Korg Kronos 2 88 LS 88 Key Music Workstation

Korg Kronos LS Music Workstation; with a newly designed light touch keyboard providing incredible playability, this workstation lets you take the power of a KRONOS, a full-sized keyboard, anywhere.

More Portable KRONOS 2 88 with Light-Touch Keyboard

The Korg Kronos LS brings you all the specifications and features of the Korg Kronos 2 88 but with a new, light-touch keyboard type and new, portability focused weight and dimensions.

Light-Touch Keyboard for Effortless Playing

Making it a breeze to play anything from lightning fast organ licks to synth phrases and glissandi, the Kronos LS features Korg’s all-new light-touch keyboard.

Korg have completely redesigned the mechanism of the keyboard ensure that velocity is controlled much easier than on existing light-touch keyboards, even when you’re playing complex chords and phrases.

While the keyboard shares the look of Korg’s premium RH3 action, the keys on this new light-touch keyboard are semi-weighted, allowing for the much faster playing feel you’d expect from a synth keyboard while being suitable for playing piano and electric piano styles.

Increased Portability

With its new keyboard, the Kronos LS Workstation is now 3.3kg (14lbs) lighter than the Kronos2-88 and with smaller dimensions it is more portable.

Weighing in at under 19kg (40lbs), it is now easier and more convenient than ever to take a full 88 key Kronos along to a gig.

To go with its new size, weight and feel, the Kronos LS has a fabulous new look! The aluminium body has a luxurious dark umber finish while the gorgeously crafted wood side panels have a deep sunburst colouring.

Whether you’re at home, in the studio or up on the stage; the Kronos LS has a beautifully elegant look that fits right in.

Nine Engines, Audio, Sequencing and Sampling Capabilities

The driving force behind the Korg Kronos LS Music Workstation are the 9 individual KRONOS sound engines.

Qualified to operate as stand-alone synthesisers, each of the 9 engines represent cutting edge technology competing with some of the most revered analogue and digital synths on the market today:

1.  SGX-2: Premium Piano (Acoustic Piano)
2.  EP-1: MDS Electric Piano (Electric Piano)
3.  HD-1: High Definition Synthesizer (PCM)
4.  AL-1: Analog Synthesizer (Analog Modelling)
5.  CX-3: Tonewheel Organ (Tonewheel Organ Modelling)
6.  STR-1: Plucked Strings (Physical Modelling)
7.  MOD-7: Waveshaping VPM Synthesiser (VPM Synthesis)
8.  MS-20EX: Component Modelling Technology (Analog Modelling)
9.  PolysixEX: Component Modelling Technology (CMT Analog Modelling)

Ambitious sound designers will enjoy getting the most out of their performance with the seriously in-depth parameter controls, real-time modulation, integrated effects and assignable routing options.

Allowing up to 200 simultaneous voices, the Kronos LS’s polyphony provides a great depth of creative expression and comes with 11 built-in expansion PCM libraries including concert grand piano sounds, rock and jazz drum kits and wind sections.

Multitrack Audio and MIDI

Kronos LS features Korg's own KARMA Technology (Kay Algorithmic Real-Time Music Architecture); a powerful songwriting and live performance tool allowing you to produce an intuitive set of Arpeggiated phrases, loops and backing tracks that respond to the notes you play and controls you tweak - all in real time.

The Second Generation of KARMA now includes Wave-Sequencing, Note Mapping and 8 scenes per layer.

Combined with Kronos LS’s other sequencer composition tools such as the Drum Tracks and Open Sampling there’s no wonder why countless professional musicians choose KRONOS as the centrepiece of their music studio and live show.

Korg Kronos LS Music Workstation Specifications:

General:

• Keyboard: LS Keyboard (Velocity Sensitive Semi-Weighted Keyboard)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 1,426mm x 364mm x 134mm (56.14” x 14.33” x 5.28”)
• Weight: 17.8kg (39.24lbs)
• System: OS v3.1

Tone Generator Specifications:

Synthesis Types

• SGX-2: Premium Piano (Acoustic Piano)
• EP-1: MDS Electric Piano (Electric Piano)
• HD-1: High Definition Synthesizer (PCM)
• AL-1: Analog Synthesizer (Analog Modeling)
• CX-3: Tonewheel Organ (Tonewheel Organ Modeling)
• STR-1: Plucked Strings (Physical Modelling)
• MOD-7: Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer (VPM Synthesis)
• MS-20EX: Component Modelling Technology (Analog Modelling)
• PolysixEX: Component Modelling Technology (CMT Analog Modelling)

