About Narfsounds|Australia|Narf Sounds, Korg Kronos Yamaha Montage MODX

Francis "Narf" Capistrano

Director & Sound Developer

Narf Sounds

Hello and welcome to narfsounds.com, where we offer high-quality sound patches and presets for a host of flagship keyboard synth workstations and live performance platforms. My name is Francis “Narf” Capistrano and I have been a musician for over 30 years, gigging as a keyboardist and working as a sound developer.

In 2017, I decided to share the sounds I had developed for the Korg Kronos with others through narfsounds.com. Since then, I have expanded my product line to include sounds for the Yamaha Montage, MODX, Roland Fantom, Nord Stage 3 and 4, Korg Nautilus, and Gig Performer with Arturia V Collection.

In addition to my work with Narfsounds, I am also the founder and moderator of several online communities for synth and keyboard enthusiasts, including the Kronos Enthusiast Workshops, Yamaha Montage/MODX Group, Roland Fantom 2019 & Fantom-0 Users, Korg Nautilus Group, and Keyboard Players for Cover Bands on Facebook.

I also run the Narfsounds YouTube channel, where you’ll find demonstrations of the sounds I develop, along with tutorials and tips for getting the most out of various keyboards and performance platforms.

Alongside developing and selling sound packs, I also offer online lessons for musicians who want to get the most out of their instruments. These lessons cover everything from programming and performance techniques to platform-specific workflows, helping you gain the skills and confidence to use your setup to its full potential.

Feel free to browse my selection of top-quality cover sound patches and presets, designed to save you programming time, sound authentic to the original recordings, and give you the confidence to deliver seamless, worry-free performances.

Harry Pancho

Sound Developer

Narf Sounds

Meet Harry, a true perfectionist when it comes to his craft as a musician and sound developer. With a decade of experience playing in bands and designing sounds for various Yamaha and Roland synths, Harry is well-equipped to create high-quality patches and presets for electronic keyboards and synthesizers.

As co-developer for the Roland Fantom Famous Covers Set 1 and the Yamaha Montage & MODX Movie & TV Themes sound library, Harry has proven his expertise in creating professional-grade sounds for these popular instruments. He is also the sole programmer of the Fantom Famous Covers Set 2, further showcasing his dedication to his craft.

If you're looking for top-notch sound patches and presets that will take your music to the next level, look no further than Harry's work at Narf Sounds. You won't be disappointed.

"Thank you so much in putting a the labor of love that you have in the sound pack...Looking forward to further developments that you create..."

-Mike Britton

Kronos Owner

New York, USA

"The soundpack is terrific - it has helped make my contribution to the band more significant"

-Tim Justice

Kronos Owner

Pennsylvania, USA

"I just wanted to say that this 'kronos guru' is a wealth of knowledge and an absolute asset to your business. In ten short minutes he was able to successfully do what took me five hours to unsuccessfully complete".

-David Van Pelt

Korg Artist

Melbourne, Australia

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The Ultimate Covers 128 Pack is now available for the Korg Kronos 3.

This collection includes carefully crafted setups for a wide range of popular songs, designed specifically to work with the Kronos 3. It features full splits, layers, and sound transitions that follow the original arrangements, making it easier to perform songs the way people expect to hear them.

If you’re using a Kronos 3 and want a solid foundation of accurate, gig-ready sounds, this pack is now ready for you.

Not everyone has time to program every sound from scratch. Especially if you’re learning a full set on short notice, playing in multiple bands, or just trying to keep up with everything else in life.

That’s where these sound libraries come in.

Accurate sounds. Song-specific layers and splits. Levels already dialed in. Just load them up and go.

If you’d rather spend less time programming and more time playing, this might be exactly what you need.

Check out the demos and see what’s possible at narfsounds.com

#keyboardplayer #soundpacks #coverband #gigready #narfsounds #yamaha #korg #roland #nord #giglife #livemusic #keyboardist

There are plenty of soundpacks out there for the same keyboards I work with. Some use the same song titles. Some mimic the names of my packs. Some mirror the look of my packaging. Some cost less while others charge around the same or more.

