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Yikes! The introductory review is brutal.
This machine is just fabulous. The size of the chip has nothing to do with it's power, look at a pentium flip chip if you think it does.
On to the real stuff. This machine is FABULOUS. It sounds great, very analog, and is very easy to use. As a owner of analog synths (Remember pro-one, etc).) I found this machine to be exceptional in bang per buck. The sequencers are great, the virtual patch couldn't be easier, Argeppeio (sp) is well done. The "other waves" available for Oscillator one is a GAS. Not to mention it's other features, like built in vocoder. I have the keyboard version. When you consider what this machine costs, how great it sounds and the fact that the analog machines of their day cost just as much with far less features, midi and power it makes this a great tool. The midi implementation seems fine as well. Only once did I run into some "digital goo" when I had things sync'd very close in frequency. Definately not an serious issue. This unit does what is should do and the knob turning fun factor is killer. I want two!! Oh, one more thing, no maintainance. Trust me, trying to maintain older analog synths can try your patience to the limit. Try go get the same patch on a Pro-One consistantly. Good luck. That's another area where this machine shines.
I have a few minor feature recommendations for Korg however. Like a drone setting for emulating surf sounds, put jacks on BACK on rack unit .. like duh, add more polyphony if possible without raising the cost much.
I love this machine. Good going Korg.
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