The KRONOS Is Dead, Long Live The NAUTILUS AT

The KORG KRONOS is discontinued and Korg just released the new KORG NAUTILUS AT. We need to talk!

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[abdielvelazquez]

Kronos might be discontinued but is still king compared with the Nautilus

[mikaela]

Not loving the Nautilus but I have a Kronos that rocks, after 3 years playing it I am still learning, this thing seems to have no limits.

[FranciscoDiazMusic]

I just bought a nautilus in the beginning of this year 2023. I own 3 Kronos keyboards. I can honestly say that the nautilus is a simplified Kronos. It does have Same sound engine. I have compared it side by side and there is no difference in sound. The cutback is in the built of the body: Smaller screen, Less knobs, Simpler look… not as classy as the Kronos with the wooden panels, abundant knobs and controls, and huge touchscreen. Kronos was just built like a tank! Nautilus is a great keyboard for the price. I wish I had waited to get the AT version. I got the original version… But I agree with you Woody. This cannot be the new Flagship workstation for Korg. Why? Because it’s not bringing anything new to the table or to the competition. I see it more as a transition keyboard in the meantime while they get a true flagship out. the Kronos was out for over a decade. technically speaking, it’s still alive within the nautilus. Just with a simpler body. I hope Korg releases something More powerful soon. I’ve been a korg player from the very beginning. I’m not loosing hope yet.

[dessiplaer]

I would love to have had a Kronos. It was dissapointing to me when they excluded Karma on the Nautilus. Thanks for the video.

[trueztruth]

Guess I’ll be hanging onto my Kronos for quite awhile longer!

[Denvermorgan]

I can't imagine korg leaving a hole in their lineup,

[Nightowl]

Aftertouch hasn't been a marketable feature since the 1990s, IOW, it's not some wiz-bang feature that you put in the name.
It's a meat-&-potatoes standard feature that, if left out (especially in a flagship board), should be a mark of shame on the face of the manufacturer. Smh...

[kptamc]

The Wavestation engine is also missing on the Nautilus.

[jerryKJose]

How on earth can Nautilus or any crappy boards like Nautilus be the flagship without Karma. That is too absurd even to think. Most Korg players Donno about Karma and it’s possibilities. Karma makes Korg unique and stand out from other brands

[motownpontiac]

The Kronos has and always will kick the stuffing out of the Nautilus. However, it makes me wonder what Korg has in development. It's not like them not to have a killer flagship workstation.

[rjakiel]

Even with the introduction of the Kronos 3 (Kronos 2.1) the Nautilus AT with the M1 and Wavestation plugins (whatever they are) gives you Kronos sound, Wavestation and M1 all in one board with aftertouch. Toss on a Korg Nanopad 2 to manipulate the Wavestation realtime and you're golden. Ooh and for half the cost of a Kronos 2.1.

[leepride]

I bought the Nautilus years ago. I don't know about it being the new flagship. people love the nine faders and Wavestate joystick. Montage is coming out anew in October. I think something new will be out.

[artmasterua]

Kronos has Karma ..
Nau-- receip from farma
Author -- blocks his own chairma

[connor_flanigan]

"NAUTILUS is KORG’s flagship workstation. The successor to the wildly popular KRONOS, the range now includes two new AT models."

straight from the Korg USA website. this doesn't leave much speculation as to whether or not it's the new flagship workstation or if it's the successor to the kronos. I actually saw/touched one at guitar center last week. what a sad instrument compared to the kronos.

[MrFn]

I am pretty sure they will release a Kronos 2 replacement hopefully at the NAMM show next year. It is interesting how the big 3 ( Yamaha, Korg, Roland ) take turns with their flagship units release times and different feature designs. The Kronos was way ahead of its time but remember that was due to their incredible Oasys before it! In Canada where I’m located, I have many people who bought Nautilus but went back to Kronos.

[arcticfoxstudios]

Kronos was the king of the workstations for over a decade. In that time, other manufacturers caught up and now I would consider the Fantom the king (the big brother, not the cut down version). Korg has been a disappointment in the development department for awhile, resting on their laurels for far too long.

[peterkadarmusic]

The Kronos has a proper control surface. The Nautilus by comparison feels like an appliance. The 73 should be E-E so that the player is centered at the instrument and acoustic patches don’t feel either an octave too high or too low.

I picked up a Fantom 07 for a quick throw and go for gigs. The Fantoms are good and can do what you need but they don’t sound as good as a well loaded Kronos.

[drtolgaege]

It would be awesome for korg to collobrate with apple silicon chips in their next flagship workstation, loading vsts directly into the hardware, small onboard battery for boot up in 1 second (sleep function), retina display with 1000 nits, tons of knobs and faders like nord, Bluetooth midi function, also choice for micro kronos option for gigging musicians. Otherwise travelling with macbook pro with m chip and Bluetooth midi keyboard is Better option for me.

[jasonfrey]

I think this is a trend of all all keyboard companies taking sliders off making cheaper parts just to save money I want the real deal let's hope the new Montage 2 isn't going to be like this

[jordanking]

The 9 sound engines of the KRONOS/KRONOS 2 Woody are:
SGX-1 (SGX-2 on the KRONOS 2 revision and Nautilus
EP-1 - Electric Piano
CX-3 Tonewheel Organ
STR-1 (String Modelling)
AL-1 (Analog Modelling from the ground up)
MS-20
Polysix
HD-1
MOD-7 (FM Synthesis)

Hope that helps Woody