Hi, everyone,
First of all, nice new look!
Secondly, it’s nice to see the return to civility here again. I hope our lost members decide to come back.
Lastly a little humor for you (or at least that’s how I see it – I’m certainly not hoping to stir the pot again!)
You’ve probably all seen this, right?
So in keeping with the title of this post… Made by one of the big guys, probably made in China, certainly it isn’t a hoped-for Polyphonic device, tiny pots, and about as far away from a Moog as you can get.
That said, it IS interesting to see one of the big guys make an entry into the all-analog market, even if it is a tiny entry.
Honestly, to me its nothing more than a toy. It’s almost a slap in the face to the analog community. Does it really have MS-10 filters like they claim?
If it’s cheap as a stylophone, I could see it being fun. Most likely this thing is gonna be close to 100$ (big time not worth it to me) a stylophone, i think u can get for about 16$
I saw this and I think I heard its supposed to be $60 US…Anything higher than $50 is a bit too high for me. Maybe someone can make a little mon-mons on the side modifying this thing for people. CV outs for all the stuff including the ribbon controller, and CV ins. It might not even have enough room for jacks of all those things, but people might have to live with 1/8" jacks ala ARP to make it work the best.
Also to the topic creator, Korg used to make analog synths, and some pretty good ones, if you didn’t know that. Either way it is good for them to (hopefully) start doing it some more, again. Analog sounds with digital capabilities is what is becoming huge and a great compromise between the two technologies. I just hope this little guy and any possible future analog synths from Korg use the 1v/octave standard, instead of their old linear standard they used.
When I first saw it online, I was hoping they’d at least do 1/4" ins and outs, and maybe a midi in. It’d be a much better value to be able to patch it in easily without clunky 1/8" to 1/4" adaptors. And at least to be able to trigger it via midi.
Still, I’m always glad to see more analog gear out there being made. Even if they made a high end mono synth, it would in my mind, not really be competition to the Voyager or LP because they’d sound and operate so differently.
BTW, the Mono/Poly uses a volt/octave system and I had no problems slaving it to my Voyager. I suspect if Korg were to go with a serious analog instrument in the future, they’d be most likely to go v/oct again.
(or at least that’s how I see it – I’m certainly not hoping to stir the pot again!)