Kross 2-61 : Mini Workstation

A very compact keyboard packed with lots of great stuffs. I use is for live music on stage along with a Yamaha MM6 or MX61. Is has great sounds on board and lots of configurations can be done even the screen is small and have to navigate with the buttons. I mainly use it for Brass, E.Piano ans Synth Lead sounds in user combination mode where I can skip the use of the ‘Favorites’, which does not fit my needs really.

Pros:

1. Keybed feel is better than the Kross 1.

2. Very lightweight

3. Sample pads are very useful for live to trigger samples.

4. Realtime controls very handy.

5. You can load your own samples.

Cons:

1. It is not handy to carry since there are not good handling points like the Kross 1.

2. Acoustic Piano sounds are not that great.

I fully recommend this keyboard to anyone with limited budget wanting KORG sounds and a compact lightweight keyboard with full of features similar to a full fledge workstation like the Kronos. KORG has also released new expansion libraries for the Kross 2 which makes it “future proof” in terms of sounds.