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This Kurzweil move simply reflects what musicians really want and need: being able to add sampled sounds whenever they are in need of them for bands or projects.

It is a much smarter move, than Yamaha did with the Montage, denying exactly this musicians' wish and necessity, with their not at all up to date move backwards to 1.75 Gb of sample RAM, and without proper sampling features.

Still, the Kronos with user sample streaming and the ease of getting a lot of quality material into it (size is not all, but DOES matter a lot in this context!) offers a sampling comfort zone, which no other Workstation or stage piano offers so far, along with a completely unrivaled multi-engine concept.

So yes: Kurzweil's move is definitely a good one, along with other nice update features. They really seem to listen to their customers.
But of course that doesn't make a Forte comparable to a Kronos.

jimknopf wrote:This Kurzweil move simply reflects what musicians really want and need: being able to add sampled sounds whenever they are in need of them for bands or projects.

It is a much smarter move, than Yamaha did with the Montage, denying exactly this musicians' wish and necessity, with their not at all up to date move backwards to 1.75 Gb of sample RAM, and without proper sampling features.

Still, the Kronos with user sample streaming and the ease of getting a lot of quality material into it (size is not all, but DOES matter a lot in this context!) offers a sampling comfort zone, which no other Workstation or stage piano offers so far, along with a completely unrivaled multi-engine concept.

So yes: Kurzweil's move is definitely a good one, along with other nice update features. They really seem to listen to their customers.
But of course that doesn't make a Forte comparable to a Kronos.

The Forte does not claim to be a workstation like the Kronos...

It claims to be a stagepiano like the Nord stage, Roland RD800 or Kawai MP7... on that list Kurzweil definately has a lot to offer with their high end Forte... (tough... Kronos indeed has all those things to offer too, and more)

EvilDragon wrote:propelling VAST into 21st century with faster modulation,.

Many of us will probably not live that long ED.
Kronos is here now.

jimknopf wrote:This Kurzweil move simply reflects what musicians really want and need: being able to add sampled sounds whenever they are in need of them for bands or projects.

Agreed.

The work station capabilities of the Kronos as secondary to me; for me it's all about adding sampled sounds.

If the Kurzweil would have better sample management than Kronos, I would seriously consider switching. But then the interface has to improve as well. Once had a Kurzweil 2600, I didn't like the interface at all.