I just purchased the 88 key Nautilus about a month ago. I am blown away by this awesome keyboard. I have just merely been playing around with it and checking out the thousands of sounds. I am like you, I love the all of the electric pianos. I am also watching tons of videos on the Nautilus to get a little more familiar with it, by seeing you guys going through them. Thanks for your vids.
@WoodyPianoShack2 жыл бұрын
congrats, glad to hear you're lovin it!
@poppincollaEnt Жыл бұрын
Just purchased the Korg Nautilus 61 key and I must say...it is incredible. Also, its on sale. This is the best sounding keyboard I have ever used. This keyboard screams professional. Really loving the sounds. I had a krome 61 and wasn't the biggest fan. I sold it. The Nautilus blows away the krome. I also have a Roland FA 06 and really love the sound of that keyboard also, but the Nautilus sounds more full and professional.
@ErraticFaith Жыл бұрын
Korg appeals to people a little ways short of the old people's home. Please don't compare it to Roland. Especially the FA. Which is on nigh every live stage in Japan. Unlike the Korgs - which are barely on any! And for good reason.
@mrdali673 жыл бұрын
It's really where the Kronos/Nautilus shines. I know people gab over Nord and their E.Pianos but nothing imo beats the Kronos in the EP field. the EP-1 Engine is hands down the best E-Piano available. The Crumar modelled EP is on par but lacks the programability. You can actually adjust the Crumar in more detail, but the effects and the lack of custom presets makes the Korg win. If you use a lot of EP this is worth the whole price of the Kronos/Nautilus
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
well, i suppose the strength of the nords is e-pianos, combined with organ and hands-on front panel controls, although the CX3 sounds fantastic, performing on the touchscreen is a pain on the naut, better on the kronos I guess! good thing about rhodes is that you just select it and play!
@Ruimagro092 жыл бұрын
Xxxxxl
@TylerLore3 жыл бұрын
Korg's electric pianos are always so nice. Great to see that continue here.
@MacXpert743 жыл бұрын
I really like the electric piano sounds and how they can be adjusted on the Nautilus. Very nice!
@CalvinLimuel3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the jazz standards! Crystal Silence does sound really beautiful on the Rhodes. Perhaps because it also reminds me of Gary Burton on Vibraphones. Also "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" has been pretty much my favorite song during the social distancing era. And I absolutely adore these EP-1 sounds. I own the original Korg Kronos, I sampled the Rhodes Mark V for my own use so I can leave my heavy Kronos at home, I run Mainstage live, and I just use some lighter midi controllers or whatever the venue has
@depositiveone26773 жыл бұрын
The first time I've heard of the Rhodes Dyno My Piano was keyboardist Russell Ferrante of the jazz group Yellowjackets. The first two albums they came out with in the early 80s had this instrument and I was always fascinated with the tone. I am glad to hear this sound replicated faithfully in the Korg Nautilus (which I'll be trading my Krome to get this one once it becomes available).
@dynoroad3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see so much love for the Dyno mod!
@lodrezzon3 ай бұрын
My standard rig is two controllers, both running Ableton. My top layer has around 6-7 sounds stacked (acoustic bass, rhodes, 2 warm pads, and 2 moving sounds), while my lower keyboard is just a Rhodes by itself. My go-to Rhodes is always the Scarbee 200 using Native's Kontakt player (I've written 400-500 songs just based on that sound), with a hint of reverb and delay. I just like the sound of a natural Rhodes myself. I'm planning on buying the 77 key Nautilus next paycheck, but in all the video demos I've watched, the Nautilus EP sounds are SLATHERED in effects, making it impossible to tell what the actual Rhodes sounds sound like. Thanks again for always being my go to source for what is important in keyboards. 8).
@jgh5483 жыл бұрын
A great example of the wealth of benefits to be got from tweaking those 9 synth engines. Great depth, well beyond your old fashioned ROMplers.
