KingKORG NEO Review // Retro character returns in a new compact form
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A summary of differences between the original KingKORG and KingKORG NEO (KKN):
► The synth engine is pretty much the same. On the oscillator side, the VA and DWGS oscs are the same. Many of the PCM (sample) sounds are new and there are about 10 more of them. Filters and FX are the same, as are the mod options.
► KKN doesn't have the analog tube circuit at the end of the signal chain
► KKN is white!
► 3 Octaves instead of 5
► Bundled XLR Mic? I don't know if the OG came with one - please let me know if so.
► New presets on the KKN
► XLR on the panel instead of on the back
► Headphone output on the panel instead of up front.
► Compact form factor and button arrangement on KKN
TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:05 vs. KingKORG
1:55 Overview
4:20 Edit mode
5:25 I/O
6:10 Oscillators
6:40 Basic shapes
7:05 Noise
7:40 Dual osc
8:00 Unison osc
8:25 Sync
8:40 Ring mod
8:55 Xmod/VPM
9:30 DWGS
10:20 PCM
12:00 Filters
15:10 Two timbres
16:05 Effects
18:40 Envelopes
19:20 LFOs
21:00 Mod matrix
22:50 Vocoder
24:25 Arp
25:35 Voice unison
26:20 Settings
26:55 Pros & cons
29:45 A few presets
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Hey - a quick update - I don't have access to an original KingKORG to test preset compatibility, but regardless, while the Virtual Analog and DWGS oscillators are identical, and some of the original PCM samples have made it over, others are new and different (and there are about 10 more of them), so a preset on the OG may not sound the same even if you can load it up here. I'll update this comment if there's more info or if I get my hands on an OG...
We've got one of the OG ones in the studio here - would be happy to help compare or loan ours if you're within convenient shipping distance.
@@indirektdjs Thanks for offering! I won't make another "vs" video, but would love to hear your thoughts on the new PCM sounds vs the old ones (I got through all of them in the video), how important you think the tube circuit is to the overall sound, and, if you don't mind checking if NEO presets work on the OG, I'm happy to mail you a couple (contact me at my email in the description)
hi, loading an original kingkorg patch has been tested? thanx
I'd love to know if it has the same sound quality (even if sounds different)
I have an OG KK. Will the presets on the new one work on the OG?
It was actually a brilliant decision by Korg to make it $1000 because now it is too expensive for Florian to get one and feature on Bad Gear.
Someone will loan him one. If I get one, I might even do that myself.
Klangfarbe has his back! 😂
@@tonverfall_studio exactly ! 😀
He doesn't buy most things he reviews.
This comment just makes him stronger. It's only a matter of time before he does the CS-80. nothing is safe!
$1000 price tag is going to kill this synth, buy the original used for $500 instead and get more keys and a vacuum tube drive.
Yeah that’s crazy. It’s like they want this synth to not sell and become a cult favorite.
...seller of v1 gonna add 500$ after selling and get v2 😀 joy of economics
Give Korg until the end of the year and the price will be around $699 or lower…
@@teamphil the mininova has a better engine IMHO and only cost around 399, even 699 is wild for this IMHO
@@pyrotek45i know better is subjective but as an owner of a Mininova the King Korg does sound a lot better to my ears. Not that i dont love the Mininova but the filters aren't great and is definitely less flexible in the oscillator department.
Hmm, that $1000 price tag really kills any enthusiasm one might have for his piece of equipment.
Yes, agreed! At first I thought like `Oh ok another not innovative synth...` so the enthusiasm was kinda limited after reviewing the features, but after I read the price tag in the comments, I was really shocked. If Korg keeps it up like this, they will be bankrupt soon. I mean the competition is big and they don't have a real niche besides `it`s a Korg synth´, imho.
yes , but Korg will never go bankrupt. They just try out a few products, and in between a monotron that will be sold 10 million times. :)
@@YvesLien
I didn’t notice how logical the layout is until I watched your video. You are a godsend to the community
Damn, the feeling of finding a loopop video within a minute of it being posted 💰🥰
Followed by that sinking feeling coming from your wallet.
Clicking the bell icon will do that for :)
Love the video, as always. Just wanted to mention that the notes section contains text summarizing differences between two devices not related to this video. Normally your notes section is super useful and relevant so I wanted to mention it in case it was unintentional. Thanks for all you do! You’re the best there is and your videos are a constant reference for me.
