KORG synth evangelists Luke and Andy introduce the new KORG NAUTILUS workstation 

I'm Sold!! After 13 years of the Korg M3----this will be my next installment of a pro workstation by Korg. Nice!!!!

Always a pleasure to watch and listen to Luke.

Thanks for this. I really enjoyed the explanations and seeing them in practice. Very Helpful

Almost always a Rocky tune in all his videos. Love it Great demo Luke. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these.

fab playing luke, elp ftw. wish i had access to that studio. liking the big text on the setlist, I need to find that setting. learned some other cool tricks too, thanks!

Great demo and video guys!

He does some of the best demos out there because he is a great musician,unlike a lot of these demos.

Nice! I've been waiting on this board!

Go Luke!! Finally someone playing the actual songs in a demo.

Amazing demo! Thanks.

Great presentation guys!

I still have my M-1 and Wavestation (and they still work)........Korg makes the coolest workstations.

Always love Luke's synth run-throughs. I just wish the logo on his shirt was bigger, lol. Great sounds and nice board. Thanks for the sound previews.

Luke, great demo as always, thank you, but in all fairness, are we ever going to get a Full Blown Kronos sequel before the turn of the Century?

Great Job Luke, Great playing also. I am hoping we see that touch screen, some of those engines and sounds go into an eventual Korg PA5X. :) Dreaming. :)

Great demo. Love the plant on top of the AC30!

nice demo, good demonstration and playing as well

The demo music here is the same sort of style they played at industry presentations for Yamaha and Roland etc back in the late 80s when I worked for a music retailer. Some things never change :D

I'm a huge fan of Kronos and as some of the guys here would know already, I made a few tutorials and sound packs myself. I had hundreds maybe thousands of gigs with Kronos with almost no failure and at one point I started using two of them together. However, since I've been on the studio side lately, I sold the second one last year and keeping the other one only for making sound packs and for its RH3 keys. The audio cables are not even connected to my sound card for most of the time. Last year on all the live shows, I had to use my computer along with Kronos on stage, because I had to use backing tracks and loops as well. Using the sequencer mode for that is just a fantasy while you can do the same thing in 5 minutes on a computer. In the last decade, there have been incredible changes in the software world, not only in the music industry; the use of artificial intelligence, desktop and mobile apps, online apps, plugins, VSTs, DAWs, etc... Also, as a result, we see extremely fast hardware coming at cheaper and cheaper prices every year. Just compare the prices and specs for AMD processors or Nvidia graphic cards with previous years... When I see a new keyboard with 10-year-old hardware and software at this price range, it makes no sense to me. All the guys are comparing it to Yamaha or Nord, however, there is a bigger picture here. Those brands have other stronger rivals today such as Mainstage or Ableton. The days that computers were too unstable or too slow for live shows have been in the past. Many musicians including myself switched to using Mainstage or other apps. With faster CPUs, RAMs, and SSDs there are unlimited programming possibilities and sound options for cheaper prices. Also, all these features come in user-friendly interfaces. When I put my smartphone into my pocket and start working on any of those keyboard brands, not just my Kronos, I feel like I’m time traveling. And it is a shame that everyone thinks this is the standard for the industry. No one compares it to the improvements in the equipment used in other industries like cameras, tech gears, and so on. Instead of questioning this, we compare it to some other brand’s another outdated keyboard. When they add another knob or button we cheer, but those things can be done with a $5 Arduino. Super cheap SSDs can easily be found with 3500mb/s speeds and more… What I’m trying to say is, in today’s market getting decent up-to-date hardware parts together that meets the requirements can not be too hard for any keyboard brand. But are there any requirements? Is there even real demand for that? Because the problem lies on the software side for these keyboard brands in my opinion. With current software designs, there is no need to improve the hardware. However, there will be a point, the gap between the software of today’s daily techs, and these keyboards is too much to close. We know what happens to those companies that resist the change. The history of notation software “Sibelius” is a good example of that… The live music industry is already getting smaller or maybe it is turning into something else. Changes in music trends, developments on the computer side, and many other things can be reason for that. But the future for any music-related brand is on the software side. Unless any of these traditional keyboard companies come up with revolutionary software designs that will attract people using a laptop and midi keyboard; they will end up as NICHE PRODUCTS such as Prophet or Moog… The days that computers were alien things are already over. If you are still targeting people with little interest and skills in technology, I would like to remind you that there is a whole new generation coming who were born into the RU-vid era.

