{"id":29877,"date":"2016-03-04T06:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T06:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/?post_type=test&p=22896"},"modified":"2023-01-01T12:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T11:53:19","slug":"korg-minilogue-stepping-stone-to-a-pros-synth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/en\/review\/korg-minilogue-stepping-stone-to-a-pros-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"Korg minilogue – stepping stone to a pro’s synth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Korg handled it very well.\u00a0While all those rumours about the new ARP 2600 were circulating, the innovative Japanese company slipped the minilogue<\/strong> onto the market. And\u00a0we’re all\u00a0enamoured. Well, most<\/em> of us are …<\/p>\n

T<\/span>he word “minilogue” itself is simple, but nonetheless genious. MINImoog and anaLOGUE, voil\u00e0: MINILOGUE. That’s what we think that they were thinking. In any case, to tell the truth, the new Korg has not all that much in common with Moog. It is an exceptional and – new – analog(ue) synth in the mid\/lower price category.<\/p>\n

\"Korg-Minilogue-01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“New”, of course, is utterly impossible<\/span> in the world of analog synths. Nothing is really new<\/em>. The Moog System 55 at the end of the 60s \/ beginning of the 70s said all there was to say. Analog sound architecture had already reached its limits.<\/p>\n

These days, in the digital world, analog synths are combined with MIDI and USB, motion sequencer and lots of memories … there you go: minilogue! New, small, an analog \/ digital miracle.<\/p>\n

\"Korg-Minilogue-08\"<\/a><\/p>\n

New analog sound design<\/h2>\n

“T<\/em><\/span>he synth circuits for minilogue are all new designs from the ground up, delivering a synthesizer experience like no other. Unprecedented in this class, it\u2019s a four-voice polyphonic true-analog synth with an interface […] designed for accessibility.”<\/p>\n

(www.korg.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

Korg praises its new analog baby and its newly designed analog circuit boards … ok, whatever, the user HEARS that this sound is definitely analog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The 4-voice minilogue offers:<\/p>\n