Korg KRONOS LS 88 Key Light-Touch Music Workstation
Korg KRONOS LS 88 Key LightTouch Music Workstation
With a newly-designed light touch keyboard for effortless playability, KRONOS LS lets you take a full-sized keyboard – and the power of KRONOS – anywhere. Packed with nine versatile sound engines, up to 16 simultaneous effects, 16-part Combinations and so much more, KRONOS is KORG’s most powerful synthesizer ever. To further unlock KRONOS’ potential, KORG introduces a new light-touch 88-key model for a new level of playability – and portability.KORG’s all-new light-touch keyboard makes it easy to play anything from rapid organ licks to synth phrases to glissandi. The mechanism of the keyboard itself has been redesigned so that the velocity is easier to control than on existing light-touch keyboards, even when playing complex chords or difficult phrases. The box-shaped keys share their look with KORG’s premium RH3 action, while providing the faster playing feel of a synth keyboard. Since the keyboard is semi-weighted, it’s also perfect for playing piano and electric piano in any style.The new keyboard makes the instrument markedly lighter than KRONOS2-88 with KORG’s RH3 action, making transport and setup much simpler. At under 19 kg/40 lbs., bringing a full 88-note KRONOS to a show just became more convenient.Along with its dynamic new keyboard, KRONOS LS features the latest KRONOS OS – v3.1 – which puts Quick Layer and Quick Split functions right at users’ fingertips. Effortlessly create layers such as piano and strings, or splits such as electric piano and bass, effortlessly. Numerous additional OS refinements have also been made to further ensure stability and a stress-free performance environment.With its luxurious dark umber aluminum body and beautifully crafted sunburst wood side panels, KRONOS LS is designed to present as beautifully as it plays. KRONOS LS offers an elegant look that’s perfect for home, stage, and studio.
Features:
- Includes 197 different effects types, from choruses and delays to amp models, a vocoder, and much more
- KARMA (Kay Algorithmic Music Architecture) is an astonishingly flexible interactive MIDI data generator and combines many different algorithms into a powerful music generation engine, collaborating with you as you play
- 16 MIDI tracks and 16 audio tracks (24-bit, 48kHz) let you record directly on the KRONOS whenever inspiration strikes
- OS v3.1 includes new Quick Layer/Split functions
- USB 2.0 audio and MIDI I/O provide a single-cable connection to computer DAWs, and the KRONOS Editor software lets you edit sounds directly from your computer
- 6.3 kg/14 lbs. lighter than KRONOS2-88 for increased portability
- Light-touch keyboard for effortless, nimble playing
