Korg MicroKorg XL Plus Vs. Roland JDXi Vs. Novation UltraNova
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- This week Jack brings us a synth shootout between the Korg MicroKorg XL Plus, the Roland JDXi and the Novation UltraNova! Which is your favourite? Tell us in the comments below!
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Best reviewer on TH-cam. Moving on if it’s not simplistic like most of us would. Much more realistic
I feel like that should've been a mininova
Absolutely !
Well it doesn't surprise me this guy seems to know nothing about keyboards
Well, there is now :)
The Ultranova is definitely a class above the other 2, u are right
I was just about to make that comment as well. Unfair comparison
I love the fun, light hearted, semi-serious approach to these. I could picture myself walking into the Synth section at the store and playing around with them a lot like this. Sub'd.
I have an Ultranova and it is a mindblowing monster. If you gave one to a 5 year-old and told him to change one parameter every second for the rest of his life, he would not have got to the end if he lived to be 100 years old.
Camille's Kittens I can't believe how impressed I am by it and I've been looking up keyboards for like a while now
Like every time he puts his hands on it
Camille's Kittens that’s why when I had the choice to sell my Ultranova or Minilogue (love the Minilogue btw) I had to keep the Ultranova. Just so many damn possibilities.... and a vocoder to boot!
Good decision @@thefastandthefurious1
FANTASTIC REVIEW!!!! Exactly like anyone who would sit down in front of all three for the 1st time, trying get the best out of these devices in a short time. Loved it!!! Tired of all the indepth reviews where one only sees and hears planned, practiced and knowledgable interaction that would hardly ever exist in the real world of the average consumer. You should present more reviews like this!!! Thanks again.
I like this review. When I go to the music store to play with synths, I twiddle with them and see how I feel about them, just like Jack is doing in this video
Some say he once pissed up against the side of a Yamaha GX-1 and got an electrocuted willy that now permanently stands to attention.. and that he sleeps under a patchwork quilt made of patch cables.. all we know is.. he's called Jack
WAHOO Wagoo! LOL =D
I wish Anderton would stop putting ghetto British Chav idiots on like this guy it makes them look pathetic and desperate.
@Renaissance Man: Seriously? Why are people so hateful? What did Jack ever do to you? I mean yeah - he's a bit quirky. But if you don't like it, then just skip over the videos. No need to be so rude and hateful in your comments. And go ahead - try and take a dump on me for my statement. I'll just ignore it.
And one more thing: are you playing keys or any instrument for a world renowned, well respecting, big-selling artist? I know of someone who is ;-) And even if you are - it doesn't give you a license to be hateful.
ROCK ON JACK.
Did you work hard Renaissance Man to become a world 🌎 class asshole or were you just born this way?
Thanks for that insight Captain.
Great video Jack. I got the Roland JDXi, and i think its awesome. Im into prog rock and dark wave and for that i think the JDXi is perfect. Keys a bit small, but very simple to shred on. I mainly use my right hand, the other one is busy with the pitch, modwheel and filter.
trollstjerne I agree, love this video, my eyes were on the ultranova, but for the budget I had, I purchased the mininova instead
this dude is fkn hilarious, I thought I was halfway through the vid but I was at the end, thanks for being entertaining and hilarious
I am interested in all of them but I want to use them for busking on the street with a Rc505. I love the Vocoder stuff and all the patches I can download for the old 70&80's sounds from the mininova which has a good price and easy to get second hand. Thank for any thoughts!
Three monstrously powerful mini synthesizers. I know well Microkorg and JDXi, Mininova minus but the latter also has a great sound. However used together they can create a great jam! 😃
This guy cracks me up every time lol
Korg all the way...sound wise thanks bro. People talking crap but you gave a good comparison enough to decide on my purchase
do you thinks is good to buy the Microkorg S and the Mininova booth..to have this rich sounds ?? or do you recomend me other Synth than ???
