Cute new offering from Korg!
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Sounded ok in Loopop’s video, but the whole design is weird. I didn’t know Korg used to make 'em like that. So far, when it comes to Korg, the Multi/Poly is the one that attracts my attention sound-wise. Hardware design-like, I’m not really in the Korg camp, something about their designs rubs me the wrong way. But I guess in the end it’s about the sound.
MS20 mini - ÂŁ400ish
700S mini - ÂŁ1200ish
Hmm.
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Don’t be an early adopter there will be a price drop in a year. Unless it is the Microkorg line
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very interesting move from Korg. I understood the 2600m, since the 2600FS releases sold out in hours. but the 2600m’s haven’t done incredibly, and the 700FS seems to have fared even worse.
it’s cool they did it though. it’s a really great sounding synth. shame it doesn’t come with the suitcase-style case, but the bag it comes with is cute and probably protective enough for gigging:
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Hot damn.
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For a long time you could pickup the 700FS reissue at a highly discounted price – something like $1000 or less on Detroit Modular if I remember correctly. I interpreted this as an indication that sales weren’t particularly robust. It’s interesting that Korg is taking a second dip in the same waters on this one with the smaller version.
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The 800DV would be a much more interesting synth for them to reissue. I can see the appeal of the 2600 but never really understood why they did the 700. Maybe it’s its close relationship to the MS line which replaced it? 700’s were popular enough back in the day I suppose. Plus the 800DV is two effectively 700’s in one package with a few extra bells and whistles like duophony
It’s kind of amazing how thoroughly Korg has destroyed the perceived value of their own brand through constant steep discounts a year or two after products launch.
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I have the 700FS, and they kept all the weirdness of the original. It has indeed some strange conventions/naming/concepts.
But what matters is : it sounds absolutely awesome.
The only thing I would add/change is a way to change the voice priority. A “newest” setting would be very welcome and probably trivial to add.
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Love the 700s, I consider it the “double reed woodwind” of the synth world (but it’s capable of much more). I’d have to see the smaller form factor in person to tell if I’d like it, but it looks like it’s a great size for gigging. Reminds me of the Alesis Micron in size, which was a breeze to gig with. The front panel toggles are plastic shaft and fragile on the reissue, that’d be my only concern about gigging with the mini version
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the 800DV is a phenomenal synth. it’s actually almost too much synth, as it can easily get quite out of hand. one excellent feature is the effects loop; you can actually send each voice through a stereo effect, and back through the synth. even more insane results!
I get why they did the 700FS instead though. the 800DV/MaxiKorg would be like $4k and few would pay that. hell, few are paying what the 700FS goes for (even after the price drop), so much so that they’re introducing a smaller and cheaper version. MAYBE we’ll see the 800DV some day, now that they have most of the electronics settled. but I think that would definitely be a FS/limited version, and not cheap.
anyway, personally I don’t hear the 700/700S/700FS/770/800DV family of synths being that close to the MS family. I don’t know about electronically, but they sound quite different. more “woody” to me, and apparently to @panelist as well! really really awesome family of synths to check out though, whether FS, SM, or vintage.
I thought I’d read somewhere in the dim and distant past that the MS synths carried over a lot of the 700 circuitry but without studying the schematics I don’t know for sure. A job for another day. I was offered a 700 and a 770 years ago that both wanted restoring but I couldn’t stretch to the price given I’d just bought a JP4 off the same guy. It wasn’t a lot but it was enough for me to have to pass on it. Hindsight eh?
I’m legitimately angry at every new korg release when I find out it’s not an Electribe 3
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again, I have no idea on the electronics. just going by ear, they sound quite different to me.
YEP! sold my 800DV (which I paid $1200 for; they’re like $3500+ now) mainly because it lacked CV/gate. nowadays, I think I’d be confident enough to install Kenton’s CV/gate kit. oh well…
I assume Korg has a budget for making instruments that make money, and one for loss leaders that make them look cool. This seems like them kind of hedging on the latter
Here’s another demo
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