Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

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Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by SummerLeftMe » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:21 pm

I got mine about a week ago and as cool as it is, mine is defetive. it shuts itself off when i turn a certain knob clockwise. :/ So i am exchanging it for a new one. .

But after a week with it messing around I'm wondering if 4 voices is enough for me. I don't like how notes cut off when you play a 5th note. The entire envelope generator doesn't work on mine so I'm sure I am missing something but I feel like maybe I would prefer a synth with more features. More voices, more lfos and routing. Though the ones that have features I may be interested in are $1000 more.
I know these are brand new, but what are your thoughts about it? Or other analog synths with lots of routing and voices. I love the one knob per feature on the minilogue. I hate menu diving and I never really programmed soft synths because there's so much of it.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by SummerLeftMe » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:24 pm

Oh, and I use synths for dream pop like music.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by PJazzmaster » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:29 pm

She has!!! (Yes, that's what I read... :fp: :ph34r: :freako: )

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by countertext » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:51 pm

PJazzmaster wrote:She has!!! (Yes, that's what I read... )
I read it the same as PJazz.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by Telliot » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:53 pm

Me too. Every time! :D
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by OffYourFace » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:42 pm

Hahaha same here.

I haven't tried the Korg yet but I hope to soon. I hope they put out a module version. I don't like smaller keys. How did you feel about the keys?

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by shadowplay » Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:17 am

I read it as Minogue too.

It made me think of this (even though it's really just Dan Carey and Emiliana Torrini with K vocals). I remember a mate of mine shouting across a really snobby record shop; 'David, we've got that Kylie twelve yer desparate for'. :D

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by NickD » Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:55 am

Came in here to post the same Ms Minogue observation. :fp:

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by shadowplay » Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:07 am

NickD wrote:Came in here to post the same Ms Minogue observation.
I tell ya if the marketing bods are reading this...gold lamé splash cover, just enough to cover it's modesty!

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by SummerLeftMe » Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:10 am

OffYourFace wrote:Hahaha same here.

I haven't tried the Korg yet but I hope to soon. I hope they put out a module version. I don't like smaller keys. How did you feel about the keys?
I really like them. Small keys don't bother me though. I get used to whatever keys are put on synths and controllers. These are like 86% the size of full size keys. So not the typical mini keys.

It has a ton of cool sounds. Ring mod, cross mod, sync, and wave shaping. There's a lot of generic demos though. Just going through the patches, which are pretty bland. I think this will be a hit for Korg. It's sold out most places already.
I may wait for my working minilogue to get here before I go looking for others. The filter EG doesn't even work on mine so I'm missing out on a lot of cool stuff I think.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by eggwheat » Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:31 am

4 voice is never enough for a poly synth...6 voice minimum is what you want to minimise note cut-off. I even find the prophet 5 annoying as it's 5 voice..great as it sounds of course.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by SummerLeftMe » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:35 pm

Yea so I returned my minilogue since it was defective, and now the minilogue is on back order for over a month too.
So I decided to get the Prophet 08 module instead. Lots more money but I already felt restricted with 4 voices, and the one lfo with three destinations.
The demos for the prophet sound amazing. 4 lfos and a modulation matrix with a ton of sources. Very excited.

Probably would have been content with the minilogue for a while if it hadn't died on me.

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Re: Who has the Korg Minilogue synth?

Post by redchapterjubilee » Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:10 pm

I'm on wait list for one. 4 voices is tight but i have more polyphony from other synths. $499 is hard not to just get one. I'd much prefer to have a Prophet 6 or the new OB-6 but those are 6x the price. I was underwhelmed with the Volca Keys and I'm assuming the Minilogue is roughly the same synth engine. I've read on th forums that the envelopes reset with every keystroke and have artefacts (they click apparently) and that was a problem with the Monotribe too. So I'm excited to get one but also somewhat apprehensive.

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