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#510944 - 06/10/25 03:48 AM Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos
Tapas Member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 470 Loc: Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Kraft Music just uploaded a video demonstrating the new Korg Kronos 3 sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojHvM6Gth5A The price of the 88-key version has gone up to $4,000 from $3600. The Kronos 3 was supposed to be available in May. It is arriving in a few weeks. The wait is finally over. Email Frank Ventresca at frank@audioproCT.com to get the best deal with free shipping! Edited by Tapas (06/10/25 03:51 AM)
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#510947 - 06/11/25 03:51 PM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Tapas Member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 470 Loc: Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Sweetwater is shipping the Korg Kronos 3. Here is a short review by Synth S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKo03wIYeXo He did not like the flimsy faders. He prefers the backlit faders on his Yamaha Montage M8x. He prefers the menus on his Nautilus. He likes the faster boot time of 47 seconds. However, the Montage boots up faster. At the increased price of $4,000 many may consider getting the M8x for $4,500 for its better build quality. Here is a longer 25 minute demo of the Kronos 3 showcasing all the 9 sound engines, Karma, Sampler and Sequencer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZufG0q-Yes All the reviews will be pouring in over the next few days. Edited by Tapas (06/11/25 03:52 PM)
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#510949 - 06/12/25 08:11 AM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14491 Loc: NW Florida	That’s likely a tariff bump, so expect to see a similar bump on most everything once current stock is depleted… _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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#510987 - 07/03/25 01:14 PM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Tapas Member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 470 Loc: Phoenix, Arizona, USA	The wait is over! The Ultimate Workstation Returns – KRONOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysmv9H0ajMk The Korg Dealers have been given the green light to upload the demos. Here are the first few: The Korg Kronos 3 Demo Part 1 \| Luke Edwards & Tony White https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDeQSft8N8Q The Korg Kronos 3 Demo Part 2 \| Luke Edwards & Bonners Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUFUYPGUOw The Mandalorian Theme on Korg Kronos 3 \| Played by Luke Edwards (Korg UK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuz7SDx5AKg
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#510989 - 07/03/25 01:42 PM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14491 Loc: NW Florida	One can only pray 🙏 that Korg are going to fix bugs and features faster than the PA5X… Quite honestly, at this point in time I wouldn’t recommend ANYONE buying a Korg of any kind for at LEAST 6 months from a product launch. You not only want to let someone else find the bugs, but you need a few months to find out what kind of bugfix timeframe Korg are working on. If a fix comes in a few weeks, you’re good to go. If, like the PA5X it takes THREE YEARS 😱 you will have saved yourself a lot of grief. _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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#510991 - 07/03/25 11:57 PM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Gunnar Jonny Senior Member Registered: 04/01/01 Posts: 4445 Loc: Norway	Originally Posted By Diki Quite honestly, at this point in time I wouldn’t recommend ANYONE buying a Korg of any kind for at LEAST 6 months from a product launch. I think this is a good advice regardless of brand. Never the less, and as usual, the buyers are the beta testers, either they want to or not. "- Same procedure as last year Miss Sophie? - Same procedure as every year James!" _________________________ Cheers 🥂 GJ _______________________________________________ "Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you." (Wil Rose)
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#510992 - 07/04/25 08:42 AM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14491 Loc: NW Florida	There hasn’t been a Korg level incident of neglect at ANY other major. There are always little bugs and they tend to get squashed promptly. Anywhere else major you’ve heard of this level of incompetence and seemingly deliberate disregard for making it right? The PA5X reminds me of Roland’s exit from the upper end arranger market. Completely unannounced. Main thing was, the BK9 and EA7 were relatively bug free and still got a couple of fixes within a few months of launch. Since the PA5X Korg haven’t released another arranger. That’s THREE YEARS without a single model. No successor to the PA1000 for EIGHT YEARS. If this isn’t Korg quitting the arranger market and not telling anyone (like Roland did) I don’t know what is… _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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#510993 - 07/04/25 10:24 AM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Diki]
abacus Senior Member Registered: 07/21/05 Posts: 5470 Loc: English Riviera, UK	Originally Posted By Diki There hasn’t been a Korg level incident of neglect at ANY other major. There are always little bugs and they tend to get squashed promptly. Anywhere else major you’ve heard of this level of incompetence and seemingly deliberate disregard for making it right? The PA5X reminds me of Roland’s exit from the upper end arranger market. Completely unannounced. Main thing was, the BK9 and EA7 were relatively bug free and still got a couple of fixes within a few months of launch. Since the PA5X Korg haven’t released another arranger. That’s THREE YEARS without a single model. No successor to the PA1000 for EIGHT YEARS. If this isn’t Korg quitting the arranger market and not telling anyone (like Roland did) I don’t know what is… If they do, then that will leave just Ketron & Yamaha producing high end arranger keyboards, plus Bohm & Wersi producing single manual organs with arranger features. Then there is the question of how much longer will Yamaha stay in the high end arranger keyboard market, as the Genos 2 has pretty much everything the typical arranger player (Home Hobby Player) will ever need. Bill _________________________ English Riviera: Live entertainment, Real Ale, Great Scenery, Great Beaches, why would anyone want to live anywhere else (I�m definitely staying put).
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#510994 - 07/04/25 01:00 PM Re: Korg Kronos 3 Sound Demos [Re: Tapas]
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14491 Loc: NW Florida	Yamaha and Ketron are the only ones who have anything midline or pro line recently. Quite honestly, a 920 is all (or much more!) than the typical arranger player would need! Ketron really concentrate on the high end (along with Wersi/Bohm), they have very little practical in the same vein as the 720 and 920. So basically it’s now a one horse race for affordable arrangers… Yamaha. You can’t really count the EVM because the ‘typical’ arranger user isn’t going to jump through the hoops that hooking this up to a controller and control surface are going to entail. So what’s left in the middle? An 8 year old PA1000, a 13 year old Roland BK5, or today’s Yamaha lineup of modern SX arrangers. End of an era… _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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