Hi Spalding

I am not sure what sound system you are using to hear the demos, but there must be something seriously wrong with it if you cannot hear how more real the Kronos sounds are compared to an arranger. (In fact if you said this to any Korg arranger guy who knew the insides of Korgs Arrangers, he would look at you in absolute total disbelief)

The orchestral pieces you posted links to are nice, but they are not close sounding to a real orchestra, (If you don’t believe me, pop over to the Symphony Hall not far from you and have a listen to a real orchestra and you will find there is no comparison) whereas the sounds you can get from a Workstation are much closer, and if you use VSTi (Which all studios and film makers use) the sounds are as close as you can get using a keyboard.

Articulation of instruments has been around in VST for over 10 years and probably 5 years or more in workstations; however the articulations have always been triggered manually as when using a sequence your left hand is free to activate them. What Yamaha did to get round this problem was to automate it so that a lot of the work was done for you, (And you can’t argue that they have not done a cracking job) but it’s pre-programmed whereas on Workstations and VSTi allow you to set it up as you want, which makes a big difference. (Not forgetting they have way more articulations available to use)

Kronos is a brilliant concept as effectively if gives you the equivalent of a number of VSTi in a box with all the advantages this brings, the only downside being that you can only use what Korg give you.

Orchestral sounds well; if you can’t hear the difference between the ones below and an arranger, you really do have serious sound problems.

The Audition

Main Demo

Symphonic-Orchestra

VSL

Regarding the diffrences between Arrangers and Workstaions, my origional post still stands.

Enjoy whatever you play

Bill