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Friday, January 19, 2018
Korg’s long-awaited new synth lets you program your own effects
The Verge: Korg has announced the prologue, its new flagship analog synthesizer that comes with full-sized keys and will be available in two models: the 16-voice 61-key prologue-16, and the eight-voice 49-key prologue-8.
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Peter Kelly
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Korg’s new prologue synthesizer looks incredible. I’ve been a fan of analog synths since my dad absolutely loves them and even messes around with modifying and building his own. I’m very interested in the physics behind how these are made and designed. I would love to find out more about the three different sound engines, and what each of them do. It’s really awesome to see that the synth also has the capability to play sixteen notes at the same time. The ability to load in your own oscillators and effects on it’s own is pretty cool, but then Korg also promising “an upcoming software toolkit to be released in spring that will allow developers to ‘program, customize and extend the capabilities of the multi-engine and digital effects’” is even cooler. I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of sounds and music comes out of this new age analog synth.
The Korg prologue sound synthesizer looks like an incredible piece of technology and a tool that is going to help foster true creativity in sound. In highschool, I helped to sound design a show that called for various obscure noises, and I was struggling to find exactly the sounds I was looking for on the internet. Obviously that was only highschool, but I can’t imagine the quality of immersive and transformative sound that can and will come out of powerful synthesizers like this making their way around the industry. On top of the insane capabilities of the machine itself, there is also a an “upcoming software toolkit to be released in spring that will allow developers to ‘program, customize and extend the capabilities of the multi-engine and digital effects.’” I really hope that I will be able to try out this synthesizer at some point just to have some fun.
While I've never used a synth or other sound creation device before, this article was actually really fascinating to me and taught me a lot about the structure of synth sound and sound generation. I've always wanted to try my hand at creating music, especially with programs like Garageband or online composition websites like Noteflight, but using something like this could be both easier and more fun than those. I also love the fact that you can record and create your own sounds and use them in compositions and pieces, which widely broadens the horizons from the things I've played with that I mentioned before. It does remind me of a smaller synth program and board that was popular on YouTube for a while called the Novation Launch (which has a much cheaper price tag than the $1,500 of the Prologue - the mini is $100, and the pro is only $300) and has some really cool possibilities. Reading this rekindled my interest in song and music making, and I might try to make some music in the future!
3 comments:
Korg’s new prologue synthesizer looks incredible. I’ve been a fan of analog synths since my dad absolutely loves them and even messes around with modifying and building his own. I’m very interested in the physics behind how these are made and designed. I would love to find out more about the three different sound engines, and what each of them do. It’s really awesome to see that the synth also has the capability to play sixteen notes at the same time. The ability to load in your own oscillators and effects on it’s own is pretty cool, but then Korg also promising “an upcoming software toolkit to be released in spring that will allow developers to ‘program, customize and extend the capabilities of the multi-engine and digital effects’” is even cooler. I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of sounds and music comes out of this new age analog synth.
The Korg prologue sound synthesizer looks like an incredible piece of technology and a tool that is going to help foster true creativity in sound. In highschool, I helped to sound design a show that called for various obscure noises, and I was struggling to find exactly the sounds I was looking for on the internet. Obviously that was only highschool, but I can’t imagine the quality of immersive and transformative sound that can and will come out of powerful synthesizers like this making their way around the industry. On top of the insane capabilities of the machine itself, there is also a an “upcoming software toolkit to be released in spring that will allow developers to ‘program, customize and extend the capabilities of the multi-engine and digital effects.’” I really hope that I will be able to try out this synthesizer at some point just to have some fun.
While I've never used a synth or other sound creation device before, this article was actually really fascinating to me and taught me a lot about the structure of synth sound and sound generation. I've always wanted to try my hand at creating music, especially with programs like Garageband or online composition websites like Noteflight, but using something like this could be both easier and more fun than those. I also love the fact that you can record and create your own sounds and use them in compositions and pieces, which widely broadens the horizons from the things I've played with that I mentioned before. It does remind me of a smaller synth program and board that was popular on YouTube for a while called the Novation Launch (which has a much cheaper price tag than the $1,500 of the Prologue - the mini is $100, and the pro is only $300) and has some really cool possibilities. Reading this rekindled my interest in song and music making, and I might try to make some music in the future!
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