Kronos Wish List!

[phenaste]

A new kind of slot in Set List Mode.

When you select it, it loads another Set List at the specified Slot.

So you can organize your Set Lists by song. A song can hold tons of sounds, and you can chain songs in a more flexible way.

It wouldn't be difficult to implement.
Just a constraint for infinite loops :
Set List 1, Slot 3 chains to Set List 2, Slot 4 but
Set List 2, Slot 4 chains to Set List 1, Slot 3

[jeremykeys]

I don't have the time to read all 30 pages here and since I haven't had anything to add I'm just going to post and hope that it isn't a repeat. I would like to be able to plug in a USB mouse and click on multiple slots in the set-list to cut and paste them into new set-lists as my band's lists change from show to show.
We'rer usually discussing and doing this at rehearsal and I don't have a lap-top to enable me to do it any other way.
Since some of our songs can have up to 9 sound changes in them being able to relocate an entire song instead of each individual patch would speed things up immensely.
Korg! Get with the program!

[NuSkoolTone]

These could even be accessible by pressing hardware buttons: Like you have to press I-A and U-A simultaneously to enter U-AA, you could use the same technique for e.g. U-CF (pressing I-C and U-F).

The only "problem" I see is the size of the PCG file, possible loading/switching times stemming from that and of course the time needed for an editor to sync all this data.

But anyway, it would be nice to have it...

I also have proposed such thing, however I would have bank I-C U-F and not U-CF. So you would have 16 x 16 = 256 banks (of 128 programs/combis). I think that would suffice. However, it would increase the size of a PCG file a lot with the consequences described by Jens.

WOW! and to think I was ready to start a thread with the same request.

With all these new possibilities from streaming, it's getting harder and harder to decide which programs to keep with *only* 21 program banks (including GM).

It would be truly a TREAT to have the user banks expanded to:
U-AA, U-AB, U-AC, U-AD, U-AE, U-AF, U-AG
U-BA, U-BB, U-BC, U-BD, U-BE, U-BF, U-BG
U-CA, U-CB, U-CC, U-CD, U-CE, U-CF, U-CG
U-DA, U-DB, U-DC, U-DD, U-DE, U-DF, U-DG
U-EA, U-EB, U-EC, U-ED, U-EE, U-EF, U-EG
U-FA, U-FB, U-FC, U-FD, U-FE, U-FF, U-FG
U-GA, U-GB, U-GC, U-GD, U-GE, U-GF, U-GG

For an additional 42 banks. We'd be able to access them with hardware buttons and I don't think it would be too confusing. Assuming Korg's architecture would allow for it, I think this should be doable.

[NuSkoolTone]

Also, putting in my vote for support of the Kronos natively reading the GIGASAMPLER format. Yes there are programs that convert to SF2, but so far I haven't found anything that works very well IMO.

There's so much out there, it makes sense for the Kronos to support this format. Based on the original Gigasampler concept, it would seem a natural choice so to speak.

[NuSkoolTone]

If this has already been posted, please forgive me. I've really like to see an option to view dates in American format (Month/Day/Year).

After decades of seeing dates that way, it's just how I'm hardwired to interpret them on the screen. One less thing to concentrate on!

[Harry_G]

This is my wish list.
-It would be nice if the MFX section was more flexible with chaining and maybe more sends. So the ability for IFX 10 and 11 and/or the TFX to act as MFX with the ability to chain them would be very nice.
-In bank/program select and category/program select the combi/prog/seq etc. hard-knobs don't work until you select chancel or ok. It would speel up the workflow if the hard-knobs did work.
-Virtual volume knobs in global mode for output 1 till 4.

[SanderXpander]

- <Enter> working as confirmation in any list or drop down menu
- When loading programs from inside a PCG, the two-key (e.g. I-G+U-G) shortcut to select the seven extra banks from OS 1.5 don't seem to work. Would save me time if they did.

[ksi]

1. Make the "Compare" function really work in the "MIDI Event Edit" window of the Sequencer, or at least add a cancel option to avoid orwriting the original MIDI track, if one has screwed things up.

2. In Set List Mode:

• a) an option for each slot that links to a song location to auto start that song as soon as the slot is selected
  b) if possible, in addition to a), smooth sound transition (SST) when switching between slots that link to different song locations

[elprimito]

While in sequencer mode, under the preference tab, there's empty space on the right side of the screen. This would be a great place for personal notes to myself regarding the sequence.

[Stephen Butler]

Hello:

My first post on here, I believe.

I have not read each message in detail, so I don't know if someone has covered this, but for me a great wish is to be able to import, export and view video files on the KRONOS, enabling me to compose film and television scores sync'ed to the video, if you see what I mean.

Cheers
Stephen

[jeremykeys]

I suggested this on another thread but since this is the wish list I'd like to see better implementation of the expression pedal function. I'd like to see the default setting be for volume but on a patch basis I'd want to be able to easily choose an alternate function. say a selectable wah wah pedal, or a filter sweep.

