A true synthesizer with an analog modeling tone generator
Powerful-sounding oscillator section
Knife-sharp filter section
An amp section with great presence and distortion
EG and LFO add subtle tonal movement
Virtual patches for even more sophisticated sound-editing
Versatile and distinctive vocoder
128 programs for immediate use
A full range of effects
Freely settable arpeggiator
Process an external audio source via the audio inputs
MIDI controller functionality
Controls designed for easy access
Pop and distinctive looks, and an included mini-mic
...ended up with a studio work over. My Altair 231 is out for repair. Gone is my minimoog shaped microkorg, the black Nord Lead 2 is stashed and on sale. I bought them before ToH solely because the looked cool. Now VA is the least we need and covered already by the V-Synth's...
This is nice. The venerable Microkorg is still a great little synth, and they were wise to keep all the strong points and improve on the weaknesses: I'd say that the big news is the doubled polyphony and the screen to improve the usability of the matrix interface. Also, the keys are not diving...
...like their Kaoss pads and use 2 in serial for random chaos happy accident devices... hmmm.. have both a microkorg and ms2000 for some reason.... I like their Gadgets iOS device... and their plugs have been solid, their hardware recreations of arp 2600 and odyssey have been good... and christ, ...