Nautilus 73/76 AT?!!!

[Vitus61]

After a long time, I greet all fans of Korg synths. My question to you is - is there a way to get a Korg Nautilus 73/76 with aftertouch in the E-E (E-G) range?
Some time ago I sent this question directly to Korg, I got a simple NO answer, because Korg does not have 73 keys with AT. Do you know why? Just look at Nord, Roland or Studiologic (Fatar)... Even if I would prefer a waterfall keyboard with 76 keys, I would be happy with a semiweighted 73 keyboard, but in the E-E range. On the current Nautilus 73, I am bothered by the keyboard shift to the C-C range instead of E-G (or E-E) and the missing aftertouch.
And one more question - isn't Korg preparing at least something like the Korg Kronos LS (light 88 keyboard) for the Nautilus, but with AT?
(I have Krome EX73 - terrible C-C, Nautilus 61AT, Kronos 2 61AT)

[BlackForest]

I don't think Korg is going to change anything on the keybeds here.... get the better Kronos 3 61 anyway....

[dexman]

If stepping up to the Kronos platform is doable, the K3 (73 keys) is E->E and has AT. Of course, it has a higher price tag than the Nautilus 73 sans AT.

[Vitus61]

Yes, thank you for your response, the price is not decisive. Kronos 73 is OK, but with a hammer key action...

[dexman]

I'll admit to being a bit out of the loop as it pertains to the smaller iterations of the Kronos & Nautilus keyboards. I have access to the 88 key versions of the K3 and NAT but have never seen or touched the 61 & 73 key variations.

[Gargamel314]

Ok so here's what happened.

When they made the Nautilus, they released the standard 61-semiweighted, 73-semiweighted, and 88 weighted versions, and used a keybed that doesn't support AT. There was a bit of a backlash because they stripped so many features from what used to be the Kronos, the most notably being Aftertouch, so just a year or two later, they released the AT versions. They didn't release a 73-key version of that one.

It looks like Korg realized people are stuck on Kronos, so they went back to releasing a slightly updated version of the Korg Kronos. If you want a workstation with 73 keys with AT, you're going to have to get a Kronos 3 73 with fully weighted keys. They haven't released any workstations in that key range since the Korg M3 with semi-weighted keys.

I wouldn't expect much out of Korg these days. They don't seem to be working towards anything new or groundbreaking. They spent the last 15 years just releasing stripped down versions of their most popular products. Who knows, maybe they'll release another nautilus, but red this time. Probably still 61 and 88 versions.

[dexman]

I have access to a Nautilus AT (88) and a Kronos 3 (88). I know that many users who are used to the knobs, sliders & Karma found on the Kronos tend to avoid the NAT. Because the NAT came first, I'm equally fine with both workstations. If the K3 had come first, I might feel differently.