C"mon Korg. This is a live player feature that should be easily implementable.

[michelkeijzers]

I suggested this on another thread but since this is the wish list I'd like to see better implementation of the expression pedal function. I'd like to see the default setting be for volume but on a patch basis I'd want to be able to easily choose an alternate function. say a selectable wah wah pedal, or a filter sweep.

C"mon Korg. This is a live player feature that should be easily implementable.

Yes sounds very good ... I also don't understand why a lot of detailed parameters can be assigned, but not something 'trivial' as volume.

[Gmaj7]

First of all, I´d like to thank Korg for this Synthesizer an all it´s possibilies.

The Sounds are amazing, but in my opinion there are some issues in the combination-mode. The normal use-case for live-scenarios takes much more time on the Kronos than it takes on the fantom, the motif or the kurzweils. It would be nice if Korg could add only a few little things that could dramatically improve the usability for live-players.
The Scenario for live players are in most cases:
Search some Programms and then split and layer them with all their Inserts free on the keyboard. After that I want to do few adjustments per Timbre. For example adjusting MFX-Level, Transpose and so on and so on.

So here are my suggestions/wishes. (Some are mentioned before from other users).

Overview of Zones and sounding Timbres
- when playing a key, please show something in the GUI which timbres are playing at the moment. (only the activated and currently sounding timbres). This is very important and also easy to implement. Solution suggestion: Just give the Category Name (above each timbre) another color whenever this timbre is "sounding at the moment", Or give us a small little sqare in each timbre that changes it´s colour, whenever it is sounding.

- Better Overview of the Keyboard-Zones. It´s very hard to see, which Sound is playing in which Zone. Maybe it´s possible to divide the 16 Timbres inte into 2 Tabs. (or in 1 Tab whith a function that switches beetwen Timbre 1-8 and 9 to 16.) This is especially important for the Tab "Keyboard Zones "8 Timbres are for most Live-Siutations more than enough and we´d get a much better overview. (In that Case the Fantom G is perfect. Just take a look on the Screen. There You can see with a single look, which sound is played in which zone.)
A small solution could be: Let me see on Tab "KEYBOARD-ZONES", every sounding note in the Bars on the top of the screen.

Remove little Bug:
I lose the Keyboard Zones after copying the Insert FX from a program into the combi-mode.


Better Handling of Insert-FX.
The normal Use-Case for live Situation is to combine-programm and make layers and split. The normal use case ist that I want to insert and hear a program AS IT IS with its Insert-FX. But the Kronos handle this as an exception. You have to copy insert fx over and over again. And if You have a Padsound on the left side and want a lead Guitar on the right side it´s very hard to search a new sound, because You never hear the sound like it is. The normal Use-Case for Kronos Users is, that the Distortion Guitar is not distorted. What I really whish, is that there´s a switch for each timbre that says: Programm-Inserts ON/OFF. That means "sound like you are". This is perfectly solved ad the Motif (ES and XF). I Know that the number of inserts are limited to 12, but this is no problem. Just provide this ON/OFF-Button as long as there are FX-Slots available. And when I want to use the Kronos like it is at the moment, I don´t activate this switch. And if You have fears that current combis could be affekted. No Problem: The standard could be "OFF".

This would help me a lot. In most cases live-players never have to see the FX-Routing page again.
PLEASE KORG - this would dramatically improve the whole Combi-Mode for a lot of live-players!

Thank You very much for your attention. It would be great to get an answer from Korg.

Michael

[ExcelMusicStudio]

here's an idea.. the early FAIRLIGHT samplers allowed you to morph between samples..a gradual shift in tonality..between two waveforms.. thats' cool don't know about differing lengths of samples , I'll leave that to brainiacs.

I think a bolder font , heavier weight , if not a larger one is desirable.
I have good eyesight , but it is a bit fly speckish.

I'm well versed in most synthesis engines.. I'm satisfied with 9 .. that's enough. I think the KRONOS is excellent technology. I love it.

[SanderXpander]

GMaj7, there is no bug losing keyboard zones when you copy IFX from a program into a combi. The keyboard zone is reset if you use "copy program" and include the IFX, of course, because the OS assumes you want the program "as is" which includes the entire keyrange. However, if you use "copy IFX" in the IFX tab, no keyzone is lost.

As for browsing programs with IFX, I do this all the time. I switch from my combi to program mode (no need to save unless you select another combi!). I find the sound I like using category or whatever. Switch back to combi mode, and now when I choose "copy program", voila, the Kronos remembers which program I was on last.

As for indication which timbre is sounding, that would definitely be nice. I never have problems with this in my custom combis but if I want to adapt a factory combi sometimes it's confusing, especially with Karma rerouting midi channels. The M3 had level meters that many people are still hoping to see in a Kronos update.

Oh and ExcelMusicStudio, I'm not familiar with that Fairlight function but it sounds somewhat like vector synthesis which the Kronos has.