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Although I don't always comment on this forum, I felt compelled to do so in this thread...and a big "PS" to all members... thank you for all of your priceless input!!

To the thread at hand... When I look at an instrument like the M3, I see an instrument with limitations bound by the technology itself. Don't get me wrong, the M3 is a beast!!! It does great things for a user looking for its abilities in one box/keyboard and the M3's sequencer is quite exceptional compared to the oasys&kronos...but did you truly buy the oasys or Kronos for their sequencers?

Sequencers have been used for decades and have taken on "Moore's Law" when it comes to their progress. There are sequencers out there that can do the unimaginable, even to the most advanced sequencing engineers...Many of these sequencing programs are quite inexpensive to the average Kronos owner, and even more so to the average oasys owner.

When I sit back and look at my kronos or oasys, I see two keyboards that induce inspiration in all musicians...from the intermediate to the most advanced. Each instrument has similar ( and individual ) incredible features that enable each user to take their personal ideas past the present horizon set by other keyboards...including the ever present M3.

Look...I'm in complete agreement about advancing the current sequencer in the Kronos...but...I didn't buy the Kronos because it has a cutting edge sequencer...I bought it because it fills the void I couldn't fill with any other sonic device on the market...point blank.

The Kronos and oasys are so capable of an unthinkable world of sound...the M3, not so much. Once again, the M3 is a beast...but it's not comparable to an oasys or Kronos...even when magnifying the known abilities of its sequencer.

At the end of the day...the M3 is a pretty good sequencer with adequate sounds and abilities......The Kronos and oasys are ground breaking devices with exponential creative power. If the Kronos and oasys ever parallel the sequencer of an M3, great...if not...I'm more than satisfied.


Please know that my views are completely opinional...

IMO keyboards should not even have a sequencer, only an auido player function and a midi file player with audio tracks , that's all . I find it to be a no brainer to sequence on a keyboard since software is centures ahead of possibilities not imaginable on hardware. Not to mention ipads, or notbooks, how can anyone compete with that. Although I understand Kronos is actually a computer I really hope the korg team not to waste any time on developing the sequencer. I rather have more sounds, ram possibilities , sample libraries, + a korg comverter and editor for multisampling for the many formats out there.

I doubt there will be a sequencer change...but for me, that't ok.

I'd be surprised !!!

I like the sequencer on the Kronos

DennyC wrote:I doubt there will be a sequencer change...but for me, that't ok.

It's OK for me too, but I won't buy one as a WORKSTATION if they don't.

I might buy one at some future point as a sound generating device, versatile synth, and I'm curious about how powerful the filters are which I would audition first.

I'm not telling anyone what to do, and if you love it, great.

I'm not a software engineer, and I don't know if they have to rewrite the entire code for the entire Operating System or just the Code for the sequencer itself, and I don't know if Korg can put a few people on it for a month at a cost of 10K and put out a sequencer upgrade for $50. to cover their costs. But it seems like they should have a Pro Sequencer in a machine like this- their best features from previous on board sequencers at LEAST.

I'm glad I was able to research this a little on here- great thing about the Internet.

If I start doing a lot of work in 2012- I may just pick up an earlier " obsolete" keyboard workstation with a very powerful sequencer since I'm used to that method.

Obviously-computer sequencers are more " powerful"- whether they are more PRODUCTIVE is a decision each person must evaluate on his own.

Personally I prefer to already have a strong groove or track BEFORE I go to a computer but that could be because I only use DAWs in the Pro Studio with an engineer etc. But I'm a "Hardware" type who grew recording on Tape etc. and doing studio work on Guitar etc.

It's all personal preference anyway and what type of creative flow one has and the target for the final production.

But obviously Korg's greatest Flagship Workstation should have at least it's best sequencer or equivalent to their previous best, right ?