Moreover...the M3,was once the mid-grade workstation and it had a superb expansion library for free AND it had the Radias option...whereas now,the Krome is categorized as being the mid-grade,despite lacking the aforementioned faetures of the former M3.
[/b]Don't get me wrong,as I love my Krome 73,as I think it's worth every penny of it's $1,200 price-tag...but I would have been overjoyed at paying say,$2 to $300 more for the Krome(if it had expansion options.)
Now of course....I understand fully,that Korg implements limitations on the Krome,to encourage more Kronos sales...but since the Kronos is a gargantuan workstation of epic proportions,to me...the Kronos is essentially,a computer workstation replacement and I am not interested in foregoing all of my existing computer software(of which I have a invested the sum of about $2,000.)
The deal breaker for me with the Kronos,is that there is no flash memory,I don't need the sampling,I don't need the audio recording and honestly...the Kronos is way too deep of a workstation,for me to spend nearly all of my time,staring at a horizontally positioned,8" display(when I have an $89 32" TV to do my major DAW work on.)
What I want more than anything,is basically an upgraded version of a Krome,that has at least 2GB of expansion in a flash memory format and the on-board ability to render WAV audio tracks for export,via a USB stick.
Considering what a monster the Kronos is,if Korg were to make such a version of the Krome in the future,I don't think it would hurt the sales of the Kronos much,if at all.
I really think,that if Korg made such a mid-level keyboard workstation that I spoke of,it would absolutely dominate the mid-level market and set a precedent that the competition couldn't and/or wouldn't touch.
I was wondering what you all think....what are your thoughts?