This is a great video im very excited to watch. Ive finally got all 3 and I want to see your perspective. My vote for in-person use, is hands down the Ultranova undoubtedly
Hola Anderton entre el korg minilogue bl y el roland jd xi cual me recomiendas. Veo también al novation qué no se queda atrás, qué tal se ve que tiene buenos plugins
Is this a thinly-veiled attempt to move some of their old XL+ stock? In fairness, I don't think the others have caught up to Korg's DSP algorithms. I know the build quality might be questionable, but sound-wise there's a reason music producers nearly always have some variant of the MicroKorg in their studio.
Thank You! Well done! What brand or artist created your central Storax silver music box? Great design. Thank you ahead! Cheers mate!
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I've had the UltraNova for a few years now and I love it. It's modeling synth and you can really get into the structure of the filters and LFOs plus hundreds of waveforms but in order to easily edit the sounds you to have your laptop connected to the UltraNova running the editor/librarian. I wouldn't put it in the same class as the MicroKorg because the learning curve on the UltraNova is considerably steeper. When you're playing live the knobs are touch sensitive, all you have to do is touch them instead of actually twisting them.
don't forget Ultranova has aftertouch fatar keyboard and touch sensitive buttons
26:04 Great Screen Shot! Thx. i choose MK
Sweet review. Always love the humor and real world thoughts. Thanks!!
Love the carpet !
I have an ultranova and like very much the fact that it has full size keys. Had a jd-xi and never got used to the little keys. I think the ultranova sounds have the same gargly raunchy sounds which i hate, but it also has a lot of 80's type sounds, which i use a lot. All around i think the ultranova has the fuller sounds plus full keys
Love the KORG sounds
All nice sounding.
@10:50 you say you want "arpeggiator dance sequence", you then point to the left knob and say "dance" then point to the right knob and say "arp". Two questions, do you mean Techno-Trance position 5 on the left knob, and more importantly, is that exact sound available on the normal Microkorg? Can anyone help me? Is the exact sound Jack uses on "Techno-Trance with arp", found on the Microkorg? Thank you!
You forgot to put the foam on the end of the vocoder mic on the jdxi. I know because I did the same thing with mine and didn't realise I left it in the box lol it doesn't work without it. Peace 👍
I do like the features of the Roland jdxi
I would have thought that the MiniNova would have been more appropriate due to the key size and similar price and functionality. They all have different characters to their sound. I have a Moog so the Korg and the Roland sounds aren't as necessary for me as the MiniNova which is why I have decided to get one. Great video though as it's help me as part of my decision process
In case you knew anything about synths, you'd find out more about these by looking at them, then by watching this video. On the other hand, if you are after Jack, you get a decent demonstration.
twas a pleasure watching this, its like a preview of what'll happen when i get a new synth (just broke mine so im checking out synths)
The main powerful featute(s)
Comes from initializing the whole patch (shift and then click the right button on the program area)
Go right until you see initialize
Then you have a initialized patch program drums
Then click the first of the two digital engines
Hit menu
Go to the right until you see tone edit
Enter tone edit, scroll until you see oscillator waveforms
Then you can pick PCM
From there go back left until you see the word saw, from there you can choose from about 120-140 digital and physical waveforms
You can layer three waveforms, each “partial” can have separate settings by means of pitch, filter type, unison, PWM some waveforms are sync sweeps
Also the effects edit lets you sync the delay and change the reverb and distortion type
Overall the JDXI is great for the price and offers a relatively fair amount of sound design
The flaw is that partial editing is kind of a hidden feature in the menu, shift and scrolling is your friend with the jdxi
I do wish Roland would allow for partial crossfading between the three selected waveforms. But yeah, if you don’t mind having to scroll through the menu to sync the LFO, dial in unison settings, portamento, waveforms, and fine adjustments. Then the jdxi is the right pick.
