All user reviews for the Korg G5 Synth Bass

Available Effects: Synth, Octave, and Envelope Filter, combined with each other and divided into three banks of presets 9.
11 types of filters and synth effects (sawtooth, square, octave, vowel, etc.).
Setting the symmetry of the waveform, the decay of the resonance, the balance between processed signal and clear signal, the level of input and output, and the level of effect.
The effects are of course not editable via PC.
It's beginning to date digital (early 90's).
We have a fairly complete connection: Input jack, output jack with or without the processed sound, headphone jack, tuner out jack and jack pedal Korg, but no MIDI.
This is an effect pedal format, powered by a 9V 600mA AC adapter (no batteries)

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is very simple and intuitive.
One can start the factory presets and modify them for your own sounds. Editing is very easy: no menus, controls are directly accessible. It saves the audio to the desired location within a few button presses. We recall the sound very quickly saved.
The manual is helpful to understand how the pedal but you can do without it: it's plug 'n play!

SOUND QUALITY

The effects range from good to very good: an analog sound with digital.
The synthesizer can cover a very wide range of sounds thanks to the waveform possible, but all the sounds are not usable, unless you like the sound experiments.
The Octave is never at fault even sixteenth notes at tempo high, tracking is excellent, the note an octave lower is clear throughout the race (unless of course if you abuse the grave).
The Envelope Filter is not the best in its class by combining it with other effects that we have access to sounds very effective. In fact I find used alone, it does not have enough Q, but it may be appropriate to others.
The factory sounds are only to allow a glimpse of the possibilities of the pedal. If used as a base and modifies it in some, you get excellent sound group holdings in pieces.
Little constraint play clean for the attack is frank, the octave is well note that the envelope filter sounds perfect ... As with all pedals of this type.
I use it with a bass guitar. Chorus with the output of the Korg, we get fat and rich sound with the grain very particular sounding synths alone or in groups.
I really like the sound of this pedal, my preference is still an octave, and synth.

OVERALL OPINION

I for 1 month.
I did not try before you buy equivalent, but since I had the opportunity to purchase the Octavius ​​Squeezer for Chunk Systems. The Korg G5 does not duplicate this pedal because it has its own sound, and I have not been able to match the octave of the Octavius ​​Squeezer G5.
The strengths of this pedal are Octaver and synth, which allow to obtain unique sounds, warm and workable.
The weaknesses are that food must provide at least 400mA and therefore the majority of market power are not compatible, the bypass is digital (it's pretty quiet but is still losing a little momentum), the pedal does not have a chassis that inspires strength (particularly in regard to plastic pedals to call the banks / patches) and that this effect is more room on the ground that most of the pedal today. It may be the price for a very intuitive and ergonomic use live very easy.
The value for money is difficult triable, the pedal is rare and therefore expensive. But we are still in reasonable prices for such purpose and the price is forgotten when it heard the sound possibilities!
With the experience I would do this choice.

(Originally written by Babass/translated from Audiofanzine FR)

9 filter types with several options to combine them (Sine, Square, Triangle, high and low pass, etc.)
plus two synth effects simulating a voice (a kind of "vocoding filter"... I guess I created a new term but I didn't know how to describe it otherwise).
Digital unit with a big analog sound.

UTILIZATION

It's a pedal board that allows you to program your own sounds and save them into 3 banks of 3 presets each.
Very easy to use, simply play with the knobs, find the sound and volume you like and push "Store" to save it.
I didn't read the user's manual: It wasn't necessary since it's very easy to program your own sound banks.

SOUND QUALITY

The filter effects are very effective and produce a huge funk, house and electro sound.
You have to use it with a bass guitar (I already tried it with my guitar but it's obviously not conceived for guitars...).
Setting the 10 effects is very easy and intuitive.
I find each effect has it own sound character, none is better than the others...

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it for 10 years and I can't get enough. It's perfect for funk and electronic music but it shouldn't be disregarded by metal fans, considering the aggressiveness of some effects.
The auto-wah filter is not the best I know. I find the envelope filter of some dedicated pedals sound better.
It's a rare and expensive unit (Korg stopped manufacturing it in 1997) but no other synth pedal can beat its sound quality... (unless you buy an Akai Deep Impact and an Electro Harmonix Bass Micro and an auto-wah pedal and a Digitech Bass Synth Wah... perhaps if you were to combine all of them you'd get a similar sound but you still wouldn't be able to store your settings).
I would never part with it and I would definitely buy it again...