@lcceo223 жыл бұрын
Perfect! I was a bit critical of the Nautilus/MODX video, due to the emphasis on arps. But this is fantastic. It's exactly the sort of video I was asking for. Thank you!
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
np! I did one on the acoustic piano too, check that out if you want, and we'll do organ too, since these are the categories that interest me the most!
@benetmerklin3 жыл бұрын
Sounds are really amazing,so rich.Your playing is so enjoyable.rather than focus on the sound tone. I am focusing on your performance..Brilliant 😍
@tonylancer73673 жыл бұрын
These Rhodes are so tasty. Korg always makes quality Rhodes samples compared to Yamaha and Roland. The Yamaha Rhodes sound funny at least to my ears Woody, you were supposed to play Stevie Wonders "Sunshine of My Life at 10:40". Really happy with this video.
@lcceo223 жыл бұрын
I think, there's been some leapfrogging in the Big Three rompler department. IMO, the Motif ES far outclassed the EP's from Roland Fantom or Korg Triton lines at the time. Korg pulled about even, with some different tones, on the M3, and Roland put out respectable competition with the Integra/FA. Then Kronos came through and crushed the buildings. With a handful of exceptions, Montage EP's sounded, and still do, IMO, like a toy relative to Kronos. Ditto Roland, though I haven't caught the Fantom SN EP expansion yet. Kronos still has superior tone, richness, "bounce" and "bite" to their rhodes and wurlitzer sounds. I had a Kronos when Keyscape came out. I listened to the Keyscape demos and all but laughed, because the Kronos remains a fair stretch ahead in that department. I now have a MODX and recently got Keyscape, which is fantastic, but that EP 1 is still a work of art.
@tonylancer73673 жыл бұрын
@@lcceo22 I agree, the Kronos made me realise what I have been missing from a Rhodes library. The thing that makes it so good is that it shines without effects added and sparkles when effects are added, something that I struggle with on Yamaha. I am not brave enough to trust Roland with the SN EPs. Sure, they are a combination of modelling and samples but for me, they sound worse than the Yamaha Rhodes IMO. I think Yamaha tried to do something about it with the new CP series, the Rhodes sound much better. I think the idea of the Keyscape Rhodes was the top-notch Rhodes for the studio, pristine, super high quality ready for recording. For me, I love it, because I don't fiddle with it when it's game time. But when I need some more, I head to Scarbee. If only we had stacks of money to buy Nords for ourselves, then maybe our sounds lust would decrease.
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
i blatantly ignore the song suggestions in the presets :) nobody has blasted me for playing chick corea over a herbie preset yet...
@tonylancer73673 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack Haha that's the amazing Woody!
@hhderuijter3 жыл бұрын
Great demo! Sweet sounds. Thank you Woody.
@ringodingo69453 жыл бұрын
Geeez there's more? Ha ha. Loved the very first Rhodes and your little groove. I woke up at 330am in Australia's heat wave and watched this vid. I've never owned or played Korg but I'm thinking of getting myself to a store to have a look when they come out. I'm still discovering things on my MODX. But again, good on you Woody for showing us that.
@bobobear19773 жыл бұрын
The EP-1 engine does not use any samples at all, it is a physical model of tine and reed-style electric pianos, so the sound is rendered solely through mathematical models of the instruments. Hence the expressiveness and the multitude of parameters.
@CalvinLimuel3 жыл бұрын
that's what I used to think but I guess reading up about it again, I think it's similar to Roland SuperNatural engine that it does have some sampled material but then they synthesize all the inbetweens
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
that's not correct bobear, it's samples with some clever interpolation to smooth out any transitions.
@godzil423 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the musical moments, that was magical, like the ending one!
@godzil423 жыл бұрын
I’ve pelage the song at 2:02 with a jazz band long ago, can’t remember the name of it 😢
@ChrisP3000x3 жыл бұрын
The EP's sound really nice.
