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I enjoyed my brief time playing the M8x. With that said, I don't really have a need to even consider purchasing one. My needs are pretty basic. I use a Yamaha PSR-EW425 to practice on for when I'm asked to fill in for the organist at my church, or if I'm otherwise participating during a service. I could be playing a 3 manual pipe organ. a concert grand piano or a Korg Nautilus AT (88 keys).

yes, I got mine from Sweetwater last week. ask for Nate. tell him Lucas sent you. Lucas

dexman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:25 pm I suppose that I'm on the opposite side of the fence. Having learned to play on a piano, I'm used to some sort of weighted keys. The keys on the Nautilus AT (88) that I purchased and donated to my church have a good feel to them.

My practice keyboard here at home is a Yamaha PSR-EW425. That unit has synth-action keys. It is all too common to have extra notes sound due to accidental light touches...such touches that would be brushed off by the Nautilus.

I recently had the opportunity to play a Yamaha Montage M8x that was recently donated to the high school that I graduated from in 1984. The feel of the keys was very similar to the Nautilus.

That's interesting. I have the Kronos 2 88 and the M 88, and the M feels much better to me than the Kronos (which I already loved). I've never played a Nautilus, so maybe they upgraded the keybed from the Kronos 2.

The biggest thing I notice between the K and the M when playing piano is that the M is much more dynamic because of a deeper level of sampling per note. Going back to the K on piano feels limited after the M. Of course, there are tons of things the K does that I love it for, can't imagine not having it.

Have you ever played the Kronos 2, and if so, is it a different feel than the Nautilus?

Mike Conway wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:24 am I don't need another brand of workstation, but it is a beauty.

Need is such a strong word...

Mike Conway wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:24 am True story: I dreamt that I had the new Roland Fantom (I have an old one that I rarely use, save for resurrecting old projects). I woke up stressed. Not because the new Fantom isn't great, but because it was too much overlap with the workings of the Kronos. Montage M didn't stress me out, but I do not need it, either. I've been leaning a lot towards analog and experimental, the past couple of years.

For reasons passing understanding, I have all three (collect the whole set!). I love each of them for different things. I started out with the Kronos 2 (maybe 7 years ago?). And I still haven't scratched the surface of what it can do. However, I now control it with the Mx88 because I just love that keybed.

ChrisDuncan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:43 am

dexman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:25 pm I suppose that I'm on the opposite side of the fence. Having learned to play on a piano, I'm used to some sort of weighted keys. The keys on the Nautilus AT (88) that I purchased and donated to my church have a good feel to them.

My practice keyboard here at home is a Yamaha PSR-EW425. That unit has synth-action keys. It is all too common to have extra notes sound due to accidental light touches...such touches that would be brushed off by the Nautilus.

I recently had the opportunity to play a Yamaha Montage M8x that was recently donated to the high school that I graduated from in 1984. The feel of the keys was very similar to the Nautilus.

That's interesting. I have the Kronos 2 88 and the M 88, and the M feels much better to me than the Kronos (which I already loved). I've never played a Nautilus, so maybe they upgraded the keybed from the Kronos 2.

The biggest thing I notice between the K and the M when playing piano is that the M is much more dynamic because of a deeper level of sampling per note. Going back to the K on piano feels limited after the M. Of course, there are tons of things the K does that I love it for, can't imagine not having it.

Have you ever played the Kronos 2, and if so, is it a different feel than the Nautilus?

Hi Chris!

I haven't had the opportunity to play on any of the iterations of the Kronos. My experience with synthesizers and workstations is very limited. I've owned two entry level Yamaha keyboards (the PSR-32 and now a PSR-EW425).

My church has had two Korg keyboards. The first was a Triton Pro X. When that unit failed, it was replaced with the current Nautilus AT (88 keys).

I know that the Nautilus is a polarizing Workstation. I suppose if I had exposure to the Kronos, it is possible that the N-AT would seem compromised. Luckily, not having any experience with the Kronos, the shortcomings of the N-AT are not a problem.

A couple of nice demo videos from Luke Edwards, in the company of Tony White, at Bonners Music:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mDeQSft8N8Q
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JGUFUYPGUOw

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voip wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:56 pm A couple of nice demo videos from Luke Edwards, in the company of Tony White, at Bonners Music:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mDeQSft8N8Q
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JGUFUYPGUOw

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Thanks, voip, for the links.
So, in the second video, he's playing and switching various programs while running the SEQ in one of the slots (well, one wav file is in the SEQ), correct?
I haven't tried that before and can't try it out right now, so that's quite new then?

There are some really tasty morsels of Kronos functionality presented by Luke in those videos, showing what the instrument is capable of, without the need for too much practice or familiarisation. The Control Surface capabilities are nicely demoed in the videos.

The use of Set List to switch Timbres, whilst the Sequencer is running, was new to me too, but it turns out the feature has been around for quite a while, with bug fixes to this function in OS v1.5 back in 2011. See this thread:

https://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB3 ... hp?t=67208

I've looked for mention of Timbre switching, using the Set List mode whilst the Sequencer is running, but can't find it, either in the Operations Guide, or in the Parameter Guide, but it does work.

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dexman wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:24 am Hi Chris!

I haven't had the opportunity to play on any of the iterations of the Kronos. My experience with synthesizers and workstations is very limited. I've owned two entry level Yamaha keyboards (the PSR-32 and now a PSR-EW425).

My church has had two Korg keyboards. The first was a Triton Pro X. When that unit failed, it was replaced with the current Nautilus AT (88 keys).

I know that the Nautilus is a polarizing Workstation. I suppose if I had exposure to the Kronos, it is possible that the N-AT would seem compromised. Luckily, not having any experience with the Kronos, the shortcomings of the N-AT are not a problem.

I think the Nautilus is like any other bit of gear. If it feels good and it sounds good, it is good!