:First of all I would like to thank you Korg for this update ! Nice job !
In a second step I have a question for you folks:
In OS 3.0 is anybody started to modify his own 2.x combis using 2.x factory programs ?
Is there a script or something to do that automatically already announced ?
I guess I saw Dan talking about that in a previous thread ?

I don't have a lot of them but it could be painful to do this manually and this will imply a very strong file organisation !

Am I missing something ?

Thanks.

Cheers

No one could help about my question ?
May be not asked the right way ?
Let me rephrase it:
When you have Combis that are using 2.x programs that now (OS 3.x) have been changed from a bank to another how do you deal with that ? PCGTools ? Any other suggestion ?

Thanks.

Cheers

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:46 pm

Yes, PCGTools:

just look up the names of the original programs, then do a search in the new OS3 for their current place, perhaps with the help of an external qwerty keyboard for fast typing.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:28 pm

levioter wrote:
levioter wrote:First of all I would like to thank you Korg for this update ! Nice job !
In a second step I have a question for you folks:
In OS 3.0 is anybody started to modify his own 2.x combis using 2.x factory programs ?
Is there a script or something to do that automatically already announced ?
I guess I saw Dan talking about that in a previous thread ?

I don't have a lot of them but it could be painful to do this manually and this will imply a very strong file organisation !

Am I missing something ?

Thanks.

Cheers
No one could help about my question ?
May be not asked the right way ?
Let me rephrase it:
When you have Combis that are using 2.x programs that now (OS 3.x) have been changed from a bank to another how do you deal with that ? PCGTools ? Any other suggestion ?

Thanks.

Cheers

Actually, this is not so simple.

Until so version 2.3, PCG Tools uses the following strategy when copy/pasting programs/combis/set list slots:
- If a program is found in the pasted PCG file that is BYTE WISE identically, it will not be pasted (depending on the copy/paste settings).

However, I can imagine that people want to use the same/improved programs from the V3 (new) PCG file to be used with their combis.
Therefor, I have made two new options in the copy/paste settings:
- Treat Equally Named Patches As Duplicate: when a program is found that has an equal name, than the program will not be copied, and combis/set list slots will refer to that program. If there are more identically named patches: it prefers the one on the same location, otherwise the first occurence.
- However, this is not enough. Some improved programs have been called V2 as postfix. Therefor I made another setting: Treat Like-Named Patches as Duplicates and the Ignore Characters/Parts. If you fill in V2 (you can use multiple fragments, like V2, V3 etc), than those parts will be stripped of at the end of the name. So e.g. ChurchBell and ChurchBell V2 will be treated as duplicates. This can be handy to automatically refer to improved patches to the new PCG file.

I will write a better story about this soon, but so far this is what I have.

Davd C. Polich · Post by **Davd C. Polich** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:32 pm

black953mj wrote:OK, I'm perplexed. I posted earlier that my update resulted in a nonresponsive keyboard and grey screen. Reinstalled original OS from dvd and all was well. Reinstalled the update and all was well until I loaded up my backed up PCG... Next time I rebooted, went through boot up and ended up locked with a grey screen. Any thoughts?

This is the post that keeps going unanswered. I feel for ya, black953m.
Your situation sounds worrisome.

I haven't updated yet but intend to. Meanwhile, can anyone else help out
here? This guy has an unusable Kronos at the moment.

JFree · Post by **JFree** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:47 pm

SanderXpander wrote:There's only one hardware pedal input.

Not on mine. Plus even if there were, it could be assignable via program vs globally.

levioter · Post by **levioter** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:12 pm

Thanks Michel for your answer !
I think I will proceed carefully to not loose my combis !
I will first be sure to save the combis in a v2.PCG then make the update and try to recover those combis thanks to PCG Tools first and then save back to Kronos when seems OK.
But I will take my time I will have more time next Week-End.

Cheers

Davd C. Polich · Post by **Davd C. Polich** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:23 pm

Ok, I just now updated without a single problem. The update went very
quickly too - less time than any other previous updater.

My favorite feature - the fan speed control.

LivePsy · Post by **LivePsy** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:29 pm

black953mj wrote:OK, I'm perplexed. I posted earlier that my update resulted in a nonresponsive keyboard and grey screen. Reinstalled original OS from dvd and all was well. Reinstalled the update and all was well until I loaded up my backed up PCG... Next time I rebooted, went through boot up and ended up locked with a grey screen. Any thoughts?

Say goodbye to your PCG. It seems to be causing the problem.

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LivePsy · Post by **LivePsy** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:33 pm

The fan noise haterz all came out of the closet. Now it's OK to say the fan noise was annoying.

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danatkorg · Post by **danatkorg** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:39 pm

levioter wrote:
levioter wrote:First of all I would like to thank you Korg for this update ! Nice job !
In a second step I have a question for you folks:
In OS 3.0 is anybody started to modify his own 2.x combis using 2.x factory programs ?
Is there a script or something to do that automatically already announced ?
I guess I saw Dan talking about that in a previous thread ?

I don't have a lot of them but it could be painful to do this manually and this will imply a very strong file organisation !

Am I missing something ?

Thanks.

Cheers
No one could help about my question ?
May be not asked the right way ?
Let me rephrase it:
When you have Combis that are using 2.x programs that now (OS 3.x) have been changed from a bank to another how do you deal with that ? PCGTools ? Any other suggestion ?

Thanks.

Cheers

The answer is that updating the OS does not change the loaded Programs in any way.

See the first post in this thread.

- Dan