Korg KR Mini Korg Rhythm - Full Pattern Preset Demo (HQ)

This is a demonstration of every preset rhythm pattern on the Korg KR Mini. There are 54 in all.
/ mattoverse
The audio was recorded at 24bit/44.1k through a Steinberg MR816x into Logic Pro X and dithered to 16 bit before being combined with the video in Final Cut Pro.

[@DntBuyTheHype]

thumbs up for the acid background effects

[@moneynews4333]

aciid!

[@hnywlsn7503]

These are some nice Casio stock beats. Who doesn't love a good foxtrot?

[@AndySalinger33]

Where the heck’s the watusi?!

[@wordbabcock]

1.56 Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down

[@negativecreep8282]

wordbabcock 1:56 , If you want people to be able to click on it, you have to use the ":" ;)

[@saam6768]

i feel so much better knowing someone else heard this.

[@elliottdeline]

Super helpful, thanks. Love the trippy backgrounds. :)

[@robguitarwizard]

PROS: Keeps perfect time; never late for gigs; has a volume control; doesn't drink all the beer, and run off with your girlfriend! CONS. No midi or sync!

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

You forgot a CON: You're playing music gigs that call for this.

[@robguitarwizard]

@@WrvrUgoThrUR HAHAHA! I'd be happy to play any gigs at all. These are hard times!

[@McSynth]

If only all KZbin reviews were like this.

[@mattoverse]

We'll get there if we all do our part

[@Syllerud]

Imagine if this thing had (1) low pass filter for the kick drum (2) quantized recording and (3) midi sync instead of pedal and maybe (4) options to chose between snare/rim. It would be such a fun and useful tool.

[@andrewstanworth529]

And CV out/in. 😂

[@sidfernandez7569]

i'm impressed by this little inexpensive box. good enough for practicing and recording demos. i'm on a tight budget so i'll probably go for it. but i think beatbuddy takes the cake for mini portable drum machines. that's if you wanna pay triple the price for more realistic sounding drums.

[@mattoverse]

Sid Fernandez - I agree. While it is not a feature rich box, I find myself using it all the time to try out different feels for song ideas, play guitar with, practice drums too, and as a line level audio source for electronics projects

[@Jonnyguitar1877]

+mattoverse haha I love using cheesy sounding stuff, I bet it would be cool hooked up to some pedals too. I know I will be buying this now lol

[@VulcanJedi2006]

excatly--it's just a basic thing for practice or lo-fi performance fun

[@RaquelFoster]

I should replace all my drum machines with this. The Metal/R&B/Dance patterns sound really nice. But it looks like some Star Trek device that McCoy would use to scan your hoo-hoo for space parasites.

[@matro951]

Lol

[@frevrix]

My wife says “you’re not wrong” lol

[@honestinsky]

Excellent video, thank you, much appreciated : )

[@jermainelong1843]

1:03 - Walk this way intro😁

[@-thirteen]

I'm sad that people are having trouble with the background images. FOCUS, people. Come On. you can do it. I think this machine through distortion and delay would sound great for dirty rock sounds

[@LittleRichard1988]

I was expecting this to be an analog drum machine. I wonder if the drums in many late 80s and early 90s Casio keyboards are based on these same samples, that wouldn't surprise me.

[@dikkebille5reeten674]

Them edits are something else man

[@VulcanJedi2006]

Thanks for posting this. Ignore the haters.

[@mattoverse]

Haha, thanks Nate, can't believe the video has this many views and has been so polarizing

[@VulcanJedi2006]

@@mattoverse yeah--a lot of people need therapy! lol --I got my therapy already--people triggered by the backgrounds? lol

[@VulcanJedi2006]

@@mattoverse I have ordered this drum machine from Sweetwater--just need it for practice and songwriting--so it's fine--it's realistic for my needs

[@mattoverse]

@@VulcanJedi2006 Word, the built in speaker is nice for that.

[@niriop]

3:20 I can feel it coming in the air tonight... 3:49 Walk this way! Talk this way...!

[@mattoverse]

+niriop that's hilarious, my wife and I just had the first song you referenced stuck in our head, then saw your comment.

[@yerikyerik]

Hi , thanks for sharing. I was looking for a cheap metronome to quickly go and play on the streets. Don't need more.

[@mattoverse]

I think it would be pretty decent for that.

[@GeekGearSynths]

I guess for you it's too late, but the korg chromatic tuner provides a metronome as well.

[@glenesis]

Well captured! Thanks for the demo. Perfect! Nice to meet you! Liked and subbed 😉

[@DickieboyBradders]

Thanks that's all I wanted to see the the presets 🥁

[@jupiterghost9754]

if there was a tempo sync , it would be very usefull

[@Charlieboy2680]

That's a deal breaker for me too!!

