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Korg’s legendary virtual analogue synth gets a major update. Greg Scarth finds out if the new model is still the go-to for versatile sounds. It seems hard to believe that the original MicroKorg is ...
Introduced in 2002, the MicroKorg became one of the best-selling synthesizers of all time. But a lot has changed since then. In the last 22 years Korg has actually tried to update this early 21st ...
Combining a synth engine with Vocoder effects, it’s proved popular with everyone from the Prodigy to Tame Impala and LCD Soundsystem. The most notable enhancement is a 2.8-inch colour screen, along ...
The MicroKorg 2 has some big britches to fill. The original MicroKorg is one of, if not the best selling synthesizer of all time. It's also probably the longest continuously manufactured synth ...
Perhaps most exciting though, is the 16-band vocoder and included gooseneck mic. But, the KingKorg Neo isn't the only new synth from the storied manufacturer with a vocoder. It's also updating its ...
With 8 voices of polyphony, the microKORG 2 introduces richer vocal texture potential and 512 presets, labelled by genre for ease. Making a return is the classic gooseneck microphone as well as the ...
Korg Berlin, a music instrument R&D division co-founded by Maximilian Rest and Tatsuya Takahashi in 2020, has officially revealed its first prototype — the Acoustic Synthesis_phase5. The device ...
To celebrate 20 years since the release of microKORG’s Crystal synthesiser, KORG has announced the launch of a brand new translucent special edition synth. The Special Edition microKORG Crystal ...
Superbooth 23: 20 years ago, Korg’s microKorg helped to kickstart a trend for affordable, portable synths, and its built-in vocoder gave it an additional layer of hipster cool. To celebrate this ...
They’re not out in the UK yet, but Korg’s follow up to my current favourite synth (the wood-panelled MicroKORG) is now my new favourite synth. It’s battery or mains powered, has little keys, does ...