KORG KingKORG Demo&Review [English Captions]

KORG KingKORG
DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.
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[@Intrapersonal77]

Really this dude could play any synth or anything with keys on it and it'll sound good. Doesn't matter the instrument, just matters the player

[@Danielblco0]

This guy always gives the best demos :)

[@HotStrange]

JIM JONES fuck off

[@TomZentra]

This is the best synth Korg has released in a long time. Affordable price too. You don't have to be a corporate executive or sports star to buy it like the older Korg gear.

[@DisInfoWars]

This board sounds amazing and the fact that its virtual analog is even more impressive

[@LasseHuhtala]

That is a beautiful instrument.

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Just bought one. This was one of the demos that made me want one. Arigato Ujiie & Korg. 買ったばかりです。 これは、私が欲しいと思ったデモの1つでした。 氏家有&＆コルグ。

[@musictrackjp]

English caption is available now!!

[@ErlingGrey]

Arigato!

[@ikesquared]

A Swiss knife virtual synth for almost every major synth filter from the 70's to now . I love my KingKorg!!!

[@richardmasterson2929]

dodging copyright infringements like neo

[@looneyburgmusic]

What copyright infringements?

[@the80386]

he was talking about ujie playing famous sounds but slightly differently. anyone knows the original knows exactly what it is but the copyright holders of the songs can't claim copyright on the video because the original hasn't been exactly played.

[@looneyburgmusic]

I know, my point was for a demonstration like this, there would be no infringement. That would definitly be fair use...

[@the80386]

some media companies mess around. if they make a claim, whether it's true or not, it adds to the strike of a channel. even if their claim is refuted eventually, 3 strikes suspends the account. wiser to be safe than sorry.

[@ronpildil]

Hey, do you have the name of the tunes he was playing? that would be awesome

[@stevenyjtsai]

18:00 sounds awesome

[@od3772]

Best intro on KingKorg ever! Thank You, Ujiie!

[@scottditta7437]

od3

[@od3772]

Scott Ditta ???

[@kaostrip]

Je reconnais haut la main que c'est le premier synthè récent qui sonne à mes oreilles! Fantastique! Et l'ajout de la lampe est une super idée(qui a vraiment un effet sur le son pour le coup) Le seul petit reproche est qu'il n'y a pas assez de potard,c'est dommage il y avait largement la place! Bravo korg! 👍

[@xsquaredthemusician]

すごいね！このシンセサイザーは楽しそうだね。MusicTrackJPのVideoはいつもいいと思っています！Good Job!

[@MosheB87]

this is the best VA out there - analog RIP!

[@HotStrange]

This and the Sledge 2.0 are neck and neck, imo. I don’t know which way I want to go.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

@@HotStrange I have both here. Very different sounding. Sledge software is not as reliable but I prefer it for now.

[@MrStrangeNoise]

Я б японский выучил только за то, чтоб смотреть эти классные обзоры!

[@Dyaxxis]

04:20 I think that "Crowley Split" may have been meant for a few rabid Don Airey/Ozzy Osbourne keyboard fans, but in traditional Ujiie style, he gave it his own recipe by turning it into a sort of 80's pop. It's amazing sometimes a distinct patch (or a group of sounds) can be made to sound "dark", or "hard", or even "upbeat."

[@jacobbrown1690]

it has the oberheim filter emulation and sounds really really close

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Great demo. English translation helps since I don't speak Japanese. Domo arigato.

[@nickoakley8810]

I don't know who this guy is, but he is SO RAD.

[@YouzTube99]

UJIIE-san is one of the foremost sound designers in the history of synths: soundcloud.com/katsunori-ujiie And unlike a lot of people with tech abilities, he is also a fine musician. But I guess that is obvious . . .

[@hermeslord]

He uses this also on the bus. What a bus!! Synth heaven.

[@user-ne7et7mo9m]

ホントこの人楽しそうに弾くよな

[@HotStrange]

Wow that 303 sound at 11:10 is very close.

[@tommymandel]

This dude plays with SOUL!!!! Check out his Korg Kross demo too - I hope he's on Korg's payroll, cuz every time I see him play a Korg instrument, I want to go out and buy it!!! :0

[@EvertvanIngen]

KINGURUUH KORGUUH !!!

