new kronos 2 61 owner

dflan83 · Post by **dflan83** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:08 pm

Hey Everyone,
I am a hobbyist whom enjoys synths and I wanted a desert island workstation that would do everything I needed with powerful synth capabilities.

It was between this or the new fantom and in the end I decided to go with the kronos.

I just picked up a new kronos 2 61 for a deal at 2200$ and I couldn't be happier with my purchase. So far I have only dove in AL-1 and I am trying to learn little bits of the kronos as to not get overwhelmed from using it.

There are a lot of great tips and posts here and I will be sure to return when I am in need of help.

Any best beginners tips that you guys can recommend besides read the manual

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:24 pm

are you in the US ? always interested in factory sealed A Stock pricing.

Always back up your data

If you have power outages in your area, always use a quality power strip.
Not a cheap one.

Consider a UPS [ un-interrupted power]

Cover your 61 with a dust cover

No eating drinking or cats on your 61

Lightbringer · Post by **Lightbringer** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:22 pm

Welcome!

Some tips.

Go through the video manual if you haven’t already.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... tTu64LT6Ge

Then go though all of Qui Robinez’s Kronos tutorials.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... I2XUbnB9-r

Then later go through Charles Ferraro’s channel. His videos are pretty technical. Not so much new user material. But bookmark for later.

https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesFerraro

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:24 pm

Watch every YouTube video from Dave Champagne and Qui Robinez, along with the Korg videos featuring Rich F

dflan83 · Post by **dflan83** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:33 pm

I am located in the US.

I have been experimenting with the step seqencer in al-1 and I would like to make an effect that modulates the filter freq upon sustain.

for example say I have a nice pad sound and after x amount of seconds holding the note have a modulated filter seqence come in. Anyone know if this is possible and I suppose I could probably do this with a lfo as well

Lightbringer · Post by **Lightbringer** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:50 pm

I think it can be done. Have a look at the AMS mixer in gate mode using the Amp EG as the control signal to switch between the step sequencer and a fixed value. Then use the AMS mixer to modulate filter cutoff.