nanoKEY Fold Overview: The Ultimate Portable MIDI Keyboard

[@stephenshadenough]

Plug it, Play it, Touch it, Fold it, Bop it!

[@Khordmaster]

😂😂

[@williamillington]

the skip it!

[@ZlPPENHAFT]

pay it!

[@babyzorilla]

Oops broke it. Return it.

[@learningtoskatewhenyoure3065]

You guys nailed it. This is huge but soooo small.

[@dashobradors]

How can you trust a person that says "Hey it's nothing new" and proceeds to introduce something new?

[@MaryGibson-w6e]

I said the same damn thing lol

[@gusgarcia4461]

Hmmmm, shooting the messenger huh, that’s not new.

[@jaysgood10]

Your comment is nothing neue.

[@ujjayisoundsystem]

Stoked! Ordered mine.

[@navedrops]

I really like it gets the size of a phone! Crazy!!! Really wanna try one to see how it feels.

[@nsjx]

Will be cool for Ableton Note. Intrigued to see the first reviews 👍

[@bboymac84]

Yes exactly!

[@kingof9x]

Korg I hope you read this. Please do a folding nano kontrol and folding nano pad. The combo of the three would make a very powerful mido controller multi tool. My portable Ableton/Resolume rig would be amazing. My backpack would have so much more space.

[@AnonymousPerspective33]

If you guys make a nanoKEY Fold with 37 keys, I'm buying immediately!!

[@MyNameJeff..]

Sick, but how do you not add Bluetooth to this?

[@HotStrange]

For real. I was fully expecting it. I’ll stick with my cheap Chinese midi keyboard that’s almost just as small

[@paradockz]

They don’t care about you making music they want to shovel old parts into your mouth

[@Baldons]

You’d need a battery too then.

[@paradockz]

@@Baldons insane. how do they ever possibly fit a battery in my phone that uses infinitely more power than this keyboard in a smaller size???

[@i.q_music]

Exactly, I assume there is more products on the way!

[@DimitriFantini]

very interesting!

[@babyzorilla]

When people say that. That means it’ll probably be a hit.

[@Stakkeroid]

Finally, a keyboard to rival the ZX81

[@tdfanfrance]

great little piece of hardware I was looking for something like this for years 👍 . as it is splitable, is it possible to "chain" 2 of them if you need more keys please?

[@alexandrosroussos]

Do we need the editor to change midi channel or can we do it directly from the unit ?

[@EdwinDekker71]

Yes

[@alexandrosroussos]

@@EdwinDekker71yes we need the editor or yes we can do it from the unit ?😅

[@spacedinos]

@@alexandrosroussos if it works like old nanokeys you can customize it per scene with the editor. so... yes and no

[@thedarkglovemusic]

Well that's shit.

[@Derek...probably]

Does it lock into the open position? I'd like to be able to play it when I don't have a desk around. Like in a field or my car. If not thats a hard pass for me

[@atomicafro]

ultimate polyend tracker mini controller

[@LachieMcg]

Yeah if it didn’t have DIN I wouldn’t be considering this. Cos I already have the korg nano thingy with Bluetooth which almost controls the polyend… but not quite…

[@mrThunderPuff]

Does it have a headphone jack? Cause my iPad’s USB-C port will be used 😊

[@totemadept]

Would love the Top half of the Nano studio in this form factor, Pads+knobs+xypad and some buttons. Not sure how the knobs would work. Anyway can't wait to try this out

[@DJCJ999]

No Bluetooth Korg? come on! Bluetooth should be standard same as your keys and the nano studio... missed an opportunity there!

[@urbanebicycler2173]

Right on!

[@KhairiHamed]

I’d rather have my latency and disconnects come from a bad cable.

[@JohnMark61355]

Can you create custom chords using the chromatic scale?

[@Velereonics]

I'm surprised by how responsive the keys seem. I mean I don't need this at all but I'm still going to buy one just cuz the novelty

[@zeenagual1962]

I am getting two . one for each hand

[@bboymac84]

Can you plug it into your iPhone 📲??

[@Retrogamer71]

I'm guessing no after touch?

[@izraelservantofalmightygod]

No pressure sensitive as well

[@LachieMcg]

Hopefully it has some More features like sequencing. Could be super handy but feels like it already needs upgrading

[@natewillardmusic]

Folding design looks very cool for the portable producer. However, the playing feel is the key. Visually, looks to be not any better that qwerty in keyboard mode in a Logic. Will have to demo in person. Maybe the feel of the circular buttons are decent?

[@edrosa3485]

What are the 15 scales and can other be added/swapped?