[@compfox]

Prophetu feivu des !

[@Dailabsynth1]

--- > Purofettu feevu ;)

[@HotStrange]

Shit from the ass :)

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Great demo, ありがとう

[@mack_solo]

I want this one for what it is. I've only just recently realised the XMT in KingKorg is an evolution of MS2000 and Radias engines (and microkorg and R3) - to me that part alone is a worthy of getting one. I have nothing against VA and couldn't care less if it does or doesn't sounds like OB or Prophet. Where I am, a second hand Radias comes up maybe once every 3 years, and although I could import one from Japan or US, by the time I'd pay for shipping, customs duties and sales taxes, it would amount to more than just geting new KingKorg from a local dealer. Already having several sequencers, a lack of one in this keyboard doesn't bother me. I think its physical UI is still pretty well suited for endless tweaking and modding. Looks like this synth has got pretty low following, probably helped by the development of Korg's own true analogue "*logue" family machines. I reckon 20 years from now it will have the same core following the MS2000 does now - those who own it, love it. Thank you Katsunori Ujiie and the SWCreativeJapan team!

[@fatmoh7289]

great walk through! means a lot to me!

[@mohamed54097]

انا مصرى و بحب الكورج اوى اوى اوى

[@gautrstafr]

in spite of what others think. I believe it sounds quite good. Seems like a Microkorg XL full size and with multiple filter types, quite an improvement.

[@hanaogra]

ジュワーンと響く気持ちいいプリセットが詰まってるね 内臓アンプも低音から高音までのレンジが広い感じで

[@Madison-ut6bz]

this thing is serious I think every could and should be satisfied if they should ever get one

[@Intrapersonal77]

This sounds so korg and Japanese and he has this Japanese playing style when he does his own thing (not playing song/renditions just jamming) and I can just feel the like Japaneseness piling up ahhh 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@teucimex]

When KING KORG comes in His glory, and all the angels voices with Him, HE will sit on His glorious throne. OPEN YOUR HEART TO KING KORG !

[@VeronicaMcCarrison]

I like it - it's a good synthesizer it sounds Great

[@reneotten2288]

Veronica McCarrison you can have mine, I have too many synths.

[@MJamesIII]

Most people that criticize these synths wouldn't know shit in a blindfold test

[@MrLawrence0071]

Haha you're soooo right. :-)

[@snuppssynthchannel]

Exactly. I own one, and the king korg is a proof to why digital emulation of analog is better then modern analog. because you can get great sound for a low price tag.

[@Mybwain]

Maj Jam they would of I was the one demoing it,

[@benjaminfauchald2990]

I like your name. haha

[@Marcus538]

They cant play in short

[@coldwar1977]

I don't understand a word he says, and yet I like this guy a lot

[@cresshead]

it actually sounds quite good, i'm surprised much better than i heard on the namm demos

[@YouzTube99]

@cresshead: UJIIE-san vs. NAMM = NO contest.

[@bridge2010HYPER]

久々にハードシンセにドキッときました。エシュミレーションは多くともプリセットはコルグらしいな〜。

[@LordCarpenter]

That was awesome! Thanks!

[@venomslair137]

2:48 Van Halen, Baby!!! 4:40 Uwaaahhh!!!! Journey!!!

[@paulwilson9281]

That was not jump

[@venomslair137]

@@paulwilson9281 of course it was. He did some stuff to avoid copyright.

[@paulwilson9281]

@@venomslair137 that % 10 rule ?

[@koban4max]

Awesome demo!

[@ExeDist]

I would buy this but for the price I would expect a sampler built into the kit....Ill stick to my motif and juno classical keyboards!

[@SPAZZOID100]

Exe. Dist sampler??

[@ExeDist]

A sampler is a piece hardware that records a sound sample, manipulates it and then allows you to play it back, Kingkorg uses Oscillators to produce sound. you can't sample sounds with the actual Kingkorg keyboard nor use its features to load your samples from a computer. The Kingkorg was £900 when I wrote that comment and my Motif keyboard which I own that can do full sampling I purchased for £600! with the Yamaha Motif you can sample any synthesiser thats ever been on the market and play it back in it near full glory, I see it as a bit of a waste of money compared to the unit I already own.

