While not having any sort of training in playing keyboards (except a few
piano lessons) I'm pretty much self taught all things music. All my life
I've had cheap keyboards like lower end Casio and Yamaha equipment. I
decided it was time to go up in the world and got myself a Krog Kronos.

This thing has a massive manual, and quite frankly, I didn't know where to start. I played around, watched some poor youtube videos and finally managed
to do some sequencing that I'm pretty happy with.

If anyone has any interesting tips, tutorials, or anything that could
help me get to grips with this beat of a machine, I'd love to hear them.

Re: Korg Kronos
By: Nelgin to All on Thu Oct 19 2017 09:49 pm

While not having any sort of training in playing keyboards (except a few piano lessons) I'm pretty much self taught all things music. All my life I've had cheap keyboards like lower end Casio and Yamaha equipment. I decided it was time to go up in the world and got myself a Krog Kronos.

This thing has a massive manual, and quite frankly, I didn't know where to start. I played around, watched some poor youtube videos and finally managed to do some sequencing that I'm pretty happy with.

If anyone has any interesting tips, tutorials, or anything that could
help me get to grips with this beat of a machine, I'd love to hear them.

I haven't used a Korg myself, but I know what you mean, some things can feel a little intimidating to learn. I think some things just take some time to learn - You might just have to work through the manual a bit, or look up some tutorials online. Some people post tutorials on YouTube, which can be useful since you can see what they're doing.

Some time ago I wanted to buy a decent synthesizer and decided on a Roland Juno-G. It's not low end but isn't one of the super-deluxe high-end keyboards either. I think it works fairly well and didn't totally cost an arm and a leg. I eventually bought one of Roland's SRX sound expansion boards for it, which added some interesting sounds. It does onboard sequencing, and I was surprised to see they removed the onboard sequencing from their newer Juno model that came out after the Juno-G. The salesperson at my local Guitar Center said most people tend to do recording on their PC, which is why they took it out. I guess that makes sense - I've been interested in recording music and would probably record on my PC rather than on a synthesizer. I think recording on a PC would make it easier to keep track of your projects and share the audio with others.

Nightfox

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Re: Korg Kronos
By: Nightfox to Nelgin on Fri Oct 20 2017 12:41 pm

I haven't used a Korg myself, but I know what you mean, some things can feel a little intimidating to learn. I think some things just take some time to learn - You might just have to work through the manual a bit, or look up some tutorials online. Some people post tutorials on YouTube, which can be useful since you can see what they're doing.

As I said, the YT videos were not very good or didn't really tell me what I was looking to do. They make a lot of assumptions. The manual really was good once I was able to figure out what I was looking for. The 296 page operation guide references the 1171 parameter guide. With the two together, they make more sense.

on a synthesizer. I think recording on a PC would make it easier to keep track of your projects and share the audio with others.

Either that or a Mac with ProTools (I don't touch Mac stuff!). The Kronos has a built in SSD to store your files, you can make your own samples, and it even has a built in ftp server if you get a USB network adaptor for it. I'm working on sequencing a piece of Jean Michel Jarre music right now and I'm very happy with the results so far.

Re: Korg Kronos
By: Nelgin to Nightfox on Fri Oct 20 2017 03:26 pm

on a synthesizer. I think recording on a PC would make it easier to
keep track of your projects and share the audio with others.

Either that or a Mac with ProTools (I don't touch Mac stuff!). The Kronos

I'm not a big fan of Apple/Mac either. For recording software, I found Mixcraft for Windows several years ago, and I like it. It has the ease of use of Apple's Garage Band, but it's very full-featured.

has a built in SSD to store your files, you can make your own samples, and it even has a built in ftp server if you get a USB network adaptor for it. I'm working on sequencing a piece of Jean Michel Jarre music right now and I'm very happy with the results so far.

That's cool. Sounds fairly useful if you do sequencing on the synthesizer. My Roland Juno-G supports the use of a flash card to save information and recorded music onto, but it's an older style card that not many PCs these days have a reader for, and the synth doesn't have an FTP server. It does have a USB interface though, so you could probably browse the flash card on a PC that way.

Nightfox

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Re: Korg Kronos
By: Nightfox to Nelgin on Fri Oct 20 2017 04:16 pm

I'm not a big fan of Apple/Mac either. For recording software, I found Mixcraft for Windows several years ago, and I like it. It has the ease of use of Apple's Garage Band, but it's very full-featured.

I found something about synths of the 80's on youtube last night. THey showed Vince Clarke and how he did his arrangments and I was quite surprised to see him using a BBC Micro!

have a USB interface though, so you could probably browse the flash card on a PC that way.

I'm very happy with the Korg Kronos for what I paid for it, it was used and it's the first generation but it has so much built in that I've never had before. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to do the fffzzzt, nrrggs and pphsssssts that Jarre uses lol. I've been told to use a EMS emulator. I wouldn't know where to start with one of those!