Korg - News and Rumours
You want all the latest news, rumours and everything else there’s to know about Korg? We're happy to oblige: On this page you’ll find everything at a glance – and it’s always up to date!
Summer NAMM 2019: Korg teases a set of lights on Facebook
15 Jul · Is it Metal Mickey's chest plater or Knight Industries Two Thousand's front lights? Or, is it another guitar tuner?
Korg Minilogue and Monologue get v2.0 updates and updated Sound Librarian
29 Jun · They've just released a version 2.0 update to both the original Minilogue and the Monologue. It's good to see that Korg doesn't forget the loyal users of the older model.
Superbooth 2019: Korg Nu:Tekt DIY Digital Progammable Synthesizer kit
09 May · Korg has a little DIY fun digital synth under development about the size of the Monotron but it just happens to be able to run Multi-Engine custom oscillators and effects from the Prologue/Minilogue!
Superbooth 2019: Korg Minilogue XD Module for your tabletop
09 May · The Minilogue XD is already turning out to be a bit of a classic and the Minilogue XD Module is just the space-saver we need to squeeze in another synth and you could poly-chain it up for 8 voices.
Korg Volca Nubass vacuum tube synthesizer – is this for real?
06 May · We all love a new Volca and this one has the synth community in deep discussion over what a Nutube based synthesizer might sound like. The Korg Volca Nubass - real or fake?
#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week
13 Mar · This week's Thomann Synth Reactor #TSR19 event brings together 25 of the synth world's best known YouTubers for a week of modular madness and Eurorack excesses. Find out more here!
NAMM 2019: Korg Gadget 2 brings plugins to Windows
18 Jan · Korg Gadget 2 brings in 6 new gadgets and a redesigned front end of their music production software for iOS and MacOS. Meanwhile, on Windows we get to play with the gadgets as plugins.
NAMM 2019: Korg dreams up some Kronos, Krome and Kross specials
17 Jan · Korg likes to celebrate NAMM with mild updates to existing keyboards and massive workstations always need some new sounds and a paint job. So please welcome this year's special editions.
NAMM 2019: Korg Minilogue XD polyphonic analogue synthesizer with bells on
15 Jan · Korg takes a decent synthesizer and pushes it into being an awesome synthesizer. Minilogue XD takes on the Prologue's digital oscillator and tweaks the Minilogue into something really quite fabulous.
NAMM 2019: Korg Volca Drum – digital percussion synthesizer
15 Jan · Volca Drum is a 6-part DSP based digital drum synthesizer that models analogue waveforms and physical resonators to offer a uniquely noisy and exciting percussive experience.
NAMM 2019: Korg Volca Modular – West coast modular for the masses
15 Jan · The leaks were right - it's a Buchla Music Easel in Volca form (almost). Volca Modular is the 200 dollar hardware modular synthesizer we've been waiting for.
Mutable Instruments Plaits gets ported to the Korg Prologue
10 Jan · The Korg Prologue's third oscillator just gets more and more interesting. Now someone's taken 6 synthesis models from the Mutable Instrument Plaits and ported it to the Prologue - nice!
Korg Minilogue XD – is this the new thing they were teasing?
01 Jan · Could the keyboard Korg were teasing be this leaked image of the Minilogue XD? It has a digital oscillator section just like the Prologue and the sequencer from the Monologue.
Top 5 Hardware Synthesizers of 2018 by Moog, Behringer, Korg, Dreadbox, Arturia
29 Dec 2018 · Which hardware synthesizers really took us to new places in 2018? Were there any that really stood out above the crowd for you? But with so much awesome gear out there choosing 5 is a bit of a tall order.