Korg Mini MS-20

[Achtane]

Monophonic...can I still do SPACETOANZ without polyphony?
Whatever, I want this jank.

[sonidero]

Monophonic...can I still do SPACETOANZ without polyphony?

Every Synth yall have been lusitn over are Monophonic... Aint no Keyboard Wizards up in here...

[Mudfuzz]

Monophonic...can I still do SPACETOANZ without polyphony?

Every Synth yall have been lusitn over are Monophonic... Aint no Keyboard Wizards up in here...

Fuck yes! mono levels it out a little for those of use with no piano skillz to try to sound awesome!

[Toonster]

A demo with some direct sound

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c34uh4yIV20[/youtube]

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i hate how they show us all this cool stuff, then take like 4-12 months to actually put them out for sale/use

kinda joking, kinda not tho

[Deltaphoenix]

Korg won't take that long.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i've heard end of april...thats so far away

[Deltaphoenix]

That is 2 1/2-3 months away, outside of your 4-12 month timeline of painful waiting.

I heard April too, 2nd or 3rd week.

I also have heard some people that preordered are being charged now and they weren't supposed to be charged until the MS-20 is being released. Probably an issue with the retailer though.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

lol okay okay u got me. i was just talking generally about all this NAMM business.

and that my time and spatial estimation skills are painfully bad too. like seriously super bad.

[Achtane]

The mini-review linked from that dude's video, though...

I will say when it comes to build quality.. an MS-20 this is not. the knobs felt absolutely terrible. I mean really really cheap. the plastic felt like if u squeezed the knob you could break the knobs in your had. the unit is very light (plus for some negative for others) and the keybed and mod wheel felt very toyish. (good thing it can be controlled via CV inputs) the sound…. to be perfectly honest I am still on the fence about. it really didn’t grab me. In truth even though I believe it is supposed to be the same as the monotron… I think the monotron sounded a bit fatter to me. and yes I am comparing it to a $60 synth… silly. I still love the sound of the filter. and I can see myself wanting it, but the build quality really makes me hold back and want the other new affordable analogs that have been released recently. given it’s about the same price point as the arturia minibrute… I’d go mini brute.

Idunnolol

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

^interesting indeed....the minibrute feels very solid, and i love the sound it has.

[sonidero]

^interesting indeed....the minibrute feels very solid, and i love the sound it has.

I still want the old one, that's too close to that controller that's been out for years... Hopefully the used market will get flooded...

Just slapped guts in a Legacy like I thought... Boo Korg...

[erector]

Yeah, but frankly I'm still waiting for it to land on these shores, and to test it out, before I decide what analogue monosynth to buy this year. And hey, if it turns out to be a stinker, there are at least a lot of other options...

...like the Dark Energy 2, which I still want pretty bad.

[Mudfuzz]

Yeah, but frankly I'm still waiting for it to land on these shores, and to test it out, before I decide what analogue monosynth to buy this year. And hey, if it turns out to be a stinker, there are at least a lot of other options...

...like the Dark Energy 2, which I still want pretty bad.

yeah... Dark Energies are like half the size of a moogerfooger

[MannequinRaces]

Build quality does look a little sketchy... lots of plastic. If the sound is there though I'm still interested. If not, than a Slim Phatty might be where it's at. Or until the mini MS-20 drops I might just buy the iPad app and call it a day.