Monotribe most wanted features

[mihu]

I've been using the Monotribe for just a couple of days and like it a lot. System version 2 adds valuable features, but there is still place for improvement. Below I've listed a couple of features I miss most.

[1] Time-stretch
16 steps for the drum parts is a sensible minimum, but really limits the synth part. I would like to run the synth part at half or quater speed of the drum part. In general there could be sort of playback control for half/double/etc., independent for synth and drums.

[2] Transposition
It can be simulated using square wave LFO (rate at minimum), but this is just a dirty workaround.

[3] Active step reverse
You can use active step to make two sequences (verse/chorus), but switching between them can be tricky. Double-clicking active-step button could be used for switching between active and inactive steps.

[4] Random LFO alternatives
I don't like when something is wasted and this is the case with wave select switch in sample&hold mode. Personally I would love a hard/soft-synced osc or sub-osc (the lfo can go into audio range!). If this is not possible then tremolo, raising saw, or a different random generator. Anything seems better then no choice.

[5] Playback scrambler
Reverse and shuffle/de-shuffle for the synth part.

[6] Arpeggiator
Octave up/down or any other interval in fact can be simulated by the square wave lfo, but this takes the lfo away.

[7] Off-beat drums
When triggered simultaneously the drums mask themselves. Optionally they could be triggered slightly off the beat to prevent this.

I am posting this here in a hope that Korg not only hosts this forum, but it reads it as well.

Best regards,
Michał

[axd]

I am posting this here in a hope that Korg not only hosts this forum, but it reads it as well.

Yes... I wonder how Korg can be reached. I'd like to submit some [OT] KO2/miniKP2 new features, but they don't seem to be eager for this kind of feedback. Tried via webform, FaceBook, via email, no luck.

[mihu]

I've encountered only one vendor that provides official contact form for such comments - TC-Helicon. Korg directs you to your distributor, which is basically a reseller and has usually little influence on product development.

[dexfx69]

Well, here's the best way to get your ideas to Korg, then now have a Facebook page asking for product improvement ideas:

http://www.facebook.com/KORGusa/posts/10150808001771080

[axd]

Well, here's the best way to get your ideas to Korg, then now have a Facebook page asking for product improvement ideas:

http://www.facebook.com/KORGusa/posts/10150808001771080

I was already aware of that page. Should you have the courage to read the entire thread, you would find my remark at [1].

Sorry, I'm losing my faith in Korg being interested in customer feedback. I'll give it one more try: a snail mail to Korg Japan. $%#%$ Net. That's how far we have come: the internet is one noisy space, nobody is even listening to you any more (except the few people following specific threads, or just tracking replies to their postings).

[1] http://www.facebook.com/KORGusa/posts/1 ... mments=590

[dexfx69]

Well, here's the best way to get your ideas to Korg, then now have a Facebook page asking for product improvement ideas:

http://www.facebook.com/KORGusa/posts/10150808001771080

I was already aware of that page. Should you have the courage to read the entire thread, you would find my remark at [1].

Sorry for trying to help. Next time I'll try to muster the "courage" to be perfect.

[axd]

Sorry, I was a bit too harsh.

It's only that I have two issues with forums:

1/ there is an infinite repetition of information that should end up in a wiki rather than having users oblige to search forums for answers, wading trough tons on unrelated or often wrong (though well-intentioned) answers.

2/ the internet is becoming so vast that people are increasingly finding it difficult to find information - a good example is that Korg thread on FB: there are so much replies that it is unfeasible to read them all.

-alex-

[dexfx69]

Sorry, I was a bit too harsh.

It's only that I have two issues with forums:

1/ there is an infinite repetition of information that should end up in a wiki rather than having users oblige to search forums for answers, wading trough tons on unrelated or often wrong (though well-intentioned) answers.

2/ the internet is becoming so vast that people are increasingly finding it difficult to find information - a good example is that Korg thread on FB: there are so much replies that it is unfeasible to read them all.

-alex-

It is true. Thank you for the apology.