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!
Jean-Michel Jarre says Korg is building an ARP 2600
15 Dec 2019 · In what appears to be a Q&A with electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre he reveals that Korg is currently working on a 1:1 clone of the classic ARP 2600 synthesizer.
Best polyphonic synthesizers of 2019: The Top 6 new polysynths you can actually buy
11 Dec 2019 · We all like multiple voices; the pads, the stabs and the textures as tones and timbres cascade and interweave. Which polyphonic synthesizers that went on sale in 2019 are your favourites?
Korg teases a New Legendary Synthesizer Recreation
04 Dec 2019 · It's Korg's turn to tease with a little video on the Korg UK Instagram channel. It reports to be a "New Legendary Synthesizer Recreation" and Korg says that "something super exciting is coming!"
Future Retro your Minilogue with the Love Hultén Carrier 37
15 Nov 2019 · Love Hultén's latest creation is not an original instrument but rather a mod for the Korg Minilogue called Carrier 27 that transforms it into a piece of 1970s Sci-Fi.
REON Drift Box boutique synths now available from Korg UK
23 Sep 2019 · Hand-made in Japan these little REON Drift Box synths are analogue and designed to warp their way around the edges of synthesis and hands-on control - sounds like fun!
Korg release an updated and expanded KROSS with a “super matt black” finish
06 Sep 2019 · In light of the new Fantom and Jupiter-X the updated KROSS2-88MB seems dated and unimpressive but for a piano-style workstation with decent sounds in an understated form that anyone could use (and afford) - ...
Korg Nu:Tekt NTS-1 digital synth kit is a Minilogue XD oscillator in a DIY box
04 Sep 2019 · The NTS-1 is an easy-to-assemble mini digital synthesizer kit with a multi-engine oscillator that's compatible with the Minilogue XD and Prologue SDK. Also features a cool ARP, filter, modulation and FX
Synthmata: free Volca Drum patch editor and kit sharing system
22 Jul 2019 · Synth YouTuber and musician Oscillatorsink has released an online editor for the Korg Volca Drum digital percussion machine. It reveals all the parameters of this little box and is completely free.
Summer NAMM 2019: Korg teases a set of lights on Facebook
15 Jul 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 2019 · 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.
#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week
13 Mar 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 Volca Drum – digital percussion synthesizer
15 Jan 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 2019 · 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 2019 · 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.
Korg teasing something new for 2019
27 Dec 2018 · A mysterious figure playing a possibly keyboard-like device lit by blue light-sabres. What could it all mean? Korg says they have something new for 2019.
New Korg Volcas: Micro Modular and Digital Percussion Synthesizer
21 Dec 2018 · Just when you thought Korg had lost interest in the Volca series of mini synths two new ones pop up on Instagram - a Buchla inspired Micro Modular and a Digital Percussion Synthesizer.