Love the Poly 800 in the background. I use mine to make organ like sounds and the Chorus is just killer.

Great demo !

Shalom Luke, still loving my M3, Kronos. And few daws bought a few Korg Apps recently Awesome.

The pianos Korg puts into their later workstations are simply stunning!

Great sounds! Looking forward to this. All those sound engines and sampling in one keyboard looks awesome!

WOW.............AWESOME I wish Korg would implement this new GUI interface like this in an update for KRONOS

Nice to see you again Luke. Great keyboard. I really like your shirt, may I please get one sir??☺️😜

17:40 Luuke you Nail;ed it. love the demo. Cherrr's

This is like the Kronos, Krome and the PA arranger series all rolled into one. Minus the styles of the PA series of course. This looks cool. I don't get why people are trashing on this keyboard.

Clean design. Top ! :)

I'm just going to jump in here to add my voice to the " No aftertouch in 2020? For the love of..." massive. Up your game plz Korg.

Really awesome playing at 19:20 haha! :-)

Show..grande maquina sonora..sendo operada por um mega proficional..musico...show...

Nice. Some classic Van Halen at 17:25 • RIP Eddie Van Halen ❤️ 🎸 ! Also, Korg throws out 2 synths this week 🔥

Love the Rocky theme on piano.

great vid luke!

It has a Korg Krome design, I did not like that they removed the faders, in my case I use them a lot for the combination of live tones. The option I see is to use a pedal, but I feel that it would be very complicated and uncomfortable, one rule: you pay attention to what you interpret or you look at the screen to select the correct option without your finger moving to the wrong place. Personally, I stay with KRONOS, I will wait for the next model after the Nautilus. Greetings from Mexico

The leslie process seems awesome

20:16 sold it. On pre-order now. Holy crap!

Kronos is still the king!! The way I see this, is that Korg, have many workstations for all budgets from top to bottom: 1- Kronos 2- Nautilus 3- Krome 4- Kross I'm still waiting to see the 3rd gen. of Kronos or the next flag ship for Korg's workstation.

Nice piano sound

Using the Rocky theme for that piano demo just sold a Nautilus. Great job.

Nice demo. What speaker or amplifier did you guys use here?

Curious…Will the Nautilus be able to import sequence (SNG) data from a Kronos? Great videos, BTW! Very informative.

This looks sweet as i need a topboard for my MODX. I feel as though next we will see Rolands mini Fantom . if i can wait long enough ill do more, research on this board .Exciting !

great demo as always ...Can this keyboard play midifiles from an sd card

Does the 'prepared pianos' section allow hand damping sounds at specific harmonic positions?

How do you stream 16 midi channels at once into a DAW like Logic Pro? I had a Kronos and could never get it to work. I am hoping the new Nautilus makes this easier?

I have a 12 year old Kronos and nothing tops it still today. I go to a local music store once a year and try to find something better. Still haven’t. Roland, Yamaha, Nord. No one. Korg makes THE BEST keyboards and VST’s on market. Only one that comes close is Total Studio from IK Multimedia. Highly recommend the B3X and their effects. But nothing touches the sound, versatility and ease of use of Korg. Best compliment I can say is that if mine died tommorow, I would buy another one used

The Nautilus is to the Kronos what the MODX is to the Montage. Seems to me that the price difference between the Nautilus and the Kronos isn't that big though. The price difference between the MODX and the Montage is huge however.

As a Kronos owner it still grates on me that there are no upright Pianos that came with the base unit, particularly given how much they cost. And correct me if I’m wrong but still nothing out of the box after all these years without having to buy add ons......🤷‍♂️

Yeah and WOW. I've a MODX but This looks pretty bloody excellent I first saw this on Woodys Piano Shack and Sounds amazing as always, but if I were to Change from yamaha to korg, I think it would be akin to changing from a Samsung Galaxy to an iPhone?

Kudos & HatsOFF to LUKE 👑

What model keyboard stands are shown here in this demo?

Can you save sound sounds that you program on this keyboard?

does 66 and 73- key version of Nautilus has exactly the same keybad with Krome ex, or at Nautilus is better?

Does it have smooth transition from one sound to the other like the old Kronos 2 ?

