Well you can dispute it if you like but I had both the KROME and the MOXF on test here for a month and the MOXF was far more convenient at transposing up and down the range than the KROME.
You can instantly move up or down an octave with one button push on both the Yamaha MOXF and the Roland FA.
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All good mate, I'm not trying to convert the unconvertible. We'll have to agree to disagree.
I just didn't want people who are potentially interested in this 'board reading your comment and thinking that the only way to transpose on the Krome was something arcane. It's not, it's as easy as transposing on every other keyboard I've owned over the last 25 years. I have owned one of these for roughly 18 months now and use it in two bands - so I'm really not making this stuff up.
I too own Roland, Yamaha and Kurzweil keyboards and while they do indeed have handy buttons marked "transpose" on them, if I want to transpose a tune by (for example) a tone, or a minor third on the fly to accommodate a vocalist, I can absolutely assure you it takes more than one button press on all of them. I have no drama with this, it's cool, but easier than the Krome? Nope, about the same.
Additional fun facts for those interested in the possibilities of the Krome: If you wish to transpose your Krome an octave, as in the example above, that's even easier than using the Global function, by the way. You can assign that to the switches on the left if you want. Then it's one button press.
Or you can transpose the patch itself and save it for future use. Zero button presses.
The defence rests.
I just didn't want people who are potentially interested in this 'board reading your comment and thinking that the only way to transpose on the Krome was something arcane. It's not, it's as easy as transposing on every other keyboard I've owned over the last 25 years. I have owned one of these for roughly 18 months now and use it in two bands - so I'm really not making this stuff up.
I too own Roland, Yamaha and Kurzweil keyboards and while they do indeed have handy buttons marked "transpose" on them, if I want to transpose a tune by (for example) a tone, or a minor third on the fly to accommodate a vocalist, I can absolutely assure you it takes more than one button press on all of them. I have no drama with this, it's cool, but easier than the Krome? Nope, about the same.
Additional fun facts for those interested in the possibilities of the Krome: If you wish to transpose your Krome an octave, as in the example above, that's even easier than using the Global function, by the way. You can assign that to the switches on the left if you want. Then it's one button press.
Or you can transpose the patch itself and save it for future use. Zero button presses.
The defence rests.
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The Yamana MOXF actually has separate Octave and Transpose buttons on the front panel. Octaves can be shifted by + or - three and the Transpose button allows you to move up or down 11 semi-tones.
It's just a little more intuitive not necessarily easier than using the KROME's menu system but that probably depends on what your used to. I have owned the Triton Classic, M50 and M3 before getting my hands on the KROME and although accustomed to the KORG interface I still prefer to have the Octave shift/Transpose buttons on the front panel.
So I would agree, the KROME is no lesser keyboard for the lack of hardware Octave Shift/Transpose buttons but it would have been, from my perspective at least nice to have them.
The lack of a usb audio interface on the KROME is something I find very odd, given it came out after the older Yamaha MOX, which did have such an interface. For me it presents a more integrated package. It does away with the need for extra cables and as far as the MOXF and Roland FA go it works extremely well.
It's just a little more intuitive not necessarily easier than using the KROME's menu system but that probably depends on what your used to. I have owned the Triton Classic, M50 and M3 before getting my hands on the KROME and although accustomed to the KORG interface I still prefer to have the Octave shift/Transpose buttons on the front panel.
So I would agree, the KROME is no lesser keyboard for the lack of hardware Octave Shift/Transpose buttons but it would have been, from my perspective at least nice to have them.
The lack of a usb audio interface on the KROME is something I find very odd, given it came out after the older Yamaha MOX, which did have such an interface. For me it presents a more integrated package. It does away with the need for extra cables and as far as the MOXF and Roland FA go it works extremely well.