I do wish I got a blofeld instead, but when I do get a blofeld I’ll be able to have a full song creating session with the jdxi and it’s rompler style attitude, alongside my korg minilogue and it’s powerful baselines :)
Can you guys do a video on the blofeld please?
Ultranova is AMAZING! I have a Blofeld and I think the Ultranova stands up to it.
"This one's got some analog gubbins." Hey, easy on the technical jargon!
FreeBSD was a great OS.
All three will get the job done...
Its about personal creativity.
That it is! I think in an ideal world we'd probably want to own all three! - Brad
@@AndertonsKeyboardDept I already have 2 of them, not intrested in the Microkorg XL as I own a KingKorg, acting like a XXXXXXXL LOL
@@AndertonsKeyboardDept so true
I love Jack's reviews
Good job guy! I like the Korg best....
He didn't play any of the actual true analog sounds on the Roland (not that it's the best sounding true analog synth, but its analog section sounds way better than its virtual analog section). Plus it can do 4 multi-parts.
I am fairly new to synthesizers, but I have much experience making music (8 years of piano and 4 years of guitar). I want to buy a synthesizer and i cant decide between the jd-xi and the korg can you give me some advice
What did you go for in the end? This is my predicament!
Don‘t drink and play
Well, not before a gig at least. 🥃
I prefer the Roland!! Nicer patches and plenty of sound modification!
synth gang bang, docking, and "raw dog" sounds... this guy amuses me. Also knows how to play, so that's helpful
guy is awesome. give him his own review channel youll do well. funny and informative. cool affordable synths
HI thanks for you video....wich do you prefer the Roland JDXI or the Mininova or the Microkorg S for sounds of 80tees...
Wich can you recoment me.....
and one cushion more: wich do you find a little better the Ultranova or the MiniNova
I saw many great Synths like Juno and Jupiter... Moog....but you have regular too much to have the sound that you really want...
I really love this review, not only is Jack hilarious, but I feel like he did a great job showing what the synths were made for. I wish the UltraNova would've been a MiniNova though, but still a great review! :)
which one played that guitar outro? 😂
Is the Roland the only synth with guitar input?
You can plug a guitar into the UltraNova
KORG ES UN LUJO!!
Embarrassing video? hell no 😂 lmao I loved that video, that was the one demonstration that convinced me to buy it
Not a good comparison when using mono output. Need to hear these in stereo.
Homie dropped the candyshop hippity hop
Minonova would've been a better choice vs Ultranova - same sound engine as the ultra, but has smaller keys like the korg and roland for comparison - but it has the more immediately obvious arp/animate pads which are great for realtime control, and a massive filter knob which is really unique, and the matrix style amp/filter envelope controls are super quick to get to a lot of controls too.
Still, great video and thanks as always Jack, only just realised that Andertons have split their channels - I hope this works out well, i quite like the concept.
I had both, the ultranova is far better to program sounds, in fact the best of the bunch with econders+buttons for each section. To edit the oscilator waveform on the mini you had to go under three menu levels, horrible.
I got both ultra and mininova, neither have failed after hundreds of hours - point i was making that the mininova is more of a comparison vs the other other two, being smaller keys and the additional realtime controls via it's pads, and characteristically large filter knob.
Yeah that's why i think the Ultranova (In my mind) is a class above the other two, and mininova would've been better for comparison purposes.
I agree - I have the mininova and agonized over getting that or the korg or the roland - but would like to swap for ultranova coz i find the keys a bit dinky.
One may think that the Ultra beats everything out ot of its' two competitors here - but one should first know that size doesn't matter and secondly havea look at the specs.
Jd-Xi is MUCH MORE powerful than Ultranova AND Microkorg XL combined.
It has 128+1 Voices Polyphony, 4-Part Multitimbrality and 4-Track pattern sequencer (thats what is ment when it is mentioned that there's a lot under the hood) - it's basically a Music Workstation.
