This is the most convincing tutorial I've seen for buying a workstation ever! These machines go very deep, so showing the important features and how easy it is to use them, makes a buying decision much easier. Well done Sir!!
One of the best demo's of a this keyboard I have seen, great work. As a guitar player owning a Nautilus for the last 3 months I learnt more from this overview than loads of other Y/T videos. But would really appreciate a more step by step on where and how to SAVE combo/program/dowloaded files. As I find this very confusing , some people have accidentally over written OBOARD PATCHES in error. thanks John
Great presentation. Korg UI designers, please consider getting rid of those lists of choice and windows with white background. Most of the UI is in nice dark theme, but those white backgrounds are blinding white!
I have an 88, and after many gigs I've got to say it's probably the best keyboard I've ever owned, and I've had them all, from a Farfisa Duo Compact to a DX7 to a Jupiter 50.
Thank you for the video Luciano and overview. I am hoping though that Korg brings out another successor to the Kronos. Don't get me wrong the Nautilus looks great, but for hands on control, people are craving for something like the Kronos considering that it is now discontinued.
Bravissimo, ottimo video. Avrei una domanda: sai se c'è un modello più recente o se Korg ha in mente di rilasciarne uno a breve? E che non so se vale la pena comprare il Nautilis visto che non è proprio appena uscito. Grazie mille e di nuovo complimenti.
When this came out, it was a few pound notes off the price of the Kronos, and what this features and had missing, id have rather spend the money on the kronos. Worth the investment.
The setlist function is the most useful, especially if you can assign a footswitch to it to be able to jump from sound to sound without having to lift your hands off the keys. This function should be by now universal and basic in any workstation. Most people who use workstations play live music in a band, so I always found the drum tracks to be a bit of a useless function in this type of keyboards. Those who need drum tracks and accompaniments will go for an arranger normally. And if I may have one more complaint (sort of) it's the string sounds. The last Korg which had a really useful, direct, immediate , chugging string patch was the N264. Ever since then Korg (and most manufacturers really) go for the "lush, slow" type which has a very limited usability. In ballads, slow stuff they might work but even in those cases one has to totally adapt their playing style because these sounds are always late and they tend to swell, meaning that you can't really play any fast parts on them. Sure they sound impressive on demos and they certainly help selling the product (I get it, that's the point), but in real life situations direct, fast string sounds with a well defined attack would be much better. From those one can edit and apply effects to obtain something more slow and lush should they need something like that, but the reverse is not true.
The only criticism I'd make is that, given that most of the settings and controls are on-screen, a 10' or 11' format would have been more appropriate for this one.
It has the instruments but it doesn't have pitch shifting, tape speed and tone control or even the lofi nature of a mellotron. Now a lot of these could be done using effects or even using a DAW but it would take some work
Polyphony is a bit complicated with the Nautilus. Each sound engine uses different levels of polyphony. The breakdown is: SGX-2: 100 voices; 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
When I read the specs it looks as though the Korg Nautilus will actually work with USB MIDI controllers like the Novation Launchpad X, the Korg microKEY, and the Roli Lightpad Block. Can anybody confirm that this is so? Usually USB MIDI controllers are just for use with a DAW.
By the program banks I would imagine (not category). Each bank is assigned a different sound engine. The manual should tell you which bank is assigned to which engine. Once you have chosen the sound (in this case MS-20) touch the graphic on the main page to access the parameters (in this case the patch bay)
I think they were trying to keep costs down with the Nautilus. Top end arranger keyboards are in the US$5000+ price range while the Nautilus has to compete in the US$2000 workstation range with the Roland Fantom 0 and Yamaha ModX
It’s meant to be a streamlined Kronos. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it in my opinion. Not everything in my opinion needs to be a massive upgrade from the last. Particularly if the Kronos was so popular previously. Only thing I will say is that I wish the screen was bigger, and more hands on controls like the Kronos.
@@jordanking7711 Well, it's been 12 years since the Kronos was released. I would have expected them to come up with a few fresh ideas during this time. Basically, I agree with you that the Kronos was a brilliant workstation at that time, but a lot has changed in the 12 years and there is definitely room for improvement in some areas. For example, I don't understand why the Nautilus now has even fewer hardware controls. The trend is going the other way round and the operation of the Kronos was always its weakest point.
I would say yes given the fact that it has the same 9 engines as the Kronos did, as well as largely the same UI. Only differences is no KARMA obviously, and that most of the operations of the Nautilus is touch screen based. Kind of like what the M50 and Krome was after the M3, although the M50 had KARMA but you get the point. Krome did not though.
