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.
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@Fezzler61 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You and me both! 👍
@davidmartin123 Жыл бұрын
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.
@sailingstar81765 ай бұрын
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.
@gearfacts5 ай бұрын
Yep that's true. Big sounds in a small box.
@johnny14794 Жыл бұрын
Wow!!! That Korg has some personality!!!
@davidm3569 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yep, it's very strong :)
@daeone15147 ай бұрын
Seen one for 180. I’m getting it today. No way I’m letting this pass me by
@gearfacts7 ай бұрын
Yep that's a good deal :)
@phillytnoize7 ай бұрын
Hope you went and picked that up. The Korg Microstation is a very well kept secret.
@keep_your_sanity Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I think the one that came with mine was 1GB.
@vicentcarro Жыл бұрын
Jesus I browsed your channel, are you actually running a music instrument shop?!😅
@gearfacts Жыл бұрын
Sort of. It's all done online, there's no actual shop. I buy, review, sell, then repeat the process :)
@BarnabyWild13 Жыл бұрын
It’s the tiny keys that keeps it from being full stop legit. Otherwise it’s pretty rad.
@phillytnoize7 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@gearfacts Thanks again for the reply Glynn.
@harshilverse07182 ай бұрын
Is it still available for purchase anywhere? If yes, pls let me know of the details? I really want this keyboard....
@gearfacts2 ай бұрын
They appear on eBay occasionally but I don’t think you could get a new one anymore.
@harshilverse07182 ай бұрын
Ok thanks!
@dawnr8511 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I'm a high peak of entertainment? Oh come come now!
@teoriadetudorock5 ай бұрын
Ola, como faço para resgatar os padrões de fabrica? Pode fazer um video ensiando a mexer nesse teclado?
@gearfacts4 ай бұрын
I don’t know, but if you google it, I’m sure somebody has put up an instruction.
@wighttoan Жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like the Micro X and the whole Titan family.
@gearfacts Жыл бұрын
Yep, same bloodline :)
@daeone15147 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Does it have triton sound engine inside ???
@gearfacts Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
No. It has a scaled down M3/M50 engine in it, which came out after Triton
@gearfacts Жыл бұрын
@@mack_solo Ahh I thought it might have been M50! I still think the M50 sounded a bit better overall.
@daeone15147 ай бұрын
No. The M3 engine, which makes it better
@mack_solo Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I agree, there are so many questions left unanswered with this keyboard! Oh well, I guess it's all part of the fun :)