But before you press the buy button, make sure you know what you’re actually getting.

A lot of sound packs out there focus on single programs or isolated tones, maybe a brass stab or a lead synth that hints at the original, but they often stop there. You’re expected to handle the splits, transitions, and everything else to make it stage ready. Many are shared on cloud-based marketplaces, where quality and consistency can vary, and it’s common to see the same song appear across different packs with similar names and overlapping content. It’s not always clear who created what or whether any of it was designed with a full performance in mind.

That’s not what I do.

Every Narfsounds pack is built to help you play the full song from start to finish as the only keyboardist in a live band. All logically mapped for intuitive play even for a single 61-key keyboard. The splits, transitions, and cues are already in place. These are complete setups shaped by real gig experience and refined through feedback from working musicians around the world.

I make these to save you time. To keep your rig simple. To help you show up ready.

The sounds play right, feel right, and sit in the mix without second guessing. Everything is built for live performance where it actually counts.

Narfsounds is for players who want to sound great and stay focused on the music. Clear layouts. No BS. Just tools that work.

Some years ago I bought an expensive camera before a big overseas trip. I wasn’t trying to be a pro. I just wanted to take great photos. But once I started using it, I realized how much I didn’t know. Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance. All of it was overwhelming. The camera could do a lot, but I was barely scratching the surface.

That’s what buying a Kronos, Nautilus, Montage, Nord Stage or Fantom can feel like. These boards are powerful, but unless you spend a lot of time learning them, you probably will not get everything out of them. Most players don't want to spend hours programming. They just want to play and sound great.

That is why I make sound packs. Fully mapped, ready to play, designed to sound like the record. You turn it on and it just works. No deep diving. No second guessing. Just great sounds ready for the gig.

I made the Fantom EX 80s pack last year after getting several requests from players who had moved to the new model and didn’t want to start over. These were sounds I’d already built for other versions, but with the EX offering things like n/zyme and the JD-800 engine, I went back in and rebuilt everything properly. Same songs, same goal—just made to feel right on this board.

If you’ve had to cover songs like Jump, Electric Dreams, or Kyrie with limited prep, you know how much smoother things go when the sounds are already dialed in. This pack was about getting you to that point faster, so you could walk into rehearsal ready to play, not tweak. Just search Narfsounds Fantom EX on YouTube to see it in action.

When you buy a Narfsounds pack, you’re not just downloading files. You’re getting direct access to the person who built them.

If something goes wrong or something doesn’t feel right on your setup, you’re not stuck dealing with a reseller or waiting for a support ticket to be answered. You’re talking to me. The one who programmed the sounds, road tested them and knows exactly how they’re supposed to work.

I only make sounds for synths I know inside out. Synths I actually bought and own. That means hours of hands-on programming, digging through menus, and finding real use cases for the functions that make each keyboard unique.

Each pack comes with written instructions, video walkthroughs, and detailed performance notes. Some are straightforward enough to follow with just the docs. Others go deeper and are backed with extra guidance when needed. If something still doesn’t add up, I’ll help. I’ve even called or FaceTimed customers when it made sense to do so.

I’m here to support players who take their craft seriously and just need the right tools to do the job.

That’s the kind of help I wish I had when I was starting out. So that’s what I give.

Real help. From someone who actually knows what they’re doing.

Best to reach out via my website chat at narfsounds.com.

Wrapped up another financial year. Best one yet!

This one had a few milestones.
I turned 50 earlier in the year.
Created new sound packs for Gig Performer and Arturia.
Flew to Japan for a private consulting session.
Attended NAMM for the first time.
Held a Kronos Event
Released the biggest collection of cover sounds for the Montage/MODX
And Narfsounds kept growing.

Thanks to everyone who supported it this year. Whether you picked up a pack, used the sounds onstage, or just messaged to say hi, I appreciate it.

More to come.