The same sound engines as Kronos? Why not a physical modelling engine, based on something other than strings? Why not an MS - 50? Mono - Poly? Lambda? Delta? Poly - 61? And why, for pity's sake, not a LARGER, tilt - able screen or an external screen interface? And why aren't any of our questions answered?
Luciano is good at this. Better than most I've seen. However, based on my past sales training I would suggest a little more focus on benefits rather than features. Now, it's possible that a lot of the people watching this are super experienced with keyboards and when Luciano shows a feature, they immediately understand why they would use it and what they would want it for. As a keyboard noob, I do not.
Muchas personas en discusión porque dicen que Kronos es mejor que Nautilus, pero les recuerdo que ambos son teclados de la misma empresa KORG! Asi que dejen de discutir, ambos son buenos teclados, disfruten de sus instrumentos musicales! 🤷🏻♂️
The reason ppl argue is because they've taken away most of the user features that the kronos had, its a good keyboard but its too dependent on the screen and korg keyboards have been known for their touch screen issues. I think they should've added the faders and some accessibility buttons so that we don't have to depend on the screen too much.
Korg should come up with new keyboard having good workflow and innovative technology like roland in making music.. Soundwise still korg is powerfull than roland...
Please find this comparison, and please try to do a collaboration with Mexkeys alias Enzo Messina, a great famous jazz pianist, th-cam.com/video/fpH8tlrLxuI/w-d-xo.html I am really sorry but a comparison with a single sound is not so fair for me, I played all of those synth and i can assure that Korg is the one with most powerful sound and deep basses (i am not a fan boy, I am trying to understand which one I could buy), montage is the one more 80's sounds more brilliant and detailed sounds but less powerful, and the kurzweil is the one with less basses and a cutting medium range with the warmest sounds. The fantom is a breakthrough between montage and Nautilus, but with very bright sounds, probably with the best organ sounds. Anyway all of those are fantastic synth with incredible possibilities, but this comparison IMHO doesn't give justice to all, you should play more than one sound for each one
wut Roland is exclusively '80s and '90s sounds (their first, excessively late venture into modern sounds is their new Gaia2 synthesizer), Montage has some limited number of modern pads and other sounds, and the Nautilus is just absolutely crazy with all its synth engines and incredible pianos. Brightness is irrelevant, they all have equalizers to brighten the sound to help cut through a busy mix on any stage. Warmth is also irrelevant, all can have their sound warmed up with post FX, they are designed for you to tweak them to your taste. So it is best to choose according to features of you cannot try them in person.
Great keyboard with premium keybed, but little to no integration with studio environments. The software editor is unbelievably terrible and archaic and its only capable of the 3 stereo analog outs for tracking or 1 stereo out over USB. No transport controls or DAW templates. A live musicians Swiss army knife but an inferior technological headache for studio based musicians & producers. Happy Menu Diving!!🤓
Hello. Could you tell me where can I put the release effect inside a combi sound? (The same as the knob but set as an effect to a combi program, for example a piano). And also adjust the dynamic. Thank you.
This is the most convincing tutorial I've seen for buying a workstation ever!
These machines go very deep, so showing the important features and how easy it is to use them, makes a buying decision much easier.
Well done Sir!!
One of the best presentations of a keyboard I have seen. Excellent work.
Great Video! Thumps up.
One of the best demo's of a this keyboard I have seen, great work. As a guitar player owning a Nautilus for the last 3 months I learnt more from this overview than loads of other Y/T videos.
But would really appreciate a more step by step on where and how to SAVE combo/program/dowloaded files.
As I find this very confusing , some people have accidentally over written OBOARD PATCHES in error.
thanks
John
The best thus far explained video on this device. Good job
Amazing Demonstration Luciano. We want same video tutorial for usage of Sequencer and how to custom Korg Nautilus. Regards from Bulgaria.
Great presentation. Korg UI designers, please consider getting rid of those lists of choice and windows with white background. Most of the UI is in nice dark theme, but those white backgrounds are blinding white!
Great content. The more videos I watch the better informed I will be when I get my new 61 AT.
I have an 88, and after many gigs I've got to say it's probably the best keyboard I've ever owned, and I've had them all, from a Farfisa Duo Compact to a DX7 to a Jupiter 50.
how was the farfisa?
It was interesting. I ran it through a WEM copycat, overdriven, and certain stops had a mellotron-ish sound.
i am wondering to buy one, how is the polyphony?
I have never run out of notes, and I have some highly layered Combis.@@luizsongs
A few places were left unedited that confused me at first but great video otherwise!!! Many thanks!!!
