As a synth guy I'll say what I said on SonicState again here - nifty but at 299.99 I don't know why I would choose this over the more capable Korg Minilogue. Where this is mono and therefor can only play one note at a time the Minilogue is a ploy 4 synth so you can actually play cords on it. Of course there are more distinctions between the two but that's the most obvious comparison point for me. I love the look of i…
Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
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Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#22As a synth guy I'll say what I said on SonicState again here - nifty but at 299.99 I don't know why I would choose this over the more capable Korg Minilogue. Where this is mono and therefor can only play one note at a time the Minilogue is a ploy 4 synth so you can actually play cords on it. Of course there are more distinctions between the two but that's the most obvious comparison point for me. I love the look of i…
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#23Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#24Advantages:
1 - it's much more fun to build your own synth out of components than to buy an off-the-shelf system designed and built by someone else
2 - and you get to build exactly what you want
3 - there are literally thousands of modules to choose from, giving you much more flexibility and features than any integrated synth
4 - lots of cables to make a patch, which can be fun to mess with and interesting/intriguing for audiences to look at
5 - audio and control voltages are the same, so you can do things like change synth parameters with audio
Disadvantages:
1 - price, typically much more expensive to get equivalent functionality to a cheap integrated synth. [A]
2 - size - much bigger than a typical integrated synth [B]
3 - lots of cables to make a patch, which can make recreating a patch a pain compared to a digital/hybrid synth
4 - can look intimidating to someone unfamiliar with modular synths [C]
5 - making a modular patch can be slower than just dialing in a digital patch
Notes:
[A] - But you don't necessarily need to replicate everything, you can have partial functionality that will still be useful and fun, and may get effects that would be hard to get any other way
[B] - though Eurorack is still much smaller than some other modular formats
[C] - But it's not hard to pick up, and learning modular synthesis is fun
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#25As a synth guy I'll say what I said on SonicState again here - nifty but at 299.99 I don't know why I would choose this over the more capable Korg Minilogue. Where this is mono and therefor can only play one note at a time the Minilogue is a ploy 4 synth so you can actually play cords on it. Of course there are more distinctions between the two but that's the most obvious comparison point for me. I love the look of i…
But to me it just doesn't stack up. Sure, it's got the onboard sequencer, which you're going to need somewhere in your kit. But the voice seems too similar to the Minilogue without any of the real low-end depth you can get from the Arturia devices.
But I'm with you, I don't really see what purpose this serves that can't be better served by a brute or moog.
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being able to create microtonal scales is the attraction here for me, most synths whether they're digital or analog lock you into standard western scale tuning.
You can still do that by sending raw midi data. Just a note immediately followed by a pitch bend. Something I still wonder though is how serious this microtonality thing is. Is it more of a gimmick or it there a serious demand for it?
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#27Korg essentially disrupted an industry doing exactly the rules outlined in the innovator's dilemma. Starting with the monotron, then the monotribe, the volca series, now the minilogues. They're the only big 3 (roland, korg, yamaha) who has a competent analog synth division. The other two are stuck continuing to double down on their digital recreations of classic analogs (roland ACB)
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#28Artirua's been doing this for a few years, including their Brute lineup; the MiniBrute and the MatrixBrute would be the closest comparison. https://www.arturia.com/products
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#29Korg essentially disrupted an industry doing exactly the rules outlined in the innovator's dilemma. Starting with the monotron, then the monotribe, the volca series, now the minilogues. They're the only big 3 (roland, korg, yamaha) who has a competent analog synth division. The other two are stuck continuing to double down on their digital recreations of classic analogs (roland ACB)
Re: Korg Monologue – Monophonic Analogue Synthesizer
#30Artirua's been doing this for a few years, including their Brute lineup; the MiniBrute and the MatrixBrute would be the closest comparison. https://www.arturia.com/products
I bought a Minibrute three years ago and it has cured my lust for gear ever since. After seeing the Minilogue however I'd love it if Arturia threw their hat into the analog polyphonic ring.
Because it was so bad or because it was so good?