microkorg or Notavation K Station

mlawranceowen · Post by **mlawranceowen** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:05 pm

I am new to synths and i have narrowed it down to these two please help. I would like one with a nice arpegiator. If notavation is their a different one you would recomend for under £240?

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:41 pm

The K-Station has full sized keys, the microkorg's tiny ones suck.

mlawranceowen · Post by **mlawranceowen** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:51 pm

Stab Frenzy wrote:The K-Station has full sized keys, the microkorg's tiny ones suck.

cheers, but is the k station any good In its other features?

Post by **Maschinengeist** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:43 pm

This should go in the Buyer's Guide forum instead of Help!

Help is for technical issues.

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:53 pm

For a beginner, the K-station is all knobs. When I was a noob I found the menu system of the microkorg very hard to deal with. Although, the microkorg has a few more features the K-station still has a few things it doesn't. I prefer the microkorg sound, but the K-station programmability.

They both have a really unique sound. I can always pick them out in a mix. Both of em.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:20 am

mlawranceowen wrote:
Stab Frenzy wrote:The K-Station has full sized keys, the microkorg's tiny ones suck.
cheers, but is the k station any good In its other features?

Yeah it's pretty good, like Tyler said they each sound quite different, you should choose the one you like the sound of better. Buying synths based on features is stupid, the sound is more important.

mlawranceowen · Post by **mlawranceowen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:34 pm

okay but which has a nicer sound or how is it different between them??

stephen · Post by **stephen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:00 pm

okay but which has a nicer sound or how is it different between them??

That partly depends on what type of music you want to play I guess. There are some good demos on youtube of both the k station and the microkorg. There are also lots of bad demos of the microkorg, usually kids messing with presets.

I own a microkorg and the k-station's bigger cousin, the nova. There's the "korg sound" and the "novation sound".... the microkorg is great for bass and bleepy bloopy stuff and its OK for leads too. I've never used a k-station, only the nova which is somewhat different again.

Once you get into the microkorg's edit matrix you'll soon be motoring with it, it isn't as bad as some people make it out to be.

For the price, either synth would be a worthwhile investment. If I were starting from scratch today, umm, I'd probably go for the K-station.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:50 am

mlawranceowen wrote:okay but which has a nicer sound or how is it different between them??

This is one of those times when listening to them works a lot better than reading people's opinions on the internet. Go listen to a few demos.

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:04 am

mlawranceowen wrote:I am new to synths

imho, the K-station is a better newbie synth. It also has a better bread and butter synth soundset with it's 3 oscs engine. both sounds good, but as a first synth, I'd be very happy with the sounds of the K.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:59 pm

mlawranceowen wrote:okay but which has a nicer sound or how is it different between them??

have you tried this place? - www.google.com

tons of info there, but you have to read it for yourself.

Huppo · Post by **Huppo** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:05 pm

If you are going to go searching for info or Youtube vids you might want to spell Novation properly. Searches are much more productive when you spell the search terms correctly.

sequence · Post by **sequence** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:03 pm

Is the K-Sta even being made anymore?

synapsecollapse · Post by **synapsecollapse** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:54 pm

no, but i hear you can still find things used for even cheaper than they were brand new

ok calculator · Post by **ok calculator** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:06 pm

Microkorg is better for basses and leads.
Novation for pads and ambient sounds and also for "organ like sounds".

I had both and at the end i sticked with the Novation, but its all about what sound do you like and prefer.

Microkorg is more "electrical"
Novation is more "dreamy"

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