Big Expectations - Micro results (Korg MicroKorg)

Member Name: terentius

Product:	Korg MicroKorg
Date:	22/10/09 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good at making odd noises, lots of flexibility and user control

Disadvantages: Tacky, bad presets and just not very useful

I have to say that im pretty dissapointed with the Microkorg.
For the price i paid for it i was expecting something more.
This aside it is very simple and easy to use. You dont have to have any prior knowledge of synthesizers and synthesis to use it.
The sounds are in catagories based on their genre which is quite limiting and annoying to switch across sounds all the time. Also without the manual you dont know what sound you are listening so have to search through them all till you find something you like.
Since i have bought it i havent really found much use for it. I know it has been used by lots of artists but i find it quite hard to get a good sound out of it and lots of the presets arent great. I do get some cool experimental noise when you mess around with it for long enough but i wont use this very often.
There arent really enough keys to play a complete song with chords but it is fine for monophonic stuff. I quite like the feel of the keys, though they are incredibly unrealistic. The vocoder is also a disappointment with poor presets and with the gooseneck mic looks silly and just gets bent.
It is very plastic and i think it will break if i dropped it.

Summary: Not worth its price but has some good features