From fingerz@woh.rr.com Wed May 23 18:58:13 2012
Subject:RE: Kronos CX-3 Engine

No offense to anyone but I just don't get it.I still hear that "Korgness" to
the sounds coming from Kronos.The pianos do sound great but I still hear
some of the same overtone(???) I hear in my Triton pianos.I tried a 61 note
version out at GC and it just didn't knock me out.I thought I would play it
and be floored but it didn't happen.I had the same experience with the new
Motif XF yeah there are a few new sounds but it still sounds like the
original Motif with a few more bells and whistles that aren't worth extra
money(YMMV) Would I love to have to one of each? Hell yes but I can't
justify it when what I have does all or most of what these new toys do.If
they work for you great I just don't get warm and fuzzy over these new
things that are really just recycled underneath.The last time I was floored
was when I heard VB3 for the first time, I was like holy sh*t this guy has
nailed the sound I've been looking for.Maybe I've grown out of my G.A.S.
days?

Cheers,

Brian In Ohio

From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jukefox
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:12 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] Kronos CX-3 Engine





Korg just posted a video of a Jordan Rudess workshop event from March 12
at the Manhattan, NY Guitar Center. Jordan makes much more musical
sense in his playing in this one than most of the stuff of his I've
seen, which generally seems more to me like listening to Hanon and
Czerny exercises than actual musical expression. Or, perhaps my ears
have just gotten a bit faster of late.

Personal bias aside, the video is about an hour and a half long and well
worth taking in if you have that much time to spare but, if not, there
is a 3-minute section toward the end, from about 1:26:00 - 1:29:00,
which showcases the Kronos' CX-3 engine. Here's the link to the video,
on the YouTube Korg Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n88ABqccErI
.

Listen a bit past the 1:29 point and you'll hear some of those excellent
strings and other orchestral sounds...in fact, you'll find them
sporadically throughout his presentation. The "German Grand Piano"
(wink...nudge...can you say "Steinway?") is much earlier on and he plays
virtually all of the other engines at one point or another in this
"music-minus-one" style presentation, which features some tunes
sequenced on Kronos as well as many tracks in which he plays what he
believes to be the most important keyboard parts live throughout, a few
from his band Dream Theatre. There's also a pretty interesting piano
concerto of sorts, of his own composition.

Anyway, I thought some of you may find this interesting...and some will
find Rudess' execution downright amazing...I know I did. Nice Kronos
demo either way, along with some excellent performance and fairly good
explanation of some of the machine's immense capabilities.

Best,
Fox

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]