SUM-UP OF ZERO 8 PbS: don't buy it!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:02 pm
Ok here is my review of the zero, if korg doesn't move their a s s Ill post it on every forum I ll browse:
remember we paid about 1600euros for a "high quality" product.
_ Hiss: very low Signal/noise ratio wich make it unusable in many cases. (you have to run it really hot to the limit to get no noize, and with static level sound system this can be a drastic pb!!!)
_ No accurate Vu meter ( a pro mixer?) try to tell your sig is -3Db, impossible, fader graduated from 0 to 10, not in db.
_ No audio gain for the headphone, Hp bus sound quality just horrible.clicks pops
_ No ability to save presets or fx/settings.
_ No ability to choose what is midi and what is not.
_No buil in FX when in midi mode.
_ CUEing/mastering issue: CUE and Master not avaible in I/O
so we loose a track (KORG ZERO 7) and can't VST process/limit the master.
_ Calibration pbs: turn the eq a tiny and the result is way too drastic.
_ Cheap audio quality, dull summing, clicks, noize, cheap numerical eq, 8 bits style FXs
strange Freq response, or is is audio quality?
_ Touchscreen speed/response not really accurate.
_ very long time to come drivers/updtate. you know about VISTA?
_ annoying :s h i t lighting not adjustable we see less with it than without. not adjustable/ we can't turn it off.
_ midi clock unusable.not enough precision.
_Not so low latency (in ms and not in samples, some pgm handlle better classical settings 64-128-256-512
_clicks / bugz when switching from audio to midi, audio settings stay and are lost if you move the crossfader. (sendS)
_NO Korg interventions/ ghost support /Informations are banned..
remember we paid about 1600euros for a "high quality" product.
_ Hiss: very low Signal/noise ratio wich make it unusable in many cases. (you have to run it really hot to the limit to get no noize, and with static level sound system this can be a drastic pb!!!)
_ No accurate Vu meter ( a pro mixer?) try to tell your sig is -3Db, impossible, fader graduated from 0 to 10, not in db.
_ No audio gain for the headphone, Hp bus sound quality just horrible.clicks pops
_ No ability to save presets or fx/settings.
_ No ability to choose what is midi and what is not.
_No buil in FX when in midi mode.
_ CUEing/mastering issue: CUE and Master not avaible in I/O
so we loose a track (KORG ZERO 7) and can't VST process/limit the master.
_ Calibration pbs: turn the eq a tiny and the result is way too drastic.
_ Cheap audio quality, dull summing, clicks, noize, cheap numerical eq, 8 bits style FXs
strange Freq response, or is is audio quality?
_ Touchscreen speed/response not really accurate.
_ very long time to come drivers/updtate. you know about VISTA?
_ annoying :s h i t lighting not adjustable we see less with it than without. not adjustable/ we can't turn it off.
_ midi clock unusable.not enough precision.
_Not so low latency (in ms and not in samples, some pgm handlle better classical settings 64-128-256-512
_clicks / bugz when switching from audio to midi, audio settings stay and are lost if you move the crossfader. (sendS)
_NO Korg interventions/ ghost support /Informations are banned..