KORG Microstation : This is one tiny GIANT

Well under a metre long, but full of KORG-fuelled soul, the Microstation is a deep well of sonic possibilities. Arguably more than it's bigger brothers.

[@Fezzler61]

Great kit. I got used to the small keys fast. So many quality sounds and features. More than I could ever use or customize. I play mostly guitar and bass and program drums. I bought this for some additional sound without having to load up a VSTi.

[@gearfacts]

You and me both! 👍

[@davidmartin123]

A great compact workstation from a time when Korg was at the top of their game - with a focus on both quality sounds and useful well thought out functionality.

[@sailingstar8176]

I love this thing, I think it's super cool that it does so much, yet looks like a toy. It's like a laptop synthesizer - the keys may be mini, but you get 61 of them, which is enough to play properly with two hands.

[@gearfacts]

Yep that's true. Big sounds in a small box.

[@johnny14794]

Wow!!! That Korg has some personality!!!

[@davidm3569]

Great piece of kit. Love mine. A friend had one and then bought a second one, used them for live concerts. Don't forget, via MIDI it can be used with a controller with upto 88 full size keys 😁 Those sounds too 👍😀. A keeper to be sure.

[@gearfacts]

Yep, it's very strong :)

[@daeone1514]

Seen one for 180. I’m getting it today. No way I’m letting this pass me by

[@gearfacts]

Yep that's a good deal :)

[@phillytnoize]

Hope you went and picked that up. The Korg Microstation is a very well kept secret.

[@keep_your_sanity]

This one is perfect for use as a tiny bread and butter sound machine you can take everywhere. Got this for about two hundred bucks requiring some easy repair. One of the most powerful small-sized synthesizer workstations, I guess. I personally like the key action and realtime controllers. M3 sounds also make a great overall impression. Great combis, one of my favs is 'Uprising' which sounds practically the same as the original MUSE track :) I'm not fond of editing sounds with my PC and the microSTATION display is too small and uninformative for menu diving, so I use only presets with some knob tweaking. Also there are quite a few user patches available for free on the net which make this synth sound unexpectedly weird in some good way. Thanks for another nice review, Glynn \m/

[@YouzTube99]

Since we're talking about selling . . . some sellers have created confusion by claiming inaccurate (_always_ higher) storage card capacity for the microSTATION. Here are the details directly from KORG: Capacity recognized: FAT16: 2 Gigabytes (GB) MS‐DOS format FAT16 or FAT32 are supported. SDHC memory cards are supported.

[@gearfacts]

I think the one that came with mine was 1GB.

[@vicentcarro]

Jesus I browsed your channel, are you actually running a music instrument shop?!😅

[@gearfacts]

Sort of. It's all done online, there's no actual shop. I buy, review, sell, then repeat the process :)

[@BarnabyWild13]

It’s the tiny keys that keeps it from being full stop legit. Otherwise it’s pretty rad.

[@phillytnoize]

Made many a tune on this thing. Its one of my all time favorites and even though I've upgraded and havent used it in ages, I'll never part with it. The only thing I didnt like was the occasional crash.

[@vasil3089]

Where can one find more of the synth art that is part of this video? Hopefully a better alternative than "print screen" for this one. Thank you and thanks in advance!

[@YouzTube99]

Didn't know these were available in blue -- or is it just a trick of the light? Mine is basic black . . . and no, it's not for sale. 😉

[@gearfacts]

The blue is all part of the previous owner's decoration job on it. And mine IS for sale :) Gotta fund the next Gearfacts review

[@flandriaworx4634]

Nice review Glynn. Yet another interesting find for you and for us. A standard midi controller with the larger keys would be a good addition with this. Does it have an arpeggiator and does it have a bpm counter too? I could go on the hunt for one of these, as I was just about to pull the trigger on a trinity rack. Thanks Glynn

[@gearfacts]

Glad you enjoyed it, and yes I agree - it's just crying out to be controlled externally. The keys seem like they are just a 'testing ground' for the sounds. It does indeed have a very lavish arpeggiator but I never say a BPM counter. It might have one, but I didn't see it.

[@flandriaworx4634]

@@gearfacts Thanks again for the reply Glynn.

[@harshilverse0718]

Is it still available for purchase anywhere? If yes, pls let me know of the details? I really want this keyboard....

[@gearfacts]

They appear on eBay occasionally but I don’t think you could get a new one anymore.

[@harshilverse0718]

Ok thanks!

[@dawnr8511]

Nice unit. Thanks for the demo. It seems like interest in creating music has fallen lately though. People have lost their souls and have become Tik Tok zombies.

[@therealOXOC]

Yeah soulless zombies everywhere. Thank God we have gems like you frequenting the highest peaks of entertainment in form of Australians reviewing old fart machines. You're very special Dawn R.

[@gearfacts]

I'm a high peak of entertainment? Oh come come now!

[@teoriadetudorock]

Ola, como faço para resgatar os padrões de fabrica? Pode fazer um video ensiando a mexer nesse teclado?

[@gearfacts]

I don’t know, but if you google it, I’m sure somebody has put up an instruction.

[@wighttoan]

Sounds a lot like the Micro X and the whole Titan family.

[@gearfacts]

Yep, same bloodline :)

[@daeone1514]

Nah it’s more so if the m3 tbh. That’s EDS and not HI. A slick improvement, as we heard from the piano patches. Triton would never have them good of pianos. 😂😂😂.

[@mjwalters8394]

Does it have triton sound engine inside ???

[@gearfacts]

I'm not sure if it's the same as triton, it came at least 10 years later. Similar kinds of sounds, though.

[@mack_solo]

No. It has a scaled down M3/M50 engine in it, which came out after Triton

[@gearfacts]

@@mack_solo Ahh I thought it might have been M50! I still think the M50 sounded a bit better overall.

[@daeone1514]

No. The M3 engine, which makes it better

[@mack_solo]

In my area this thing is RARE as - I have not seen it on second hand market since... well, never. Kinda strange, almost experimental (or just mental) excercise on Korg's marketing department part: small keyboard, yet still 61 of them keys, so (almost) twice the microKorg space on the desk, therefore it needs a keyboard rack ...but then it has features of full size synth (i.e: dual polyphonic arp!, 120 polyphony), so why small keys if it takes more space than MS2000? I like the sound engine, but then again I've liked most of Korgs, so I'm defiitely biased 😄

[@gearfacts]

I agree, there are so many questions left unanswered with this keyboard! Oh well, I guess it's all part of the fun :)

[@MichaelFrank-z3y]

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