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MicroKORG owners?

Postby thedvs01 » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:29 am

Anyone a MK owner here? I'm pretty sure I want to pick one up, but I keep being distracted by the Alesis Micron. I know the Micron has a few more features and double the polyphony, but the MicroKORG just seems so attractive to buy regardless.

Can anyone chime in with their thoughts on the MK (or possibly the Micron)?

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Postby arcaneparadox » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:05 am

the microkorg is fucking awesome, i use it daily. When you play with it at guitar center it seems ok then you get it home and at first its quite boring but then once you get through the presets and start diving into the synthesis its fucking spot on. Even with out a distortion (which i recomend) you can get some nasty fucking leads out of it.

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Postby thedvs01 » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:00 am

word, thanks for the reply

I've already made up my mind to get one, though I haven't done so yet

That new R3 is looking pretty tempting, but unfortunately the extra $250 it costs above the MK isn't realistic at the moment

Fuck it, I'll just buy that one later and have both :D

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Postby JohnMerrik » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:33 pm

I liked the microKorg a lot when I used it. I just found the interface to be really.... clunky. I found programing a synth patch to be more of a headache than anything... but it is possible to make some really amazing sounds out of it.
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Postby arcaneparadox » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:45 pm

there is a program that you can run on your comp and edit programs via a midi connection I havent messed with it but it seems like it has alot of features. Also check out this months issue of BPM magazine. It has an interesting idea for performance with a MK

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Postby thedvs01 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:34 pm

arcaneparadox wrote:Also check out this months issue of BPM magazine. It has an interesting idea for performance with a MK


damn, thanks for the headsup. if you go to their website you can view all their magazines online for free. dope!

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Postby thedvs01 » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:38 pm

It's looking now like I'm actually going to step up to the R3 instead

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is there any reason at all that I would want to re-consider and still go with the microkorg?

edit: fuck it I just ordered one

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Postby volume_3 » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:02 pm

They're amazing

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Postby xTxRxAxVxIxSx » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:20 am

I'm buying one this upcoming spring. I've messed with them in-store a lot and they're fucking awesome.


Can't wait to get it. Honestly, I don't even know how to play piano. Hopefully I can manage to teach myself... either way, it'll be niiiice to play around with.

And is it just me, or is this thing priced lower than what it "should" be? I mean in comparison to others of its type, it seems pretty versatile...

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Postby fukk » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:23 pm

cool stuph

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Postby Higgins » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:23 pm

this was the first thing I bought to start making music with and now that I know how to use it really well....you can get some seriously brilliant sounds and effects out of it. Plus, I like the retro wood panelling. <3

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Postby FUZZ_FACE » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:25 am

Man, I really want one of those microkorgs now. What issue number of BPM was that article in cause I can't find it?

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Postby NDSTWTRST » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:55 pm

just got myself one a few weeks ago and i like it pretty much.. does anyone know a website where to find out more about gettin rid of the presets / creating new isht?


these vids are nice too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdRP3dQ9QOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yxfVUs1lY

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Postby xTxRxAxVxIxSx » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:17 am

Forgot to post in here when I got mine. :P

Thing's pretty damn sweet. I've already written a few patches, mostly just weird(nasty)-sounding ones, haha. And as a beginner on playing piano in general, I can tell you it takes just as much practice tweaking this thing as it does to actually learn how to play.

My only complaint so far is the mic. It's too floppy for one thing, and I have to like put my mouth ON it to get the vocoder to register. I really like how the R3's looks, and then it's just a regular mic input where it connects - that would be really helpful.

And I kind of wish it had some RCA ins/outs like the KP3. That would be nice, too. Now I have to go to RadioShack or Guitar Center and buy all sorts of converter cables to get it set up with my stereo.

Definitely $400 well-spent though. :)

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Postby dukebox » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:28 pm

good shit that machine is!

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