@DanielMorales-qp8rf3 жыл бұрын
The Nautilus sounds great. It has the kronos engine. I want to say that I have purchased a kronos just today. I cant wait till its delivered to me. I chose the kronos because of the sounds and extensive functionality including the karma. It has aftertouch so this helped me decide for a Kronos instead of a Nautilus.
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
awesome, congrats to you!
@eaglechildkeys3 жыл бұрын
Very surprised with those electric Pianos. The EP Mark Early Chorus sound fantastic. Thanks for the video Woody ;-)))
@billyruss3 жыл бұрын
In terms of workstation patches, I've always favoured Yamaha's electric pianos over Korg's and Roland's, though I have to say these are really good. I like the MDS velocity switching - it's pretty much impossible to hear any obviously audible velocity or pitch switching (or looping, for that matter) - and the various features like key off add even more to the authenticity of the emulation. And, when you apply the cabinet effects of drive, vibrato and EQ, I can almost smell the heat coming off the original! How do you feel it compares against the Nord? Some years ago, my gig rig consisted of a Yamaha Motif, Korg M3 and Nord Stage. In a warmup gig soundcheck, I played the Fender Rhodes piano patches on each one to our bass player (a younger guy, but big into his 70s sounds) and asked him which sounded best. He was reasonably impressed by the Yamaha and the Korg, but then the Nord was just like coming home - to my ears, as well, it just drips authenticity. The Nautilus is holding its own pretty well here though. And, having said all this, the various manufacturers do very well in getting the most out of their sounds with added effects etc. - something I'm actually pretty grateful for, having played around in the 70s with my uncle's Rhodes (and Pianet T!) and being pretty dissatisfied with the sound I was getting until I added some of his (fairly limited) external effects to try to get the sound I was hearing from the bands I was listening to at the time. Really liked this video - it is, as you say, unusual to get to hear the raw sounds without all the sweetness and icing. Some really nice playing too; it's clear to hear that you are very much at home with the Rhodes sound :-)
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
lovely comment, thanks, appreciate the final sentence, I haven't played one for years but listen to a lot of music... motif, modx, montage all have terrible rhodes imho, they really rely on heavy effects to fatten up the samples... but excellent expansions can be loaded onto the flash memory, so not an issue. nord is not detailed like the naut, I've not heard any key off samples on their rhodes. but I feel the selection of pianos they sampled have much more variety in their tone and characters.
@billyruss3 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack Yes, I think I'd tend to agree that my preference in the past for the Yamaha sounds was on the basis of the effects they'd placed on them (the old "Sweetness Piano" for example worked well on gigs!). Listening again to your video, yes, there does seem to be more detail in the Korg samples than perhaps the Nord. Have to go and try one out now :-)
@dgp10803 жыл бұрын
Nice test! Thanks!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@NURREDIN3 жыл бұрын
Thank You! I gave away my Rhodes 73 stage to my best friend in 1999.It had a great sound,but only ONE sound. It was cumbersome to take to gigs,and repairing broken tines (and cutting them to the proper length for each note) was a sincere pain in the rear end. The sample I heard here sounds EXACTLY like my old Rhodes. I've been using a Kurzweil ME-1(the Dyno patch) for my Rhodes sound (controlled by an Italian Studiologic SL 990XP) and you've finally given me a reason to replace my setup with the Korg Nautilus. I'm curious as to how you like the feel of the keyboard,and how many keys the model you used has. I prefer 73 or 88 keys.
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
always great to hear some feedback from a real rhodes guy, and cool that you found the sound to be identical! really interesting to read. i'm using the 61, although 73 and 88 is available. keyboard is pretty nice, works good for rhodes and organ.
@jameskerr95093 жыл бұрын
Love the sound, the body shape for the 61 and 73, not so much but the 88 is fine. Looking to upgrade from an X50 and looking at the MODX so it is between those two. Might go for the 88 Nautilus for my son who is classically trained and needs a good piano action
@HighlandStudio913 жыл бұрын
Just sold my cruddy Korg Krome today,in order to preorder the magnificent Nautilus(estimated to arrive by 2/23/2021)...mind you,this is on backorder.This is a good sign,as the release of this keyboard is sooner than I had thought....so should be in retail stores very early next year! Your bare-bones video is just the ticket,as perhaps,this showcase will open the eyes & ears of all of the rabid Korg Kronos/Yamaha fans who incessantly complain about the Nautilus's "shortcomings"??