[@DavidRaderII]

I've been trying to figure out how to totally erase a "User Preset." I even tried a factory reset, but it appears the User Presets come preloaded with something... Does anyone know how to totally erase or overwrite a user preset?

[@ageshero]

Dope, im kind of curious how this would sound with some crazy effects on it

[@peterbatty6366]

bog standard drum box, already loads out there that can do this..

[@allbetsRoff60]

Hated the freakin' bugs, what was with that? It diverted my attention!

[@mattoverse]

+Jennifer Bynum _ was wasps on/in my house.

[@LordToasterOven]

Ya gonna take care of them...?

[@mattoverse]

I did but then they just move somewhere else on the house the next year.

[@LordToasterOven]

:/

[@lemonslice2233]

Man that sucks. I have to deal with goddamn hornets at my cabin sometimes, but at least not in my cozy apartment.

[@hansjkuss]

Isn't it wonderful? BUT, HOW DO YOU SET VARIOUS TEMPO'S and keep them in the MEMORY????? Assume that you're playing for a party, each song varies in terms of tempo. You gonna's sit there and push buttons? NOOO!! You want to dial the tempo depending on the position of the dial. Jeeeezuz...when you design a technology walk in the shoes of the user!!!!

[@jayster.k.wiseguy]

this is the best one~

[@Tuneman-iy8og]

haha great background stuff there my guy

[@bubblegum6151]

I actually am digging this, sounds a lot like the JAMC Automatic album. Only things that worry me are not being able to create your own best and I'm not sure if I can hook this up to the amp

[@mattoverse]

You can create your own patterns, it is just a bit fidgety to do so. Has audio output so you can definitely plug it into an amp.

[@bubblegum6151]

mattoverse sick! thanks for the info

[@bubblegum6151]

mattoverse does it connect to amps through an aux chord? Like could I hook up different effect pedals to it and a have a looper at the end?

[@mattoverse]

Audio output is via 1/8" headphone type output, no audio pass through, just output.

[@bubblegum6151]

mattoverse alright thanks

[@Damneunfunf]

2x tempo and you got dope jungle)

[@fudh76]

HELP...somehow my kick drum has swapped itself with a Tom hit, definitely a Tom I sound tested. I can't find anywhere that says how to reset the machine. Can anyone assist please!!!!

[@joemcbee]

Can this drum machine do a basic surf rhythm?

[@carlosfreire5008]

How you make a 3/4 pattern ?

[@garlicdawg]

thnx for sharing...but what are the bottom buttons for.....you only showed top row of buttons....

[@GHar94]

Pop preset 1: Now, this is a story all about how, my life got flipped-turned upside down

[@TecsPlusLLC]

Thanks!

[@neildmonte8786]

Wish I could figure out how to program mine... but the presets aren't bad 👍

[@RicoBelled]

That Ride cymbal though...... ouch!

[@Brotherhoodoflizards79]

Please please please show a video of how to record your own drums while holding down the a+b playback buttons. also maybe how you can get your foot switches to activate both fill 1 and fill2 buttons while playing.

[@mattoverse]

***** Holding the A+B playback buttons puts the KR into pad mode, then each of the 16 pads can be used to trigger one of the built in sounds. I experimented with recording my own patterns but you only get a click as a count in and not once pattern recording has started and it does have any quantization of the pad hits so almost impossible to make a pattern without extra/off time hits etc.., ugh. Don't have the footswitches so unable to test that functionality. Best - Matt

[@Havanacuba1985]

A few patterns reminded me of michael Jackson tracks , also heard Aerosmith walk this way lol

[@VidarW]

If R2-D2 was a beatboxer lol

[@RichardStillman]

How do you make a waltz rhythm?

[@Cukurovakaradeniz]

Can we write 5/8, 7/8 and 9/8 ritms on this machine?

[@charliehawk8456]

Is there a drum machine that can go insanely fast and be transported to a ditto looper?

[@mattoverse]

This one can go fast and you can certainly plug it into your ditto looper.

[@charliehawk8456]

mattoverse that sounds great thanks for telling me

[@DipTunes]

Needs a drum roll button

[@yamaha4759]

where can i get this and how much

[@FollowTheFrequencies]

Is this 1989?

[@mattoverse]

FollowTheFrequencies - I sure hope so!

[@charliehawk8456]

Automatic

[@thebenjaminhuynh]

Very unfortunate i cant plug my guitar in to play as a portable amplifier. the korg beat boy can do a better job. Just wondered why they had 2 foot switches output and none of input for instruments. Not the best portable device

[@mattoverse]

It definitely has some major limitations

[@DigDugger-hg1xb]

Bro wtf is going on in the background

[@mattoverse]

No idea

[@HUSTLEMAN2]

I'm teaching myself to play bass,and was told a drum machine would help me with timing? What ya think?

