Exploring the Wonderful KORG Micro X!

Demoing this synthesizer is one of the most fun videos I've ever made. This synth has (almost) everything. Over 900 drums and 600 sampled waveforms combine to create multitimbral compositions. There are hundreds of presets and and so many amazing effects. If you can find one of these at a decent price then grab it!
CONTENT
0:00 - Intro
2:21 - Nylon Dreams
6:46 - Mid Eastern Cafe
8:11 - Effects!
12:05 - 80's Brilliance
14:40 - Angels and Harps
17:58 - Final Preset
19:28 - Outro
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[@TheUnperson]

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[@AllanGildea]

If that's cheese, it's a marvellously pungent gorgonzola. Sounds absolutely marvellous.

[@mack_solo]

Nothing cheesy about it. The BEST 25-key (full size!) Triton engined computer companion synth ever: over 900 presets, 40 drum kits, dual poly arps, 62-voice polyphony, upto 16 tracks (depending on the mode), PC editor, and even came out with a impact resistant plastic case that was actually impact resistant. Novation X-station couldn't touch it. IMO, functionally it was a better product than microKorg XL is. Sure, VST's killed off that sort hardware, and ROMplers died off cos the processing power of both the synths and computers went up significantly, but it was a fine product for it's time.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

That “Tonight” vocal was like a stab in my heart. The stab of looooove.

[@user-kq2bc8jy6y]

Great Mini Synth with Triton Engine! I have two Micro X, the white and the black!

[@GeorgeL909]

Jeez middle Eastern cafe! What a freaking patch! I swear that one is for me. This thing seems endlessly useful. Never would've guessed, I really thought the mid 2000s were the dark ages of hardware synths.

[@somethingintheuniverse760]

A touch of David Sylvian in your voice !

[@group-music]

If he were Scottish perhaps.

[@SAT0R1.]

Cool synth id love to have one

[@minisynthmaniac]

My first synth 🥲🥲 I am never giving it up!

[@MichaelBLevi]

Full sized keys is already a win for me.

[@thegreatpatsy]

We need to bring cheesy back! I love it!

[@TheUnperson]

Agreed! There’s not enough cheese these days.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Dreamy sounds...very nice.

[@OPdbx]

wow this is a killer synth! I love the sounds and the smaller size.

[@andrewsmyth1652]

It's a beast for sure. The presents are endless fun but the real power is in the menues. The korg micro x and a roland jv1080 and you have every instrument ever.

[@stoneylane8709]

Do you know how to program it? I have one but am struggling. Do you have any tips etc to help me? I've looked all over the place for a tutorial on how to program it but can't find one. Please help if you can!

[@CinematicLaboratory]

This video kind of proves we are in a simulation, and a modular is a good way to escape to the real world.

[@Atomic_Pants]

I love mine, it's an absolute power. The orange carry case is just made or win as well.

[@TheUnperson]

I didn’t know it came with an orange carry case! :O

[@wavesequencer]

A truly powerful synth best treated as a sound module with another keyboard - lots of 'bread and butter' sounds. The sound designers did an excellent job and somehow the tonal quality is really warm - some great bass tones. I had one for a while - mainly for the pad/evolving sounds, but ended using plugins for that kind of thing more recently (including the one I developed). Editing on the MicroX screen is frustrating - there's so many tabs/sub menus and the screen is really tiny.. yet there is also the free MicroX VST editor plugin which was great - but when you are editing sounds with a mouse, it feels like you may as-well use a plugin these days. Quite powerful arpeggiator features on this too - lots of possibilities if you can be bothered. It can be picked up for quite cheap these days, but the hardware does feel kind of flimsy - and on mine the power input area got really hot - concerns on durability there. I still have my Wavestation - that one will not be leaving.

[@stoneylane8709]

I have one but am struggling to program it. Do you have any tips etc to help me? I've looked all over the place for a tutorial on how to program it but can't find one. Please help if you can!

[@wavesequencer]

@@stoneylane8709 There are lots of general synthesis tutorials on youtube and Ableton has a website with a live tutorial (learning synths). I am biased but I would also recommend learning with a software modular synth such as the one I develop - Hyperion Synth. For the MicroX the VST editor is a must have to get clear picture of what's going on.. it's not that complex (yet you can run multiple layers of sounds), but editing on that screen is just not practical. It's kind of limited in analog type sounds emulation, but plenty versatile still. There's a MicroX user guide from Korg that shows the architecture / menu layout.. search on google.

