Korg Kronos

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I'm a Korg newbie. I finally purchased a Kronos X 73 after years of lusting and owning and selling a dozen (more) boards along the way. I currently have a Native Instruments SK88 Mk2 as my main controller and I also have a Medeli AKX10 workstation. But to all you Kronos vets: my first reaction is this has to be the worst interface I've seen. I've had it for a week and I still haven't succeeded in playing a .sng file. I've never run across a keyboard with 10-plus steps to PLAY A DEMO!!!!!!!! I love the thing but this is going to be a rocky relationship.
 
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I'm a Korg newbie. I finally purchased a Kronos X 73 after years of lusting and owning and selling a dozen (more) boards along the way. I currently have a Native Instruments SK88 Mk2 as my main controller and I also have a Medeli AKX10 workstation. But to all you Kronos vets: my first reaction is this has to be the worst interface I've seen. I've had it for a week and I still haven't succeeded in playing a .sng file. I've never run across a keyboard with 10-plus steps to PLAY A DEMO!!!!!!!! I love the thing but this is going to be a rocky relationship.
Korg’s have a steep learning curve.

Once mastered you should find everything comes to hand very quickly.

Took me an age to learn the OS of my Pa700, then after selling it and having four years away from Korg I bought a Pa5X and everything quickly came back.

Stick at it.
 
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I'm a Korg newbie. I finally purchased a Kronos X 73 after years of lusting and owning and selling a dozen (more) boards along the way. I currently have a Native Instruments SK88 Mk2 as my main controller and I also have a Medeli AKX10 workstation. But to all you Kronos vets: my first reaction is this has to be the worst interface I've seen. I've had it for a week and I still haven't succeeded in playing a .sng file. I've never run across a keyboard with 10-plus steps to PLAY A DEMO!!!!!!!! I love the thing but this is going to be a rocky relationship.
Try the Operations Guide. It has step by step procedures for accomplishing tasks. The Kronos has been built on technology dating back to the M1. Get to know the nomenclature and what specific screen elements are know as. Example- in Combination mode there are "Timbres" not "Channels". In Korg-speak you have to be very specific. In a Song (Sequence) there are "Tracks" not "Channels". And there are MIDI and Audio tracks. In the Kronos "Channels" generally refer to MIDI Channels. And also Note Korg "Writes" parameters into Memory. The only place you will find "Save" is in Disk Mode. Take it slow and be methodical. Knowing how to ask a question will go a long way in getting a solution.
 

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