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SKung · Full Member Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 179

Currently I make multisamples for HD-1 with various VST instruments and effects. Mostly sustain-only envelopes and with multiple oscillators in 5-9 times unison.

Imported into the Kronos they provide much richer oscillators than the single waveforms in AL-1 and don't exceed polyphony or CPU-power so quick.

Until now I got 30 different sounding multisamples and I think they will give me enough food for the next couple of years with the Kronos.

I got backups of all multisamples in SFZ Format in case of the need to update some samples or maybe there will be a successor of the Kronos someday. But I don't know if I will need a successor. Maybe I run out of sample RAM, who knows...

GregC · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:51 pm Post subject:

laandodeman · Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Posts: 417

I started with Oasys, bought the Kronos 1 and now have the Kronos 2015. I use it on a daily basis for different live and studio projects.

I am very happy with the Kronos. It has proven to be a very reliable and professional instrument. But of course in many cases it's not the original. So I also own a hammond M3, leslie 147, a Yamaha G5 grand piano and an Prophet 6 analog synth. I am thinking about adding a CP80 Electric Grand, which on the Kronos unfortunately has not been included in the otherwise excellent EP-1 engine (probably because of rights issues with competitor Yamaha?).

Sample management is one of my biggest frustrations with Kronos. I have had a lot of panic situations and I find support on this issue by Korg very poor. For the rest I keep struggling with managing my volumes in live situations as I use many programs and combi's. My band colleagues complain sometimes they hear nothing and then the next combi is too loud. Not sure if this is the Kronos though, might be my own failing.... Very Happy

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Lightbringer · Senior Member Joined: 07 Jan 2018 Posts: 356 Location: USA

I’m coming up on two years with my K. I can’t imagine ever getting bored with it. It’s pretty effectively bottomless- there’s a lifetime’s worth of sound exploration here. The open sampling system means it’s pretty much infinitely expandable too. The synths in it are still very relevant and high quality by today’s standards. The sequencer functions are rich and capable. Karma’s full potential remains untapped by me.

That said, I’d love to see Korg do a massive overhaul of the UI, whether that be in a new workstation or via an OS update. There have been a lot of great advances in software user experience and design thinking in the past decade. The Kronos UI (though perfectly functional) feels like it was designed 20+ years ago. Because it basically was. I can go watch videos about the M1 and Triton and see where the UI came from. Not that there haven’t been improvements over the years but it’s still an extension of that same design. I do feel like a greenfield type modernization effort here would be the best thing that could happen to Kronos.

SKung · Full Member Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 179

Sweat · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:00 pm Post subject:

laandodeman · Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Posts: 417

Yes I use the "Tony" CP70 samples a lot, very playable and convincing. And they are a lot better than the Electric Grand in the Kronos HD engine. But yet, I would love to have the real thing. Very Happy

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yeskeys · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:00 pm Post subject:

Relative newcomer to the Kronos, but I got both the Karma and M3 when they first were released...

While I've owned probably 50 synthesizers in my career, I can see where my Kronos fits and in my opinion is the best overall by a long shot. I can't foresee ever getting rid of it, unless a newer and much better version THAT IS COMPATIBLE is released by Korg. It's really all about the sound. To my ears it is untouchable as far as the "digital" engines go...for analogs I prefer the real thing and have a handful of great ones.

I have the Kawai version of the CP70, which is equipped with MIDI. It's been in storage for a while, this thread has be itching to get it back out. But it's over 100 miles away, I'll need a full day and a vehicle I can move it in.
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yeskeys · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:07 pm Post subject:

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Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373

SKung · Full Member Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 179

Hard to say, SF2-import downsamples to 16 bit. Moreover, I got studio monitors on my pc and HiFi-Headphones on the Kronos.

I can try routing the Kronos Audio of imported SF2 samples via USB to my pc and record it to compare with my original samples (before SF2 conversion).

GregC · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:10 pm Post subject:

I don't know about sampling particular sounds/instruments, 16 vs 24, in terms of fidelity

I have recorded a few multi track originals in 24 bit and 16, and I cannot hear a diff

I asked a few of my Kronos listeners if they can hear a diff in fidelity and they could not.

I know there are folks that say 24 bit is a difference maker, but I haven't found it
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