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Korggal2015
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:10 am    Post subject: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

Bought this baby about 5 years ago and never did an update - mainly because I didn't know that I should. Now am afraid the thing will combust or a bunch of functions won't work, if I do do an update. Thoughts?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:09 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

Korggal2015 wrote:
Bought this baby about 5 years ago and never did an update - mainly because I didn't know that I should. Now am afraid the thing will combust or a bunch of functions won't work, if I do do an update. Thoughts?


update it. Fight the fear.

The OS updates evolve the Kronos. Your Kronos will be happier
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:29 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

GregC wrote:
Korggal2015 wrote:
Bought this baby about 5 years ago and never did an update - mainly because I didn't know that I should. Now am afraid the thing will combust or a bunch of functions won't work, if I do do an update. Thoughts?


update it. Fight the fear.

The OS updates evolve the Kronos. Your Kronos will be happier


Lol ok I will fight the fear
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wait for 3.1.1, 3.1 has some bugs and can freeze your instrument during perfomance.
Or you can update Kronos to 3.0.4, it's more stable
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:38 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

Korggal2015 wrote:
Thoughts?

My 2 cents:

• Does your Kronos fit your needs as a musical instrument?
• What are your expectations from an upgrade?
• Do you have any specific reasons to upgrade from your current version other than upgrading for the sake of upgrading?
• Have you noticed issues or missing functions when using your Kronos which prevent you from making the music you want to make with your Kronos and which you know they have been fixed in a more recent OS version?
• What would be the *actual* benefits of an upgrade for you and for your music?
• Are those expected benefits worth taking the risk of a failed upgrade?
• You have been making music for 5 years with your Kronos without feeling the need to upgrade, isn't that a good reason to think that 'if it ain't broken don't fix it' is not a bad principle?

Your answers to those questions should give you a hint about what would be the best decision for you...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

Korggal2015 wrote:
Bought this baby about 5 years ago and never did an update - mainly because I didn't know that I should.


Depends on which version is installed on your Kronos at the moment, there are a lot of new features to expect that might be of interest for you!
Links to the release notes for all OS updates since version 2.0.2:

http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3051/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3050/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3049/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3048/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3047/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/2854/
http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/0/79/3524/
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OS 3.1.2 is now available. Go for it!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Anyone here NOT update their Korg? Reply with quote

EXer wrote:
Korggal2015 wrote:
Thoughts?

My 2 cents:

• Does your Kronos fit your needs as a musical instrument?
• What are your expectations from an upgrade?
• Do you have any specific reasons to upgrade from your current version other than upgrading for the sake of upgrading?
• Have you noticed issues or missing functions when using your Kronos which prevent you from making the music you want to make with your Kronos and which you know they have been fixed in a more recent OS version?
• What would be the *actual* benefits of an upgrade for you and for your music?
• Are those expected benefits worth taking the risk of a failed upgrade?
• You have been making music for 5 years with your Kronos without feeling the need to upgrade, isn't that a good reason to think that 'if it ain't broken don't fix it' is not a bad principle?

Your answers to those questions should give you a hint about what would be the best decision for you...


Thanks so much for your helpful questions. You've given me a lot to think about and I appreciate it. Makes sense what you say...
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm on OS 3.04 and won't be upgrading soon. I will eventually, but I've invested too much time and effort in my current programme / sample / sequence set up which does everything I need it to do. Not worth the risk of updating (for me) at the moment.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe buy a new set of recovery dvds direct from korg. You could do a factory restore and everything will be installed as korg intended. But you may consider pull the old harddrive and put a new 120gb SSD with 500mb per sec up and down transfer rate. Plus update your ram to a dual channel 2gb x2=4gb corsair xms kit. Maybe a new fan too.. lol What scared? Hehe Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't update unless and until this forum says the update is OK.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kronos2ison wrote:
Maybe buy a new set of recovery dvds direct from korg. You could do a factory restore and everything will be installed as korg intended. But you may consider pull the old harddrive and put a new 120gb SSD with 500mb per sec up and down transfer rate. Plus update your ram to a dual channel 2gb x2=4gb corsair xms kit. Maybe a new fan too.. lol What scared? Hehe Wink


Well when you put it like that... lol Imma leave it alone
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Each to their own, but it's sad to see how much fear has been expressed in this post. It's true that updating some other synths in the distant past has been complex or unreliable due to the fact that the technology of the time was rickety, but that really isn't the case with the Kronos. Just back up your work - like you should do anyway, on a regular basis - follow the simple instructions, and it'll be fine. Genuinely, you are missing out on some nice stuff.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not updating just means to rob oneself of lots of improvements. And the Kronos has seen HUGE improvements over the years.

But I won't prevent anyone from limiting himself massively. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jimknopf wrote:
Not updating just means to rob oneself of lots of improvements. And the Kronos has seen HUGE improvements over the years.

But I won't prevent anyone from limiting himself massively. Laughing


That is true. But maybe keeping a Kronos on 2.0 makes it a ' collectible '
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