Korg MS-20 Mini

[Hybrid88]

If it has MIDI, mini keys totally won't bother me, at least you'll be able to play the actual synth and record MIDI data at the same time (something you can't do on the old MS).

Some of you guys are never satisfied, be happy! I don't think it's a hoax, but we'll see soon.

It's even got guys like me with original MS-20's wanting one, this is good news as far as I'm concerned

[Stab Frenzy]

The Minibrute has full width keys.

ok but theres also a variance in full width keys right? Prophet 08 keys are slightly wider and chunkier than the minibrute

No, they're the same. Have you played them both?

[c-level]

Is a 61 key- board the best option for combining pitch control with expressive interaction?

Why tolerate mini? We don't have miniGuitars? or miniHorns....

It doesn't make sense to sacrifice playability for more notes to play in a smaller space.
I have never heard anyone say they WANT or PREFER miniKeys, so how did they get here (again?)

i dont agree with it either but,

61 keys allows for two hand worth of fairly full range playing

we have short scale guitars and basses, and pocket trumpets. traditionally smaller size instruments invoke different range/responses ( violin/viola, flute/piccolo ) but that is less of an argument on mechanized instruments where scale can be re mapped and such

the whole thing is about space and the 'eurorack' craze. if the ms20 has so many patch points, why cant they hack off the useless minikeys and drive it with their sequencer?

[volumetrik]

No, they're the same. Have you played them both?

not side by side, but I did have a P08 before and from memory seemed like the MiniBrute is slightly slimmer, ah well

[GuyaGuy]

I prefer mini keys on real synths to full-size keys on fake synths.

[vicd]

I firmly believe the size-does-not-matter argument should keep on going, so:

[tekkentool]

Hehe, I was just thinking that.

[Stab Frenzy]

Back on topic or this gets locked.

[Hybrid88]

hahaha oh come on, have a sense of humour!

[griffin avid]

I prefer mini keys on real synths to full-size keys on fake synths.

What's a fake synth?
A Virtual Analog?
Digital Subtractive?
Any recreation? hmmmm.....

I did find that pic hilarious though but I feel it bears (no pun intended) my point that anything that's generally supposed to be triggered is fair game as far as interface is concerned....I mean that in the looks department too.

a) The popularity of the monotrons
b) The love for the Kaoss series
c) The hatred of the Roland D-beam [when it's placed next to keys or drum pads]
d) How sensitive everyone is when it comes to the looks of [traditional] keyboards, but so open to experimentation for any kind of module. Color too.

As far as these two rumored pieces are concerned, I'm just not sure which part of me brain should be stimulated. The part that want's to play a new KORG board with some lovely sounds or the part that wants a wicked module to tweak away at. So in the end I will probably succumb to their designers guess at HOW I WILL INTERACT with their products and be suitably happy however this turns out.

But alas, I think we've got "Oh look at that" syndrome. We've been here before. We were all so excited about....something- talking it about for weeks and then something else came out and we all forgot about that first thing. I still can't remember what that first thing was but it was all the rage right before KORG announced the Kronos.

[GuyaGuy]

I prefer mini keys on real synths to full-size keys on fake synths.

What's a fake synth?
A Virtual Analog?
Digital Subtractive?
Any recreation? hmmmm.....

Erm, it's a synth that doesn't exist, which is what is being debated in this thread.

hahaha oh come on, have a sense of humour!

[volumetrik]

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[Hybrid88]

Well Namm is coming, what they're just going to release... nothing?

Makes sense that they would leak it just before to get a buzz going.

[sequentialsoftshock]

Back on topic or this gets locked.

I got money riding on this making it 13 pages before we actually know the truth !!!

[griffin avid]

Makes sense that they would leak it just before to get a buzz going.

You do understand, one of the points of NAMM is to generate a buzz.
I don't see how an early buzz before the early buzz is supposed to help things.

No one is going to look back six months after NAMM and think "I'm going to buy X product because, well, I hear hints about it a few weeks before the official news pop."

The only time early leaks make sense is when a competitor has a product that's eating all the attention. Then you leak your information and people begin to compare and speculate instead of setting their sites on the first product of interest. But that's just me own ideas about it.

KORG has so many product lines, who can guess which one will get some new units.
I have my fantasies.
a) Kaoss Pro 2 (although I don't know what they could add aside from MIDI in, new sounds and a new grid. Maybe something that records tweaks and allows you to save them separately;y from the patches. Might be cool to have performance presets along with patch presets.
b) full KORG Legacy for the iPad. No-brainer and pretty obvious that's coming down the pipe.
c) Monotron XL or expanded or something based on that direction.
d) MicroSAMLER 2 - a few obvious features need to be added so that could be a big one
e) Krome Rack SE don't think another $3,000 dollar keyboard is necessary. So maybe the Kronos/Krome get smaller versions or enhanced racks.
f) An electribe controller that copies NI Maschine [but software of that nature from KORG is a stretch]