Nice audio demos included in this French language article (if Chrome is your browser it should ask you if you want to auto-translate).
Yes, polyphonic pad demo is included.
Chromeâs auto translate does a pretty good of making this french review informative. Some stuff Iâd really like is missing, in the pros/cons at the end he states that the sequencer canât be transposed in realtime. If this means you canât âplayâ the stored sequence across the keys then Iâm gutted 
but overall it seems like a ton of synth for $500âŠ
Haha, you beat me to it 
We probably monitor the same forums, haha.
The English translation is so cute in some places:
"we conclude with the banana as that obtained with the Prophet-6 that had preceded him there a few months in the studio. "
(banana? Must be contemporary slang)
ânot every day that a machine supposed to occupy entry level, on paper, gives us such a heart stroke.â
Bummer about having to delete a sequence in order to âeditâ it, but maybe their test unit was running a beta version of the OS.
Well if you can sequence the 4 voices independently itâs a whole other beast, no ?
well then, that is the analog four or vermona perfourmer, priced at almost 3x the minilogue, no? 
âŠand underneath those modules are a lot of modpoints to insert 3,5 ins and outs like hell.
for sure buddys
Itâs like CDM read this thread - particularly the bit about presets.
I donât say this often, but P. Kirn you can stuff it if youâre reading this. 
âBananaâ means âthe smileâ, in our country
Like, the guy is very happy, as much as when he was finished with the P6 reviewâŠ
Itâs confirmed by Synthwalker @ Audiofanzine : 4 tracks with independent notes and automation.
Isnât this cool ?
The drawback of preset synths with normal rotaries rather than endless encoders is that often if you load a preset the sound doesnât reflect the current position of the knobs. So live panel mode is a button that ditches the current preset and makes it so every knob is active at its current position.[/quote]
Thank you.
In one of the Vids (with some KORG guy) it has been mentioned, that some kind of manual mode is implemented as a shift command. So basically you can set the synth to what the panel looks like by a two-button key press.
Also it is truly polyphonic with the exception of the delay/HP section, but that all is covered in the voice chart that have been published on SW.
Now go googleâŠ
Ah, you mean the French article, right? There was only one vid posted so far, and the French article does not have a video. It does however have the info you reference. Based on what is reported there, Iâm fully satisfied now.
French:
Un mot rapide sur la prise en main, absolument immĂ©diate, pour plusieurs raisons : plus dâune quarantaine de commandes directes logiquement rĂ©parties pour piloter quasiment tous les paramĂštres de synthĂšse (avec rĂ©ponse en modes saut/seuil/relatif), une fonction permettant de faire correspondre le son Ă la position des commandes (Load Panel), des mĂ©moires internes, des dumps MIDI, un afficheur trĂšs malin (nom et numĂ©ro des programmes, valeur de tout ou partie des paramĂštres lors de lâĂ©dition, reprĂ©sentation graphique en temps rĂ©el du son de type oscilloscopeâŠ
English:
A quick word on the grip, absolutely immediate, for several reasons: more than forty direct commands logically divided to control almost all synthesis parameters (with response modes skip / limit / relative), a function to to match the sound to the position commands (Load Panel), internal memories, MIDI dumps, a very smart display (name and number of programs, valuable or all of the settings when editing, graphic representation in time real oscilloscope type of sound âŠ)
More videos and info out there today. Canât see any video where anyone is transposing the sequencer in realtime. Seems they sacrificed this in favor of being able to overdub on to sequences. Donât wanna be âthat guyâ bitching about whatâs missing, overall itâs an amazing synth for the money, but I really hope they add this option in an update. Even if itâs only available in the mono mode⊠Seems like a crazy/bread and butter sequencer feature to miss out and limits sequencer use pretty badly in any kind of loose/band/song situation where there are key changes
Indeed : as stated in AudioFanzine review the ML does not offer live transposition of sequences (check the âminusâ part at the end).
Listening to the demos, Iâm thinking the most impressive thing about this synth is its price and market position.
Getting this to that price, now thatâs interesting. The synth itself, not bad at all.
But not nearly as interesting as âHow the hell did Korg do it?â
Holy shit. This is one of the nicest synths I have ever seen/heard. I feel the same way I did when I first came across the Octatrack. I think this means itâs time to wave bye bye to my A4⊠The Elektron synth is brilliant, like a PhD destined for a glittering academic careerâŠbut I am helplessly in love with the user interface and sound of the Minilogue. This is an outstanding musical instrument.
Oh man, this young sir is quickly becoming a rockstar dev - first the volcas and now this!
Anyone going to Japan in the next few months? Iâm guessing this will take ages to become available anywhere else (the demand is going to be massive) 
Shipping now from Perfect Circuit Audio.
Not sure Iâd ditch an a4 for the minilogue, though Iâve never used either. But Yeah hopefully weâll see a lot more âbutton/knob per functionâ feature rich hardware coming out after korg sells millions of these. People have been crying out for it for ages and it seems like it can be done in an affordable way now, the near future should be pretty interesting for those of us on midrange budgets
This is also why i donât like the Analog Keys with itâs small display and pages for encoders. For the Analog Four itâs fine because itâs a small form factor but the Keys version 
I hope more new analog drum machines will appear in the future.
For now I want a Cirklon sequencer with Cwejman modules, but the waiting list for the Cirklon is 6 months⊠so i have to be patient for this set.
Donât do that.
A4 has CV in and out.
Minilogue has none - just sync I/O,