Great demo of a great keyboard.
Great demo Sir👏👏👏
Thank you for the video Luciano and overview. I am hoping though that Korg brings out another successor to the Kronos. Don't get me wrong the Nautilus looks great, but for hands on control, people are craving for something like the Kronos considering that it is now discontinued.
Bravissimo, ottimo video. Avrei una domanda: sai se c'è un modello più recente o se Korg ha in mente di rilasciarne uno a breve? E che non so se vale la pena comprare il Nautilis visto che non è proprio appena uscito. Grazie mille e di nuovo complimenti.
Dream to buy it .
By Kronos its worth
When this came out, it was a few pound notes off the price of the Kronos, and what this features and had missing, id have rather spend the money on the kronos. Worth the investment.
Great job 👌👌
The setlist function is the most useful, especially if you can assign a footswitch to it to be able to jump from sound to sound without having to lift your hands off the keys.
This function should be by now universal and basic in any workstation.
Most people who use workstations play live music in a band, so I always found the drum tracks to be a bit of a useless function in this type of keyboards.
Those who need drum tracks and accompaniments will go for an arranger normally.
And if I may have one more complaint (sort of) it's the string sounds.
The last Korg which had a really useful, direct, immediate , chugging string patch was the N264.
Ever since then Korg (and most manufacturers really) go for the "lush, slow" type which has a very limited usability. In ballads, slow stuff they might work but even in those cases one has to totally adapt their playing style because these sounds are always late and they tend to swell, meaning that you can't really play any fast parts on them.
Sure they sound impressive on demos and they certainly help selling the product (I get it, that's the point), but in real life situations direct, fast string sounds with a well defined attack would be much better.
From those one can edit and apply effects to obtain something more slow and lush should they need something like that, but the reverse is not true.
The only criticism I'd make is that, given that most of the settings and controls are on-screen, a 10' or 11' format would have been more appropriate for this one.
Especially 10" screens are popular and cheap nowadays. They could go for it.
They only put one slider on this one somehow they forgot about the vector joystick as well
They forgot a bunch of buttons and controls.
Does this keyboard do mellotron sounds?
It has the instruments but it doesn't have pitch shifting, tape speed and tone control or even the lofi nature of a mellotron. Now a lot of these could be done using effects or even using a DAW but it would take some work
@@raul0ca Many thanks
Are the limiter / compresor total mastering effects good enough on the nautilus to finish a cd quality final master
Hi, can I add an external Ribbon Control to this keyboard, are there any available?
Waiting for my Nautilus still being made in the meantime I can play my MS 20 from 1978 that was the last Korg I owned 😆
Great Demo!
What about polyphony?
Polyphony is a bit complicated with the Nautilus. Each sound engine uses different levels of polyphony. The breakdown is: SGX-2: 100 voices; 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
Tks @@kraftmusic - it seems complex. But playing, do you feel something is missing (wrong) or everythings you can hear perfect?
As I well understand piano and EPiano sound engines are acoustic modelling based?
Which sound engine is ...the old Wavestation vectorial synthesis?
When I read the specs it looks as though the Korg Nautilus will actually work with USB MIDI controllers like the Novation Launchpad X, the Korg microKEY, and the Roli Lightpad Block. Can anybody confirm that this is so?
Usually USB MIDI controllers are just for use with a DAW.
cool video but how do you actually access each individual sound engine and start to program them ?
By the program banks I would imagine (not category). Each bank is assigned a different sound engine. The manual should tell you which bank is assigned to which engine. Once you have chosen the sound (in this case MS-20) touch the graphic on the main page to access the parameters (in this case the patch bay)
Why no flip up display as on the KORG Pa4x?
I think they were trying to keep costs down with the Nautilus. Top end arranger keyboards are in the US$5000+ price range while the Nautilus has to compete in the US$2000 workstation range with the Roland Fantom 0 and Yamaha ModX
That was a fantastic video brother really enjoyed it love and light to you and yours cannot wait to have my nautilus! #@WowKorgKicksAss
I almost got the 73 key model. Settled on the kronos v2 for same price. No regrets.
Yeah, the Kronos truly is the premium, technologically advanced king
Am l able to achieve a harpsichord on the Korg Nautilus?
There harpichord patches on it wich you can further edit to your own liking
@@bjornkreuze7423 Thank you, Bjorn.
Which is the best
Thanks for a great demo, but if I have a Kronos 2, why would I want one of these?
It’s mainly aimed at people who have either never had a Kronos, or want a streamlined version.