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
cruddy? that bad? well, anyway, congrats buddy on your order!
@HighlandStudio913 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack Well sir,most every sound category(other than the pianos,e,pianos & drums)...are indeed,cruddy.Also...the same old & tired effects are so outdated & dull and with no WAV export,there is no way to effectively transfer raw sounds & enhnace them with PC software effects.Trying to transfer tracks from the Krome via audio cables is a complete bust,as the D/A converters are cruddy.Initially,I was excited that Korg had come out with an enhanced version of Krome with the EX,but as it turned out,the enhancements were too minimal.Of course,had I known Korg was going to release the Nautilus,I would have never even considered the Krome EX.I should congratulate you on your early arrival of your Nautilus,as it's clear you are thoroughly enjoying yours....cheers!
@gabrielirlanda3 жыл бұрын
@@HighlandStudio91 I agreed I part of what you said, but I have a KromeEx and the factory settings are awful, you have to touch the instrument a bit to start talking and compare them with Yamaha MODX etc. Korg has a 'strange' annoying frequency at the end of each note, I can hear that high frequency in Nautilus too, I can't honestly see much difference on how it sound compared with Krome. And about the recording, I have U-Phoria audio interface and it does a decent job recording WAV to the computer. How is your Nautilus going? are you happy? Krome has the piano roll which is pretty cool and Nautilus nor Kronos has it. Don't know if it will worth to spend about 1K more and it doesn't even have aftertouch! that's a crime!
@HighlandStudio913 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielirlanda My retailer keeps pushing the date further & further away....so now,I have to wait until the 9th of May,before I see my Nautilus.
@mrdali673 жыл бұрын
How can one not like the Dynomark Rhodes mods .. Its what the DX7 rhodes is modelled after .. sound of the 80'ies .. :)
@staceycarras3815 Жыл бұрын
Excellent vid Woody ! How do you rate it next to the Nord in sound quality and keybed playability ?, excluding the work station Angle ?, The Korg sounds are really stunning
@WoodyPianoShack Жыл бұрын
still prefer the hands-on controls of the electro, for tweaking organ, effects, selecting pianos. both sound very different but are great in their own ways. electro has the edge on organs and is more portable. nautilus does so much more....
@SanelKeys3 жыл бұрын
Dyno My Piano!
@dynoroad3 жыл бұрын
Incredible sound! But it needs chorus to sound its best.
@juanignaciosanchez96333 жыл бұрын
Please demos electric basses, clavs, strings, wah guitars, I LOVE FUNK.. Thanks
@MFitz12 Жыл бұрын
DMP - The Dyno My Piano mod from the 1970's.
@germanshepherdlover26132 жыл бұрын
I can get a new Nautilus or a used Kronos 1. Does the Nautilus sounds better than Kronos 1, especially the cx-3 organ leslie sim? I played a Nautilus and was blown away by the tonewheel organ and leslie sim.
@dennispena54962 жыл бұрын
Were you playing Breakout at 7:30 ? Then some Super Mario Brothers Underworld?
@athanasiusdicia1173 жыл бұрын
Do you miss aftertouch in Nautilus? Would you consider that a compromise, regarding some great new sounds coming with the new workstation, which Kronos lacks, especially pianos, which for the first time, can be considered as, really premium, compared to what I consider as benchmark, aka Roland Fantom?
@dartme183 жыл бұрын
This doesn't answer your question and may not even be interesting to you, but I've never had a keyboard before and just got a Nautilus a month or two ago. I have never had after touch, so I certainly don't miss it! I really like Nautilus. I'm a software developer and can really get behind the several synth modelers in there. Super cool to be learning about frequency modulation synthesis and have that mod-7 (opsix) on board and ready to go!
