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Microkorg synth - ne1 knows?
 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 07:54 [#01155566]
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LAZY_TITLE

i might get this but i know fuck all about synths

any good? im kinda looking for a fun, not too expensive
synth and this one looks very OK. I saw it in some music
store here for 460€ (thats 490$)

should i get it, and does anyone actually own one?


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 07:55 [#01155568]
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i suck


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-22 07:57 [#01155576]
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yesyes. Tried one of these at the local music-shop... if you
play piano, it's fucking hard to play this thing.. the keys
are too small.

not too many options, but enough for starters.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 07:58 [#01155578]
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really? well i tought the keys were a bit small, but pretty
ok

but i have quite small hands of course

do you think itll be worth my monaye?


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-22 08:01 [#01155585]
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yeah, probably. I'd buy one that had a few more options,
though.

test it. ask the guy in the shop what he thinks about it.
explain what you plan on using it for.. bring a sample of
things you'd like to be able to do. there's no shame in
asking those people, 'cause they know more than you no
matter what!


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 08:03 [#01155590]
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heh guess you're right

its only a 15 minute drive :)

*off topic

last time i went it took us 2 hours tho, my friend was
driving (im too young to drive) and we kinda got lost...
almost ran outta gas and we ended up in almost the opposite
part of the city (rotterdam south, shop was in north hehe)


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-22 08:04 [#01155593]
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Bring in a tape of your promo-ymca song and ask him what the
best thing would be for you. He will give you the answer "El
o El"


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-22 08:05 [#01155594]
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get an ms2000 instead. you have everything that a microkorg
has and nore. its full size too, and only about £100 more
if you shop around.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 08:05 [#01155595]
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well the thing has a vocoder

think of all the electro/metal/jazz fusion vocals i could
make!


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-22 08:08 [#01155598]
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thanks. I think ill do what the drunken one says, ill just
ask around for a bit

that ms2000 looks good too, altho a new one might be bit too
expensive for me .. im a poor bastard i tell ya


 

offline Taffmonster from dog_belch (Japan) on 2004-04-22 08:48 [#01155651]
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i dont like the microkorg, the size is kool but other than
that i dont think its anything special. im selling my korg
prophecy but its not really much use for someone who hasnt
allready got a polyphonic synth cos its monophonic. i
personally ahve a novation ks 300 squids for a lovely 16
poly 4 part multi timberal synth mmmmm yum


 

offline Taffmonster from dog_belch (Japan) on 2004-04-22 08:50 [#01155655]
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p.s if u want to get something to learn about synthesis u
should go for a nord modular u can design ur own synths with
it the microkorg is pretty cheap 2 but u'd need a midi
keyboard


 

offline forck_02lynix from brooklyn on 2004-04-22 21:23 [#01157038]
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i have a microkorg and i think it's great. the vocoder is
cool not only for vocals, but you can set it so the input
(microphone/guitar/bass/whatev) feeds the source directly
through without having to hold a note, allowing you to use
the effects directly. it's like a friggin guitar processor +
synth in one. i've had mine for almost a year now and i'm
still learning new things about it...and although it is
limited, it lets you edit programs with quite a wide variety
of controls. for a starter synth i say go for it, it kicks
my ass! ouch!


 

offline forck_02lynix from brooklyn on 2004-04-22 21:25 [#01157039]
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small keys, yeah, but not a big deal. (if you listen to the
fucked jam by ween, you can hear one of the synth programs
from the microkorg (it's the noisy sound)).


 


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