This Synth is Simply Padtastic! 

oh wow, congrats on your kross, which you should have received by now! thanks for teh complimentary words, means a lot.

hello there, yes, enjoy your 88!

100% on your last sentence!

hard to disagree with this!

hi ak, yeah, you're right. weird thing is though, i've never actually played this thing yet without the cameras rolling we need to spend some quality time together, off camera!

you won't be disappointed I have the Kross but am now updating to this new keyboard... love the action of the weighted keys

I love my M-50, too. I also love my Kross2 as well.

I have a Mini Moog software emulsion sound good.

HOLLA SOUNDS - Me too. I still get plenty of enjoyment from the Arturia Mini. Nice autocorrect error there, by the way: "Mini Moog software emulsion." Sounds like a promising new concept. :)

Well, now I want to layer my Moog Mini and my Kronos and see what I can get! Thanks for that time-sink idea! (I suspect putting the Moog on lowest note duty would be very cool)

@@anonymoushuman8344 There’s a couple of aps you can get that give a great digital emulation of the mini-Moog. I have the proprietary Moog version on my iPad.

@@ChrisCebelenski Let me know how it sounds!

that's much more important to me than if you like the synth or not, thanks! :D

that's great! yeah, it doesn't disappoint in the sounds, congrats on your incoming!

have fun with that, i used to play some roland pedals with organ, fun, and challenging!

i might just do that one day! thx

too kind bach, thanks! we're doing it!

I've been playing various interpretations ever since the track was released!

nowt.

@@WoodyPianoShack I really wasn't expecting much and I wasn't disappointed. However, I was reminded of the ASM Hydrasynth which I got to try at a local music shop. It really is as good as the reviews say it is. I could have played with it for hours but... Maybe a Xmas present to myself.

Tritons do pads better in general. I'd sy that's when they started rocking.

@@Jason75913 I actually like the Trinity better than the Triton for pads at least. But both are newer than the wavestation, and that board changed the world.

those old icons are always popular, I have some ideas to expand my repertoire with more of these golden oldies! thx for noticing and commenting.

realtime controls are actually a botched design on the Kross 😭 I don't understand why they didn't just tie those controls to the ones in the ADJUST page of parameters.

great point, I agree, and will be digging into the program mode (individual sounds) to see how the hold up in isolation, and their usefulness in a mix.

hi john, thank you, it's part of my roadmap! can't guarantee epic but I'll give best shot

hi robert, thanks for the comment. no, I haven't covered that topic. it's very challenging to come up with a riff, chords or melody on the spot, and I don't always pull it off. often i just pull up the same old chord sequence or recognisable tune from the repertoire, often in C, F or g. I need to work on this myself, it would be good to have a bigger arsenal of songs to pull inspiration from.

I think it does. I think they are both based on the Triton's generation. I'm having a brain fart about Korg's acronyms... was it called HD-1, or EX-1? I have that version on the KARMA, and the latest version (different acronym, but it's an evolution not a totally new thing) on the Kronos. The Kronos samples sound a little more detailed to me, but Kross and i3 (the newer i3 obv, not the 90s one) seemed similar sounding. I didn't hear them consecutively or side by side, though, so I can't be certain. The i3 seemed to be the cheapest Korg "workstation" keyboard with the decent sounds. Korg makes even cheaper intro "arranger" keyboards, but their sounds are quite a bit less than the i3, IMO. The Wavestate has really good samples, and you can add your own, but it's a different type of synth engine. Really, that one is all about using sequences of samples as playable instruments, and then layering up to 4 of those. Still, you can play individual sampled instruments like on a normal keyboard, but that's not its strength. It has top level sounds for the money. I think some of its samples might be a little better than the equivalent on i3 and Kross, but I bet many are the same, too. However, it only has 37 keys, and no workstation functionality. Have fun with the i3!

yes i second that, similar engine, but I don't think you have access to tweak very much on the i3, so more of preset machine, whereas kross allows you to sculpt your own sounds, especially when using PC editor.

You have to set the MIDI clock source in GLOBAL so it can work with a DAW properly. be sure to read the manuals, these workstation keyboards always have multiple manuals due to their complexity

no, no USB power possible

the plastic contruction and wall wart is a bit of a turn off, yes, but what you expect these days at this price.

don't have it to hand, but pretty sure this one cuts out when switching. never found that to be a big deal personally.

