Korg Minilogue XD vs Korg Minilogue

I'Ve only had it a few days and have mostly been playing with the presets, but the sheer range of tones you can get is simply stunning. If you need pr...

Kick this into unison. Maybe that's obviously uh fairly abrasive, but hopefully you get the idea and real quick. I want to run through a few presets j...

5mm earbuds that I keep connected to it all the time. It’s small enough that I can keep it in my narrow little bedside table drawer, meaning it’s always close by when I feel like a quick jam. The faders move a little too easily for my taste, but they’re very responsive and accurate, so in practice they’re a joy to use.

For super affordability and some polyphony, maybe a microKorg or MiniNova? Or for about the same price as a Minilogue, a Roland JD-XI or a Hydrasynth Explorer.

- When using a particular program/preset, none of the physical knobs reflect the current state of the synth. However, it's not intuitive that you have to press Shift + Play for the "panel load function". While I understand that this is a limitation of an analog synth with built-in programs, I feel that there should be a dedicated "panel load" button. Certainly, it should be mentioned in more than just a subsection in the hard-to-locate online-only PDF manual

Minilogue is an interesting beast, a decent enough old-school analogue synth with a good set of modern, digital features that make it much easier to live with than Korg's other analogue offerings. For the price it is very hard to beat. First up, the hardware is gorgeous. The aluminium front panel has a shallow curve to it and the real timber back panel hides the plastic chassis beneath

-Waveform Visualizer; It's been an invaluable learning tool to have a visual reference for the sounds. It's probably not a selling point for those with more experience using synthesizers, but as a beginner this was a huge resource for me. It also just looks really cool, and makes the product seem more legit. -Price Point; from reading dozens of reviews and comparisons, and talking to veteran synthesizer enthusiasts and a few industry professionals, you're not going to find too many options as powerful as the Minilogue xd for this price

In the end, it is a “lower-mid range” synth in terms of price and functionality, and I think it’s a perfect gateway to mid to higher end synths.