Korg Kross 2 88 Music Workstation - Matte Black

Rubberized matte black finish is sleek and uniquely durable
Kross 2 88 features a great-feeling rubberized finish in 'super matte black,' simultaneously sleek and elegant but also durable and comfortable.

The rich expressive power of the EDS-i sound engine, with a full complement of effects
The high-quality EDS-i Enhanced Definition Synthesis-integrated sound engine is inherited from Korg's professional synthesizers. You can use a total of seven effects units simultaneously: five insert and two master. Rich, expressive power is available from the selection of 134 high-quality effects, including standard effects such as delay and reverb as well as amp modeling, vintage effect units and even a vocoder.

Straightforward access to the sounds and functions you need
The realtime control section lets you directly control Kross 2's main parameters without having to navigate through a menu hierarchy. In addition to realtime control of the sounds and effects and simple editing of programs, you can use the knobs to easily control the vocoder settings or adjust the tempo of the arpeggiator and sequencer. The favorites function lets you register frequently-used programs and combinations and recall them at a single touch and provides 128 favorite locations. This function is ideal for live players that need quick access to a specialized set of sounds on stage. The layer/split function, which lets you layer two sounds or assign separate sounds to the left and right regions of the keyboard, is easy to set up thanks to a dedicated quick layer/split button. A category dial is provided, allowing you to immediately find the sounds you're looking for amid the vast range of choices. Just choose the general type of sound, such as piano or organ, and then make your selection quickly and efficiently.

Audio player/recorder that you can easily trigger from the pads
The built-in stereo audio recorder lets you record your Kross 2 performance or overdub an external input source such as vocals. There's also a pad audio play function that allows recorded sounds or audio files imported from an external source to be assigned to each of the 16 pads for playback. Unlike the sampling function, this allows extended recording and playback that is limited only by the capacity of the SD card; you can strike a pad to play back the backing of an entire song while you perform on the keyboard or use the pads to trigger sound effects or background music.

Mic connection for the singer-instrumentalist or for vocoder performance, with no other equipment needed
The 1/4" MIC IN jack lets you connect a mic directly, so there's no need for a singer-instrumentalist to provide a separate mixer when performing live. A vocoder function is also built in and you can easily perform vocoder sounds with rapid access via the realtime control section. Also provided is a LINE INPUT stereo mini-jack that's convenient for connecting your audio player or for sampling.