Korg Monologue

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Korg Monologue £299

Korg drop a new monophonic synth partner to this year’s

well-regarded Minilogue. Bruce Aisher gets twiddling

CONTACT WHO: Korg TEL: 01908 304601 WEB: www.korg.co.uk KEY FEATURES Battery-powered, dual VCO monosynth with 12dB/octave

ﬁ lter and drive control. Fully programmable, with 100 program memories (80 presets included), 16-step sequencer with motion sequence technology, Microtuning

capability for user scales and alternate tonalities, MIDI, USB MIDI, and Audio Sync

Reviews | Korg Monologue

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Reviews | Korg Monologue Korg Monologue £299 Korg drop a new monophonic synth partner to this year’s well-regarded Minilogue. Bruce Aisher gets twiddling CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Korg TEL: 01908 304601 WEB: www.korg.co.uk Battery-powered, dual VCO monosynth with 12dB/octave filter and drive control.
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Korg Monologue | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + The self-oscillating filter and drive control allow the synth to cover a wide range of sonic territory – from rounded basses to dirty leads Fun and portable, with battery power Microtuning is an unusual, and welcome, offering on a synth of this type - Despite some clever design, the synth has a limited envelope generator section when compared to some similar synths Having some parameters hidden in menus makes the synth less directly hands-on at times K org’s
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Reviews | Korg Monologue THE ALTERNATIVES Novation Bass Station II £315 A bit pricier than the Monologue, and with DCOs (not VCOs), but laden with better envelopes, more filters and a potentially wider sound palette. uk.novationmusic. com Arturia MicroBrute £229 Single VCO, though it has multiple, mixable waveshapes and a distinctive filter plus patchable modulation matrix and built-in sequencer. www.arturia.