Its original price was nearly as high as the UNs', went down first and now both are nearly the same here in EU. But of course is the UN much longer on the market - 4 or 5 years longer I think. The REAL competitor for Jd-Xi would be the Nova or the Supernova 2. They had the Multitimbrality which Ultranova lacks (and in some incarnations, more voices).
So, Jd-Xi and Ultra aren't really competitors but do perfectly complement each other in a setup.
The Ultra is MUCH better to handle in terms of sound design and sound manipulation (Aftertouch !!), while Roland fruitlessly TRIED to keep up by giving as many knobs and switches as possible to the Synth, but finally gave up by omitting a Software-Editor !!! If you want to edit the Jd-Xi, you have to buy that software piece (or to fiddle with the free version which is currently in alpha state).
Jd-Xi has much potential as an accompaning workstation, while you play the main part on the UltraNova, in a live setup. I think that Jd-Xi was never really meant as an independent product - it's an appetiser for its bigger sister JD-Xa.
What's up with this guy's shirt collar. Looks like he got jumped on the way to the studio.
He still cute
I’ve watched this video probably 30 times and every time I laugh uncontrollably at the end, with Jack’s invitation to visit Anderton’s: “… Come hang out with me and make weird synth gangbang’s together.” 😂
I have the Ultranova & the JDxi, they are a world apart. Plenty of space for storing sounds on the Ultranova, plenty of excellent sounds with unlimited programability. The JDxi synth SOUNDS are only available within a pattern format, a rather limited amount of sounds, you do not have a separate synth section for storing sounds, they must be stored within a pattern. That makes it no more useful than most grooveboxes, or in other words it is a groovebox with a keyboard. Just my experience.
Can you please explain the difference to me? I'm brand new to this, but wouldn't storing one sound in one track suffice for this? Or is it using a built sound on multiple tracks is limited?
@@billyjackotoole7909 Hi, its only when you get the JDxi and try to program a sound, then you want to store your new sound, then you realise that it has to be stored in one of the patterns. Most synths have a user bank where you store all your user sounds, 200, 300, or 500. But not so on the JDxi. All sounds must be stored in patterns. You may need to watch more TH-cam video tutorials to get a good grasp 0f it.
@@DAVEMYZTIKAL That makes sense. I'm drinking around with a Microkorg and that's my biggest complaint with it, there are very few preset patches and you have to write over one everytime you make one. At least the jdxi has a gazillion preset noises to write over.
Jdxi it’s a mini workstation.. for producer’s. Novation and Korg it’s analog synthesizers. They are different products for different users .
JDXI for the win.
Built in drum machine
4 bar sequencer
Hundreds of empty banks
4 tracks
Analog and digital.
JACK? YOU ARE NUCKIN FUTZ!
I used to have a JD-XI. I liked it but had to sell cuz money was tight. I gotta say though, sound-wise, the Korg kicks it’s ass to my ears. At least in this video
Ha, great as ever Jack
looks like he's on Jack right now
You trying to sell the XL+? It's set 3-4 db louder than the other two.
Formative Jack, formative Falcon.
NOT A MICROKORG BUT INSTEAD A MICROKORG XL, JACK
Me: man I love that JD XI
Video: the first patch on the ultranova is called {Spacial edge?}
*Plays sound*
Me: O.O GTFO that's so dope
He keeps saying that the Novation is more expensive. It's actually cheaper according to his own links.
Thanks for the reply.
You have to play all the features, based on many reasons I chose Roland JD Xi
I have all three, and it's not even a competition. I guess because they are similar in price people often compare them...but the JD-X1 is superior in every way shape AND form
Roland is same groovebox ?
Yes it is
The korg sounds worlds better, but the roland has so many more features... I'm struggling
What you gonna do (?)
BUY BOTH
DONT BE A CHEAP LAZY FUCKER.
Thought the same, but mind you, there's quite a big level difference in the recording between the JD-XI and the Microkorg, so it's easy to be fooled by the volume too. There are some great demos of the Roland out there. It's definitely the one I'd get out of the three.
