The sounds are great and can easily be edited. the sequencer is nice and easy to use (it would be more efficient if the display where larger). the disk drive is in a rather odd position (maybe korg is trying to start a new trend or be original or something.)

There are a few very minor things that could have been better (aka arpeggio synch with midi) but theyre just careless overlooked details. nobodies perfect.

survey says...one up for this synth!

been very pleased. There is a massive amount of samples to feed the hungry

PCM architecture, and when you get down to the dirty sound editing, you can

make some really interesting sounds. It is a lot of fun to play with some of

the weirder samples, and with a little patience, you can get most any sound to

come out of this thing, exactly the way you want it. It's only limitation is

the realtime Midi Controller tweaking. The aftertouch is a little strange, and

to reach its very depths requires a bit more force than I am willing to apply

to a $1200-$1500 dollar piece of eqipment. The famous Korg log modulation wheel

off the X3 is still there, but for all of the control it offers, it is a bit

under utilized in the software. The 64 voices provide this synth with more than

its share of mix time, but the lack of realtime control hurts when you want to

perform. Overall, for what you pay for this thing, you get about twice that in

a synth.

I've tried selling it - but it's worth about a third what it cost (1 year later). I could have bought an M1 or X3 for a fraction of the N364 price, believe me, the N364 offers nothing SERIOUSLY ahead of those synths.

Back to those pad sounds (the ones that sell the thing in the first place). There's 10 years of Korg AI synthesis programming in there. They do sound impressive, but you really can't go any further. I've obtained thousands of sounds (X & M, nobody bothers with the N) but only a mere handful exceed the original presets.

As I said, if you want to create 'up-front' sounds, or dance, jungle, whatever, or 'experimental' in any way - DON'T even think about this (or the X or M). If you like advert music, soundtrackes, or maybe want a basic synth for live playing DONT get this - get a 2nd hand M1 instead! For that matter, Roland and Ensoniq make far more powerful S+S syths these days. I think the N364 is a bit of a con, an 'Emperor with no clothes', very much 'old wine in a new bottle', cheaply developed, extensively advertised, and even Korg aren't interested in it, other than raking in the cash.

Alhazred