Koekepan wrote:Surely all this is a great opportunity for the real visionaries, guys like Kevin Nolan and BasariStudios, to put their heads together and wow us all with their revolutionary view of musical equipment?
You could even do it open source style, like the guys behind Meeblip.
What are you waiting for? Obviously you've pretty much given up on innovation from KORG.
For myself, I'll just keep being too stupid and ignorant to miss the opportunities that their equipment - yes, much of it designed by Tats - affords me.
Actually - I do have a sizeable number if ideas, quite developed. They are earnest and significant in vision and scope. But I'm not in the business so there's no leverage on them.
Irrespective, this is a synthesiser forum, and any view is legitimate - here. It's a forum! Furthermore, you don't have to be a designer to recognise bad designs. Tell me - was the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor designed well?
The criticisms I'm levelling at Tats are quite real, and important - IF he was the driving force for Korg "innovation" in the past 10 years. His 'vision' was for primarily one aspiration - to make small synthy things that have no bearing on actual performance.
The suggestion that superlative musical instruments is the domain of old fogeys is frankly a gross insult to all up and coming new musicians. There has never been so much talent emerging. Why should they have to tolerate the junk the Korg put out now as distinct to the quality of an OASYS, Jupiter 8, Minimoog or Fender Rhodes piano?
Perhaps it's your view they seem like old-mode and non relevant. Is the Grand Piano non-relevant.
And - I assure you - there are plenty of people with significant vision beyond what Korg have churned out under his stewardship.
Finally - let me ask you - do you think there is nothing left of quality to develop? Do YOU think all innovation is finished. The primary reason why I and many like me use synthesizers in our music is because we are futurists - we are ALWAYS looking to the future. My views on synthesizers now and intot he near-term future are frankly irrelevant - THE question is how great companies like Korg view the next 10, 100 and indeed 1000 years.
Even attempt to get your mind 1% of the way to trying to envisage what technology can deliver to music in a 1000 years and you'll be sitting squarely in the domain of my interest and many others across the planet interested in a real, earnest innovative future.
The toys Tats has put out have been nothing more than a revisit to the Electribe and Yamaha QY boxes of the 90's.
So I'll finish by challenging you - name one item released by Korg under his tenure that's "new" as an idea - just one?
Agree, like I said it's sad to see him go. Tats is a brilliant designer and I hope like his post said he will still have some involvement with Korg.
