Thanks for the response. Reading glasses! Why didn't I think of that!voip wrote:The screen is fine here, and reading glasses can help with the small screen size, if necessary. It is a bit of a compromise, perhaps. Having a larger cutout, in what is effectively the chassis, to accommodate a bigger screen, would tend to weaken the top extrusion to the point where the Kronos would snap in the middle with even moderately rough handling. The Kronos Editor offers a route to using a mouse and qwerty/azerty keyboard.
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I do use glasses, an occupational lens specially made for my music work. Reading the screen is not the problem, it is looking down for long periods when doing sound programming that sometimes causes problems for my neck. The screen sometimes shows a lot of information.I found the Kronos Editor to be out of date, buggy, and it interfered with my DAW's.
I agree the bigger screen is not a good idea. But a HDMI output opens up other options. It could have 2 modes: The touchscreen could either be kept the same with the HDMI screen mirroring it; or the touchscreen could be become a dedicated touch controller with the HDMI screen displaying more information whilst the touch controls could be bigger. (Some of the touchscreen controls are very small and require several attempts to select them.)
I like operating the Kronos in standalone mode, but we are all used to using larger screens with our computers. The editor can be slow to sync and can run into compatibility problems. A HDMI output would be a significant improvement, in my opinion.
Perhaps it could have a an option to work with a USB to HDMI cable/converter? This would mean no hardware changes, just some additional internal drivers.
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