Bought a Kronos -- Should I sell the other stuff?

Gear talk
#1

…well not all (holding on to my Shruthis, Ambikas and Anushri, that’s for sure).

I have just ordered a Kronos 88. This thing has so many synth engines in it that it can replace everything else I have.

My digital piano is definitely leaving. It’s a Roland RD-150, which served me very very well for fifteen years, but it does not hold a lot of nostalgic value.
The Kronos’ pianos are a LOT better, and the keyboard is on par.

I think my Use Audio Plugiator is leaving as well. It has great Minimoog, Odyssey and Prophet-12 emulations but I hardly ever use it. Editing it is a pain.

The hardware I am really thinking hard about is:

My Wavestation keyboard (upgraded to EX). The Kronos has the same sound engine, much improved and with resonant filters (if digital). I can’t come up with many reasons for keeping this one, except for nostalgic value. I love that board’s sound to pieces.

My DSS-1 (Straylight). Yes, it has analog filters and it sounds awesome. But the Kronos’s filters sound great too, and it has gigabytes of sampling memory.

What do you guys think?

#2

Price on the Plugiator and the DSS please. :slight_smile:

#3

Nonono… I’m asking should I sell them, not if anyone wants to buy them… that comes later, and in another section :wink:

#4

In that case, keep the DSS. :wink:

#5

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if my Wavestation had resonant filters, I’d still have it.

#6

Exactly… I made do with tunneling my WS through a Shruthi, which sounds awesome but is paraphonic. The Kronos’ HD1 sound engine is basically an extended WS with resonant filters. That thing is the bee’s knees.