King KORG Analog Synthesizer, 3 Oscillators, 2 Timbres, 61 Keys & New MINI MS-20

[Juno6]

Originally Posted by PES

Fine with me if they release something ms20-like for 700usd. I wonder what the build quality will be like if this is for real.

It also should be noted that that´s the final price in Argentina, which generally is 20/30% more than in USA.

[Polygon Cube]

I want...not so much the King Korg, rather the mini- MS20...got a bit of GAS.

[Schwarzwald]

Umm. PLEASE DEAR JESUS PLEASE?

I have the Legacy controller...

If I could put a mini ms-20 next to my mini ms-20 i could mini ms-20 while i mini ms-20!

[Polygon Cube]

Originally Posted by Schwarzwald

Umm. PLEASE DEAR JESUS PLEASE?

I have the Legacy controller...

If I could put a mini ms-20 next to my mini ms-20 i could mini ms-20 while i mini ms-20!

im guessing you love it

[itege]

That just looks like the legacy midi controller to me... Though, I hope that I'm wrong.

[raffor]

Originally Posted by itege

That just looks like the legacy midi controller to me... Though, I hope that I'm wrong.

It says on the original webpage: "MS-20 MINI Sintetizador Monofonico 37 Miniteclas"

I assume that they most likely do not bring a monophonic VA on the market. That could have been winter namm already. Not sure what possible could be more exciting?

But then, with a delivery date of April, they might wait for Musikmesse.

[grasspike]

one interesting thing about the pics of the Micro-MS20 is that every Korg "micro" product since the original MicroKorg has had waterfall keys, something that Korg likes to put in marketing. The pic has diving board style keys. I know the original had diving board keys as did the controller.

Don't know if it means anything or not?

[e-smile-z]

Originally Posted by KrisM

People will bitch that it "doesn't sound like the original."

Guaranteed.

Ha ha ha

Of course this is gearslutz...

[Septik]

Originally Posted by Analog Prophet

Why these mini keys from Korg? Makes a good instrument be a toy

This would put me off getting one as well..... But hopefully it will sound good enough that it really brings the absurd recent prices of the originals down. These ones on eBay have all been up for nearly 12 months, and still haven't come down in price.. Last one I bought was for 1800 and sold it for the same price, midi retrofitted in mint condition.. People trying to get 2500+ are criminals x]

[clusterchord]

King Korg?!?

what an utterly stupid moronic name. whoever invented this in their marketing team, should be run over by a truck. twice, just in case . still im intrigued how it will sound,,, the UI is not bad... 28 knobs... better than just a few on tritons/oasys/kronos ..



on the serious note, if that little ms20 is indeed fully analog that is certainly exciting news... i liked the vco and filter on monotron, just didnt like the terrible SNR, and of course how limited it was. but this may solve both. wow. agreed, would love a desktop only version, with a 8 or 2x8 step sequencer, instead of the mini keys. not to mention how the MS form factor is completely impractical for gigging/carrying arround... when put to a case its gonna take a LOT of space.. give us just a simple/thin desktop...so it can go as carry on baggage,,, its all SMD inside anyway,,they can pull it off.. instead of sticking to the "vintage" look at any cost. oh well..

[synthguy]

I'd have to think that the MS-20 reissue has GOT to be an analog at that price. I agree on the minikeys thing, sort of. With MIDI, you can control it with a nice big five octave keyboard, or larger. KORG must have had a lot of prototype Legacy Synth cases lying around and decided to rework them to save a few hundred thousand in building all new cases. I can't blame them for that.

As for King Korg, I can see this as a winner. Put the AL-1/Radias/P-Six/MS-20 engine with a full third OSC in a synth case with tubes on the output stage... yeah, that would sound pretty sweet, even without modeled "vintage" filters from other maker's synths to aggravate the analog purists here. It would be a fantastic Radias replacement.

[kodomo]

There is a rumour going on about a mini MS-20
They have a photo and altough it looks like the legacy controller it isnt. Legacy controller didnt have those screws on it! Fingers crossed, maybe?
An Argentinian site even has a price for it for 695usd!

The Korg MINI MS-20 Monophonic Synthesizer (NAMM Rumor)

[Analog Prophet]

The display on King Kong... Korg lokes small. The size of it goes back to mid 80s

[dexfx69]

[QUOTE=SonicBern;8573161]The MS 20 is Precio: $ 4,522.00 once again if local currency that would be 922.29 US Dollars

Actually, if you do the conversion based on the price of the Monotribe, the price is about $550 US. Seems they're battling Arturia directly, price-wise.