Thanks for the heads up and for the very kind words! UA-cam lets me import descriptions from old videos as a "getting started" template and I missed that - fixed and added the differences between KKN and the OG for good measure :)
I love how I see new synthesizers that I have never heard of (but want to) right here on this channel before I see them anywhere else. These videos must be made by a very hard-working person at the peak of the game. Don't change Mr. Loopop!
Korg is going insane. Drumlogue at a crazy price point, Modwave v2 same story and now this? 1000€ for a entry level digital synth?
I think they've been spreading themselves too thin with their massive lineup. They have to operate with the high margins of a much smaller company and profit off of loyal collectors quickly before lowering the price to what the rest are willing to spend. It's something people might look past with a small company but I don't know here. I guess good for them trying to cast a wide net and figure out a future product strategy but the market has become insanely competitive, and the customers price conscious.
The Drumlogue looks and sounds amazing, but the tiny sample memory and look of a song mode is what killed it for me
All gear of most companies is going up quite a bit. Even the new midi controllers are at a price point where synths use to be and synths now higher. Even the older synths prices went up quite a bit.Think this will be the new price levels of gear in the future.
Look what they are going to charge for the new hipster anti-synth lover synth MicroKORG. 🤣
Half assed lineup.
Desktop version please... Who needs another keyboard?
I think that's a pretty lovely little synth. I believe it needs to be up to $200 cheaper. A lot of range and great usable sounds.
Love the glacier white clean look
The Neo looks awesome, I agree.
Yamaha Seqtrack is a genius move then we have korg just releasing dud after dud drumlogue ,Kaoss replay just make a proper ES3 groovebox for pete's sake
korg lacking any real leadership
I like it. Though, it should be priced $500-$700.
Wait until you see the microKORG 2 price
I honestly expected 400-500.
For the price it is, id buy two synths. Or a synth and something else.
I'm honestly in shock at the cost.
It sounds nice but nothing that makes me go WHOOOOA
Having owned a King Korg for almost 10 years, it's good to see it being finally reviewed as the synth it is and not as yet another workstation!
Not really. The Neo is a downgraded Kingkorg,
@@liviou2004 it lacks the vacuum tube, it adds some PCM waves: it doesn't really look like a big downgrade IMO. However, I'm not going to sell my OG to buy this new one for sure. But, when it came out, KK was largely ignored because of its front panel (more similar to a workstation than a proper synth) and the reviewers were focusing more on performing funky solos using some lead preset sounds!
Not bad but the pricing makes you think if you should spend a more and get a Fantom 06 or MODX6+
Great review as usual
Hope you get a microKORG 2 soon.
Nice, this product is made to sell more Hydrasynth Explorer!
Exactly. Much better value for money on the Explorer. Got it right here in front of me:-).
Yes. H.E. more controls ( with some menu diving ), after touch, oscilloscope display of waveforms as you play, etc. for $600. before tax.
I always liked the sound of the OG KingKORG. I like this form factor more. I just wish they'd give it dedicated set of controls for at least the filter envelope and for both LFO's. There's still enough space on the panel for this. But ok, it's workable the way it is. The sound of this thing - not many modern analogs sound this silky and warm, and it seems it has a very wide sweet spot. I've yet to hear it sound bad, which I can't say for most modern analogs. VA has come a long way, but I have to say that out of the new digital synths you've mentioned, none sound as pleasing, smooth and warm.
agreed, always loved the sound. This formfactor is more appealing for sure.
With Hydrasynth Explorer and Arturia Minifreak at $600, 1K is way out of order. What I am saying is right now at Sweetwater you can get BOTH the Minifreak and Hydrasynth Explorer for only $1,200 . Korg is way out of bounds here.
I've loads of synths, it's an addiction and this one as good as it sounds (and it does sound nice) it's far from worth the cost.
In the past 12 months only I've bought deep mind 12, MPC one and a wavestate, and all in that was £1300 . And there's a lot of fun to be had with just those.
That's a nice combination of tools. I wouldn’t call your description an addiction. There was a recent story in Music Radar about various guys with music spending addictions spending $20-80K on gear every year never having written or produced a single song AND some of them opening their new gear and never using it. One guy bought an OB-X8 for 5K and admitted he never plugged it in. THAT'S an addiction. @@-The-Darkside
UB-XA is a BEAST synth 16-voice Bi-timbral Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 32 Oscillators, 2 LFOs, Multimode VCF, VCA Envelope, VCF Envelope, Arpeggiator, PWM, 512 User Preset Slots........... 1199$. Korg is smoking something.
