I owned a Fantom 06 - the small brother of the Fantom 6. I was not satisfied about something about the sequencer etc.... checking the sounds i was surprised that many of the sounds are equal to many older devices - i think Roland just using their sound libraries for many decades. Then i bought a FA-06 and i can't tell, that it sounds more bad. So - yes, the price range makes the point. The Fantom 6/8 is not worth 3 times higher price than the FA 06/08. The sounds of the FA-Series still very great and the synth-functions are good enough to create own sounds. If someone seek to buy a second hand gear of this - i recomend the FA-Series if a sequential sequencer is ok and the pattern sequencer is not needed.
I am missing the horizon. 99% "piano"? Why buying a workstation for that? And those two machines are not comparable at all! Neither sounds nor functionality. I have the MODX, and would never ever buy any workstation again!!! First reason: Yamaha is crap, when it's about electronic music sounds! Which is my main interest. That's clearly Roland's domain. On the other hand Roland is way less flexible, when it's about playing - what seemingly noone does with workstations. Roland is a very nice sequencer; that's it. Why buying a workstation is the main question. Money for features and knobs noone uses...and are crappy designed. You want to play... buy an arranger. You want to "work", buy a MIDI keyboard and a DAW.
This is a weird comparison. The M50 is a budget keyboard released in 2008. The PC4 is a much nicer stage piano released 12 years later in 2020. Unsurprisingly, the PC4 sounds way better, as the very first piano sound shows. Te M50 might still be an option for musiciains looking for a usable entry-level workstation on a low budget, but it isn't going to win any sound contests in 2024.
Negotiated pre-owned prices (06/2024) in my area, all synths in very good to mint condition: Nautilus 61 (no AT) 1400 Montage 6 1700 MODX6 750 MODX6+ 850 Motif XF 7 1200 Motif XS 6 800 Genos 1 1900 PSR-SX900 1250 Akai MPC Key 61 1000 MODX8 850 (auction end price) Which one would be the ultimate price/function winner in this set?
I agree with the comments below. The way I got around this was to use two keyboards and midi them together. A Nautilus 88 and a Korg PA5X. the PA5X is on a par with the Genos 2 ( I think it's more personal taste than which is the superior arranger). Biggest plus for me is playing the PA5X piano's using the Nautilus 88 weighted keyboard, they just sound so good.
This has to be the most useless video about the Krome. Based on this, the Krome has 4 sounds, eh? Piano, electric piano, organ & strings. Such amateurish work.. maybe you should consider removing the words "sounds demo" from the title of the video, stop wasting people's time.
Wow. You put some work into this. Many blessings to you sir. I went with the Korg. That Wurlitzer piano got me. Also the Acoustic guitar and strings. Korg has released new piano samples on their website for the Kross. 8 layers of samples etc. This was the best sound review I have seen. God bless you.
Man, what store do you go to that have all these pianos just available to play? Guitar center out here only have the beginner pianos in the showroom its aggravating
This isn't an entirely fair comparison, since the Montage is Yamaha's flagship and is nealy twice the price of the PC4. Comparing it to a K2700 would be fairer, but even that is substantially cheaper. The Montage is probably the best sounding instrument currently on sale. So, while the Kurzweil sounds very good, the Yamaha still has an advantage, as it should for the money. If you can afford a Montage, than go for it, as you won't be disappointed. But the K2700 is a strong competitor for lessmoney. And the PC4 competes very well with the cheaper MODX.
@@matthewgaines10 That's fine as fa as it goes--and many synths are way overpriced and could easily be replaced by cheaper ones. But if something is expensive because it's top of the line and state of the art, than it's bound to have an unfair advantage if price is ignored. If I compare the quality and performance of a BMW against a Hyundai, than the BMW will win every category, every time--unless I consider the price difference and realize that they aren't really even competitors. The PC5 does very well against the Montage M, but there's no way that it's going to win here if you ignore price.
Generally, I think that the Kurzweil sounds better, especially on guitar, strings and brass. The pianos on the Fantom-0 are also very disappointing. However, the strength of the Fantom has always been it's excellent panel, great keyboard action and DAW integration. The internal sounds were always a weks point, not just against Kurzweil, but also the MODX. So as a controller, I'd buy the Roland. But if intrernal sounds are most important to you, than the Yamaha or Kurzweil might be better.
Yamaha kills it, with every sound. I was wondering if I made a big financial mistake buying the Montage over HALion, nope, you get what you pay for. It also helps that you are one of the few people making demos that can really play and demo things in an engaging way, thanks for that!
Except for the Nautilus clav, which was nice, the Genos consistently sounded better--brighter, cleaner and more realistic, with articulations on the acoustic instruments. This was especially obvious on the Brass sounds. This is not a surprise--the Genos is based on Montage sounds which are a decade newer than the old Kronos samples in the Nautilus. In fact, this is an odd comparison. The Genos is an arranger that competes with the Korg PA line of arrangers and it costs almost twice what a Nautilus does. A better comparison would be with a MODX or Montage M, but the results would probably be pretty similar. The Montage M is a bit more expensive than a Nautilus, but a MODX is actually cheaper than the Nautilus.
@@chukwunomsoalor4139 The Italian Grand is pretty good. This is one of the few new samples not on the Kronos Korg brought it over from the GrandStage stage piano (which is now discontinued). Everyone's ears are different so if you like the more traditional samples on the Nautilus , than that's your call. But it's nowhere near as realistic as a Montage (and neither is a Roland Fantom for that matter). I do think that you can make a case for the Nautilus. The workstation features (sampling and sequencing) are better than the Montage and it can use Kronos add on libraries. It also has lots of internal storage., a great organ engine and some good virtual synths. But it doesn't win on sound anymore.
@@geoffk777Many of the Montage (1) sounds are also very old Motif sounds.... I do own a Montage 8, not sure if I am overly fond of the CFX piano sound, which was a new sound. Also the Montage does not have sympathetic string resonance and I don't understand why not. The 20y old Yamaha P-250 had it. The Nautilus does, too.
Dari dulu sekarang dan selamanya Korg Rajanya Keyboard, kami tidak menjangkau harganya juga, Yamaha menyediakan series untuk pemula, KORG tidak ada barang satu jutaan😂😂😂