[@Speelburg]

midi over bluetooth would have been reeeeal cool

[@enochroot9438]

agreed but there is an adaptor, will be interesting to see the reviews

[@teampyro911]

Latency is the issue?

[@bassnsax]

I wonder if one of those CME WiDi devices with a TRS adapter would play nice with this?

[@RobertFisher1969]

@@teampyro911 Latency isn't near the problem for Bluetooth MIDI as it is for Bluetooth audio. I hardly ever notice it when playing. It might cause issues for the arpeggiator, though. I have a Bluetooth MIDI keyboard with an arpeggiator, and it stutters a lot when using the arpeggiator over Bluetooth. Although, that may just be a flaw in that particular controller.

[@teampyro911]

@RobertFisher1969 fair enough, it seems everyone has some kind of issue music tech 🤷

[@dreikelvin]

this would be great with the iPad to control the microkorg .... oh wait THERE IS NO MICROKORG APP ON THE IPAD???

[@alexandrosroussos]

I wonder why the bigger Keystage does not have split function as well. But very nice little keyboard.

[@Bilpokat]

How soft are those keys

[@fgerv]

I would have sprung for two if you could have butted two or more together and they were Bluetooth rechargable.

[@syntheshwara]

No bluetooth wireless connectivity?

[@urbanebicycler2173]

Bluetooth-capable it and it's a home run. Kind of like the Korg NanoKey Studio but can be folded. But again, business is business.

[@crabbydad8931]

maybe useful for arp and extra mod sliders or control buttons, but I wouldn't call it a keyboard. hope it has latch

[@FSK1138]

nanoKEY Fold + Lunar Mini PC+ rokid air ar glasses 🥰😎

[@rejistry]

Add Midi Fighter Twister to this list 👍🏾

[@littlehopeleft]

Sweet!

[@paulsarodh5460]

Suprb 💢💞💗👍😍

[@giannisozo7928]

To think you could have gone with a keybed like the Microfreak but you thought membrane would be better.

[@fabro5814]

Why not bluetooth?

[@aseomg]

Me: I really need a compact and non clickety keyboard for my next international flight. Korg: Pick your color! 🤯

[@sassymonkey]

Are those bubble buttons? If so, those are cheap and terrible and never last. Bubble buttons also have a tendency to crack so that icons or letters become munged and they feel weird to press. My InstantPot has these buttons and they’re starting to crack after a 100 presses or so. It’s really hard to imagine Korg would use that basic kind of bubble button, but that’s definitely what they look like.

[@nsjx]

@@sassymonkey i get nervous when i see thosexas well, butvlet's wait for the reviews.

[@MarkEichin]

I see the resemblance ... but they have velocity control, and I don't think that's possible with anything like industrial bubble buttons. Would be good for someone to show it off more clearly though...

[@Jenghiss]

membrane keys means that there’s a membrane under each key, kinda like a laptop keyboard. the membrane itself isn’t the key

[@Nothingspeshalwaysfresh]

I thought that was Abstract Rude for like 2 seconds

[@totemadept]

Green one is sold out :(

[@cirisirpula152]

Hopefully this is not a successor to the nanokeys. The keys really look like a downgrade, and the video says you are able to select from 13 velocity levels meaning that these are not even velocity sensitive keys?

[@jimbudet]

I lost interest when he said “membrane keyboard.”

[@jamescruz8678]

idk what more you want from something this small lol

[@cirisirpula152]

@@jamescruz8678 Well the nanokeys 2 is already a small

[@krazywabbit]

Watching with the volume turned off is how I feel about this.

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

Cool

[@ZlPPENHAFT]

nice but my nano's are already small and i prefer bluetooth connection.

[@Banquet...]

How can this not have Bluetooth?? What a missed opportunity!

[@RiliwanAbdulaziz-e3n]

Loves

[@technodrone313]

neat

[@francoisbruel9163]

Would have been nice with more decent keys, and if you could plug several together to get a 4 (6, 8…) octaves pockets keyboard

[@andrewjohnson252]

the first shot is him closing the laptop in reverse...

[@SparklesofGold]

Price?

[@littlehopeleft]

129€

[@SachaGreif]

Available soon for $899. Oh wait sorry, I got confused and thought this was the Teenage Engineering channel.

[@phatplates]

If it was teenage engineering it would be $1499

[@mikrokosmiko1]

@@phatplatesand with Sumerian skin

[@sayhiben8382]

So you made a keyboard the size of a phone and neglected to add BLE?

[@izraelservantofalmightygod]

No Bluetooth? Korg are you sleeping...

