Korg Minilogue 4 voice poly analog ....

Akos Janca · Post by **Akos Janca** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 2:06 pm

EvilDragon wrote:That's just for favourite patches. For your live performance, you'd probably order the patches how you want them, then just use up/down...

But there are no up/down buttons. (We can't use a pedal either, because there is no such input.) There is a Program/Value knob for that, but please check the videos how carefully you have to turn it to select the next preset. It seems to be a very sensitive dial.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 2:21 pm

Thankfully program changes are supported via MIDI.

meatballfulton · Post by **meatballfulton** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:38 pm

Been gone a while after selling my Radias but I'm back after just ordering a Minilogue which should arrive next week.

To me it's just a simple "sweet spot" synth like a Polysix or Juno. It is not a wonder synth competing with instruments 2x or more it's price.

It has the disadvantage of only four voices (6 would have been better) but two VCOs and two EGs adds a lot to the sound possibilities. It is not a modulation monster by any means with only one destination at a time for the LFO. Filter FM might be possible if the LFO goes fast enough but it won't track the keys the way using a VCO would. The waveshaping and the ability to modulate the LFO with an EG open up some interesting possibilities at it's price point.

For me, it fills a niche that the new analogs of the last five years all missed...fun but usable. It's got enough patch memory and MIDI control to trump any of the Volcas and being poly whips all the monos, especially since it can be used as a mono with the clever voice modes.

I'll make final judgement after it arrives and I get to put it through it's paces but I'm impressed by what I have seen and heard so far..

Jan1 · Post by **Jan1** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:48 pm

meatballfulton wrote:Been gone a while after selling my Radias but I'm back after just ordering a Minilogue which should arrive next week.

Next week? I'm told it won't arrive before March here in The Netherlands.

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:02 pm

Akos Janca wrote:
EvilDragon wrote:That's just for favourite patches. For your live performance, you'd probably order the patches how you want them, then just use up/down...
But there are no up/down buttons. (We can't use a pedal either, because there is no such input.) There is a Program/Value knob for that, but please check the videos how carefully you have to turn it to select the next preset. It seems to be a very sensitive dial.

I own a Minilogue. The PROGRAM/VALUE knob is not overly sensitive at all. It has very positive feel as to do all the controls.

Busch.

aron · Post by **aron** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:06 pm

> own a Monologue.

OK Busch, is it great????

How did you get yours so fast? I want one!!!!!!!

This has to be my last for a while - I have gone through the Korg Kross, iPad Pro, PX-5S in the last few months!!! Oh and that over priced Apple Pencil!

Anyway, yeah I want one!

Akos Janca · Post by **Akos Janca** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:18 pm

Congratulations, Busch! And your opinion regarding preset changes in live situation with 2 buttons (re my previous concerns)? Thank you.

dactyl · Post by **dactyl** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:40 pm

Hey everyone. I'm new to this forum. I got my Minilogue yesterday and love it so far. I actually called Sweetwater to see if I could pre-order one a day before it was officially announced (knew about it from the leaks), and they let me pre-order it. Pretty crazy. I actually bought it before any videos were out where I could hear it. Bought it on specs alone and just reasoned that I'd return it if it sounded horrible. Luckily that didn't happen

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As far as the program/value knob, it is not just a smooth knob. You can feel a little click each time you click it to a new value or preset. It is not overly sensitive at all.

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:42 pm

My big question is what can it do that my King Korg can't? I do like the price point but I've also thought about the Moog Mother 32 which is only about $100 more. Granted it doesn't have a keyboard but I have a bunch and with midi I have to wonder here.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:56 pm

jeremykeys wrote:My big question is what can it do that my King Korg can't?

It can sound like a proper analog synth without digital aliasing artifacts.

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:04 pm

EvilDragon wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:My big question is what can it do that my King Korg can't?
It can sound like a proper analog synth without digital aliasing artifacts.

Fair enough! My thing is that I've never really noticed them except with high frequency sounds. And they were not enough of a bother that I couldn't get rid of with just a bit of filtering. It still looks cool though.
The other thing is my wife has hinted that she might let me get a Moog Mother 32.
Hmmmm. Decisions decisions!

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:14 am

EvilDragon wrote:
jeremykeys wrote:My big question is what can it do that my King Korg can't?
It can sound like a proper analog synth without digital aliasing artifacts.

The King Korg is a fine instrument, with ultra low aliasing oscillators. It doesn't have artefacts (of any importance). It's just a pity it doesn't have aftertouch.

However, that doesn't affect Cory Henry of Snarky Puppy in this video (from 4 minutes in). Watch this- and you'll want a King Korg. Rarely, if ever, has a synthesizer served so well, and validated itslelf as a musical instrument:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc

djcactus · Post by **djcactus** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:35 am

I have a question for someone that owns one. If the sequencer is on and I switch patches does it snap or wait for the sequence like an electribe? Just thinking about how well it would sync up with my 'tribe (esx-sd), or with ableton for that matter.

aron · Post by **aron** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:54 am

> The King Korg is a fine instrument, with ultra low aliasing oscillators. It doesn't have artefacts (of any importance). It's just a pity it doesn't have aftertouch.

You bring up a good point. It's mostly the tech guys that complain about aliasing. Most musicians just play the darn things.

For example, I was playing with Brian Culbertson. He wanted "analog synth punches". Yep, I got em in my Kronos and they sound good "to me".

I played the punches and he says "do you have any other keyboards that sound more analog?". I mention my JP-8000 and he says he LOVES the JP! He said his keyboard synth guys all use the JP.

So I had the JP, the Kronos and the Nord B3 on stage, all in stereo.

But my synth punches still sound great on the Kronos!

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:28 am

KK gets some aliasing in the filter, esp with high resonance up.

And yes I've watched that Snarky Puppy video. I can get that patch in Diva just fine (and it sounds better, warmer and more "3D"), so I don't need KK with its lack of aftertouch onboard.

Remember - as long as the synth is digital, you can ALWAYS do something to push it into aliasing territory (can happen with plugins, too, unless they are oversampling like crazy, but that has its own caveats). This just doesn't happen on an analog synth. That was what I was referring to, in general, with my comment above.