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EnjoyRC · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject: EXs2 - Concert Grand Piano

Will this be the same as the new piano in the XPanded Korg M3?
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Jon Lord · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: EXs2 - Concert Grand Piano

EnjoyRC · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: EXs2 - Concert Grand Piano

maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 215

How much RAM might be freed up by not loading the EXs2 by default?

Mark.
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Jon Lord · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject:

maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 215

Ah, thanks for the information. Are there others that are optional? Or are the rest loaded by default?

Mark.
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EnjoyRC · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 215

I guess what I'm wondering is which are loaded by default when I get it? Which are used by the "stock" progs and combis? Which are loaded when (as I've heard) there are three-hundred seventy-something MBs left in RAM?

Mark.
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Big Knob, Sonar (Previously, OASYS 76)

SpIdErWeB · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject:

Let's give a shot:

The Kronos does have 2 Gb of RAM. The first Gb is used for the OS & Stuff, and the basic ROM (something around 300 Mb).

So, the basics presets do use at least these sounds. And you get the other Gb free for the sampling or your own samples. Also, the synthesis that don't use samples, such Analog (AL-1, MS20EX, PolisixEX) and modelisation (CX-3, STR-1, MOD-7) come with their own presets too.

The HD-1 and SGX-1 do use and load Expansion Sample Libraries (the EXs). All EXs are available on the 30 Gb SSD drive, and can be loaded or unloaded, depending the usage. 1Gb can be load on memory in few seconds (10s) only... not minutes Smile

The Factory do load ALL EXs, but the EXs-2 (Concert Piano), which represents 11 Gb (11,000 Mb) of sounds, loaded in memory, ready to be played without extra loading time. When the Kronos does load the factory, ALL presets will be available, including the ones made for each EXs and EXi. And 750 Mb on the 1Gb will be used for the VMT (Virtual Memory). So, 270Mb will still be free for Sampling or your own samples.

At any time, you can choose you don't need some EXs libraries and then unload them, to get more free memory. The same way you can choose to load your own samples automatically for each time you will turn your keyboard on. So for instance, if you only want the 4.7 Gb German Piano and do not want the 4.7 Gb Japanese Piano, you can uncheck it for the Factory setting and then have more free memory (probably something between 280 and 320 Mb, if my roughly estimation are correct). No need to spend $300 or more to get 1Gb of memory. Just select what you don't want at the time you use it Smile

Also, even if there's almost 1700+ presets (If I do remember well), the real power of the Kronos is the ability to design your own sounds with so much and so great powerful synthesis available on any stock keyboard.

I hope it helps...

Phil

maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 215

Thanks Phil!
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hammondcuni · Platinum Member Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 546

Best explanation on RAM issue thus far.

Thanks Phil.

SpIdErWeB · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

No prob guys...

But there's one thing I do not know yet.

Apparently we can unload an EXs library at anytime after the boot; for instance, you load all EXs and you realize you need memory to sample; so you can just unload an EXs and continue to work.

BUT, I still don't know if we can start without an EXs and load it without rebooting.

I hope we could load a bank, test it, and unload it as we wish, but I haven't find any info on that yet...

Phil

EnjoyRC · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:35 am Post subject:

Dany · Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 352

SpIdErWeB · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:06 am Post subject:

Never had the v1.3 on my Oasys...

So it should be fine then... Thanks!

Phil