Korg Gadget iPad DAW Looks Super Fun

Holy smokes! That looks fun.
A collection of fifteen Gadgets, Recording and Mixing!
They call it "A second Daw"

Might need an iPad now.

Most Collectible Synthesizers

Novation Nova White Special Edition



 

Novation Platinum SuperNova II 48 Voice Pro-X      (number made?) (Added Apr 16th, 2013)



 

DX7 Centennial Gold & Silver



Silver Yamaha Ex5        (non-US?)



Blackout Access Virus 15th Anniversary (only 15 made)

Waldorf XT Shadow Edition   (666 made)



Gold Moog Voyager   (5 Produced, at 15k new)



Nord Lead Ltd Edition Anniversary Model with black keys



UV Orange Future Retro Revolution





There are many limited edition Future Retro machines. Above is the 1 of 2 made silver Future Retro 777, new in box. It has a very rare hand-brushed/screenprinted front panel.

Waldorf Red Q+  (I'm assuming its rarer than the "Halloween Edition" which is on ebay a lot)



Access Virus Indigo Redback



Black Waldorf XT, only 2 made.



Waldorf Mean Green Machine



Red Alesis Andromeda   (around 200 made?)



Camo Korg X50



Many Korg Special editions are not rare..but some are cool. Moog has too many "special" color schemes to list.

And the rarest of the them all:

Korg Monotribe Cake (Pic)

Nom Nom!

Exploitive Products & Synthesizer Electronic Waste

You are a giant nerd. You can get any analog monosynth for 599, shipped to your home. What are you really thinking when buying it? You've been tricked by marketing. Avoid "exploitive products" where marketing trumps the actual uses of the product. It used to be that you could get something that produces an entire song, for cheap, and thats barely true today. Many instruments being sold are not enough to make a full song. You have to think about what you are buying and why now more than ever.

The Korg MS-20 is definitely a toy, an electronic buzzer. If you wanted one you would have already purchased one on ebay ten years ago. The marketing and actual use of of the product doesn't meet the price considering today's computing power. The purpose of the product is to exploit nerds in the same way rebooted movie franchises. They aren't as good as the original and trap certain types of susceptible people and their money.

Anything "analog" from modern instrument producers is definitely a trap. High prices on vintage synths are an ebay trap. You are paying their fees and a jacked up price.

You have to remember you are buying an over glorified buzzer. Most likely nobody will want to listen to your amateur noise. There is no art in copying another persons sound or producing more crap people have already heard. Do you want to pay $600 for "music" no one will listen to? What are you aspiring to be? Modern instruments are a better choice, and nothing analog today could be considered modern. The computer is a much better choice, especially for new creators.

Today's synthesizers are made in China for cheap and failing components will make the entire thing become garbage. They won't last as long as the originals made in the 70s, 80s, or 90s. The environment is taking a hit. You are part of the chain if you buy products from companies that are trying to exploit you.

Please be aware of people in china and the environment etc when you order an instrument. It should be something designed to last forever and give you infinite use. Cheap goods, even with a high price, will never satisfy you totally. It just might be that you are deriving little musical value from the instrument and everyone is paying a high price. Don't let the companies take advantage of you. When it comes to synths, stay digital, save the environment, and save your money. Don't be susceptible to the nerd economy.

Please re-use your stuff! Trade and find new uses for old things. Don't pay too much. No need to buy new.

King Korg Is Not Analog, MS-20 Is Real

King Korg is an analogue modelling-synth. Here are some of the features:

- XMT-modelling sound-engine

- Real tube circuit effect

- Vocoder

- CV/Gate output

- no price and/or availability yet

 

While this is disappointing (who needs another digital polysynth?), it seems like the MS-20 is indeed real.

Korg Has MS-20 in the Works

Korg are officially reissuing in the MS-20 in a smaller, more compact size. It will be using mini-jacks (1/4″ instead of 1/8″) and have USB-MIDI and is of course fully analogue."  From WaveFormz

 

King Korg Analog Synth Leak

Is this photoshop or real? I have to think that it is real, that its a modern day Polysix!

