backline companies every night, the cruelest piano stick with the Kronos2
environment imaginable for a keyboard; and I weighted keyboard.
have never had a problem. I just insert my USB
• Price - Yes, this Beast is a
stick, turn on the power, my Set List pops up, serious investment, but surprisingly
and we GO! it costs less than other flagship keyboards.
• Want to learn more? Visit www.korg.com/us/
I’m not picking on Korg here; this is more of an
products/synthesizers/kronos2_ls/
sysex data, and there are thousands of free
‘open letter’ to all the keyboard manufacturers:
patches on the web. Use the MOD-7 engine
Whose idea was it to sell a keyboard costing Bonus Feature: [ *this could be in a ’sidebar’ thousands and not include a sustain pedal? box or as a “p.s.” at the end of the article ] to add a PCM oscillator, Step Sequencing, and
Seriously?!? Just bear in mind that you’ll need Here’s the best part - when you get a Kronos, add up to 16 FX. Use a Double EXi structure for
to order your pedal separately. you also get Magic Jack! Jack Hotop has been splits, layers, and Vector Syntheses.
designing incredible sounds for Korg keyboards
THE BIG PICTURE since. . . forever. If you know the music of Keith Tip #2: There are 148 INT WaveSequences
The Kronos LS will be a powerful tool in your Emerson, Jordan Rudess, Stevie Wonder, and (including the WaveStation ROM Bank). This is
toolbox. Comparing it to other keyboards out Herbie Hancock, then you’ve heard Jack’s a great resource for making new sounds.
there is hard because there is literally nothing amazing Patches and Combis. He recently on the market that compares to it! To me it all designed the entire sound set for our “I ROBOT Tip #3: KARMA WaveSequencing GEs 1988-
comes down to this: Anniversary Tour” with the Alan Parson Live 2012 can be used with the HD-1 engine, and
• Sounds & FX - The Kronos is brilliant in every Project. If you need specific sound design on the PCM Oscillators in the MOD-7 and STR-
work, he’s the guy to call. 1 engines. Use KARMA’s Bottom and Top Key
category
ranges to create zones that play normally.
• Ease of Use - This is the most intuitive
keyboard on the market
Here are a few Insider Tips from Magic Jack:
• Action - 2 great options: Get the LS if you
want a ‘Light Touch’. If you play mostly grand
Tip #1: The Kronos can actually load DX-7
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