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
it seems to me also that the F7 is the current leader in features and technology, after all it's 5 to 10 years newer than the competing flagships. i'm not a huge user of aftertouch, and sometimes dislike the feel of the AT keybeds, so not a big deal for me, however you could argue should have been included at the price.
@dartme183 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack "...you could argue should have been included at the price" as many, many have :-D Thanks for the comparisons and reviews!
@ageshero2 ай бұрын
They did a way way better job on the rhodes piano’s than the actual pianos on the nautilus. I think nord wins the acoustic piano battle
@jobygeorge89963 жыл бұрын
Expecting a Guitar video
@66guidos3 жыл бұрын
Sounds really great! Better than your Nord Rhodes and Wurlis?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
probably, the sample sets are much larger, but I feel more variation between pianos on the nord.
@verysynthesizer59723 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the 7 inches screen ? It looks not really sensitive ? And what about the lake of contolers on the board ? No Aftertouch ?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
indeed, you're right those are the drawbacks on this model... just got to deal with it I guess.
@SergioCeccherini3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, any chance of a review of the organs?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
quite possible yes, i'm considering it, thx for the request, although there are a ton of parameters, it's a really deep engine, and it's not much fun to edit stuff on the lcd tbh, plus I think time to feature some different instruments, interest from my viewers is waning :D got something very cool coming up that you will enjoy, i'm sure...
@SergioCeccherini3 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShackThanks, I'm looking looking forward to hearing more.
@truthmanifestingtruth3 жыл бұрын
👍🏾fairly comparable to MODX electric pianos?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
nope, miles better, modx eps are awful imho, but luckily good expansions are available.
@konradhausmann63593 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack are these the same sounds as on the kronos?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
@@konradhausmann6359 yes but nautilus has one extra rhodes
@konradhausmann63593 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack thanks!
@dynoroad3 жыл бұрын
Not comparable! The Kronos is arguably more focused and complete! But I don't think the Yamaha EP's are awful like Woody thinks. They just have a different character altogether. Distinctly Yamaha (and perhaps less authentic) but a good sound in its own right. If you listened to any funk/fusion/aor made between 2002 and 2010, you've probably heard motif rhodes (which are all in the modx/montage) and you probably didn't complain about it. Best Rhodes I've heard come from the Yamaha CP1/CP5 which uses a completely different technology called "Spectral Component Modeling" that utilizes spectral data gathered from samples together with modeling parameters and virtual circuitry modeled effects.
@brettymike3 жыл бұрын
Has it got a good Yamaha CP70/80 sound in there??
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
i guess, but haven't stumbled across it yet... certainly not in the EP-1 model, which would have been great.
@timothyverbist57953 жыл бұрын
25:00
@iseeolly99593 жыл бұрын
No Moanin from me!
@jithinjoseph10573 жыл бұрын
Can you do accustic and dist guitar sound libraries?
@WoodyPianoShack3 жыл бұрын
thx, for the suggestion, not as its own video since it's an uninteresting category for me, but I'll throw in a guitar if I remember in my next vid!
@jithinjoseph10573 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack ❤️😀
@xp50player3 жыл бұрын
I had better luck with these EPs using a guitar amp IFX instead of the embedded amp sim.
@jussegmar58862 жыл бұрын
Is KORG.. yes.... Because KRONOS is KRONOS... perdón....
@gregsullivan7408 Жыл бұрын
If the Wurlys can't be played without tremelo I'd consider that a fail.
@WoodyPianoShack Жыл бұрын
you can throw trem on thses, no worries.
@gregsullivan7408 Жыл бұрын
@@WoodyPianoShack you said in the video that it seemed to be baked in - can you turn OFF the tremelo?
@WoodyPianoShack Жыл бұрын
@@gregsullivan7408 Aha ok, i see your point. i'm sure there are samples without trem as well, but not able to check right now