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Latency on physical grand pianos varies by the force of the key press (aka velocity) - and, according to this study , the amount of variation between pp and ff is about <b>110 ms</b> (!!!). Well that's kinda right i guess. But - and this is crucial! - by latency I'm meaning the time between the key ...

Yep. Dunno how they manage it! Respect!

Strangely enough, I find that if I know what I'm playing, ie. if i'm playing a piece that I've learnt, then latency is not so important. When it becomes crucial to me is when I'm improvising...

Well I never experience any issue playing an acoustic piano, a Rhodes, Wurlitzer or indeed a Moog or DX7. Yes there must be some latency in all these instruments but in my perception it's just nothing compared with many current electronic keyboards. The Kronos is no worst than most in this regard ...

For what possible reason would 'dead space' be included at the start of the piano samples? Well there's certainly no good reason! But the reality is that samples are not always trimmed as precisely as they might be... It's necessary to zoom in as much as possible to really get the sample start ...

Yes if I play the Kronos piano sounds via midi, directly from a Motif XF (ie. Motif OUT to Kronos IN - no interface), things feel obviously slow to me. Of course, I expect that - response is never as fast over midi as 'locally'... (one of my other boards is noticeably slow as a transmitter... the ...

Dan thanks for letting me know that the X is the same as the original Kronos in terms of latency. Unfortunately that is not what I was hoping to hear! btw. I would not say the Motif is any faster 'locally' (ie. not played over midi) than the Kronos 'locally' - they feel about the same to these ...

Yes the difference is processor speed is negligible. 1.66ghz vs 1.8ghz if memory serves me correctly. But IF Korg had adjusted any buffer on the X, that COULD make a difference. I just tried playing the Kronos from a Motif Xf via midi and the Kronos feels very slow under the fingers versus the Motif ...

No it is not imagined unfortunately. I am cursed by being unduly sensitive to latency. I cannot cope with playing through monitors that are 8 foot away from my ears for that very reason. I FEEL it more than hear it, actually... I read that the original Kronos measures at about 10ms latency. I wonder ...

I must say I most definitely DO experience latency on an 'original' Kronos 88 note. But when I tried a Kronos X 88 note in a shop it it did NOT seem to suffer from any noticeable latency... (though evaluating latency in a shop is not easy!)