Kronos Chronicles
The Kronos Chronicles documents my experiences with the Korg Kronos 2 Music Workstation.
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Necessity’s Child
Steef Geelan came up with this solution to the screen glare problem. I used it, along with a couple of others, as a model for mine. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. In my last post in my Kronos Chronicles (links to other posts above), I mentioned that when playing in bright sunlight, the LCD touchscreen is pretty close to impossible to see. Moving the 2nd tier keyboard helped, but it’s not ideal. I looked on the interwebs for solutions, and at least feel better knowing that I’m not the only one who has
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Kronos’ Public Debut
Playing live with 7Souls at Perry’s Restaurant, May 15, 2021.Photo by Steve Kimbell This past Saturday, I played my first live gig of 2021 (the last time 7Souls played was back in November!), and my first live gig with the Kronos, at an outdoor show at Perry’s Restaurant in Odenton, MD. Playing the Kronos live was, generally speaking, a joy. That’s not to say that it was perfect. It wasn’t. But by-and-large, the experience of having great sounds at my fingertips, and being able to step through the night without having to search for
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Korgs I’ve Owned Part 6 — Kronos 2
In the last installment, I discussed the Kross 2, one of which I still own and actually enjoy. Now, we move on to the Kronos. As of this writing, it’s currently my main axe, and it’s a serious beast. I could write on for pages and pages and pages about what all it can do. Better to just direct you over to Korg’s web site for the Kronos 2. Or, of course, there’s a video. https://youtu.be/jshQWP0gQ-k Jordan Rudess shows off the then-new Kronos 2 at Musikmesse back in 2015. Despite being a five-or-six-year-old
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Keyboard Shake Up
I did a thing. On “small-business Saturday” this year, I paid a visit to my favorite local music store: Coffey Music here in Westminster. I’d become intrigued by a new keyboard — Korg’s upcoming Nautilus. The Nautilus is, essentially, Korg’s flagship Kronos 2 minus a feature here and there. Some of the deleted features are minor, and others less so. Korg Kronos 2 61 For all the details, you can read about the Nautilus and the Kronos at Korg’s web site. The Reader’s Digest version is that Kronos has
