I think a new instrument with backwards compatibillity would have worked just as well for the community... Developers could keep developing stuff for the orriginal Kronos and sell it to both groups.... Or if they choose so, develop for the new instrument exclusively..jimknopf wrote:Keeping the present status - instead of making a hardware jump with the Kronos 2015 - is essentially good news for both old and new users IMO.
It means that the Kronos continues to have a common userbase with more or less the same hardware specs, which is much more inviting for both Korg development and external development of sound packages, in a limited market in risky times, and that all users continue sharing their experience across this common platform.
Inside the Kronos 2 - First pics.
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What would a downward compatible upgrade have meant?
Rewriting the present OS for 64bit support alone wouldn't make much sense for Korg, investing considerable man hours just to achieve more RAM (which again has to be managed with bigger indexes). So this kind of downward compatibility would just waste resources for the limited effect of having more RAM, while you can achieve a lot of the same as user already, with halfway smart project management and streaming data in the present Kronos.
A faster processore architecture with more and/or updated engines would be something completely else: then this might still be downward compatible, with a lot of planning and investing a lot of money by Korg. But there would be no upward compatibilty for present users. And that would split up a much too small market.
The present solution seems to be the smartest by far to me - at the present point in time. In later years maybe the present hardware workstation concept will be completely gone: imagine in 6-8 years a scenario, when tablet PCs have really grown up. Then a new workstaion could simply be a Kronos keyboard as controller surface, plus a software package for your tablet, and you just put your tablet into the workstation slot, and off you go, starting your Korg software, to meet your new Kronos UI with several engines within your tablet.
I guess it is wise from Korg to make best use of the present concept, before making a major switch, which then will imply switching to a genuinely new concept of hardware/software relations, whatever that will be. Significantly upgrading a well grown and well working mature system like the present Kronos would just be a risky shorttime adventure without proper revenue.
Rewriting the present OS for 64bit support alone wouldn't make much sense for Korg, investing considerable man hours just to achieve more RAM (which again has to be managed with bigger indexes). So this kind of downward compatibility would just waste resources for the limited effect of having more RAM, while you can achieve a lot of the same as user already, with halfway smart project management and streaming data in the present Kronos.
A faster processore architecture with more and/or updated engines would be something completely else: then this might still be downward compatible, with a lot of planning and investing a lot of money by Korg. But there would be no upward compatibilty for present users. And that would split up a much too small market.
The present solution seems to be the smartest by far to me - at the present point in time. In later years maybe the present hardware workstation concept will be completely gone: imagine in 6-8 years a scenario, when tablet PCs have really grown up. Then a new workstaion could simply be a Kronos keyboard as controller surface, plus a software package for your tablet, and you just put your tablet into the workstation slot, and off you go, starting your Korg software, to meet your new Kronos UI with several engines within your tablet.
I guess it is wise from Korg to make best use of the present concept, before making a major switch, which then will imply switching to a genuinely new concept of hardware/software relations, whatever that will be. Significantly upgrading a well grown and well working mature system like the present Kronos would just be a risky shorttime adventure without proper revenue.
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Re: Inside the Kronos 2 - First pics.
Nice to see inside.. ddr3 1600mhz.. Anyone know the data transfer rate on the stock Kronos 2 SSD?