Korg drumlogue

With the drumlogue, Korg presents a state-of-the-art drum machine with hybrid sound generation and a sophisticated sequencer. In the robust metal housing with dark wood side panels, the drum computer shows its best side and comes visually valuable. The clear control panel with the OLED display in combination with the well-known TR sequen cer promises an intuitive operation, which is also kept in practice! The instrument is 11-voice respectively eleven tracks are programmable at the same time, which is more than sufficient for varied patterns. The small knobs are used to adjust the volume per track, the large knobs on the left of the control panel are permanently assigned to the most important parameters of the analog and sample tracks. Far more parameters for the tracks are hidden a short way between the display, page buttons and the four knobs below the display. There is hardly a genre in which the drumlogue could not be at home, after all, the range of sounds on seven tracks can be exchanged and expanded at will.

The hybrid sound generation

The analog sounds are composed of the four tracks Bass drum, snare, Low Tom and High Tom; the most important parameters are directly accessible via the large knob. Already here one can attest the drumlogue assertiveness, individuality and character, because no TR classic is deliberately copied. Six further digital tracks are assigned to the instruments Closed HiHat, Open HiHat, Rimshot, Clap, Sample 1 and 2. For these tracks, Drumlogue offers a wealth of sample-based drum sounds ex works, covering all styles. It is also possible to import your own samples via USB. The most important parameters are also directly editable. The eleventh track refers to the Multi Engine, which can be assigned with noise, VPM (Variable Phase Modulation) or a User synth. The noise can be shaped extensively by means of filters and envelopes and is also a great addition to the analog drums. The User synth comes with the NANO plug-in from Sinevibes installed. NANO is a virtual analog synthesizer with two oscillators, ring modulator, resonant filter, envelope and LFO. Basses, leads and even percussive sounds can be created in no time. There is room for a total of 24 plug-ins in drumlogue. These are based on the SDK platform and can even be designed by experienced users. The same applies to drumlogue: Effects are the salt in the soup! Reverb and delay are designed as send effects and can be mixed in individually for each track. There is a master effect that also uses the SDK platform and contains 24 (exchangeable) effect plug-ins. All sound settings including effects can be saved in kits, of which there are 128 in total.