At Summer NAMM show 2012, Nashville, TN, Korg launched the Kronos X Music Workstation. Since the debut of the original Kronos music workstation in early 2011, Korg has continued to release system updates and additional sound libraries. Now, the Kronos family has expanded with the new Kronos X, which features hardware technology enhancements, including a boost in the internal memory capacity and the size of its SSD, plus enhanced sampler functionality. At Musikmesse Frankfurt 2013, Korg Kronos X Music Workstation won a prestigious Musikmesse International Press Award for best keyboard workstation.
Along with Kronos X, Korg announced Kronos OS v2.0, for all Kronos and Kronos X models. For models that do not already have OS v2.0 installed (visible during boot), users can obtain it it for free.
New to OS v2.0 are user Sample Banks for creating high-capacity, custom sample libraries. Players can load and play gigabytes of their custom or converted samples at once, using the internal Kronos SSD. Improved disk and memory enable the creation of User Sample Bank subsets, as well as mixing and matching parts from different banks, without duplicating samples on disk. Programs, wave sequences, and drum kits maintain links to the User Sample Banks even when samples are moved on disk or loaded onto a different Kronos instrument, making it easy to share sounds with friends and collaborators. Players can also create their own samples or import Akai and SoundFont 2.0 libraries using improved conversion features.
A second internal SSD can be added to support massive sound library expansions, including Korg and third-party sound libraries. USB Ethernet support enables high-speed data communication between Kronos and a computer. |
