Korg Nautilus & Kronos

[JohnSun]

Hi, I am new to the forum, but have got a problem which I am hoping someone may be able to help me out with. I have had 2 Korg Kronos (73 & 61) for about 5 years. I connect them via Midi so that I can change programs on both Kronos from the Kronos 73. This has worked really well. However the 73 has recently started crashing intermittently, which in a live gig situation is not good. So I bought the Nautilus 88 to replace the 73. I have connected the Nautilus to the 61 and the Nautilus changes programs on the 61 just like the 73 did. However I suddenly noticed notes cutting out on the 61, I then realised it only happened when I played the exact same note on each keyboard at the same time. So if I hold a sustained note on middle C on the 61 then play a middle C on the Nautilus, the sustained note on the 62 cuts out.

A lot of what I do means having to play the same notes on each keyboard at the same time, so this is proving to be very frustrating. Has anyone had this problem before. Any ideas will be welcome.

 

[anotherscott]

Is it possible that it is not merely cutting off notes, but also doubling what you're playing on the other keyboard? Nothing you typed indicates you're hearing that sound doubling, but from the sound of it, your Kronos is responding to Note Off commands from the Nautilus, in which case I would also expect it to be responding to Note On commands, and you should be hearing that as well. If you ARE hearing the Kronos undesirably responding to Note On commands from the Nautilus (sounding notes you're not playing on that board's own keys) in addition to what sounds like responding to Note Off commands (silencing notes based on what you've silenced on the Nautilus), I can solve that one. But if it's silencing notes you play on the other keyboard yet not also *playing* those notes, I don't know.

 

[JohnSun]

Is it possible that it is not merely cutting off notes, but also doubling what you're playing on the other keyboard? Nothing you typed indicates you're hearing that sound doubling, but from the sound of it, your Kronos is responding to Note Off commands from the Nautilus, in which case I would also expect it to be responding to Note On commands, and you should be hearing that as well. If you ARE hearing the Kronos undesirably responding to Note On commands from the Nautilus (sounding notes you're not playing on that board's own keys) in addition to what sounds like responding to Note Off commands (silencing notes based on what you've silenced on the Nautilus), I can solve that one. But if it's silencing notes you play on the other keyboard yet not also *playing* those notes, I don't know.

Hi, Many thanks for your reply. I just set up a test Combination and I think it is the Nautilus sending a note off message. I played a sustained organ note on the K61 and then played the same note with a piano sound on the Nautilus. When I play the note piano note, the organ is still playing, but soon as I release the piano note the organ cuts off as well. I don't think it is doubling the sound, I am not hearing that. Can this be solved do you think?

 

[JohnSun]

As a follow up to this post, I contacted Korg UK who did find a solution to this problem but created another in the process. The engineer asked me to :

"On the KRONOS, go to Global -> MIDI. Untick the Enable MIDI In to KARMA Module option.

The behaviour you described should no longer occur.

This is because KARMA can route MIDI data to different channels."

This did fix the problem but now I have found that the damper pedal does not work on the Kronos 61, via the Nautilus. So the damper pedal is plugged in to the Nautilus and does not work on the Kronos. The engineer didn't seem to have an answer for this. Any body have any ideas?

Cheers

 

[manednews]

I'm a newbie to the Kronos X. I am having trouble getting the Kronos to send midi data to my DAW (Cubase 15 Elements running on Windows 19 64bit). After downloading the Korg Kronos Windows driver, I have connected the Kronos to my PC via the USB A port and my PC recognizes it under Device Manager. However, when trying to record a midi track in Cubase it shows no incoming midi data. I have another external synth (Medeli AKX10) which is set up the same way and is recording tracks with no problems. Is there an option in the Kronos Global Settings to send midi output via USB? I can't seem to find anything in the Kronos manual. Is midi output limited only to a midi out cable?