How Much User Sampling Time/Space in stock Korg Kronos 2 ?

Johnny Foster · Post by **Johnny Foster** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:43 am

Hi,

This question may have been answered before, but I haven't found a "straight" answer with regards to how much user-sampling time/space the Korg Kronos 2 (LS) has after it loads in the basic Preload.ksc.

Just curious, as I'm hoping that this Kronos can be used like a "serious" sampler like the old Akai S1000 samplers ( or better )... I don't expect it to be Kontakt or anything like that, but hopefully have a lot of room for my own one-shot samples to import or record in.

Thanks for any info !

Best,
JT

geoelectro · Post by **geoelectro** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:47 pm

What makes this question's answer not elementary in nature is Korg's sample streaming ability. I have sampled over a dozen VST sounds with long samples times of 10 to 20 seconds each. In my older EMU gear this would eat up memory real fast. But in the Kronos, only the beginning of the samples are actually loaded in memory and the rest is streamed in real time as needed.

I'm sure there is an "answer" out there but I don't have it. As far as I can see, it can sample way more than any previous sampler I've owned can.
EMAX, EMAXII, ESI-2000, ESI-4000.

There's just under 2 GB sampling memory after loading factory sounds.

Geo

Johnny Foster · Post by **Johnny Foster** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:44 pm

geoelectro wrote:What makes this question's answer not elementary in nature is Korg's sample streaming ability. I have sampled over a dozen VST sounds with long samples times of 10 to 20 seconds each. In my older EMU gear this would eat up memory real fast. But in the Kronos, only the beginning of the samples are actually loaded in memory and the rest is streamed in real time as needed.

I'm sure there is an "answer" out there but I don't have it. As far as I can see, it can sample way more than any previous sampler I've owned can.
EMAX, EMAXII, ESI-2000, ESI-4000.

There's just under 2 GB sampling memory after loading factory sounds.

Geo

Thanks for the answer, Geo - I appreciate it !

Wow - 2GB of user sample RAM. That's terrific !

Drummond · Post by **Drummond** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:04 pm

As Kronos streams samples from disk, you can load up to 2gb of samples but can access instantly up to 22gb according to this thread: http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 0b175721c5

That is because when a sample is small it is loaded entirely on ram. But when it is large only the beginning of the sample is loaded to ram and when you play it Kronos plays back the remaining portion straight from the SSD, just like kontakt does on the computer.