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Just waiting on my Kronos X 73 key to turn up and have skim read manual and watched a few of Korgs videos but as experienced Kronos users is there any initial advice or things to look out for you'd recommend? I owned an M3 a few years back so things look laid out similar.

Cheers

Shane

Yes, make sure you have plenty of food and water and plan bathroom breaks.



Geo

geoelectro wrote:Yes, make sure you have plenty of food and water and plan bathroom breaks.



Geo

Excellent advice! I'll start now while I'm waiting.

Have a look at these http://www.quirobinez.nl/tutorials-blog ... mitstart=0

Well worth a study.

BobTheDog wrote:Have a look at these http://www.quirobinez.nl/tutorials-blog ... mitstart=0

Well worth a study.

Ahhhh yes, cheers for that

Do a search for dongfang he did some poly six tutorials. Down lower or a page back.

not really, just buy enough cigarettes.

BasariStudios wrote:not really, just buy enough cigarettes.

but what if I don't smoke!

Then start.

As someone who as just recently gone through learning the kronos machine. Id say it depends what you want to do with it and what you want to get out of. There is SOOOOO much to this monster. Its not the simplest beast either, some of the file hierarchy takes a while to get your head around (some of it Im still a bit washy with)

The best thing I did while learning was printing the manual, (cost me 60e at a place that does thesis binding)

geoelectro wrote:Yes, make sure you have plenty of food and water and plan bathroom breaks.



Geo

mouahahahah

Best advice!

IMHO: The Combis are very effective. They offer to me a way to develop and utilize the sounds and effects for which I purchased the Kronos.

It would seem you have an edge on me because you learned to operate a previous product. I never had an electronic keyboard before. My initial experiences were confined to the "Set List" level of play, and therefore limit to those - Wonderful as they are, but very confining. The Kronos, with 2,000+ pages of manuals was confounding to say the least.

The breakthrough for me was when a friend showed me how to develop Combis. Suddenly my Kronos became easier to understand and much more gratifying to use.

I hope you will enjoy the process of learning how to use "The K Beast" as much as the rest of us!

I also recommend getting a few good pedals. A good piano type sustain pedal, a volume/expression pedal and a switch type pedal. For that I use an old on/off type Yamaha sustain pedal. It allows me to easily advanse sounds while I"m in set-list mode.

I would also recommend you change the message on you voice mail to tell everyone that you are not dead, just locked in a room with your new Kronos. Then I'd turn my phones off!

Buy a LOT of snack food, keep hydrated, and maybe get a case of adult diapers just in case!

Don´t buy a 73 or 88! Buy a 61 and a good Studiologic/Fatar keybed!

The 73/88 are not good if you are into piano playing. The dynamics are substantially worse. And for playing synth sounds a 61 is better anyway.

I sold my Studiologic 880 and bought the Kronos 73 version. I deeply regret that.

Saxifraga wrote:Don´t buy a 73 or 88! Buy a 61 and a good Studiologic/Fatar keybed!

The 73/88 are not good if you are into piano playing. The dynamics are substantially worse. And for playing synth sounds a 61 is better anyway.

I sold my Studiologic 880 and bought the Kronos 73 version. I deeply regret that.

it's too late unfortunately Oh well the piano action is not something I am worried about but can live with but i am intending sticking a 61key synth action controller above the Kronos and using it for organ flashy stuff and synth solos so I have the best of both worlds.