However, to be fair, VST plugins offer advantages in recallability and portability that hardware cannot match. Yet, the Kronos bridges this gap with its software integration capabilities. It allows for seamless editing via a computer editor, and its setlist mode offers instant patch changes that rival the recall of a DAW. The instrument manages to provide the workflow benefits of hardware without entirely severing the digital convenience of software.
Korg has chosen to go the opposite route. They offer the ecosystem (which is fantastic but limited) and the Korg Collection (which covers the retro synths, not the Kronos’s unique CX-3 organ or SGX piano). korg kronos vst plugin better
To build a 16-part multi-timbral setup superior to Kronos Combi mode: However, to be fair, VST plugins offer advantages
The Kronos hardware screen is gorgeous—for 2011. It's resistive touch, small, and requires precise finger taps. The instrument manages to provide the workflow benefits