I have a Komplete 61 key keyboard.
How can I justify buying a Kronos?
Help me out!

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Thanks so much for your reply,GregC wrote:hard to say with out knowing your music production goals
Your VST's , esp Omnisphere might sound better
and you really should wait for NAMM 2020.
Kronos is not an 'impulse ' purchase IMO. Its a long term thing
Thanks so much for your reply,GregC wrote:hard to say with out knowing your music production goals
Your VST's , esp Omnisphere might sound better
and you really should wait for NAMM 2020.
Kronos is not an 'impulse ' purchase IMO. Its a long term thing
I am retired. Your plan and where I am at are similar. Close to 70 original instrumentals, 100% Kronos, on SoundCloud. My stuff is suitable for a variety of background purposes. My stats tell me, there are are some parties playing 30-40 songs in a row. Its all free, of course, and I have no problem.Emrys wrote:Thanks so much for your reply,GregC wrote:hard to say with out knowing your music production goals
Your VST's , esp Omnisphere might sound better
and you really should wait for NAMM 2020.
Kronos is not an 'impulse ' purchase IMO. Its a long term thing
I fell in love with Korg back in the 01W days, when I was broke but went to my music store just about everyday to play on one.
Now, I am about 2 years from retirement and planning on moving overseas upon my retirement, so, as I plan for my move I want to have, I want to have a majority of my studio equipment etc bought.
My plans are to create and present music for commercials, TV shows, movies etc.
Thanks again for your reply. I will wait for NAMM 2020, as that is a great idea!
To my opinon, if you want a ready and easy to use unit, don't go to the Kronos. As Greg said, Kronos is a long term investment.Emrys wrote:I have a home studio with Logic Pro, Motu 828es Audio Interface, with sounds from Omnisphere, Komplete 12 Ultimate, East West Soundcloud.
I have a Komplete 61 key keyboard.
How can I justify buying a Kronos?
Help me out!
That's pretty much how I plan to use my Kronos if I buy it....ChrisDuncan wrote:As far as your studio living in harmony with the Kronos, you already have a DAW and an audio interface, so that makes it easier.
My personal preference (because there are many ways to do things in the studio) is to interface with the Kronos via old school MIDI rather than trying to work via USB, which can be hit or miss for people.
I run Cubase in Windows and I let my audio interface handle the audio. I connect MIDI cables to the Kronos, and a stereo pair of audio outputs from the Kronos to a couple of inputs on my audio interface. It's a very simple and trouble free setup for me.
That said, because I use a DAW and an audio interface, I don't use or depend on that functionality from the Kronos. It's a full workstation cable of doing audio recording, etc. and being the master of its own universe, but for me it's just a keyboard in my overall studio setup.
Don't know your workflow or preferences, but this is at least one way that it can live in harmony with your studio with very little in the way of setup and connectivity.