[@T0NYFERRELL1]

What a great video, felt like we were discovering the joy of this box of cheese together with you.

[@pineboxvintage]

I had one back in the day and still regret getting rid of it

[@normdurkin6425]

Professor you gave me flashbacks to growing up on Long Island in the mid 80's listening to Casey Kasem ..

[@PeterGarofalo]

It's a great synth . the dial up wheel on mine is a bit iffy , so i use the catergory button & it's easy to find sounds or combis. I use mine with a loop station , it's brilliant .. Korg need to re-issue one ,

[@jurgendabeedin441]

Barry White doesn't stand a chance against you in a karaoke standoff...😉

[@user-lw8dr6xx8i]

I remember when this was brand new, I was going to buy Korg Micro X to go with my Roland Fantom X, since I wanted it's Triton engine to complement the Fantom.

[@666DemonCleaner]

I got one of these back in the day and when I bought it buddy told me don’t ever sell this. It’s worth its weight in gold. I still use it to this day.

[@massebassepearpung]

Sounds great. Reminds me of my Wavestate.

[@kjaergaard12345]

that was cool

[@augustwest304]

Dope

[@russellyoung6498]

I love mine to bits. So much so that it is currently in bits - I'm replacing the keybed as the original turned yellow!

[@TheUnperson]

Mine is yellow due ~ tho due to a house fire lol

[@jenslempke7501]

I use mine to get the full Korg experience, multitimbral into Studio One, together with Korg Gadget vst3's like M1, Wavestation, MS20 and the Modwave vsti. Also great for electric bass, drums and so on if you want a virtual band until you record real players. Hardware wise, it's a perfect rompler together with the Roland Zencore engine which I run through my Verselab MV-1.

[@GerenM63]

I gigged the big brother (X50) to the Micro X for a while. Great assortment of sounds that fit in well with a band. It's one of the Korgs in my life that I wouldn't mind owning again, if I had the space. I'd forgotten about the Micro X. I just might need to see if I can find one for a good price.... About programming -- I think this might have used the same editor program as the X50. The challenge is Korg's terrible MIDI drivers. If you can get it to work, it's pretty decent to use. The architecture is very similar to the Kross or Kross 2, which is generally pretty straightforward, once you get your head around it. Fun thing -- if you can program a Kronos, you can program an X-series. Still basically the same architecture, just the Kronos has more of everything.

[@stoneylane8709]

I have one but am struggling to program it. Do you have any tips etc to help me? I've looked all over the place for a tutorial on how to program it but can't find one. Please help if you can!

[@howardyermish]

Next video, send it through Beads and Data Bender just to see how far you can push it. Cheesy, yes... cheesy but effective!

[@hufftalbot9296]

Dammit! I am going to have to get mine out again. It's main weakness is that none of the acoustic piano samples are up to much.

[@manicmodular8956]

Great vid, never heard of one of these. Hopefully Hainbach wont get his hands on one and end up pushing the secondhand prices into the stratosphere😂

[@robertsyrett1992]

truly programming on that interface would be next to impossible for mortal humans.

[@Drinkyoghurt]

I'm blown away by this thing, but you already made me purchase too many synths so I'm gonna stay away (for now)

[@eugenecanady5452]

Korg has already done the Triton and Triton extreme VSTs. I'm sure this is on the short list for an upcoming VST. Until then, you call pull the MicroX from my cold dead hands.

[@biggrime]

My first real hardware synth. Sod it ans got a korg m3. Still a pretty good synth

[@stoneylane8709]

Great video. I have one and want to use it with a band but can't find any tutorials to help me make the soungs I want... like the start of Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac. I'm sure it's possible. Is there anyone out there who could help me? really want to program it!

[@TheUnperson]

I've heard rumour of an editor you can use on your computer. You could use that to more easily understand the menu system.

[@thato99]

Has anyone found an editor for Mac that makes this slightly easier to do sound design?

[@stoatystoat174]

:)

[@DVDFRMN]

I wanna hear some YO

[@SAT0R1.]

Shame there only 25 keys tho

[@group-music]

Just plug in a longer keyboard via MIDI. The sounds are voiced for 88 notes.

[@group-music]

Cheese? What are you talking about?

[@quantumeseboy]

The poorest quality gear I've ever owned, terrible waste of money.

[@TheUnperson]

Sounds good tho! 😆

[@quantumeseboy]

@@TheUnperson It's basically Triton engine, I think Triton Extreme plugin is a better investment.

[@group-music]

There's always one in the comments.

[@nathanreddent2427]

April fools