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[romanoviedo]

Hi folks! I've thinking of the future of Kronos, which I have since 2011 and never had a problem, only the lack of some sounds.

I've purchased some 3rd party sound libraries from the Korg page for covering prog rock vintage synth sounds, and that sounded almost fine for me, but you can't compare that with a complete VST with dedicated gigabytes of samples to emulate an entire synth perfectly sampled.

I also have purchased Korg software products for iPad/iPhone/Mac/PC: the iM1, the Triton Extreme, the Korg Collection, etc and many from other brands to get a decent CP70 for example.

The problem (for me) is that Korg doesn't have the complete closed circle speaking of their software synths and their flagship workstation. For me, the present/future of the gigging musician is a good workstation and some VSTs, in terms of portability and sound palettes.

They have to open the architecture more in next model to get the Korg VST software synths inside the Kronos as new engines, only the Korg branded for full compatibility, and in the future let other brands make the transition so they have the VST and the Kronos VST versions. 3rd party samples are one thing, but complete recreations of synth are another, so they have to be "engines". Is this possible?

What do you think?

PD: In terms of physical changes, I'll love to see the joystick/SW/ribbon in the upper left, so the width of the keyboard will be the same of the keybed, that means more portability like the Nord Stage, Yamaha CP73/88, etc. and less buttons/knobs/sliders and a screen like the Oasys or bigger.

[timg11]

I totally agree. This was discussed back in 2016.

I think the community sees this as an exciting direction, but unless Korg can find a way to make it a profitable business, we won't see it.
Korg seems to be satisfied to develop cost-reduced versions of the Kronos and offer new color schemes, rather than advancing the platform and architecture.
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Kronos2 73, Presonus StudioLive, Cakewalk / Sonar Platinum, Windows 10

[timg11]

I totally agree. This was discussed back in 2016.

I think the community sees this as an exciting direction, but unless Korg can find a way to make it a profitable business, we won't see it.
Korg seems to be satisfied to develop cost-reduced versions of the Kronos and offer new color schemes, rather than advancing the platform and architecture.
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Kronos2 73, Presonus StudioLive, Cakewalk / Sonar Platinum, Windows 10

[timg11]

I totally agree. This was discussed back in 2016.

I think the community sees this as an exciting direction, but unless Korg can find a way to make it a profitable business, we won't see it.
Korg seems to be satisfied to develop cost-reduced versions of the Kronos and offer new color schemes, rather than advancing the platform and architecture.
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Kronos2 73, Presonus StudioLive, Cakewalk / Sonar Platinum, Windows 10

[timg11]

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Kronos2 73, Presonus StudioLive, Cakewalk / Sonar Platinum, Windows 10

[StephenKay]

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[ITguy54]

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[SeedyLee]

That is a hilarious bacronym. KRONOS, hehehe.

I know from looking through the disassembled machine code for the Kronos that there were certainly provisions for new effects to be added, as there are routines for checking the license keys for additional effects. However I’m not sure if these effects could be dynamically loaded, or whether they’d be built into the Kronos and then activated through additional purchases.
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Current Equipment:
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A

Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One

[ITguy54]

[hackjo]

The architecture was open for Korg to add new elements to the system over time, which they did. It was not open for third parties to add to. This seems to be a common misconception about the OASYS. Perhaps Korg could have used different language to describe it to avoid the confusion.
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Korg Kronos 2 88
Roland D-50
Korg M1

[bpoodoo]

[SeedyLee]

The COTS/Linux approach must have worked out pretty well for Korg in the long term, given that the ModWave, WaveState and OpSix are all based on cheap raspberry Pis and Linux.
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Current Equipment:
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A

Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One

[romanoviedo]

I recently learned that there is a "Roland Cloud", something like the Korg Collection. Hopefully all brands continue down this path of recreating classic synthesizers and having them available as software. If they could only be loaded on the Kronos (or its Roland equivalent for the Roland Cloud), it would be PERFECT! And if the brands do not want to make it compatible, for example, the JD-800 for the Kronos, we will always have the option of having them on a Mac / PC / iPad to accompany the Kronos, it would also be very portable and convenient for the gigging musician.