Who is using the Kronos?

KevinH · Post by **KevinH** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:38 am

TexasTango wrote:Black Country Communion (Derek Sherinian)

Derek never smiles while he's playing. If I was playing with the guys in BCC, I'd be grinning from ear to ear.

iluvchiclets · Post by **iluvchiclets** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:07 pm

I am used to seeing the Yamaha Motif logo in the band playing on American Idol, but I took a glance the other night and I noticed a Korg logo on the keys.

My guess is it was a Kronos? Maybe someone else knows to confirm?

That is a pretty high-profile gig, and says a lot about the sound quality of the keyboard.

rob314159 · Post by **rob314159** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:37 pm

iluvchiclets wrote:I am used to seeing the Yamaha Motif logo in the band playing on American Idol, but I took a glance the other night and I noticed a Korg logo on the keys.

Interesting! I've seen them use a Roland Stage Piano for rehearsals (RD-700 something), but only catch bits of episodes here or there. I'll have to have it on just to see what Korg board they're using. I know the MO has been the performance board for quite some time.

Morten'J · Post by **Morten'J** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:59 pm

Michael Bearden - producer of Michael Jackson This is it
from http://www.korg.com

keywhiz61 · Post by **keywhiz61** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:12 pm

iluvchiclets wrote:I am used to seeing the Yamaha Motif logo in the band playing on American Idol, but I took a glance the other night and I noticed a Korg logo on the keys.

I saw that too, but I think it was a Triton.

A couple of years ago, they seemed to use Motifs exclusively for the gigging band--you'd see Rolands in rehearsal. Last season, with a new band, I saw all Rolands.

I used to think it had to do with some sort of endorsement, but now I suppose it's just the preference of the individual players.

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:51 pm

I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:06 pm

jeremykeys wrote:I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.

I guess, however I sometimes see commercial bands having quite old gear. Probably the reason is just money. Most of the audience doesn't hear the difference anyway and costs still are costs.

A lot of the real synth enthousiast are not professional people and buy it because a lot of different reasons .. one of them just to have such cool synth.

navydave · Post by **navydave** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:25 am

Found some cool shots of Jordan on the Kronos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... 26475@N24/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/

Chrutil · Post by **Chrutil** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:26 am

navydave wrote:Found some cool shots of Jordan on the Kronos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/louis_cyph ... otostream/

That last picture there - is that lighting playing me a trick, or is that plastic side totally smashed?

Phinnin · Post by **Phinnin** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:49 am

That's just fingerprints on that glossy plastic me thinks.....

JPWC · Post by **JPWC** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:15 pm

michelkeijzers wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.
I guess, however I sometimes see commercial bands having quite old gear. Probably the reason is just money. Most of the audience doesn't hear the difference anyway and costs still are costs.

A lot of the real synth enthousiast are not professional people and buy it because a lot of different reasons .. one of them just to have such cool synth.

While I am a professional person, (I do have a paying job, just not in the music industry, not that I have not been pay for music, it just a negative balance when compared to the assets, music equipment, I buy).

I do agree, you can't run a business buying the lastest and greatest all the time.

johnxyz · Post by **johnxyz** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:25 pm

michelkeijzers wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.
I guess, however I sometimes see commercial bands having quite old gear. Probably the reason is just money. Most of the audience doesn't hear the difference anyway and costs still are costs.

A lot of the real synth enthousiast are not professional people and buy it because a lot of different reasons .. one of them just to have such cool synth.

Sometimes, the band just wants the same old sounds year on year.
I advertised My 01Wfd in 2000, when i replaced it with the Triton. It was bought by Iron Maiden - who use one for certain songs (offstage). The old one had taken a pyrotechnic hit!

john

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:58 pm

johnxyz wrote:
michelkeijzers wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.
I guess, however I sometimes see commercial bands having quite old gear. Probably the reason is just money. Most of the audience doesn't hear the difference anyway and costs still are costs.

A lot of the real synth enthousiast are not professional people and buy it because a lot of different reasons .. one of them just to have such cool synth.

Sometimes, the band just wants the same old sounds year on year.
I advertised My 01Wfd in 2000, when i replaced it with the Triton. It was bought by Iron Maiden - who use one for certain songs (offstage). The old one had taken a pyrotechnic hit!

john

Yes that's cool too ... and also there are people from non famous bands who like to have the same gear as their favorite band keyboardist has/had.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:01 pm

JPWC wrote:
michelkeijzers wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:I would imagine that if you are playing in the American Idol house band you get paid enough to use whatever you want.
I guess, however I sometimes see commercial bands having quite old gear. Probably the reason is just money. Most of the audience doesn't hear the difference anyway and costs still are costs.

A lot of the real synth enthousiast are not professional people and buy it because a lot of different reasons .. one of them just to have such cool synth.

While I am a professional person, (I do have a paying job, just not in the music industry, not that I have not been pay for music, it just a negative balance when compared to the assets, music equipment, I buy).

I do agree, you can't run a business buying the lastest and greatest all the time.

Until the Kronos I mostly could pay my new instruments with income from the band (which is not high but I don't buy a new instrument often), however for the Kronos it was only about 50%, ... and about 53% if you add the donation counts for my app ... but I have another rule when I buy something:

if I use it for 1 hour a day for 3 years, it's 1000 hours then the Kronos costed $3 per hour ... that's much less then going to a bar or cinema for an hour.

Melodialworks Music · Post by **Melodialworks Music** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:05 pm

michelkeijzers wrote:... but I have another rule when I buy something:

if I use it for 1 hour a day for 3 years, it's 1000 hours then the Kronos costed $3 per hour ... that's much less then going to a bar or cinema for an hour.

Heh. Heh. Use it long enough, and it will be practically free!