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Average rating:
4.8 out of 5
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I bought my N264 in 2003. I sold an Ensoniq ESQ-2 for this board. from the jump,she was a work horse, stable & clean. The "N" is also hellified in the studio.Being an ex B3 single act player,I also bought the Korg Triton Extreme 76 for my rig. The N264 sound compliments the Triton Extreme beautifully and I can create/modify all sounds.The Extreme sequencer is my backing band with (16 musicians) allowing me to do full performances with duel board sounds. I don't midi the "N" or load floppys because she still holds her own. At times I gig with full funk/Go Go bands. I leave the Extreme at home and just take the N264. She cuts thru an gives up any sound needed.The best sound for me on "N" the B3 organ sounds.Changing sounds in a live band is super fast. During my single act gigs,I play songs ranging from "Phantom of the Opera to Atomic Dogg.Wish Korg kept the N264,but then again by being obsolete,I have the unique performance system with both my Korgs for all types of gigs. I will never sell neither. Randell Briggs www.tronicvision.com
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As a Korg service tech along with all other brands, I have used, serviced and played every Korg synth made.
The N264/364 while being somewhat dated by the technology is STILL a premium sounding synth. The feature set of the 264/364 is expansive enough to qualify to be in anyones musical stable.
Do I want a new OASIS? Yes. Will I retire my 264? NO.
If only Korg could write owner/service manuals as well as they create the electronics. *sigh*
Curt (aka IndiQa)
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Though I have used many keyboards, I found Korg N364 is the best. Almost any tone in the world can be produced. The most valuable advantage of it is the simplcity in sequencing. Even a child can make songs. The drum kits include almost all oriental instruments. Indian instrument tabla in N264 is an added advantage to indian artists. the only disadvantage is its delay in loading PCGs and songs. I will rate it as the most usefull keyboard in the world.
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I have owned one since they came out in 1997. It was one of my first keyboards (sans the Roland em303 when I was like 15), and I still pull it out when I want an off the wall pad or a warm piano. I now own a studio here in Nashville and I am surprised how many musicians like to pull this "dinosour" out because it has all the old Korg sounds they like and then some. Some of the things I did'nt like about it was I thought the sequencer was a tad bit on the lite side, I could'nt really use it live because it never held enough for a full show. And you had to load into it from the disk, unlike the Roland XP-80 which allowed me to go straight from disk. Other then that this thing was a work horse and was great to pull out live for a hard pounding B3 sound or the nice piano. Oh and what drugs was the person on that decided what grouping would go on with the sounds? I mean they are REALLY hard to find anything on it.
-Jx
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Great keyboard... It is not my first but my best. It is good for someone who is a part time or hobbyist and has a great interest in music production / recording. For some people the learning curve may be longer than others. But once you have master the N264, You may not have to get a triton. The difference bxn the triton and the n264 is that the triton has that damn touch screen (which makes it look cool and all), and you may have a bigger library of sounds. I use several modules with my n264 (E-MU and Yamaha), and my n264 is my master sequencer. And the sequencer is really good to use.... Like I said, really no difference to the Triton.(once you know how to use it, you will realize that almost all the setting=g on the n264 is the same as the triton. I use the heck out of my n264 (like almost every project) and I absolutely LOVE the rich, crisp, realistic sounds it produces (best pianos and strings and synths), Sweet Envelope generators, and the Variable tone generator allows you to tweak the sounds and many ways. And the variable pitch modulator is pretty cool too. Bad stuff (and yes every machine has its bad side to them):
I could used a bit more ram on it to use and a MIDI data filer for my Yamaha module�I keep finding myself using tricks and shortcut with my sequencer to save memory.
Also I wish that the combinations did not actually take up like 8 tracks on my sequencer, so I�m only left with 8 tracks and program changes for the rest of my production tracks.
all in all it really great!!!! I have made some of my best produation with this korg...and It is not exactly what you get.....but how you use it is with counts.
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