Korg microKorg XL Limited Red [engl.]

http://www.musik-schmidt.de/gb-Korg-microKorg-XL-Limited-Red.html

www.musik-schmidt.de

Musik-Schmidt,
eine Niederlassung der S-MUSIC GmbH & Co. KG,
Hanauer Landstrasse 338,
60314 Frankfurt,
Germany

Facts of the Korg microKorg XL LR: * Display: Custom backlit LCD * Keyboard: 37-note Natural Touch action * Switches: 7; Bank (2 position), Octave Up and Down (toggle), timbre select (2 position), Arp On/Off, Vocoder On/Off, Write, Exit/Shift * Knobs: 7; Volume, tempo, program select (genre and category), real-time assign, edit menu selector * Wheels: Pitch and Modulation * Polyphony 8 voices (up to 4 when the vocoder is selected) * Program: 128 * Number of timbres Maximum 2 (when using Layer, Split, or Multi) * Synth 2 oscillator + noise generator * Multi-mode filters * 16-band Vocoder, adjustable level and pan for each band * Format Shift function, Formant Hold function * Effects Timbre: 2-band EQ * Master: master effects (17 effect algorithms) * Arpeggiator UP, DOWN, ALT1/2, Random, Trigger (6 types) * Step Arpeggiator * Audio In (Line): Jack * Audio In (Mic): Jack * Output: L/Mono, R with jacks * Headphone jack * MIDI: In, Out * USB connector B type * Power supply: DC9V * Included items: XLR Gooseneck Microphone with windscreen, Power Adapter

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• Musik-Schmidt
• microKorg XL

[Nyar88]

Great review. Made my day when he said "Wintage Synth" at 2:14.

[MrJadenxp]

@bryolijosh fuck no gtfo



[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 urgh excuse my typos I just woke up.

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 I would be interested to know what sets it apart from other synths in your opinion

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 No it isnt, its sub par. The more synths you play with the more you will realise this.

[IamtheWV17]

@sacredgeometry yes but the microKORG is great at what it is... and that isn't a toy

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 edit: much less than double the price in the uk retails for £300 you can pick up a blofeld desktop up for £339 and a keyboard for £500ish

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 All this said I didnt say you couldnt use it as a perfectly legitimate instrument for making music, in the same way that people can use anything that makes sound to make great music if the inclination is there. I have sampled lots of things that most people would consider for my music which works wonderfully in the mix....so something that is tuneable controllable is obviously a useful tool. I wasnt criticising that if you read what i wrong, just its merit over the alternatives.

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 ...When there are synths like the Ion and blofeld out there which can battle with giants like the virus in terms of features and sound at only double the price then why on earth would I spend that money on something that sounds nowhere near as good as either and is nowhere near half as feature rich as either?

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 Well there you go, I am not new to synthesis and my experience tells me otherwise. Size? Haha are you joking? I wasnt talking about the size the SH-101 is one of my favourite synths and about the same size..not to mention the 303. I meant the fact that its so locked down in what it can do, modulation wise, which limits the amount of recursive synthesis you can do to push past its limitations...

[IamtheWV17]

@sacredgeometry Both microKORGs are perfectly legitimate entries into the world of synth instruments, I'm kinda new to synth but even with little experience I can see that both of these though small are useful and workable tools. They both have similarly strong KORG electronics parallel to their larger counterparts and can make just as crazy tunes. Just because they may seem small does not make them a toy.

[sacredgeometry]

@IamtheWV17 Can you explain what you mean, I think I did pretty well. I can go into detail if you want.