Wow what a great name for a synth.. great new upload..
Go directly to Bad Gear; Do not pass Go; Do not collect £200 😂
Florian already preparing the Neo Matrix red pill blue pill memes for this one
“£200” it’s $200 f outa here
@@MyNameJeff.. Not in Britain it's not, you ninny 💁
Congratulations, your channel has come full circle. Your back to the Electribe 2 sound!
But I guess if Novation is still using the MiniNova engine, then Korg can keep using the kingkorg engine.... ?
Ha not until there's an Electribe 3!! Re the engine, for sure - the fact that something has aged doesn't mean it's bad, and with lo-fi and vinyl coming back, perhaps on the contrary
Wow! Korg surprised! I will buy it!
Interesting. Do the manufacturers ever ask the consumer want they want? Can't keep up with the gear that is being released
Behringer does.
enjoy of what you have , learn to ignore new toys it leads only to GAS and no productivity
lovin the new pro vs mini . it even has an oscilloscope! @@astrarivm
15:45 I really love Korg presets.. Rain Pad reminds me of Ice*Rain and First*Snow on the Korg X5.. Absolutely love those presets. It made me fall in love with the synth.
I'll just tick with my beautiful old King Korg, thank you very much.
stick?
Korg has those modern tubes they make, why would they not have the new tubes as a sound modifier of some sort?
Especially for $1000. It better have a Fatar-level keybed if they’re charging that much
I've always wanted a KingKORG, was literally just thinking about it the other day, wondering if Korg still makes it. I have a Korg Kaossilator 2, and I love the sounds on that, and I once read somewhere that it uses the same engine as the King KORG, not sure if that's true, but I do think they sound similar. So stoked for this.
I remember when the king korg came out and reading that it was a new engine, but a spiritual successor to the korg radius engine, which the microkorg, r3, kaossilator pro and to some extent the emx1 use.
Similar but evolved!
The tube on the original KingKorg gives the sounds an analog character.
Was excited till I seen the price 😂😂😂
My man is going through PCM mode that time all the sounds are filling my head with Nostalgia 😆🤣🤣🤣. Good review even though I can't afford any synths
Get a cheap Yamaha PCM keyboard, put it through delay & reverb FX boxes.
Sounds like every other korg synth
true no cap
Oooo fancy camera flybys 💞
looks like fun at least!
Great review as usual. It does sound pretty awesome, but it would be nice if Korg would make a new version of the radias or at least include the radias concepts on the neo.
The KingKorg Neo is an almost identical copy of the KingKorg (just compare the Parameters Guides), more expensive with two important "minuses": the overall Tube effect (a rare specificity of the KingKorg which had the advantage to add warmth to the sound) no longer exists in the NEO and of course this very small keyboard.
That's pricey. I'll wait a year for the inevitable v2 with a larger keyboard because what it does is cool. Thanks for the video!
The capabilities are SO similar to the original KingKorg, if it is down to buying this Wavestate form-factor KingKorg (with its disappointing keybed) for $1000, or an original classic KingKorg with a 5 octave keybed for $600...I'm going with the original.
There are some new PCM sounds here but indeed (as I mention in the video too) the OG is stiff competition to this!
@@loopop I hadn't yet gotten to your pros/cons where you mention that when I wrote that comment! :)
FYI it's been months since I've seen a video of yours in my recommendations, even though I'm subscribed.
Does the bell 0 or does the bell ('0')
0, I guess, I've changed it to '0'. Still, I get a lot of synth reviews in my reccs from other channels I'm not subscribed to. You'd think it'd surface the subscriptions more regularly.
Thanks for your interest and indeed if you change the bell to ALL you'll get notified every video
I'm very interested if the new neo OS works on the KK as well.
Hi, can a timbre be in stereo , ie, paned hard L R with the 2nd timbre in mono to create a patch?
I'm thinking Stereo Bass. Or, could timbre 1 be routed to the stereo FX (chorus) and the 2nd timbre no FX (mono) or perhaps a compressor ?
Thank you
I bought the KingKorg Black Edition for $900 new from Kraft. This is pretty, but for the price and being smaller, less keybed range with no tube (even if it is a gimmick), this is likely going to stay on the shelves.
I have a black Kingkorg and it’s such a great synth, and always wanted a smaller version of it. However the price is ridiculous. Should be about £500/£550.
I'll wait for the vst. Sold my wavestate because the vst sounds as good . A hundred user presets??? It's 2024. Memory isn't that expensive.
