To columbo71... You are correct, Sir! Hardware synth innovation seems to have come to a screeching halt. The gear that was classic 15 to 20 years ago is still classic today with no new candidates for that category. I guess we'll need to take the law into out own hands...
This Korg Microstation is such a Monster Keyboard. Though this demo is a little bit easier, but try to search some other demos for this keyboard and you will see such a big difference. I'm also a keyboardist in a band, i used to have Roland(Semi-synthesizer) and Yamaha MM6 before but i much prefer to use this Monster, so portable and sounds are just amazing, you can edit it for a more complex sounds. And be amazed.
@drakeishfyre microkorgXL and R3 are actually the Radias sound engine put into a different case, in other words they are ALL radias. the original microkorg was really a MS2000. Roland, Yamaha, Korg, all those companies like to repackage the same sound engine into different case to make profit.
@columbo71 You shouldn't look at the microStation for judging the progress on synths, since it isn't a high end top of the line synth. I think the Yamaha Motif XS shows that there has been some progress in sound quality, however of course a lot is moving into the software world these days.
@columbo71 How about it's the market and fashion that ask for that? The extremely popular "indie rock" style has a huge nostalgic vibe to it, going back to 60's and 70's sounds, production and recording techniques... Accordingly, what keyboards are most popular among indie? Nord's, who specialize in old piano, B3, Mellotron and classic fat analog sounds. On another end of the spectrum, you have straight techno and dance where Korg's Micro and V stations and such shine.
@drakeishfyre I'll look to samplers for realistic sounds ...thats not my point though, my point is that this could be any synth regardless of manufacturer, they used to have an identity in the 70s and 80s, now the only noticable difference is the case/design.
I have a question about korgs and synthesizers and stuff. I'm lloking into buying one. However I would like the option to download and use any tones I want. Is this something all Korgs come with nowadays? or is there some spec I should be looking for?
Does the PS60 have a Multi Mode like the Korg X50, the korg x50 can be played from your external sequencer as a 16-part multi-timbral sound module. Can this be done with the PS60 as well?
@columbo71 : The snared instrument he's playing doesn't sound well, because he doesn't play it well. There's a slight time difference between the snares, when you play an actual guitar, where as synthesizers are streamlined to have the least possible lag or delay when played live. Thus, this sounds stale or even mechanic. ;-) Some people are into that sort of thing, but as said, this doesn't come close to sounding like a real guitar. ;-)
@columbo71 yeah perhaps if your using nothing but the presets, i myself never use presets i make my own sounds from scratch. but i guess its all depends on how your using the machine.
@leanmachene From what i understand about musical instruments, the point of them is to be able to make whatever music you want on them. I f this guy wants to make "spanish bullfighting" music then i don't see what the problem is.
I don't get it. Why do companies push out so much those "affordable yet powerful" -synths? Of course it's nice that there are synths which nearly anyone can afford, but I think it's getting out of hands. They should work for new top-in-line synths rather than making 20 of those affordable ones! One thing that really bothers me is what Korg did. They made m3 which is a cut-down version of Oasys and m50 which is a cut-down version of m3.. Plus my TritonLe had many far better sounds than the m50.
For almost $900, I thought this was going to sound better. I've had Casio keyboards that would put this to shame for both price and sound. Very sad indeed!
Minimoog is a true synth... Kawai K5 too... So do Roland D-50, Clavia NordLead, or Access Virus TI. Looks like "the big Three" (Yamaha, Korg, Roland) are just doing the same things since 15 years : simple "sample playback" with no real innovation.
@columbo71 Yeah, they have stagnated. Neither of these two has aftertouch, I mean, what kind of performance synths are these anyway... Give me a DX7, D-50, and KX5. I can do without this plastic.
@columbo71 There has been improvements, I think the demonstrations does have amateur guys who can`t make any difference. Microstation is worth every penny. This demo sucks :-/
Is it me or have synths become stagnated over the last 15 years ? No real improvments in sound quality, pretty poor acoustic sounds and way too many samey sounding analogue dance/trance sounds ?
i agree its a shit demo, but for £450 its top value, if u want a better sounding synth go and spend £1500.00 on a triton extream, its small change for what it can do. this gye here tho he's makeing it sound like a bontempi, what the fuck is he doing, its obviously aimed at the dance side of music not a spanish bullfighting soundtrack
It seems like korg uses crappy little toy keys ,a shity sound engine, and slaps the word "micro" on synths to sell on the success of the original microkorg. microkorg, microX, microXL, and this all sound really terrible.