[@jacobbrown1690]

i use my mtif xf as a sampler. but this does obx perfect. i love this synth for live playing. and its the best virtual analog out there hands down the best

[@HotStrange]

While they would be awesome, the trade off is you get PCM samples and Korgs version of an FM synth (VPM).

[@dansurlaru]

14:40 Eminent 310 or Solina Strings emulation in KingKorg Very Good

[@charlesch8777]

I like the squeeky clean distorted synth sound.

[@escuipo]

in keyboards Japan definitely rules the world!!!!

[@p07a]

Best Demo ever :)

[@liam_iam]

yeee :3

[@stryker1999]

Well, that's a compliment because the M3 is a very warm synth with nice filters. However you need the EXB-Radias board to get the analogish capability to have low alias waveforms, pulse width modulation and hard sync. And then it sounds like a Radias, which is awesome, but the filters have one essential sound. As an owner of a few analogs, I have to say that the KK sounds quite rich and similar. You dissers are a funny bunch, probably from gearslutz.

[@jacobbrown1690]

its the next evoloution of the radias i own both

[@wackenthaljef]

Thank you Ujiie!

[@Krugosvet67]

A really interesting synthesizer! Thanks for da video! ありがとう!

[@PeresD]

it's actually a virtual analog synth meaning it uses( DSP ),digital signal processing and basically software to mimic the circuitry of the analog synth to give you the sounds. It you already knew this my bad.

[@outrunsega]

これは欲しいです。聴いていて欲しくなりました

[@strykermoonfall2220]

14:30, WOW, sounds awesome!

[@TritonV3]

great review!! please, a Roland V-Synth XT demo-review by Mr UJIIE !! :-)

[@snoolee7950]

UJIE, Please write a book on chord voicing and playing lead-solo-riffs.

[@codymunzert1]

+Snoo Lee The majority of what he's doing is based off of jazz voicings and extensions. Many books written.

[@TheLemonMasterYT]

I think he actually wrote a few books

[@tomkinahan2829]

Wakarimasu! My next keyboard! Is music the universal language or what?!?!?!?!? I'n turning Japanese.... Korgu number one! Hai!

[@Electro5e]

I LOVE YOU KORG !

[@hexfix93]

sounds great to me.

[@F0nkyNinja]

It's worth noting that the tube distortion was on during the first half. Not the boost though, fortunately.

[@gemo1986]

it sounds like a 80's funky synths !

[@htechdance]

Champagne color I disliked just like on the OG MicroKorg. So I bought the last KingKorg Black brand new on Ebay last week. "The Dark King" according to Korg. Surely the last brand new one ever sold...

[@TommySasaki]

Cool synth, the board looks like you could set off an atomic bomb with all those buttons and knobs.

[@matszh]

Tommy Sasaki Yeah, had it had aftertouch too, the world would be in danger...

[@TheRealTakumaji]

Thank you for the demo, Ujiie-san. This would make a decent synth for beginners if it wasn't for the comparably high price tag. I'm still trying to figure out Korg's motivation behind the King Korg, it does not seem to bring anything new to the table, save for a nice interface and the vac tube. Given that you could buy a Novation Ultranova and a Waldorf Blofeld desktop for the price of a KK and still had some money left, I doubt this will be a top seller.

[@jacobbrown1690]

this is the best virtual analog out there. are you kidding.

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

Ahhh...Lets also talk workflow. When you have a decent board vs VST's I find my work flow is so stream lined when composing a beat. You scroll through sounds in seconds, edit without clicks and save with press of buttons. It is debatable but to this day, I can't program on software fast enough. I just like pressing keys in real time with no delay or stuttering. Own: Triton, Alesis Fusion, Micron, M Audio Venom.

[@EarthVsJazz]

This dude is awesome!!!! Love these reviews!!!

[@gemo1986]

does exist an other synth which sounds the same but less expensive than this one?

