Korg in general

This is a review of the relatively new KORG KARMA SYNTH Cost £2000 but if you go to keystone in Londons Denmark street you can pick it up for £1000, the cheapest I've ever seen it AND the deal I negotiated! KARMA -- Now the dictionary term for Karma is "seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad" and perhaps this is the most apt explanation of the KORG Karma as it has good and bad sides to it. On the good side, this machine sounds bloody fantastic. All of the individual programme sounds are excellent (e.g Piano is faultless, vibraphone and music box are superb and the strings are excellent) but the ...  Read the complete review

Korg are one of the premiere names in digital instruments and effects, and are most importantly *the* name when it comes to synths, particularly as they set the standard with the Trinity and Workstation series'. The X5D is the still current descendant of the original X series (the X3 being a favourite of Babylon Zoo - remember him?...) of synths, and though it's slightly aged it still remains a great synth for two simple reasons: a) it has one of the lowest prices for a brand name synth and b) it's still a great synth. It's also the ideal synthesizer for beginners as the learning curve's rather short, and because it's very small and light ...  Read the complete review