No oscilloscope in the synth 🙁
I really like seeing what happens when I change shapes.
haha i didn't even notice that amongst all the other hoohah! wow, my $99 behringer even has an oscilloscope.
It looks like the reposponse to the Roland Gaia 2
Exatcly:) Well said… It even has the same formfactor (almost)
KORG has lost contact to reality when it comes to price. 1.100 €? No way!
I bought the Modwave for half of what the KKneo costs and honestly from what I can see here, it is a better option, even if it has no vocoder... I would recommend anyone interested in the Kingkorg to look at the Modwave as an alternative
Im looking and listening and the modwave blows this thing out of the water. Sounds way better, is cheaper, and seems far more powerful / flexible. Looking at all options but so far im leaning hard towards modwave
@@xgskrillax I have the Modwave. It's very good. There are some good offers with the MK1 still available. And whilst I'll get the NEO at some point - I'm fairly sure the modwave can do most of what the NEO can, plus it has the 4gigs of user sample data too.
The only downside for the Modwave, is that many of the presets don't quite show-off it's versatility. The sounds are very good, but they tend to keep within the floaty atmospheric style which it's so good at.
The up side being that I've really had to learn how to program it rather than just tweak it. And it can make some very good live-performance lead sounds.
@@David3Wise i really like the way it sounds but i don't want to pay full price for a new mkII version. I asked Korg today if the firmware updates enabled free running LFOs on the original Modwave too and they said no unfortunately. If I get one I want a mkII because I use LFOs a lot and would be pretty frustrated not having the option of letting it free run. All the other stuff I could be fine without that the MKII has but that. I'll just wait for a sale or a good deal on a second hand one on Reverb I guess.
I think this is unacceptable. $1k (give or take), 3 octaves, no aftertouch, only bitimbral? It's VST in a box, why can't it be fully multitimbral? It was done in the 80s and 90s - we don't get that now? I'll fault Hydrasynth and Rev2 on this too. There's no reason modern synths need to be limited in the polytimbrality. At this price point, in this year, I expect a Virus killer.
Gotta go ahead and agree with you there. It's like CPU Throttling but for synths....
Agree 100000 % I have quite lost interest in new gear annoucement at all .
Just thinking to Korg M1 straight from the 80s ...
8 parts multi-timbral (at least, If not even more)
I dont' get why manufacturer limit multi-timbrality in modern digital synths ... ( or better, I get why... )
The Rev2 is analog. I was under the impression that bi/multitimbrality is much more difficult/expensive for analog synths
yes !! analog requires electronics components to be replicated for each voice ( I'm not an expert )
Digital requires a lot less effort ( UI and DSP software remains basically identical and CPU power is kinda low cost )
@@lordundhimself1310
It's digital control, fast! Look at the bs2 and see how fast it can send different parameters. Why shouldn't it be poly timbre? @@lordundhimself1310
I'd get a Gaia 2, new. 1000€ is overkill.
It sounds good. I like it. But at this price point... Not so sure.
The latching problematic is awesome. I also find it just as awesome that on my Minilogue Xd there is Latch only for the Arpeggiator
but it cannot be used as a Hold for simply Holding a Chord or a Note playing without the Arp on. Some weird design choices there imho.
Every synth should have the Latch-Hold functionality of the Bass Station 2
the Bass Station 2 is a very good synth
DeepMind12 & 6 have it too
LOL the Queen Intro!
The NEO is a little beast!! On my get list 😎
Is there a stand alone vacuum tube you can buy anywhere that would give a similar "analog" sound to the original King Korg?
There’s a ton of vacuum tube preamps/overdrives/distortion boxes available, yeah. In all sorts of form factors, like guitar pedal, synth module, rack module, or home hifi box. As standalone products, or as DIY kits.
Nice!
I suspect this is another Raspberry Pi VST in a box, it looks like the same platform as the Wavestate, etc. Pricing is questionable at best. I've already got a King and I'm not getting rid of it any time soon.
It's DSP based and uses two DSPs. Quite cheap ones, they cost only a few bucks.
Unless they've physically blocked it in the NEO, contrary to the original KK documentation, the 200 presets CAN be overwritten with USER patches, thus the KK and probably the NEO, can store 300 user patches overall, not 100 - Regarding the additional 10 OSC types, over the original KK, they seem to have removed some of the cheesier DWGS waves, and expanded the PCM with more synthy sounds, and again, dropped most of the cheese. But compared to the KK, you lose the Tube Valve, CV out, and no cute little led light in the R of Korg on the back :-D ..
