Shambler
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Waiting for UPS...
traded in some of my gear for a Kronos X 61...waiting for the postie...excited!!! 
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 05:16:51
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Sorry, you have to wait for FedEx to deliver the "Brown" trucks first.  
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Shambler
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 05:20:14
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Nooo not FedEx....I'll be waiting until next year...hang on it's nearly Christmas...make that 2015 
post edited by Shambler - 2013/10/23 05:24:36
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 05:54:38
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It might be worth waiting for though... 
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 06:14:15
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That's it! If UPS doesn't deliver it, then I don't want it!!!
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Shambler
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 06:19:04
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She's even put a chair against the door to stop you getting away...
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 07:20:31
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If my UPS delivery person looked like that....
I'd be broke.
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 09:01:21
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Shambler
traded in some of my gear for a Kronos X 61...waiting for the postie...excited!!!
oh cool beans.. the more hardware guys in here the better!.. when you are finished playing with it like a 5yo .. (if it was me that would be like a couple of weeks mebbe..lol) , give an update on the quality of the VST editor?.. looking at korgforums it seems it leaves something to be desired.
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 10:38:18
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Mystic38
Shambler
traded in some of my gear for a Kronos X 61...waiting for the postie...excited!!!
oh cool beans.. the more hardware guys in here the better!..
when you are finished playing with it like a 5yo .. (if it was me that would be like a couple of weeks mebbe..lol) , give an update on the quality of the VST editor?.. looking at korgforums it seems it leaves something to be desired.
Will do , installing the software now, Kronos is still on its way...
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 12:32:07
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Arrived at 4:30!
Had to go out, unpacked now and going to let it sit for a while to decondensate.
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 16:44:32
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First impressions Sound quality 10 even 11 out of 10, it's everthing I hoped for and more...the pianos have blown me away even exceeding EWQL piano...BOOM! Feel, keybed is light and easy to play fast, I like the more angular edges to the keys compared to other synths I have tried. Build quality, this is worrying me , it's mainly the case and the way that the section under the keys moves and rubs against the end cheeks. There's a slight rattling sound if I hold down with the left hand and play rapid notes with the right. I don't think it is going to break but the rattling is offputting slightly, have to think about this one.
post edited by Shambler - 2013/10/23 16:47:25
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 17:07:39
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SteveStrummerUK
craigb
It might be worth waiting for though...
Wow, I'd like to get inside her box.
I dunno Straummy, might be tight fit for big guy like you. You really up for it?
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ProjectM
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 17:11:41
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Eehh... Bapu? That sounds wrong on so many levels...
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 17:20:45
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ProjectM
Eehh... Bapu? That sounds wrong on so many levels...
Not if you knew Straummy the way I know Straummy.
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/23 17:24:08
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LOL perhaps
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Shambler
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 09:49:02
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Well, I've decided that I can't put up with the build quality so I am returning it.
As well as panels that rub against each other and create a white dust where they meet, the rotating selector feels like a toy plus the keys rattle A LOT.
I am very disappointed, the actual sound is amazing but for £2600 I expect quality of build too!
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Mystic38
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 12:09:55
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Shambler
Well, I've decided that I can't put up with the build quality so I am returning it.
As well as panels that rub against each other and create a white dust where they meet, the rotating selector feels like a toy plus the keys rattle A LOT.
I am very disappointed, the actual sound is amazing but for £2600 I expect quality of build too!
that's really disappointing for you :( bummer ever thought of a Motif or Fantom?..
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Shambler
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 13:59:49
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I was hoping the Kronos would be similar quality to the Triton I used to own.
Certainly I'll now look at Yamaha and Roland, in fact I'll be looking at everything from a controller keyboard upwards.
The main reason I got the Kronos was for the sound quality and the Karma features...I don't think I will be spending as much for something that doesn't have those features so I'll probably look around the £500-£1500 range.
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Mystic38
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 15:16:59
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☄ Helpfulby Shambler 2013/10/24 15:34:17
I would go used ..not sure what Fantom G6 or Motif XS prices are in the UK used.
For the best of them as a master keyboard, its the Fantom G. I have yet to find anything that is as easy to setup splits & layers, and most importantly, turn on and off zones quickly. The live set view on that big screen is an art in simple and legible UI, and the pads can be used to turn on/off the 16 external channels. The keybed is very very nice. When i am dicking about making inspiration music with the hardware synths (VIrus, Nova, uQ etc) its all being run from the Fantom
If you want the thousands of arpy type things then the Motif now has Karma, but it is a bit more fiddly UI (perhaps still simpler than the Kronos would be?). Given that the S6 piano they added for the XF is horrid, I would go for the motif XS to save money..unless you expect to gig with it in which case the flash makes it worthwhile.
Soundwise they are apples and pears.. Motif has more natural acoustic sounds strings, sax, piano, but pads, vox, synth bass & lead its the Fantom that has the edge.
Must say though, if Karma was a big attraction then i would go for a used Motif XS/XF
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 15:32:22
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 15:49:42
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/24 18:48:40
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Shambler
Well, I've decided that I can't put up with the build quality so I am returning it.
As well as panels that rub against each other and create a white dust where they meet, the rotating selector feels like a toy plus the keys rattle A LOT.
I am very disappointed, the actual sound is amazing but for £2600 I expect quality of build too!
Wow, that does suck! Does this unit happen to come in a rack-mount? Maybe then you can get the sounds you like and just control them from another keyboard (real or MIDI).
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Shambler
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/25 04:20:27
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No rackmount Kronos as yet.
Latest update is that it looks like the unit has been taken apart and put back together badly.
Waiting with interest to see what my supplier says, the unit is not even a UK unit which means Korg UK have rightly pointed me back to the supplier,it is a European model and came with a 2 pin plug lead (as well as a 3 pin plug that had been put inside a bag in the box).
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Re: Waiting for UPS...
2013/10/25 09:20:20
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