KORG RADIUS

ian-s

I had a 30 minute play with the new Korg Radius yesterday. The first 10 minutes were spent trying to work out how to edit a sound. Once I got the hang of the UI and was able to audition individual features, I was struck by how similar the sound was to the microkorg, sort of fuzzy for want of a better description. I could detect no aliasing but admittedly, I hadn’t figured out how to transpose up high enough to where it might be a problem.
It is quite well endowed with features and I like the feel of the knobs but the UI looks like it would take a long time to get used to. The price seems very good at NZ$2995.
Perhaps my impression of the sound was due mostly to the monitoring setup. Has anyone else had a play?

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

I love that thing! It sounds great and the excellent features and the nice UI means it is great for live use.

seraph · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:38 am Post subject:

these days finding good sounding synths is not hard but the "cool" factor seems to get old very quickly or maybe it's just me getting old Shocked

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:31 am Post subject:

Well, at least Korg have invested a lot of effort in making this thing not look like some MOR polkaboard device.

kvnvk · Joined: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 105 Location: Texas

yeah, it could be the monitors the store had the synth hooked up to... I currently own a Radias and really don't think it sounds that much like the MS2000/MicroKorg synths (previously owned both an MS2000R [for about 4 or 5 years] and MicroKorg [approximately 2 years] ), to me it has a clearer, brighter sound. the UI isn't actually that difficult to grasp once you've gone over the manual and spent a little time working with it.