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Just wanted to let folks know my search has ended with the purchase of a Kronos 88! It's been updated to the latest OS and has 3GB ram and a 500GB SSD added inside. It's also in really nice condition, been really well taken care of. The guy I bought it from says he's a tech; he recently opened it up and cleaned the contacts in the keybed. Plays great. Also has the Italian grand and Berlin grand installed. The pianos sound really good. I just started playing it the last couple nights, and last night I installed one of the Purgatory Creek Rhodes sounds, which is a really excellent Rhodes sound. I'm going to install the other free one tonight. Other than getting to know the Kronos and exploring all the sounds, the other thing I am interested in is seeing if I can convert some free piano sounds that I have downloaded from Pianobook.com to the Korg format and see how they play in the Kronos. I think there are a couple softwares I can try for this. I'm going to try this one I found called ConvertWithMoss. I will let you guys know if it works. Anyway I just want to say I appreciate everyone who made suggestions and gave advice to me here. You guys provide great information and insight when you share your experience with these instruments. Thanks! -Jon

I sold an old upright recently, and I felt a little sad about it for a little while, but that has mostly gone away. Anyway, I'm going to replace it with something much better, so it's for the best...

Some of these mixers have only mic and line, while others such the ZED6 also have "inst" or "hi z" (some also say "guitar"). I am assuming for a Rhodes I would need to use inst or hi z (which I read mean the same thing). Is that the best way? People with a real Rhodes please chime in here with your experience...

1. Yes that's what I mean. Some of the channels in these mixers have gain and some don't. If they don't they may work fine for a digital keyboard but not a Rhodes, which is more like a guitar. 2. The ART Tube MP is noisy/crummy sound, bad clarity and definition, plus I'd like one mixer instead of having to hook up 2 things together. 3. Yeah that's too much. A couple hundred bucks tops. Plus I only need 2 channels really. Just wondering if there is something giving a better cleaner gain. I'll look into your suggestions, thanks!

I'm looking for a mixer. I want to run the Rhodes direct, and run a mic (sm58) in also, to play and sing and monitor with headphones. I have a cheap little Behringer, but it only has one channel with a mic pre/ inst pre that can power the Rhodes. The other channels are just line in and don't sound good for the Rhodes (not enough gain I guess). So I've been using this cheap ART tube pre for the Rhodes and running that into the Behringer. Not horrible but not that good either lol, so I'm trying to simplify/upgrade this if I can. Am I limited to the small Mackie/Yamaha/Soundcraft mixers, or is there some better brand out there I should look for? Is Soundcraft better? Or will I not really notice a difference, and should just get a Mackie? This mixer is not for recording/mixing, just for playing at home and working out ideas/writing/etc...

Miles said he learned a lot from him and his use of space. The space in between the notes says as much as the notes themselves. Saw him at the old Yoshi's in Oakland in the 90s. Beautiful music. RIP Ahmad

Also I played the YC88 today. It's really nice. Organ sounds great as does the Rhodes. Wasn't sure about the pianos because I forgot to bring my headphones and they had it going through some crummy speakers. I'm sure it's good though if it's the same as the CP88. And I tried a Stage 3 and Nautilus again. I figured out how to pull up the EP Mark I, II, V etc on the Nautilus and remove the effects and amp models. Some of the Rhodes sounds are new and some are from the Kronos. I think I prefer the ones brought in from the Kronos. I compared dry Rhodes sounds with the Stage 3 and I can see why some prefer the Korg sounds, they have more definition to my ear, but the Nord sounds are by no means bad... I think at this point I am leaning towards a used Korg as it will be an excellent value, but I may try a Kurzweil one more time to be sure...

I played around on a Jupiter X today. Wow, it sounds amazing. I don't think it's right for what I'm looking for right now, but it certainly produces some incredible sounds. I got lost grooving out some dusted, spaced out, dub funk 😎

I had an Emu Proformance Plus back in the mid 90s. I remember liking the piano sound (back then) but not liking the Rhodes. So I sold it and got a Micropiano. The Rhodes was better, but I didn't like the piano as much. Shortly thereafter, I found a real Rhodes for $250, which I still have and record with. (the Micropiano was sold soon after) I am intrigued by the idea of using an iphone. I wonder how reliable that is. My phone is an Android, but I have an old Iphone 7 I don't use that my mom gave me when she got a new one. Apparently the Ravenscroft app would work with that. Are there good Rhodes sounds or B3 sounds for iPhone? Wonder how that works...

Wow, thanks Scott. I appreciate that. If I go in that direction I'll be in touch. 👍

So we know for sure the DB-1 works with the Nautilus? I thought there might be something else that was cheap and easy but I guess the DB-1 is all there is. There's one on Reverb for about $390 with the shipping. The cost makes me kind of lean toward the Kronos, which can just do the drawbar thing with the faders. But, well, I have to think about it...

What I read is that the Nanokontrol works for CC on the Nautilus, but the drawbars are Sysex, so it can't control them. I'm not sure if there is another small controller that can. Maybe there is someone here that knows.

Does anyone know if there is a small controller that could be connected to the Nautilus to control the drawbars in the organ? I've read that the Korg Nanokontrol cannot do this, but I was wondering if there was something else that can?

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying to get one 88 board to do it all. But I have not been able to test a YC88 yet. It looks like a good option. I have to look around and find one. I played a CP88, and it was nice, but I didn't like how the organs were just presets, and I could not adjust the settings. My favorites that I have played so far are the Korg Nautilus and Kronos, and Nord Stage 2/3.

I read on the Korg forums that there is a way to do it, but it is not as easy as on the Kronos, where you can just add in a second drive. You have to open up the Nautilus. But, if it seems too challenging....pretty sure I could put the Kronos sounds on an external drive, attach to the USB port and play them from there? I would rather have everything inside, but as long as it works I guess... One other question.....has anyone played a Kronos LS action? Is this like an Electro action, or is there more weight to it, like Nord HP? Just curious because I just heard about it today and didn't know about it, and wondering how people like it ...