[@intermezzo5]

awesome sounds.I feel doubtful about whether I should buy this or not...

[@yoshitsuguisobe6284]

時代を感じない！🎉最新のシンセにも負けない‼️

[@MickCorgi]

氏家先生本当に書体崩して弾くのうまいわー。

[@Madison-ut6bz]

i played one in the store its a very nice

[@shabbee]

the synth engine structure is not the same as RADIAS and the filters are completely different.Have look yourself!

[@bobcatt2294]

I have 3 Radias and trying to make a decision. The Radias is the BOMB.

[@jacobbrown1690]

its the next evoloution of the radias i have both

[@hollifiel18]

Love that melody at : 4:23

[@Obsidian456]

I use a desktop PC and its fine, but I would rather have a dedicated piece of hardware for live performance. Laptops arent really ideal though I would always vouch for a desktop unless doing location recording maybe. In a studio VSTs are just as good as hardware. I use Omnisphere for synths, Ivory 2 for pianos, both of which pretty much equal or better any piece of hardware. Id love a Kronos if I was playing live, but currently couldnt justify it for what I could get on the VST market.

[@MusicMannChi]

Best Demo by far!!!!

[@shookstylez]

please add english subtitles, great videos!

[@ishaynir8692]

11:43 yeah baby

[@fUjiMaNia]

Was waiting for him to demo this Keyboard. This man is Godlike when it comes to keyboard demos. Korg good job on such a great piece of instrument,

[@JudeJaded15]

I can't understand a word of course. Maybe he explained why he didn't play the piano and keyboard sounds. Where can i hear them online?

[@oysteinhaugen7055]

Amazing demo!

[@mysterio77690]

Very nice demo, once again...Thank you so much, Mr Katsunori UJIIE! But what about the "keys" and "pianos" sounds? are they good? Very impressive keyboard: a real "fun machine"

[@innosanto]

What don't they put the pitching controller that the Yamaha CS80 had, in the instruments??

[@andrewman12]

Hey plays it so nice, he gives it credibility. I'm not a fan of this. It may be tight, but I loved the airiness of the roland keyboards of the 80's. the D50 and JD800 blow this clear out of the picture. Of course, how should I expect anything to match their quality. Not much of anything can anyway. This thing just sounds dinky to me, and even Korg reps can't say much about this.

[@pianofry]

To be fair, most manufacturers do this too - including Hammond/Leslie

[@johnnyrocket7466]

O.K. korg: the synthesizer is an official real instrument now...Now get next to the tuba section you sound best there.

[@jorgecanedo2419]

Congratulations!! it's a great musical instrument. what about the price?

[@soupforare]

Not my market, but I disagree with the negative sentiment. There's definitely a subtlety in this board's sound. I almost wonder if they were shooting for the giant 80s DCO polysynth sound rather than ripping VCO.

[@YouzTube99]

15:29 Macca Christmas!

[@gerarddip]

4:42 ah yes, no copyright Journey

[@Savantjazzcollective]

so thats what you meant? Well the correct way to say would be the real light behind the real tube wouldn't it? Plus is there even a light behind it? or is it the tube glowing?

[@dikochi690311]

デザインからして過去のヴィンテージシンセにリスペクトしてますもんね。しかし言って見れば、７０年代から８０年代初頭のデザインこそが真にユーザーフレンドリーだと分かった結果だとも言えそうですね。ユーザーとしては本物のヴィンテージ機を買ってシンセサイザーに触れるのか、現代のテクノロジーで再現されたこうした最新シンセを選ぶのか、それぞれの価値観によって購買行動が分かれるということなんでしょうね。

[@konxxxq]

氏家さんのこの動画キッカケで先月ポチッと買いました。プリ音色が素晴らしいし、ツマミ弄って楽しいですよ。

[@vjrei]

I have been playing keyboards since 1986 and trust me in the last 10 years the only good thing I have seen is the Virus AND because the software is amazing. But any company has come with nothing new, all that thing he is doing you can do it with a Roland JP 8000, they are just reorganizing the buttons and stuff but is the same thing. And the funny thing is that I can copy paste this paragraph any where under any review of any thing created after 2004 and it would apply to all.