Maximum Polyphony*1*2

• SGX-2: 100 voices*3
• EP-1: 104 voices
• HD-1: 140 voices
• AL-1: 80 voices
• CX-3: 200 voices
• STR-1: 40 voices
• MOD-7: 52 voices
• MS-20EX: 40 voices
• PolysixEX: 180 voices

*1: In rare cases, when a large number of processor-intensive effects are active simultaneously (for instance, more than 14 O-Verbs), polyphony may be slightly reduced.
*2: A portion of the multicore processor in KRONOS is devoted to generating voices, and a separate portion is devoted to generating effects. KRONOS dynamically allocates the voice processing power between the engines as necessary. The quoted maximum numbers of voices apply when 100% of the voice processing power is devoted to a single engine.
*3: 100 dual-stereo notes (equivalent to 400 mono voices) Preset PCM 314 MB (ROM 1,505 Multisamples, 1,388 Drumsamples)

Built-in Expansion PCM Libraries

• EXs1 - ROM Expansion
• EXs2 - Concert Grand Piano
• EXs3 - Brass & Woodwinds
• EXs4 - Vintage Keyboards
• EXs5 - ROM Expansion 2
• EXs6 - SGX-1 German D Piano
• EXs7 - SGX-1 Japanese C Piano
• EXs8 - Rock Ambience Drums
• EXs9 - Jazz Ambience Drums
• EXs17 – SGX-2 Berlin D Piano
• EXs18 – KORG EXs Collections PCM RAM Capacity Approx. 2GB *4

*4: The memory available for Sampling Mode will change based on the use of Expansion PCM libraries and User Sample Banks. Approx. 760 MB is available when shipped from the factory (When loading the file named “PRELOAD.KSC”). Wave Sequences 598 User memory, 187 Preload
Support for stereo multisamples, synchronization of individual notes, and tempo-based settings.

Outputs:

== Analog ==

• (MAIN) L/MONO, R:
• 1/4” TRS Balanced
• Output Impedance: 350 OHMS Stereo; 175 OHMS Mono (L/MONO Only),
• Nominal Level: +4.0 dBu,
• Maximum Level: +16.0 dBu (when load impedance is 600 OHMS or greater)
• MAIN VOLUME knob controls only AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO and R

Individual 1-4:

• 1/4” TRS Balanced
• Output Impedance: 350 Ohms Stereo; 175 Ohms Mono,
• Nominal Level: +4.0 dBu,
• Maximum Level: +16.0 dBu (when load impedance is 600 OHMS or greater)

Headphones:

• 1/4” stereo phone jack, Output impedance: 33 OHMS, Maximum Level: 60+60 mW (when load impedance is 33 OHMS),
• MAIN VOLUME knob (link with AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN))

== Digital ==

S/P DIF:

• Optical, 24-bit, IEC60958, EIAJCP-1201, Sample Rate: 48 kHz, (the same signals as L/MONO, R)
• Digital output of the same signals as AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO and R

USB-B:

• 24-bit, Sample Rate: 48 kHz, 2 channels
• (Digital output of the same signals as AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO and R)

Inputs:

== Analog ==

Audio Inputs 1 and 2:

• 1/4” TRS Balanced
• MIC/LINE input level switches, LEVEL knobs
• Input Impedance: 10 kOHMS
• Nominal Level: LINE
• +4 dBu (LEVEL knob = min), –36 dBu (LEVEL knob = max)
• Nominal Level: MIC
• –22 dBu (LEVEL knob = min), –62 dBu (LEVEL knob = max)
• Maximum Level: LINE
• +16 dBu (LEVEL knob = min), –24 dBu (LEVEL knob = max)
• Maximum Level: MIC
• -10 dBu (LEVEL knob = min), –50 dBu (LEVEL knob = max)
• Source Impedance: 600 OHMS
• Signal to noise ratio: 95 dB (typical)
• Dynamic range: 95 dB (typical)
• Crosstalk: 95 dB, at 1 kHz (typical)

== Digital ==

S/P DIF:

• Optical, 24-bit, IEC60958, EIAJCP-1201, Sample Rate: 48 kHz

USB-B:

• 24-bit, Sample Rate: 48 kHz, 2 channels

Control Inputs:

• Damper pedal (half damper supported), assignable switch, assignable pedal

MIDI:

•  In, Out, Thru

USB*5:

• USB A (TYPE A) x 2, For connection to external USB devices (QWERTY keyboards, MIDI controllers, ethernet adaptors, and storage)
• USB B (TYPE B) x 1, MIDI/audio interface
• MIDI: 1 (16 channel) input / 1 (16 channel) output
• Audio: 2 channel input / 2 channel output
• *5 USB high-speed ports (supports 480Mbps)

Disk Drives:

• 60 GB SSD (2.5”)
• Optional installation of second internal SSD