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[AK-Jake]

I'm spoiled: I use a Roland Fantom G for my master controller. In their Fantom G "Live Sets" (Roland-speak for Combis), you have 8 different internal patches, plus 16 MIDI tracks laid out right in front of you. You can do all your splits/layers/MIDI from one screen, then save the Live Set the way you want it. Switching all your gear is as simple as switching Live Sets. The only 2 flaws to this is that there's no way to octave shift external gear from the FG, and there's no way to switch from single-patch mode to Performance/Combi mode on external gear from inside the FG. Otherwise, it's perfect.)

Does anyone know if the Kronos is going to have a feature setup like this? I'm suspecting that will be the case, in which case I can probably dispense with my G7 and replace it with my Kronos 73, and still continue with my Motif XF7.

Anyone know more?

[X-Trade]

Korg's Combi mode allows you to have up to 16 channels/timbres. But that's in total. You set a timbre to be 'Internal' where it uses the internal sound engine, or 'external' - where you can send program change & bank change when the combi is loaded, as well as performance of keys and controllers, on that MIDI channel. You can route KARMA to control any timbre (including external ones), you can set up velocity switching and keyzones, filter transmission of certain controls or other message types, etc.
Additionally the mixer settings (level and pan) will be sent out for external timbres so you can get the right level of your different sounds from your external gear in your setup. Basically the combi becomes the master control centre for your whole setup, if you so desire.

Sequencer mode is very similar to combi mode with pretty much the same basic structure, but built in linear and pattern sequencing functions. Additionally the KRONOS has 16 mono (or up to 8 stereo) audio tracks.

Set List mode lets you have a number of different entries (program, combi, or song) on the screen with notes next to them, switching between them is very straightforward just by touching them on the screen.
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro

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[X-Trade]

Personally I've never needed to use more than two or three external parts. Even if you have ten or so external modules or other synthesizers, surely you're not going to be using all of them at the same time?

I'm not saying there isn't room for improvement, but there is a realistic limit as to how much sound you can use before it ceases to make any sense....
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Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro

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