Korg MicroKorg

Tiny keys vs. Big sound. Plastic feel vs. Real time controllers. Cheesy presets vs. Excellent analog modelling synthesizing. It depends what you want from the instrument! It is small, the keys are not weighted and it is, admittedly difficult to play. But once you've got the hang on the tiny, half sized keys (and please don't get confused - they're just helf the length, not half the width of a normal piano key) you can create some pretty cool sounds. (Well, if cool for you is sweeping 80s saw wave tones!) I really enjoy playing around with this machine. There's an almost endless set of possibilities and plenty of online patches you can ...

The microKORG is one of the best selling synthesizers worldwide and has been used by several electronic bands such as Enter Shikari and Massive Attack. The box simply contains the tiny 2kg microKORG itself, the vocoder microphone, power supply and manual. Users may at first be surprised by exactly how small the product is if they haven't seen it in real life before. It has only 3 octaves, and the keys are reminiscent of those found on a toy keyboard. One thing is for sure; don't expect to be playing any Bach or Beethoven on this baby, as it is almost impossible to get any articulation or expression in the cheap, plastic, weightless keys. The preset sounds that ...