It has been a bit since I posted here but looking for sounds

Night Spirit · Post by **Night Spirit** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:43 pm

I have the original Kronos never done updates, song bank, have not moded it. I am sure by now Kronos or others have released tons of really awesome sounds for this baby.

So being that mine is original, and I still don't want to mod it to add bigger HD and all that. What is some of the best free and paid stuff I can load this up with. I really want the Australian grand, legendary strings and tons of space psychedelic crap.

So what is out there, what do you suggest, and what updates should I do for the kronos. As I have never done software updates either.

And hello again

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:49 pm

I have Legendary Strings and Austrian Grand. The first is quite good but very large (although you can choose to load a portion, once you've figured out what you like). The Austrian Grand, personally I wouldn't bother. But you can easily install the demo and play it. The sound will just fade in and out periodically.

I would sooner recommend the "Kronos 2 soundpack". It includes a new piano too, the Berlin Grand, that many folks like for band playing, a "best of" from the Legendary Strings and the Funk and Soul Brass collection. It also adds some choir sounds and a whole bank of "famous synth sounds". The latter you can also get in slightly altered form because they were made by William Busch (member Burningbusch on here) and his website, Purgatory Creek, should still have them. On there you can also find a whole bunch of excellent free sample sets. He also did great Clavinet and Rhodes samples but I think those are now in the Korg shop as free sets.

For paid stuff I think board leader Sharp's "Kronos Attack" has a good rep. But really there is so much out there by now that it really depends on what kind of sounds you need.

ando727 · Post by **ando727** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:06 pm

SanderXpander wrote:I have Legendary Strings and Austrian Grand. The first is quite good but very large (although you can choose to load a portion, once you've figured out what you like). The Austrian Grand, personally I wouldn't bother. But you can easily install the demo and play it. The sound will just fade in and out periodically.

I tried the Austrian Grand demo tonight - I liked the tone of the piano, but there are several notes that are badly off pitch. All single notes sound good, so unison tuning was fine on the sampled piano, but some notes are just tuned to the wrong pitch. Try playing some G# octaves in the lower-middle part of the range. They sound terrible!

It's quite baffling to me that it sounded this way. They could have easily stretched the offending notes to be perfectly in tune. Why didn't they?

Did you notice tuning issues on your Austrian grand, Sander?

pete.m · Post by **pete.m** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:14 pm

I agree with Sander. Also, thanks to the generosity of other Kronos users, there are many free PCGs available here;

www.kronoscopie.fr

www.korgpatches.com

http://www.kronoshaven.com/

Sharp has also posted some excellent stuff somewhere on this site, but I haven't chance to hunt down a link for it. Go explore!

Finally, you should definitely update your Kronos OS. It won't bite you, and will bring about some improvements. There is a whole lot of potential in the Kronos. Why hold yourself back?

Pete.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:22 pm

I didn't even get that far with the Austrian. Playing a few chords made me decide I didn't like it. I do use it still for the odd rock 'n' roll solo. I heard the same thing about the Berlin for a few high notes, but I don't have it.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:24 pm

By the way no piano is ever "perfectly" in tune, strictly speaking. Are you sure you're not talking about the difference between stretched and tempered tuning? There are several versions available for all SGX-1 pianos.

Night Spirit · Post by **Night Spirit** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:43 pm

Thanks for the help and suggestions.

I did play the Australian grand at namm 2 years ago, when Rich let me try the demo before it was released. I gotta say I was very impressed, and never heard any bad tuning. It sounded really solid to me, but have not played it since.

I will tonight check out some of the links, and will get the Kronos 2 sounds pac. It sounds like its the best bang for ya buck.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:48 pm

Are you sure that was the Australian and not the Berlin? The Australian has been out nearly since the beginning. The Berlin arrived with the Kronos 2.

ando727 · Post by **ando727** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:58 pm

Yes, it was the Austrian with the tuning problem. And it wasn't mild. I have an acoustic piano - I know what the usual tuning issues sound like. This grand has a couple of seriously out of tune notes - which can't be made better with any type of user scale. The Berlin grand is pretty good, tuning wise ( just has a couple of notes with poor tone) Heaps better than the Austrian grand. I play on the sharps a lot and they were especially noticeable. It was unplayable for me. I found it hard to believe - since as you all say, this is a premium piano that's been around for 5 years. I searched for something wrong in my settings, couldn't find it. All the other pianos are fine with tuning. I can only assume the piano they sampled was out of tune and they didn't correct it in the mastering stage. It's well beyond the quirks of acoustic pianos though. It was super disappointing because I love Bösendorfers and the actual tone of the piano was great.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:14 am

Weird. I wonder if something went wrong with your installation, though I can't imagine what. I'll check it out next time I get the chance.

ando727 · Post by **ando727** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:41 am

Yeah, I might try reinstalling it. Although I can't imagine why all but two notes are in tune.

To check: play the G# below middle C and the G# above middle C together. They sound miles away from a pure octave. But individually, both notes sound nice.

ando727 · Post by **ando727** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:05 am

I reinstalled the Austrian Grand, and it still sounded terribly out of tune. So I decided to reboot the machine, and presto! It's in tune now! I have no idea why a few notes would be out of tune before the restart, but it's good to know that several of the libraries I tried out and rejected due to their sour tuning might actually be fine.

The Austrian Grand is nice. I might get it at some stage. Just wish it wasn't so expensive. I wonder if anyone ever sells the authorisation code at a discount or second hand?

ando727 · Post by **ando727** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:06 am

I reinstalled the Austrian Grand, and it still sounded terribly out of tune. So I decided to reboot the machine, and presto! It's in tune now! I have no idea why a few notes would be out of tune before the restart, but it's good to know that several of the libraries I tried out and rejected due to their sour tuning might actually be fine.

The Austrian Grand is nice. I might get it at some stage. Just wish it wasn't so expensive. I wonder if anyone ever sells the authorisation code at a discount or second hand?

Night Spirit · Post by **Night Spirit** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:06 pm

It was the Australian grand that I tried not the Berlin. I have not actually heard the Berlin yet.

I am on the Korg site and SanderXpander suggested I get the Kronos 2 Sound pack. I don't see that available I just see the NEW Kronos Sound pack which I am assuming is the same. However it does have the berlin Grand but not the Australian? I really wanted the Australian see have to pay $250 for it seams kinda steep for a file but hey they gotta make cash some way.

So get the New Kronos Sound pack and I get the best of legendary strings, and the Berlin grand which are the only 2 I care about, besides the Australian.

Anything else that would be really useful to get?

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:42 pm

You mention "tons of space and psychedelic crap", you could try Qui Robinez (free) soundsets (google his website) and also checked out Kronos Attack from Irish Acts (Korg store), which is our board leader Sharp's company.