I thought it's happening at (and after) 11:55, but it seems that the patch has a beat restarted every key press an it comes down to timing accuracy while playing

interesting with the timing thing, somebody else commented about that, i didn't notice myself, perhaps cpu underpowered, or just my playing... more likely.

what better reason?! :)

it would be! if only there was a way for me to jam with the viewers in real-time, that would be so much fun! still waiting for that tech to arrive.

Kross2 would make a fine replacement for the X50, plus the Kross2 is stereo instead of mono like the X50, unless you configure it otherwise. I think the X50 has two pad patches that the Kross2 does not (but can otherwise fully dupe).

@@Jason75913 X50 is STEREO ;-)) as you can hear in this demo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uRO9x6wswl4.html&ab_channel=KraftMusic and i doublechecked in my studio, it's definitely STEREO :-))

JD-Xi is awesome, but edit it with a PC, the front panel is only for performing with completed grooves, not trying to make new ones or edit existing ones. Kross2 or Juno-DS (or both) are great companions for the JD-Xi. I have all three, awesome trio. Or I may go JD-Xi + Ultranova + Venom.

no, like all pro romplers, you can edit everything down to the oscillators, and you get plenty of single-cycle waveforms if you want those (square wave, sawtooth, etc.)

@@Jason75913 AWESOME thank you!!

yeah, you can tweak to your hearts content, but using the front panel menus is not a lot fo fun, a PC editor is available if you really want to dig deep.

@@WoodyPianoShack thank you! I hope I'm not too late on getting one I noticed all the stores are out of stock of them hopefully when I get a chance I'll get one, thank you so much!

Roland, Korg, and Yamaha have been repacking the same '90s and '80s presets for years. You can make old-fashioned stuff more easily, trying to make more modern music requires you knowing sound design relevant to your music and programming your own presets from scratch.

search for demo(s) of the bass category and synth leads category

i think its because he is removing his hands from the keys... when changing the chords. @woody doesn't it have an arp hold option?

@@samson8884 Yes, and it is overloading the processor......

@@garysmith8455 i feel the lag in the beat is because when he lifts his hands the ARP stops and when he changes to the next chord, it re-triggers. ARP hold would solve this

@@samson8884 That is strange, the meter was VERY steady until he started playing those full handfuls of notes. Would not that drum patch be constant if he stopped playing? My 2 Kronos don't do that when a patch with rhythm is selected. Hmmmmm

@@garysmith8455 that was just my guess. I don't own a Kross2 so can't confirm. I had a Yamaha MOX and i have seen this behaviour when the ARP hold option was off for a given combi. I don't know how it works with Korg. Woody could provide the correct answer.

Sounds like you should have picked up the MODX first, or a Krome, not an entry-level keyboard like the Kross. 🤣

yeah it should, it's much more powerful, but it seems to lack these fantastic hip kross combis, the kross beats it there for factory presets, but I'm sure you could program in something equally or more impressive. i find the kross does have a nice unique lo-fi vintage vibe to it tho.

Nautilus is occasionally a bit clunkier to use than the Kross already is. :\

kross is pretty sparse really, only 2 knobs, whereas naut has 8 (iirc). both weak compared to fantom-0 with lots of front panel controls...

hi rocky, sorry, i'm really useless at these guess the synth challenges. but my approach would be to figure out if FM and subtractive synthesis, fetch the synth and start tweaking!

@@WoodyPianoShack That reply is ridiculous! You say you love 80s music! you say you love all synth sounds from the 80s music! So you should also be able to have a more clear idea of which synths were used for that music.. NEVER MIND!

ouch, yeah, i have to agree they don't make em like they used to. but probably they used to be more expensive too... :D

haha, not a comment you see every day

not sure what the reference is here...

they sure are, with some tweaking of the controls.

haha, yeah, appreciate that sentiment!

My Juno DS has similar effect “rationing”. I guess that’s typical for entry level synths? My new(ish) Nautilus has more generous effects allotments, and I suspect most other mid tier synths do as well.

@@Roboprogs The Juno is more limited in insert FX, yes, but it also givesyou a master EQ in System Settings, while the Kross2 does not, and the Juno can use both a delay insert FX + reverb from its master bus, you can even stack reverbs by using the master reverb + reverb insert.

yes, that's quite the limitation I suppose. but you can work around, add in your DAW, and these combis sound decent even with the limitation. thanks for sharing the nitty gritty anyway, much appreciated.

Uh, ok. I like my Naughty, too 😁 But this one costs less than half for people who can’t afford the upgrade.

several times more expensive, no pads, clunkier interface, weighs more, can't run on batteries, and simply overkill unless you are going to use it in a studio