Kronos Third-Party Sound Request List

Mofit · Post by **Mofit** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:35 pm

Hello, all. My name is Rick, and I am the programmer for playkeyz.com. Until this week, I have programmed only on Yamaha synths. I am continuing to do that, but in the wake of the Kronos (a really big wake, by the way), I now am branching out into Korgs.

I am going to re-create the 80s soundsets for the Kronos, and after that turn to a 2000s Pop/Rock Soundset featuring sounds from specific pop/rock hits from 2000-2009. I have a draft list of tunes/sounds, and would love input from the Kronos owners/users.

Please share your valuable thoughts on which songs and which sounds you would like to have programmed for the Kronos.

I also may be asking quite a few programming questions. I still have a lot to learn about this synth.

Regards,
Rick
Chicago, Illinois

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:43 pm

Hello Rick, welcome to the forum.

cello · Post by **cello** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:47 pm

Welcome to KF, Rick - sounds an exciting project! Am sure you will get lots of input here.

For a list of 80s/90s stuff this might be a good place to start... http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=58912

PinkFloydDudi · Post by **PinkFloydDudi** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:59 pm

Van Halen - Jump.

That is all. I'd buy the pack as long as it had 30 of the same "Jump" sounds on it.
(kidding).

Journey, Rush, Floyd, Van Halen, REO, Styx...pretty much most of the ones mentioned in the link cello gave.

For newer stuff, I'd put in lots of Lady Gaga sounds, Katy Perry, Muse, etc...

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:04 pm

Hi Rick, it's well worth having a read of this thread on the OASYS forum:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=58912

as pretty much all the suggestions that have been made there will apply to your request.

But to get the ball rolling here in your thread, my personal requests (some may be just outside the 80's) would be:

- *THAT* Peter Gabriel CP80 like piano sound (from Red Rain etc...)
- Just about any Duran Duran sounds from the Rio album era
- Gary Numan - Cars
- Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
- The Who - Baba O'Reilly
- Simple Minds - Real Life
- Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - That piano sound
- Journey - Don't Stop Believin - The intro piano sound
- Roachford - Cuddly Toy (was a UK hit and has a cool sliding organ sound at the 2 minute mark)

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:05 pm

Aaah... Cello pointed out that thread whilst I was still writing my reply!

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:11 pm

Me too...Me too...i want N'Sync and BackStreet Boys.

Jon Lord · Post by **Jon Lord** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:53 pm

Just brainstorming here, I don't have a kronos yet and some of these might be easy to create:

New:
Beardfish - Igloo on two - Lead @ 2:55 - 3:30 - This is his signature "lead" on the Arp, I love this friggin sound and I love this band! Great Prog! Listen on the bubbly lead
Detektivbyrån - Neonland - Any percussion/bell sounds from this track or any of their tracks.
Muse (anything)
The Black Mages - Those who fight further - Lead @ 1:04
The Black Mages - Battle Scene I - Lead @ 2:11 & Lead @ 0:44
IQ - Frequency - Mellotronish Choir @ 5:08 & Saw lead @ 6:04

Old:
Toto - africa: intro brass & percussive(?) sounda-ma-thingie
Journey - Separate ways- Intro synth
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin Lovely synth strings

Teh Mick · Post by **Teh Mick** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:02 pm

Jon Lord wrote:Just brainstorming here, I don't have a kronos yet and some of these might be easy to create:
The Black Mages - Battle Scene I - Lead @ 2:11 & Lead @ 0:44

The Lead @ 0:44 is a Triton/OASYS/Kronos program called Express Lead.

Broadwave · Post by **Broadwave** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:39 pm

Does nobody program their own synths these days?

Much of the stuff in this list is basic analogue fodder, and not difficult to achieve with the AL-1.

Don't be afraid of the K beast... take control!

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:50 pm

Agreed.

But the AL-1 UI, while logical from a technical view, doesn't give you any good intuitive programming overview IMO. You simply lose track too often, switching between all the edit pages.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:09 am

Kronik wrote:Does nobody program their own synths these days?

Much of the stuff in this list is basic analogue fodder, and not difficult to achieve with the AL-1.

Don't be afraid of the K beast... take control!

Most musicians I know (myself included) don't want to spend time creating/developing sounds... we want to spend time creating music! Sound shaping/creating are for those that love doing that. Personally, I'd rather make music... give me new sounds and I'll figure out what to do with them

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:00 am

PianoManChuck wrote:
Kronik wrote:Does nobody program their own synths these days?

Much of the stuff in this list is basic analogue fodder, and not difficult to achieve with the AL-1.

Don't be afraid of the K beast... take control!

Most musicians I know (myself included) don't want to spend time creating/developing sounds... we want to spend time creating music! Sound shaping/creating are for those that love doing that. Personally, I'd rather make music... give me new sounds and I'll figure out what to do with them

Actually it's the same for me. However, I want to have the flexibility to change everything, that means I regularly tweak sounds, which can be changing 0, 1 or maybe 50 parameters. But mostly I take a sounds which I like, not necessarily something sounding similar and use it or change it. For me (and our band), the overall picture is most important, not the authenticity of the sound itself. This means I sometimes use an electric piano where the original is an acoustic piano, adding even sounds which are not in the original or using a synth pad/lead instead of a brass sound etc.

Mofit · Post by **Mofit** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:08 pm

Kronik wrote:Does nobody program their own synths these days?

Much of the stuff in this list is basic analogue fodder, and not difficult to achieve with the AL-1.

Don't be afraid of the K beast... take control!

Hey, Kronik. I think that the time it takes to program sounds like heard on a CD is much, much greater for some people than maybe for you. I know that I have spent literally days on certain songs, and in some cases I don't even use sounds because I cannot get close enough.

Also, some people just hate programming. I think it's an individualized thing.

In any case, the suggestions on this thread are great!

nowtime · Post by **nowtime** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:33 am

Not in a cover band, but some classic 80's sounds I can remember:

I'm Only Human by Human Nature
Time After Time Cindi Lauper
Thompson Twins
Take My Breath Away