Beginner at this whole microkorg/synth stuff, need help!

7eight9 · Post by **7eight9** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:45 am

I'm planning on buying a microkorg as they go pretty cheap, but I was wondering how many/what kinds of "realistic" sounding instruments there are (I know its a basic synth, so there aren't much "real" instrument sounds in there) and if there are any separate things i'm supposed to buy for the microkorg.

Thanks!

krazy78 · Post by **krazy78** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:53 am

Hi
The only other thing you will need with the MK is either an amp ,
speakers or head phones.
As for sounds, the MK has 128 programs (sounds) mainly synth,
all editable & all 128 sounds can be overwritten, but if youre looking for "realistic" souunds (guitars, pianos, sax etc..) look for an alternative such as korg X50, korg MicroX

7eight9 · Post by **7eight9** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:50 am

Thanks for the reply, but i was just wondering how many, if there are any realistic sounds on the synth. I heard there was at least one..?

krazy78 · Post by **krazy78** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:12 am

There is no "realistic" sounds on the MK so to speak,
its more of a synthesiser..
BUT , there is DWGS waveforms pianos, clavs, organs, bells, guitar etc..
they are more digital sounding, hardly sound like real instruments, but very unique sounding & can be programmed to sound different.

ronP · Post by **ronP** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:16 pm

7eight9 wrote:Thanks for the reply, but i was just wondering how many, if there are any realistic sounds on the synth. I heard there was at least one..?

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The microKorg's organs -- B24, A56, B55, B56 -- are quite authentic. You can also cut the Release and dampen the Cutoff on the string patch B68 and switch the Octave Key down to its green or yellow setting to get a nice cello sound. B41 can be modified into a pretty realistic flute, and A55 can be tweaked to approximate a variety of classic electric pianos.

Try the above patches and mess with the Cutoff, Resonance, Attack, and Release performance knobs. Once you have these sound shaping concepts down, you can enter the Matrix and really dig deep. Best place to start there is with the waveforms in OSC 1 -- DWGS -- these can be hours of fun, and as other posters have indicated, you can get a lot of clean, percussive, acoustic sounds from there.

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powers · Post by **powers** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:19 am

Go to guitar center, demo one!