KORG KRONOS 2 SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARD
KORG MUSIC WORKSTATION
With the KRONOS 2, KORG have restored the thrill and magic from the previous generation KRONOS. All the resource and technology of the modern instrument has been refined, perfected and integrated into a single instrument. Multiple state of the art sound generation techniques represent the pinnacle of software realization. Hands-on hardware includes an assignable control surface, dual joysticks, ribbon controller, top-of-the line keyboard action, and KORG’s revolutionary tap-and-drag colour TouchView™ display. KRONOS integrates all of these music-making resources into a single instrument in ways that no software setup or hardware platform can rival.
KRONOS 2 KEYBOARD SIZES
KORG KRONOS 2 - 61 Key
The KORG KRONOS 2 61-note Keyboard synthesizer workstation comes equipped with a semi-weighted keybed, 4-way joystick and ribbon controller. The large 8" TouchView Display allows you to fully customise the sound you desire making use of the 9 Sound engines stored on an internal Solid State Drive.
KORG KRONOS 2 - 73 Key
The 73-note KRONOS 2 Synthesizer Keyboard is equipped with the same 4-way joystick and ribbon controller that the 61-note version has but features a RH3 (Real Weighted Hammer Action 3) Keybed. It also features a 60GB 2.5" SSD to go along with the 8" colour TFT graphical user interface and the use of 9 sound engines.
KORG KRONOS 2 - 88 Key
The largest KRONOS 2 Keyboard is the 88-note version. This is equipped the same as the smaller 73-note size. It features an 8" TouchView Display that will allow you to utilise the 9 sound engines already pre-installed. The 60GB Solid State Drive provides superfast storage for all your sounds. Its main feature is the RH3 Weighted keys.
Find out more about the range of KORG KRONOS 2 Keyboards.
EVOLVE WITH KRONOS
KRONOS easily delivers everything you’d expect, plus many things you’ve only dreamed of. Set List mode keeps all of your custom settings and performance notes organized in the display for on-the-fly selection. Smooth Sound Transitions eliminate note and effect dropouts when switching sounds or modes. Connect virtual patch cables, select sounds, plus edit envelopes and sequences — all using the eight-inch color TouchView display. Add to that advanced sequencing, KARMA, and Drum Track composition tools. Enjoy exclusive KORG wave-sequencing, MS-20 filtering and the impossibly-rich Polysix chorus. And only KORG boasts the finest sound-design team on the planet, so you can always sound your very best.
Inputs & Outputs
Analog AUDIO INPUTS
2x 1/4" TRS Inputs
2x MIC/LINE Switches
2x LEVEL Knobs
S/P DIF
Optical Input & Output
Analog AUDIO OUTPUTS
(Main) L/MONO, R
INDIVIDUAL 1-4
USB Ports
2x USB 2.0 A / 1x USB 2.0 B
Analog AUDIO OUTPUTS
1x Damper Input
1x Switch Input
1x Pedal Input
MIDI INPUTS
THRU / MIDI OUT / IN
NINE KRONOS-2 SYNTHESIZER ENGINES
Unified on the KORG KRONOS 2Each of the individual KRONOS sound engines is eminently qualified to operate as a stand-alone synthesizer. And each one represents the cutting-edge technology available for that type of sound creation. Exacting programming parameters, real-time controllers, integrated effects, and assignable modulation routings provide incredible control for the creating custom edits or for the ambitious sound designer.
SGX-2 (Premium Piano)
Piano Sound Engine
KRONOS can offer the greatest names in the grand piano world, SGX-2 now includes the distinctive Berlin Grand. Un-looped stereo samples recorded for every key to provide a natural, authentic decay.
EP-1 (MDS Electric Piano)
Electric Piano Sound Engine
This sound engine is dedicated to recreating six of the most popular classic electric pianos. The MDS technology eliminates the transitions between velocity-switched samples, and does away with the unnatural behavior of looped samples.
CX-3 (Organ)
Tonewheel Organ Sound Engine
In KRONOS, the CX-3 engine precisely models this classic tonewheel instrument. Proprietary KORG technology has been used to perfectly reproduce the vacuum tube amp, and effects such as Vibrato / Chorus.
HD-1 (High Definition Synthesizer)
PCM Sound Engine
The HD-1 is the most powerful PCM sound engine in KORG’s history, into which KORG has poured all the PCM know-how accumulated since the M1. The finest technicians, working on the finest platform, and aiming at the finest quality: that's the HD-1.
MS-20EX (Legacy Analog Collection)
Analog Modelling Sound Engine
Using KORG’s CMT (Component Modeling Technology) the MS-20EX faithfully reproduces the MS-20 while dramatically expanding its patch panel functionality. It’s a tweaker’s dream. And of course, the KRONOS version is now polyphonic.
PolysixEX (Legacy Analog Collection)
Analog Modelling Sound Engine
The Polysix first appeared in 1981, offering six-voice polyphony and program memory. the PolysixEX extends the abilities of the original in many creative ways. As a bonus, it’s also capable of extremely high polyphony.
AL-1 (Analog Synthesizer)
High-Fedelity Analog Modelling Sound Engine
Completely eliminating aliasing noise, and delivering the supple and fascinating sound of analog synthesis, this sound engine uses oscillator waveforms and filter morphing to generate new sounds that were unobtainable on analog synthesizers of the past.
MOD-7 (Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer)
VPM/FM Synthesis Sound Engine
Combine VPM from KORG’s classic Prohpecy and Z1, add in some wave-shaping, a little ring modulation, mix in a few samples, and add subtractive synthesis, plus a modular patch-panel system, and you have the MOD-7.
STR-1 (Plucked Strings)
Physical Model Sound Engine
KORG has developed the STR-1 over the course of many years, this struck/plucked-string physical modeling sound engine takes advantage of cutting-edge technology. This is a sound engine of the future, one that allows the synthesizer programmer to construct truly new sounds.
COLOUR TouchView DISPLAY
The nerve center of the KRONOS is the huge eight-inch (800 x 600 pixel) SVGA Colour TouchView display. In addition to simply selecting a sound or choosing a parameter with the touch of your finger, the enhanced Touch-Drag ability allows more detailed control of parameter values. Interactive instruments and panel graphics provide the ability to do everything from adjusting the lid of a grand piano to connecting patch cable on a semi-modular synthesizer model.