[cuckoo.old]

Originally Posted by cresshead

"arriving April" - let me guess...errr April 1st?

Surely we're not at the point where it's permissible to make April Fools' jokes in advance?

I've been opposed to capital punishment most of my life, but this sort of thing (if it's really that) would be cause for a reversal.

Could Korg really be making an analogue MS20 re-issue? I'll take 3 for now, and possibly order a few more shortly

[danielb]

It occurs to me that if someone had told me in 1985, when polyphonic synths were finally affordable, and everyone was excited about FM, Midi etc, that in 2013 people would be drooling at the prospect of a new monophonic analog synth with no memories and possibly no Midi, I would have thought they were completely mad

[Analog Prophet]

Originally Posted by danielb

It occurs to me that if someone had told me in 1985, when polyphonic synths were finally affordable, and everyone was excited about FM, Midi etc, that in 2013 people would be drooling at the prospect of a new monophonic analog synth with no memories and possibly no Midi, I would have thought they were completely mad

That would be a really bad joke to me in 1985

2040 they will reissue Cubase VST on a 486 PC...

[miscend]

Originally Posted by NebulaZero

Oh boy the BIG 3 Roland, Yama, and Korg just don't get it do they? Seems like they don't understand what people really want.


Ne

They don't know what you want.

That mini MS20 looks great and like the Minibrute is not over priced. So its gonna sell by the bucketload. The best selling synth in history - the Microkorg has mini keys. So they must work for a lot of people.

[danielb]

Originally Posted by Analog Prophet

That would be a really bad joke to me in 1985

2040 they will reissue Cubase VST on a 486 PC...

Ahh, the warm, fuzzy sound of classic vintage VSTs ...

Edit: Obviously this wouldn't work. Only a genuine vintage 486 will sound authentic. Reissues will sound different.

[xanderbeanz]

Wow. Wasn't expecting that...thought it would be a bigger 'tribe.

Love the look of both of them, the King Korg (best synth name ever! with a skyscraper logo! XD) has a nice colour scheme.

[Analog Prophet]

Originally Posted by danielb

Ahh, the warm, fuzzy sound of classic vintage VSTs ...

... and these vintage random crashes. And these early VST classic software effects, such the digital reverb, sweet sounding like a tennis game in rectum. Se you again in 2040... if I can afford.

A modern MS20... wow

[FilmNMusicman]

Can I be the first to say that this is 100% false.

When was the last time Korg released a synth that was Analogue??? 198-??

And I mean not a TOY, not a Monotron Monotribe stocking stuffer....

All I know is there will be lots of sad faces at NAMM

The page where it was listed isn't even up anymore....

The End

[Analog Prophet]

Originally Posted by FilmNMusicman

Can I be the first to say that this is 100% false.

When was the last time Korg released a synth that was Analogue??? 198-??

And I mean not a TOY, not a Monotron Monotribe stocking stuffer....

All I know is there will be lots of sad faces at NAMM

Well, some Christmas magic dreaming for a short while

[xonox]

Dreaming about an analogue mini ms-20 sure was fun. Oh well...

[Analog Prophet]

Let's dream bigger and add real keys instead of keys from ToysRus. Or maybe a Kronos 88 with mini keys...

[xanderbeanz]

Originally Posted by FilmNMusicman

The page where it was listed isn't even up anymore....

The End

Could it just be that RichF or another KORG rep got wind of the page and told them "Take it offline! We don't want these products leaked!"

If that's the case, then they could still be real. I'm hoping so anyway, i'd love a little MS20 :(

[nebelfrau]

I love this shrinking thing Korg is doing. I want a mini micro reissue of the Monotron that is roughly the size of the average cell phone battery.

[audioconsult]

Originally Posted by FilmNMusicman

Can I be the first to say that this is 100% false.

When was the last time Korg released a synth that was Analogue??? 198-??

And I mean not a TOY, not a Monotron Monotribe stocking stuffer....

All I know is there will be lots of sad faces at NAMM

thats a nonsense argument.. why should´nt korg go for the demand? it was never cheaper to produce analog synths, there is no rocket science about it.. just automated circuit board production in china.

but am i the only one that finds argentina the most unlikely source for news in synth world?? why not papua new guinea ? is´nt that even closer to japan?

[Persemone]

if it's not real then a faked jpeg just generated $100k of preorders.... if it is real then Korg just stepped back into the game. A nice Christmas wish, either way!

[projectwoofer]

This all sounds like a stupid joke. What's this unknown site in Argentina that has all this precious info about those synths and put them online too? Why all the Thomanns and Music Stores of the world know nothing about them? Why the product pages are offline now? It's a fake...