I just picked up the old KK. Not that many about! I'm very happy with it. Great fun!
This one looks great for transportability and to fit in with a larger studio rack or stage rack.
I don't know whay they stopped at 300 sounds including user patches . Why not 999? Does this one store more than 300?
For a moment i was wondering if you used Freddie's voice there. lol
Sad they dropped the over drive. That is the one thing I have been very interested in lately is distortion, fuzz, and over drive. Looks like a good starter synth for a lot of people though.
totally a deal breaker for me. I would just add a distorion if it was cheaper. otherwise..i pass.
Korg sometimes decides to do extremely beautiful designs. Look at this! Or the Minilogue OG, wtf you just want to touch that thing
Used to own a Minilogue it was gorgeous!
17:57 reminded me of faithless - we come 1 synth solo (police van fall aside in the clip :-) )
i have the old KKorg, and love it. the vocoder is great with the tube. sold the ultranova,microfreak, and microkorg, weak vocoders compared to my other ones. but if you want real vocoders that sound just as good but different then the KKorg land a jupiter xm w/ vocal designer, waldorlf stvc, or a radias. and a vocoder in my modx is also very good.
Meh. Just like the original, there is no channel aftertouch. A keyboard is not the king of anything without it. These days, it pretty much has to have poly-AT to deserve the label "king."
The toy keyboard isn't AT, but hey, you can just go buy a midi controller for another 700.00 buck to get real keys and AT. 😂Or, just wait for SE version for $2100.00. 🎉
People use AT?
@@SPAZZOID100 LOL. Yes, yes they do. I love my little Hydra Explorer with poly AT. I have my eyes on a few more poly AT keyboards as well. It adds a level of expression you can't really get on standard keys. Try it. You'll like it :)
Thank you very much for the review Loopop!
I really like the new King Korg, but in my opinion the arpegiator could be programmable so the user could capitalize the split function creating unique performances, performing using the 2 timbres simultaneously. At this price, I would expect and a basic step sequencer as well. Great synth overall, but in my opinion Korg should reduce the price.
I would like to ask you if you can make a review and for the new Korg Mikrokorg 2 as well. It looks like this is going to be a hit on the market, like the original model. According to Korg, the Microkorg 2 it has a ''record loop function'', on which you can create performances since the synth is multitimbral with 8 voice polyphony. So, I can't wait to see you to test this feature which is very interesting in my opinion.
Thank you again!
I like Korg, and I also like your synthesizer video review, but I really don’t feel anything about the king korg neo. This product looks like Korg took parts of all previous products and put them together with a very basic framework. . I own a Wavestate, and Modwave is also very attractive to me. I hope Korg can launch more things like Wave Sequence 2.0 instead of simply remastering old products.
Korg pricing is completely out of control. Just as like they don't want to sell anything... Blofeld Keyboard 849€, actually built in Europe and 49 keys WITH AFTERTOUCH. What is Korg smoking?
hahaha thanks for the tip. gotta have aftertouch
What do you think about the about the Waldorf Blofeld? What is it good and bad at?
Little beauty 😮
"Very clean! Cool!"
*$1000*
"Nevermind!"
Is it basically the exact same engine but without the overdrive tube?
$599 would of been my sweet spot for price. I picked up a gold King Korg 6 years ago for $500 used, and I don’t plan to get rid of it. Regardless, I like the Neo form factor, in fact I always wanted a desktop version. Perhaps the future used price of the Neo will be comparable to the OG’s used price.
wish Korg would come out with a successor to the Kronos 2 already.
I’m going to have to resuscitate PatchMorpher as it worked particularly well with the KingKORG!
woah what's that? morphing between patches? more synths need that. my ding dang drum machine can do it! how come no synths can?
A used Novation Ultranova shits all over this. Even new they were like 5-600 dollars, there's no justification whatsoever for this price from Korg.
I own it, very pleased from sound and possibilities.
But:
- No Patch Manager / Librarian ? How export/import patches?
- No PCM import? Maybe in the future?
many years of sound design possible in this engine. glad to see them stick with it. pricing is off by $400 imho
Does this Korg offering use the Wavestate/Opsix/Modwave keybed because it was not at all well made. They had a better quality key-bed on the 5 octave models. On that basis, I’d prefer a rack version - if Korg ever build one.
Wow!!!
