Looks like nothing new for Kronos at Namm

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:42 pm

Please let us know your impressions when you do, I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. Being in Croatia means we probably won't be among the first ones to receive that beast for tryout/purchase.

MoonMusic · Post by **MoonMusic** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:11 pm

keego wrote:Krome users got 'Best of Triton' sound set for free

Yeah, well my Kronos will beat the crap out of the Krome AND the Triton with one hand tied behind it's back...LOL....moon

navydave · Post by **navydave** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:29 pm

I wouldn't mind seeing a "Best of Triton" set come to the Kronos. Lots of classic patches that I still like a tad better on the Triton, even when trying to hand-convert over from Hi to HD.

BillW · Post by **BillW** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:01 pm

navydave wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing a "Best of Triton" set come to the Kronos. Lots of classic patches that I still like a tad better on the Triton, even when trying to hand-convert over from Hi to HD.

Definitely....me too!

SKung · Post by **SKung** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:38 pm

If there would be an extension that gives the Kronos 16 Digital stereo outputs i'd buy a Kronos tomorrow together with that extension.

I would never have to worry abour limited effect routings since i could use as much vst effects that my notebook's cpu could handle.

kingy10kingy · Post by **kingy10kingy** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:34 am

I'm glad I shelled out almost 3 grand for this synth and i'd be mighty pissed off if something new came out already.

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:58 am

kingy10kingy wrote:I'm glad I shelled out almost 3 grand for this synth and i'd be mighty pissed off if something new came out already.

Nothing new for the Kronos

A blessing for many and a curse by some

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:54 am

I guess I'm one of the odd ones who are happy with their Kronos.
I don't have a lot of time to explore all of the possibilities it has so I have to live with the sad life of having the best workstation on the planet!

Sorry. I've had a rough day. My Kronos is in it's case until I get to play tomorrow and my wife is sleeping.
As for the "Best of Triton"sounds, I probably never fully explored my Pro-x as far as I should have. I guess that's true of all synthesizers though, when you think of it.
I do understand gear lust though. My wife would poop huge if she ever saw my list!

apex · Post by **apex** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:58 am

"So if Yamaha came out with a brand new workstation for $3K, would you rush
to buy it?

This always strikes me as funny - any year there isn't a new "flagship"
workstation, people cry and whine and denounce the company. Then, when
there truly is a new flagship synth released, guess what - all kinds of criticisms and reasons why it isn't "worth buying".

Meanwhile, it isn't like you can't make incredible music tracks with what you have."

-Dave Polich -Yamaha Staff.... little while ago on the motif forums...

Gonna post this in one other place on the forums.... I hope it's ok. I think it's funny... real and straight to the truth, but funny.

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:33 am

So with the mini ms20 and the king korg do they offer anything that you Kronos users can't already do, function or tone, in the kronos itself? Thanks Bertotti

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:17 am

I'm at NAMM. The MS-20mini sounds badass. $599. Just buy it. I liked the KingKorg. Filter emulations of the LPF Moog, P5 Oberheim, MS-20, TB303 plus similar in the HPF and BPF. The case and action is like the Krome. At $1299, it's a little pricy.

Roland just has new entry level stuff. They need to replace the Fantoms are maybe they're just saying goodbye to workstations and the Jupiters are top dog for them.

Yamaha absolutely nothing new.

Prophet 12 is excellent. The fit & feel quality is a nice improvement over earlier DSI synths. I think Dave sometimes pushes value, which isn't bad. Different from Moog where I always get the impression of the highest quality.

Actually VERY quiet from the software side of things. Usually MOTU or someone has a big announcement. Spectrasonics isn't even here. These trade shows aren't anything like they used to be. I wouldn't read anything into the fact that Korg didn't announce anything Kronos-wise.

Also notice that Roland announced their stuff before the show. Make noise before your pitch gets lots in all the noise of the show.

Busch.

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:38 am

Not surprised at Roland . We reviewed their financial losses and decreasing cash flow on the Integra 7 thread. This and winter NAMM tells me they can't afford to launch a new gen workstation.

Too risky for them.

Mike Conway · Post by **Mike Conway** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:40 am

EvilDragon wrote:Didn't y'all learn about what happened with OASYS? :S

One could only hope that Kronos gets half the updates that the OASYS did, for 4 and a half years! NAMM had no bearing on update schedules. Some examples:

May, 2005 - OS 1.0 (OASYS hits the market)
Oct, 2005 - OS 1.02
Nov, 2005 - OS 1.1 announced (STR-1, RAM upgrade)
Oct, 2006 - OS 1.2 (LAC-1 - PolySix/MS-20)
Oct, 2007 - OS 1.3 (MOD-7)
Feb, 2009 - OS 1.3.3 (KARMA 2.2, FX presets)
Nov, 2009 - OS 1.3.3a (EXi Expansion programs)

I'm glad to see that Kronos got the RAM upgrade and so many sound libraries to shop. It was the User sample streaming that got my attention and my wallet. I certainly hope there is more coming down the pike!

NuSkoolTone · Post by **NuSkoolTone** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:30 am

What I think MANY are missing is no NEW workstation from Korg. For Kronos owners, this is GOOD news IMO. Love to see that OB filter from the King Korg find its way over!

With Kronos still top dog there is hope we might still see noteworthy updates. Hopfelly sooner rather than later!

MrDuke · Post by **MrDuke** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:39 am

navydave wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing a "Best of Triton" set come to the Kronos. Lots of classic patches that I still like a tad better on the Triton, even when trying to hand-convert over from Hi to HD.

I'm still wondering how they did it on the Krome? I mean, they must be re-programmed "sound-alikes", since the Krome doesn't support adding samples - not officially anyway.