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Chicle777 · Post by **Chicle777** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:21 am

- When in keyboard mode, be able to hear the metronome when recording a 4/1 loop or any other time signature to a key. And be able to choose to record all instruments playing or just the keyboard sound.
- Metronome volume control added to the global section.

korakios · Post by **korakios** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:06 pm

Here goes again....

tonidude · Post by **tonidude** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:27 am

Chicle777 wrote:- When in keyboard mode, be able to hear the metronome when recording a 4/1 loop or any other time signature to a key. And be able to choose to record all instruments playing or just the keyboard sound.
- Metronome volume control added to the global section.

- Real, actual looping capabilities. Loop groups (e.g. drum loops) which hold automatically, quantise to bar measures (i.e. always start on beat 1) and mute when you choose another loop from the group.
- Option to record loops of fixed bar lengths that automatically loop
- BPM detection (if not in microsampler, at least in the frickin' librarian software!!)

I.e. what Ableton live does.

mojofunk · Post by **mojofunk** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:18 pm

tonidude wrote:- Real, actual looping capabilities. Loop groups (e.g. drum loops) which hold automatically, quantise to bar measures (i.e. always start on beat 1) and mute when you choose another loop from the group.
- Option to record loops of fixed bar lengths that automatically loop
- BPM detection (if not in microsampler, at least in the frickin' librarian software!!)

I.e. what Ableton live does.

I concur. That.

shanghaitang · Post by **shanghaitang** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:04 pm

a step sequencer using the keys and corresponding red lights as steps

shanghaitang · Post by **shanghaitang** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:01 am

it would be great if you could record midi without being constrained to the length of a bar, like you hit record and as soon as you take your finger off no matter how long or if it is in between a bar it will begin to loop automatically, this similar to how a sequential sixtrak and multitrak works (i believe)

shanghaitang · Post by **shanghaitang** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:16 am

pitch glide/portamento on keyboard mode

tonidude · Post by **tonidude** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:22 pm

shanghaitang wrote:pitch glide/portamento on keyboard mode

I have to disagree. You have plenty of good keyboards and synthesizers, including sample-based keyboards. I think people are too hung up on the keyboard aspect, microsampler is a sampler and that's also what I think it should do best.

Sample-based keyboards are dime a dozen, and fancier ones have portamento, better pitch-shifting (without time-shifting) etc. What Korg and all other device manufacturers are really missing is a better, more fun-to-use and especially more easier and intuitive to use sampler. And that's what the microsampler is trying hard to be.

NickWills · Post by **NickWills** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:57 pm

-in keygate mode, being able to sample simultaneously to atleast 2 keys, if not more. 1 is very limiting if you want to assign two consecutive bits of a sample to different keys

-attack on the sample! you've got decay and release, why not attack? would be very useful

-a mute mode, so instead of having to hold down 'mute' whenever you want to mute a sample. for example, when the mute button is illuminated, any key you touch will mute/unmute

-a waveform on the screen when editing start/end points would be nice

-pitch/mod wheels would be nice in a microsampler v2

-make samples velocity sensitive by default, really annoying having to edit each time

shanghaitang · Post by **shanghaitang** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:58 am

+1 for attack and the looping methods mentioned

i think effect presets would be pretty easy to implement and really nice

pitch and mod wheels also for a future release

lloydsmith · Post by **lloydsmith** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:42 pm

This is a hypothetical wishlist & there have been a multitude of similar posts, especially at the launch of the product. Korg have never updated the OS & look unlikely to release another MicroSampler type of product the near future. This, as someone else said a while back, is a dead product now.

I have enjoyed my MicroSampler but anyone with an iPad can probably now find a more satisfactory sampler functionality wise. The main asset the Microsampler is the sound quality which eats the iPad for breakfast & some of its capabilities are fun in use. Many aspects of the design are great, but the flaws are set in stone.

I can accept & work around the shortcomings but I haven't enjoyed my experience of being a Korg user as much as I had hoped due to the feeling of being ignored once they have my money. Having said that they are a weird company as the recent Monotribe v2 update was superb. Maybe that was a different department! One never quite knows what to expect from them as when I chide myself for losing faith something else occurs - The Kronos fiasco is a perfect example of how not to handle teething issues with a premium professional product. If they can't get that launch right I really don't see them bothering with finishing off an old product properly....

NickWills · Post by **NickWills** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:45 pm

I'm gonna hold onto mine despite the limitations.

Never know, in 15 years they could be in hot demand as a vintage sampler!

shanghaitang · Post by **shanghaitang** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:18 pm

how does everyone know that this is a "dead product" not sure how one would infer that

dal_prod_pgh · Post by **dal_prod_pgh** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:08 pm

I'm not sure that its a dead product as far is firmware updates go, but I always viewed the microsampler as a product to temporarily fill a gap in the market. I bought 2 of them when the price was lowered - 1 for studio 1 for gigging w/ footpedals - primarily because the workflow is great for one shots and such.

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