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[TinPigeon]

"He’s not a household name. But Tatsuya Takahashi is the man from Korg’s development group behind instruments you almost certainly know. Starting with the first Korg monotron, followed by the Monotribe, monotron DUO and monotron DELAY, Takahashi has been standards bearer to a legacy of Korg stretching back to the early analog days. These newer instruments return to some of the analog circuitry and ideas behind earlier instruments, bringing a new playful approach to electronic music making for the masses, at stunningly low prices that put the products in reach of those musicians.

And now … well, now there’s volca, three new instruments covering bass, beats, and keys (in name and function), each under $150 bucks. And so we’re really lucky that their designer Tatsuya Takahashi from Korg in Inagi-City, Japan visited us in Berlin. He had all three volcas in hand, and shared his experience as a musician and designer, complete with a live improvised jam for us on the products he and his team at Korg built."

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/05/hands-on-with-korgs/

[jiggityj]

I love these new affordable Korg products, but they MUST do something about their quality control. My Monotron Delay and MiniKP2 had components rip out of the circuit boards. The Monotron Delay had the 3.5mm output rip off. I tried to solder it back, but the solder point is what ripped out. The MiniKP2's mic switch ripped off. The power and volume switches are exactly the same, and could rip off anytime. I'm not aggressive with my gear and they are always babied. I never buy warranties, but I might if I get the Volcas.

[renegade]

No such problems here, build quality seems fine, to rip a switch or jack off would take some force on mine. I have all 3 monotrons and 2 monotribes, they seem solid enough - to me.

The microsampler that I have has wobbly knobs, but so far still working ok.