Very much needed information..purchased this monster board 1yr ago..and a fine music investment it is.I'm not a tech guy,but a church aux board player,but end up being the main player most times.Love your common sense guidance for the myriad of possibilities that one can make happen with this board.
Thank you for all of this, bro! I recently took the dive into the Kronos after being a loyal Yamaha dude for the last few years. Passed on the Montage and didn't expect this level of confusion. LOL
Yeah the Kronos is a lot different than the Montage. I must say it is easier to layer sounds on the Montage than the Kronos. What made you pass on the Montage?
one question, can you save up to multiple sound layers you created meaning not just one model with brasss bass piano but another model with different layers, and recall them?
What's interesting to me as an owner of an old Triton series keyboard, is how much of what I already know will still be usable knowledge if I move up to Kronos from the old Triton. The combi system, and most of it's parameters are the same on Kronos, but the touch screen is in color now. The Kronos menu system is really deep and really well designed. You have a lot of sliders in the Kronos so you can just mix your parts with the sliders, as well. Have you triggered external midi gear from combis? A layer/split that plays an external synth on a certain keyboard sub range?
So true. I had a Triton Extreme and still own a Korg M50 (the "baby brother" to the M3) and yes the operating systems are nearly identical. I have messed with the Krome a bit and it too is close to the Kronos in operation. And yes I have setup combis before and had certain channels playing external gear.
I was thinking the same thing when I first saw this!!! I had the first gen triton and I knew my way around the trinity which was the flagship of touch screen technology!!!
The short answer would be the "Japanese Grand" presets. Yamaha pianos are brighter than their German equivalents and therefore they "cut through" better, kind of like a piccolo can be heard while a full orchestra is playing. With that said, any of the pianos can be edited using a vast array of EQ and compression settings to stand out in a dense mix. This may mean they sound good in the mix but not individually. Now that I do more live sound engineering, I've really learned that if a piano is not cutting through, it's simply a bad mixing job. Sometimes guitars have to come down or stay out of the sonic spectrum that the piano is supposed to occupy. A piano was originally developed as a solo instrument as an alternative to the harpsichord. Hence, it has all 88 notes and is capable of playing full chords, bass lines, and melodies. Naturally, they don't "cut through." They must be mixed appropriately by a FOH engineer or studio engineer to get to the desired result. And that normally means bring other band members' volume down and / or limiting their overall dynamic range.🙂
Love the stuff on your channel would you be ever interested in sharing your patches and goin in depth with synthesis? I'm a church keyboardist too and am using the Kronos and I'm just curious on how other fellow musicians use it.
Hello Sir... suppose I have 16 instruments in combi mode..Is it possible to use 7EQ effect with different settings for each instrument??? Which means my IFX 1-12 is all 7EQ effect.. now is it possible to use another effect..as all the IFX 1-12 is already used..
@@birendraekka4812 Indeed. One insert can be used on multiple instruments though. Also you can take advantage of the master effects with sends so that you are not using up insert effects for things like reverb. But the Kronos lacks the processing power to have 16 different inserts on each channel.
No wonder Korg has fallen behind. I used to be a korg guy for years, but after I got my first yamaha keyboard, I realized how friendly yamaha Motif is and how difficult it is to do simple things on korg. Korg should change their approach. First they use to be lacking Piano, Rhodes and basic sounds everyday player used and now they came a long way with developing samples and sounds to fulfill our needs they are still stuck in the vintage difficult approach.
Very much needed information..purchased this monster board 1yr ago..and a fine music investment it is.I'm not a tech guy,but a church aux board player,but end up being the main player most times.Love your common sense guidance for the myriad of possibilities that one can make happen with this board.
Thank you for the compliment!
Watching this again in 2024 Kronos is still relevant!!! It will be my next purchase now that the prices are coming down!!!
Thank you for all of this, bro! I recently took the dive into the Kronos after being a loyal Yamaha dude for the last few years. Passed on the Montage and didn't expect this level of confusion. LOL
Yeah the Kronos is a lot different than the Montage. I must say it is easier to layer sounds on the Montage than the Kronos. What made you pass on the Montage?
@@darrickkeels6387 honestly, I have a sale engineer from Sweetwater who swears by it. I hope I don't regret it. Lol
Thank you for the tutorial ! Greetings from Argentina !