Namm 2012 Critique.

"Kronos X" http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2012/07/12/snamm12-korg-announces-kronos-x-/

If you are totally insatiable, Korg is offering bigger SSD for huge libraries on the Kronos X. 2gb-->64gb. Bleh! This doesn't change the fact I had a poor impression of the original in the store.

 

More content posted here as I see it...

Korg Polysix in Reason 6.5

Video from VJ-FranzK

Awesome!

Monotron Duo and Delay, Monotron original now $39

http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=571

More toys from Korg. A 2-voice monotron, and a 1 voice monotron w/ delay.

The original Monotron is only $39 new with a mail in rebate from Korg

Korg Monotribe

This might be fun for making patterns if the price is low. It looks to have the same ribbon controller as monotron. Thats very disappointing if you need a keyboard. There is no midi or usb so it does not fit in with other Korg gear. It looks to have a sequencer so I'm thinking standalone pattern use only.

Kronos Official Video

Korg Kronos Revealed

Korg Kronos found on Hipasonic.com

What is it? A premium piano, electric piano, tonewheel organ, MS-20, Korg PolySix, AL-1 Analog Synth, Waveshaping, Plucked String, and HD-1 High Definition synthesizer.

AND a sequencer!!!

http://www.hispasonic.com/noticias/presentacion-korg-kronos/6613

This is definitely a M30 replacement/companion. It comes in 61, 76, and 88 keys. I want to hear this mafucka!

Might have to wait till tomarrow or friday. It might be expensive, but very quiet. It contains a Solid State Drive (SSD)

http://www.hispasonic.com/noticias/presentacion-korg-kronos/6613

Confetti Controller

found on sadgirlporvida

Korg PS60 and Microstation found

Via Sequencer.de

Images of the Korg PS60

and MicroStation extended synth

Also: Devilfish XoxBox and another Roland Keyta GO HERE

(another shot of the microstation)

NEW SYNTHS: Korg Monotron, Roland GAIA SH-01, Lucina AX-09

Sonic State seems to have leaked the news on incoming gear....but no images or real info yet. I'll post when they are available.

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/synths/

Ultra-light Roland Lucina AX-09 features an intuitive user interface

Korg announce the Monotron battery-powered synth featuring MS-10 and MS-20 analog filters

Roland GAIA SH-01 makes its debut in Frankfurt

Korg PS 60, a performance synthesizer

UPDATE:

AsiaGeoff on Twitter says "New Roland Gaia sounds fab. Encrusted with lots of knobs, it's an analogue beast of immense potential. Only small, but sleek white & cool." Link

-So its got knobs, its analogue, and its white!

Thanks to gearslutz and harmony-central forum members for spotting the page.

Update:

From OnTheRun:

Is this the Roland Gaia?

Update: SonicState seems to have removed the articles :FacePalm:

At least this blog is the first to post this stuff this time around ^_^ I will try to get some photos later on.

Korg DS-10 Plus golden out next month

"The music synthesizer lets anyone make music and you'll get more bang for your buck if you use KORG DS-10 Plus on a DSi rather than a DS. Playing the game on the DSi will get you 12-voice polyphony, four tracks for the analog synthesizer simulator, two drum machine and more. Additionally, up to eight units can be linked together to play music or exchange songs with on either the DS or DSi."

Found on Destructoid

Alesis Micron SE - BLUE

Found on Synthopia

Korg Radias 2 Concept Art

Via Korg Forums

In general, this would be an expanded Radias with (optional) DAW integration / multichannel audio streaming via USB (3.0?) or Firewire.
I am in no way related to Korg and just made this for fun.

Korg SX Electribe 808 (Vid)

Great 808 Beatz on an Electribe SX. Sweet effects! Thx Harlemnightsmusic.