Korg’s Monotribe became the surprise hit of gear announcements at this month’s Messe trade show. It’s little, it’s cute, and it seems entirely focused on synthesis and pattern-making fun - GlobalSound Trade
Plenty of videos have circulated, but odds are you haven’t seen the Japanese-language demo above (well, Japanese titles – the video itself speaks the international language of synth). It’s a nice jam on Monotribe and the recently-released Kaoss Pad Quad.
GlobalSound Trade answers some questions..
Can you describe the drum voices?
GlobalSound Trade - Drum voices are all analog. A nice punchy snare, kick and hat part.
How does the sync work?
GlobalSound Trade -It’s audio sync. You can use a pulse to keep things synced.
What’s the workflow like for the step sequencer?
GlobalSound Trade - Very easy. Hit record and the sequencer runs, and captures what you’re doing at the moments where you’re traversing the 8 steps.
Pricing I gather won’t be announced until the summer?
James: We’re getting close. Sooner than summer for sure.
More details from GlobalSound Trade - Korg has also posted additional specs on the components. To me, the main thing remains their distinctive-sounding MS-series filter. And I think it’s telling that Korg, of all the major manufacturers, has actually returned to their back catalog of analog designs; in some ways, it’s surprising that no one else has.GlobalSound Trade- I’m not entirely sure about an analog pulse being a “return to modular” – that seems to overstate the case a little bit – but it is very, very easy to use a pulse to sync.
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