[@mattoverse]

Yes any sort of drum machine or metronome will be helpful. Might be nice to have one that displays BPM though...

[@mrlawilliamsukwarmachine4904]

the korg beag boy is nice for anyone lookibg to do the same

[@Mr_Lupine]

Does it have a "Fill in" button ?

[@mootbooxle]

Yeah dude WTF...I'm all for artistic statements, but not so much when I'm checking out a demo of a piece of gear : ) Cheers for making it interesting visually...I guess!

[@mudball47]

No readout for tempo. boo

[@TheLefthandband]

What about the bottom row, you have only shown what the top row does. HELP!

[@mattoverse]

lenny a The bottom row is pretty much just used to chain more than 1 different pattern together, so in theory you could have verse, chorus, bridge pattern etc... Though in practice, meh. Also, it also may be used to set the pattern length for user editable patterns which are actually almost impossible to program as there is no click or quantitization of user pad hits once the recording starts.

[@neildmonte8786]

I heard a pattern that sounded just like don't you want me by the human league, haha

[@AndySalinger33]

...that much is true 😉

[@neildmonte8786]

@@AndySalinger33 hahaha, nice

[@thepopeneverdie]

Bellissimi i video dietro

[@craigbrowning9448]

I got one of these, and I'd like to figure out how to do the custom patterns, such as,12/8, Triplet subdivided 3/4, Triplet subdivided 5/4, Sixteenth Note subdivided 5/4.

[@mattoverse]

Craig Browning The instruction manual is your best bet on that question. I did some messing around with trying to program my own patterns, but with out any quantization or click track once recording starts, it is pretty much a waste of time.

[@craigbrowning9448]

karmacomputer I was able to have more luck modifying existing patterns, which works for 4/4 time (all the patterns, even ones listed as 6/8 are 4/4), but If you want something in 3/4 (I'll experiment turning a "Triplet" 4/4 into a 3/4, haven't tried that yet) you hit a wall. More challenged are 5/4 and 7/4. As far as 4.4 is concerned I used the "6/8" to make a 12/6 Afro-Cuban, Rearranged some of the rock & Latin beats to make a Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, and a Bolero. Apparently you can also arrange the breaks, but haven't figured that out.

[@mattoverse]

Craig Browning Whoa! You should do a demo of those different feels. I usually just end up turning to a DAW or iPad for anything beyond the basic patterns. Though I am really just using it as a glorified metronome.

[@craigbrowning9448]

I managed to do the Jazz Waltz using Rock "6/8 2," deleting everything down to the Ride Cymbal Triplets, omitting every other beat from that. This changes the 6 against 4 to a 3 against 4 (remember this pattern is in Two Bar 4/4 pattern). The light pattern is still in 4. There is a 3/4 figure in one of the "SONGS," but I haven't been able to extract any patterns from SONGS. I have tried to contact Korg customer Service, but have not seen a reply as of yet (they should have some feature demos in English, but thus far haven't). They should have included one 3/5, 5/4 & 7/4 in the stock patterns with a quarter count. Another absence are Reggae patterns, also the "Latin patterns" should be divided into Afro-Cuban and Brazilian.

[@craigbrowning9448]

Craig Browning I come from the snd of he era of the original Univox (Korg in a previous incarnation), Seeberg Select-A-Ahythm (often disappointing because it lacked a Bossa Nova, but had OK Swing patterns), and the Lowery/Maestro Rhythm King (that had the best "Latin" rhythms of the early units and the later version had a Jazz Waltz), so for playing standard tunes I have a sense of what is needed. Of course for anything more "Experimental" you need very flexible programming. I have a Yamaha QY-70, but the battery died and I lost the data. It also requires more menus to set the pattern and tempo.

[@spellerlittlewing]

Am buying one great to travel to China with battery operated a A plus

[@DrSleep00]

making me dizzy

[@lundsweden]

Sounds very 80s to me, for better or worse!

[@RuskinHerman45]

pitty it does´nt quantize when recording, and also miss step record.

[@mattoverse]

It certainly has some frustrating limitations. Lack of a BPM readout of any sort is my biggest gripe. But the onboard speaker is nice and useful as a metronome of sorts for rehearsal / songwriting etc..

[@vancitycanucks]

karmacomputer What is up with not having a BPM readout or easily accessible tap tempo?

[@mattoverse]

Seems like a bad design choice. It would be so much more useful if it had those features.

[@Bryt25]

karmacomputer Agree, I wanted to busk with this. It's ok for practice tho. Anyone have any alternative (affordable) recommends?

