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[rob_tky]

Hi All,
Being that music is my hobby only, and I do not have any musicians (at least keyboard players) around me, I learn the insides of Kronos on my own. I am yet to find a learning buddy/group - I believe that would speed it up.

Anyway, regarding learning, I am curious what your learning exprience was. Whether you are professional, or hobbiest, how did you get to the level where you are at now? Was the main aspect of your learning based on hundeds of hours of exprimenting? Or was there any structure to your learning?
Also, if there was any resource (book, dvd, website, ...) that you found very useful and would like to share it here that would be appreciated.
I mean any aspect of digital sound, specific to Korg/Kronos or not necessarily.
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Korg Karma, Korg Kronos 73

[jeremykeys]

I started taking piano lessons in 1962 and just basically learned synthesis by trial and error. I know this is no help to you though. Have you thought about asking at the store where you bought your Kronos if there are any other keyboard players near to where you live?
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If music is the food of love, play on and play loud!
Gear: Kronos 73, Triton Pro-X, Wavestation EX, Polysix, King Korg, Monotron and Monotron Duo, Minikorg, Moog Grandmother, 1 Roland U-20, Hammond M3, 4 acoustic and 6 electric guitars, 1 Ibanez 5 string bass, a bunch of microphones and other very cool toys, 1 wife and 3 cats!

[genehart]

Homespun videos are great for learning piano .
also there is a Sudosonic videos about Kronos
And of course listen as much as possible .
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[SanderXpander]

There are some great tutorials by Qui Robinez and a few others about specific Kronos use cases. The operation guide, while thick, is actually also very good if taken in doses.
There is also the help button on the Kronos itself that displays info relevant to the page you are working on.

For non-Kronos specific guidance on synths and sound design, I heartily recommend the Sound on Sound article series "synth secrets". Google it, it's a really good and comprehensive introduction to synthesis of the most common types. Most of it is applicable to the subtractive engines in the Kronos (AL1, MS20, Polysix, and in a sense HD1) and the part about FM applies to MOD7.

[QuiRobinez]

[LexCan]

And remember - no matter what you learn as being "correct" and "proper" (technique, chord proressions, harmonies, etc) - if something sounds and feels good to YOU.....it's right.

I studied classical piano formally, messed around with analog synths in the '70's (Korg 770 was my first!), played in various styles of bands throughout the '80's. Lots of listening, imitating, exploring, creating, learning "rules", breaking them as required. Lots of questions to other musicians, listening to and playing ots of different styles.

The learning never ends - thankfully!

[jeremykeys]

The most important things to remember is that it is called "playing music" for a reason. To have fun!
The Kronos for many is a very daunting keyboard, but we also have quite a few "first time" synth players here and I'm sure most of them will agree that once you start fooling around with it, you are very soon making music!
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If music is the food of love, play on and play loud!
Gear: Kronos 73, Triton Pro-X, Wavestation EX, Polysix, King Korg, Monotron and Monotron Duo, Minikorg, Moog Grandmother, 1 Roland U-20, Hammond M3, 4 acoustic and 6 electric guitars, 1 Ibanez 5 string bass, a bunch of microphones and other very cool toys, 1 wife and 3 cats!

[rob_tky]

[rob_tky]

[rob_tky]

[BobTheDog]

[QuiRobinez]

[rob_tky]

LFO, ... Little Fish in the Ocean, , I'll remember that.

Thank you Qui for sharing your experience. It was very interesting to read your impressions.
It did not occur to me that people may think about harmonic frequency analysis when designing sounds, but I see how this can be helpful.

"Sound designer" would probably overstate my goal. I'd like to be more fluent at using this tool.
Computer music magazine looks very interesting too, will check that.

I've been reading param guide bit by bit, though I guess I got overwhelmed by the amount of material, and thus my original post asking how others go about learning this.
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Korg Karma, Korg Kronos 73

[rob_tky]

[SanderXpander]

Moog actually did a course in subtractive synthesis sound design. They since released the "educational" synth they used for the classes; it's called the Werkstatt-01. Worth a look, perhaps they come with some educational material too?