KORG KRONOS WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS..

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[FranciscoDiazMusic]

Best keyboard I have ever owned! Korg reached the pinnacle of workstations with this board! It has a VERY realistic sound! The most realistic I have heard on a keyboard. In my opinion, By far better than anything Yamaha or Roland has made. I have a 1st generation Kronos and a Kronos 2. I like to record my own songs and covers with this board. I upload my songs on YouTube and in many comments, a lot of people in general can’t believe the sound! They think I’m doing playback! 😆 that’s how good this keyboard sounds. It’s unbelievable! Im crossing my fingers Korg releases a Kronos 3 or a successor to this board. In the meantime im good with my Kronos. You don’t need anything else to make amazing music. Just this board!

[davidfranks]

Love the video. I play in a traveling band. I’ve got two Kronos2’s. Tip: buy a computer UPS because when the power drops as it will sometimes do, it is a life saver. Using set list has helped me tremendously going between songs pretty fast. At rehearsals I can come up with a new sound patch in about 5 minutes. With the Motif I had to drag out the manual everytime. I have a new love and her name is Kronos.

[djrek]

Now I personally have this keyboard and it is very dope and the sounds sound natural

[abwdoc]

I have a pair of Kronos 2’s (61 and 88)…and will not (and cannot) sell either one of them. They’re magic !! I have owned the Roland Fantom and the Yamaha Montage…both stellar keyboards, to be sure. But the Kronos is always my go-to keyboard. A milestone piece of gear to be sure, worthy to be in the keyboard hall of fame. I can literally do any kind of gig with them confidently.

[Bashanvibe]

2022 11 years later still the GOAT!!! I’ve been wanting one since the beginning now in a few weeks it will finally be mine!!!

[garysmith]

SO happy to find this presentation on the Kronos. Having owned a long line of Korg instruments since the mid 70ies, my last stop has been the Kronos! I played in a 9 piece Neil Diamond tribute band for many years. Orchestral mostly, while a second keyboardist played all the piano arrangements. I bought the Kronos X-73 and Kronos 2-73 the same year (2015). One has the optional Leslie Speaker for the CX-3 for the organ. The other has optional strings from the Korg orchestral library, purchased and downloaded from the Korg site.

I know I only scratched the surface with these instruments the way I used them on stage, but I need to spend more time now since they are retired to my studio. Thanks again !

PS. don't forget the Kronos 88 key model for synthesizer players (NON weighted keys) in that neat burgundy color (O:

[WDXash]

Got the 88 - 2 and I’m still scratching the surface! It’s a phenomenal thing and can’t see that I’ll ever need to replace it.

[jeremythornton]

I have a first generation 73 key Kronos. Love it! I've written a ton of sounds into it and use it a lot! As far as I'm concerned, nothing sounds better and nobody makes a better keyboard. It does everything and it does it the best! Before I got into recording on a computer, this was my studio. I'm a huge Korg fan. I have 8 Korgs. The only 2 keyboards I have the aren't Korgs are my Hammond M3 which live in my living room and my Moog Grandmother. Because everybody needs a fat sounding organ and a pure analogue synth! Great video by the way!

[ceemain]

"Herbie, we're closing 🙄" I'm dyinnn 🤣

[reedrusselljr]

Till this day, no other keyboard even comes close to the Kronos…STILL!!!! I’ll never sell mine!!! I have the Kronos 2, and still am amazed at it. Even the Roland Fantom can’t mess with it! Korg really outdid THEMSELVES!!

[onasimp]

Dope Video man! I've been a Kronos owner for 4 years now. Only problem I have with this video is the use of "was" haha!. The Kronos is still currently the top Keyboard in the music industry. Roland tried, Yamaha tried and still fell far behind Kronos. No one else has knocked this keyboard off its throne yet and it's been like a decade. Seems like even Korg can't get has yet to release a successor. They only made a streamlined version of it called the Nautilus. 

It's really hard to describe this keyboard as to what it is and what it really does. A lot of people that own them don't even know what they're capable of because it has so many features. It's biggest fault is that it's complex and cryptic. Nothing is done easily and it has a huge learning curve some people never get past. They just learn what they need to know and stick with it. If you do put in the work to learn it you are heavily rewarded. It basically a complete recording studio inside a keyboard.

