Korg Kronos?

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:26 am

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Help him Veddy...please help him.
Someone shoot him lol

Vassily - Billy

Naviára · Post by **Naviára** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:26 am

Dual core atom?? - It's not faster / equal then a 2,8 ghz P4 then - and it's the same x86 architecture. Like I thought, it's exactly the same code they used for Oasys.

The complete porting of the Kronos OS should be possible for the Oasys then. Hope Korg will consider the update in this way they could keep their promise "For many years to come... " finally

greetings
A.

Akos Janca · Post by **Akos Janca** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:30 am

Thank you for the video links of the long demonstration.

Sina, thank you for the new first-hand information! Now I really understand CAPSING!

Bravo Korg!

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:31 am

Naviára wrote:Dual core atom?? - It's not faster / equal then a 2,8 ghz P4 then - and it's the same architecture like Oasys.

The complete porting of the Kronos OS should be possible for the Oasys then. Hope Korg will consider the update in this way they could keep their promise "For many years to come... " finally

greetings
A.

Dual core atom IS a lot faster then P4 2.8. Don't miss the reality here. It's just that the mobo/cpu package is quite a lot cheaper. The question remains - how much memory is onboard and can it be upgraded.

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:32 am

Hey, can this guys spec information be trusted??

Billy

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:33 am

vEddY wrote:And there he goes in his delusional state again....

I don't know. Sounded believable to me!

I'm getting 17 KRONOS 88's (1 is a spare), 111 KRONOS 61's (11 spares), and maybe a new nanokey (just one - more than one would be overkill).

Oh wait. That DOES sound crazy!

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:33 am

can you confirm if it has aftertouch!!!!!!

Sina172 · Post by **Sina172** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:40 am

StephenKay · Post by **StephenKay** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:41 am

robbinhood wrote:can you confirm if it has aftertouch!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!! (monophonic)

Naviára · Post by **Naviára** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:48 am

vEddY wrote:
Naviára wrote:Dual core atom?? - It's not faster / equal then a 2,8 ghz P4 then - and it's the same architecture like Oasys.

The complete porting of the Kronos OS should be possible for the Oasys then. Hope Korg will consider the update in this way they could keep their promise "For many years to come... " finally

greetings
A.
Dual core atom IS a lot faster then P4 2.8. Don't miss the reality here. It's just that the mobo/cpu package is quite a lot cheaper. The question remains - how much memory is onboard and can it be upgraded.

The overall difference isn't much (compared to a D510 Dualcore Atom 1,60Ghz) - The Kronos specifications shows exactly the same performance like Oasys, so the P4 should be fast enough for all the improvements the Kronos has. The interesting part is that the Kronos uses the same PC-based setup like the Oasys does, in this way, porting the OS is just a matter of configuration...

greetings
A.

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:50 am

StephenKay wrote:
robbinhood wrote:can you confirm if it has aftertouch!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!! (monophonic)

THANK GOD ive been hearing rumors that its doesnt have aftetouch! but why is it monophonic?!
ps. i will be at NAMM tomorrow, if you're there Stephen i would love to say hi!!

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:54 am

So technically they can do o/s updates on this?

If thats the case, notice they have not made any promises about updates etc.

Billy

Naviára · Post by **Naviára** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:56 am

maybe if you exchange the HD from the O with the Kronos SSD, it will boot well!! ... someone has to test is...

A.

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:57 am

Naviára wrote: The overall difference isn't much (compared to a D510 Dualcore Atom 1,60Ghz) - The Kronos specifications shows exactly the same performance like Oasys, so the P4 should be fast enough for all the improvements the Kronos has. The interesting part is that the Kronos uses the same PC-based setup like the Oasys does, in this way, porting the OS is just a matter of configuration...

Binary compatibility of the underlying Linux OS? sure, that's a nobrainer. But you're missing the fact that Kronos and OASYS probably don't have the same hardware inside. And by hardware, I mean - filters, DSP's, and stuff like that. I'm actually pretty sure they don't. So there would have to be workarounds, which waste CPU cycles, etc. In a tightly integrated system, that's a no-go.

Don't misunderstand me, OASYS owner here. Would love to see some OASYS improvements for sure. But I sincerely doubt it's gonna happen. Which is the reason for what I said in a different thread - I will not buy Kronos on a whim. If it has the functions that I need - some upgrades that I feel should be there, complete DAW integration (which it seems it have albeit 24bit/48kHz and I work with 24/96), and a 100% compatiblity with OASYS data, I might think about. I believe that most of the other OASYS owners will have similar approach - principles and cryteria that need to be met.

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:00 am

billysynth1 wrote:So technically they can do o/s updates on this?
If thats the case, notice they have not made any promises about updates etc.
Billy

... or mentioning OASYS in any way (as a product where all of the technology for KRONOS comes from). That's so obviously "scripted" if you ask me...