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How about Endless Rotary Encoders and Motorized faders w/LED indicaters? Heck, if Behringer can do it...!

More than likely anything on this wish list, except for minor software changes, will be realistically considered on the Kronos replacement. Considering the state of hardware synth workstations and other current events, Korg has a lot more time before that is necessary. Like I said in another thread, the lifespan for the Kronos is likely to be 7-10 years. Its already 5 and nothing else is comparable on many different levels.

KMP wrote:How about Endless Rotary Encoders and Motorized faders w/LED indicaters? Heck, if Behringer can do it...!

Yes, of course, it would be very good for "live" performances! Of course, Korg had tried reduce the cost of Kronos (compared to OASYS). But on the stage (in the dark) it is very difficult to navigate in the controllers (all black on black casing)! I would not regretted the extra money for a more comfortable light decoration regulators (preferably LEDs in different colors)!

SST through more than one Program or Combi change.

JPROBERTLA wrote:More than likely anything on this wish list, except for minor software changes, will be realistically considered on the Kronos replacement. Considering the state of hardware synth workstations and other current events, Korg has a lot more time before that is necessary. Like I said in another thread, the lifespan for the Kronos is likely to be 7-10 years. Its already 5 and nothing else is comparable on many different levels.

I think you're absolutely right. Yamaha and Roland don't appear to be even trying to compete although I think that if they tried, they could. The Oasys just blew everybody away but for most of us the price was unreachable. When the Kronos came out, now most people could afford what has turned out to be the cutting edge workstation.Sure we can all think of improvements and some of them even do get implemented but I think for any seriously major changes, these will come in the kronos' replacement.

I have several feature requests mostly related to live performance (tl;dr in bold):

1. It would be nice to have a way to navigate the setlist from other modes - say by holding "setlist" and "arrow-up" or "arrow-down" at the same time, for example.

2. It would be useful to set tempo for each set list entry (just like you can set transpose for each entry).

3. It would be nice to save whether the drum track is enabled with a combi/program so that switching to the corresponding sound from the set list immediately starts (just) the drum track.

4. It's inconvenient to manually delete "orphaned" IFX. Could we get a "Clear orphaned IFX" option from the drop down, or add multi-select for the "cut IFX" command?

5. Currently, if you go to setlist mode, select a combi (or program), play and sustain a chord, then switch to combi (or program) mode, the Kronos correctly selects corresponding combi (or program) within that mode. However, it *also* also engages SST even though the sound hasn't changed (just the mode has). This causes some immediate problems (such as disabling the drum track), as well as longer term problems if you then switch back setlist mode without replaying all the keys (the sound just cuts out). This seems like a bug to me; if you're switching *modes* but *not* sounds (especially if there's no setlist transpose) I don't see a reason to engage SST.

6. Unmuting individual tracks in a combi while sustaining a chord currently causes these tracks to immediately cut in. Would it be possible to either delay activating the sound until the next keypress OR use SST to treat this as a new sound? I work around this problem by creating several combis with each permutation I need, then selecting them in the setlist (to get SST), but this seems like a heavyweight approach to the (relatively) simple problem of just adding and removing voices to the mix.

Alternately, if anyone has workarounds for any of the issues I've described, please share!

> Unmuting individual tracks in a combi while sustaining a chord currently causes these tracks to immediately cut in

Turn live mutes on and this will do what you want and you get polyphony back!

> It would be useful to set tempo for each set list entry

Thanks! YES!

Others are great as well

1. Better FX

2. View notes in sequencer

loading Triton songs (even if we would to remap the sounds after) that would be great. I have saved and kept all my Triton songs and project files (in the Triton format) on hard drives (but not in midi format) so it would be great.At least for me

kronoSphere wrote:loading Triton songs (even if we would to remap the sounds after) that would be great. I have saved and kept all my Triton songs and project files (in the Triton format) on hard drives (but not in midi format) so it would be great.At least for me

M3 songs too.

Programmable shutdown keys for RPPR patterns so I can assign RPPR patterns to notes not on my 61 key keybed, but trigger them with an external controller pleeeeeeeeeease signed up to these forums just to request this hehehe

A simple tick box in in the sequencer settings that prevent inadvertent adjustment of parameters or the same method of saving as in program or combie …

The sequencer is great but it's mighty annoying if you suddenly find your carefully created song has had some of its timbres sounds change because you happened to send the Kronos a patch change inadvertently while the song was still open on its edit screen. Likewise brushing any slider or knob on the control panel by mistake can also instantly change parameters in the song.

A simple "protect" switch would be all thats necessary here. Currently when you change a parameter in a song (sequence) if you don't use the compare button to undo the last inadvertent parameter change its automatically saved in that state! I think actually the same saving function used in combie and program should be used for song/sequencer too!

Using the advantage of Flash Memory (Like Kurzweil's "Flash-Play") to store the ROM data (Altering and deviating abit from Kronos unique "you decide the what's the ROM"), and saving the disk streaming to the user samples. It's a vision that might not be implemented in a Kronos\successor, but I hope Korg will do that in a future instrument. This could save a lot of boot time and bring a machine that enjoys the best of both worlds.

One more assignable expression pedal input would be really nice.

One can currently copy from program or combie to song but it would be useful to be able to copy timbre settings from song back to combie.