Korg Nautilus AT "GREY" and MOOG shut factory shop

[@TheMusicTechGuyUK]

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[@raul0ca]

I was in higher education maybe 15 years ago. One time I was grading tests when a young grad student dropped by sporting metallic grey hair. Judging from the lack of specials editions that do not show up on ebay or Reverb people are buying these things and keeping them.

[@TheMusicTechGuyUK]

Hi @raul0ca That is a really interesting point, I agree that people do not appear to part with the special editions. More than likely they will buy the standard edition and either buy the special edition for home / studio use or trade on the standard edition in favour of the special edition. But another reason why these special editions are rare is that they normally have a specific configuration and are manufactured in small numbers. So in the grand scheme of things there are fewer of them to go around. Jon

[@dvamateur]

I think gray color is fine, certainly better than silver, in my opinion. Arturia went ahead and gave us a magnolia colored Polybrute 12, why not give Korg some color option? Korg Inc. is a business after all, and they figured out there could be customers opting for 1995-2005 era silver/gray colored instruments. I'd myself stick to the more classic dark colors, speaking of which, the Nautilus AT in black is now the same price in U.S. as the gray one. As far as keyboard players' place in a band on stage, I think due to the image popularized by auto-accompaniment home keyboards and sequencers, the audiences completely don't care or believe that keyboard players are capable of playing anything. Similarly as after the proliferation of Photoshop, people no longer believe in what they see if photos, and don't care if it's real or not. So, the remaining pop musicians that are still being taken seriously are guitar, bass, and drum players. You can't fake playing those with auto-accompaniments or arpeggiators.

[@TheMusicTechGuyUK]

Hi @dvamateur Interesting to see that the Korg Nautilus AT Grey in your region has normalised in price to the standard Korg Nautilus AT. I had a look at the portals this morning and in fact in many cases the price differential in the UK seems to have increased to about £500 between models. I accept you view on the status of the keyboard player, but I am afraid that we have to agree to differ. Withough the keyboard player most bands are just flat an unable to be spontaneous. And that last part is the key to playing live. Because like it or not playing live is where the money will be in my opinion. Jon

[@Michbigheart]

Hi! Whey could put on KORG Nautilus AT a new Engine Called Korg Collection . That would be really nice,

[@TheMusicTechGuyUK]

Hi @Michbigheart Nice idea, but sadly not something we will see on the Korg Nautilus in its current incarnation. While the Nautilus is a software driven synthesiser I am not sure with the current 32-bit architecture that it has enough horse power to power another 'VST' engine. But of course I am open to challenge on this statement. The current operating system based on a Linux kernel is still extremely functional for the current keyboard, but really hasn't changed since it was introduced on the OASYS 20 or so years ago. I think on both my Kronos and OASYS that it does a really excellent job, I really have no complaints how functional this is for a 32-bit environment. But running multiple modelled engines needs more oomph! We have seen this on VST's loaded on you desktop PC where using some functions can send the processor spiking. The issue with the 32-bit environments is not necessarily the processor, and again the processor on the Kronos and Nautilus is not spectacularly powerful, but it is limited to only about 3.5Gb of useable storage from the maximum 4Gb that can be installed. Where as a true 64-bit environment could support 18M Tb, but most infrastructure and operating systems cap support at 128Gb or 256Gb. But even then that is a stepped increase from 4Gb. As an FYI, both the Kronos and Nautilus motherboards could run 64-bit operating systems, I am less sure on the other components in the keyboard. Jon