15:24 ......”Montage”. Ooops 😅😅😅

the rear panel of korg nautilus looks as if copied from yamaha genos

Sounds great but I wish it had similar weight and form factor to the Krome 6. Why is it so big and chunky at a time where workstations are getting smaller and lighter?

Are the sounds on this demo edited or are they stock,?what you would get out of the box?

Can someone tell me what I need to look for when I am considering buying a guitar sampling from a company to load into my Kronos 2? Basically, I need to know if the sample I want to buy is compatible with the Kronos, but don't know how I know that. Thanks.

This seems nice. Piano roll would be great Korg! I really hope the keybed is better quality and more silent than the Modx’s.

any news or rumors of new arrangers coming soon ?

Nice! Is it backwards compatible with the Korg Kronos?

What stand is that 2600 on?

He's the best Korg player I've ever seen

What song did Luke play at 20:15

Will any of the custom Kronos patches I've bought from 3rd party vendors work on the Nautilus?

Just as powerful as anything on the market

The 200 watt onboard speaker system sounds great.

Please add that UI update to the Kronos!

GREETINGS.......One interesting board this is. Please, may I also order the stand from KORG.

i want a kronos with 88 lightweight keys 😍😍😍

I am a fan! I want one I am about to pull the trigger but the start up time kills me! I understand there is a lot under the hood but 3:00 start up time?

Very impressed, love your skills. Question, I want to learn to play from scratch a keyboard/piano but then move to synth and the old Genisis/ Yes type music, I'm 61, retired, badly disabled vet and have some music skills with clarinet, that's it. I have focus ( about all I have to keep going). Would this keyboard be worth the investment and let me learn and then improve to adequate skills, to play and create music? You understand I think, keep me busy and sane. Thanks.

Luke, sei bravissimo!!!!!!!

LUUUKE FROM KOORG!!!

Super Demo

Mantab

Korg, the future of sequencers is PIANO ROLL!!! like any DAW in the market, you did it pretty well on Krome (still a lot to be revised though) but you should have incorporated this function on this keyboard, also $2,500 and no after-touch?? are you serious? lame. Otherwise, with 2 mentioned functions I would have jumped from Krome to Nautilus, no doubt. It doesn't worth that high price.

Why not have at least 4 faders like the MODX so you can fade in and out sounds???

We have in Spain a famous flamenco-pop duo called Andy and Luke...comparisons are unavoidable...

Rocky !

You mention KARMA, and that reminds me, it's too bad about the old fall-out with Kay (his name was Kay, unless right now my brain is shorted out by fatigue). Korg had invested a lot in KARMA, then dropped it, including it last, without updating it, in the Kronos. Such a waste of effort - but clearly someone felt the relationship had run its course for reasons probably not related to music. As for this synth, it's a blast from the - well, you know. It sounds really good so far, but its controls pretty well leave you doing screen editing/"diving" to get sounds set up. C'est pas du tout à la mode, quoi? But you knew this would be swimming against trend lines, right? For a "performance" instrument, the keyboard has to be very good, with proper aftertouch and velocity controls - and those are in here, aren't they? And the price is surely very attractive for this spruced-up old stuff, no? What, the answer to some of that stuff is no? Oh - I had better go find some baseline information. Oddly, we do not get these answers here. Still, thanks for talking about the sounds and buttons.

Mantul gan

Does the Nautilus sound as good as the Kronos at the output or will there be a differece ? THANKS

Add aftertouch, and ribbon underneath the pitch bend, then Ill take it.

I don't understand the pricing. For a little more, you can get a Kronos so why buy this?

Wow

I wished for the Kronos 61. But I will go for this Nautillus 61 when I have the money. This is 1/3 cheaper than Kronos 61.

17:18 sold it

Superb🎶🎸🎈🎈🎈🎈🎊🎋😅🎺

should i buy one, it's a nice synth when programmed by someone who knows it but what about a new buyer, does it sound good out of the box ?

Is this an upgrade or replacement for Krome?

Luke is so talented! It’s easy to think this keyboard will make you sound that good but that ain’t the truth lol

Korg: Can we add third-party libraries like on the Kronos?

I'm sure there's a market for a less-pricey less-good Kronos, but even the lowly Volca Sample and Modular get me more exited than this.

I do'nt hear much difference with my Krome EX so i'll stick with that one, my MS-20 & MonoPoly iPad app, my new Wavestate and new opsix :-))

Now I understand the difference between Korg and Yamaha😊

Good demo as always but think I will stick with my Oasys.