KORG NAUTILUS Overview & Demo

Launched today, here is the new KORG NAUTILUS Synthesizer Workstation. I'll give you a tour of the controls, share my first impressions and play you lots of presets demos to showcase the sounds, new pianos, electric piano, organ, synth pads, bass, drums, found percussion and more! We'll compare to the KORG KRONOS and discuss how the two products fit into the lineup or professional keyboards.
Stay tuned for more content featuring the NAUTILUS, including tutorial and review videos.

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[kiko]

Congratulations on getting Korg to send you a unit. That's a big deal and you have earned the recognition ten fold.

[MrRozzwell]

Really beautiful demonstrations of the piano sounds. It is great that Korg gave this keyboard to a musician.

[LeonelMartinez]

I bought one 2 years ago, and it's amazing i added some samples sounds from other keyboards and i love my Korg Nautilus one thing im bug is the no Aftertouch but korg came out with the Aftertouch version. Love my Nautilus

[MellostormMusic]

Great overview. My first synth was the classic M1. The Nautilus is the M1 of the 21st century and is a joy to play!

[lalnunsangaasanga]

piano sound is very Natural and beautyful.Acoustic grand sample sound playing again long time.

[fahimdawer]

Its touch screen is from 80s and called resistive touch screen should have installed state of the art screen when they were thinking of less button

[jbognap]

Nice surprise. A true workstation with PCM/AN/FM/EFX, Sampling/MIDI sequencing and Audio recording all in one unit for ~$2000. Waiting for a wave sequencing demo.

[LB-pppu]

Every sound coming from this thing is outstanding!

[eaglechildkeys]

Great video Woody. I consider myself a Korg fan, and the keyboard seems powerful, but the 61 keys 2000 dolars, a bit expensive. Hope months later, they lower the price a little bit.

[xtrofilm]

You my friend are a breath of fresh air. Just saw this vid for first time and as from today im saving up to buy one of these, they sound great, at the moment a 61 key version over here in the uk is £1500. I cant wait !!!!

[jordanking]

Also Woody the purpose of the parameter knobs that push in, is not only so you can't accidentally turn them while they are pressed in. It's also used for transportation reasons, so that you don't damage it in transit while they are pressed in.

[Petsublak]

Finally good news in the year 2020. I was looking at the Korg Krome, though preferred the Kronos 2. Finances holding us back. Now this Nautilus has appeared, so decisions to be made. Good video, many thanks.

[rickboring]

Hi Woody,
Excellent job on the review. The smooth sound transition is definitely on the Kronos as well and a great feature at that. I love to be able to change sounds on the fly while sustaining the strings and the switch to a lead sound without a dropout! Glad to see the Nautilus keeps this great feature.

[arcanics]

I am impressed. It is my intention to upgrade next year- got a pc to buy first and I am not exactly rich- and the high end workstations are what I am looking at saving for. This is a welcome addition, especially as it's a bit less saving. I can't swear that this is what I would go for, but it certainly appeals.
Looking online I see the two bigger keybeds are better quality, but I imagine the price reflects that.
Very much looking forward to more on this. Those Acoustic Pianos sound lush!

[janpieternieman]

Wow I like the background music especially at the end. And the piano version of Computer Love is also nicely done!

[jrdan]

This is dangerous, Woody. Last time you did this with the MODX I went away and bought one!

[cahenglish]

Thank you, Korg, for taking care of our boy, Woody! We trust and enjoy his reviews. I've bought more than one product based on his demos. So, Woody, Woodster, Big WooWoo!! Great review. Looks like quite the exciting board. I could tell you were really enjoying yourself playing it. Looking forward to more on this tech! Cheers, Cliff

[pianokeyjoe]

As my user name implies, I am the man to come to about Piano key baby! The keybed of this Korg is the NEW-OLD PANASONIC-TECHNICS-MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC designed keybeds used in the older(1980s) Technics keyboards but with the same semi-weighted fronts that were more common on the 1990s designed keyboards from Technics like the KN flagship arrangers. The SX-A7 arranger from the late 80s had the same keys as this unit, hence your SHORT travel, but with the front steel weights of the more expensive 1990s KN series and some of the 1980s flagship Church Organs. The modern comparison is the Korg M3 workstations(61-73), which were the FIRST in the mid 2000's to readopt the old PANASONIC-Technics keys from the 1980s-90s but with slight difference: BRIGHT WHITE COLOR naturals, and MATTE TEXTURED flats and sharps black keys. The synth you compared with the Triton has the cheaper style Panasonic portable keyboards series key-strip keys that are found ironically, on most of Korg's PA series late mid 2000s keyboards, the M50, R3, PA600, PA500, most of the K controllers with full sized keys and so on. The Korg M3, Kronos, and this Nautilus use the better revised Technics keys. No Aftertouch is strange considering most keyboards just use a resistive felt strip under the front of the black keys, middle of white keys like always... Hmm. Anyway, the TRITON action you love so much is manufactured by YAMAHA and is the YAMAHA DX7 series 61 note keybed complete with the metal switches, felt strip aftertouch strip, and slightly smaller width keys with slightly LONGER key length. The Panasonic keys are slightly wider and shorter. The new Korg recent release 88 note keybeds are entirely NEW design, not copied from older engineering specs used by the 61-73 note versions from 1980s keybeds. Ok, the Kronos, has an INTEL ATOM 1.8ghz mini itx x86 computer system powered by LINUX Gentoo and custom bits including custom KORG electronics and Korg OS. The Nautilus MAY BE ARM based computer now, and from the interface I saw, seems to still be LINUX, along with the Korg OS custom bits. The ARM based cpu is found on the Raspberry Pi mini micro computer boards and is by far cheaper and runs cooler and more efficient than INTEL and so I am only assuming but a safe bet, this is the direction they went with this keyboard. Only taking it apart will tell you for sure but there ya have it! Hope this helps and sheds some light WHY the difference in these Korgs across time and space lol!

[LeonelMartinez]

27:08 you want to make the Nautilus exactly like the Kronos use a Korg Nano kontrol and you have a Kronos on the Nautilus

[flowmaka]

Love your review! I’ve been a fan of Korg for a long time. They are simply remarkable sounding keyboards. I’ve been looking for a Kronos but they are out of my price range. This is even better and more affordable. Thanks again!