Narf
narfsounds.com

I’ve never liked those fake 3D box mockups. There’s no actual box, no CD, no USB stick. Just a download and a folder on your desktop.

So how do you show something that isn’t physical but makes a huge difference? These aren’t just files. They save you hours, make your rig gig-ready, and bring that spark when the crowd hears the first few notes.

Yeah, I still spend hours designing them to reflect what the pack is about. And yes, people have messaged me saying some look terrible. It’s funny, but also shows how much people care about what these sounds mean.

Back then, software came in boxes with disks and manuals. Now everything’s digital. Fast, convenient, instant.

The value isn’t in the packaging. It’s in the confidence, the sound, the experience on stage. I don’t love making mockups. But I do love giving you sounds that just work. That’s what you’re really getting.

Kronos 3 has landed. Your sounds are ready to follow.

The Ultimate Covers 128 and 80s & Beyond packs have been updated for smooth performance on the K3. Sample handling has been improved across the board. Several Combis, including a tighter reworked Pony Combi, now sounds even better on the new system.

Layouts, splits, and Set List locations are exactly where you left them. No reprogramming. No learning curve.

If you already own these packs, check your inbox. A Kronos 3 ready version has been sent to you. It works whether your keyboard is already set up or still on the way or if you're still considering the upgrade. By the way these load seamlessly on the Kronos 2 as well.

If your current setup includes the Ultimate Covers 117, Session Gig Collection, or either of the 2 versions of 80s Booster Packs, an upgrade path is available.

👉 All the info is at narfsounds.com

You don’t need to start over. You just need to load these and play.

Need to load just one Program, Combi, or Setlist slot on your Kronos?

No need to overwrite entire banks.

I’ve put together a full guide with video on how to do it properly.

Go to narfsounds.com and tap on Blog to watch and read.

Whenever I perform gigs, I make it a point to take quality photos of my gear setup on stage. It’s how I document my gear and the venue I performed at.

What I don’t capture… because I’m too busy actually playing, is the audience. The laughter, the dancing, the friends singing along. I don’t have footage of the person who came up after the set to tell me how much the band meant to them that night. Or the moment a fellow musician in the crowd said, “That sounded tight!”

These are the things you can’t bottle. But they’re why I obsess over getting the sounds right.

The sounds in my packs aren’t just patches. They help recreate those moments, night after night, for bands like yours. When the sound is right, everything else falls into place.

Got a Kronos 3 on the way?
The wait is almost over, and when it lands, you’ll want to plug in and play.

The Kronos 3 80s & Beyond Cover Pack gives you 48 songs you actually gig with
Take On Me, Shout, Relax, Running Up That Hill, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and more

Each one is mapped clearly with splits, scenes, and performance notes in Set List mode
So when the band counts you in, you’re not scrolling through menus or guessing where things are

If your Kronos 3 is already on order, this is how you hit the ground running
No fuss. Just the sounds you need

#kronos3 #korgkronos #keyboardplayer #coverband #narfsounds #80smusic #gigrig #gigready #korgsounds @korgaustralia @korgofficial

While working on the Disco Inferno performance for the Montage MODX Favorite Covers Set 13, the disco string gliss solo felt strangely familiar, but I couldn’t place it.

After playing with the sample’s pitch it hit me! It’s the same sample used in If You Leave by OMD!

I had been searching for that glissando sound for years and it was right there all along waiting to be discovered.

Over 200 gig-ready performances.
500+ custom sounds.
198 custom arpeggios.
330 MB of samples.
16 organized Live Sets.
600+ combined performances.

Sounds impressive—but it only matters if it works on stage.

It means showing up to rehearsal ready. No scrambling, no tweaking. Just loading your set and playing.

It means seeing Africa, Radio Ga Ga, and Sweet Dreams in your list—not “Brass Synth 01” or "Synth Bass Arp"

It means your rig’s organized. Your hands land where they should. Transitions are smooth. Arpeggios lock in. Samples cut through.

No more setup. No more second-guessing.
You just play.

That’s what these packs are for.

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