This comparison is missing a lot of information. It doesn't really cover the differences in the synth architecture or the sound quality of each engine which are the actual selling points. The whole point of a synth is the actual synthesis. This treats these more like Casio keyboards then actual synthesizers. I personally found very little useful discussion of workflow and differences in programability in this video.
Also why is the super nova in there? Should it not be the mininova? It's much more comparable to the other products and is actually a direct competitor in this class of synths.
This comes off like they don't know these products at all.
Good sense of humor and a good little mess about in synth land. Not a full review, and that's alight.
Synth gangbang! WOW! That’s fantastic. Brest review ever!
Who let the DRUMMER loose on the synths? LOL!
He's drunk.
WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!
That shirt.
I want the microkorg to have the novation keys :-(
have all,,, linked up,,, and go to zoom r24
If you want to see what can be done with just a Roland JD-XI, then checkout my SBN Music Videos in the playlists section on my channel here. I have a Roland JD-XI, and I am making phenominal music with it, but the vocoder is pretty crappy with the little gooseneck mic. If you get a real mic, it's better, but I don't really use it all anyway. The Korg sounds the best, the Novation sounds good too and has a ton of sounds, but the JD-XI has the drum machine and the synth sounds on it, so it's definitely the best workstation out of them all. If the Roland JD-XI had more sounds, and a couple more better sounds, there would be nothing beating it on the market. I have had the Roland JD-XI for three years now, and everytime that I get on it, it is a new experience everytime with creating new music, and I only use one of a couple sounds most of the time. I haven't even experimented with half of the sounds yet, but this is called a hybrid synth because in the menu there is a ton of parameters and different capabilities that other synth/drum machines do not have. The tone edit and program edit is where the magic happens. If you have any questions, I'm here...SBN
Ultranova x ever
Me quedo con Roland
you shouldve put the mini nova instead of the ultra, regarding the price point. that ultra nova costs around $300 more are you serious -.-
FUCKING BRILLIANT VIDEO MATE!!!!.......finally a cool musician experimenting with instruments and having a relaxed HONEST approach instead of all this synth nerd explanatory bullshit.
aw, thought you'd sequence in a drum loop on the JDXI and jam out with all 3 synths.
why does your shirt look like that
I've played all three.. the roland can do it all.. next is the ultra and last is korg.. but this guy really wants to push the korg and ultra for some reason lol
Korg or the Novation has my vote tied, bah humbug stubby keyed Roland....LOL
*With this T-Shirt you have to wear a Brassiere ;)*
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Also, love the Novation keys.
Jack Duxbury hmmmm, you don't say, Jack 😁
Keeping with the Andertons tradition of too-long videos LOL
"...Westwood" That didn't age well, lol
The Novation Ultranova is a great synth but its still analog modeling and lacks the power of the other two synthesizers. If that is a detail that you dont mind then the sound presents and features are great and worth the price, alone.
Epic fail at the vocoder demo ;)
??????????????
Why is it that people who demo / review synths are at beginner standard or can’t play at all 🙄
The gorgeous sounds make up for it, and plus these synths are pretty entry level anyways. I agree only good synth demo's I have seen is the Dorian Concept ones.
nvm just watched the entire thing this one is far worse than the others
: / " A SYNTH GANGBANG TOGETHER" : / HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Haha best drunken review ever🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
Wow they are hiring Chavs now on the Anderton show?
bad idea to split channels like this
I disagree. With separate channels they can go a bit deeper than they do currently with their synth coverage.
It'll grow given time!
JD-XI every time. The guy is spaced out. Hope he has since sobered up.
Jack that’s no MicrokorgXL that’s the microkorg that never took off never became 1/10th of what the original was
Its an XL. The micro has more knobs on the top right where this one has them on the bottom right of the panel
@@bubbernub651 agreed homie
and yo im sorry to this JACK BLOKE--IM BEING TOO NORTHERN