Frankly, it was exactly such a nice sounding Lead/Bass-Synth model with the mentioned filter emulations, which I would have liked a lot as additional Kronos engine - and of course I would have been ready to pay for it!burningbusch wrote:I'm at NAMM. ... I liked the KingKorg. Filter emulations of the LPF Moog, P5 Oberheim, MS-20, TB303 plus similar in the HPF and BPF. The case and action is like the Krome. At $1299, it's a little pricy.
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Prophet 12 is excellent. The fit & feel quality is a nice improvement over earlier DSI synths. I think Dave sometimes pushes value, which isn't bad. Different from Moog where I always get the impression of the highest quality.
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Busch.
It would be much more practical to me (and I guess to many Kronos users) to pay 300-500$ or the like for such a well done Kronos synth module, than to carry other gear (Moogs etc.) around to get that kind of synth sound, especially for lead synth playing. By the way, cutoff knob on the right side of the KingKorg (idiotic name!) is really a bad joke, and 300 presets not enough for the concept.
That and better overdrive emulations, a CX3 update and a sequencer update are my main concerns for completing the stunning power of the Kronos as one-in-all solution at the moment.
The Prophet 12 looks to me like the best thing from Dave Smith from the last years. This thing might even replace my Access TI some day. It's really funny that in the digital age the Prophet 12 and the new Moog, along with the new little MS-20, three analog synths, seem to be the by far best keyboard announcements at Namm 2013!
I don't understand why the new Moog didin't get presets like the LP: it allows just as many (and more) preset variations to be saved. But else it has the smartest new analog synth functions I have seen in a long time, as explained by Amos Gaynes in this video:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2013/01/ ... ub-phatty/
The new functionality to adjust beating bewteen two osillators between bass and high range alone is worth to use this great sounding Moog.
@Apex: Concerning Yamaha, I regard that quote from Motifator forums as a really lame excuse! Celebrating 125 years - and proudly naming it! - without presenting ANY synth or workstation even worth mentioning, is just plain unprofessional from my view.
Back to the Kronos: Of course it would make no sense at all to replace it at this point in time. It is great as it is, and it has received exceptionally well done updates so far (with the one excpetion of a not at all convincing editor/plugin). I just wished they had at least given a signal at Namm to continue the positive development: the Kronos is the by far most important synth on the whole present market, and should receive such attention at any NAMM.
