KORG NU:TEKT NTS-1 Synthesizer Review 

1UP that makes two of us. And I have prologue 16 and ML XD. Lol

haha.....thanks for this essential statement, that is enough for me to justify myself.

@@herbertdruschke503 Yep, it ain't gonna break the bank either, bang for bucks it's a nifty bit of gear, plus it ain't gonna take up much desk-space. I'm soo tempted. ; )

I did eventually buy one and it's amazing, the engine is basically the Minilogue but with less in there but...i think the filters are much better than my Minilogue. Press any of the buttons and you can alter the sounds much more than it is out of the box, plus if you go on the Korg website, you can download a pile of other effects, fiters etc, from third party developers.

@@georgekempson670 it’s not analogue though so it’s not nearly “basically the Minilogue engine”.

It’s not analogue though.

@@HotStrange so?

Shut up

@@zoned7609 so it's not a monotron delay lol The monotron delay is defined by its dirty analogue sound

Lmao I love this comment. Get one! One of the best synths I’ve ever owned.

I have a 16 and love it. It just sounds good, the best in its price range and hits above it as well.

Yeah, the old Minilogue accepting an external signal in is one really overlooked feature. I use my Volca Keys sometimes as an extra oscillator that way and I was also thinking about using this one for the same thing, when I first read the announcement of NTS-1.

One of the main reasons KORG is still my favorite synth manufacturer after all these years.

Ah man but you'll be missing the filter from the xd...

Forgot about that thing. How do you like it? My SQ-1 has a dedicated “littleBits out” jack.

@@HotStrange It’s a fun little gadget. 😎

thank you dad

BoBeats ❤️❤️🤣🤣🤣

What else did u like at superbooth?

Don't! Use it in it!

Keep the Monologue and get this to go with it

nOOOoOooOo

I will buy your Monologue

I hope you didn’t sell your Monologue.

Nice idea, indeed - a send/return effect unit

With the metal corner pieces it should be pretty hard to crush.

yeah it does feel pretty OK thanks to having a metal boddy. But I feel you. I want a case too

@@BoBeats check DichStudios

Same one from the Prologue which is crazy for the price!

The out is probably going straight into an interface/mixer to be recorded, it doesn't sound like the audio we're hearing on the video is from a mic'd amp. There's no reason you couldn't run it into an amp though as long as you're careful about levels (and providing you convert it to mono, as the NTS is stereo out). I can see he's got something going into the MIDI in port so that will likely be what's connecting the keyboard to it. The MIDI in is a 3.5m TRS connection so you'd need to use a converter if your controller only has 5 pin MIDI out. As for the NTS1 to DAW connection, although it's not necessarily connected to a DAW here it does have USB MIDI, so you can send MIDI from your DAW via USB (this would also be another way of controlling it with the keyboard, assuming the keyboard is sending MIDI to the DAW)

Korg's always done good with portable keyboardless synths, DS-10, the Kaossilator 2, Electribe 2! Roland is finally catching up with their MC101 (its totally not a novation circuit..) We need Yamaha to get back in the game too with a new QY groovebox with synth modeling..

Nah I prefer a synth with a nice keybed. The desktop units are cool too. So why not both?

😬

BoBeats 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Clearly

under 100 i heard

exactly. Nda and such

@@BoBeats I'm curious... Since the novation Launchkey mini mk3 is released. You think the midi output on it is signal/voltage compatible to this? I appreciate your time sir.

Should be available 'in a couple months' according to Sweetwater. They were aiming for later this year / end of the year / Before christmas.

the circuit one should work! Mine comes with a smaller jack (not normal mini jack) so i used it with the ik multimedia uno drum one. But the retail version will come with mini jacks

Not even close

no audio over usb

Yes

@@BoBeats nice pity there is no way either onboard or by a computer to save or load your creations just the ability to firmware updates unless someone apart from Korg us doing something . I live in new Zealand and can't find anyone to buy the unit off anyway even though Korg N Z has it in their listings of equipment . Are they available in Sweden?

@@williamshaneblyth music planet. Auckland Wellington and online

My thoughts exactly! The Superbooth demo sounded promising but these first notes.... just blissful dark potential ;)

oh no don’t use my video as a guide 😬✌️

The final version should come with actual instructions. Bo got a pre-release review unit.

not really :-(

Well if you took midi out of the minilogue and into this thing and plug it into the audio in on the minilogue it should work right?

Yes and no. You can process the OGs signal through its effects and run its audio into the Minilogue to sort of act as a 3rd oscillator but it won’t quite be the same as it wouldn’t be inserted into the full signal chain.

no soldering

I see you're gracefully avoiding the question however I was on the phone with a German KORG representative and he said there would be an announcement in the following 2 days 😬👍