[@hsn10]

This sounds way better then JP 8000. Go to shop and hear it with good stereo, forget about headphones. It has awesome full sound. JP 8000 is not even on par with mikrokorg XL+. For me biggest KingKorg disadvantage is no drums.

[@ish233]

hsn10 I think the big disadvantage is not having an on board sequencer

[@iosyn5896]

ish233 guys for drums and sequencer buy KROME/KRONOS Workstation, a perfect, rudimentary duo with KingKORG. And let be the KingKORG analog modelling synth what he is - a performance tool. For all-in-one devices play workstation or keyboard, plz. Enough unspecializied device on market. I love the KingKORG as it is, finally, finally, a pure synth like the old times; brute, straightforward and efficient. KingKorg is designed as second or third board, not as main.

[@ish233]

J. de Bruyn Sounds about right, I was wondering about the price for just another Oscillator, why not add some more features. I guess Korg already has enough little items on the market to justify a sequencer and they specially model the Korg monotribe to assist the King Korg if necessary, which is another expense added to the already pretty expensive king Korg. It's a business interest and possibly a good experience, but is the Korg Radias more worth the while with only two oscillators ?

[@hsn10]

ish233 If you want more features just use computer instead of hw synth. Current virtual instruments will give you much more features and cheaper. I like their sound better then kingkorg you can have so much effect plugins. Initial investment for computer based studio is cost of macbook pro 13. Then you can get nice midi keyboards with lot of sliders and knobs and aftertouch just for $300 and they come with some basic DAW. Add $200 for Logic PRO X, $500 for native instruments komplete 10, $200 for Native instruments audio interface with midi and 6 outputs. Everything is customizable, you can redefine controls as you want, most midi keyboards itself can do 4 way splits, you do not even need to define splits in DAW. And you have much more for your money compared to $1200 King Korg virtual synth with no aftertouch, filter knob on wrong side and just 100 user presets, no drums or sequencer. I finished my migration from HW workstations like Kronos and PA-900 to MacBook Pro + sw synths and i am not looking back ever. For cheaper price, i got more and i have very nice laptop basically for free (I sold Kronos, it was more expensive with less outputs) which i can use for my other work and it has sweet 9 hours battery life and retina high resolution display. I really liked PA 900 and Kromos 3 years ago, but this technology is now obsolete - computer based setup is much better. Korg made no progress - you will get just more RAM and wood sides with new kronos and you have to buy all your extension libraries again, they are not transferable to new kronos due to DRM lock. Computers improved a lot in last few years - both software and hardware. IPad is nice for controlling some DAW features, lot of good and cheap software for it, ipad has large and high resolution screen, compare it with screen in kronos. And same as with macbook, you can use ipad for lot of other things than music. I recommend everybody to go and visit some friend with computer based studio and try it for a while.

[@Psychlist1972]

This is the first time one of your demos *didn't* make me want to run out and buy the synth. I like the idea of this synth (and the size and the design) but most of the sounds seemsa bit ... thin and buzzy once you take out the huge amounts of reverb and delay and other effects. Maybe it's a case of a synth with boring presets but a lot of power?

[@vintagesynthesizers]

No, Pete, the sounds, they are clean and crystal. If you want to add more body, they provided a tube preamp inside. Korgs never have a sound as fat as Moogs and other american synths... BTW, how's my old JD-990?

[@jcsf9]

kingkorg - great ideas, needs to be phatter in sound though (needs more depth)

[@Digiphex]

Name: Polysixteen Color: Dark blue like the original Polysix with wood ends.

[@20680]

the hands seems that he is allergic to Nickel, nice review btw

[@TheLemonMasterYT]

18:01 T H X N O I S E

[@62Tomate]

congratulations !!

[@AndersEngerJensen]

Well.. remember that this is COMPRESSED sound on KZbin.. like everything else we all listen too today, so does it really matter THAT much? Good music isn't always about everything being pure analogue either. You can achieve it with digital stuff too. Just sayin' ;)

[@SetoNess]

This synth sound amazing c':! I wish I had the money to buy one u_u

[@zamwam8005]

the teach from rival schools came to life