Absolutely no improvements over my Kronos X. Minor changes to UI but still the same engines, parameters and features. What a missed opportunity.
It’s meant to be a streamlined Kronos. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it in my opinion. Not everything in my opinion needs to be a massive upgrade from the last. Particularly if the Kronos was so popular previously. Only thing I will say is that I wish the screen was bigger, and more hands on controls like the Kronos.
@@jordanking7711 Well, it's been 12 years since the Kronos was released. I would have expected them to come up with a few fresh ideas during this time. Basically, I agree with you that the Kronos was a brilliant workstation at that time, but a lot has changed in the 12 years and there is definitely room for improvement in some areas. For example, I don't understand why the Nautilus now has even fewer hardware controls. The trend is going the other way round and the operation of the Kronos was always its weakest point.
Is this like a simplified version of the Kronos or is it totally different?
I would say yes given the fact that it has the same 9 engines as the Kronos did, as well as largely the same UI. Only differences is no KARMA obviously, and that most of the operations of the Nautilus is touch screen based. Kind of like what the M50 and Krome was after the M3, although the M50 had KARMA but you get the point. Krome did not though.
The same sound engines as Kronos? Why not a physical modelling engine, based on something other than strings? Why not an MS - 50? Mono - Poly? Lambda? Delta? Poly - 61? And why, for pity's sake, not a LARGER, tilt - able screen or an external screen interface? And why aren't any of our questions answered?
Luciano is good at this. Better than most I've seen. However, based on my past sales training I would suggest a little more focus on benefits rather than features. Now, it's possible that a lot of the people watching this are super experienced with keyboards and when Luciano shows a feature, they immediately understand why they would use it and what they would want it for. As a keyboard noob, I do not.
Muchas personas en discusión porque dicen que Kronos es mejor que Nautilus, pero les recuerdo que ambos son teclados de la misma empresa KORG! Asi que dejen de discutir, ambos son buenos teclados, disfruten de sus instrumentos musicales! 🤷🏻♂️
The reason ppl argue is because they've taken away most of the user features that the kronos had, its a good keyboard but its too dependent on the screen and korg keyboards have been known for their touch screen issues. I think they should've added the faders and some accessibility buttons so that we don't have to depend on the screen too much.
@@Lenky-Don Thanks you for the comment, and I agree with you, depend of the users finally.
Sounds great, but the combination option is user unfriendly. I bought a Kronos once, i returned it after 2 weeks.
I wonder why it does not have KARMA
bet that will come back to bite them.....get it?
Korg should come up with new keyboard having good workflow and innovative technology like roland in making music.. Soundwise still korg is powerfull than roland...
You'd better show - HOW quickly to "throw" the screen on to an external touch-monitor / tablet, to be able to EASIER work with this device....
On play store, control Nautilus 👍
Hi my friend
Please find this comparison, and please try to do a collaboration with Mexkeys alias Enzo Messina, a great famous jazz pianist, th-cam.com/video/fpH8tlrLxuI/w-d-xo.html
I am really sorry but a comparison with a single sound is not so fair for me, I played all of those synth and i can assure that Korg is the one with most powerful sound and deep basses (i am not a fan boy, I am trying to understand which one I could buy), montage is the one more 80's sounds more brilliant and detailed sounds but less powerful, and the kurzweil is the one with less basses and a cutting medium range with the warmest sounds.
The fantom is a breakthrough between montage and Nautilus, but with very bright sounds, probably with the best organ sounds. Anyway all of those are fantastic synth with incredible possibilities, but this comparison IMHO doesn't give justice to all, you should play more than one sound for each one
wut
Roland is exclusively '80s and '90s sounds (their first, excessively late venture into modern sounds is their new Gaia2 synthesizer), Montage has some limited number of modern pads and other sounds, and the Nautilus is just absolutely crazy with all its synth engines and incredible pianos.
Brightness is irrelevant, they all have equalizers to brighten the sound to help cut through a busy mix on any stage. Warmth is also irrelevant, all can have their sound warmed up with post FX, they are designed for you to tweak them to your taste. So it is best to choose according to features of you cannot try them in person.
Great keyboard with premium keybed, but little to no integration with studio environments. The software editor is unbelievably terrible and archaic and its only capable of the 3 stereo analog outs for tracking or 1 stereo out over USB. No transport controls or DAW templates. A live musicians Swiss army knife but an inferior technological headache for studio based musicians & producers. Happy Menu Diving!!🤓
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Hello. Could you tell me where can I put the release effect inside a combi sound? (The same as the knob but set as an effect to a combi program, for example a piano). And also adjust the dynamic. Thank you.