Gaia 2 is at least an updated engine. Don't know why they didn't update KingKorg. Sounds pretty good tho
Someone please tell me there's a stand alone or cheaper alternative to that vocoder. That has got to be the most smooth sounding vocoder i've ever heard.
can it load kingkorg patches? thanx
Missed opportunity not adding the Logue engine to update the older now a bit dated KingKorg sound with all the awesome 3rd party OSC/ Filter /FX algorithms like the Sinevibes Dense for example would of made this more of an expanding contender to the Gaia 2 rather than a trickle down repackage .
Had a Minilogue XD and sold it after a month. Korg somehow managed to make the most sterile characterless analog synth ever made. The only interesting part was the digital oscillator and not what i bought it for.
The King Korg sounds better, i even think the original Microkorg beats the XD as it least has some character.
@@barrysmith7896 Yeah the Logue engine is the digital part . Some very cool 3rd party out there for it . Agree the analog portion was pretty mid .
The only bad thing is making it basically the same price as the full sized version, other than that I dig it.
@@MB-kx5qs KingKorg
That user interface with 3 different sized displays and weirdo knobs is killing me.
It's part of the genre of gear "straight to Bad Gear episode".
Please tell me this isn't $999 R.R.P.? Arturia's Minifreak can be had for around half the price. Ridiculous.
yes and the Minifreak has ANALOG filters! Also Aftertouch! What is it with Korg that they nearly don't have any keyboard with Aftertouch?
@mudi2000a Korg seem to exist in an alternative reality. A thousand for the KingKorg NEO is simply laughable.
@@mudi2000aAftertouch suxx.
Looks and sounds nice, although the white panel is a bit too bright for me, but maybe it looks better in real life compared to this video. 1000 euro is too much for this form factor however.
these synth manufactures are taking the pee out of people with there prices
Original KingKorg, with black and gold design was way prettier. The vacuum gave the OG one a nice analog feel.
Im also assuming that the keybed is the same as wavestation/modwave/opsix which is not great.
I think in all mentioned synths KORG should either release a module version and also an option for the user to safely unmount and mount the keybed with a few screws and one plug. Id doesn't seem to be that hard to make.
I agree.
microKorg2 comming 💘
Mmmmm Burger KingKorg Neo….delicious.
😂 bang on
Does it have any m1 sounds like the piano and organ etc?
yes, I go through the oscillator PCM sounds in the video
Yamaha seqtrak??
Thanks and I don't have one yet!
I got into synthesis via the MicroKorg XL and I've been a bit of a Korg fan boy since 🤣 Still love my ARP Odyssey reissue...I was kinda stoked on this initially, and it does sound good (in a kind of "I'm nostalgic for my MicroKorg and how many tunes young 'n' stoned me wrote on it" kinda way) Do not love the form factor/aesthetic at all...like I never thought the Wavestate/OP looked bad but, damn, it did not look like sh*t till they put it in white 🤣 1k for a VA synth too....daaaamn....I'd love to like it and I'd love to buy it; and would if it was MicroKorg XL 350-400 quid money but 1k is like "prestige" mono-synth money dude...Even an M1 is like 700 less, and I love my M1 🤣
Will it have a plugin version?
I don't know - perhaps Korg can comment if they see this
No reason not to. A lot of their recent synths have been better as plugins. I feel like they should lean more into hybrid synths like the minilogue xd for hardware because there’s really not much reason for most people to get physical digital synths unless they need it for performing live, for recording/making music the vsts are more convenient and sound identical at least for korgs digital synths.
king korg started as a plugin
Proper NAMM is warming up... but where's the new Electribe 3 tho that badly needs an update
just got the es2 love its dusty vibe
love form factor, sound and knobs! but price tag? hell no
Is it a fancy microkorg?
Great video.
It's neat and all but the price just seems a bit much for what it is. I picked up a second hand Virus TI 2 Polar the price this is going for. (Which imo is a coutry mile better, and kind of crazy how it is considering it's age) Although to be completely fair I'd consider it if it didn't have a TI and it was a touch cheaper, it isn't bad just... isn't worth what it's going for.
I bought a used Ti-1 desktop for $1,200 and a used gold King Korg for $500 about 6 years ago. There’s no comparison to the Ti-1. It’s by far my favorite synth I ever owned, and it pretty much blows away the King Korg. However, the KK has some really cool tricks up its sleeve and it’s a nice synth in its own right. But over all there is no way I’d pay $1,000 for one. Rather get a Ti-1 or an Novation Peak for a few hundred more. Sad they priced the Neo at what it is. A lot of people are never gonna consider it as a result.