Korg MS20 Mini...

[Dan Bozek]

So whoa... I missed this NAMM announcement until today!! I'm TOTALLY buying one. $700. My Dad had an original and loved it. It was in our list of things that he sold when I was born and wished that he could see into the future and didn't sell. (Along with his Rhodes, Whirly, Mini, Micro, and Memory Moog, and '60-something Strat... 8^/ He was a synth guy, building stuff as a semi-profession/hobby and went computer science when he got married and had me, to some regret later, but not really because he was a good man...)

Anyway, what's your take?! You gonna get one? At $700 it seems like a complete no-brainer to me.

 

[jmjbassplayer]

I heard it, and I have to tell you: it sounds like my legit MS-20. Straight up. Run, don't walk.

 

[Dan Bozek]

I heard it, and I have to tell you: it sounds like my legit MS-20. Straight up. Run, don't walk.

Oh you have an original already... Excellent. Yeah, it is at the top of my list of new acquisitions.

 

[RCCollins]

I just wish it had a full-size keyboard...

 

[jmjbassplayer]

That's the bummer - the tiny keys, and the mini jack output I don't see why they really had to do that, unless it's because of all the leftover parts/chassis that they had from that abysmal software controller they made. But it does have MIDI, that's pretty cool. For $700, it's all good tho.

 

[plasson]

yeah, the mini jack out is a bummer.
but it's cool that everything else is 1/8" connection, that way it can easily be integrated into eurorack systems (minus the Hz/Oct thing).
I read it's going to be 600$.
sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

 

[Dan Bozek]

It already is: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/korg-ms20-mini-analog-monophonic-synth

The mini keys are really that crappy? I mean, just from the pictures I can see that they are not nearly as small and terrible as the microKorg that everyone (including me) uses for things quite well from time to time…

 

[amos]

So glad they did this, as an original MS-20 should not cost more than $700. They were cheap synths when they came out. They sound awesome, but I would never pay eBay prices for an original MS-20. Unless I was some dumb synth collector or something. I'm a player.

 

[MetroBass]

For you guys with all the synth knowledge - would this be a better pick up than the DSI Tetra?

 

[pbass2]

For you guys with all the synth knowledge - would this be a better pick up than the DSI Tetra?

That's apples to oranges---the biggest difference of course being that the Korg is a mono synth and the Tetra is poly. And really, entirely different beasts even beyond the mono/poly difference....

 

[jmjbassplayer]

agreed

 

[erluna]

yeah, the mini jack out is a bummer.
but it's cool that everything else is 1/8" connection, that way it can easily be integrated into eurorack systems (minus the Hz/Oct thing).

Already taken care of.

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[Dan Bozek]

Already taken care of.

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Sweet. I’ll have to bookmark this.

 

[erluna]

I wonder how difficult it would be to remove the mini keyboard and make it more of a rack unit a la Cwejman S1. It would be pretty cool in a Eurorack system.

 

[jmjbassplayer]

Hmm.....