The Korg workstations appear to be becoming rather Zynthian like whilst we seem to be heading towards a similar end from the opposite direction…
The dynamics knob is interesting.
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Great minds think alike? 
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The Nautilus looks to be a simplified, more portable version of the Kronos. As an old “Korg guy” I feel as if I’ve earned the right to say that the quality of the builds of their various keyboard instruments vary greatly. The Kronos is much, much more solid than the older Triton, not to ignore the similar, but greatly expanded control surface. The Korg generations are close to the human, about 20 years.
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Never met one in the flesh but they seem to be the goto device for a long, long while. They exude an air of ruggedness and reliability.
Better is good.
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This is what I was searching for. Is it possible for Zynthian to make a version that looks like this?
1 piano engine with a graphical interface
1 Hammond engine with the drawbars and controls on one screen instead of on 4 pages.
1 sample engine with cool sounding presets
5 synth engines with cool sounding presets and controls visible on one screen instead of 18 pages?
1 button to control reverb amount/type
1 button to control compression/distortion
1 button to go the the equaliser
1 button to control the effect section
Inputs for mic and electric guitar
I mean: look at this Korg keyboard. They really thought about what musicians need. But they lack the flexibility of the Zynthian. But still. They did a really good job and I think Zynthian can learn a lot from it. Not by making Zynthian better, but easier.
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Yes! Most of that list could be done with the right amount of effort and enthusiasm. But… that is one person’s list. The next would want a different set of requirements… and so on. We strive to make zynthian simpler to use, looking at common workflows and streamlining actions but as you point out, zynthian is a flexible beast that can be used in many ways and, with just a couple of part-time developers there isn’t the effort to do all we would want. It is surprising how much time it takes for even the smallest changes, to implement, test, debug, document and deploy.
So yes, anything is possible… but nothing is easy. We aim for perfection and are glad when we hit acceptable. 
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