[@Amazinbeats]

I’m sleep…..Bluetooth would of nailed it

[@fiufiufi]

Where is the midi 5 din? 😅

[@skipintroux4444]

You have to use a type A adapter from the TRS socket, but the fact it does have hardware MIDI is pretty interesting.

[@ThereWillBeCake]

Probabbly could has chosen a batter named artist than Nothing Neue... LOL

[@coardtech]

$2399 is too expensive. Ah sorry wrong video.

[@mr.DorianJames]

Cool but not fan of membrane buttons. Id rather have rubber buttons or even OP1/elektron clicky buttons

[@ambrosiajam8008]

So cool, but no Bluetooth?! 🤯 y’all know that Apple stopped using physical headphone jacks Years ago, so now I gotta take a USB interface in addition to this if I would wanna connect an iOS device to a speaker or even headphones. I guess I’m just confused because korg kinda pioneered Bluetooth midi devices and it seems like a step backwards….other than that major caveat this device looks fantastic

[@CayTaylan]

cool.cool.cool.

[@M1k1haus]

I'm down

[@paradockz]

No Bluetooth, no battery, no velocity. The future. This thing sucks.

[@Dan-ms4oq]

Inb4 the Weaver Beats stream segment.

[@Early-Adopter]

Delayed he’s gotta pick his toe nails with a match stick first.

[@frank_bee]

the keys dont look fun to play

[@ShelbyWatson]

My thought exactly

[@yukimafia]

Portable is the point GENIUS 😂

[@MemoGrafix]

UGH...The Colors are ugly 1970s colors - harvest orange, forest green, beige. Black & white are universal. But Damn ... no pink, purple, red, gold/silver glitter. No BlueTooth option.

[@bwest6275]

Already not loving having to deliberately press specific membrane areas rather than a full key.

[@Taeodoestech]

Nothing_Neue!!! No Bluetooth tho? Hard pass

[@gavinpeters9531]

God damn.. if there was one shitty interface type I thought we'd never have to see again, it would be membrane buttons. From the outside it looks cool, from the inside this is garbage. Why don't you try and bring us something new? Surely the current nano series is cheaper and functionally better. If you want to make a nice portable controller, make it actually good. Polyphonic aftertouch/pressure. Instead of 2 ribbon controllers, how about pressure sensinv pads or xy pad divisible into lanes across that whole area. I thought the top right was going to be tiny low profile encoders, but nope. A cheap interface like this doesn't need protection by folding up, I guess perhaps it provides protection from embarrassment.

[@buzzfunk]

How the F can you not have Bluetooth in such device in 2024? laughable.

[@pheotus]

Nope nope nope. Korg has lost there way.

[@tylergates4075]

Those microwave membrane keys... no .

[@sturdyblock]

Korg had completely lost its way. Another next to useless hype toy.

[@alecsbuga]

Just because you’re not the target audience it doesn’t mean they lost their way. I like it and find it valuable for my iPad music making. Also Korg, Thank you for not releasing another tuner. 😂

[@rea639]

you are totally wrong

[@bassbassbasser]

I think it's a good idea for frequent travelers.

[@nomadictuo1875]

Hype...? It's a legitimate evolution of the nanoKEY.

[@cirisirpula152]

​@@nomadictuo1875evolution? Does this even have velocity sensitive anymore like nanokeys have

[@rayNmanMusic808]

First!😇

[@frank_bee]

nice, but metal would have been nicer than plastic

[@itsaboutthefeeling]

I don't like mini keys 😂

[@stevewoywitka3258]

Garbage

[@Azkold]

Its incredible level of stupidity to make such device without Bluetooth MIDI. The cable only by its size is half the space of this keyboard and I don’t even started on how inconvenient it is to connect it to a phone (via cable) especially iPhone. Such small thing by its nature is for on the go scenario and should be connected in snap of the fingers and without cables hanging off and entangling you. KORG don’t count their money releasing such unfinished product. And it’s laughable to demonstrate a midi keyboard this compact with a laptop. If you scenario suggests that you can use laptop than you can use less compact but more functional midi keyboard (for example XKey 37). But it definitely would have its potential when you cant use a laptop or tablet - iPhone has a lot of for making music on the go. But to connect to iPhone via cable… on the go… :( and tripping over it the next minute? Think what you designing!

[@Top_Dawg360]

The ROLI Lumi Keys are far superior to this. Plus they have the Lumi Keys for $99 for students right now.

[@deaftone]

ew brother... ew.. whats that brother?! 🤦‍♂

[@HoYinLau-b8o]

Actually nothing new. Can you bring new products other than cut sizes and do wireless of things