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Korg Kronos-88 Platinum music workstation

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Korg Kronos-88 Platinum music workstation
Product no: 9000-0023-4000 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

You've probably already heard of the Korg Kronos 88. In fact, this powerful music workstation may feature prominently on your wish list. If that's the case, now's the time to strike! Act quickly, and you can get your hands on a true exclusive: the Korg Kronos-88 Platinum, a limited edition of the renowned music workstation with a pristine white finish. Beneath its stylish exterior, this platinum powerhouse is exactly the same as the original Kronos 88, which means it has the same weighted keys, nine sound engines and 21 GB worth of waveforms. An additional 62 GB of memory is available for your own sounds, so basically you're getting yourself a machine with unlimited options that can sound like any synthesizer you want. Despite its outstanding versatility, however, the Kronos-88 Platinum is easy to control thanks to the inclusion of an attractive colour touch screen.

Korg Kronos 88 Platinum: loads of sounds

From pianos to horns, from strings to drums and from guitars to synthetic tones, this Korg can produce sounds that will blow your mind, courtesy of nine engines. Each engine specialises in a specific sound (family), offering all the unique parameters you need. If you think about it, that makes sense. After all, piano string resonance isn't required to adjust your tone wheel organs.

Perfect for studio and stage

With their renowned Karma technology, Korg was always at the forefront of workstation development. This platinum Korg Kronos 88 features an improved version of this technology, ensuring tight drum patterns, key phrases and backing tracks. It's even possible to create your own samples using the Open Sampling System, or to import them from your computer. The Kronos is perfectly compatible with most popular DAWs, but features an internal sequencer for 16 MIDI tracks and 16 audio tracks as well. Finally, no fewer than twelve FX engines can be applied to your sounds, two additional FX engines can be configured as send/return, and two more FX engines can be used as master effects. That means you have a total of 16 simultaneous effects at your disposal!

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Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	not applicable
Number of keys	88
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator, sequencer
Control	sustain (input), expression (input)
Synthesizer inputs	microphone input, line in, S/PDIF optical (TOS link), audio over usb
Sound source	virtual analogue, sample player
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI thru, MIDI over USB
Synthesizer outputs	line out jack, headphone, S/PDIF optical (TOS link), audio over USB
Type of keys	hammer action
Synthesizer type	keyboard

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	31,1 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	Not yet known

Product specifications

Korg Kronos-88 Platinum
music workstation
limited edition
keys: 88 velocity-sensitive keys (weighted)
memory:
- 21 GB of waveforms
- 62 GB of free space for downloadable sounds or your own samples
sound engines: 9
- SGX-2 Premium Piano
- EP-1 Electric MDS piano
- CX-3 Tonewheel Organ
- HD-1 High Definition Synthesizer PCM
- MS-20EX analogue modelling (Legacy Analog Collection)
- PolysixEX analogue modelling (Legacy Analog Collection)
- AL-1High-fidelity analogue modelling
- MOD-7 VPM/FM synthesis
- STR-1 physical modelling
FX engines: 16x (12x voice, 2x send/return, 2x master)
controls:
- joystick (pitch bend & modulation)
- ribbon controller
host: can serve as a host for external MIDI controllers
sequencer: 16 MIDI tracks and 16 audio tracks
display: multi-colour touch screen (800 x 600)
easy integration in common DAWs

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