For starters this Keyboard lets you do pretty much anything. I like to think of its features like Rooms. If you want to Sample it has a dedicated room for that, you want to record instruments it's got a dedicated room for that, you want to play piano it's got a dedicated room for that, Analog synths, FM synths it's got a dedicated room for that etc etc. You want to mix and master music you make it's got a room for that even. It does everything not only extremely well but to acute precision. It's got automation galore, a ridiculous effects lists, guitar amp and pedal emulators, effect module emulators, signal processors, EQ, Compressors all kinds of stuff. You dive into the sound design functions and you realize that it's capable of emulating sounds from every analog keyboard out there and even some digital ones and that's not even a joke. Korg filled it with presets showing you this. They were even bold enough to name the instruments after the songs they came from.

That's just the recording side of things. You want to play on stage it has all the weapons ready for that with the set list features. People that use this on tour actually take the time to program it to play the sounds of their studio gear. Like recreate the sounds from their classic analog synths they use to record at home so they can leave their studio pieces safe and sound and let the Kronos recreate the magic on stage. It's a box full of dope.

It's just so massively deep though I'm 4 years in still learning new stuff about it. The Korg Forums are almost like an information exchange for people trying to figure out how to understand the Kronos's features better. The cons of it is that nothing comes simple. There's a way to get it to do what you want but most of the time but the manual doesn't make it obvious. You have to spend a lot of seat time getting used to the work flow and hair pulling sessions before you feel cool enough. I've come across things the Kronos can do by accident that even Korg doesn't address. That's kind of a scary thought when you realize it but that's common and why Kronos users trade techniques on how to do stuff.

It's a beautifully complex keyboard. Thank you making this great video about one of my favorite pieces of gear.

[descargamusicalny]

Great video as always, one of the negative things is the boot up time. Almost 2 minutes. Other than that. It is a great investment, specially for a gigging musician as you mentioned. Those 16 audio audio tracks come in handy for backing track playback on stage. Multiple outs also good, send a click track to the drummer on one output and a stereo feed to the sound engineer.

[CorkyMeadows]

Love this video! I am a proud Kronos owner who happens not to be a working musician. I got an amazing deal on an 88 key that I couldn't pass up. I already had a M3. So learning the in and out of the Kronos was a smooth transition for me.

[tedkritzler]

Native Shades, I love your videos. I'm not a huge fan of Hip-Hop, I think the last Rap album I bought was the Fat Boys 12" single of "In Jail." However, I have always been a huge fan of Keyboards, drum machines and samplers, ever since my nerdy friend with lots of disposable income from caddying bought a Roland 707 and Juno 106. So watching your channel triggers nostalgia, and in this case renewed envy and jealousy of Mr. Hancock and Mr. Rudess ( and now Dj Rek too!!!). Keep up the great work, I love your perspective on these things.

[shizzyshawn]

Soooo. Can you do a video for the "poor man's Sp1200" Zoom Sampletrak St-224?

[aquaevitae]

I bought mine 2012, still have it, and 2024 it's still the best synthesizer/ workstation ever...💥💯🎶

[tristaningram]

Korg has always been innovative with their technology. From the Wavestation, to the Z1, to the Kronos, Korg has always had really good products. BTW, your videos are great.

[dessiplaer]

What had happened waaaassss, I was never able to get a Kronos, so I feel you pain. Love these vdieos.

[TheMaestroEugenePhillipsJr]

Bruh, you have to do your next video on the Korg Krono's predecessor, the Korg Oasys. I had both boards. Amazing!!!! And yes, I bit the bullet on both price points. From a music historical standpoint, this board cannot be overlooked because that timeline for Korg was so pivotal due to the technology. I think your segment can bring out why the Kronos was even developed based off the success and missteps behind the Oasys. FYI: Jordan Rudess and Herbie Hancock both had Oasys keyboards first, then went to the Kronos.

Just a kind suggestion. Love your content!!!

[tonylancer]

The biggest complaint of the Kronos (that you missed) is that it takes at least 2 minutes to turn on. This is not a problem if you are in your studio producing, but in front of 50K people, waiting 2 minutes for a board is deadly.
But it's an amazing keyboard, and the tech has lasted for 10 years at this point, a real testament to the power of Korg (reminds me of when the Triton was the most keyboard in the '90s).