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As a worthy successor to the popular KingKorg, the Korg KingKORG NEO continues the success story of this synthesizer series impressively. As a virtual analogue synthesizer, it skilfully combines traditional features with innovative digital functions. In addition to the classic oscillator waveforms, it also contains a large number of PCM samples, including the legendary Korg M1 piano and organ sounds, which play a central role in contemporary house music. The DWGS waveforms known from the DW-8000 represent a special extension that can be used as an oscillator source and thus considerably expand the sound spectrum of the KingKorg NEO.
The synthesis of these sounds is refined by a high-quality filter and various effects. The KingKORG NEO stands out in particular: Dedicated controls are available for all important parameters, such as resonance, cutoff frequency or special effect settings, allowing direct and intuitive access. This makes both live performances and studio setups much easier.
Another outstanding feature of the KingKORG NEO is the integrated vocoder function, which allows the user to give the synthesizer a unique "voice". This function not only offers an exciting opportunity for sound design but also opens up new creative horizons in the field of electronic music production. With its extensive range of sounds and user-friendly interface, the KingKORG NEO is a must-have for any synthesizer enthusiast or musician looking for a versatile and inspiring instrument.
An oscillator is the central sound-generating element of a synthesizer and, in the classic sense, describes oscillation forms that are generated by analogue circuits. In addition to these oscillation forms such as "sawtooth" or "pulse", the KingKorg NEO also contains recorded sounds of a piano or organ. Each of the NEO's three oscillators can select one of the waveforms and mix them to create an overall sound.
A filter is the central sound-changing element of a synthesizer. In the original sense, sound components are removed from the signal (e.g. low-cut filter or band-pass filter), but there are also filter parameters that simultaneously boost certain frequencies. Important parameters here are the cutoff frequency and the resonance, for which the KingKORG NEO has a dedicated control.
Korg KingKORG NEO EOLWhen KKN was originally released at a price of around 1000 coins, I thought Korg were batshit crazy to do this to a 13 year old (but admittedly still very good sounding) tech, putting it in a smaller case, with crappy keybed, STILL no aftertouch, no tube...
But then I noticed MusicStore cut its price to basically half, which is about what it should have been from the get go if you ask me. And for THAT price, you get an excellent starter synth, or an excellent 2nd tier synth to do pretty great leads, pads or basses with. I bought mine as a 3rd tier, joined with the likes of Novation Ultranova in the middle and Kurzweil PC4 on the bottom. This combo works really damn well, I must say!
I like the sound of KKN, I think it's held out well in the past 13 years. multi/poly is of course the latest undisputable "king" as far as virtual analogs are concerned, but KKN still has some neat features. However there are also some strange omissions in the synth engine - there is no easy way to add delay/fade in to LFOs, for example. Super strange! I also cannot find a way to tell the machine that I want it to remember the last selected patch when powering down, so that it shows up the next time I power it on...
The keybed is really terrible unfortunately. It is downright insane Korg wanted 1000 coins for THAT. The rest of the case is decent, the knobs and buttons are actually EXCELLENT haptically, I have zero issues with them! The synth engine also doesn't seem to have any major stepping when you're slowly tweaking the knobs, they did a really good job with that!
The joystick has too short of a travel and it's not super easy to be precise with it. I will survive because I'm mostly going to be remotely controlling KKN from my PC4.
All in all - I would say get it at this price while it lasts!
