All user reviews of 5/5 for the Korg microSAMPLER

ALL IS THE EFFECT TO CHOOSE TO ENTRY SOUNDS TAKEN OR OUTPUT, EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL EFFECTS
MICRO DOES A WONDER AND IS QUALITEE EXXELLENTE.

USE

IL M, 4 HOURS HAD TO MASTER THE BEAST, GOOD INDEED I HAVE 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD OF SEQUENCERS, samplers AND SYNTH BUT THIS MACHINE IS EASY TO USE BUT HOWEVER INCREDIBLY COMPLETE SUCH A WAY THAT I FOUND THE MOST PLEASANT AND PLEASANT OUR OLD AKAI MPC

SONORITS

SOUNDS, C IS YOU WHO THE LOAD, JE CHARGES OR FROM MICROS OR FROM MY VINYL OR FROM MY PIANO AND IS SPOTLESS QUALITEE MAKING THE Velocitee IS PROGRAMMABLE 0 127

NOTICE GLOBAL

18 DAYS A PEARL .THE TRUNCATE SOFTWARE ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE YOUR LOOP SAMPLES THE SPEED OF FLASH EACH BANK MAY SAVE EACH SAMPLE ... YOU CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF BANKS AND YOU MAY SAMPLES LOAD A MAXIMUM OF 8 BANKS AT ANY TIME.
THE SEQUENCER 16 TRACK IS EFFECTIVE AND INTERNAL MEMORY IS DEDICATED TO THE LATTER IS ENOUGH hefty.
THE FACT THAT THIS LITTLE MONSTER OPERATES ON BATTERY ALLOWS THE MUSIC TO LAST OF ELECTRONIC LIVE N 'ANYWHERE, LAKE OR TO THE CHANNEL ... WHY NOT, CA WE CHANGE ITS BEGGARS OF ACCORDIONIST ... .dropoff window
BELIEVE ME THIS MACHINE IS A REVOLUTION IN IT SAME AND MANY CRITICAL THAT I HAVE READ AND OFTEN CA ARE ISSUED BY IGNORING THAT HAVE NOT EVEN TEST BECANE ...
I HAVE ONE WORD !!!!! MONSTROUS
IN YOU FOR YOU DISCOVER WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS GAITEE N THAT I HAVE NOT EXPLAIN AND I LET YOU DISCOVER WITH JOY ..... INCREDIBLE MACHINE .....
WATCHING YOU UNDERSTAND CA A LITTLE


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The editing software is pretty limited, but it comes in very handy for rough editing (for a sample-detailed work I use Logic)

Effects are of good quality, but they are also limited: : You can only use one effect at a time, which in my opinion is a pity. So, using a compressor or reverb + looping in real time on the fly is impossible! You will have to choose.
If you want effects and be able to work with the samples in real time, you'll need and external effects processor.

The sequencer is very handy (especially to control expanders via MIDI), even if limited to two tracks.


USE

Very easy to use.

SOUND

The sound is transparent.

OVERALL OPINION

I use the microsampler basically as a synthesizer and not really as a sampler. I can sample my keyboards and, thus, have something compact, light at hand, which spares me from having to carry all my gear around with me.
I also use it to create sounds from different sound source that I can play with a keyboard, that way I can get very particular and unique ambiances and sounds. That's certainly something you can do from a DAW, but the microsampler has an immediate feel to it that is very nice to create things. It's a fabulous tool to experiment with.

However, it's good to know it's limited in some ways:

- The controls lack precision: The one that allows you to select the playable sample on the keyboard is not very practical, especially live (2 +/- navigation buttons would've been perfect).

- I find it hard to use for sampling on the fly (for beatboxing and similar). Even if possible, I wouldn't recommend it for this use.

- As I wrote above, you can only use one effect at a time! It's a real pity.

- No octave +/- buttons, which is somewhat of a handicap for what I do.

- Sequencer limited to two tracks.

Many people criticize the memory limitation. To be honest, given that you can transfer banks to your computer and make backups the same way, I can't follow the criticism. 8 banks of 36 samples, 16 patterns, that may seem limited if you ONLY use the microsampler in your set, but together with other synths and a computer, the memory is more than enough for live applications. It has never annoyed me. For studio use it's totally irrelevant.


In the end, this keyboard serves me well and constitutes a truly awesome sound creation tool.
It is limited, like all tools, but it suits my needs perfectly.


I would definitely buy it again with my eyes closed.