There are a few cons though. For one, if you have an MS 2000 you will probbaly only be able to expect four note polyphony at max from this as well. I strongly recomend keeping the owner's manual, seeing as even I have to continuously refer back to it to decypher the cryptic display it has on it. Not to mention the fact that with less nobs but same capabilities, you have to somtimes backtrack to edit sounds on it.

Even with these turn off's its notenough to bring down this little beast. Its got the same powerful engine as its big brother. Its not as expensive as it sounds. Its extremely portable, and runs off batteries so you can play on the go anywhere. You can make some fat sounds. Some of the factory presents are actually good. It has a great apegiator. Two timbres for a fusion of sound at once. Theres also the vocorder.

Once you get the hang of it, you can create some really cool stuff.

Though its a nice little peice of equipment, dont use it for shows as teh main board. I would use it as an auxillery synth along side a few others but then again if your a real synth artist then youd have more then one peice of equipment when you gig. Now as for myself I have made so much use of it. Even though emulating acoustics was hard, its possible. I made a acoustic guitar sound that actually sounds very close to a real one. As for a piano, I havnt been able to... just with it by itself. Iv came close, but I cant perfect it. But I came with the idea to hook it up, via midi cable, to an old Optimus keyboard I got for real cheap at radioshack from back in the day of my learning to play keys. The choppiness of the optimus combined with the sustain of the little korg created a sweet tone! And actually the little microkorg saved teh optimus from collecting dust for the rest of it's days. I even used it in a few shows.

Anyway, the sum it up in a nutshell before I get carried away, the microkorg is worth an investment. I mean, you'll see the prodigy playing one, and even a bunch of other big named artists. And as said before makes a great peice to carry around with you and show off to your friends. And when I dont have it linked up to the optimus I use it for synth solos and it actually turns heads away from the guitarist for a second lol.