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alamo · Joined: 22 Jul 2012 Posts: 23

I dig the dark theme though, I hope that at least a kronos update could bring us that option
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fomalhaut · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:37 pm Post subject:

And the new presets, I’d gladly pay for them

entonio · Joined: 19 Sep 2020 Posts: 37

Re the small price gap, you aren't considering that a possible Kronos 3 with all the Nautilus improvements may be around the corner, for significantly more than a current Kronos 2.

meatballfulton · Senior Member Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 351

I'm a former Motif XF user. I was unhappy with the loss of the sequencer in Montage and of course the price! So I went ITB with the usual mixed results...more power with more complications.

Nautilus may not be a full Kronos but for my current needs...home hobbyist usage...$1999 isn't a bad price. More than a MODX, but with a real sequencer, audio recording, real AC supply...that's worth $600 to me. I wonder about the keybed, though.

The only thing that's a drag is that Korg also decided to do a $500 price drop on Kronos. If that's permanent, then it muddies the waters.
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theescapist · Joined: 01 Jul 2011 Posts: 17

Nothing to be jealous of other than maybe the new arps (since I haven’t figured out Karma sufficiently), but if I were buying today, a Kronos would be a tough sell. The key difference to me is the control surface. The programmable shortcuts are nice but long term I would hate to rely on that resistive screen even more for sliders, toggles, etc. The actual synth/workstation features look identical, just repackaged and updated for the smaller screen and fewer buttons.
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Liviou2004 · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:53 pm Post subject:

wpostma · Junior Member Joined: 02 Mar 2018 Posts: 59

Nautilus seems not very attractive for the price. Either pay a bit more and get a Kronos, or if you want something that seems cheaply built, just get a Krome.

I think the number one competitor to a NEW Nautilus would be a used Kronos, probably for less money.

The new ARP is a downgrade from Karma. It looks like the new ARP was stolen from Krome.

One thing that would make the Nautilus attractive is if you can plug an external class compliant midi usb controller like the Korg nanoKONTROL and then map those midi ccs onto the Nautilus. Something like that, could end up being very attractive.

I want something like Kronos that mixes in ableton-push like pads, and a dawless performance experience beyond anything in the current workstation market.
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tunaman · Senior Member Joined: 28 Nov 2019 Posts: 427

GregC · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 2:06 am Post subject:

SeedyLee · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:54 am Post subject:

I think the new arpeggiator is nice, as it also includes a step sequencer. The concept of scenes, and being able to change between them, is also nice and was a feature requested many years ago on the Kronos by some forum members.

The only other real advantage I could see (having looked through the parameter guide and operations guide) is that sequencer data is now automatically saved and reloaded at power off/on.

They are the only real differences I can see.

I hope the Kronos isn't discontinued though, or a new genuine flagship comes along. Mine is getting long in the tooth and I'm looking for a genuine upgrade, or at least the comfort that if mine dies, I can buy a genuine replacement.
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ITguy54 · Full Member Joined: 22 Mar 2015 Posts: 248

kronoSphere · Platinum Member Joined: 04 Jan 2012 Posts: 698

Yes: Karma is technically perfect but it is sorely lacking in musicality. 90% of the patterns offer no musical playability.
This Karma is perhaps too "adult": it lacks a kind of musical childhood ...
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