New additions are "interesting":
- PS3300: A good welcome one
- Korg Trinity: not sure the value here as there is already the Triton but hey, why not
- SGX2: The Korg Kronos piano engine in software version: they are including German, Japanese, Italian..., I think the list is also missing the Austrian one, it also includes some of the effects. I think this is heralding a future where all the Kronos engines will be unbundled in software plugins, one at a time, so as not to cannibalize the whole Kronos product line.
Korg Collection 6 is released
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Re: Korg Collection 6 is released
As a happy owner of the TR-Rack I noted the news from Korg of the Trinity software synthesizer release (https://www.korg.com/se/news/2025/1028/)
Having watched a video/demonstration by Jürgen Moßgraber (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_p-m-OBJAY) I now understand that:
1 Unfortunately, you are not suppossed to be able load your own banks in to the softsynth application - although Mr Mossgraber finds a way (makes me wonder about the amount of thinking/time spent here by Korg in the first place)
2 You cannot copy more than one sound at a time into one of the user banks. Indeed, tedious work ahead copying one by one..
3 Doing so, the patch list (i.e. where you are supposed to overwrite a slot, or start from the next available/empty slot) do not display patch names, but all slots are empty (!). Not a friendly user interface at all, it seems.
After all, we write year 2025 and for me these points combine to a deal breaker.
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An initial review by Synth Anathomy can be found here: https://synthanatomy.com/2025/10/korg-c ... piano.html
Having watched a video/demonstration by Jürgen Moßgraber (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_p-m-OBJAY) I now understand that:
1 Unfortunately, you are not suppossed to be able load your own banks in to the softsynth application - although Mr Mossgraber finds a way (makes me wonder about the amount of thinking/time spent here by Korg in the first place)
2 You cannot copy more than one sound at a time into one of the user banks. Indeed, tedious work ahead copying one by one..
3 Doing so, the patch list (i.e. where you are supposed to overwrite a slot, or start from the next available/empty slot) do not display patch names, but all slots are empty (!). Not a friendly user interface at all, it seems.
After all, we write year 2025 and for me these points combine to a deal breaker.
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An initial review by Synth Anathomy can be found here: https://synthanatomy.com/2025/10/korg-c ... piano.html
NGHF
Re: Korg Collection 6 is released
My very biased review:
- The Trinity is surprisingly fun --I have a knack for 90s sounds, being them cheesy or not. I find it is easier to use and more user friendly than the Triton or Triton Extreme plugins when browsing and generally working with the controls (bigger UI).
- The SGX2 pianos sound like the ones Kronos ones to me, so no surprises here. They are all-rounder pianos, and SGX2 will probably replace my default piano plugin (UA Ravel) as the sounds sound less "classical". The default presets are different than the Kronos (there is no "New Age Grand Piano", for example) but has 65 of them. It includes a japanese upright type of piano that wasn't in the Kronos 2. And the effect section now includes a shimmer reverb which is also not found in the Kronos. The plugin is very simple to use and includes the velocity, resonance, etc. tweaks from the Kronos and one more (Key Touch, perhaps from the GrandStage?). Austrian piano is not included and there is a German D but not the Berlin D.
- The PS3300 is an overwhelming collection of polyphonic patches that I can't really comment on.
All in all, I think for the update price is a good deal.
- The Trinity is surprisingly fun --I have a knack for 90s sounds, being them cheesy or not. I find it is easier to use and more user friendly than the Triton or Triton Extreme plugins when browsing and generally working with the controls (bigger UI).
- The SGX2 pianos sound like the ones Kronos ones to me, so no surprises here. They are all-rounder pianos, and SGX2 will probably replace my default piano plugin (UA Ravel) as the sounds sound less "classical". The default presets are different than the Kronos (there is no "New Age Grand Piano", for example) but has 65 of them. It includes a japanese upright type of piano that wasn't in the Kronos 2. And the effect section now includes a shimmer reverb which is also not found in the Kronos. The plugin is very simple to use and includes the velocity, resonance, etc. tweaks from the Kronos and one more (Key Touch, perhaps from the GrandStage?). Austrian piano is not included and there is a German D but not the Berlin D.
- The PS3300 is an overwhelming collection of polyphonic patches that I can't really comment on.
All in all, I think for the update price is a good deal.