Best video I have seen about this instrument
Thanks a lot
Very good video, I agree with others, best I’ve seen on this topic, please keep it up. 👍 👍
one question, can you save up to multiple sound layers you created meaning not just one model with brasss bass piano but another model with different layers, and recall them?
Yes
Awesome video. Many thanks sir!😊
Again thank you for the tutorial. Very informative... added knowledge on how to use this beast...
My pleasure!
Thank you so helpful but How do you save it seem to be loosing it each time I try again on a different init combi
What's interesting to me as an owner of an old Triton series keyboard, is how much of what I already know will still be usable knowledge if I move up to Kronos from the old Triton.
The combi system, and most of it's parameters are the same on Kronos, but the touch screen is in color now. The Kronos menu system is really deep and really well designed.
You have a lot of sliders in the Kronos so you can just mix your parts with the sliders, as well. Have you triggered external midi gear from combis? A layer/split that plays an external synth on a certain keyboard sub range?
So true. I had a Triton Extreme and still own a Korg M50 (the "baby brother" to the M3) and yes the operating systems are nearly identical. I have messed with the Krome a bit and it too is close to the Kronos in operation. And yes I have setup combis before and had certain channels playing external gear.
I was thinking the same thing when I first saw this!!! I had the first gen triton and I knew my way around the trinity which was the flagship of touch screen technology!!!
Thank you, Darrick.
Hello bro do you fine that the pianos cut through the mix real good and which piano cuts the mostcin your opinion??????
The short answer would be the "Japanese Grand" presets. Yamaha pianos are brighter than their German equivalents and therefore they "cut through" better, kind of like a piccolo can be heard while a full orchestra is playing. With that said, any of the pianos can be edited using a vast array of EQ and compression settings to stand out in a dense mix. This may mean they sound good in the mix but not individually. Now that I do more live sound engineering, I've really learned that if a piano is not cutting through, it's simply a bad mixing job. Sometimes guitars have to come down or stay out of the sonic spectrum that the piano is supposed to occupy. A piano was originally developed as a solo instrument as an alternative to the harpsichord. Hence, it has all 88 notes and is capable of playing full chords, bass lines, and melodies. Naturally, they don't "cut through." They must be mixed appropriately by a FOH engineer or studio engineer to get to the desired result. And that normally means bring other band members' volume down and / or limiting their overall dynamic range.🙂
Love the stuff on your channel would you be ever interested in sharing your patches and goin in depth with synthesis? I'm a church keyboardist too and am using the Kronos and I'm just curious on how other fellow musicians use it.
Thank you! I could most certainly do something like that!
@@darrickkeels6387 Thanks man!
Thanks, It's so helpful 🙏🌹👍👍
My pleasure
Thanks for the tutorial~! much better than the manual 😀
It'll take a long time to fully understand that, right?
Awesome demo 👏 👏 👏 🫡
Is it possible to to stop karma and drum track with one button in combi mode?? Which button???
Global setting right screen turn off drum track then write setting with drop down selection top right of screen.
Hello Sir... suppose I have 16 instruments in combi mode..Is it possible to use 7EQ effect with different settings for each instrument??? Which means my IFX 1-12 is all 7EQ effect.. now is it possible to use another effect..as all the IFX 1-12 is already used..
Great question. No that is not possible. You only get 12 inserts per combination.
@@darrickkeels6387 Thank you... So I should be very careful in using the effects..
@@birendraekka4812 Indeed. One insert can be used on multiple instruments though. Also you can take advantage of the master effects with sends so that you are not using up insert effects for things like reverb. But the Kronos lacks the processing power to have 16 different inserts on each channel.
@@darrickkeels6387 Thank you...
Thank you very much...
Great¡¡¡ better than the manual, thanks so much
What's interesting demo super gr Marc
Merci😋
No wonder Korg has fallen behind. I used to be a korg guy for years, but after I got my first yamaha keyboard, I realized how friendly yamaha Motif is and how difficult it is to do simple things on korg. Korg should change their approach. First they use to be lacking Piano, Rhodes and basic sounds everyday player used and now they came a long way with developing samples and sounds to fulfill our needs they are still stuck in the vintage difficult approach.