Korg Grand Stage

TSUNAMI · Post by **TSUNAMI** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:50 pm

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Hooked On Sonics · Post by **Hooked On Sonics** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:36 pm

Hows it sound? Come with VR headset ...

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:13 pm

No display???

afr · Post by **afr** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:32 pm

There is a small OLED display like the miniligue

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:07 pm

The long awaited SV-1 replacement

wma · Post by **wma** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:21 pm

I did guess it write on the teaser picture that it's a stage piano but hope there is still an other keyboard to appear - a performing synth maybe

and also wondering where is the successors for pa600/900

afr · Post by **afr** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:17 pm

wma wrote:I did guess it write on the teaser picture that it's a stage piano but hope there is still an other keyboard to appear - a performing synth maybe

and also wondering where is the successors for pa600/900

No more news

Grand stage is a multiple sound engine piano, as far as I understood on a video on Korg fb page, is still a prototype

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:03 am

Sat in the on the demo by the great Jack Hotop of the GrandStage. 88/73 key versions. Both are very compact--I could find no wasted space with the 73.

Pianos included:
New Italian Grand (assume Faziloi)
New Yamaha Upright
German Grand
Yamaha Grand
Austrian Grand
Berlin Grand
New CP80

I believe the seven engines are:
SGX-2
EP-1
CX-3
HD-1
AL-1
Vox Organ
Farfisa Organ

Comes with 400 programs
Splits (not sure about layers)
Might be a way to bring Kronos sounds into the Grandstage, don't know. Obviously a lot of crossover but the Kronos is bar far more programmable and flexible (combis, set list, sequencer, etc.)

No indication of timeframe nor price.

Heard there will only be 100 of the gold Kronos made!

Busch.

Hooked On Sonics · Post by **Hooked On Sonics** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:21 am

burningbusch wrote:Sat in the on the demo by the great Jack Hotop of the GrandStage. 88/73 key versions. Both are very compact--I could find no wasted space with the 73.

Pianos included:
New Italian Grand (assume Faziloi)
New Yamaha Upright
German Grand
Yamaha Grand
Austrian Grand
Berlin Grand
New CP80

I believe the seven engines are:
SGX-2
EP-1
CX-3
HD-1
AL-1
Vox Organ
Farfisa Organ

Comes with 400 programs
Splits (not sure about layers)
Might be a way to bring Kronos sounds into the Grandstage, don't know. Obviously a lot of crossover but the Kronos is bar far more programmable and flexible (combis, set list, sequencer, etc.)

No indication of timeframe nor price.

Heard there will only be 100 of the gold Kronos made!

Busch.

Curious, was the GS positions as the next step forward signaling the end of the Kronos line of workstations? Did you get a chance to get up close to it. Folks were reporting that the UI screen is really small, as a proto type, hoping that will change.

I'm sure Jack's playing did, but did the sound of this instrument give you a WOW factor?

Finally, do you know if this is what Korg promoted as the "FUTURE"

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:24 am

Busch.

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:18 am

That color is really uggly, will there be different colors?

By looks the RD2000 competitiin wins by a huge margin...

Interested to conpare them both soundwise and keyfeel wise... the roland pha50 keybed is out of this world, the only thing that can compete with Kawai for realisme and keyfeel..

Maybe Korg will surprise us...

Also wondering if the Italian will come to the Kronos... i think this migh be the first Offspring of the Oasys/kronos engines

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:04 am

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Well I hope they sell a million of them so all the cash can go into the next Work Station.

jimknopf · Post by **jimknopf** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:07 am

This will only work if it is a heavy bargain.

The extreme lack of controller surface is something which no halfway serious band musician would even consider, unless it is really, really cheap.
I would never ever buy something like that.

pink elefant · Post by **pink elefant** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:57 am

Interessting. I use my Kronos mainly as piano, epiano and organ. For me by far the best rhodes emulation for live use on the market. For synthsounds I use my Prophet 6. I definitly would buy this Kronos version focused on the use as stagepiano. But ... the nice thing with Kronos as piano is that I can put 4 different effects on the controller knobs 5,6,7 and 8. So I can bring in reverb, distorsion, reverse delay and rotary effects at the same time with the level I want. Wonderful f.e. for electronic-chansons-style music. THIS is a big advantage because I don´t need fx-pedals for great ambient effect variations during playing.
The Grandstage is missing these controllers. Why ?????

Bachus · Post by **Bachus** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:59 am

billysynth1 wrote:-

Well I hope they sell a million of them so all the cash can go into the next Work Station.

New VOX and Farfisa engine, combined with Kronos engines (and new piano samples)

If you combine this with all the little small and bigger ipad engines, there is definately enough engines to give a new workstation a considerable boost...

But how about marketing the product Korg? Its been presented yesterday and not a single video on youtube? Would love to see this in action...