Microkorg XL
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i guys
i am just come back from a "session" to my delear where i tried R3, microkorg XL and traditional microkorg. here my first impression:
microkorgXL is a very good machines, the microkeys feels much better than the old micro and even i prefer standard dimension, are enough playable for roaring solos or fast chord progression. The XL mantains the "sounds" of the micro, listen to it you would say that XL descent from micro sounds are really fat, they fill the soundscapes even with only 8 notes of polifony. filters are very good too both in sound-shaping and in resonance, it's a pity korg don't make them auto-oscillating. and weel FX you know, are superb as in korg tradition.
the two big knobs reminds me to old radio o hi-fi of 20-30 years ago and have a geneorus steps (or click i do not know which is the best word in english) on the admitted positions. the little knobs on the right instead, used for tweaking parameter are without steps and also with very little friction with the panel, so sometimes is quite difficult to stop on the desired value.
for me, if it would have had standard keys, it would be a must-buy synth today, but feel not very comfortable on microkeys.
R3 instead, if from one side is slightly simpler to program thanks to richer panel, sound more precise and clean than microXL, sounds (dry) do not fill the space and seems thicker, even filters seems to be different from one on XL, in R3 seems that cutoff and resonance alters less the overall sounds.
looking at the editing pages, R3 and XL seems almost identical, so just trying, even if they sound different, it's difficult to define what is changed in synthesis engine
does anyone can answer: XL and R3 have the same synthesis enginge or not? dac are the same or not? beacause i cannot figure out why they sound so different...
i am just come back from a "session" to my delear where i tried R3, microkorg XL and traditional microkorg. here my first impression:
microkorgXL is a very good machines, the microkeys feels much better than the old micro and even i prefer standard dimension, are enough playable for roaring solos or fast chord progression. The XL mantains the "sounds" of the micro, listen to it you would say that XL descent from micro sounds are really fat, they fill the soundscapes even with only 8 notes of polifony. filters are very good too both in sound-shaping and in resonance, it's a pity korg don't make them auto-oscillating. and weel FX you know, are superb as in korg tradition.
the two big knobs reminds me to old radio o hi-fi of 20-30 years ago and have a geneorus steps (or click i do not know which is the best word in english) on the admitted positions. the little knobs on the right instead, used for tweaking parameter are without steps and also with very little friction with the panel, so sometimes is quite difficult to stop on the desired value.
for me, if it would have had standard keys, it would be a must-buy synth today, but feel not very comfortable on microkeys.
R3 instead, if from one side is slightly simpler to program thanks to richer panel, sound more precise and clean than microXL, sounds (dry) do not fill the space and seems thicker, even filters seems to be different from one on XL, in R3 seems that cutoff and resonance alters less the overall sounds.
looking at the editing pages, R3 and XL seems almost identical, so just trying, even if they sound different, it's difficult to define what is changed in synthesis engine
does anyone can answer: XL and R3 have the same synthesis enginge or not? dac are the same or not? beacause i cannot figure out why they sound so different...