Korg littleBits

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:15 am

[youtube][/youtube]

between this and the volcas I'm in love with korg

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:43 am

They're doing much more interesting things than other members of the "big 3" from Japan, Roland and Yamaha.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:57 am

yeah, I don't really get why the other two don't just release reissues of all the old stuff people pay stupid amounts of money for, it's easy money!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:30 am

that is stupid cool, i wonder how well it will hold up tho? i mean with average use.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:31 am

OMG, please Roand... Re-issue an affordable Juno 60!

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:23 pm

Fuck me straight to the top of the Xmas present list for the kids. Need to get hold of this, a real life version of jasuto. Modula synth Lego.

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:54 pm

laterallateral wrote:OMG, please Roand... Re-issue an affordable Juno 60!

I know a lot of people have been lobbying Roland for years to release an analog synth (reissue of a Juno-60/106 or a Jupiter-series), but it won't happen. They've repeatedly said that they have no interest in using old/analog tech. It's a shame.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:03 am

i feel like i am the only person in the world who hates reggie watts. shit is lame.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:29 am

Leave my bro alone, Sloan.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:48 am

Sloan wrote:i feel like i am the only person in the world who hates reggie watts. shit is lame.

I don't know enough about him to hate him, but I hate hearing about him and seeing him on stuff.

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:44 pm

Sloan wrote:i feel like i am the only person in the world who hates reggie watts. shit is lame.

I could handle it until the shit English accent started. Then I remembered my true feelings.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:11 pm

Save your hate for thursday, Reggie is awesome!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:56 pm

Sloan wrote:i feel like i am the only person in the world who hates reggie watts. shit is lame.

I saw devo a few years ago and he opened for them, I was like eh... what is this crap...

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:25 am

plaidbeer wrote:
laterallateral wrote:OMG, please Roand... Re-issue an affordable Juno 60!
I know a lot of people have been lobbying Roland for years to release an analog synth (reissue of a Juno-60/106 or a Jupiter-series), but it won't happen. They've repeatedly said that they have no interest in using old/analog tech. It's a shame.

I think roland see that whole market as really small time. I think they try to be like the nikon of musical instrument makers. they aim their products at the "pros" and hope that others will want to buy their stuff as well because pros use them. I really cant see how this strategy really works anymore (and it might not be) because no one cares that like mariah carey's keyboard player plays a roland fantom or whatever. my other theory is that they don't want to open the analog bag because then they can never again pass off analog-modeling as the same or better than analog because everyone will just want analog. whether or not there really is any advantage to analog.

korg on the the other hand has always marketed to sort of consumer level stuff. they usually have their top of the line pro stuff as well but their product tiering has always been different than roland. yamaha is just a huge company and they have a history of products all over different levels of the market.

avj · Post by **avj** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:54 am

I was about to clutter this subforum with my rambling bullshit, but I'll be a good boy and add it to this post instead. I'll also say I agree with Mages' assessment of Roland and Korg. I may also be biased though, as I began listening to the Heavy Strife album after seeing he was the last post here.

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Back to the littleBits stuff!

Details straight from the mouth of the horse:

http://littlebits.cc/kits/synth-kit

A thorough demo as only Nick Batt (sonicstate) can do:

[youtube][/youtube]

More textual details and sounds:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/11/l ... ws-videos/

I think it's an incredible bit of engineering and an ingenious design, but I don't find it terribly useful.