[@rolandschregle2322]

Aaarrgh, there's killer bees in the background!

[@mattoverse]

Roland Schregle That's actually gaggle of wasps on the outside of my house... ugh

[@jeanmarielabarque7642]

demo claire et sans bla bla

[@jakeny1584]

How do I connect this to my computer or record the sounds directly?

[@divinginspace9624]

Just take the output to your audio interface. If you don't have an audio interface, but wanna record, it is about time you get one.

[@fusoperso]

great and useful video. but unfortunately this machine is disappointing

[@mattoverse]

Thanks fusoperso. The KR Mini is certainly a unit with a limited feature set.

[@fusoperso]

karmacomputer I would need a device like this but with sound Cajon or Pandeiro. how could I do?

[@mattoverse]

fusoperso You can certainly find drum machines with a bigger sound set, but many of those will not have the built-in speaker or the simple interface.

[@Bryt25]

karmacomputer Useful for some of course but seems overpriced for what you get.

[@fusoperso]

Bryt25 the same functions and much more, one can have with a small economic keyboard.

[@MsGoldorak]

à croire que seuls les etrangers se servent de ce truc à s'arracher les cheveux tellement le mode d'emploi est explicite pfffffffff

[@chuckkirkpatrick6712]

U get what U pay 4.

[@kbtube8125]

pre midi?

[@consciouscoma85]

it's a drum machine.

[@MilenaEtc]

to set the bpm you go by ear?

[@mattoverse]

Correct

[@SamNiverba]

does this drum machine only have 1 drum kit sound/preset? or it has other preset patches like : example - TR808, 909, or other kit sounds

[@K_man217]

Dat snare

[@mojo75]

y tho?

[@mudball47]

Must have a tempo readout.

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

Are there no pre-sets for 3/4 or 6/8?

[@mattoverse]

MrJoeyBoombotz - I do not believe so...

[@StereotypicBehaviour]

There are two rock patterns in 6/8 And one jazz pattern in 6/8

[@VulcanJedi2006]

@@StereotypicBehaviour good--that's all you need to do a waltz--or jazz

[@sylvainbaro9058]

Hi, nice demo. But I hoped that you would also have presented the Songs function Because I was not able to figure out how it works. Do you know if they are only preset or can they be modified ?

[@mattoverse]

+Sylvain Baro - Not sure but I am sure you could find the manual and the answer to your question online.

[@sylvainbaro9058]

+mattoverse Thanks for your answer. The manual is not really clear on the subject of songs. I couldn't find the answer in it.

[@mattoverse]

+Sylvain Baro I believe you can chain together multiple patterns but I haven't taken the time to sort it out, seems like it would be too cumbersome. I mainly just use it as metronome for working on song ideas/playing drums.

[@ezequielperez9303]

01:04 Walk This Way

[@pauld5966]

e.t's not impressed he said ph your drummer mate and get out of the house more

[@djdigital3806]

Run DMC

[@Bryt25]

Google is now trying to make me watch a THREE MINUTE AD before I can see this AD for a drum machine...... And anyway what's the point if the Korg has no BPM setting? - clearly a gadget designed by a marketing shit-for-brains.

[@mattoverse]

I have to agree. But I monetized because I make huge money, like $0.001 a view. Just think, only 70,000 more views and I'll have this thing paid off.

[@mattoverse]

***** Not sure if I should be happy or depressed. I think this video has gotten more attention than most of the music I have made over the past decade. Guess I need to work harder on making my music sound like simple product demos...

[@AlanSturgess]

Best to just listen - that jazzy background gives you a headache.

[@mattoverse]

My apologies *****, some viewers seem to have a natural resistance to the subliminal messages embedded in the background video clips, with headaches, nausea, and hallucinations all reported as common side-effects.

[@lemonslice2233]

In short, you're a buttwipe Matt.

[@dizzydays]

terrible samples .....

[@MilkoOfficialChannel]

Why the thumbs down, lol people is dumb as a toe

[@patrikknoerr9777]

My RX15 sounds better, has more features, and is cheaper. Ah and she looks better :)

[@dmtryudwi4nko800]

WTF

[@MsGoldorak]

BOF

[@andreaschristodoulou4274]

a toy from Korg packed with crappy drum sounds

[@719559]

Completely useless....

[@erickrocket]

great demo, but stupid background video, cut the cr#p please.

[@mattoverse]

Thanks for the feedback eric rockabilly, I had no idea that not using a drab background such as wooden table or carpet square could be so polarizing.

[@Bryt25]

karmacomputer Haha, we ADHD-ers have trouble prioritising input! ;-)

[@Asimov16]

Can you set it to 120bpm? I see no markings

[@mattoverse]

You just have to guess